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. Agnimitra Biswas
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
National Institute of Technology Silchar,
Assam. Pin - 788010.
Phone: 9435500659
Email: headme.nits[at]gmail[dot]com, agnibis[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in, agnibis[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 : | A national scholarship holder and a Ph.d from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Prof. Rajat Gupta, 1959 born, is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of NIT Silchar since 1996. He was selected as a Director of NIT Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir in 2011. He successfully completed his tenure of 5 years at NIT Srinagar in October 2016. Thereafter, he joined back at NIT Silchar in October, 2016 and he was appointed by the MHRD, Government of India as the officiating Director of NIT Silchar. In July, 2017, he joined as the Director of NIT Mizoram which is one of the 10 new NITs established in 2010. He has published more than 165 research papers in various National/International Journals/ Conferences and also written 05 Chapters in books. He has produced many Ph.D and M.Tech scholars. His research areas include among others, Fluid Mechanics, CFD, Non-Conventional Energy, Thermo-fluids, etc. He chaired various National/ International Conferences and delivered keynote addresses too. He is associated with various committees of MHRD, Government of India, NBA, AICTE, NIF- Ahmadabad, IEI, ASME, etc. Presently, he is the Chairman of Mizoram State Centre- The Institution of Engineers India. He 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 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| 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 |
| Date of Joining: | 1992-06-19 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. (IIT Roorkee), M.Tech. (IIT Delhi), BE in Mechanical Engineering (Jorhat Engg. College, Assam) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Refrigeration (UG), Air-Conditioning (UG), Advanced Thermodynamics (PG), Modern Trends in Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning (PG) |
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| Experience Duration: | 27 years + |
| Experience Description: | Teaching, Research and Administrative (Academic) at NIT Silchar since June 1992 |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Thermodynamics, Exergetics, Thermoeconomics, Refrigeration, Air-conditioning, IC Engines, Boiling Heat Transfer and CFD. |
| Teaching Interests : | Thermodynamics (Basic, Applied, and Advanced), Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning, Heat Transfer, IC Engine, Mechanical Laboratories |
| Research Interests : | Exergy Analyses of Thermal systems, Thermoeconomic Optimization of Thermal systems, Refrigeration, Air-conditioning, Bio-fuel Research, Boiling Heat Transfer, CFD |
| Administrative Interests : | Present positions: Dean (SW), Head or Chairman in number of Institute level committees, Member of Senate of NIT Silchar, Member of ICC, Chairman of Institute Health Centre; Past positions: Dean (FW), Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Dean (R&C), Associate Dean (Admin.), Head or Chairman in number of Institute level committees |
| 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, as Professor from 2010 to 2018 and as Professor (HAG) from 2018 till date. Presently He is a professional member (life) of the Indian Society for Technical Education and The Institute of Engineers (Fellow). |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | Completed: 36; Ongoing: 02 |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Completed: 10; Ongoing: 08 |
| Projects: | (1) MODROBS for Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning laboratory, 2012-13, 15 Lacks; (2) MODROBS for Heat Transfer laboratory, 2012-13, 8 Lakhs; (3) Establishment of Regional test Centre cum technology back-up unit for solar thermal devices at NIT Silchar, Ongoing since 2013, Rs. 73.38 Lakhs; (4) Third Party Quality Assurance Consultant (one member), World Bank Assisted Neer Nirmal Pariyojna, Ongoing since 2016, Rs. 68.4 Lakhs |
| Book / Chapters Published: | (1) Kalita, N. and Misra, R.D., "CFD Analysis of Room Air Distribution: For Comfort Air Conditioning", LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, USA & UK, 2011, ISBN: 978-3-8443-8396-6; (2) Wangikar, S.S., Patowari, P.K., and Misra, R.D., “Parametric Optimization for Photochemical Machining of Copper Using Grey Relational Method”, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Societal Applications (Techno-Societal 2016), Part V, pp. 933-943; Ed.: P.M. Pawar, B.P. Ronge, R. Balasubramaniam, S. Seshabhattar; Pub.: Springer, Singapore, 2018, ISBN 978-3-319-53555-5 (Print), ISBN 978-3-319-53556-2 (online), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-53556-2; (3) Das, S., Misra, R.D., and Das, B., “Sustainability Assessment of Biodiesel Production in India from Different Edible Oil Crops Using Emergy Analysis”, In Methanol and the Alternate Fuel Economy, Chapter 6, pp. 107-134; Ed.: A.K. Agarwal, A. Gautam, N. Sharma, A.P. Singh, Pub.: Springer, Singapore, 2019, Series ISSN 2522-8366 (Print), Series ISSN 2522-8374 (online); eBook: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, ISBN 978-981-13-3286-9 (Print), ISBN 978-981-13-3287-6 (online); DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3287-6; (4) Sandeep Sitaram Wangikar, Promod Kumar Patowari, Rahul Dev Misra and Dnyaneshwar Misal, Photochemical Machining: A Less Explored Non-Conventional Machining Process, Non-Conventional Machining in Modern Manufacturing Systems, pp. 188-201 |
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Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435523391
Email: ppatowari@mech.nits.ac.in
Prof. Promod Kumar Patowari
Department: MECHANICAL
Professor
Phone: 9435523391
Email: ppatowari@mech.nits.ac.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: | 25 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: Dean (Faculty Welfare), Local Coordinator GIAN, In-Charge of Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory, Micro-nano Manufacturing Laboratory. Previously: Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Dean (Academic), 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: 30 Ongoing: 01 |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Ph.D: Completed: 06 Thesis Submitted: 01 Ongoing: 08 |
| 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. |
| 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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Associate Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435176556
Email: kalyan@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty
Department: MECHANICAL
Associate Professor
Phone: 9435176556
Email: kalyan@mech.nits.ac.in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | kalyan.ch.2013[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 1984-10-12 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | B.E., M. Tech., PhD |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Materials science, Advanced Materials Science |
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| Experience Duration: | 35 yrs |
| Experience Description: | 35 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, Durgapur, under Burdwan University in 1984, MTech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1988, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1996. He is Member of professional bodies like Member of Institution 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 12 international papers and 1 national paper and presented number of papers in various national seminars. Based on one of his recent publications, he has been awarded Quarterly Franklin Membership (London journal press) during 2019. Dr Chakraborty also received letters of appreciation from chief authors/editors of publishing houses from abroad during 2018-2019 for his another international paper. 990 views were reported by ScienceDirect (ELSEVIER) during 2009-2020 considering his publications. 8 citations were reported by Scopus (ELSEVIER).. Dr. Chakraborty recently (2020) received honorary Rosalind (quarterly) membership of London Journal press on the basis of a published paper. The paper was highly appreciated by the chief author (LJER). Dr. Chakraborty received recommendation letter for publication of a book based on his newly published paper during may- June 2020 from the editor. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | 14 + 1(ongoing) |
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Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435712422
Email: kks@mech.nits.ac.in
Prof. Kaushal Kumar Sharma
Department: MECHANICAL
Professor
Phone: 9435712422
Email: kks@mech.nits.ac.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 |
| Experience | |
| 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@mech.nits.ac.in
Mr. Pannalal Choudhury
Department: MECHANICAL
Associate Professor
Phone: 09435712579
Email: plc@mech.nits.ac.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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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9435300307
Email: lintu@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Lintu Roy
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9435300307
Email: lintu@mech.nits.ac.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 Energy, 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. |
| 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 |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | 19 guided; 03 ongoing |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | 01 completed; 05 ongoing |
| Projects: | 01 completed (role: PI) ; 02 ongoing (role: Co-PI) |
| Book / Chapters Published: | 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. Biswas A. & Gupta R. Aluminium-Silica Gel Metal Matrix Composite. Publisher: Lambert Academic Publishing, March 2013. ISBN- 978-3-659-33206-7. 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. Biswas A., Jagadish, & Gupta R. A hybrid MCDM method for optimization of VAWT performance parameters. In book: Advanced Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Addressing Complex Sustainability Issues. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8579-4.ch011, January 2019, Publisher: IGI Global. A. Maisanam, B. Podder, K.K. Sharma, A. Biswas. Solar Resource Assessment Using GHI Measurements at a Site in Northeast India. In- Advances in Mechanical Engineering, p. 1253-1265. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_111, January 2020, Publisher: Springer, Singapore. Roy S., Das B., Biswas A., Debnath B.K. (2020) Computational Analysis of Sensible Energy Storage for Low-Temperature Application. In: Biswal B., Sarkar B., Mahanta P. (eds) Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_116 |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
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Email: shalder[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Sudipta Halder
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
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Email: shalder[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | sudiptomec@gmail.com |
| Date of Joining: | 2012-12-10 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | B.E Mechanical Engineering (VTU), M.Tech Materials Engineering (BESU/IIEST Shibpur), Ph.D. (IIT Roorkee), Post-Doc The University of Alabama, USA, Bhawan Fellow |
| 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 11 years in industry and academia |
| Experience Description: | Industrial Experience: Worked as Specialist Engineer, Process & Technology from 16th March 2009 till 07-12-2012 at TATA consulting Engineers Limited, 3 years 9 months. 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 multiscale 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 : | Composite Materials, Surface Functionalization, Hybrid FRP, Carbon Nano Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Self-healing smart composite materials, Adhesive Science and Technology, Fracture Mechanics, Hard Magnetic Materials, Ex-situ dispersion processes of nanoparticles in the polymer. Encapsulation Technology, Biocomposites, Advanced Nanostructured Materials. Phase Change Materials. |
| Administrative Interests : | In charge of Nanocomposite, FRP and Material Characterization Lab |
| 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 the University of Alabama, the USA for 12 months, 2016. Visiting Research Scientist, Dep. of Aerospace, The University of Alabama, USA. World-class facility development NIT Silchar to manufacture advanced polymer-based composites for primary load-bearing structures in aerospace, automobile, energy, and infrastructure applications. |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | 6 Completed,1 Submitted, 3 Ongoing |
| Projects: | 1. Development of heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel .production in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst (Rs. 30 Lakhs) 2. Feasibility report for a 10,000 TPA sponge chrome pilot plant. TATA Steel Limited (Rs. 29 Lakhs). 3. Feasibility report for a 100,000 TPA TiO2 slag/Synthetic rutile and 60,000TPA pig iron plant. SMML, Hyderabad. 4. Novel Microencapsulation Technology Enabled Energy Efficient Building Materials. IUSSTF & DST. 5. Bamboo bricks/laminates from BMFs (Bamboo Micron Fibres) for low-cost housing structures for North Eastern Himalayan region, Funded by NHMS. (Rs. 49 Lakhs) 6. Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Material Testing, DST-FIST 2015 (Rs. 220 Lakhs) 7. Enabling innovative multiple self-healing technology in fiber-reinforced composite with unaltered mechanical properties, DST (Rs. 49 Lakhs) 8. Jal Abhyaranya Campaign for Water security in IHR, NMHS, Ongoing, (Rs. 13.624 Lakhs) |
| 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@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Sumita Deb Barma
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9485098488
Email: sumita@mech.nits.ac.in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | sumita.mech09[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D., M.Tech |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | UG: Engineering Graphics, Engineering Mechanics, Machine Design-I, Hydraulic Machines |
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| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Thermal Engineering. |
| Teaching Interests : | IC Engine, Engineering Graphics, Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics |
| 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: 3 |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | 04 (Ongoing) |
| Projects: | 1. Principal Investigator of the SERB sponsored project titled, "Development and testing of combustion characteristics of nanoparticle embedded biodiesel in an open ECUbased dual fuel diesel engine", Approved budget- 23.02 Lakh, duration-3 years (2019-2022). 2. Co-Principal Investigator of the of the DST sponsored project titled, Development and testing of nano-doped hybridized bio-diesel as pilot fuel for Hydrogen duel fuel operation in a Stationary CI engine", Approved budget- 51.85 Lakhs, duration- 3 years (2019-2022). |
| Book / Chapters Published: | (i) S. Kanth, S Debbarma, B. Das, Jagadish (2019) Application of MCDM Technique for the Selection of Biodiesel Fuel Blend for Sustainable Motorization. Book Name: Sustainability Modeling in Engineering, p: 337-358. World Scientific, Singapore. (Accepted in press) (ii) S Debbarma, B Das, Jagadish (2019) Optimization of performance and emissions parameters of a biodiesel run diesel engine: An integrated MCDM approach. Book Name: Advanced Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Addressing Complex Sustainability Issues, IGI Global, India. 10.4018/978-1-5225-8579-4.ch006 |
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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 Contact No.: | 8638035031 |
| Alternate E-mail ID: | dipankar.bhanja[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 2013-02-07 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | UG: Basic Thermodynamics,Thermodynamics-II; PG: Convective Heat Transfer Analysis, Gas Turbine and Jet Propulsion, Conduction and Radiation |
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| Experience Duration: | 18 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, Solar Energy, Optimization |
| Teaching Interests : | Basic Thermodynamics, Applied Thermodynamics , Refrigeration & Air-conditioning, Fluid Mechanics & Machinery, Heat Transfer, Convective Heat and Mass Transfer |
| Research Interests : | Analytical Heat Transfer; Extended surface (Fin); Heat and Mass transfer; Bio Heat transfer; Micro-scale fluid flow and heat transfer; Electronic cooling; Porous Media; Boiling; Phase change material; Renewable energy; Computational fluid dynamics; Thermodynamic cycles; Optimization |
| Administrative Interests : | Coordinator: QIP ; Coordinator: Trainee Teachers |
| 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 17 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),Desalination and Water Treatment (Taylor and Francis), Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier), International Journal of Multiphase Flow (Elsevier). |
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| P.G. Scholars Guided: | Completed: 1. Aaditya Chandel 2. Subhasis Chakravarthy 3. Sachin Gangwar jointly with Dr. A. Biswas 4. Mohd Zeeshan 5. Saheera Azmi Hazarika 6. Abhijeet Borthakur 7. Rwisumwi Basumatary 8. Hifzur Hasan Ahmed 9. Thochi Seb Rengma jointly with Dr. A. Biswas 10. Avinash Kumar jointly with Dr. S. Nath 11. Kashmiri Deka 12. Shreekant Kumar Sahu jointly with Dr. S. Nath 13. Shashank Pal 14. Krishna Kanhaiya 15. Santanu Borah |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Completed: 1. Ambarish Majhi (11-01-2019): “Computational Investigation for System Performance Enhancement of Heat Sink with Perforated Pin Fins” 2. Tuhin Deshmukhya (28-05-2020): "Determination of Optimum Design Parameters for the Thermal Performance of Porous Fins of Various Shapes Using Swarm Intelligence"; Ongoing: 1. Saheera Azmi Hazarika (Thesis submitted) 2. Debayan Dasgupta jointly with Dr. S. Nath (Thesis submitted) 3. Pallab Bhattacharjee jointly with Dr. S. Nath 4. Jnanaranjan Acharya jointly with Prof. R. D. Misra 5. Virendra Kumar |
| Book / Chapters Published: | 1.B. R. Tamuli, Sujit Nath, Dipankar Bhanja, 2020. Numerical Study of Coaxial Evacuated Tube Collector with Nano-fluid, Lecture notes in Mechanical Engineering; Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, (Scopus) pp- 145-156. ISBN:978-981-15-0123-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_15 2. Debayan Dasgupta, Sujit Nath, Dipankar Bhanja, 2020. Linear Instability Analysis of Viscous Planar Liquid Sheet Sandwiched Between Two Moving Gas Streams, Lecture notes in Mechanical Engineering; Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, (Scopus) pp- 41-50. ISBN:978-981-15-0123-4, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_5 3. Siddhant Mohapatra, Chanchal Gupta, Sujit Nath, Dipankar Bhanja, 2020. A Numerical Study on Microchannel Cooling for Photovoltaic Cells, Lecture notes in Mechanical Engineering; Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, (Scopus) pp- 1447-1455. ISBN:978-981-15-0123-4, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_127 |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
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Email: sumit[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Sumit Bhowmik
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
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Email: sumit[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| URL of Web Profile: | https://sites.google.com/view/sumit-bhowmik |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | B.E. (Mechanical), M.M.E. (Mechanical - Design), Ph.D. |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | UG: Engineering Mechanics; Mechanics of Solid; Advanced Solid Mechanics; PG: Principle of Industrial Design & Manufacturing; Structural Property Correlation of Engineering Materials |
| Experience | |
| Experience Duration: | More than 12 Years |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Composite material; Renewable energy; Fracture mechanics; Application of Optimization techniques |
| Teaching Interests : | Solid Mechanics, Machine Design, Finite Element Method. |
| Research Interests : | Composite material, Fracture mechanics, Structural analysis, Advanced Manufacturing, Optimization, Renewable Energy |
| 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 specialization from Jadavpur University. He has done his PhD from Jadavpur University. He joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in National Institute of Technology Silchar in January 2013. He also worked as a faculty in Tripura Engineering College and Asansol Engineering College. He published more than 30 no. of SCI journal papers in different repute journals and was the author of 2 no. of textbooks. He also published no. of conference papers and book chapters. Three number of research scholars successfully completed their research work under his supervision and 05 no. of research scholars working under supervision now. His work is also funded by the DST and CPRI, MoP, GOI. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | Completed = 18 |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Awarded = 03; Ongoing =05 |
| 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: Bhowmik, Sumit, Jagadish, and Gupta, Kapil, Modeling and Optimization of Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Edition 1, Series title: Manufacturing and Surface Engineering, Springer, eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00036-3, Series ISSN: 2365-8223, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00036-3. [2] Book: Bhowmik, Sumit, and Zindani, Divya, Hybrid Micro-Machining Processes, Edition 1, Series title: Applied Sciences and Technology, Springer, eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13039-8, Series ISSN: 2191-530X, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-13039-8, [3] 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; [4] 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; [5] 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; [6] 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; [7] 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. [8] Book Chapter 6: Faisal, N., Bhowmik, S. and Kumar, K., 2018, Recent Developments in Wire Electrical Discharge Machining, Non-Conventional Machining in Modern Manufacturing Systems, IGI Global, 125 – 152, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6161-3.ch006. [9] Book Chapter 6: Faisal, N., Zindani, D., Kumar, K., and Bhowmik, S., Laser micromachining of engineering materials – A review, Micro and nano machining of engineering materials, Springer, 121 – 136, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99900-5; [10] Book Chapter 15: Jagadish, Bhowmik, S., and Gudala, S., Hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Optimization Strategy for RP Material Selection: A Case Study, Optimizing Current Strategies and Applications in Industrial Engineering, IGI Global, 320 – 334. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8223-6.ch015; [11] Book Chapter 9: Chatterjee, B., and Bhowmik, S., 2019, Evolution of Material Selection in Commercial Aviation Industry - A Review, Sustainable Engineering Products and Manufacturing Technologies, 1st Edition, Elsevier, 199 – 218, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816564-5.00009-8. [12] Chapter 10: Jagadish and Bhowmik, S., 2019, Parameters Optimization of FDM for the Quality of Prototypes Using an Integrated MCDM Approach, Additive Manufacturing Technologies From an Optimization Perspective, IGI Global, 199 – 220, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9167-2.ch010. [13] Chapter 8: Kumar, R., Bhowmik, S., and Jayasval, R., 2019, Influence of drilling parameters on the thrust force and mechanical properties of biodegradable particleboard composite panels: A review, Biodegradable Composites: Materials, Manufacturing and Engineering, De Gruyter, 167–182, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110603699-008 [14] Chapter 5: Bhowmik, C., Bhowmik, S., and Ray, A., 2019, Optimum Selection of Biodiesel for Sustainable Assessment: A Prospect Theory-Based Approach, Advanced Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Addressing Complex Sustainability Issues, IGI Global, 94 – 114, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8579-4.ch005 . |
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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: 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 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | PhD |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | PG:Advanced Fluid Mechanics;;Numerical Methods in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer::: UG: Fluid Mechanics-I, Fluid Mechanics-II, Heat Transfer, Finite Element Method, CFD |
| Experience | |
| Experience Duration: | 14 years+ |
| Experience Description: | Industrial experience: Two years in VOLTAS Limited (Tata HBSE); Teaching experience: 1. Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata 2. NIT Silchar |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Thermal Engineering. |
| Teaching Interests : | Thermodynamics, Applied Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Refrigeration & Air-conditioning, Fluid Mechanics & Machinery, Computational Fluid Dynamics. |
| Research Interests : | Instability analysis, Droplet dynamics and atomization, CFD, Analytical Heat Transfer, Microfluidics and Micro-scale heat transfer, Bio Heat transfer, Wettability, Electronic cooling, Porous Media, Phase change material, Solar collector, Optimization |
| Administrative Interests : | Associate Dean(Exam) |
| 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 12 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), Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier), Heat & Mass Transfer (Springer) |
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| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Ongoing: 1. Mohd Zeeshan (Thesis submitted) 2. Debayan Dasgupta jointly with Dr. D. Bhanja (Thesis submitted) 3. Pallab Bhattacharjee jointly with Dr. D. Bhanja 4. Bhaskar Ranjan Tamuli 5. Saurabh Sharma |
| Book / Chapters Published: | 1. B. R. Tamuli, Sujit Nath, Dipankar Bhanja, 2020. Numerical Study of Coaxial Evacuated Tube Collector with Nano-fluid, Lecture notes in Mechanical Engineering; Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, (Scopus) pp- 145-156. ISBN:978-981-15-0123-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_15 2. Debayan Dasgupta, Sujit Nath, Dipankar Bhanja, 2020. Linear Instability Analysis of Viscous Planar Liquid Sheet Sandwiched Between Two Moving Gas Streams, Lecture notes in Mechanical Engineering; Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, (Scopus) pp- 41-50. ISBN:978-981-15-0123-4, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_5 3. Siddhant Mohapatra, Chanchal Gupta, Sujit Nath, Dipankar Bhanja, 2020. A Numerical Study on Microchannel Cooling for Photovoltaic Cells, Lecture notes in Mechanical Engineering; Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, (Scopus) pp- 1447-1455. ISBN:978-981-15-0123-4, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_127 |
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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 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Theory of Machines, Geometric Modelling of CAD, Mechanics of Solid, Additive Manufacturing |
| Experience | |
| Experience Description: | 17 Years in engineering colleges. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Machine Design, Bio-sciences. |
| 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. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | 13 (completed) 4 (ongoing) |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | 1 (completed), 5 (ongoing) |
| Projects: | 1. Prediction of Mechanical Behavior of Materials Subjected to Fatigue, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) – New Delhi, India under Research Promotion Scheme, with Ref no. 20/AICTE/ RIFD/RPS (POLICYII I)51/2012- 13, 18 Lakh 30 Thousand. |
| Book / Chapters Published: | Book: An Introduction to Finite Element Method, Electrotech Publication, Satara, Maharashtra (India) ISBN No. 978-93-83752-10-2 Chapter: Extraction of Hydroxyapatite from Bovine Bone for Sustainable Development , CH 10, Biomaterials in Orthopaedics and Bone Regeneration, Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9977-0_10 |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: +91 7086880231
Email: sudip@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Sudip Dey
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: +91 7086880231
Email: sudip@mech.nits.ac.in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | sudip@mech.nits.ac.in ; infodrsudip@gmail.com |
| 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: | UG LEVEL: a) Engineering Mechanics - Statics and Dynamics b) Dynamics and Control Machinery (DCM) c) Machine Design (MD) d) Fundamentals of Industrial Design (FID) e) Projects and Dissertations f) Workshops and Laboratories PG LEVEL: a) Theory of Elasticity (TOE) b) Principles of Industrial Design and Manufacturing (PIDM) c) Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) d) Projects and Dissertations e) Workshops and Laboratories |
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| Experience Description: | 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, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, 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, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Bio-inspired Materials, Failure Analysis, Nano-composites, Multi-scale Analysis, Design Optimization and Reliability Analysis. |
| Administrative Interests : | Present: GATE Coordinator, NBA Coordinator (Central Core Committee), FIC (Departmental Library In-charge, ME Dept., Annual Report Preparation Committee Member, Lab-In-Charge (Materials Testing Lab, ME Dept.), DPPC Member (ME Dept. & DoMS), DPMC Member (DoMS), Admission and Interview Committee (DoMS) ; Past: Lab-in-Charge - Computation Lab-II |
| 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) Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Elsevier) (c) Applied Mathematical Modelling (Elsevier) (d) Composite Structures (Elsevier) (e) International Journal of Mechanical Science (Elsevier) (f) Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology (Springer) (g) Thin-Walled Structures (Elsevier) (h) Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites (JRPC) (Sage) (i) Journal of Materials: Design and Applications (Sage) (j) Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures (k) Journal of Engineering Optimization (Taylor and Francis). Joined in Mechanical Engineering Department of National Institute of Technology Silchar in November, 2015. |
| Awards/Achievements : | AWARDS: (a) Awarded in Student’s Science Seminar organized by Govt.of West Bengal, India and BITM, NCSM, Govt. of India. (b) Awarded in National Science Talent Test in India. (c) Awarded in Quiz competition (d) Merit award and Post Doctoral Fellowship INVITED TALK: (a) Invited talk on "Uncertainty Quantification is a myth or reality – A test drive for composite structures" at Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India on 8th April, 2016. (b) Invited talk on "Uncertainty Quantification - A state of the art for composite structures" in 13th International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP-2017) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India on 29th November - 2nd December, 2017. (c) Invited talk in one day seminar on “Innovation & Entrepreneurship : Challenges & Opportunities in North-East Region" organized jointly by NIT-Silchar and Institute of Engineers Silchar Local Centre on 9th April, 2017. (d) Invited talk on “Solar plant in tea factories to reduce electricity costs" at Tea Board India on 8th May, 2017. (e) Invited talk on “Conservation of energy" organized by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC Srikona, Assam) on 12th February, 2019. (f) Invited lecture and Chair a Technical Session in All India Seminar on "Scope and Opportunity of Small Hydro and Wind Power in North Eastern Region of India" held on August 2 - 3, 2019 organized by Institute of Engineers (India) - Mizoram State Centre in association with NIT Mizoram. (g) Invited talk at Annual Symposium 2019 organized by Research & Development Establishment (Engineers), Pune under aegis of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India held on August 8 - 9, 2019. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | No. of PG Scholars: 16 (Completed: 13, Ongoing: 03) (a) Manoj Roy (2013), Thesis entitled “Transient response of delaminated cross-ply composite conical shells subjected to low velocity oblique impact”. (b) Subhrajyoti Sarkar (2014), Thesis entitled “Free vibration characteristics of functionally graded conical shells”. (c) Biswajit Roy (2017) Thesis entitled "Effect of couple stress and surface roughness on steady state behaviour of plain journal bearing". (d) Hariveer Singh (2017), Thesis entitled "Low velocity impact responses of functionally graded plates". (e) Kumar Maharshi (2017) Thesis entitled "Stochastic dynamic analysis of hydrodynamic journal bearing including surface roughness". (f) Bulon Ch. Hazarika (2017) Thesis entitled "Free vibration of functionally graded plates - A finite element approach". (g) Abhijeet Kumar (2018) Thesis entitled "Free vibration analysis of multiple delaminated glass-epoxy composite plates". (h) Surajit Das (2018) Thesis entitled "Effect of eccentricity on stochastic dynamic analysis of journal bearing - An ANN approach". (i) Vaishali (2018) Thesis entitled "Stochastic natural frequency analysis of sandwich plates". (j) Rutupurna Choudhury (2018) Thesis entitled "Fuzzy based low velocity impact analysis of composite plates". (k) Kritesh Kumar Gupta (2019) Thesis entitled "Mechanical behaviour of monolayer graphene – A molecular dynamics approach" (l) Raju Prasad Saw (2019) Thesis entitled "PSO based optimum microhardness of Electroless Ni-P coating" (m) Tanmoy Loha (2019) Thesis entitled "Nonlocal elasticity effects on stochastic free vibration of rotating nanocantilever beam". |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | No. of Ph.D Scholars: 02 (Awarded) 03 (Ongoing) (a) P. K. Karsh (2019), Thesis entitled “Stochastic dynamic analysis of layered and graded structures" (Awarded) (b) R. R. Kumar (2019) Thesis entitled "Surrogate based probabilistic performance assessment of sandwich plates" (Awarded) |
| Projects: | (a) Demand Mapping of Processed Rebars and Formwork / Scaffolding in and around Kolkata & Durgapur (2006-11) India, sponsored by Tata Ryerson Ltd., Kolkata, India. (b) Supply and Distribution Network of IndianOil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) at Mourigram Terminal, West Bengal, India, sponsored by IOCL, India (c) Advanced Design Project on Hydraulic Turbine (Prime mover project) and Wind Tunnel (Non-prime mover project) at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. (d) Industrial project on "Demand mapping of Rebar and Scaffolding" at Tata Ryerson Ltd., India (e) Industrial Research project on “New manufacturing & technological development for FKM materials” at Pipal Research Corporation, India (f) Research Project on "Identification of sources of uncertainties of aircraft composites" at Swansea University, United Kingdom (g) Research Project on "Uncertainty quantification of dynamics of composite plates and shells", at Swansea University, United Kingdom (h) Research work on “Polymorphic blur analysis of composite materials” at Leibniz-Institut fur Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. (IPF), Germany (i) Aeronautical Research & Development Board (AR&DB) Scheme Project entitled “Stochastic multi-scale failure analysis of composites” (Proposal No. 1885) as PI UG LEVEL PROJECTS SUPERVISED:(a) Kaushik Kumar Saikia, Arnab Pujari, Pranjal Barman (May, 2017), "Design for selection of hydraulic turbine". (b) Chandan Kumar, MD. Wasim Akram, Vikrant Kumar (May, 2017), "Effect of spatial variation on design and performance of wind turbine" (c) Abhishek Deb, Arnab Jyoti Sharma, Abhinava Sarmah (December, 2017), "Design of mobile toilet for flood-affected areas". (d) Sukumar Dey, Ijzaz Rohan, Md. Rofiquzzaman Rimon (December, 2017), "Low-frequency energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials". (e) Abhishek Deb, Arnab Jyoti Sharma, Abhinava Sarmah (May, 2018), "Nano-mechanical material modelling of FGM-RC plates". (f) Sukumar Dey, Ijzaz Rohan, Md. Rofiquzzaman Rimon (May - 2018), "Experimental investigation on performance of hydrodynamic journal bearing using journal bearing tester (TR-601-M5)" (g) Rohan Jangir, Himanshu Jagarwad, Mitesh Agarwal (December, 2018), "MHRD cutter for tea leaves". (h) Satajit Bhattacharjee, Md. Salman Hussain, Amzad Amin Rahul (December, 2018), Additive manufacturing of functionally graded orthodontic braces". (i) Rohan Jangir, Himanshu Jagarwad, Mitesh Agarwal (May, 2019), "Power driven low cost hoverboard". (j) Satajit Bhattacharjee, Md. Salman Hussain, Amzad Amin Rahul (May, 2019), Assessment of damping behaviour of composites: A Micromechanical bridging model approach". |
| Book / Chapters Published: | Book: 1. Dey S., Mukhopadhyay T., Adhikari S., Uncertainty quantification in laminated composites: A meta-model based approach, CRC Press ******************** Book Chapters: 1. 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. 2. Karsh P. K., Mukhopadhyay T., Dey S., Fuzzy based frequency response function analysis of functionally graded plates, Hierarchical Composite Materials, De Gruyter Publication, 2018 3. P. K. Karsh, T. Mukhopadhyay, S. Dey, Advances in Structural Engineering and Rehabilitation edited by S. Adhikari, B. Bhattacharjee, J. Bhattacharjee, A stochastic investigation of effect of temperature on natural frequencies of functionally graded plates, Vol. 38, Springer Publication, 2019. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 7896544874, 6003592310
Email: pitambar@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Pitambar R Randive
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 7896544874, 6003592310
Email: pitambar@mech.nits.ac.in
| Alternate Contact No.: | 09101583909 |
| Alternate E-mail ID: | kp691975@gmail.com |
| Date of Joining: | 2015-11-20 |
| URL of Web Profile: | http://www.nits.ac.in/departments/mech/mech.php |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| 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) |
| Experience | |
| Experience Duration: | 14 years |
| 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 : | Computational fluid dynamics, Convection Heat Transfer , Computer Aided Design of Thermal System, Lattice Boltzmann Method, Batteries and Fuel Cell Technology, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Conduction and Radiation. Computational methods and computer programming,Turbomachinery |
| Research Interests : | Mesoscopic Modelling of Transport Phenomena in Multi phase flows,Energy storage and conversion (Batteries, fuel cells),Scram jet Engine,Natural and Mixed Convection Flows, Porous media flows |
| Administrative Interests : | Associate warden Hostel 9B |
| 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. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | Shrirang Shivankar 2016-17, Vishal Anand 2016-17, Vijay Singh 2017-18, Saurabh Tripathi 2017-18, Biren Behra 2018-19 completed,Avinash Mali (completed), Deep Mohanta(completed), Bilkis Sultana (ongoing), Anik Sarkar (ongoing), |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Suman Debnath (completed),Suneetha Lakka (ongoing),, Debayan Bhowmick (ongoing),, Mansh P. Boruah (ongoing),, Subhashis Chakrwarti (ongoing),, Brajesh Kanchan (ongoing),, M. Faizan (ongoing), Nilesh Birajdar (ongoing) |
| Book / Chapters Published: | Suman Debnatha, Biplab Das, and P. R. Randive,Experimental energy and exergy analysis of flat plate solar air collector having different spacing and tilt angle, AIP Conference Proceedings 1998, 020014 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5049110 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 A Comparative Evaluation of Combustion Characteristics of Strut and Wall Injection Technique in a Cavity-Based Scramjet Combustor L Suneetha, PR Randive, KM Pandey Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 823-833 Numerical Investigation on the Influence of Turbulence Models on Prediction of Flow Characteristics of a Scramjet Combustor L Suneetha, PR Randive, KM Pandey Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 835-844 Effect of thickness of porous layer on thermo-hydraulic characteristics and entropy generation in a partially porous wavy channel D Bhowmick, PR Randive, S Pati Advances in mechanical engineering, 119-130 A Comparative Evaluation of Combustion Characteristics of Strut and Wall Injection Technique in a Cavity-Based Scramjet Combustor L Suneetha, PR Randive, KM Pandey Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 823-833 2020 Numerical Investigation on the Influence of Turbulence Models on Prediction of Flow Characteristics of a Scramjet Combustor L Suneetha, PR Randive, KM Pandey Advances in Mechanical Engineering,2020, 835-844 |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 8474801122, 9434537367
Email: pdebroy@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Pradip Deb Roy, FIE
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 8474801122, 9434537367
Email: pdebroy@mech.nits.ac.in
| Alternate Contact No.: | 9434537367 |
| Date of Joining: | 2014-12-10 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | UG: •Advance Fluid Mechanics •Fluid Mechanics-I •Computational Fluid Dynamics •Dynamics and Control of Machinery |
| Experience | |
| Experience Duration: | 21 years in teaching and research |
| Experience Description: | Dr. Pradip Deb Roy has joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Silchar Assam, on December 2014. Before that, he has worked for the period 2nd Sep. 2011 to 7th Dec. 2014 as an Associate Professor and HOD in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur, West Bengal, India. He has also worked as a Lecturer from Sep. 2004 to June 2007, Senior Lecturer July 2007 to June 2010 and Assistant Professor, July 2010 to 31st August 2011, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, West Bengal, India. He has also worked as a Lecturer from Sep. 1998 to August 2004, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering, Bankura West Bengal, India. |
| 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. |
| Awards/Achievements : | Award received, “Sir J C Bose Award” for the best paper published in the international Elsevier, Ocean Engineering, SCI Journal given by Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur for the year 2008 – 2009. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | No. of PG Scholars (Completed: 6; Ongoing: 2) |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | No. of Ph.D. Scholars (Ongoing: 4) |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9733544513
Email: srmaity@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Saikat Ranjan Maity
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9733544513
Email: srmaity@mech.nits.ac.in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | saikat.jumtech@gmail.com |
| Date of Joining: | 2015-11-18 |
| 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: | UG Level: Advance Manufacturing Process (ME 1307),Manufacturing Process-I (ME 1203), Manufacturing process-II (ME 1303), Material Science (ME 205), Advanced Metal Forming & Metal Cutting (ME 1435), Workshop Practice (ME 1313), Workshop Practice (ME 1111), PG Level: Production and Operations Management (ME 540), Engineering Fracture Mechanics (ME 5139), Material Selection & Safety (ME 3549), Product Lifecycle Management (ME 567) |
| Experience | |
| Experience Description: | Dr. Maity has worked in academe mostly and spent more than twelve years in teaching and research. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Manufacturing Process, Material Science, Operations Research, Decision Making Techniques. |
| Teaching Interests : | Conventional Manufacturing Processes, Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Material Science, Operation Research, Industrial Engineering, Workshop Practice, Fracture Mechanics, Material Selection & Safety, Production Management. |
| Research Interests : | Material Selection, Decision Making Techniques, Non-traditional Optimization Methods, Non-traditional Manufacturing Processes, Operation Research,Fatigue & Fracture, Joining of Metals. Surface Coating Technology. |
| Administrative Interests : | Workshop In-charge, Faculty In-charge (Vehicle Management) |
| 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. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | Completed: 09, Ongoing: 01 |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Ongoing: 07 |
| Projects: | 1. Stochastic multi scale failure analysis of composits, Ministry of Defence, Defence R&D Organisation, Aeronautics Research & Dev. Board, 11.55 Lacs, 2018-2020, Ongoing (Co-PI) |
| Book / Chapters Published: | 1.An Integrated Fuzzy-Based Methodology for Selection of Casting Pattern Material, D. Zindani, S. R. Maity, S. Bhowmik, Soft Computing: Theories and Applications, Springer, Singapore, 2020, 291-299. 2.Conceptualization of a Machining Fixture for Machining Cylinder Block on a Horizontal Machining Center, L. Patnaik, S. R. Maity, S. Kumar, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, 2020, 185-204. 3.Artificial-Neural-Network-Based Uncertain Material Removal Rate by Turning, Subhankar Saha, Saikat Ranjan Maity, Sudip Dey, Springer, Singapore, 2020, 591-596. 4.Computational Wear Analysis of Acetabular Cup for Various Daily Activities with Different Biomaterials, L. Patnaik, S. R. Maity, S.Kumar, Advances in Computational and Bio-Engineering, Springer, Cham, 2020, 119-128. 5.Machining Performance Evaluation of Al 6061 T6 Using Abrasive Water Jet Process, P. K. Shahu, S.R. Maity, Advances in Unconventional Machining and Composites: Proceedings of AIMTDR 2018, Springer, Singapore, 2020, 127-129. 6.Fuzzy-EDAS (Evaluation Based on Distance from Average Solution) for Material Selection Problems, D. Zindani, S. R. Maity, S. Bhowmik, Advances in Computational Methods in Manufacturing, Springer, Singapore, 2019, 755-771. 7.A Decision-Making Approach for Material Selection of Polymeric Composite Bumper Beam, D. Zindani, S. R. Maity, S. Bhowmik, Composites and advanced materials for industrial applications, IGI Global, 2018, 112-128. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: +91-9402168938
Email: bpd@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Biplab Das
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: +91-9402168938
Email: bpd@mech.nits.ac.in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | biplab.2kmech[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 2015-09-29 |
| URL of Web Profile: | https://sites.google.com/view/dasbiplab |
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| Qualifications Details : | B.Tech. (2006, NERIST), M.Tech. (2008, NIT Silchar), Ph.D. (2014, NERIST), Post Doc (University of Idaho, USA) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Thermodynamics, CFD, Measurement and Instrumentation, Engineering Drawing, Automobile Engineering. |
| Experience | |
| Experience Duration: | 12 years |
| 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 : | Solar Thermal, Heat Transfer, CFD, Alternative fuel. |
| Research Interests : | Computational and experimental analysis of (i) extended surface, (ii) wind rotor, (iii) solar air drier/water collector, (iv) energy efficient building, and (v) experimental analysis of alternative fuel. |
| Administrative Interests : | Warden Married Scholar Hostel, NIT Silchar, FiC Guesthouse, 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) 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. (v) Ankur Srivastava, (vi) Sanjeet Kumar, (vii) Sumit Gupta. Ongoing: (i) Prashant |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Completed: (i) Dr. Suman Debnath, Synopsis Over/Submitted: (ii) Mr. Prabhakar Jha, (iii) Mr. Krishna Roy, (iv) Mr. Krushna Gouda, Ongoing: (v) Mr. Sujit Roy, (vi) Mr. Shyamal Das, (vii) Mr. Virendra V Bhagwat, (viii) Mr. Ankur Gupta, (ix) Mrs. Oveepsa Chakrabaorty, (x) Mr. Supreme Das |
| 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). 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) |
| Book / Chapters Published: | (i) S. Kanth, S Debbarma, B. Das, Jagadish (2019) Application of MCDM Technique for the Selection of Biodiesel Fuel Blend for Sustainable Motorization. Book Name: Sustainability Modeling in Engineering, p: 337-358. World Scientific, Singapore. (Accepted in press) (ii) S Debbarma, B Das, Jagadish (2019) Optimization of performance and emissions parameters of a biodiesel run diesel engine: An integrated MCDM approach. Book Name: Advanced Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Addressing Complex Sustainability Issues, IGI Global, India. 10.4018/978-1-5225-8579-4.ch006 (iii) M Bardalai, DK Mahanta, B Das (2019) Production and Characterisation of Teak Tree Saw Dust and Rice Husk Biochar. Book name Pollutants from Energy Sources, 291-306, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3281-4_14 (iv) S Das, RD Misra, B Das (2019) Sustainability Assessment of Biodiesel Production in India from Different Edible Oil Crops Using Emergy Analysis, 107-134. Book name: Methanol and the Alternate Fuel Economy, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3287-6_6 (v) J Reddy, Jagadish, B Das (2018) Study on Effect of Barriers in Green Supply Chain Management Using Modified SAW Technique: A Case Study. Book Name: Optimizing Current Strategies and Applications in Industrial Engineering, IGI Global, India, Page-100-112, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8223-6, ISBN 13: 9781522582236 |
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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 |
| Date of Joining: | 2014-12-22 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | PG: Mathematical Methods in Thermal Engineering ( July-December 2019,2018,2017,2016);PG: Microfluidics (January-May 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016);; UG: Power Plant Engineering (July-December 2018,2017), UG: Heat Transfer (January-May 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017), IC Engines ( July-December 2016, 2015), UG: Fluid Mechanics-I ( July-December 2019; January-May 2016); UG: Convective Heat Transfer (January-May 2016). |
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| Experience Description: | 18 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, Droplet dynamics |
| Administrative Interests : | Coordinator, TEQIP-III ; Coordinator, IPR Cell |
| 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 Physics of Fluids,International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Powder Technology, Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (ASME), European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Chemical Reactor Engineering, Computer and Mathematics with Applications, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Canadian Journal of Physics, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal (PCFD), Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India):Series C, INAE Letters, Scientia Iranica, Journal of Computational and Applied Mechanics, Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Physica Scripta, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer |
| Awards/Achievements : | Awarded medal for 2nd rank in B.E. in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Bengal (1999), India. |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | Completed:1. Rishab Kumar Agarwal 2. Soumya Ranjan Sahoo 3. Vishwanath Kumar 4. Mayank Ahuja jointly with Prof. N. V. Deshpande 5. Ritesh Dwivedi 6. Sumit Kumar Mehta 7. Prince Kumar jointly with Prof. K. M. Pandey 8. Gopal Chandra Pal 9. Madhusmita Sahoo 10. Ajit Kumar 11.Govvind Nammi jointly with Prof. K. M. Pandey 12.. Sujith T 13.Ankit Chourasia Ongoing: 1. Vasista Naga, 2. Souvik Pabi |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Completed:Dr. Shantanu Dutta, NIT Durgapur ongoing:1. Abhijit Borah 2. Bappa Mondal jointly with Prof. P. K. Patowari 3. Sumit Kumar Mehta 4. Manash Protim Boruah jointly with Dr. P. R. Randive 5. Dhrijit Deka 6. Mohammad Faizan jointly with Dr. P. R. Randive 7. Ekta Tripathi jointly with Prof. P. K. Patowari |
| Book / Chapters Published: | 1. S. Pati, “A Textbook on Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines”, 1st Edition, McGraw-Hill Education (India) Private Limited, New Delhi (ISBN: 9781259006234). 2. S. Singh, Sukumar Pati, “Thermal Engineering”, 1st Edition, Pearson India Education Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (ISBN 978-93-528-6668-7) 3. . Mondal, S. Pati, P. K. Patowari, Numerical analysis of mixing performance in microchannel with different ratio of outlet to inlet width, Techno Societal- 2018, Vol. 2, Chapter 26. Pages 257-266, Springer, Cham, (2020) DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-16962-6_26 4. B. Mondal, S. Pati, P. K. Patowari, Influence of confluence angle between inlets on the mixing performance of micromixer with obstacles, Techno Societal- 2018, Vol. 2, Chapter 28, Pages 275-283, Springer, Cham, (2020) DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16962-6_28 5. D. Bhowmick, P.R. Randive, S. Pati, Effect of thickness of porous layer on thermo-hydraulic characteristics and entropy generation in a partially porous wavy channel,. In: Biswal B, Sarkar B, Mahanta P, editors. Advances in mechanical engineering., Lecture notes in mechanical engineering Singapore: Springer. (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_13 |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: +91-9993208579
Email: yogesh[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Yogesh Singh
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: +91-9993208579
Email: yogesh[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | yogeshsingh15 [at]gmail[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 2018-07-23 |
| URL of Web Profile: | https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Z1tG7JcAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph. D (IIT Indore); M. Tech (NIT Rourkela); B.E. (GEC Jagdalpur) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Mechanism and Machine, Design of Machine Element |
| Experience | |
| Experience Duration: | 19 Months |
| Experience Description: | 1. Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology Silchar (July 2018- till date) 2. Research Assistant Professor, SRM Institute of Science andTechnology, Chennai (August 2017-July 2018) 3. Post-doctoral Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (January 2017-July 2017) |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Robotics, Parallel Manipulator, Mechanisms |
| Teaching Interests : | Robotics, Mechatronics, Mechanism and machine, Mechanics |
| Research Interests : | Planar and Spatial Parallel Motion Platform, Robotics and Control, Design and development of the robotic manipulators |
| Biographical Sketch : | B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from GEC Jagdalpur (2008); M. Tech. (Machine Design and Analysis), National Institute of Technology Rourkela (2012); Ph. D. (Mechanical Design), Indian Institute of Technology Indore (2016); Postdoc (Compliant Mechanism), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2017) |
| Awards/Achievements : | 1. Post-doctoral fellowship from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (January 2017-July 2017) 2. MHRD Fellowship for the PhD program (2012-2016). |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | 01 (Ongoing) |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | 01 (Ongoing) |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: +91-8876939381
Email: bipul@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Bipul Das
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: +91-8876939381
Email: bipul@mech.nits.ac.in
| Alternate Contact No.: | +91-7002192310 |
| Alternate E-mail ID: | bipul126103001[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 2018-07-16 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph .D. (IIT Guwahati) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Manufacturing Processes - II, Project Management, CAD/CAM, Automobile Engineering |
| Experience | |
| Experience Duration: | 30 Months |
| Experience Description: | 1. Assistant Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Silchar (July, 2018 – till date); 2. Assistant Professor: Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati (2016-2017); 3. Industrial Experience: (Punj Lloyd Limited, Maintenance Engineer, 2010 - 2012). |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Condition monitoring, Friction stir welding, welding processes, Material Processing, Advanced Manufacturing processes |
| Teaching Interests : | Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Mechatronics, Control System, Project Management, Operations Research. |
| Research Interests : | Condition Monitoring, Material Processing, Welding, , Material deposition techniques |
| Biographical Sketch : | B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Assam Engineering College (2010); Ph.D. (Integrated) in Manufacturing Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2017). |
| Awards/Achievements : | 1. Received best technical paper award for the paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Advances in Cutting, Welding and Surfacing (CWS), 05-07 August 2015, Coimbatore, India; 2. Received best poster award in Research Conclave 2017, Organized by Student Academic Board, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | 1. Mehdi Mehtab Mirad (Ongoing) 2. Anirban Dutta (Ongoing) 3. Dhiraj Raj (Ongoing) 4. Ranjan Majhi (ongoing, jointly with Prof. P. K. Patowari) 5. Pohor Patric Debbarma (Ongoing) |
| Book / Chapters Published: | 1. Bipul Das, Sukhomay Pal, Swarup Bag, Monitoring of weld quality in friction stir welding based on spindle speed and motor current signals. Advances in Material Forming and Joining, Editors: R. G. Narayanan and U. S. Dixit, Springer India, 2015. 2. 1. Bipul Das, Design of mixed mode dryer for spices for rural applications, Advances in Science and Technology, Vol. 1, Eds. B Kakati, D Bora, I-Manage Publications, 2019. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9040486943
Email: cksahoo@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Chinmaya Kumar Sahoo
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9040486943
Email: cksahoo@mech.nits.ac.in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | chinmaya[dot]cks[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 2018-07-05 |
| URL of Web Profile: | Google scholar link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=c6crw9sAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph. D. |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Industrial Engineering and Operation Research, Product Design for manufacturing and assembly |
| Experience | |
| Experience Description: | Two years and two months as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at GHITM, Puri. One year as Assistant Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering at KIIT deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. Currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar since July 2018. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Manufacturing Process, Material Science. |
| Teaching Interests : | Advanced Manufacturing Process; Industrial Engineering and Operation Research; Laser material processing; Basic Manufacturing processes. |
| Research Interests : | Hard surface coating, Laser and TIG cladding, Welding, Arc based additive manufacturing. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Chinmaya Kumar Sahoo obtained B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from BPUT, Odisha in 2007. He has completed his M.Tech with specialization in Production Engineering from VSSUT, Bula in 2010. After completing the master degree, he joined as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at GHITM, Puri, India and served for about 2.2 years. He has acquired his Ph.D. from NIT Rourkela in the year of 2017 in the research area concerning the development of TiC based wear resistant composite coating on AISI 304 steel. Dr. Sahoo worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical engineering at KIIT deemed to be University for one year, and he has joined as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering NIT Silchar in July 2018. |
| Awards/Achievements : | 1. Silver medal for best postgraduate in Mechanical Engineering; 2. MHRD Fellowship for the PhD program. |
| Book / Chapters Published: | Chinmaya Kumar Sahoo, Jageshwar Kumar Sahu, and Manoj Masanta. "Effect of Pulsed Nd: YAG Laser Parameters in Preplaced TiC Coating on Aluminium Substrate." Lasers Based Manufacturing. Springer India, 2015. 117-137; (Joshi, Shrikrishna N., and Uday Shanker Dixit, eds. Lasers Based Manufacturing: 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference, AIMTDR 2014. Springer, 2015.). |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: +91-7005432924
Email: abhishek[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
Dr. Abhishek Paul
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: +91-7005432924
Email: abhishek[at]mech[dot]nits[dot]ac[dot]in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | v1.abhishek[at]gmail[dot]com |
| Date of Joining: | 2018-08-09 |
| URL of Web Profile: | https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=f5AQQXwAAAAJ&hl=en |
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| Qualifications Details : | Ph. D. |
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| Experience Description: | Academic Experience: From July 2018-Till Date-- 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; From August 2011-June2018-- Assistant Professor (Contract), Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala (An Institute of National Importance by MHRD, Govt. of India), Agartala-799046,Tripura, India. Industrial Experience: 1.6 years as Software Engineer at SATYAM Computer Services Pvt. Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Combustion, IC Engine, Fuel Hybridization, Alternative Fuels and Energy Systems. Fuel Synthesis. |
| Teaching Interests : | IC Engine, Fuel and Combustion, Alternative Fuels and Energy Systems, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics. |
| Research Interests : | Combustion Kinematics, Pollutant formation mechanism, Fuel Hybridization, Emission after treatment. |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Abhishek Paul did his B.E in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Agartala in 2008, M.Tech in Thermal Science and Engineering from NIT Agartala in 2011 and Ph.D from NIT Agartala in 2015. His primary research area is IC engine combustion and alternative fuels. He has more than 15 research articles in his research field till date in various prestigious International Journals. He is a regular reviewer of various Energy related SCI indexed journals. |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | Mukund Kr. Jha (Ongoing), Benjamin Bhaskar (Ongoing), Parthasarathi Deb (Ongoing) |
| Projects: | 1. Development and testing of nano-doped hybridized bio-diesel as pilot fuel for Hydrogen duel fuel operation in a Stationary CI engine, DST (HFC-2018). Duration- 3 years. Approved Fund- 51.85 Lakhs. |
| Book / Chapters Published: | • Dr. Probir Kumar Bose, Dr Rahul Banerjee. Dr. Abhishek Paul; CNG and Diesohols: A Comprehensive Study of Performance, Combustion and Emission Parameters; 2012; LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co KG Germany. • Dr. Probir Kumar Bose, DrMadhujit Deb, Dr. Abhishek Paul; Operation of diesel engine using waste cooking oil: It's combustion and performance studies. 2012; LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co KG Germany. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 8382948157
Email: rajeev@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Rajeev Nayan Gupta
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 8382948157
Email: rajeev@mech.nits.ac.in
| Alternate Contact No.: | 8874605844 |
| Alternate E-mail ID: | rajivnayangupta@gmail.com |
| Date of Joining: | 2019-07-11 |
| URL of Web Profile: | https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=2rUerrYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |
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| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. (IIT-BHU, Varanasi), M.Tech. (IIT-ISM, Dhanbad), B.Tech. (GEC Bhopal) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Engineering Mechanics (July-Dec.2020), Principles of Tribology (July-Dec.2020) , Machine Design-II (Jan-June 2020), |
| Experience | |
| Experience Duration: | 6 years |
| Experience Description: | 6 Years Teaching and Research Experience |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Machine Design, Tribology, Nanolubrication, Surface Engineering, Composite Materials, Coatings |
| Teaching Interests : | Strength of Materials, Machine Design, Engineering Mechanics, Tribology |
| Research Interests : | Tribology, Nanolubricant, Composite materials, Surface Engineering and Coating |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Rajeev Nayan Gupta received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Globus Engineering College Bhopal in the year 2010, M.Tech in Maintenance Engineering and Tribology from Indian Institute of Technology (I.S.M.), Dhanbad in the year 2013, and PhD in Machine Design (Tribology) from Indian Institute of Technology (B.H.U.) in the year 2018. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India. He has four years of research and two year of teaching experience in Mechanical Engineering. His research area is Tribology, Biolubricant, Surface Engineering, composite materials and Coating etc. He has published 13 research papers in different International/National Journals and conferences. He is the life member of Tribology Society of India (TSI) affiliated to U.K. (LM#5753). He is also the reviewer of three International Journals namely Materials Discovery (Elsevier Publication), Industrial Lubrication and Tribology (Emerald Publication) and International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation (Inderscience Publication). |
| P.G. Scholars Guided: | 1 (Ongoing) |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | 1 (Ongoing) |
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Assistant Professor Grade II
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 7017419360
Email: sumitra.aec21@gmail.com
Dr. Sumitra Sharma
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor Grade II
Phone: 7017419360
Email: sumitra.aec21@gmail.com
| Alternate E-mail ID: | sumitra.aec21@gmail.com |
| Date of Joining: | 2019-07-09 |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. (VNIT, Nagpur), M.Tech. (VNIT, Nagpur), B.Tech. (AEC Agra) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Engineering Inspection and Quality Control |
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| Experience Duration: | 1 Year |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Material Science, Welding and Corrosion, Heat Treatment of Materials |
| Teaching Interests : | Material Science, Physical Metallurgy, Welding Technology, Total Quality Management, Heat Treatment of Materials. |
| Research Interests : | Fusion arc welding of similar and dissimilar alloys, Structure-Property Co-relationship of welds, Heat Treatment of metallic materials, Corrosion behavior of alloys |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Sumitra Sharma received her Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from Anand Engineering College, Agra in the year 2010, M.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (V.N.I.T), Nagpur in the year 2015, and PhD in Dissimilar welding and Corrosion of Ni-based Superalloys from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (V.N.I.T), Nagpur in the year 2018. Currently, She is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India. She has three years of research and one year of teaching experience in Mechanical Engineering. Her research area is Material Science, Welding and Corrosion of Superalloys, Heat Treatment of Metallic alloys etc. She has published 13 research papers in different International/National Journals and conferences. |
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Assistant Professor Grade II
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 8016907628
Email: alfabisoi@gmail.com
Dr. Alfa Bisoi
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor Grade II
Phone: 8016907628
Email: alfabisoi@gmail.com
| Alternate Contact No.: | 8249355270 |
| Alternate E-mail ID: | alfabisoi@yahoo.in |
| Date of Joining: | 2019-07-10 |
| URL of Web Profile: | https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=rQJ0LkkAAAAJ&hl=en |
| Academic Qualifications | |
| Qualifications Details : | Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur), M.Tech. (VSSUT Burla), B.Tech. (O.S.M.E Keonjhar) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | Dynamics and Control of Machinery, Mechatronics |
| Experience | |
| Experience Duration: | 6 Months |
| Experience Description: | Dr. Alfa Bisoi was working as an Assistant professor-Adhoc in Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Warangal |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Dynamics and Control |
| Teaching Interests : | Dynamics and Control of Machinery, Vibration Analysis, Rotor Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Machine Design, Mechatronics |
| Research Interests : | Rotor Dynamics, Dynamics,Vibration and Control Engineering |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Alfa Bisoi received her Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Orissa School of Mining Engineering (Currently named as Government college of Engineering, Keonjhar), Keonjhar in the year 2010, M.Tech in Machine Design and Analysis from Veer Surendra Sai university of Technology (VSSUT), Burla in the year 2012, and PhD in Dynamics from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in the year 2018. Currently, she is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India. She has five years of research and six months of teaching experience in Mechanical Engineering. Her research area is Dynamics, Vibration, Control and Machine Design etc. She has published 11 research papers in different International Journals and conferences. |
| Book / Chapters Published: | A. Bisoi, R. Bhattacharyya and A.K. Samantaray, Speed Control of 3-Phase Induction Motor in Presence of Sommerfeld Effect, Advances in Mechanism Design II, Proceedings of the XII International Conference on the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (2017), DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-44087-3, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 9816111560
Email: sushant@mech.nits.ac.in
Dr. Sushant Negi
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 9816111560
Email: sushant@mech.nits.ac.in
| Alternate E-mail ID: | sushant.negi@hotmail.com |
| Date of Joining: | 2019-07-12 |
| URL of Web Profile: | https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=s87CyQ4AAAAJ&hl=en |
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| Qualifications Details : | B.Tech.(Mechanical Engg.), M.Tech., Ph.D. |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | CAD/CAM, Rapid Prototyping |
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| Experience Duration: | 4 years |
| Experience Description: | • July 2019 - Till date, Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering NIT Silchar, Assam, India •March 2019 – July 2019 • Project Scientist (Mechanical Engg.) at NABI, Mohali • January 2017 - January 2019, Lecturer at NIT Hamirpur • July 2015 - January2017, Assistant Professor APG Shimla University. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing); CAD CAM |
| Teaching Interests : | Additive Manufacturing; CAD; Engineering Graphics |
| Research Interests : | Selective Laser Sintering; Lightweight Structure & Biodegradable Polymers; Optimization and Modeling |
| Biographical Sketch : | Dr. Sushant Negi was born in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh in 1987, and completed his Higher Secondary from Him Academy Public School, Hamirpur in 2005. He has obtained his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Punjab Tech. University, Jalandhar in the year of 2009 and completed his M.Tech with specialization in CAD-CAM from NIT Hamirpur in 2011 and also acquired his Ph.D. from the same institute in the year of 2016. His area of specialization is Additive Manufacturing. Prior to joining at NIT Silchar, he has worked as Project Scientist at National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali on Govt. of India R&D project. Dr. Negi has also worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at NIT Hamirpur from 2017-2019. At present, he is working as an Assistant Professor Grade II in Mechanical Engineering Department, NIT Silchar. |
| Awards/Achievements : | 1. Have received Academic Research Award of Excellence presented by Additive Manufacturing Society of India (AMSI) for PhD research work in 2015. 2. Have received State Govt. Scholarships for meritorious students (83rd position in Himachal Pradesh) |
| Ph.D. Scholars Guided: | 04 Ongoing [02 Main Supervisor; 02 Co-supervisor] |
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Assistant Professor
Department: MECHANICAL
Phone: 8249994335
Email: simanchal.kar@gmail.com
Dr.Simanchal Kar
Department: MECHANICAL
Assistant Professor
Phone: 8249994335
Email: simanchal.kar@gmail.com
| Alternate Contact No.: | 9475654452 |
| Alternate E-mail ID: | simanchal.kar@gmail.com |
| Date of Joining: | 2020-01-10 |
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| Qualifications Details : | B.Tech(2006), M.Tech (2011), Ph.D.(2017) |
| Currently Teaching Subject: | mechanics |
| Experience | |
| Experience Duration: | BITS Pilani (Regular) - 0.7 yrs, NIT Jamshedpur (Regular) - 1.6yrs |
| Experience Description: | National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur- Assistant professor-23/07/2018- 09/01/2020, AGP 6000. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Assistant professor-01/12/2017-18/07/2018-AGP 8000. |
| Area of Interest/Specialization : | Machine tool and machining, Theory of metal cutting, Engineering materials, Advance manufacturing processes, Theory of abrasive machining, material characterization, Material characterization, Thermal spray process, Thin-film coatings, Surface engineering |
| Teaching Interests : | Machine tool and machining, Theory of metal cutting, engineering materials, material characterization, Non-traditional/advanced manufacturing processes, manufacturing process-i and ii, Value engineering. |
| Research Interests : | Thermal spray processes, thin-film coating, surface engineering, embedded sensors, material characterization, nano-particles in manufacturing and coating, Minimum quantity lubrication, Abrasive machining, Wear, Corrosion. |
| Administrative Interests : | Student Activities, Student sports activities, Institute and Departmental related activities. |
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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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Sl. No. |
Title of the Project |
Sponsor(s) |
Name of P.I. & Co-P.I. |
Amount (Rs.) |
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1. |
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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2. |
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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3. |
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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5. |
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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6. |
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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7. |
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.
Head of the Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering
NIT Silchar,
Silchar, Assam-788010, India.
Phone: 9435500659.
E-mail: headme.nits[at]gmail[dot]com
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