Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Chemical Engineering
Email: BIDHAN[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in
Contact Number: 8953259109
Office Number: +91-326-223-5434
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Research Interest: Hydrodynamic Stability, Rheology Of Complex Fluids, Particle-laden Flows, Pulsatile Flows
2020-21 Winter: Process Design and Economics
Engineering Drawing and Design
2021-22 Monsoon: Process Dynamics and Control
2021-22 Winter: Process Design and Economics
Engineering Drawing and Design
2022-23 Monsoon: Process Design and Economics
Catalytic Processes and Reactors
2022-23 Winter: Advanced Mass Transfer
2023-24 Monsoon: Heat Transfer
2023-24 Winter: Principles of Mass Transfer
2024-25 Monsoon: Heat Transfer
2024-25 Winter: Principles of Mass Transfer
B.Tech NIT Durgapur (2009-13)
Ph.D. IIT Kanpur (2013-20)
Post Doctoral Researcher: Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (October 2019-November 2020)
Assistant Professor: IISER Bhopal (December 2020- July 2022)
Assistant Professor: IIT(ISM) Dhanbad (July 2022-Present)
Journal Articles
1. Willian Hogendoorn,Bidhan Chandra,Christian Poelma, Suspension dynamics
in transitional pipe flow, Physical Review Fluids 6, 064301, 2021
2. Bidhan Chandra, Shankar V, Debopam Das, Onset of transition in the flow of
polymer solutions through deformable tubes, Physics of fluids 31 (11), 2019
3. Bidhan Chandra, Rahul Mangal, Debopam Das, Shankar V, Instability driven
by shear thinning and elasticity in the flow of concentrated polymer solutions
through microtubes, Physical Review Fluids 4 (8) 083301, 2019
4. Bidhan Chandra, Shankar V, Debopam Das, Early transition,
relaminarization, and drag reduction in the flow of polymer solutions through
microtubes, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 885 A47, 2020
5. Bidhan Chandra, Shankar V, Debopam Das, Onset of transition in the flow of
polymer solutions through microtubes, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 844, 1052-
1083, 2018.
6. for the onset of turbulence in particle-laden flows, Physical Review of Fluids
(Letters) 7, L042301,2022.
Willian Hogendoorn, Bidhan Chandra, Christian Poelma, Universal scaling
7. Willian Hogendoorn, Bidhan Chandra, Christian
Conference Proceedings
1 B.Chandra and V.Shankar, “Laminar-turbulent transition in polymer solutions through micro-tubes,”
in Bulletin of the American Physical Society,2019.
2 B.Chandra and V.Shankar, “Elastic and shear thinning instabilities for the flow of polymer solutions
Through microtubes,” APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, Atlanta, USA,2018, H34.008.
1. SERB Start-Up Research grant, Rs 31.1 Lakhs, Elastic and Shear-thinning instability in the flow of polymer solutions.
1. Sana Yasmin (December 2022-Present, Full Time)
2. Ashish Kumar (July 2024-Present, Part-Time)
