Yedhu Krishna

Dr Yedhu Krishna is a researcher-turned-entrepreneur with expertise in laser-based diagnostics and spectroscopic techniques for high-speed flows and combustion applications. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from UNSW, Australia, and an M.Sc. in Photonics from CUSAT, India. He has worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. He is a winner of the prestigious Silver Combustion Medal by the Combustion Institute. After returning to India in 2021, he founded Specrule Scientific Pvt. Ltd., an R&D-driven startup focused on advanced optical diagnostic systems and incubated at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram.