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Prof (Dr) Harish Chandra Das Professor, Dean (Public Relation, Branding and Ranking)

Ph.D , NIT Rourkela

harishdas@nitm.ac.in
8327766708, 9437025733
https://nitmeghalaya.irins.org/profile/101606

Research Interest

Thermal and fluid Engineering, CFD, Industrial Fires, Industrial Boilers and Fired furnaces, Heat Exchangers, Toxic gas dispersion, Mechanical Vibration, Fault Diagnosis, Bio-Mechanics, Robotics.

Education Qualification

Ph.D , NIT Rourkela

Reviewer of Research Papers in International Journals

International Journal of Acoustic and Vibration

Energy

IEEE Transaction on Human Machine System

Recognition in the Editorial Boards of International and National Journals

Co-Editor-in-Chief: International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Research (IJAICR).
Member, Editorial Board: International Journal of Applied Artificial Intelligence in Engineering System (IJAAIES).

Text Book/Book chapter Publication:

Books:

Biomechanics, I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. 2014, ISBN: 978-93-82332-86-2.
Thermodynamics, India Tech publishing Company, Pvt. Ltd. First Edition 2010, ISBN: 978-81-89897-01-2.
Measurement of Service Quality and Performance due to IT Adoption, Chapter – 34, Contours of Modern Management Research, Lambert Publication 2014, ISBN: 978-3-65952396-0

Book Chapters:

2021

1. Dynamic Instability of Cantilever Pipe Conveying Fluid. Current Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Page – 149-157.

2. Nonlinear Dynamics of Axially Accelerating String. Current Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Page – 589-598.

2020

1. Simulation of Emission from Coal-Fired Power Plant. Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Page - 975-986.

2. Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Mini-channel Heat Sink with Interconnecting Channels. Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Page – 987-1000.

3. Identification of Maximum Stressed Region in Hip Prosthesis. Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Page – 1013-1019.

4. Transverse Vibrations of an Axially Travelling String. Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Page – 127-137.

5. Bed Hydrodynamics of Fluidized-Bed Paddy Drying: An Experimental Study. Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Page – 941-948.

6. Path Planning of a Humanoid Robot Using Rule-Based Technique. Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Page – 1547-1554.

National Recognitions in India

1. Member- Senate of National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh

2. Assessor - National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

3. Member - District Crisis Group, District Magistrate Office, Khordha.

4. Member - District Crisis Group, District Magistrate Office, Puri.

5. Member, Advisory Committee, Nilachal Polytechnic, Bhubaneswar.

6. Member, Advisory Committee, Dhabaleswar Institute of Polytechnic, Dhenkanal.

7. Evaluator: National Board of Accreditation (NBA)

Publications:

Work Experiences [30 Years]

Academic & Administrative Experience

Professor, National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya w.e.f 27 ^th Dec’17 to till date.

Member, Senate National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya w.e.f 27 th Dec’17 to till date.

Dean (Public Relations, Branding and Ranking), National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya w.e.f September-2023 to till date.

Member, Senate National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh w.e.f February 2020 to till date.

Assessor, NAAC and NBA since 2019.

Academic Council Member, BPUT-Odisha since July-2023.

Dean (Planning and Development), National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya w.e.f July-2023 to August-2023.

Member, Board of Governors, National Institute of Technology Meghalaya w.e.f October 2021 to October 2023.

Dean (Student’s Welfare), National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya w.e.f 1^st July 2021 to till date.

Dean (Faculty Welfare), National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya w.e.f 1^st July 2019 to 30^th June 2021.

Dean Student’s Welfare, Siksha O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar w.e.f 31^st July 2017 till 26^th Dec’18.

Chief Warden, all hostels of Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar w.e.f 11^th July 2017 to 26^th Dec 2017.

Associate Dean, School of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Institute of Technical Education & Research, Siksha O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. (July'2011 – July’2017).

Professor & Head, Mechanical Engineering Department, Institute of Technical Education & Research, Siksha O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa (June'2010-June'2011).

Assistant Professor & Head, Mechanical Engineering Department, Institute of Technical Education & Research, Siksha O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa (July'2004-May'2010).

Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, Orissa Engineering College, Biju Pattanaik University of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Orissa (July'1996- June'2004).

Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, Orissa Engineering College, Biju Pattanaik University of Technology, Bhubaneswar, Orissa (December'1990-June'1996).

Convenor of Anti Ragging committee at institute level for the academic session 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017.

Chairman of the curriculum and academic regulation committee for Dual Degree Engineering program (DDE), Dual Degree Management program (DDM) and M.Tech (3 years) program for Industry sponsored personnel from the academic session 2014-2015 onwards.

Convenor of the Orientation program for 1^st year Graduate and Post-Graduate students in all disciplines from 2010-2011 sessions onwards.

Chairman, Board of Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering during the tenure of Head of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean, School of Mechanical and Civil Engineering.

Member of the academic council of Siksha O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar w.e.f 2008-2009.

Invited Training program delivered in different Industries

Training Programme on pre emergency Planning, Dispersion Modelling, For Fire in M/s Shiv Shankar Trading Company, located at Plot No. 1/5, Food Processing Park, Industrial Estate, Dt: Khordha on 21^st May 2017.
Training Programme on Dispersion Modelling, for Hexane, in M/S: Universal infra and Agri Oils Private Limited located at Plot No. 1/3, Industrial Estate, Sarua, Dt: Khordha on 05^th March 2017.
Training Programme on optimization of Boiler operation and maintenance, in M/S: Gupta power Infrastructure limited, located at 2 Industrial Estate, Dt: Khorda on 18^th June 2017.
Training Programme on basics of Fire, its impact on the structural stability of the Buildings, safe procedure for operation and maintenance of oil fired melting Furnace, Cable & Conductor manufacturing machines, Boilers, in M/S: Gupta Power Infrastructure limited, located at Industrial Estate, Dt: Khorda on 10^th July 2016.
Training Programme on Dispersion Modelling, for Hexane, in M/S: Universal infra and Agri Oils Private Limited located at Plot No. 1/3, Industrial Estate, Sarua, Dt: Khordha on 13^th March 2016.

International & National Conferences Conducted

1. Chairman, Industry-Academia Conclave-2019, National Institute of Technology Meghalaya, 12-13 December 2019.

2. Organising Secretary, ICRIDME-2018, National Institute of Technology Meghalaya, 8-10 November-2018.

3. Convenor, 1^st International Conference on best practices in supply chain management (BPSCM 2012) at S O A University Bhubaneswar on 22^nd & 23^rd November 2012.

4. Convenor, Industry-Academia Conclave at S O A University Bhubaneswar on 17^th July 2014.

5. Organising Committee Co-Chair, National Conference on Biomechanical Science (NCBMS 2014) at S O A University Bhubaneswar on 7^th & 8^th March 2014.

R&D and Consultancy Projects:

Research & Development Project:

S.No

Year

Project Title

Sponsoring Agency

Project Cost INR

PI/Co-PI

Status

2018

(18.09.2018)

Industrial and mining environment surveillance and monitoring of structures and material handling using neural-fuzzy AI embedded sensor-based hybrid land-aerial mobile robot.

M/s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.

16, 22,400/-

Continuing

2018

(09.06.2018)

Surveillance and monitoring of industrial equipment, industrial erections and buildings using hybrid ground mobile aerial robot with the help of AI techniques, image processing and sensors inputs.

Hindalco Industries Limited (UNIT - Aditya Aluminium)

9,00,000/-

Co-PI

Continuing

Consultancy Projects:

S. No	Year	Project Title	Industry Name	Project Cost INR	Status
1.	2022	Random Verification of Annual Inventory on Hazardous waste management	Central Pollution Control Board Govt of India	2.4 Lakhs	Completed
2.	2021	Technical vetting and modification of boiler for Unit-1 & 4 at Vedanta Ltd. Jharsuguda	Power Mech Projects Limited	2.36 Lakhs	Completed
3.	2019	Vetting of the design for erection and launching scheme of 48m bowstring girder for construction of Road over bridge in lieu between Bayana-Mathura section	Kamalakanta Engineering & Construction Company Pvt. Ltd.	1.65 Lakhs	Completed
4.	19.09. 18	Technical study of firing and combustion of the blended coal in pulverized coal fired subcritical boilers (135 MW and 600 MW) and identification of ill effects (if any) through three dimensional CAD modelling and computational fluid dynamics simulation	M/S Vedanta Limited, Aluminium & Power	20 Lakhs	Completed
5.	29.10. 18	Technical study for combustion of coal and Pet coke fired circulating fluidized bed combustion boiler	ACC Limited & Ambuja Cement Limited	05 Lakhs	Completed
6.	01.12. 18	I. Submission of a report on the cause of failure of Bunker. II. Vetting of structural design of the Coal Bunker	M/S.EMAMI Paper Mills.	03 Lakhs	Completed
7.	14.12. 18	Technical Study and Vetting of Combustion of Blast Furnace Gas and Coal in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Combustion Boiler through Three Dimensional CAD Modeling and Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation	Jindal Steel & Power Limited	12 Lakhs	continuing
8.	09.12.15	Testing of stability of Ammonia stacks (two nos) at M/s Paradeep Phosphate Limited, Paradeep, Odisha	M/s Paradeep Phosphate Limited, Paradeep, Odisha	6,90,000	Completed (20.04.16)
9.	07.08.15	Hazard analysis, Rapid safety audit & offset emergency plan of Khurda District, Odisha	District Crisis Group, Govt of Odisha	Pilot Project	Completed (03.06.16)
10.	11.04.15	Stability testing of twelve nos of self supported steel chimney at TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited	Trl Krosaki Refractories Limited, Jharsuguda, Odisha	6,25,000	Completed (30.06.15)
11.	30.10.14	Design and Drawing of safety guard of J18C1	Jindal Steel and Power Limited, Angul	1,00,000	Completed (30.11.14)
12.	29.10.14	Technical partner for auxiliary energy audit at Jindal Steel and Power Limited, Angul	National Productivity Council, India	50,000	Completed
13.	30.04.14	Technical partner for investment of grade energy audit at Utkal university and Revenshaw University, Odisha	National Productivity Council, India	10,000	Completed
14.	18.01.14	Preparation of Onsite emergency plan , SOP & SMP, dispersion modelling and Safety & Health policy for Jindal India Thermal Power Limted, Odisha	Jindal India Thermal Power Limted, Odisha	3,45,000	Completed (20.03.14)

Guidance:

Guidance To Doctoral Students:

*S.No*	*Name of the Student*	*Regd No.*	*Title*	*Status*
1	*Amiya Kumar Dash*	508ME811	Multiple damage identification of beam structure using vibration analysis and artificial intelligence techniques	*Completed (2012)*
2	*Dhirendra Nath Thatoi*	1061018006	Fault diagnosis of dynamic structures using adaptive intelligent techniques	*Completed (2015)*
3	*Sankar Narayan Das*	1161018008	Date palm leaf – thermoplastic composite : an experimental study	*Completed (2015)*
4	*Ajay Kumar Behera*	1271018001	Adoption of information technology and its effect on quality and performance in service industries	*Completed (2016)*
5	*Jajneswar Nanda*	1161018007	Intelligent condition monitoring of dynamic structures	*Completed (2017)*
6	*Pragyan Parimita Patnaik*	1271018004	Study on Various Emission Reduction Techniques and Its Effect on The Performance of Diesel Engine	*Completed (2017)*
7	*Asita Kumar Rath*	1581001047	GAIT Analysis and Path Planning of Humanoid Robots using Artificial Intelligence Technique	*completed* *(2018)*
8	*Venkata Naga Lakshmi Durga*	1371018001	Design, development and performance analysis of natural convection hybrid dryer	*Continuing*
9	*Mr. Binayak Pattanayak*	1481001026	Design, development and performance analysis of a fluidized bed dryer	*Completed* *(2019)*
10	*Mr. Shakti Prakash Jena*	1481001030	Experimental analysis for air conditioning in automobile cabin using engine waste energy	*Completed* *(2019)*
11	*Deepak Kumar Agarwalla*	1371018005	Biomechanical analysis of implants used in human body	*Continuing*
12	*Haladhar Rout*	1371018006	Automated scale-up study of convective dryer design	*Continuing*
13	*Saroj Kumar Padhi*	1161018009	Parametric appraisal of FDM built parts under dynamic loading conditions	*Completed* *(2018)*
14	*Rabiteja Patra*	1271018006	Failure analysis of prosthesis and implants with different bone configuration	*Thesis Submitted*
15	*Sanjay Kumar Behera*	1161018004	Vibration analysis of cracked composite structure	*Completed* *(2018)*
16	*Pruthiviraj Nemalipuri*	P18ME004	CFD Simulation of Pool Fire & BLEVE	Completed (2024)
17	Manoj Kumar Panda	P19ME004	CFD Simulation of fired heaters in oil and gas industries	Continuing
18	Vasujeet Singh	P19ME007	CFD Simulation of large scale CFBC boilers	*Thesis Submitted*
19	Umakant Samantaray	P19ME013	Simulation of large scale Tangentially fired boilers	*Continuing*
20	Swaroop Jena	P19ME014	Combustion analysis of large scale CFBC boilers with corrosion effect	*Continuing*
21	Ashesh Kumar Padhy	P22ME013	Performance analysis of solar power thermal power plant using nano fluid	*Continuing*

Guidance to Post Graduate Students

*Year*	*Regd No*	*Name of Student*	*Project Title*
2022	T20ME004	*M. Venkat Koti*	Numerical analysis of large scale tangentially fired boiler
2021	T19ME001	*Ajay Pawar*	CFD analysis on fluidization and hydrodynamic study of CFBC boiler
2021	T19ME004	*Bhargav Saikia*	CFD analysis of LNG Jet fire
2020	T18ME003	*Muddada Srinivasarao*	CFD analysis of industrial single pool fires
2020	T18ME017	*Ankur Kumar*	CFD analysis of industrial Jet fires
2019	T17ME005	*Vasujeet Singh*	Cooling of Electronic equipments.
2019	T17ME006	*Praveen Kumar Sharma*	Thermal and Hydraulic Performance Analysis of Finned Tube Heat Exchanger with Various Configuration.
2018	1391094001	*Caberi Sinha*	Optimization of design and numerical simulation of a corrugated designed tube recuperative Air Preheater (APH).
2018	1391085022	*Varun Kumar*	CFD Analysis of finned tube Economizer.
2017	1561026004	*Pruthiviraj Nemalipuri*	Prediction and Assessment of air pollutants emitted from Combined Heat and Power plant (CHP) using numerical simulation.
2017	1561026004	*Subhrajyoti Behura*	Thermal modelling of gasketed Plate Heat exchanger for a Beverage Industry.
2016	1461026009	*Vivekananda Giri*	Optimization of performance of porous surface burner based on length of mixing tube for cooking application.
2016	1461026002	*Mohammad Ayub Ansari*	Performance analysis of water block for high end CPU cooling.
2015	1361026010	*Asita Kumar Rath*	CFD analysis of the articular cartilage with synovial fluid at knee joint.
2015	1361026006	*Sanjaya Kumar Mishra*	Designing, modelling and experimental analysis of cascade refrigeration system for low temperature application for preservation of human blood plasma in blood banks.
2015	1361026002	*Sunita Panigrahi*	Performance analysis of triple concentric helical pipe heat exchanger using nano fluid.
2015	1361026005	*Kartik Kumar Khuntia*	CFD analysis of carotid bifurcation characterizing the hemodynamic parameters.
2014	1261026002	*Sadananda Pattnayak*	Effective design of shell and tube heat exchanger using MATLAB.
2014	1261026007	*Monalisa Sahoo*	Experimental and numerical studies of a triple concentric helical pipe heat exchanger.
2013	1161026001	*Krushna Chandra Sahoo*	Theoretical design and experimental analysis of vapour compression refrigeration system incorporating suction line heat exchanger combined with adiabatic capillary tube and using R600a
2013	1161026008	*Upasana Kanungo*	Computational study of blood rheology in carotid bifurcation characterizing the hemodynamic parameters.
2013	1161026003	*Pravupada Senapaty*	CFD analysis of the synovial fluid.
2012	1051018005	*Biswaranjan Champatiray*	Synthesis, Characterization and thermo mechanical analysis of natural fibre polymer composites.
2012	1051018012	*Abinash Mahapatro*	Experimental simulation of a natural convection grain drying system.
2012	1051018015	*Chandra sekhar Mishra*	Measurement of thermal conductivity of an epoxy based glass fibre, bamboo fibre, reinforced composite and also its tensile and flexural strength.
2011	0951018001	*Badal Kumar Dutta*	Optimization of induction length and flow rates of acetylene in Diesel engine.
2010	0851018001	*Gitanjali Sethi*	Natural convection in semi trapezoidal enclosure.
2009	0751018007	*Monoja Kumar Sahu*	Enthalpy- porosity technique for phase change of a pure metal under fluctuating boundary conditions.
2009	0751018006	*Tapano Kumar Hotta*	Finite Volume Method for transient radiation heat transfer and participating medium.
2009	0751018013	*Nabin Chandra Sahu*	Transport phenomena of chemical etching of semi conductor devices.
2009	0751018010	*Sunil Kumar Bisoi*	Optimization o9f injection pressure of a direct injection diesel engine using Karanja oil (preheated and blended) as fuel.
2008	0607212028	*Anukampa Chau Pattnaik*	Air quality impact prediction & assessment of thermal power plant.
2008	0607212029	*Madhulagna Patnaik*	Cooling Analysis of Electronics Chips by Computational method.
2006	0407212016	*Dhirendra Nath Thatoi*	Two Phase (Condensation) Heat Transfer Analysis for Polar Profile Tubes by Numerical Method in Steam Condenser
2006	0407212015	*Bishnu Charan Patra*	Investigation of Heat Flow Rate Through a Multi Fin Array by Finite Difference Method

Guidance to Graduate Students

*Year*	*Name of Student*	*Project Title*
2017	Nihar Das, Anshuman Nayak, Ashutosh Rath, Jayadeep Pattnaik	Conveyor Belt With Variable Height.
2017	Amit Rathore, Md Aqueel Ansari, Faizan Ahmed, Md Tayab Alli	Solar Desalination.
2015	Prasun Kundu, Girija Prasanna Tripathy, Danish Habib, Md Wasim Akram, Harpreet Singh, Gaurish Kumar Sahu	Bio-Mechanical Analysis Of HIP Prosthesis At Different Cut Positions In Total HIP Replacement.
2015	Kishore Chandra Dash, Abhishek Mishra, Rohan Kumar Satapathy Abhinash Patnaik, Peeyush Padhi, Soumya Prakash Dutta	Designing, Modelling & Experimental Analysis Of Cascade Refrigeration System For Very Low Temperature Application (Evaporator Temperature 233K) For Preservation Of Human Blood Plasma In Blood Banks.
2015	Samiksha Moharana, Sritam Siddhanta Padhy, Rashmi Ranjan Samantaray, Ruchika Pradhan, Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra, Aswini Das, Satyabrata Nayak	Performance Analysis of Triple Concentric Tube Heat Exchanger Using Nano Fluid.
2015	Homagni Sanyal, Nanda Siddhartha Girijakant, Vivek Singh, Saibhisek Padhy, Sampad Tripathy	Designing, Modelling & Experimental Analysis Of Cascade Refrigeration System For Very Low Temperature Application (Evaporator Temperature 233K) For Preservation Of Human Blood Plasma In Blood Banks.
2014	Debananda Sahoo, Arun Kumar Roul, Dipti Prasad Senapati, Chinmaya Kumar Swain, Saumya Ranjan Behera	Affect Of Vibration On Implant Used For Fracture Fixation Of Bone.
2014	Debasish Dash, Debashis Mohanty Jatin Kumar, Swapnesha Samal, Pranay Kar	Mechanical Advantages Of Curvilinearity Of Bones.
2014	Debyendu Mondal, Janmenjay Dandsena, Rahul Kumar Saini, Dilip Das, Sidharth	Study Of The Biomechanical Performance Of Implants Used For Fixation Of Fractured Trochanter.
2014	Chandan kumar Biswal, Sabyasachi Mohapatra, Swaroop Kumar Barik, Ashish Nayak	Design And Development Of A Shunting Locomotive.
2014	Susmita Mohanty, Nishant Mahadev Patil, Sanket Mahaptra, Sachin Kanchan, Soumendra Mandal	Effect of Vibration on Implant.
2014	Sweta Satapathy, Pushpa Sahoo, Surabhi Ankita Nayak	Stress distribution and deformation of Tooth and dental Implant under compressive loading – A 3D Finite Element Analysis.
2014	Priyanka Patnaik, Ipsita Mohanty Shilpashree Lenka, Sambhavana Mohanty, Manisha Panda	Computational analysis of mechanical behaviour of Implant due to Vibration.
2013	Biswajit Mishra, Suvendu Kumar Giri, Mahesh Kumar Panda, Balaram Maharana, Sattwik Ghosh	A literature review on HIP Prosthesis.
2013	Ajay Kumar Mallick, Shahbaz Khan, Praveen Kumar, Sanjeev Ranjan, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Nilay Kumar Jaiswal	Measurement of Clamping and Compression force of different types of screw used in Bone Fixation.
2013	Sanhamitra Debta, Nisha Kumari, Swapnarani Mohapatra, Jhasketan Singh	Stress Analysis of a HIP Prosthesis.
2013	Bhaskar Kumar, Ashish Kumar Gupta, S. Sai Krishna Dora, Rahul Kumar, Kumar Gaurav, Vikash Kumar	Force Analysis Of Different Types Of Foot.
2013	Bindusagar, Swaraj Kumar Swain, Amiya Ranjan Panigrahi, Praveen Choudhary, Chandan Kumar Sahu	Study of stress profile on NAIL in Femur bone.
2012	Tuhina Rai, Shubhra Sinha, Monalisha Maharana, G. Rajesh Nirmalya Mishra, Sunil Behera, Prem Prakash Singh, Saurabh Suman, Sritama Sinha, Abhishek Das, Abhishek Dutta	An Apparatus For Determining The Viscosity Of Water As A Function Of Temperature.

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