Department of Mechanical Engineering
About The Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Mechanical Engineering Department is one of the oldest and finest Departments in the region. The workshops of the Department contain highly sophisticated machines presenting a unique and unparalleled quality. Various research & development activities undertaken by the Department put the students on busy schedules enabling them to blend to the modern industry requirements.
Vision of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
The vision of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar is as follows:
- To envisage an ambience of excellence, inspiring value based education, research and development in Mechanical Engineering with a commitment to train students with world-class competency and cutting-edge proficiency to face challenges of global market with confidence;
- To create, disseminate and apply the state-of-the-art technologies and practices to societal problems.
- To build top of the line faculty through appropriate human resource policies and to create effective interface with industries, business and community to make education responsive to changes.
Mission of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
The mission of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar is as follows:
- To impart instruction, training and awareness to students to meet the technological and socio-economical needs of the country;
- To benchmark the Mechanical Engineering Department with the best in the country;
- To promote a cosmopolitan outlook among the students and faculty and to develop a sense of national integration.
Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
The objectives of the B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering programme of National Institute of Technology Silchar are as follows:
- To deliver comprehensive education in Mechanical Engineering to ensure that the graduates attain the core competency to be successful in industry or excel in higher studies in any of the following fields: Thermal Engineering, Mechanical Design, and Manufacturing Science and Technology.
- To provide the students with foundation in mathematical and engineering fundamentals required to solve engineering problems and also to pursue higher studies and research.
- To train the students to work as teams to comprehend, analyze, design and create innovative solutions of real life problems.
- To inculcate a sense of ethics, professionalism and effective communication skills amongst graduates.
- To provide an academic environment that gives adequate opportunity to the students to cultivate lifelong skills needed for a successful professional career.
Program Outcomes (POs) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Program Outcomes (POs) of the B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering are as follows:
- Graduates will be able to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering in the solution of Mechanical Engineering problems.
- Graduates will demonstrate an ability to identify, formulate, analyze and solve Mechanical Engineering problems.
- Graduates will demonstrate ability to design mechanical systems, conduct experiments, analyze and interpret the resulting data.
- Graduates will demonstrate an ability to design a system, component to meet desired needs within the context of Mechanical Engineering and considering realistic constraints.
- Graduates will demonstrate an ability to visualize and work on laboratory and multidisciplinary task.
- Graduate will demonstrate skills to use modern engineering tools, software and equipment to analyze problems.
- Graduates will have an understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities.
- Graduates will be able to communicate effectively.
- Graduates will show the understanding of impact of engineering solutions on the society and environment.
- Graduates will develop confidence for self-education and ability for lifelong learning.
- Graduates will be able to participate and succeed in competitive examinations.
- Graduates will have awareness on contemporary issues.
Contact
HOD: Dr. Promod Kumar Patowari
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
National Institute of Technology Silchar,
Assam. Pin - 788010.
Phone: 9435523391
Email: headme.nits[at]gmail[dot]com, ppatowari[at]yahoo[dot]com, ppatowari[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Faculties
Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435171942
Email: rguptanitsri[at]gmail[dot]com
Prof. Rajat Gupta
Department: MECHANICAL
Professor
Phone: 9435171942
Email: rguptanitsri[at]gmail[dot]com
| Date of Joining: | 1983-09-05 |
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| Qualifications Details : | B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), M.Tech., Ph.D. |
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| Experience Duration: | 33 Years |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Fluid Mechanics, Power Plant Engineering, Hydraulic Machines, CFD Entrepreneurship Development, System Design, Non-Conventional Energy, Thermo-fluids. |
| Research Interests : | His research areas include among others, Fluid Mechanics, CFD, Non-Conventional Energy, Thermo-fluids, Studies on Low Speed Wind Turbine etc. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Prof. Rajat Gupta joined as the Director of NIT Mizoram on the 3rd July, 2017. He was also holding additional charge of Director, NIT Silchar. A National Scholarship holder and a Ph.d in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Prof. Rajat Gupta, 1959 born, is a Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering of NIT Silchar since 1996. He served at NIT Silchar in various capacities like Incharge Director, Dean (R & C), Dean (SW), Head of the Department (Mechanical Engineering), Chief Warden etc before joining as the Director of NIT Srinagar in 2011. He completed his 5 years of tenure w.e.f October 2011 to October 2016 as the Director, NIT Srinagar. Since October 2016, he has been appointed by the MHRD as the officiating Director of NIT Silchar. He has published more than 160 research papers in various National/International Journals/ Conferences and also written 05 Chapters in books. He has produced 07 Ph.D scholars. Presently 06 Ph.D scholars are working under his guidance. His research areas include among others, Fluid Mechanics, CFD, Non-Conventional Energy, Thermo-fluids, Studies on Low Speed Wind Turbine etc. He chaired various National/International Conferences and delivered keynote addresses. He was the Chairman of Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA), a programme of MHRD for the year 2016. He is associated with various organizations and member of various Committees of MHRD, Engineering Accreditation Evaluation Committee [EAEC] of NBA, AIB-UGET, AICTE, J&K State Advisory Council for Higher Education, IIM, ASME, National Research Advisory Committee, NIF- Ahmadabad, Court of Central University of Kashmir etc. He has received many awards like Education Leadership Awards, Rajiv Gandhi Education Excellence Awards etc. |
| Awards/Achievements : | • National Scholarship Award. • B. Tech. Ist Class 3rd. • Awarded Education Leadership award by Headlines Today. • Rajiv Gandhi Education Excellence Award by Indian Solidarity Council. • Best Educational Award by International Institute of Education and Management, Delhi. |
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Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435173130
Email: kmpandey[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Prof. Krishna Murari Pandey
Department: MECHANICAL
Professor
Phone: 9435173130
Email: kmpandey[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate Contact No.: | 7896287110 |
| Alternate E-mail ID: | kmpandey2001[at]yahoo[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 1987-01-06 |
| URL of Web Profile: | http://www.nits.ac.in/departments/mech/mech.php |
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| Qualifications Details : | B. Tech. (Mechanical Engg) BHUIT, Varanasi(1980); M. Tech. (Heat Power) BHUIT, Varanasi(1987); Ph.D. (Mechanical Engg) IIT Kanpur (1994). |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Internal Combustion Engines, Turbo Machines, Gas Dynamics, Research methodology. |
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| Experience Duration: | 31 years |
| Experience Description: | Teaching & Research, Served as Head of Department from July 2007 to July 2010. At present serving as HOD for the second term from 20.05.15 onwards. Also served as Dean FW and Dean RC previously. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Computational Combustion, Thermal Engineering, Gas Dynamics |
| Teaching Interests : | Internal Combustion Engines, Turbo Machines, Gas Dynamics, Research Methodology. |
| Research Interests : | Numerical methods, Gas dynamics, Non-conventional energy power generation, Experimental techniques, Education technology and Environmental pollution, Computational fluid dynamics using Fluent software. |
| Administrative Interests : | Served as Dean Faculty Welfare and Dean Research in the year 2012, each for a period of approximately 3 months. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. K.M. Pandey obtained his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from BHUIT, Varanasi in 1980. Dr. Pandey also did M.Tech in Heat Power from the same Institute in 1987. Prior to Joining REC Silchar Dr. Pandey served in BIT Mesra Ranchi as Associate Lecturer for a period of 3 Years and 6 Months. Dr. Pandey did his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 1994 from IIT Kanpur. He has published and presented more than 425 papers in International & National Journals and Conferences. Dr. Pandey has also served in Colombo Plan Staff College Manila, Philippines in the year 2002 as Faculty Consultant seconded by Govt. of India. Currently he is working as Professor of the Mechanical. Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam, India. He also served the department in the capacity of head from July 07 to 13 July 2010. He has also worked as faculty consultant in Colombo Plan Staff College, Manila, Philippines as seconded faculty from Government of India in the year 2002. His research interest areas are the following; Combustion, High Speed Flows, Technical Education, Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks , Heat Transfer, Internal Combustion Engines, Human Resource Management, Gas Dynamics and Numerical Simulations in CFD area from Commercial Softwares. Dr. Pnadey has got 36 SCI indexed journal papers and in total 80 research articles are indexed in Scopus. Email: kmpandey2001@yahoo.com |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | No. of PG Scholar Guided: 64 (Ongoing: 14) |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | No. of PhD Guided: 09 (Submitted: 01 and Ongoing: 09) |
| Projects: | Completed: 5 Projects from AICTE, MHRD and KVIC |
| Book / Chapters Published: | 5 Book Chapters Published & 6 Books Published |
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Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435072301
Email: rdmisra[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Prof. Rahul Dev Misra
Department: MECHANICAL
Professor
Phone: 9435072301
Email: rdmisra[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | rdmisra[at]gmail[dot]com |
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| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Thermodynamics, Exergetics, Thermoeconomics, Refrigeration, Air-conditioning, IC Engines, Heat Transfer and CFD. |
| Administrative Interests : | R.D. Misra is a Professor and Department Head of Mechanical Engineering at NIT Silchar. His area of specialization is Thermal Engineering. His work focuses on experimental and computational analysis of thermal systems in the fields of Refrigeration, Air-conditioning, IC Engines, non-conventional & renewable energy systems, etc. using concepts of Thermodynamics, Exergetics, and Thermoeconomics. His research group consists of undergraduate students, graduate students, and doctoral students.Professor Misra is passionate about education. He enjoys teaching a wide range of undergraduate and graduate subjects in the areas of thermal engineering like, Thermodynamics, Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning, IC Engines, Heat Transfer.Professor Misra has been actively involved in the Institute’s Administration in some way or other. Apart from his present role as the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering since July 2010, he has served the Office of the Dean, Research & Consultancy from |
| Biographical Sketch : | Professor Misra received his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Jorhat Engineering College under Dibrugarh University in 1991, M.Tech. in Energy Studies from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1996, and Ph. D. in Thermal Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2004. He has joined as faculty in Mechanical Engineering in the National Institute of Technology Silchar in 1992. He has served NIT Silchar as Lecturer from 1992 to 2003, as Assistant /Associate Professor from 2004 to 2009, and as Professor from 2010 till date. He is a professional member of the Indian Society for Technical Education and The Engineering Society For Advancing Mobility Land Sea Air and Space (SAEINDIA). |
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Associate Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435176556
Email: kalyan[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty
Department: MECHANICAL
Associate Professor
Phone: 9435176556
Email: kalyan[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | kalyan.ch.2013[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | B.E., M. Tech., PhD |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Materials science, Advanced Materials Science |
| Experience | |
| Experience Description: | 32 yrs of teaching experience. Conducted lab classes on workshop practice, metrology etc. Participated in admininistrative task as deptl. exam co ordinator, as asstt. warden , as Member in M. Tech admission committee, as member in DPPC etc. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Metal machining, Micromachining,Manufacturing Science. Material Science, Metrology, Quality Control. |
| Teaching Interests : | Metal machining , Micromachining, Soft computing based on statistical methods, Data based programming on machining, implimentation of fuzy logic for machining study. Materials Science , DFMA etc |
| Research Interests : | Metal Cutting, Micromachining. Based on his research interest he has guided M.Tech projects. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Obtained B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, under Burdwan University in 1984, M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1988, and Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1996. Member of professional bodies like Member of Institute of Engineers (India) and Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education. He has been serving in this Institution since 1984. Presently he is serving as Associate Professor. He has international papers and presented number of papers in various national seminars. |
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Associate Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435712422
Email: kks[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Kaushal Kumar Sharma
Department: MECHANICAL
Associate Professor
Phone: 9435712422
Email: kks[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | kksharma1313[at]rediffmail[dot]com |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | B.Sc. Engg. (Mechanical) (B.I.T. Sindri), M.Tech.(IT B.H.U.), Ph.D. (NIT Silchar). |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Instrumentation and Measurerment, Diagnostic Maintenance of Mechanical Equipments, Power Plant Engg, Alternative Energy resources |
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| Experience Duration: | 29 years |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | 1) Power Plant Engineering2) Instrumentation3) Robotics4) Non-Conventional Energy5) Wind Energy6) Machine Design |
| Research Interests : | Wind turbine, robotics, solar energy. |
| Administrative Interests : | 1) Establishing Instrumentation Laboratory2) Establishing Robotics Laboratory3) Establishing Wind Turbine Laboratory4) Computational Fluid Dynamics5) Establishing Non-Conventional Energy Laboratory. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Kaushal Kumar Sharma was born on 24th Nov 1960. He had done B.Sc.Engg(Mech) from B.I.T.Sindri , M.Tech.(Machine Design) from I.T.B.H.U. Varanasi , Ph.D from N.I.T.Silchar . He has number of papers in the field of wind Rotor. He has established instrumentation laboratory in the Department Mechanical Engg , N.I.T.Silchar . He is an associate Professor in the Deptt of Mechanical Engineering |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | 6 scholars. |
| Book / Chapters Published: | Pandey, K.M., Sharma, K.K , Kannojia, R. "Experimental Studies on Savonius and Bach Type Rotors", "LAMBERT Academic Publishing", GERMANY. |
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Associate Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 09435712579
Email: plc[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Mr. Pannalal Choudhury
Department: MECHANICAL
Associate Professor
Phone: 09435712579
Email: plc[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate Contact No.: | 09435712579 |
| Alternate E-mail ID: | choudhury100[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | B.E. (Mechanical, 1984); M.Tech (1990) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | PG Subjects: Failure Analysis and Prevention; UG Subjects: Finite Element Analysis |
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| Experience Description: | Academic Experience: Worked as lecturer in Applied Mechanics Department in REC Silchar since 1985. Then, joined as faculty in Mechanical Engineering Department at National Institute of Technology Silchar in 2002. At present working as Asso. Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department w.e.f. July, 2011. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Solid Mechanics, Stress Analysis, Composite Materials, Finite Element Analysis. |
| Teaching Interests : | Engg. Graphics, Engg. Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Stress Analysis, Machine Design, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Finite Element Methods. |
| Research Interests : | Solid Mechanics, Stress Analysis, Composite Materials, Finite Element Analysis. |
| Administrative Interests : | The Major Administrative Responsibilities: Workshop Superintendent, Head of Applied Mechanics Deptt. (In charge), Member of Admission Committee, Member of DUPC and DPPC of Mechanical Engineering Department, Member of Convocation Committee, Member of Board of Governors, In-Charge of Material Testing Laboratory. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Obtained B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Silchar under Gauhati University in 1984, M.Tech in Engineering Mechanics from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1990. Joined REC Silchar as a Lecturer in Applied Mechanics Department in 1985. Joined as faculty in Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Silchar in 2000. Promoted to Selection Grade Lecturer in the Year 2008. At present working as Asso. Professor in Mechanical Engineering w.e.f. July, 2011. Member of professional bodies like Associate Member of Institute of Engineers (India), Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education. |
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Associate Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435523391
Email: ppatowari[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Promod Kumar Patowari
Department: MECHANICAL
Associate Professor
Phone: 9435523391
Email: ppatowari[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | ppatowari[at]yahoo[dot]com, ppatowari[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 1995-07-07 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | PhD (IIT Kharagpur), M.Prod.E. (Jadavpur University, Kolkata), B.Tech (NERIST, Itanagar) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Manufacturing Process -II, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Advanced Machining Processes, Modern Manufacturing Methods |
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| Experience Duration: | 22 years |
| Experience Description: | Teaching at NIT Silchar Since July 1995 |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Manufacturing and Production Engineering |
| Teaching Interests : | Manufacturing Processes, Production Technology, Advanced Machining Processes, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Modern Manufacturing Methods, Workshop Practice, Mechanical Laboratories |
| Research Interests : | Advanced/Nontraditional Manufacturing Processes Micro-Manufacturing, Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM), Computer Numerical Control (CNC), Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) |
| Administrative Interests : | Presently: Local Coordinator GIAN, In-Charge of Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory, Micro-nano Manufacturing Laboratory. Previously: Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Dean (AA), International Students Advisor (ISA), Chairman DUPC, DPPC, DPMC of Mechanical Engineering, Nodal Officer (Academic)/ Assistant Coordinator TEQIP-II, Faculty In-charge (VM). |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. P. K. Patowari obtained B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Itanagar in 1994, M.Prod.E. in Production Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1999, and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in 2008. He has joined as faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar in 1995 and presently serves as Associate Professor. He is the life member of professional bodies like Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS). |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | Completed: 24 Ongoing: 4 |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Ph.D: Completed: 03 Thesis Submitted: 01 Ongoing: 05 |
| Projects: | 1 AICTE under Research Promotion Schemes (RPS), Experimental Investigation of Surface Integrity in Electrodischarge Machining (EDM), 2009-2012, 20 Lakhs, Completed. 2 National Program on Micro and Smart Systems (NPMASS) National MEMS Design Center (NMDC) Project of NPMASS, 2009-2013, Software support only, Completed. 3 Level-I category by the DST under the FIST Program, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Material Testing, 2015-2020, 210 Lakhs, Ongoing. 4 Science, Technology and Innovation Scheme (STIS) of NIT Silchar, Investigation and analysis of mechanical properties of different natural particle filter reinforced epoxy composite and its machinability, 2016-2018, 4.25 Lakhs, Ongoing. |
| Book / Chapters Published: | 1. Promod Kumar Patowari, Gauranga Dutta, Kangkan Kalita, “Design and Analysis of Electro-Thermal Micro Actuator and Gripper”, LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-3-659-43498-3. 2. Ngangkham Devarani, Promod Kumar Patowari, Surface Modification of Graphite by Electrical Discharge Machine, LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-3-659-35024-5. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435300307
Email: lintu[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Lintu Roy
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9435300307
Email: lintu[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | lintu2003[at]gmail[dot]com, lintu_roy[at]yahoo[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 2000-01-11 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph. D (IIT Guwahati); M.Tech (IIT Kharagpur); B.E. (NIT Silchar) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Theory of Mechanisms and Machines,Dynamics and control of Machinery, |
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| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Mechanical System Design, Tribology, Mechanical Vibration. |
| Teaching Interests : | He enjoys teaching a wide range of undergraduate and graduate subjects in the areas of Design Engineering like Tribology of Bearings,Theory of Machines,Dynamics and Control of Machinery, Mechanical Vibrations,Approach to Engineering Design. |
| Research Interests : | His area of specialization is in Mechanical Systems Design. His work focuses computational analysis of journal bearings. His research group consists of undergraduate students, graduate students. |
| Administrative Interests : | He is involved in the Institute’s Administration in some way .Apart from his present role as a teacher in Department of Mechanical Engineering since January 2000 he in involved as a Departmental Member in library sub Committee in 2002,As a faculty Advisor in Undergraduate course in every year.He is also involved in DEC since September 2015. |
| Biographical Sketch : | He received his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering Silchar under Assam University Silchar in 1994, M.Tech. in Mechanical Systems Design from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2005, Post Graduate Diploma in Finance management (PGDFM) from IGNOU in 1999 and Ph.D in Mechanical Systems Design from IIT Guwahati in 2015. He has over 16 years of teaching and research experience and Joined as faculty in Mechanical Engineering in the National Institute of Technology Silchar in 2000. He has served NIT Silchar as Lecturer from 2000 to 2005, as Assistant Professor from 2005 till date. His area of specialization is in Mechanical Systems Design and focuses on computational analysis of journal bearings. His research group consists of undergraduate students, graduate students. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435500659
Email: agnibis[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Agnimitra Biswas
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9435500659
Email: agnibis[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | agnibis[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in |
| Date of Joining: | 2012-11-07 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | PhD in Mechanical Engineering |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Turbomachinery, Solar Architecture, Manufacturing Process-I, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research |
| Experience | |
| Experience Duration: | 11 years 7 months |
| Experience Description: | Teaching, Research & Development |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Thermal Engineering |
| Teaching Interests : | Fluid Mechanics, Power Plants Engineering, Renewable Energy |
| Research Interests : | Renewable Energy Technologies, Energy Conversion, CFD |
| Administrative Interests : | Principal Investigator Cum Supervisor of Regional Test Center for Solar Thermal Devices, an NABL accreditated test laboratory, ME Deptt., NIT Silchar. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Agnimitra Biswas did his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College Silchar in 2001, M.Tech in Thermal Engineering from NIT Silchar in 2007, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Silchar in 2010. His research area was Vertical Axis Wind Turbines using experimental and computational methods. He has more than 10 years of teaching and research experiences. Presently he is working as an Assistant Professor in ME Department, NIT Silchar since Nov 2012. His current research areas include hybrid renewable energy systems, micro hydro-turbines, and solar energy systems. He has published more than 40 research papers till date in various referred international journals and conferences. He has supervised 8 M.Tech thesis and 1 PhD thesis so far, and presently guiding 6 Ph.D and 4 M.Tech scholars. He is an associate member of Institution of Engineers (India). He is a regular reviewer of various Energy related SCI indexed journals. He is also the principal investigator of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) sponsored solar RTC project of this institution, and an in-charge of MNRE recognized Regional Test Center for solar thermal devices at ME Department, NIT Silchar. This center has recently bagged the prestigious NABL accreditation for testing laboratory |
| Awards/Achievements : | 1. Recipient of National Scholarship 1995-96. 2. Principal Investigator of Regional Test Center (RTC) for Solar Thermal Devices in ME Deptt., the first NABL accreditated test laboratory of NIT Silchar. Accreditated since 29th May 2017. 3. Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for Applied Energy, Elsevier in 2013-14. 4. Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for Energy Conversion & Management, Elsevier in 2014-15. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | 1. Mr. N.K. Sarma (2013). Experimental and Computational Investigation of Savonius Water Turbines. 2. Mr. M.A. Singh (2013). Computational and Experimental Investigation of Self Starting and Performance of a New VAWT. 3. Ms. S. Bhuyan (2014). Experimental investigation of H-type & hybrid H-Savonius vertical axis wind rotors. 4. Mr. M. Borthakur (2014). Development of mesh free solver for 2D incompressible flows. 5. Mr. S. Gangwar (2014). Optimal sizing and techno economic evaluation of a standalone hybrid renewable energy system for production building of ME Deptt., NIT Silchar. 6. Ms. M. Basumatary (2015). Numerical Simulation of Two-Bladed Savonius Water Turbine with Deflector. 7. Mr. B. Podder (2015). Analytical and Experimental Studies of a Flat Plate Collector for Solar Water Heating System. 8. Mr. N. Thakur (2016). Numerical Study of Two Bladed Savonius Water Turbine with Ducted Impinging Jet. 9. Mr. K. Deka (2016). CFD Modeling of Immobilized Photocatalytic Reactor for Waste Water Treatment. 10. Mr. S.D. Pushan (2016). CFD Analysis for Tea Leaves Withering using Solar Thermal Radiation. 11. Mr. A. Bhaumick (2017). Performance Improvement of an Organic Rankine Cycle with low grade thermal energy input from a Compound Parabolic Collector. 12. Mr. T.S. Rengma (2017). Experimental and Computational Investigation of Cluster Savonius Water Turbines and its comparison with a single Savonius Water Turbine. |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | 1. Shri Anal Ranjan Sengupta (2016). Thesis Title: Performance Improvement of H-rotor Vertical Axis Wind Turbines in Low Wind Speed Conditions using Experimental and Numerical Approaches. |
| Projects: | 1. Establishment of Regional Test Center (RTC) - Cum Technology Back Up Unit For Solar Thermal Devices at ME Department, NIT Silchar (Assam), funded by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. Project Cost: 73.86 lakhs, duration: 2012-2017. Role: PI. 2. Design and development of a hybrid photo voltaic thermal (PVT) system for rural application, funded by DST -SC/ST R & D Scheme under “National Resources Data Management System (NRDMS)”. Project Cost: 14,17,800/-, duration: 2016-19. Role: Co-PI. |
| Book / Chapters Published: | 1. Gupta R. & Biswas A. Comparative Performance of a 3-bladed Airfoil Chord H-Darrieus & a 3-bladed Straight Chord H-Darrieus Turbines using CFD. In: CFD Modeling in Development of Renewable Energy Applications, Publisher: International Energy and Environment Foundation (IEEF), 2011, pp 301-16. ISBN-13: 978-1466231313. 2. Biswas A. & Gupta R. Aluminium-Silica Gel Metal Matrix Composite. Publisher: Lambert Academic Publishing, March 2013. ISBN- 978-3-659-33206-7. 3. Weerasekera N.D. & Biswas A. Thermo-electric Generator based Waste Heat Recovery System. Publisher: Lambert Academic Publishing, May 2016. ISBN- 978-3-659-87416-1. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone:
Email: shalder[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Sudipta Halder
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone:
Email: shalder[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Date of Joining: | 2012-12-10 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | B.E., M.Tech, Ph.D. Post-Doc (USA) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | UG Level: Machine Design, Material Science, Theory of Machine, Mechanics of solids, Manufacturing Process. PG Level: Composite material, Mechanics of composite, Advanced solid mechanics, Processing of engineering materials, Nano structured materials-synthesis, properties and applications, Iron making and steel making. |
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| Experience Duration: | More than 8 years in industry and academia |
| Experience Description: | Industrial Experience: Worked as Specialist Engineer, Process & Technology from 16th March 2009 till 07-01-2013 at TATA consulting Engineers Limited, 3 years 9 moths. Academic Experience: Working as Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineer, National Institute of Technology Silchar (An Institute of National Importance by MHRD, Govt. of India), Silchar-788010, Assam, India, From 10-12-2012 till date. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Composite materials. Smart Adhesives and their joining. Hybrid multi scale laminated composites Bio-composites Phase change materials and encapsulation technology Surface engineering and functionalization Self-healing composite materials. Energy efficient building materials. |
| Teaching Interests : | Composite Materials, Material Science, Machine Design, Mechanics of Composite, Processing of Engineering Materials, Nano Structured Materials-Synthesis, Properties and Applications |
| Research Interests : | Epoxy nanocomposite., Adhesive Science and Technology, Fracture Mechanics and micromechanical Behavior of Polymer nanocomposites, Thermo-physical behavior of polymer nanocomposites, Self healing composite materials, Hard Magnetic Materials, Ex-situ dispersion processes of nanoparticles in polymer, Continuous process for Biodiesel production using heterogeneous catalyst. |
| Administrative Interests : | In charge of three labs |
| Biographical Sketch : | B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, M.Tech in Materials Engineering from Bengal University and Science University (BESU) presently, Indian Institute of Science and Technology (IIST), PhD. In Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department at IIT Roorkee In “Characterization of ultrasonically dispersed nanoparticle filled epoxy adhesive” used at ambient and Elevated Temperatures applications in Automobile and Aerospace Industries under Guidance of Dr. P.K.Ghosh. Post-doctoral research at The University of Alabama, USA for 1 year, under prestigious BHAWAN fellowship supported by IUSSTF and DST, India. Worked at TATA consulting Engineers Limited in Process & Technology business unit for more than three years and completed many projects including, heterogonous catalyst, biodiesel, epoxy nanocomposites, sponge chrome, titanium pigments and many others related to iron and steel especially with TATA Steel. After that I Joined National Institute of Technology Silchar (An Institute of National Importance by MHRD, Govt. of India) as Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Presently research area consisting of composite materials, laminated composites, self healing composites, nano structured materials, adhesive science and technology, encapsulation technology, low cost energy efficient building materials, phase change materials, thermo-mechanical behavior and fracture behavior of materials. |
| Awards/Achievements : | Best Project Award in Mechanical Division at The jed-i project challenge 2014, at IISC Bangalore. Awarded Second best paper at International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing-2012. Post-doctoral Fellowship award, Building Energy Efficiency Higher & Advanced Network (BHAVAN) Fellowship Program for post-doctoral research work at University of Alabama, USA for 12 months, 2016. |
| Projects: | Development of heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production in presence of heterogeneous catalyst. Feasibility report for a 10,000 TPA sponge chrome pilot plant. TATA Steel Limited. Feasibility report for a 100,000 TPA TiO2 slag/Synthetic rutile and 60,000TPA pig iron plant. SMML, Hyderabad. Novel Microencapsulation Technology Enabled Energy Efficient Building Materials. IUSSTF & DST. Bamboo bricks/laminates from BMFs (Bamboo Micron Fibres) for low cost housing structures for North Eastern Himalayan region, Funded by NHMS. Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Material Testing, DST-FIST 2015 |
| Book / Chapters Published: | Advances in Materials and Processing, Tran Tech Publication Switzerland, Sudipta Halder et al., 2012, Advanced Materials Research, 585, 149 November, 2012, 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.585.149 |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9485098488
Email: sumita[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Mrs. Sumita Deb Barma
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9485098488
Email: sumita[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | sumita.mech09[at]gmail[dot]com |
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| Currently Teaching Subject: | UG: Engineering Graphics, Engineering Mechanics, Machine Design-I, Hydraulic Machines |
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| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Thermal Engineering. |
| Research Interests : | Alternative fuels, IC Engines. Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics etc.; |
| Biographical Sketch : | Mrs. Deb Barma was born in Agartala, Tripura (India) in 1984. She matriculated from SHISHU BIHAR H.S. school in 2000 and obtained her Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute, Agartala under WBSCTE, Kolkata, in 2003. Mrs. Deb Barma received her B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, in 2008, M.Tech in Thermal Engineering from NIT Agartala in 2010 and pursuing Ph.D. in Thermal Engineering from NIT Silchar. Worked as faculty and Guest Lecturer from 2008 to 2012 in Institute of Marine & Computer Society and NERIST. She has Joined as faculty in Mechanical Engineering in the National Institute of Technology Silchar, in 2012 as Assistant Professor. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | PG scholar: 1 |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435175552
Email: dipankar[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Dipankar Bhanja
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9435175552
Email: dipankar[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | dipankar.bhanja[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 2013-02-07 |
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| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | UG: Thermodynamics-I,Thermodynamics-II; PG: Convective Heat Transfer Analysis, Gas Turbine and Jet Propulsion |
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| Experience Duration: | 16 years+ (Teaching and Research) |
| Experience Description: | Dr. Bhanja has joined as an Assistant Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering in NIT Silchar on February 2013. Before that he was in Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, West Bengal from Aug’04 to Feb ’13 as a faculty in Mechanical Engineering department. He was also working as a Lecturer in Dumkal Institute of Engineering and Technolgy, Murshidabad, West Bengal since Feb’02. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Thermal Engineering, Heat Transfer, Optimization |
| Teaching Interests : | Basic Thermodynamics, Applied Thermodynamics , Refrigeration & Air-conditioning, Fluid Mechanics & Machinery, Heat Transfer. |
| Research Interests : | Analytical heat transfer , Heat transfer augmentation, Electronic cooling, Heat transfer through porous surface, Solar collector , Renewable energy , Optimization techniques, CFD |
| Administrative Interests : | He is involved in institutional administrative activities in different ways. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Bhanja obtained B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College under North Bengal University in 2000, M. E. in Production Engineering from Jadavpur University in 2002, and Ph. D. in the field of Heat Transfer from Jadavpur Universtiy, Kolkata in 2014. He has over 16 years of teaching and research experience. Dr. Bhanja is reviewer of various journals of repute such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier), International Journal of Refrigeration(Elsevier), Heat and Mass Transfer (Springer), Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier), Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (AIP), Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (AIAA), International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies (Wiley), International Journal of Physical Sciences(Academic Journal), Advances in Mechanical Engineering(SAGE), International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology(Inderscience), Journal of Applied Research and Technology(Elsevier), Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization(Springer). |
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| P.G. Scholars Guided: | No. of PG Scholar (Completed: 11; Ongoing: 2) |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | No. of Ph.D. Scholar (Ongoing: 5) |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone:
Email: sumit[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Sumit Bhowmik
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone:
Email: sumit[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | B.E. (Mechanical), M.M.E. (Mechanical - Design), Ph.D. |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | UG: Mechanics of Solid; Advanced Solid Mechanics, PG: Structural Property Correlation of Engineering Materials |
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| Experience Duration: | 12 Years |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Fatigue and fracture analysis, Structural analysis, Composite materials. |
| Teaching Interests : | Solid Mechanics, Machine Design, Finite Element Method. |
| Research Interests : | Composite material, Fracture mechanics, Structural analysis, Tribology, Pressure vessels, Virtual Manufacturing. |
| Administrative Interests : | He is involved in the institute administration different way. |
| Biographical Sketch : | He received his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Tripura Engineering College (now known as NIT Agartala) under Tripura University, M.M.E. in Machine Design specilization from Jadavpur University. He has done his PhD from Jadavpur University. He has joined as an Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering in National Institute of Technology in January 2013. He also worked as a faculty in Tripura Engineering College and Asansol Engineering College. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | No. of PG Scholar: 16 (Completed: 13, Ongoing: 03) |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | No. of Phd Scholar: 05 (Ongoing: 04, Awarded: 01) |
| Projects: | [1] Experimental and computational analysis of heat sink application for optimal performance by developing low-cost natural filler reinforced the composite material. CPRI, under MoP, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Rs. 22.63 Lakh, 2017-2019, (PI). [2] Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Material Testing, DST - FIST (Level - I), GoI, Rs. 210 Lakh, 2015 - 2020, (Coordinator). |
| Book / Chapters Published: | [1]. Book Chapter 5: Roy, S., Bhowmik, S., Davim, J.P., and Kumar, K., 2016, Estimation of Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Epoxy Based Green Composites, Green Approaches to Biocomposite Materials Science and Engineering, IGI Global, 96 – 124, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0424-5.ch005; [2]. Book Chapter 4 (Part – I): Bhowmik, S., Jagadish, and Ray, A., 2017 Abrasive Water Jet Machining of Composites Materials , Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Springer, 77 – 97, ISBN 978-3-319-56098-4, DOI:-10.1007/978-3-319-56099-1; [3] Book Chapter 9: Kumar, R. and Bhowmik, S., 2017, Development of Natural Bio-Filler based epoxy composite for wind turbine blade application, Design and Optimization of Mechanical Engineering Products, IGI Global, 180 – 196, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3401-3.ch009; [4] Book Chapter 12: Bhowmik, S. and Jagadish, 2017, Multi-criteria decision making for optimization of product development under green manufacturing environment, Design and Optimization of Mechanical Engineering Products, IGI Global, 234 – 249, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3401-3.ch012; [5] Book Chapter 6: Zindani, D., Maity, S.R. and Bhowmik, S., 2017, A decision making Approach for Material Selection of Polymeric Composite Bumper Beam, Composites and Advanced Materials for Industrial Applications, IGI Global, 112-128, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5216-1.ch006. |
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Associate Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435596052
Email: dhd[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Mr. Darpahari Das
Department: MECHANICAL
Associate Professor
Phone: 9435596052
Email: dhd[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | darpa66[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in |
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| Area of Interest/Specialization : | ThermodynamicsHeat TransferI.C. Engine. |
| Administrative Interests : | Heat Exchangers, Waste Heat Recovery systems, IC Engines, Fuel Oil etc. Basic Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics-I, Thermodynamics-II, Material Science, Heat Transfer (both UG & PG), Non-conventional energy, Compressor and Gas Turbine, IC engine. Acted as Associate Dean (P&D), President of NIT Silchar Alumni Association, secretary DUPC, secretary DPPC. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Mr. Das received his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College Silchar under Gauhati University in 1983 and M.Tech. in Thermal Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1986. He joined as faculty in Mechanical Engineering in Regional Engineering College Silchar in 1983. He has presently been working as Associate Professor since January 2007. He is a professional member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: +91-8811940517
Email: jagadish[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Jagadish
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: +91-8811940517
Email: jagadish[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate Contact No.: | +91-9113270595 |
| Alternate E-mail ID: | jagadishbaridabad.s[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 2013-06-21 |
| URL of Web Profile: | http://www.nits.ac.in/departments/mech/mech.php |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. (Manufacturing Engineering), M.Tech (Product Design and Development ), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), Diploma (Mechanical Engineering) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | PG Subjects: Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Computer Aided Design, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, CAD-CAM and Automation Lab-I, CAD-CAM and Automation Lab-II. UG Subjects: Machine Design-I, Machine Drawing, Instrumentation Lab etc. |
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| Experience Duration: | 7 years 5 Months |
| Experience Description: | Industrial Experience: 2 years as Design Engineer at InfoTech Enterprises Limited, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh; 1 years as Design Engineer at Central Tool Room, Ludhiana; Academic Experience: Working as Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar (An Institute of National Importance by MHRD, Govt. of India), Silchar-788010, Assam, India, since from June 2013. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Green Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Process, Composite Machining, Decision Making Tools, Computer Aided Design, Rapid Prototyping. |
| Teaching Interests : | Computer Aided Design, Machine Design-I/II, Manufacturing process-I/II, Rapid Prototyping, Product Design and Development, Mechanical Vibration, Finite Element Analysis, Strength of Materials, Theory of Machine and Mechanisms, Structural Analysis & Optimization, Machine Drawing etc. |
| Research Interests : | Advanced Manufacturing Process; Green Manufacturing;Composite Machining; Composite material; Applied Soft Computing Techniques and Optimization; Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) Techniques; Finite Element Modeling and Analysis of Structural Components (FEA); Computer Aided Design (CAD); Renewable Energy; Rapid Prototyping; Time Series analysis. |
| Administrative Interests : | Presently - Assoc. Warden of Boys Hostel-6 |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Jagadish did his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from GPT Bidar (Karnataka); B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from REC Bhalki (Karnataka); M.Tech in Product Design and Development from NIT Warangal (Andhra Pradesh) and Ph.D. in Manufacturing Engineering from NIT Silchar (Assam). He has over 3 years of industrial experience in the field of design and analysis and 4.5 years of teaching and research experience. Presently he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of NIT Silchar since June 2013. His areas of interests are an advanced manufacturing process, green manufacturing, composite materials, applied soft computing techniques and optimization, Multi-criteria decision making methods, computer-aided design etc. He has supervised 06 M.Tech theses so far, and presently guiding 01 Ph.D. and 02 M.Tech scholars. He received an “Institutional Award (Gold Medal)” by Institution of Engineers India and “Best Innovative Award” by Springer for his outstanding research contribution and published more than 11 research papers and 03 book chapter. He is a regular reviewer of various manufacturing and optimization related SCI indexed journals. He is the life member of professional bodies like Associate Member of Institute of Engineers (India), Committee Member of Soft Computing Club SCILAZ at NIT Silchar, Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). |
| Awards/Achievements : | The “Best Research Paper Award-Gold Medal” by Institute of Engineers in 2016, The “Best Innovative Paper award” by Springer in 2014; The “Pat on Back award” by InfoTech enterprises Ltd Hyderabad in 2011; The “Team of the Month award” by InfoTech enterprises Ltd Hyderabad in 2012. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | [06 -Awarded, 02- Ongoing] |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | [01- Ongoing] |
| Book / Chapters Published: | 1. Book Chapter: - Maran Rajakumaran, Jagadish (2018) “Performance evaluation of abrasive water jet machining process on polymer composites”, Book Name: Abrasive Technology - Characteristics and Applications, Intech Open, Croatia, (ISBN 978-953-51-6218-6.) (Accepted) 2. Book Chapter: - Sumit Bhowmik, Jagadish (2017) “Multi-criteria decision making for optimization of product development under green manufacturing environment”, Book Name: Design and Optimization of Mechanical Engineering Products, IGI Global, India, Page- 234-249, (| ISBN: 9781522534020). 3. Book Chapter: - Sumit Bhowmik, Jagadish, Amitava Ray (2017) “Abrasive Water Jet Machining of Composites Materials ", Book Name: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Springer, (ISBN 978-3-319-56098-4): DOI:-10.1007/978-3-319-56099-1, Page-77-97. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 7896287211
Email: sujitnath[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Sujit Nath
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 7896287211
Email: sujitnath[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | sujitnath2008[at]gmail[dot]com |
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| Qualifications Details : | PhD |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Numerical Methods in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer(M.Tech.), Automobile Engineering (B.Tech.), Fluid Mechanics I, Fluid Mechanics-II |
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| Experience Duration: | 7 year |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Thermal Engineering. |
| Teaching Interests : | Thermodynamics, Applied Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Refrigeration & Air-conditioning, Fluid Mechanics & Machinery, Computational Fluid Dynamics. |
| Research Interests : | CFD, Heat Transfer, Atomization, Solar Energy, Extended Surface |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Sujit Nath obtained B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 2001, and Ph.D. in Engineering from Jadavpur University in 2012. He has total 2 years of industrial experience in the field of Refrigeration & Air-conditioning and over 6 years of teaching experience. He joined as Asstt. Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar in May 2013. Dr. Nath is reviewer of various journals of repute such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier), Energy(Elsevier), Fuel (Elsevier), Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (AIAA). |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 09373986998
Email: abdeoghare[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Ashish B. Deoghare
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 09373986998
Email: abdeoghare[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | ashishdeoghare@gmail.com |
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| Experience Description: | 17 Years in engineering colleges. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Machine Design, Bio-Mechanics. |
| Teaching Interests : | Engineering Mechanics, Computer Graphics, Mechanics of Material, Machine Design and Finite Element Method. |
| Research Interests : | Design and development of medical equipments, tools, mechanisms and processes which aid in enhancement of present medical practices. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Ph.D. from Visvesvaraya National of Technology, Nagpur in 2011. Topic of research relates with integration of medical imaging and advance engineering techniques used in mechanical engineering to analyze bio-system. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: +91 7086880231
Email: infodrsudip[at]gmail[dot]com
Dr. Sudip Dey
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: +91 7086880231
Email: infodrsudip[at]gmail[dot]com
| Alternate E-mail ID: | infodrsudip[at]gmail[dot]com; sudip[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in |
| URL of Web Profile: | https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=A0G5PBwAAAAJ&hl=en |
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| Qualifications Details : | B.M.E. (Jadavpur University), Ph.D. (Jadavpur University, India) Post-Doc (Swansea University, United Kingdom) Post-Doc (Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Germany). |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Dynamics and Control of Machinery (UG), Machine Design (UG), Engineering Mechanics (UG), Quantitative Techniques (PG), Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (PG), Theory of Elasticity (PG), Principles of Industrial Design & Manufacturing (PG), CAD-CAM and Automation Lab (PG) |
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| Experience Description: | 12 years; Teaching in UG and PG levels, Research experience through guiding PG and research Scholars, and Administrative experience in various capacities. Prior industrial work experience in companies like Siemens, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd., Pipal Research Corporation in addition to Post Doctoral research and teaching experience from Swansea University, United Kingdom and Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Germany. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Computational Mechanics and Modelling, Uncertainty Quantification, Finite Element Analysis, Mechanics of Composites and Functionally Graded Materials, Impact Engineering, Tribology of Bearing, Multi-scale Analysis, Design Optimization and Reliability |
| Teaching Interests : | Passionate about education and interested in teaching a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the areas of Design and Applied Mechanics like, Machine Design, Strength of Materials, Dynamics of Machines and Mechanism, Finite Element Methods, Mechanics of Composite materials, Mechanical Vibration. |
| Research Interests : | Core research interests - Design and Applied Mechanics in the domain of computational and structural analysis in the fields of Composites and functionally graded or meta-materials. Other areas of research interests include Stochastic Analysis, Bio-inspired Materials, Failure Analysis, Nano-composites, Multi-scale Analysis, Design Optimization and Reliability Analysis. |
| Administrative Interests : | Actively involved in the administrative work. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Received Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering degree from Jadavpur University and Post graduate diploma in management. Received Ph.D. in Engineering degree from Jadavpur University. Worked in industries like Siemens, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd., Pipal Research Corporation. Post doctoral research and teaching experience from Swansea University, UK (Feb,14 to May, 15) and Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V., Germany (June, 15 to Oct, 15). Reviewer of prestigious journals of repute such as: (a) Composite Part B: Engineering (Elsevier) (b) Applied Mathematical Modelling (Elsevier) (c) Composite Structures (Elsevier) (d) International Journal of Mechanical Science (Elsevier) (e) Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology (Springer) (f) Thin-Walled Structures (Elsevier) (g) Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites (JRPC) (Sage) (h) Journal of Materials: Design and Applications (Sage) (i) Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures (j) Journal of Engineering Optimization (Taylor and Francis). Joined in Mechanical Engineering Department of National Institute of Technology Silchar in November, 2015. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | No. of PG Scholars: 08 (Completed: 04, Ongoing: 04) |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | No. of Ph.D Scholars: 03 (Ongoing) |
| Book / Chapters Published: | 1. Dey S., Mukhopadhyay T., Adhikari S., Uncertainty quantification in laminated composites: A meta-model based approach, CRC Press 2. Karsh P. K., Mukhopadhyay T., Dey S. (2018) Fuzzy based frequency response function analysis of functionally graded plates, Hierarchical Composite Materials, De Gruyter Publication 3. Machines and Mechanisms, NaCoMM 2011 (IFToMM) edited by S. Bandopadhyay, G. S. Kumar and Palaniappan Ramu, Narosa Publishing House, ISBN 978-81-8487-192-0, pp.180-187, 2012. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 7896544874
Email: pitambar[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Pitambar Rambhau Randive
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 7896544874
Email: pitambar[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate Contact No.: | 9101583909 |
| Alternate E-mail ID: | kp691975@gmail.com |
| URL of Web Profile: | http://www.nits.ac.in/departments/mech/mech.php |
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| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati India, M. Tech. - Vishvesvaraiya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, B. E. - Yashawantrao Chavan College of Engineering , Nagpur (Nagpur university) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Convection heat and Mass transfer (UG -8th Sem ) and Turbomachinery (UG-6th Sem) |
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| Experience Duration: | pitambar[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in |
| Experience Description: | Dr. Pitambar Randive has worked in academia mainly and spent over ten years in teaching undergraduate and post graduate engineering students in Mechanical Engineering department. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | My research interests lie in the computational heat transfer and fluid mechanics, with an emphasis on the development of Lattice Boltzmann method for industrial applications. More recently, my work has been focused on the analysis of Mesoscale heat transfer, particularly in Lab on Chip applications and Mesoscale modeling of interface phenomenon.I am a strong supporter of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software). |
| Teaching Interests : | CFD, Heat transfer , Computer Aided Design of Thermal System, Lattice Boltzmann Method, Fuel Cell Technology, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Conduction and Radiation. |
| Research Interests : | Mesoscopic Modelling of Transport Phenomena in Multiphase flows. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Pitambar Randive is currently serving as Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department . He has received his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Nagpur University in 1997. Further, He obtained his Masters in mechanical engineering with specialization in heat power engineering from VNIT (Earlier known as V.R.C.E.) Nagpur in 2001. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in 2014. |
| Book / Chapters Published: | Pitambar Randive, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Amaresh Dalal (2017) Lattice Boltzmann Modelling of Capillarity-Induced Resonance of Blob Inside a Circular Tube. In: Saha A., Das D., Srivastava R., Panigrahi P., Muralidhar K. (eds) Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power – Contemporary Research. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, New Delhi DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2743-4_106 Publisher Name Springer, New Delhi Print ISBN 978-81-322-2741-0 Online ISBN 978-81-322-2743-4 eBook Packages |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 8474801122
Email: pdroy02[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in
Dr. Pradip Deb Roy, FIE
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 8474801122
Email: pdroy02[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in
| Alternate Contact No.: | 9434537367 |
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| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | UG: •Advance Fluid Mechanics •Fluid Mechanics-I •Computational Fluid Dynamics •Dynamics and Control of Machinery |
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| Experience Duration: | 20 years in teaching and research |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | •Advance Fluid Mechanic •Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Machinery •CFD •Renewable Energy •Ocean Engineering •Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) |
| Teaching Interests : | •Advance Fluid Mechanics •Fluid Mechanics-I •Fluid Mechanics-II •Fluid Machinery •Basic Thermodynamics •Applied Thermodynamics •Heat Transfer •CFD •Numerical Methods |
| Research Interests : | •Advance Fluid Mechanic •Design of Underwater Hydraulic Machine •Experimental Work •CFD •Numerical Modelling •Numerical Methods: FD Method, FV Method, FEM, Boundary Element Method (BEM) •Solar Energy •Renewable Energy •Ocean Energy Conversion •Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) •Development of Innovation. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | No. of PG Scholars (Completed: 5; Ongoing: 1) |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | No. of Ph.D. Scholars (Ongoing: 2) |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9733544513
Email: saikat.jumtech[at]gmail[dot]com
Dr. Saikat Ranjan Maity
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9733544513
Email: saikat.jumtech[at]gmail[dot]com
| Alternate E-mail ID: | saikat_jumtech[at]yahoo[dot]com |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. (Engineering) from Production Engineering Department of Jadavpur University(2014),M.Tech. (Material Engineering) from Jadavpur University(2008),B.Tech. (Production Engineering) from West Bengal University of Technology (Presently known as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology) (2006). |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Advance Manufacturing Process (ME 1307) UG, Workshop Practice (ME 1313) UG, Production and Operations Management (ME 540) PG, Manufacturing Process-I (ME 1203) UG, Workshop (ME 1111) UG, Manufacturing process-II (ME 1303) UG. |
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| Experience Description: | Dr. Maity has worked in academe mostly and spent eight years in teaching and research. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Manufacturing Process, Material Science, Operations Research, Decision Making Techniques. |
| Research Interests : | Decision Making Techniques, Non-traditional Optimization Methods, Material Selection, Fatigue & Fracture, Joining of Metals. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Maity is presently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar. Prior to joining at NIT Silchar, he worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Production Engineering at Haldia Institute of Technology (Haldia, West Bengal) from 12th January 2009 to 31st August 2010 and serve as an Assistant Professor in the same department from 1st September 2010 to 16th November 2015. He also worked as a Research Scientist in the Ministry of Steel & TATA Steel sponsored project entitled ‘Fatigue Behaviour Analysis of Spot Welded, Laser Welded and Adhesive Bonded High Strength Steel Sheet Joint’ under the guidance of Prof. Tapan Kumar Pal, Department of Metallurgical & Material Engineering of Jadavpur University and Dr. M. Shom, Researcher, TATA Steel Ltd. from 21th July 2008 to 5th January 2009. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: +91-9402168938
Email: bpd[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Biplab Das
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: +91-9402168938
Email: bpd[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | biplab.2kmech[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | B.Tech. (2006, NERIST), M.Tech. (2008, NIT Silchar), Ph.D. (2014, NERIST). |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Thermodynamics, CFD, Measurement and Instrumentation, Engineering Drawing, Automobile Engineering. |
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| Experience Description: | (i) 29th September, 2015 to till date- working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam-788010, India; (ii) 22th Dec, 2009 to 28th September, 2015- worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Eastern Institute of Science and Technology, Deemed University, under Govt. of India, Itanagar-7991109, India; (iii) 18th July, 2008 to 21st Dec, 2009- worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Central Institute of Technology- Kokrajhar, under Govt. of India, Assam, India. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Solar Thermal, Heat Transfer, CFD, Alternative fuel, Wind energy, |
| Teaching Interests : | Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, CFD, Numerical methods. |
| Research Interests : | Computational and experimental analysis of (i) electronic cooling, (ii) wind rotor, (iii) solar air drier/water collector, (iv) energy efficient building, and (v) extended surface. Experimental analysis of alternative fuel. |
| Administrative Interests : | Warden of Boys’ Hostel (Block-D, NERIST)2012-2014, Member Central Library, NERIST (2013-2015), In-charge NCC (NERIST, SD) for 1 year (2014-2015), Chairman Gymkhana, NERIST (2015). |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Das developed a solar collector and temperature measurement experimental setup for heat transfer laboratory of NERIST. He has organized two national conferences on ‘Renewable Energy Technology Issues and Prospects’ funded by DST, MNRE, and AICTE, at NERIST in the year 2010 and 2011 respectively, and organized five short term courses and training programme funded by NEDFi, NABARAD, TEQIP. |
| Awards/Achievements : | (i) Awarded Bhaskara Advance Solar Energy (BASE-2017) fellowship for post-doc in the USA by DST, Govt of India and IUSSTF. (ii) Biotechnology Overseas Associateship Award 2017-18, by DBT, Govt. of India. (iii) Selected for ET-Mechanical, 2010 Batch, OIL India limited. (iv) Awarded Institution Silver Medal for scoring highest CPI in M.Tech in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Silchar, India. (v) Paper presented in the National workshop NWEME-2008, NIT Silchar, India, awarded Third Best Paper. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | Completed: (i) Mr. Kakankan Kishore Pathak, (ii) Mr. Dipanka Bhuiyan, (iii) Ms. Juri Sonowal (Awarded Institute Gold Medal), (iv) Mr. Vishal Rawat. Ongoing: (i) Ankur Srivastav, (ii) Sanjeet Kumar |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Ongoing: (i) Mr. Suman Debnath, (ii) Mr. Prabhakar Jha |
| Projects: | 1. Design and development of a heat pipe embedded solar collector based latent heat storage system for domestic applications, DST, SERB, New Delhi, 27.21 Lakh, 2017-2020, (PI), Ongoing. 2. Experimental and computational analysis of heat sink application for optimal performance by developing low-cost natural filler reinforced the composite material. CPRI, under MoP, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 22.63 Lakh, 2017-2019, (Co-PI), Approved. 3. Development and testing of hybrid solar photovoltaic thermal (PVT) air system for the composite environment of North-East India for tea drying applications, DST, SERB, New Delhi, 43.884 Lakh, 2017-2020, (PI) Approved. 4. Design and development of a hybrid photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system for the rural application. DST, New Delhi, 14.26 Lakh, 2017-2020, Dr. Biplab Das (PI)-Ongoing. 5. Bamboo bricks/laminates from BMFs (Bamboo Micron Fibres) for low cost housing structures for North Eastern Himalayan region, NMHS, MoEFCC, 44.91 Lakh, (Co-PI) |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 8133042296
Email: sukumar[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Sukumar Pati
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 8133042296
Email: sukumar[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | sukumarpati[at]gmail[dot]com |
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| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | PG: Mathematical Methods in Thermal Engineering; UG: Power Plant Engineering ( July-December 2017), UG: Heat Transfer (January-May 2017), IC Engines ( July-December 2016), UG: Fluid Mechanics-I and Convective Heat Transfer (January-April 2016). |
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| Experience Description: | 16 years in teaching and research. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Evaporation and condensation, Micro-scale fluid flow and heat transfer, Natural and mixed convection, Computational fluid dynamics, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics. |
| Administrative Interests : | Associate Warden, Married Scholar Hostel. Nodal Officer(Academic), TEQIP-III |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Sukumar Pati is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar. Prior to joining at NIT Silchar, he worked as a Post-doctoral Fellow for almost one year at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur after completion of his PhD from Mechanical Engineering Department of the same Institute. He received his BE degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College (University of North Bengal) and the degree of ME in Fluid Mechanics from Bengal Engineering College (Presently Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur). He was awarded a Medal for attaining the second rank in BE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Bengal. He joined Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2001 and served till 2007 at different positions. Dr. Pati is the co-author of the textbooks like Engineering Mechanics and Engineering Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, both published by McGraw-Hill Education (India). He has also authored A Textbook on Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, published by McGraw-Hill Education (India). He has served as Teaching Assistant to teach Fluid Mechanics in a program titled 'Train Ten Thousand Teachers’ under National Mission on Education Through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India) during May 20-30, 2014. He has participated as Teaching Assistant to develop a signifant number of video courses through the NPTEL programme. These courses include: 'Fluid Mechanics', ' ‘Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Fluids Engineering’, ', 'Fluid Machines and Compressible flows', ‘Computational Fluid Dynamics’. Dr. Pati is reviewer of various journals of repute such as International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (ASME), European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal (PCFD), Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India):Series C, INAE Letters. |
| Awards/Achievements : | Awarded medal for 2nd rank in B.E. in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Bengal (1999), India. |
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Academics
The Mechanical Department has an active Society called "mech Society" which has been formed with a view to promote various technical activities among the students. Both the faculty and the students are the members of the Society.
Mechanical Enigineering Workshop
The Workshop under the Department of Mechanical Engineering consists of 4 (four) Nos. of shops presently. They are –
- Machine Shop:
- There are various types of Lathe machines, Milling machine, Grinding machine, Drilling machine, Shapper machine etc. In order to fulfil the various operational involvement as per B.Tech Syllabus of the Institute. Under supervision of Technical Assistant, SG-II two technician and one attendent are working.
- Welding Shop:
- Welding shop consists of Arc Welding machines, Gas Welding equipments, submerged Arc Welding etc.Under supervision of Technical Assistant, SG-II two technician and one attendent are working.
- Carpentry Shop:
- Various types of wood working machines like, Surface planner machine, Thickness planner machine, Circular Saw machine, Wood working Lathe etc and also various types of wood working tools available in Carpentry Shop.Under supervision of Technical Assistant, SG-II two technician and one attendent are working.
- Welding Shop:
- Various types of measuring and marking instruments, drill machine and various types of vices are available in Fitting Shop.Under supervision of Technical Assistant, SG-II two technician and one attendent are working.
Projects Undertaken
Sponsored Research Projects:
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Energy Quality and Productivity Audit of KVIC based Industries in Barak Valley of Assam |
Directorate of Science & Tech., KVIC, Mumbai |
Dr. R. Gupta |
Rs. 17.043 Lakhs |
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Extraction of Pineapple Fibre for making Commercial Products |
Directorate of Science & Tech., KVIC, Mumbai |
Dr. R. Gupta |
Rs. 15.318 Lakhs |
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Experimental Investigation of Surface Integrity in Electro-discharge Machining (EDM) |
Research Promotional Scheme (RPS) of AICTE |
Dr. P.K. Patowari & Dr. R. Gupta |
Rs. 20.00 Lakhs |
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4. |
National Programme on Micro and Smart Systems (NPMASS) related to National MEMS Design Centre (NMDC) at NIT Silchar |
D.R.D.O., G.O.I. |
Dr. S. Baishya, Dr. P.K. Patowari & Dr. A. Bhattacharjee |
Only technical support |
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On establishing an institute of excellence for advanced studies, training and research in mechanical engineering at lead institution IIT Guwahati; NIT Silchar and NERIST Itanagar are the two other participating institutions |
AICTE, A nationally coordinated project |
Dr. K M Pandey |
Rs. 4.25 Lakhs |
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Development of an enzymatic process for production of microalgaeal biodiesel |
All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) |
Dr. S. Chatterjee |
Rs. 10.4 Lakhs |
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Establishment of Regional Test Center (RTC) - Cum Technology Back Up Unit For Solar Thermal Devices at ME Department, NIT Silchar (Assam) |
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy |
Dr. R.D. Misra & Dr. A. Biswas |
Rs. 73.86 Lakhs |
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8. |
Synthesis and Fracture Property Evaluation of Polymer Nano composites |
NIT Silchar |
Dr. S. Halder |
Rs. 10.00 Lakhs |
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9. |
Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Material Testing under Level-I category by DST under the FIST Program |
Department of Science & Technology |
Dr. S. Halder, Dr. P.K. Patowari & Dr. S. Bhowmik |
Rs. 220.00 Lakhs |
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10. |
Design and development of a hybrid photo voltaic thermal (PVT) system for rural application |
Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi |
Dr. B. Das (PI), Dr. A. Biswas (Co-PI), Dr. S. Halder (PI) |
Rs. 14.46 Lakhs |
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11. |
Design and development of a heat pipe embedded solar collector based latent heat storage system for domestic applications |
Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi |
Dr. B. Das (PI) |
Rs. 27.21 Lakhs |
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12. |
Bamboo bricks/laminates from BMFs (Bamboo Micron Fibres) for low cost housing structures for North Eastern Himalayan region |
MoEF&CC |
Dr. S. Halder (PI), Dr. B. Das (Co-PI) |
Rs. 44.21 Lakhs (including IIT Guwahati) |
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13. |
Experimental and Computational analysis of heat sink application for optimal performance by developing low cost natural filler reinforced composite material |
CPRI (MoP) |
Dr. S. Bhowmik (PI), Dr. B. Das (Co-PI) |
Rs. 22.63 Lakhs |
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14. |
Development and testing of hybrid solar photovoltaic thermal (PVT) air system for the composite environment of North-East India for tea drying applications |
Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi |
Dr. B. Das (PI), Dr. A. Biswas (Co-PI) |
Rs. 30.3 Lakhs |
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15. |
Standardisation of Measurement Protocol for Overall Heat Transfer Co-Efficient (U-Value) for Building Materials & Components for Indian Sub-continent |
Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi |
Dr. B. Das (PI), Prof. K.M. Pandey (Co-PI) |
Rs. 108.23 Lakhs (including Jadavpur University) |
Major equipment acquired in Mech. Engg. Department:
Computerised two shaft Gas Turbine Study Unit, Precision Thermal Imager, VAC Parameter Measurement Instrument (Multifunctioning), CNC Wire cut EDM Machine, Orion 5KVA/168V UPS, Orion 30 KVA/360V UPS, Biodiesel Reactor, Shell and Tube heat Exchanger, Heat Pipe Demonstrator, Finned Tube Cross Flow heat Exchanger, Cross Flow Heat Exchanger Apparatus, Pro Fin Apparatus, Cetane Index Measuring Apparatus, Computerised Single Cylinder 4 stroke water cooled multifuel VCR Engine setup, Computerised 3 cylinder 4 stroke water cooled petrol Engine Test setup, Computerised 4 cylinder 4 strokeTurbo Charger water cooled Diesel Engine Test setup,Francis Turbine Test Rig, Hydraulic Ram Test Rig, Humidity and Temperature Measuring Instrument, Thermal Anemometer with five velocity probe, The ABC in pressure & flow velocity Measurement Apparatus, Thermo 200 CHN/O, Analyser along with all accessories, Desktop Computer, Die Sensitized Solar Cell, Air Compressor 100PSI, Laminar Flow Hood,Light Microscope, Capacitance measurement Trainer Module for linear displacement, Flow Measurement trainer using orifice meter module for linear trainer module for linear displacement, Bourdon pressure gauge trainer, Vibration Measurement Trainer Module,Ultrasonic Machining Center with Accessories, Digital Oven, Muffle furnace, Computerised Vapour absorption Refrigerator Test rig, Vortex tube Refrigeration test rig. Apparatus, Photochemical coater cum photo Regist Dryer, Both side vacuum ultra violet exposer, Easy Etcher.
Courses
The following are the B.Tech. and M.Tech. Courses offered from Mechanical Engg. Deptt.:
- B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering >> CLICK HERE to view the Syllabus of B.Tech.
- M.Tech. in Thermal Engineering:
- M.Tech. in Design and Manufacturing:
- M.Tech. in CAD-CAM and Automation:
- M.Tech. in Material and Manufacturing Technology:
- Ph.D. Thrust Research Areas >> CLICK HERE to view the Ph.D. Thrust Research Areas
To Download List of Programme Co-ordinators in Mechanical Engineering, CLICK HERE
Research
The following are the areas of research under Mechanical Engineering Department:
Thermodynamics/ Heat Transfer/ Computational Heat Transfer/ Computational Fluid Dynamics/ Combustion/ Refrigeration & Air Conditioning/ Alternate Fuels/ Solar Energy/ Wind Turbines/ Hydraulic Turbines/ Spray Combustion/ Non-conventional Energy/ Fatigue & Fracture/ Stress Analysis/ Micro-machining/ Advanced Manufacturing Processes/ Engineering Material.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
NIT Silchar,
Silchar, Assam-788010, India.
Phone: 9435523391.
E-mail: headme.nits[at]gmail[dot]com
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