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Associate ProfessorRIT, ChennaiFounder & DirectorHEXAIND Technologies& Services LLP

Portrait of Dr. Anantha Raman Lakshmipathi

Dr. Anantha Raman Lakshmipathi

Professor, researcher and founder. I simulate flow and heat, build software and robots, and teach engineers to do both.

Years teaching
15+
Publications
18
Patents & designs
17
Citations
628
Based in — Chennai, IndiaSay hello — [email protected]
01Profile

A professor who builds things.

I teach mechanical engineering at Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology in Chennai and run HEXAIND Technologies. My Ph.D. is in thermal engineering, and my research is now moving into computational fluid dynamics with OpenFOAM and, more recently, computational quantum computing.

My work connects thermal engineering research with software development. I use OpenFOAM to model flow and heat transfer in engines and battery thermal management, building on my Ph.D. in thermal engineering at Anna University. I am also exploring computational quantum computing for engineering problems. My development stack spans React, TypeScript and Node.js for web applications, Bash for automation, and Embedded C++ for IoT and robotics. I deploy with Docker on cloud infrastructure. Through HEXAIND, which I have run since 2020, I have built and hosted more than a hundred web applications.

Previously Assistant Professor at Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science (2022–26) and S.A. Engineering College, Chennai (2017–22), and earlier posts in mechanical and aeronautical engineering since 2009.

Ph.D. Thermal Engineering, Anna University (2021) · M.E. Thermal Engineering, gold medal (2012) · B.E. Aeronautical Engineering (2009)

Roles

  • Aug 2026 — present

    Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

    Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, Chennai

    Teaching in the mechanical engineering department and coordinating SAEINDIA student membership.

  • 2020 — present

    Founder & Director

    HEXAIND Technologies & Services LLP (opens in a new tab)

    An IT services company building and hosting web applications, ERP and CRM systems on cloud infrastructure.

02What I do

Flow, heat and the code around them.

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics

    current focus

    Flow and heat-transfer simulation for engines, thermal systems and battery thermal management, from meshing to validation.

  • OpenFOAM

    current focus

    Building and validating OpenFOAM models, from case setup to post-processing, at the centre of my current research.

  • Computational Quantum Computing

    new direction

    Quantum algorithms and simulators, and where they can help engineering computation.

  • Thermal Engineering & IC Engines

    core

    Combustion, alternative fuels, heat transfer and emissions: the ground my Ph.D. and many of my papers stand on.

  • AI, IoT & Robotics

    ongoing

    Sensors, machine learning and robots that left the lab as papers and registered designs.

  • Software & Cloud

    ongoing

    More than a hundred web applications built and hosted, now through HEXAIND.

03Research

From engines and fuels to simulation.

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i10-index
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Themes

  • Thermal systems & IC engines
  • CFD & OpenFOAM
  • Alternative fuels & emissions
  • Sustainable composites
  • AI, IoT & robotics
  • EV charging

Selected publications

All publications on Google Scholar (opens in a new tab)

Funds & grants

  • PARAM Rudra · IIT Bombay

    104,167 CPU core-hours × 2 · National Supercomputing Mission

    ₹2 lakh

  • AWS LIFT

    HEXAIND Technologies

    US$85,500

  • MSME 3.0

    Design and fabrication of a thermoelectric refrigeration system to extend the shelf life of mushrooms.

    ₹10 lakh

  • AWS Activate & Developer credits

    HEXAIND Technologies

    US$1,000 + US$350

04Innovation

Built, filed, granted.

Seventeen patent and design filings, fifteen granted, including a registered design in the United Kingdom and a utility model in Germany.

Selected patents & designs

  • 2023Automated Headlight Intensity Controller for BikeUnited Kingdom · Registered design
  • 2022Construction Site Supervision System Based on IoT and BlockchainGermany · Utility model
  • 2025Wireless Robotic HandIndia · Registered design
  • 2025Viscous Flow ApparatusIndia · Registered design

Projects

  • DHARMA

    AI web application for advocates and judges

    • AI
    • Web
    • MSME incubation
  • VEGA

    AI X-ray screening for airport security

    • AI
    • Security
    • MSME incubation
  • FACESHIELD

    Home-security IoT edge device

    • IoT
    • Edge
    • MSME incubation
  • TEC REFRIGERATION

    Thermoelectric refrigeration system

    Thermoelectric cooling for low-temperature applications.

    • Thermal
    • Thermoelectric
    • MSME incubation
  • AQUA ROVER

    Autonomous waterway waste robot

    A mobile-controlled robot for clearing waste from waterways; registered design, 2025.

    • Robotics
    • Environment
  • VISION HUMANOID

    ML-based humanoid for object identification

    A humanoid device that uses machine learning to recognise objects; registered design, 2023.

    • Machine learning
    • Robotics
05Teaching

Fifteen years of making engineers.

  • Academic Head and NBA Coordinator for mechanical engineering: Board of Studies, programme assessment and Tier-I accreditation.

  • Led the Centre for Robotics & Automation and coordinated the Institute Innovation Council at MITS, Madanapalle.

  • Mentored four MSME-incubated products; design and technical lead for more than fifteen international conferences.

  • Certified to teach Universal Human Values (AICTE); NPTEL topper in Cloud Computing and IoT, IIT Kharagpur.

Subjects

  • Thermodynamics
  • Heat & Mass Transfer
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Gas Dynamics & Jet Propulsion
  • Advanced IC Engines
  • Aerodynamics
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • IoT, Robotics & Automation

Awards

  • 2024Best Teacher AwardMadanapalle Institute of Technology & Science
  • 2019Best Paper Award, for the Fuel (Elsevier) paperS.A. Engineering College
  • 2018Best Paper AwardICAMME 2018, SVCE Chennai
  • 2012Gold Medal, highest CGPA of the batchAdhiparasakthi Engineering College
Contact

Say hello.

For collaborations, OpenFOAM and CFD questions, student projects or HEXAIND work, write to me.

[email protected]

Based in — Chennai, India

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