Faculty details

Prof.Deepak Kumar Mandal

Designation: Associate Professor

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Email: deepak[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact Number:

Office Number: +91-326-223-5058

Personal Page: Under Construction

Research Interest: Drop Evaporation, Shedding, Drop Impact On Various Surfaces, Drop - Acoustics Interactions, Interfacial Flow, Flow Visualisation

Teaching

 


  • Teaching since August 2015.
  • Taught / teaching the following subjects at IIT (ISM),


  1. Refrigeration and Air conditioning Eng.
  2. Internal Combustion Engines
  3. Engineering Mechanics
  4. Heat Engine
  5. Power Plant Engineering
  6. Mechanical Engineering 2
  7. Combustion and emission in IC engines
  8. Convection and two-phase flow

Academics

EDUCATION


Program

Institution

Duration

Postdoctoral Fellow

(Mechanical Engineering)

York University, Toronto, Canada

June 2013 – June 2015

PhD

(Mechanical Engineering)

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

July 2006 – July 2013

Master of Engineering(Automobile Engineering)

Jadavpur University,

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

July 2004 – June 2006

Bachelor of Engineering(Mechanical Engineering)

Birbhum Institute of Engineering & Technology,

University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India

July 2000 – June 2004

 

RESEARCH INTEREST


  • Shedding of drops from surfaces
  • Impact of drops on various surfaces
  • Evaporation and sprays
  • Drop – acoustics interactions
  • Flow diagnostics
  • Interfacial flow

…… THERMOFLUIDS

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  1. Tracking the surrounding eddies and peripheral velocity distribution of a shedding drop
  2. Airflow assisted impact of drops on surfaces with various wettabilities
  3. Impact of various drops on surfaces
  4. Influence of acoustics on the evaporation of various drops
  5. Shedding of drops on surfaces with different wettabilities under ambient and icing condition (Research completed during Postdoctoral Fellowship)                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  6. Internal circulation inside single and multi-component drop evaporating in a closed chamber (Research completed for the PhD degree)
  7. Development of Hydrogen Gas Induction System into an Existing Single Cylinder 4-stroke Diesel Engine (Research completed for Master of Engineering degree)

Position

EMPLOYMENTS


  • Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad from April 2022.
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbadfrom August 2015 to April 2022.

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE …. AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY


  • Worked as a Manager (Research and Development, Alternate Fuel Technology Department) from September 2011 to May 2013 in Mahindra and Mahindra LimitedChennai (India’s leading automobile manufacturer). The responsibilities were to,

  1. Study the emerging technologies for the vehicle development,
  2. Use of bio-diesel in vehicles,
  3. Development of new power transmission system to minimize friction loss.

Awards and Honors

Publications

Books Published

Book chapters

3.    Rahul Goswami, Lukesh Kumar Mahato and Deepak Kumar Mandal; “The effect of resting time on the shedding of a dropAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020; B. B. Biswal et al. (eds.), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_1.

2.    Vikas Kumar, Ramesh Kumar Singh and Deepak Kumar Mandal; “Impact of palm oil methyl ester drops on a surfaceAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020; B. B. Biswal et al. (eds.), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_2.

1.    Amrit Kumar, Abhishek Singh and Deepak Kumar Mandal; “Successive impact of two drops on surfaces with various wettabilityAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020; B. B. Biswal et al. (eds.), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_3.

Patents filed / granted

  1. Adil Kureshee, Deepak Kumar Mandal, R. N. Hota, S. Narayanan. A system for enhancing evaporation rate of single and multi-component twin drops by acoustic streaming. Indian Patent Application No. 202331084799, Dated 12th Dec 2023. Applied.
  2. Nandan Kumar Jha, Vikram, Adil Kureshee, Deepak Kumar Mandal, R. N. Hota, S. Narayanan. Acoustic driven twin jet injector system for the control of sprays/thermoacoustic oscillations in a combustor. Indian Patent Application No. 202331082467, Dated 04th Dec 2023. Applied.
  3. Suraj Prasad, Deepak Kumar Mandal, S. Narayanan. System and method for enhancing evaporation rate of multi component drops by acoustic streaming. Indian Patent Application No. 202231030421, Dated 27th May 2022. Filed.

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

Publications in International Journals:

35.  Somen Kumar Dutta, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; An emulsion drop’s impact on an inclined mesh: How far is the penetration possible? Physics of Fluids 37 (2025) 011706 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0248645 Editor’s pick.

34.  Aadil Kureshee, S. Narayanan*, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Acoustic-induced flow on the evaporation dynamics of twin drops; International Journal of Multiphase Flow 183 (2025) 105070 (1-10) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2024.105070

33.  Aadil Kureshee, S. Narayanan, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; How does the placement of an acoustic source influence a drop’s evaporation? Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing (2024) Accepted.

32.  Aadil Kureshee, N. K. Jha, Vikram Singh, R. N. Hota, S. Narayanan*, Deepak Kumar Mandal *; Effect of single and multiple acoustic frequencies on the atomization of a spray; Physics of Fluids 36 (2024) 122102https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0243668

31.  Somen Kumar Dutta, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; How does an emulsion drop’s viscosity influence its impact on various meshes? Physics of Fluids 36 (2024) 062109 (1-13) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0208029

30. Kartika Chandra Tripathy, Md. Sirajullah, Deepak Kumar Mandal*, Ajay Bhandari*; Delineating the effects of morphological changes on retinal hemodynamics in diabetic human retinas: An invitro investigation; Physics of Fluids36 (2024) 011912 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0176806 Featured Article.

29.  Aadil Kureshee, Deepak Kumar Mandal*, S. Narayanan*; Twin bi-component drops’ evaporation in an acoustic field: The amplitude influence; Physics of Fluids 35 (2023) 112112 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0173579

28. Suraj Prasad, Subhramanian Narayanan, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Bi-component drop’s evaporation: Effect of acoustics and hot surrounding; Heat Transfer Engineering (2023) Accepted. https://doi.org/10.1080/01457632.2024.2325276

27.  Biplab Kumar Roy, Deepak Kumar Mandal, Amitava Mandal*; Investigation of droplet impact dynamics on textured cylindrical hydrophobic surfaces; Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 680 (2023) 132674 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.132674

26.  Aadil Kureshee, S. Narayanan*, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Evaporation of twin drops: Effect of acoustics and spacing;Physics of Fluids 35 (2023) 032103 (1-11) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0137944

25.  Deepak Kumar, Mangal Singh Sisodiya, Deepak Kumar Mandal, Vivek Bajpai*; Maglev micro-EDM: Feasibility and performance on Inconel 625; CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology 40 (2023) 155–166https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirpj.2022.11.012

24.  Vikas Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Impact of Jatropha – diesel blend drops on a heated surface; Heat Transfer Engineering 44 (2023) 1286–1301 https://doi.org/10.1080/01457632.2022.2127050

23.  Lukesh Kumar Mahato, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; A sessile drop facing a shear flow: Surrounding flow dynamics during the deformation of the drop; International Journal of Multiphase Flow 147 (2022) 103911 (1-15) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2021.103911

22.  Amrit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Impact of compound drops on a plane solid: Role of the core diameter;Atomization and Sprays 32 (2) (2022) 1–18 https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.2021038825

21.  Amrit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Impact of emulsion drops on a plane solid: Effect of composition and wall temperature; Heat and Mass Transfer 58 (2022) 505–529 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-021-03129-3

20.  Vikas Kumar, Amrit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Receding dynamics of Jatropha straight vegetable oil drops impacting a heated surface; Heat Transfer Engineering 43 (2022) 958–973 https://doi.org/10.1080/01457632.2021.1919974

19.  Lukesh Kumar Mahato, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Role of resisting shear on the shedding drops; Colloid and Interface Science Communications 41 (2021) 100388 (1-8) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colcom.2021.100388

18.  Ramesh Kumar Singh, Lukesh Kumar Mahato, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Airflow assisted impact of drops of various viscosities: The role of viscous dissipation, normal imposed pressure, and shear flow of air; Langmuir 37 (2021) 9504–9517. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01367

17.  Amrit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Residence time of emulsion drops on an inclined surface above Leidenfrost temperature; Atomization and Sprays 31 (1) (2021) 1–10 https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.2020035029

16.  Vartika Singh, Suraj Prasad, Ankit Das, S. Narayanan, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Effect of spacing on evaporation and internal circulation of two identical drops; Europhysics Letters 131 (2020) 44001 (1-7) https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/0295-5075/131/44001

15.  Lukesh Kumar Mahato, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Pressure distribution and eddies at the periphery of a drop about to shed due to water shear-flow; Physics of Fluids 32 (2020) 052102 (1-13) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0002921

14. Suraj Prasad, Deepak Kumar Mandal*, S. Narayanan*; On the suppression of oscillatory circulation inside an evaporating bi-component drop through acoustic streaming; International Journal of Multiphase Flow 129 (2020) 103314 (1-14)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2020.103314

13.  Amit Kumar, Amitava Mandal*, Amit Rai Dixit, Deepak Kumar Mandal; Quantitative analysis of bubble and spark gap at different dielectric conditions of EDM process; The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology107 (2020) 3065–3075 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-05189-x

12.  Ramesh Kumar Singh, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Air assisted impact of drops: The effect of surface wettability; International Journal of Multiphase Flow 126 (2020) 103241 (1-10) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2020.103241

11.  Amrit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Influence of the surface temperature on the spreading and receding dynamics of an impacting biodiesel drop; Heat and Mass Transfer 56 (2020) 445–457 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-019-02717-8

10.  Amrit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Impact of emulsion drops on a solid surface: The effect of viscosity; Physics of Fluids 31 (2019) 102106 (1-18) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5119017

9.    Ramesh Kumar Singh, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Air-assisted impact of water drops on a surface; Acta Mechanica 230 (2019) 3171–3182 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-019-02438-3

8.    Suraj Prasad, S. Narayanan*, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Acoustic induced flow around an evaporating drop and its influence on internal circulation; International Journal of Multiphase Flow 116 (2019) 91-99 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2019.04.012

7.    Amrit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Oscillatory circulation inside evaporating methanol-water drops; International Journal of Multiphase Flow 102 (2018) 130–137 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2018.02.006

6.    Amrit Kumar, Suraj Prasad, Priya Pal, S. Narayanan, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Circulation inside a methanol – water drop evaporating in a heated atmosphere; Colloid and Interface Science Communications 24 (2018) 82–86 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colcom.2018.04.003

5.    Deepak Kumar Mandal, Antonio Criscione, C. Tropea, A. Amirfazli*; Shedding of water drops from a surface under icing conditions; Langmuir 31 (2015) 9340–9347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02131

4.    I. V. Roisman*, Antonio Criscione, C. Tropea, Deepak Kumar Mandal, A. Amirfazli; Dislodging a sessile drop by a high-Reynolds-number shear flow at subfreezing temperatures; Physical Review E 92 (2015) 023007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.023007

3.    Deepak Kumar Mandal, Shamit Bakshi*; Internal circulation in a single droplet evaporating in a closed chamber; International Journal of Multiphase Flow 42 (2012) 42-51 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2012.01.008

2.    Deepak Kumar Mandal, Shamit Bakshi*; Evidence of oscillatory convection inside an evaporating multicomponent droplet in a closed chamber; Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 378 (2012) 260-262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2012.04.046

1.    Mopuru Deepa Raj, Deepak Kumar Mandal, S. Navaneethakrishnan, Shamit Bakshi*; Measurement of the surface concentration (liquid) of an evaporating multicomponent droplet using pendant droplet method; Experiments in Fluids48 (2010) 715-719 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0805-4

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

Publications in International Conferences:

  • 2024

20.  Rohit Kumar Verma, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Circulation inside evaporating emulsion drops; The 5th International Conference on Energy and Power (ICEP2024), December 4-6, 2024, Bali, Indonesia.

19.  Ankit Kumar, Amrit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Impact of a kerosene drop on a glass surface; Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems, June 6-8, 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.

  • 2023

18.  Aadil Kureshee, S. Narayanan, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; How does the placement of an acoustic source influence a drop’s evaporation? Proceedings of the 10th International and 50th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), (FMFP2023–MTF–455) Dec 20-22, 2023, IIT Jodhpur, India.

17.  N. K. Jha, Rahul Kumar Singh, R. N. Hota, D. K. Mandal, S. Narayanan; Acoustic Characteristics of Premixed Flames in a Combustor; 50th National symposium on acoustics (NSA-2023) Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, (AE-1 Aero Acoustics) Feb 24-26, 2023, Sambalpur, Odisha, India.

  • 2022

16.  Amrit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal, Kwing-So Choi; Spreading dynamics of a water drop on a micro-textured surface;European Drag Reduction and Flow Control Meeting – EDRFCM 2022, Sept. 6–9, 2022, Paris, France.

  • 2021

15.  Amrit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Impact Dynamics of a Compound Drop on a Plane Solid: Effect of the Core Drop Viscosity; Proceedings of the 48th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), Dec 27-29, 2021, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, India. (Best paper of the session and best paper of the day).

  • 2020

14.  Lukesh Kumar Mahato, Mayaram Sahu, Animesh G. Kujur, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; The role of wettability on the shedding of drops; DFD20 Meeting of The American Physical Society, Nov 22-24, 2020, Virtual, Chicago, USA.

  • 2019

13.  Suraj Prasad, Deepak Kumar Mandal*, S. Narayanan; The effect of composition on the oscillatory internal circulation of an evaporating bi-component drop; IHMTC-2019: 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, December 28-31, 2019; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.

12.  Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Shedding of salt water drops under icing conditions; Central European Symposium on Thermophysics 2019, October 16-18, 2019; July 2019, AIP Conference Proceedings 2133(1):020025; Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5120155)

  • 2018

11.  Suraj Prasad, Amrit Kumar, S. Narayanan, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; The effect of the size on the oscillatory internal circulation for an evaporating methanol-water drop; Thermophysics 2018, Nov 7-9, 2018; AIP Conference Proceedings 1988, 020030-1–020030-6; Smolenice, Slovakia. (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5047624)

10.  Rahul Goswami, Lukesh Kumar Mahato, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Effect of the resting time on drop shedding due to water shear flow; International Conference on Recent Innovations & Developments in Mechanical Engineering (IC-RIDME 2018); Nov 08 - 10, 2018; National Institute of Technology Meghalaya; India.

9.    Vikas Kumar, Ramesh Kumar Singh, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Impact of palm oil methyl ester drops on a surface; International Conference on Recent Innovations & Developments in Mechanical Engineering (IC-RIDME 2018);Nov 08 - 10, 2018; National Institute of Technology Meghalaya; India.

8.    Amrit Kumar, Abhishek Singh, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Successive impact of two drops on surfaces with various wettabilities; International Conference on Recent Innovations & Developments in Mechanical Engineering (IC-RIDME 2018); Nov 08 - 10, 2018; National Institute of Technology Meghalaya; India.

7.    Ramesh Kumar Singh, Vikas Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Impact of water drops on a PMMA surface; 7thInternational and 45th National Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP) conference 2018; Dec 10 – 12, 2018; Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.

  • 2017

6.    Lukesh Kumar Mahato, Rahul Goswami, Deepak Kumar Mandal*; Shedding of oil drops from a glass surface due to water cross flow; International Conference on Advances in Thermal Systems, Materials and Design Engineering (ATSMDE-2017), Dec 21-22, 2017; Mumbai, India.

  • 2013

5.    Deepak Kumar Mandal, Antonio Criscione, A. Amirfazli; Water drop shedding under icing conditions from surfaces with different wettabilities; DFD13 Meeting of The American Physical Society, Nov 24-26, 2013, Pittsburgh, USA.

  • 2011

4.    Deepak Kumar Mandal, Shamit Bakshi; Measurement of surface concentration of an evaporating multicomponent droplet under different ambient conditions; 24th European Conference – Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems – Estoril 2011 (iLASS – 2011), Sept 05-07, 2011, Estoril, Portugal.

  • 2009

3.    P. Nikhilbabu, Deepak Kumar Mandal, Shamit Bakshi; Computational simulation of single droplet evaporation using volume of fluid method; International workshop on bubble and drop interfaces; Sept 23-25, 2009, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2.    Deepak Kumar Mandal, Bishwajyoti Dutta Majumdar, Rahul Banerjee; Emission reduction of an existing diesel engine using hydrogen gas; International Conference on Energy Engineering – ICEE 2009; Jan 07-09, 2009, Pondicherry Engineering College, India.

  • 2007

1.    Deepak Kumar Mandal, Probir Kumar Bose, Ranajit Kumar Chakrabarty, Bishwajyoti Dutta Majumdar, Rahul Banerjee; Development of hydrogen – diesel dual fuelled engine from an existing agricultural 4 – Stroke diesel engine using timed manifold induction technique; International Conference & XX National Conference on IC Engines and Combustion – ICONICE 2007; Dec 05-07, 2007, JNTU, Hyderabad, India.

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

  • DST (SERB) funded project (SUPRA) on the area of Thermo-acoustic instability of flames .…..Ongoing.
  • DST (SERB) funded project (CRG) on the area of the impact of drops .…..         Ongoing.
  • DST (SERB) funded project (ECR) on the broad area of the impact of drops …... Completed.

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

REVIEWING EXPERIENCE OF JOURNAL / CONFERENCE PAPERS


  • Reviewed / currently reviewing papers for International Journals (e.g., Physics of Fluids, Chemical Engineering Science) and Conferences (e.g., Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power).

REVIEWING EXPERIENCE OF PROJECT PROPOSALS


  • Reviewed a few project proposals submitted for Core Research Grant of DST (SERB), GoI, in 2022.

LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT


  • Single handedly developed Fluid surface interaction lab.
  • Improved the Refrigeration and air conditioning lab.
  • Currently developing a lab for conducting research on the thermo-acoustic instability of flames.

RECOGNITIONS / AWARDS


  1. Delivered an Invited talk on ‘A drop's evaporation under the influence of acoustics: How does the internal circulation behave? at 2nd International conference on fluid, thermal and energy systems (June 6-8, 2024) in NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.
  2. Chaired a session in the 2nd International conference on fluid, thermal and energy systems (June 6-8, 2024) in NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES HELD ABROAD


  1. Participated in ‘CEST 2019, held in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, to present a paper on ‘Shedding of salt water drops under icing conditions’ in October 2019.
  2. Participated in ‘Thermophysics 2018’, held in Smolenice, Slovakia, to present a paper on ‘The effect of the size on the oscillatory internal circulation for an evaporating methanol-water drop’ in November 2018.
  3. Participated in DFD13 Meeting of The American Physical Society held in Pittsburgh, USA, to present a paper on ‘Water drop shedding under icing conditions from surfaces with different wettabilities’ in November 2013.
  4. Participated in ‘24th European Conference – Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems – Estoril 2011 (iLASS – 2011)’ held in Estoril, Portugal, to present a paper on ‘Measurement of surface concentration of an evaporating multicomponent droplet under different ambient conditions’ in September 2011.

DEPARTMENT / INSTITUTE LEVEL RESPONSIBITIES


  1. Member of Department PG committee and Faculty in charge of MTech (Thermal Eng.) from Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.
  2. Co-Chairman of the department stock verification committee for the year 2022-23.
  3. Member of the Department UG courses committee from Oct 2020 to Oct 2022.
  4. Member of the Department purchase advisory committee from May 2022 to April 2023.
  5. Document verification of students for the counselling of JEE admission of 2020.
  6. Faculty – in – charge of the final year BTech Mechanical Engineering students from Oct 2020 to Oct 2022.
  7. Member of the time table committee from the department (2017 – 2020).
  8. Member of the NBA committee of the department.
  9. Member of the standing DPAC committee of the department.
  10. Faculty in charge of the department regarding training and placement.
  11. Lab in charge of Refrigeration and air conditioning lab.
  12. Lab in charge of Fluid surface interaction lab.
  13. Record keeping of departmental publications in journals.
  14. Conducted (along with other 3 faculties) an industrial visit for 110 UG students in CLW, Chittaranjan, WB.

OTHER SKILLS / AWARDS / TRAININGS

  • Best paper of the session and best paper of the day award in the 48th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), held on Dec 27-29, 2021, in BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, India for the paper titled “Impact Dynamics of a Compound Drop on a Plane Solid: Effect of the Core Drop Viscosity” by Amrit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Mandal.
  • Awarded from Mahindra and Mahindra Limited (March, 2013) for 'Continuous effort to scan the technology projects and reports prepared on various topics'.
  • Trained buyer of materials / equipment related to project at York University.
  • 30 Days Industrial Vocational Training in the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, West Bengal, India.
  • 18 Days Industrial Training in the Bakreshwar Thermal Power Project, West Bengal, India.



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Guidance

SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH PROJECTS


  • Currently supervising 1 institute post-doctoral fellow (IPDF Dr. Madhu Ranjan Gunjan).
  • Currently supervising 4 PhD (Somen Kumar Dutta, Ravi Ranjan Singh and Md. Sirajullah – Supervisor and Aadil Kureshee – Co – Supervisor) students.
  • Supervised 5 PhD (Lukesh Kumar Mahato – Supervisor, Ramesh Kumar Singh – Supervisor, Vikas Kumar – Supervisor, Amrit Kumar – Supervisor and Suraj Prasad – Co- Supervisor) students – all defended in 2021-2022.
  • Supervised more than 20 MTech students as the Principle Supervisor / Investigator.
  • Supervised several BTech students for their final year projects as the Principle Supervisor / Investigator.