Unnikrishnan Divakaran earned from Calicut University a BTech in mechanical engineering (2007) and a PhD in mechanical engineering (2024). He is now an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Amrita School of Engineering Coimbatore. His work in vertical axis wind turbines has resulted in three publications. He holds a master's level post-graduate certificate from Indian Institute of Technology in additive manufacturing. He is a member of Tribology Society of India. His research interests include vertical axis wind turbines, product design development, aerodynamics, and additive manufacturing, to name a few.