Mechanical Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Kishore Debnath
Ph.D (IIT Roorkee)

E-mail:
hod.me@nitm.ac.in

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Dr. Biplab Kumar Debnath Assistant Professor

Ph.D: IIT Guwahati

biplab.debnath@nitm.ac.in
9485177053
https://nitmeghalaya.irins.org/profile/101610

Research Interest

Thermal Engineering, Alternative Fuels, Diesel Engine

Education Qualification

Ph.D: IIT Guwahati

Profiles

Google Scholar  /  Scopus  /  ORCID  /  Vidwan  /  Research Gate  /  Web of Science

Publications

International Journals:


  1. O. Chakraborty, S. Roy, B. K. Debnath, S. Negi, M. A. Rosen, S. Safari, M. E. H. Assad, R. Gupta, B. Das, Energy, exergy, environment and techno-economic analysis of parabolic trough collector: A comprehensive review. Energy & Environment, 2023, Page Nos. 1-64. DOI: 10.1177/0958305X231206507
  2. S. Das, B. K. Debnath, S. Negi, B. Das, S. Safari, B. V. Reddy, S. Debbarma, M. A. Ehyaei, A comprehensive review into the effects of different parameters on the hydrogen-added HCCI diesel engine, Energy Science & Engineering, August, 2023, Page Nos. (1-31), DOI: 10.1002/ese3.1559. 
  3. A. C. Chandekar, B. K. Debnath, Effect of vibration and pressure on the air-bioCNG mixture inside the manifolds of dual-fuel diesel engines. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2023, Vol. 145(7), Page Nos. 072301 (1-12), DOI: 10.1115/1.4056842.
  4. S. Das, B. K. Debnath, R. S. Das, Analyzing the combustion behavior of different ceramic porous media in the piston bowl of a diesel engine. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, 2022, Page Nos. 1-15.
  5. A. C. Chandekar, B. K. Debnath, Computational analysis of mixing characteristics of port-injected bioCNG with air for different designs of intake manifold. Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, an International Journal, 2022, Vol. 22(1), Page Nos. 37-50, DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2022.120266. 
  6. A. C. Chandekar, S. Deka, B. K. Debnath, P. R. Babu,  Comparative assessment of engine vibration, combustion, performance, and emission characteristics between single and twin-cylinder diesel engines in unifuel and dual-fuel mode. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2022, Vol. 144(8), Page Nos. 082106 (1-12), DOI: 10.1115/1.4052998. 
  7. S. Das, B. K. Debnath, R. S. Das, Experimental investigation of porous media combustion applied on the piston bowl of diesel engine. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 2021, Vol. 43, Page Nos. 154 (1-14), DOI: 10.1007/s40430-021-02865-1. 
  8. A. B. Khelkar, B. K. Debnath, K. Debnath, Use of sinusoidal surface profile in the absorber tube of a parabolic trough solar collector to enhance its thermal performance, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2020, Vol. 141, Page Nos. 2589–2597, DOI: 10.1007/s10973-020-09929-9. 
  9. U. Kashyap, K. Das, B. K. Debnath, U. Kashyap, S. K. Saha. Numerical study on effect of secondary surface on rectangular vortex generator. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications. 2020, Page Nos. 1-33. DOI: 10.1115/1.4047008
  10. A.C. Chandekar, B. K. Debnath. Effect of intake manifold design on the mixing of air and bio-CNG in a port-injected dual fuel diesel engine. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2020, Vol. 141, Page Nos. 2295–2309. DOI: 10.1007/s10973-020-09591-1.
  11. S. Vishwakarma, S. Roy, B. Das, and B. K. Debnath. Performance analysis of internally helically v-grooved absorber tubes using nanofluid. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2020, Vol. 18 (1), Page Nos. 100538 (1-10), DOI: 10.1016/j.tsep.2020.100538.  
  12. S. Roy, B. Das, A. Biswas, B.K. Debnath, Energy and exergy analysis of a concrete-based thermal energy storage system. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, 2020, Page Nos.1-13,  DOI: 10.1007/s40032-020-00564-9.
  13. S. Das, B. K. Debnath, R. S. Das, A. Stagni, T. Faravelli, Numerical investigation of a porous media combustor in a small-scale Diesel engine, Energy, 2019, Vol. 186, Page Nos. 115785 (1-15), DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.07.115.
  14. D. Sharma, B. K. Debnath, Computational investigation of porous media combustion technology in spark ignition engine, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Mechanical Engineering, 2019, DOI 10.1007/s40997-019-00285-0.
  15. U. Kashyap, K. Das, B. K. Debnath, Numerical and experimental study of the effect of secondary surfaces fixed over a rectangular vortex generator, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Vol. 11 (6), Page Nos. 061003 (12 pages) 2019, DOI:10.1115/1.4043007. http://thermalscienceapplication.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleid=2727421.
  16. A.C. Chandekar, B. K. Debnath, Computational investigation of air-biogas mixing device for different biogas substitutions and engine load variations, Renewable Energy, Vol. 127, Page Nos 811-824, 2018. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148118305226
  17. U. Kashyap, K. Das, B. K. Debnath, Effect of surface modification of a rectangular vortex generator on heat transfer rate from a surface to fluid: An extended study, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol.-134, Page Nos -269–281, 2018. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1290072918301832
  18. U. Kashyap, K. Das, B. K. Debnath, Effect of surface modification of a rectangular vortex generator on heat transfer rate from a surface to fluid, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol.-127, Page Nos -61–78, 2018. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1290072917313091
  19. F. Millo, B.K. Debnath, T. Vlachos, C. Ciaravino, L. Postrioti, and G. Buitoni, Effects of different biofuels blends on performance and emissions of an automotive diesel engine, Fuel, Vol.-159, Page Nos -614-627, 2015. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236115006870
  20. B.K. Debnath, U.K. Saha, and N. Sahoo, A comprehensive review on the application of emulsions an alternative fuel for diesel engines, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol.-42, Page Nos -196–211, 2015. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032114008405
  21. F. Millo, S. Bensaid, D. Fino, S.J.C. Marcano, T. Vlachos, and B.K. Debnath, Influence on performance and emissions of an automotive Euro 5 diesel engine fuelled with B30 from Farnesane, Fuel, Vol.-138, Page Nos -134-142, 2014. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001623611400711X
  22. B.K. Debnath, U.K. Saha, and N. Sahoo, An experimental way of assessing the application potential of emulsified palm biodiesel towards alternative diesel, ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol.-136, Issue No.-2, Page Nos -021401(1-12), 2014. http://gasturbinespower.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleid=1740853
  23. B.K. Debnath, U.K. Saha, and N. Sahoo, Theoretical route towards the estimation of second law potential of an emulsified palm biodiesel run diesel engine, ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering, Vol.-140, Page Nos -A4014007(1-10), 2014. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000134
  24. B.K. Debnath, B.J. Bora, N. Sahoo, and U.K. Saha, Influence of emulsified palm biodiesel as pilot fuel in a biogas run dual fuel diesel engine, ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering, Vol.-140, Page Nos -A4014005(1-9), 2014. 10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000163
  25. B.K. Debnath, U.K. Saha, and N. Sahoo, Effect of compression ratio and injection timing on the performance characteristics of a diesel engine running on palm oil methyl ester, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, Vol.-227, Issue No.-3, Page Nos -368 – 382, 2013. http://pia.sagepub.com/content/227/3/368.abstract
  26. B.K. Debnath, N. Sahoo, and U.K. Saha, Adjusting the operating characteristics to improve the performance of an emulsified palm oil methyl ester run diesel engine, Energy Conversion and Management, Vol.-69, Page Nos -191–198, 2013. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890413000757
  27. B.K. Debnath, N. Sahoo, and U.K. Saha, Thermodynamic analysis of a variable compression ratio diesel engine running with palm oil methyl ester,Energy Conversion and Management, Vol.-65, Page Nos -147–154, 2013. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890412003020
  28. B.J. Bora, B.K. Debnath, N. Gupta, U.K. Saha, and N. Sahoo, Investigation on the flow behaviour of a venturi type gas mixer designed for dual fuel diesel engines, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, Vol.-3, Issue No.-3, Page Nos -202-209, 2013. http://www.ijetae.com/files/Conference%20ICERTSD-2013/IJETAE_ICERTSD_0213_32.pdf
  29. B.K. Debnath, U.K. Saha, and N. Sahoo, Effect of hydrogen-diesel quantity variation on brake thermal efficiency of a dual fuelled diesel engine,Journal of Power Technologies, Vol.-92, Issue No.-1, Page Nos -55-67, 2012. http://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/294
  30. B.K. Debnath, A. Biswas, and R. Gupta, Computational fluid dynamics analysis of a combined three-bucket Savonius and three-bladed Darrieus rotor at various overlap conditions, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Vol.-1, Issue No.-3, Page Nos -033110 (1-13), 2009. http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jrse/1/3/10.1063/1.3152431.


International Conferences:


  1. A. Hira, M. Kumar, D.S. Pasi, R.K. Prasad, A.C. Chandekar, B.K. Debnath, Investigation of F-Shape manifold for air-hydrogen mixing affected by EGR in twin cylinder, CRDi, dual-fuel diesel engine, In Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Patna, Patna-801106, Bihar, India, December 14-17, 2023, pp. 651-656. https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/references/ 1654896405e56590,4869f8107409fb40,48b1e79775c4edc2.html 
  2. D. Marwein, P. Yadav, B. K. Debnath, R. S. Das, Effect of variation of water depth on the performance of a double slope solar still for Shillong weather condition? a CFD study, In Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Patna, Patna-801106, Bihar, India, December 14-17, 2023, pp. 987-992. https://ishmtdigitallibrary.com/conferences/1654896405e56590,4869f8107409fb40,3f1b122a5325c3df. HTML.
  3. A.C. Chandekar, D. Singh and B.K. Debnath, Investigation of the F-shape manifold for air-bioCNG mixing in twin-cylinder dual-fuel diesel engine, In 2022 7th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research (ICMERR), Krakow, Poland, 2022, pp. 144-149. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10097809.
  4. A.C. Chandekar, and B. K. Debnath, Influence of engine vibration on mixture quality of air and port-injected biocng in dual-fuel diesel engine. In 2022 4th International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment (ICEPE), Period -  April 29 - May 01, 2022, Place - NIT Meghalaya, (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9798304.
  5. Md. A. Ansari, B. K. Debnath, and T. Bose, Measurement of the extent of cavitation using vibration monitoring in a Francis turbine, 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019), Period -December 28-31, 2019, Place - IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India. http://ishmtdigitallibrary.com/conferences/18a7131602a3b186,7a56f09f53571cac,4f63e7d857012f7e.html
  6. S. Das, B. K. Debnath, and R. S. Das, Effect on combustion behaviour in the presence of ceramic porous materials on the piston bowl of a diesel engine, 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019), Period -December 28-31, 2019, Place - IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India. http://ishmtdigitallibrary.com/conferences/18a7131602a3b186,7a56f09f53571cac,77589e5408394c7b.html
  7. S. Roy, and B. K. Debnath, Heat transfer enhancement of sensible energy storage for low temperature application, ASME 2018 Power and Energy Conference (PowerEnergy2018), Paper ID -Power2018-7271 Period -June 24-28, 2018, Place -Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. https://www.asme.org/events/power-energy2018
  8. S. Vishwakarma, K. Debnath, and B. K. Debnath, Thermal performance study of helically grooved absorber tubes for parabolic trough solar collector, ASME 2018 Power and Energy Conference (PowerEnergy2018), Paper ID -Power2018-7270 Period -June 24-28, 2018, Place -Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. https://www.asme.org/events/power-energy2018  
  9. U. Kashyap, K. Das, and B.K. Debnath, Effect of surface texture of vortex generator in heat transfer enhancement, 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), Period -December 15-17, 2016, Place -MNNITA, Allahabad, India, 2016.
  10. S. Das, S. Kumar, and B.K. Debnath, CFD analysis of combustion in a Wankel engine in the presence of porous media (Poster presentation), 5th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, ICAER, Period -December 15-17, Place -IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, 2015.
  11. B.K. Debnath, N. Sahoo, and U.K. Saha, Experimental analysis of emulsified palm oil methyl ester towards alternative diesel fuel, ASME 2012 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA2012, Period -July 2–4, Place -Nantes, France, Page -451-458, 2012. http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1727375
  12. B.K. Debnath, U.K. Saha, and N. Sahoo, Effect of compression ratio on the performance characteristics of a Palm oil methyl ester run diesel engine, ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2011, Period -November 11–17, Place -Colorado, USA, Page -1315-1322, 2011. http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1643425&resultClick=3
  13. B.K. Debnath, B.B. Sahoo, U.K. Saha, and N. Sahoo, Simulation of combustion and emission characteristics in a dual fuelled diesel engine, ASME 2010 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, ICEF2010, Period -September 12–15, Place -Texas, USA, Page -767-776, 2010. http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1620855&resultClick=3
  14. B.K. Debnath, A. Biswas, and R. Gupta, CFD analysis of combined three-bucket Savonius and three-bladed Darrieus rotor using Fluent package,International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, ICAME, Period -December 15-17, Place -SVNIT Surat, India, 2008.


National Conferences:


  1. A. C. Chandekar and B. K. Debnath, Investigating the flow characteristics of an air-biogas mixing device through computational fluid dynamics,44th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), Period -December 14-16, Place -Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala, 2017. https://www.amrita.edu/event/44th-national-conference-fluid-mechanics-and-fluid-power-fmfp-2017
  2. B.K. Debnath, N. Sahoo, and U.K. Saha, Application of emulsified biofuel for emission reductions in diesel engines, National Seminar on New and Renewable Sources of Energy, NSNRSE, Period -March 21-22, Place -Guwahati, India, 2012.
  3. B.K. Debnath, A. Biswas, and R. Gupta, CFD analysis of three-bucket Savonius rotor using Fluent package, National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, NCRAME, Period -December 20-21, Place -NIT Silchar, India, 2008.


Book Chapters

1. A.C. Chandekar, and B.K. Debnath (2020) Design and Optimization of Air–Biogas Mixing Device for Dual Fuel Diesel Engines. Advances in Energy Research, Editors: S. Singh, and V. Ramadesigan,  ISBN: 978-981-15-2662-6, 2020, Page Nos. 515-527.

2. S. Vishwakarma, K. Debnath, B. K. Debnath, and B. Das, Comparative Analysis of Absorber Tubes of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Using Therminol VP-1 as Heat Transfer Fluid, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Editors: B. B. Biswal, B. K. Sarkar, and P. Mahanta, ISBN: 978-981-15-0123-4, 2020, Page Nos. 1227-1240. 

3. S. P. Singh, and B. K. Debnath, Exergy analysis of a variable compression ratio engine operated on diesel and pine seed oil biodiesel blends, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Editors: B. B. Biswal, B. K. Sarkar, and P. Mahanta, ISBN: 978-981-15-0123-4, 2020, Page Nos. 1241-1251.

4. S. Vishwakarma, P. K. Meher, B. K. Debnath, and K. Debnath, Computational analysis of internally grooved absorber tubes of parabolic trough solar collector for constant mass flow rate of the heat transfer fluid, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Editors: B. B. Biswal, B. K. Sarkar, and P. Mahanta, ISBN: 978-981-15-0123-4, 2020, Page Nos. 1267-1279.

5. S. Roy, B. Das,  A. Biswas, and B.K. Debnath, Computational analysis of sensible energy storage for low-temperature application, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Editors: B. B. Biswal, B. K. Sarkar, and P. Mahanta, ISBN: 978-981-15-0123-4, 2020, Page Nos. 1315-1329.  

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor, ME Department, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India (August, 2014 - Present)
  • Assistant Professor, ME Department, BITS Pilani, Pilani, Rajasthan, India (May, 2014 - July, 2014)
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Energy, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy (July, 2013 - April, 2014)

Administrative Responsibilities

  • Faculty In-Charge, Institute Transportation, from November 2022 - Present
  • Vice President, Cultural Committee, SAC, from August 2020 - June 2023
  • Warden, PG Boys Hostel, from July 2017 - June 2018
  • Faculty In-Charge, Cultural Committee, from March 2015 - August 2016

Courses Taught

Theory Subjects (UG and PG)

      IC Engines (UG)

      Fluid Mechanics-I (UG)

      Power Plant Engineering (UG)

      Power Production Engineering (PG)

      Applied Thermodynamics (UG)

      Combustion (UG)

      Engineering Thermodynamics (UG)

      Gas Turbines (UG)

      Automobile Engineering (UG)

      Engineering Mechanics (UG) 

 

Lab Courses (UG and PG)

      Workshop Practice – I (UG)

      Workshop Practice-II (UG)

      Mechanical Laboratory – III (UG)

      Thermal Engineering Laboratory (UG)

      Thermal and Fluid Power Laboratory (PG)

      Seminar (PG)

Projects/Consultancy

Projects

No.

Title of Project

Sponsoring Agency

Grant Amount (Rs)

Period

Role

 

From-To

1

Design and Fabrication of Temperature and Humidity-Controlled Drying Chamber for Drying of Spices

DIC-MHRD

3.988 Lakhs

2024-25

Principal Investigator,

(Co-PI: Dr. RS Das, Dr. S. Majumder, NIT Meghalaya)

2

Development and Testing of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Assisted Hybrid Double-Slope Desalination Solar Still for Off-grid Rural-North East India

DST-SERB

29 Lakhs

2022-25

Principal Investigator,

(Co-PI: Dr. RS Das, NIT Meghalaya)

3

Conversion of Conventional Diesel Engine into Port Fuel Injection (PFI) Engine and Running in Complete Biofuel Mode

TEQIP - III

2.6 Lakhs

2021-22

Principal Investigator

4

Design and Fabrication of a Two-stage Biogas Scrubbing Unit to Produce Methane Enriched Biogas for Cooking Purpose

NITM Start-Up Grant

2.6 Lakhs

2016-18

Principal Investigator


Consultancy 

No.

Title of Project

Sponsoring Agency

Grant Amount (Rs)

Period

Role

 

From-To

1

Technical Study of Firing and Combustion of the Blend Coal in Pulverized Coal Fired Subcritical Boilers and Identification of Ill Effects (if any) through Three Dimensional CAD Modeling and Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation

M/S

Vedanta

Limited,

Jharsuguda- 768202,

Orissa, India

20 Lakhs

2018-09-19 –

2018-11-19

Co-Consultant,

(Principal Consultant: Prof. HC Das, Co- Consultant: Prof. BB Biswal, NIT Meghalaya)

Students Supervised/Supervising

Ph.D Supervision

  1. Subhasish Das, Ph.D, Investigation into the Combustion Behaviour of a Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine with Porous Media in Piston Bowl, 2015 - 2021, Role: Main Supervisor.
  2. Uddip Kashyap, Ph.D, Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Channel using Modified Rectangular Vortex Generators, 2015 - 2019, Role: Co-Supervisor.
  3. Akash Chandrabhan Chandekar, Investigation of the Mixing Characteristics of BioCNG and Air without and with the Presence of Engine Vibration at the Intake Manifold of Dual-Fuel Diesel Engine, 2017 - 2023, Role: Sole Supervisor. 
  4. Aman HiraDiesel Engine Combustion with Renewable Fuels, 2021 - Present, Role: Sole Supervisor.
  5. Damanbha Marwein, Solar Desalination System, 2022 - Present, Role: Main Supervisor 
  6. Jyoti Moni Devi, Biofuels, 2023 - Present, Role: Main Supervisor


M.Tech Supervision

  1. Dhananjay Singh, Investigation of the F-Shape Manifold for Air-BioCNG Mixing in Twin-Cylinder Dual-Fuel Diesel Engine, 2021-2022. 
  2. Aditya Ranjan, Modeling of Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer Analysis with Film and Regenerative Cooling on a Rocket Thruster, 2020-2021. 
  3. Neeraj Gupta, Heat Transfer Enhancement using Modified Vortex Generator, 2019-2020.
  4. Prabina Kumar Meher, Effect of Wind Speed and Direction on   Convective Heat Loss from Absorber Tube of a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector: A Computational Study, 2018-2019.
  5. Mohd Anis Ansari, Study and Detection of Cavitation Phenomena in a Francis Turbine, 2018-2019.
  6. Suresh Vishwakarma, M.Tech, Computational Analysis of Absorber Tube for its Possible Application in Parabolic Trough Solar Collector, 2017-2018.
  7. Shivendra Pratap Singh, M.Tech, Thermodynamic Analysis of a Compression Ignition Engine Run with Oine Oil Biodiesel and Diesel Blends, 2017-2018.
  8. Akash Chandrabhan Chandekar, M.Tech, Design of Air-Biogas Mixing Device for Dual Fuel Diesel Engine, 2016-2017.
  9. Debojit Sharma, M.Tech, CFD Analysis of Porous Media Combustion Technology in a Spark Ignition Engine, 2016-2017. 
  10. Sujit Roy, M.Tech, Computational Study of Sensible Energy Storage to Accumulate Solar Energy, 2016-2017

B.Tech Supervision:

1.       Ongoing: Fabrication and Testing of a Double Slope Desalination Solar Still with Non-Transparent PV

2.       2023: Computational and Experimental Study of Engine Manifold in Dual Fuel Mode

3.       2022: Experimental Analysis of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Connected to Latent Heat Storage System

4.       2021: Computational Analysis of the Intake Manifold of a Dual Fuel Diesel Engine

5.       2020: Numerical Analysis of Performance of Rectangular Vortex Generators

6.       2020: Determination of Defect Depth by Active Thermography

7.       2019: Cavitation Effects due to Variation in Performance Parameters of a Francis Turbine

8.       2018: Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Compression Ratio Variation on the Diesel Engine Performance Operated                    with Pine Biodiesel Blends

9.       2017: Application of a CFD Model to Predict the Performance of a Basin Solar Still

Committees

No.

Committee Name

Description

Duration

1

Convener, ME, Load Distribution Committee

Preparation and distribution of course among departmental faculties, staff and duty roster staff and scholars 

June 2023 - Present

2

Convener, Transportation, Institute Day, 2023

Arrangement of car and bus transportation required for dignitaries, faculties, staff and students

March 2023

3

Faculty In-charge, Fluid Mechanics Lab

Updating the lab manual and maintaining the lab

August 2022 - Present

4

Faculty Advisor, ME

Pre-registration and course registration of respective students, addressing and monitoring their academic and non-academic activities

August 2017 - June 2020 & August 2023 - Present

5

Member, Students Awards Committee, Institute Foundation Day, 2022

Decide on the procedure of selection, shortlisting and selecting Student Awards

March 2022

6

Convener, Student Volunteers and Participants, Institute Foundation Day, 2022

Arranging for the student volunteers, ensuring participation of the student awardees.

March 2022

7

Member, UGPEC, ME Department

To participate in scrutinizing the results submitted for the UG students during UGPEC meeting.

December 2021- June 2023

8

Convener, Cultural Sub-Committee, Convocation 2021

Arrangement of the Invocation Song, arrangement of the performers to sing the National Anthem at the beginning and at the end of the Convocation. Arrangement of cultural program at the pre-convocation night.

October 2021

9

Convener, Cultural Sub-Committee, Convocation 2020

Arrangement of the Invocation Song, arrangement of the performers to sing the National Anthem at the beginning and at the end of the Convocation.

November 2020

10

External Member, Departmental Research Committee, Civil Engineering

Formation of supervisor, syllabus of the comprehensive exam, doctoral committee of the research scholars

December 2020

11

Member, Non-faculty Recruitment, Technician-ME

Screening and shortlisting of the application for Technician in ME Department 

February 2019

12

Member, Robing Sub-Committee, Convocation 2019

Making the robes ready, supervision of handing over and collection of robes from degree awardees.

September 2019

13

Convener, Cultural Sub-committee, 3rd Convocation, 2016

Organize cultural performances on the pre-convocation evening and on the convocation day

June 2016

14

Convener, Cultural Sub-Committee, Institute Foundation Day, 2016

Arrangement of Cultural Performance during the Institute Foundation Day

March 2016

15

Faculty In-charge, Thermal Science Lab

Preparation of indent, procuring the equipment, setting up the lab and maintaining it

June 2015 –

August 2022

16

Students Appeal Committee

To address the grade change appeal of  ME students   

March 2015 - May 2018

17

Departmental Website Maintenance Committee

Look after and frame the information that will be uploaded on the departmental webpage

November 2014 - November 2015

18

Implementation Committee of AAC Reports, Departmental Member

To report the implementation of the recommendations provided by the Academic Audit Committee

March 2015

Conference/Workshop/Seminar Organized

Conference:

Sl No.

Title

Sponsors

Category

Duration

Role Played

1

International Conference

on Recent Innovations

and Developments in

Mechanical Engineering

(IC-RIDME)

SERB-DST, NEC, NEEPCO, NIT Arunachal Pradesh, TEQIP-III, RITES, Maverick

International

June 3-7, 2015

Secretary, Technical Committee

Workshops:

Sl No.

Title

Sponsors

Category

Duration

Role Played

1

Computational Modeling and Analysis using ANSYS and Creo (CoMAAC)

ANSYS-INNOVENT Engineering Solutions and PTC Creo-Allied Design-Soft Solutions Pvt Ltd.

National

June 3-7, 2015

Joint Secretary

2

Sustainable Green

Composites: Design,

Manufacturing and Characterization

AICTE Training and  Learning (ATAL) Academy

National

August 9-13, 2021

Joint

Coordinator

Conference/Workshop/Seminar/Short Term Course Attended

No.

Name

Period

Place

Category

1

7th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research

December 9-11, 2022

Krakow, Poland

International

2

Short Term Course on Aerospace Technology: Theory and Practice

February 17 – 21, 2021

IIT Guwahati, India

National

3

Short Term Course on Combustion, Emission and Power Technology

February 22 – 26, 2021

IIT Guwahati, India

National

4

25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019)

December 28-31, 2019

IIT Roorkee, India

International

5

ASME 2018 Power and Energy Conference (PowerEnergy2018)

June 24-28, 2018

Florida, USA

International

6

6th International Conference on "Advances in Energy Research

December 12–14, 2017

IIT Bombay, India

International

7

Accreditation and Transformation of Technical Education

January 22-23, 2016

NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India

National

8

3rd International Conference on Energy and Sustainability (ICES 2015)

April 17-19, 2015

Beijing, China

International


Review Works

  • Reviewer, SERB CRG Project, 2023
  • Guest Editor, Journal of Nanomaterials (Hindawi), from 2015 - present, (International)
  • Reviewer, Fuel (Elsevier), from 2016 - present, (International)
  • Reviewer, Applied Petrochemical Research (Springer), from 2015 - present, (International)
  • Reviewer, Applied Mathematical Modelling (Elsevier), from 2015 - present, (International)
  • Reviewer, Renewable Energy (Elsevier), from 2015 - present, (International)
  • Reviewer, Energy (Elsevier), from 2014 - present, (International)
  • Reviewer, Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier), from 2015 - present, (International)
  • Reviewer, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (Elsevier), from 2015 - present, (International)
  • Reviewer, Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Springer), from 2016 - present, (International)
  • Reviewer, International Journal of Energy Research (John Wiley and Sons, Ltd), from 2013 - present, (International)
  • Reviewer, International Journal of Exergy (Inderscience), from 2015 - present, (International)
  • Reviewer, Walailak Journal of Science and Technology (Walailak University, Thailand), from 2015 - present, (International)

Professional Membership

No.

Name

Member ID

Category

Validity

1

ASME

101982384

Life member

2010 - present

2

ASCE

9783236

Life member

2013 - present

3

The Institution of Engineers (India)

AM159023-8

Associate Member

2015 - present

4

IEEE

98649940

Life member

2022 - present

Invited Talk/Session Chair

Invited Talk

No.

Name

Period

Place

Category

1

Petroleum Products Price Hike in India Heading Towards Alternative Fuels

August 13, 2021

Gandhi Institute for Education and Technology, Odisha, India

National


Session Chair

No.

Name

Period

Place

Category

1

International Conference on Innovations in Mechanical and Materials Engineering (IMME-2022)

November 4-6, 2022

MNNIT Allahabad, India

International

2

8th International and 47th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power

December 9-11,, 2020

IIT Guwahati, India

International

3

25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019)

December 28-31, 2019

IIT Roorkee, India

International