Details Bio-Data of Director, CMERI

General Information


Field of Specialization	Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
Present Position	J C Bose National Fellow and Director, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute M G Avenue, Durgapur - 713209,W.B., INDIA Tel: 91-343-2546749/ 2546401(O); Tel :91-343-2564030/6510430 (R) Fax: 91-343-2546745; e-mail : director@cmeri.res.in ; gtm@cmeri.res.in ; gtm@iitk.ac.in

Awards & Honours

1987-1988, July-Dec 1992, May & June 1997: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Bonn, Germany

July-Dec 1994: JSPS Invitation Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku 102, Japan

1998-Date: Nominated as a Member of the Scientific Council of the International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer [ http://www.ichmt.org/data-files/council.asp ]

2001: Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal: Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics published by Inderscience, Switzerland

Guest Professor at the LSTM, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany (December 2001 to October, 2002)

2002: Keynote speaker at the Twelfth International Heat Transfer Conference at Grenoble, France (August 18-23, 2002)

Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation

2004: Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering

2004: Indian Representative at the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics [ http://www.iutam.net/iutam/Addresses/index.php/Biswas ]

2006: Appointed Associate Editor to the Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME)

2006: Invited Speaker at the Eleventh Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics (11ACFM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (22-25 May, 2006)

2006: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

2007: Dr. Gurmukh D and Veena M Mehta Endowed Chair Professor

2007: Re-elected Indian Representative at the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics [ http://www.iutam.net/iutam/Addresses/index.php/Biswas ]

2007: Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India

2008: President of the Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), India

2008: Member of the Editorial Board of Computational Thermal Sciences (Begell House)
2009: Director, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, India
2010: Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Bangalore)

2010: Delivered Prestigious CNR Rao Lecture at IIT Kanpur

2010: Member of the Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences (IJEMS)

2010: Delivered Bhatnagar Memorial Lecture at the 55th ISTAM Congress

2011: Awarded J.C. Bose National Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology

2011: Member of the Working Group on S & T Human Resource Development of the Planning Commission, Govt of India

Reviewer for the following journals:

Physics of Fluids,
Journal of Computational Physics,
Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,
Numerical Heat Transfer Part-A,
Journal of Heat Transfer (ASME),
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering,
International Journal of Thermal Sciences.

Publications

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Past Experiences (Teaching)

Designation Period Organization

Director
2009 - Date Director, CMERI, Durgapur & MERADO, Ludhiana on deputation from IIT, Kanpur

Professor
1995 - Date Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (UP), 208016, India

Visiting
    Professor
May'08-Jun'08 Dept of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Guest Professor
Dec'01-Oct'02 LSTM, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Associate
     Professor
1993-1995 Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (U.P.) 208016, India

JSPS Visiting
    Scientist
Jul'94-Dec'94 Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Yokohama National University, Japan

Assistant
     Professor
1990-1993 Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (U.P.) 208016, India

Alexander von
    Humboldt Fellow
Jul'92-Dec'92 Inst fur Thermo und Fluiddynamik, Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Germany

Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
Feb'87-Nov'88 Inst fur Thermo und Fluiddynamik, Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Germany

Lecturer
1984- 1990
Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (W.B.) 721302, India

Visiting
    Scientist
May' 1999
Inst fur Thermo und Fluiddynamik, Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Germany (under INSA-DFG programme)

Past Experiences (Administrative)

Designation	Period	Organization
Comp. Coordinator	1990--1998	Mechanical Engineering Dept, IIT Kanpur
Coordinator	1996--2001	Fluids Mechanics Laboratory, IIT Kanpur
Chairman	1998--1999	Students' Placement, IIT Kanpur
Chairman	1999--2000	Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2000
Organizing Chairman	2000--2001	Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2001
Convener	1999--2009	Centre for Advanced Computing, IIT Kanpur
Dean (Academic Affairs)	2003--2005	IIT KANPUR
Organizing Chairman	2006--2007	Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2007
Institute Coordinator	2003--2009	National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)

Courses Taught

Institute Courses

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Basic Fluid Mechanics ( UG, core level)
Advanced Fluid Mechanics ( UG, professional)
Fluid Mechanics (Post Graduate level)
Applied Thermodynamics (UG, professional)
Measurements and Controls (UG, professional)
Computational Methods in Thermal Engineering (Post Graduate level)

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Heat Transfer ( UG, Compulsory)
Numerical Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer (Post Graduate level)
Fluid Mechanics (UG, Compulsory)
Convective Heat and Mass Transfer (Post Graduate level)
Turbomachinery (UG, Compulsory)
Viscous Flow Theory (Post Graduate level)
Thermodynamics (UG, Core Level)
Fluid Mechanics Laboratory ( Laboratory )
Introduction to Computing (UG Freshmen, Tutor)
Fluid Mechanics and Rate Processes (UG, Core Level)
Material Testing (Laboratory)
Computational Methods in Engineering (UG, Tutor)
Introduction to Turbulent Fluid Mechanics (Post Graduate level)

Yokohama National University, Japan

Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer (Post Graduate level)

University of Western Ontario, Canada

Applied Heat Transfer (Post Graduate level)

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Computational Fluid Dynamics (Post Graduate level)

Projects

Sponsored:

PROJECT SPONSORER

Computation of Three Dimensional Flow Field in a Spiral Casing of a Hydraulic Turbine (Completed)

BHEL (Bhopal), India

Development of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Code (Completed)
DRDL (Hyderabad), India

Noise Removal, Three Dimensional Reconstruction and Data Retrieval for Optical Images of Stratified Fluids (Completed)
DST (New Delhi), India

Modeling and Simulation of Enhanced Oil Recovery using Parallel Computers (Completed)
DST (New Delhi), India

Unsteady Separated Flow in the Wake of a Square Cylinder in a Channel: Numerical and Experimental Study (Completed)
AR&DB, India

Application of Vortex Generators and Oval Tube to Enhance Performance Air-cooled Condensers and Other Heat Exchangers, A joint research project between Yokohama National University (Japan), Idaho National Eneregy and Environment Laboratory (USA) and IIT Kanpur (Completed)
NEDO-Japan

Large Eddy Simulations of Flows in A Rectangular Channel With a Built-In Winglet Pair (Completed)
ARDB (Bangalore), India

CFD Code for Thermal Hydraulics of Neutron Spallation Target for Accelerator Driven Sub-Critical Systems (Completed)
BRNS Mumbai, India

Developemnt of a Computer Code on Pressure Based Navier-Stokes Solver for Unstructed Meshes (Completed)
Fluent India, Pune

Numerical Simulation of Heterogeneous Bubble Growth (Completed)
(MHRD, R&D), Govt of India

Numerical and Experimental Studies on Boiling Heat Transfer for Improved Heat Exchangers (Completed) DST (New Delhi), India

Enhancement of Heat Transfer using Vortex Generators in Common-Flow-Up Configuration (Ongoing) CSIR, India

Analysis of gas injection system and Gas-heavy metal separation system of Gas-Driven Spallation target for Accelerator Driven System (Ongoing) BRNS, India

Consultancy:

PROJECT SPONSORER

Analysis and Modified Design of Water Cooled Roof Panels at EOF for Steel Making (Completed) TISCO (Jamshedpur), India

Environmental Control System Analysis for the LCA (Completed) HAL (Lucknow), India

Development of Design Methodology & CAD Software for Centrifugal Blowers (Completed) Singhasini Machines (Kanpur), (India)

Analysis of KADECS Vapour Core Pump (Completed) HAL (Lucknow), India

Research / Academic Contributions

Ph.D. Thesis Guided
: 15

Number of M.Tech. Thesis Guided
: 44

Number of Publications (Int. Journal)
: 91

Number of Publications (Nat. Journal)
: 08

Number of Publications (Int. Conf.)
: 51

Number of Publications (Nat. Conf.)
: 21

Books
: 09

Web Based Courses
: 04

Ph.D. Students

A. Mukhopadhyay, A Calculation Procedure for Viscous Incompressible Flows in Arbitrary Geometry and Study of Confined Wakes Behind Partially Enclosed Bluff Bodies, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, March, 1992 (Present email address: am@fluent.com ).

P. Deb, Three Dimensional Computation of Laminar and Turbulent Flows with Heat Transfer in a Channel with Built-in Longitudinal Vortex Generators, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, April, 1994 (Present email address: pdeb@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu).

P. K. Maji, Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Flow in the Spiral Casing of a Hydraulic Turbine, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, August, 1997 ((Present address: MECON (I) Ltd, Ranchi, India).

A. K. Saha, Dynamical Characteristics of the Wake of a Square Cylinder at Low and High Reynolds Numbers, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, February, 1999 (Present email address: aksaha@iitk.ac.in).

P. Sandilya, Studies on Gas-Phase Mass Transfer in a Centrifugal Contractor, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur-208016, July, 1999 (Present email address: pavit@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in).

R. Vasudevan, Heat Transfer Enhancement in Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers Using Longitudinal Vortex Generators, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, March, 2000 (devanesque@yahoo.co.in).

Shaligram Tiwari, Application of Vortex Generators and the Tubes of Different Shapes to Enhance Performance of Fin-tube Heat Exchangers Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, February, 2004 (Present email address: shaligt@iitm.ac.in).

K Arul Prakash, Finite Element Analysis of Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics in the Spallation Target Module of an Accelerator Driven Sub-critical System, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, June, 2006 (Present email address: arul.k.prakash@gmail.com).

Gaurav Tomar, Analysis of Interfacial Instabilities in Adhesion, Dewetting and Phase Change, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, January, 2008. (Present email address: gaurav.tomar03@gmail.com)

Daniel Gerlach, Analyse von kapillar-dominanten Zweiphasenstroemungen mit einer kombinierten Volume-of-Fluid und Level-Set Methode, Der Technischen Fakultaet der Universitaet Erlangen Nuernberg, Erlangen-91058, Germany, August, 2008. (Jointly guided with Prof. Dr. Franz Durst) (Present email address: Daniel.Gerlach@cbi.uni-erlangen.de, dagerlach@gmx.de)

Amaresh Dalal, Development of a Finite Volume Based Navier-Stokes Solver on Unstructured Grids and Its Application to Analyze Transport Mechanisms in Heat Exchangers, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, January 2009 (Present email address: amaresh@purdue.edu)

Subhankar Sen, Flow Past Stationary and Vibrating Cylinders of Various Cross-Sections at Low Reynolds Numbers, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, June 2010 (Present email address: subhankars@gmail.com)

Indrajit Chakraborty, Bubble Formation and Dynamics of Rising Bubbles in Quiescent and Co-flowing Liquids from Submerged Orifices (jointly with Prof. P.S. Ghoshdastidar).

Pankaj Saha, Large Eddy Simulation in a Channel with Built-in delta Winglet Pair (jointly with Prof. Subrata Sarkar, in progress).

Bahni Ray, Dynamics of Falling Drops and Intermolecular Interaction Induced Instabilities in Thin Films (jointly with Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, in progress)

Fellowship/ Membership

FELLOW of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore

FELLOW of Indian National Academy of Engineering

FELLOW of American Society of Mechanical Engineers

FELLOW of National Academy of Sciences, India

FELLOW of The Institution of Engineers, India

FELLOW of World Innovation Foundation

Member of NSFMFP (India)

Member of ISHMT (India)

Member of ILASS (South Asia)

Organizers/ Member of Important Committees:

As Organizer:

Organizing Secretary of the THIRD ISHMT-ASME HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER CONFERENCE AND 14TH NATIONAL HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER CONFERENCE, 29-31 December 1997, IIT Kanpur, India

Organizer of the SHORT TERM COURSE on SPECIAL TOPICS IN FLUID MECHANICS, 20-25 July 1998, Sponsored by QIP, Government of India (together with K. Muralidhar)

Organizer of the SHORT TERM COURSE on FUNDAMENTALS AND MODELING ASPECTS OF TURBULENT FLOW, 4-9 December, 1995 Sponsored by QIP, Government of India (together with V. Eswaran)

Organizing Scientist of the INDO-GERMAN WINTER ACADEMY (Brainstorming Academic Conclave on several exciting research themes, attended by the bright young undergraduates of various IITs and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany) 2002 and 2004 (together with Prof. Sanjay Mittal).
[URL: http://www.leb.eei.uni-erlangen.de/WA_INDIA/index.htm ]

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