BIO-DATA

1. Name and full correspondence address

Jyotirmay Banerjee

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

S V National Institute of Technology, Surat-395007

2. Email(s) and contact number(s)

jbaner@med.svnit.ac.in

M: 9879277675

3. Institution

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology

4. Date of Birth

10th June 1972

5. Gender – M

6. Category – Gen

7. Whether differently abled – No

8. Academic Qualification

Degree Year Subject University/Institution % of

marks

1. Ph.D. 2005 Mechanical I.I.T. Kanpur CPI 9.5

2. M.E 1996 Turbomachines R.E.C. Surat 77%

3. B.E. 1993 Mechanical R.E.C. Surat 70%

9. Ph.D thesis

Title: Czochralski Growth of Oxide Crystals:Numerical Simulation and Experiments

Guide’s Name: Prof. K. Muralidhar

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Year of Award: 2005

10. Work experience

S.

No

Positions

held

Name of

the

Institute

From To Pay Scale

1 Lecturer S. V.

National

Institute of

Technology

Surat

18-11-1996 17-09-2001 Central

Govt. scale

5th pay

2 Senior Lecturer S. V.

National

Institute of

Technology

Surat

18-11-2001 15-10-2006 Central

Govt. scale

5th pay

3 Associate Professor S. V.

National

Institute of

Technology

Surat

16-10-2006 27-01-2019 Grade pay:

9000/-

(PB-IV)

4 Professor S. V.

National

Institute of

Technology

28-01-2019 Till date Grade pay

10,500/-

(PB-IV)

11. Professional Recognition/ Award/ Prize/ Certificate, Fellowship

received

S. No Name of Award Awarding

Agency

Year

- - - -

12. Publications

S

No

.

Publication

Title

Authors Journa

l Name

Volume Issue Page Year

1 Direct numerical

simulation of

transitional and

turbulent round

jets: Evolution of

vortical structures

Chetankumar

Anghan,

Sagar Dave,

Shaswat

Saincher and

Physics

of Fluids

31 6 06510

5-1 to

06510

5-24

2019

and turbulence

budget

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

2 Heat transfer

intensification in

horizontal shell

and tube latent

heat storage unit

Digant S.

Mehta,

Bhavesh

Vaghela,

Manish K.

Rathod and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Numeric

al Heat

Transfer

, Part A:

Applicat

ions

75 7 489-

508

2019

3 Influence of

orientation on

thermal

performance of

shell and tube

latent heat

storage unit

Digant S.

Mehta,

Karan

Solanki,

Manish K.

Rathod and

JyotirmayBa

nerjee

Applied

Thermal

Enginee

ring

157 - 11371

9-1 to

11371

9-15

2019

4 Thermal

performance of

shell and tube

latent heat

storage unit:

Comparative

assessment of

horizontal and

vertical

orientation

Digant S.

Mehta,

Karan

Solanki,

Manish K.

Rathod and

JyotirmayBa

nerjee

Journal

of

Energy

Storage

23 - 344-

362

2019

5 A high-resolution

Navier–Stokes

solver for direct

Sagar Dave,

Chetankumar

Anghan,

Numeric

al Heat

Transfer

74 6 840-

860

2018

numerical

simulation of free

shear flow

Shaswat

Saincher and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

, Part B:

Fundam

entals

6 Influence of fuel

injection method

on performance

of upward swirl

can-type

combustor

Parag

Rajpara,

Ankit

Dekhatawala,

Rupesh Shah

and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Applied

Thermal

Enginee

ring

130 - 319-

330

2018

7 Thermal and

emission

characteristics of

reverse air flow

CAN combustor

Parag

Rajpara,

Ankit

Dekhatawala,

Rupesh Shah

and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Internati

onal

Journal

of

Thermal

Sciences

128 - 175-

183

2018

8 A consistent

balanced force

refined moment-

of-fluid method

for surface

tension dominant

two-phase flows

H. K. Zinjala

and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Numeric

al Heat

Transfer

, Part B:

Fundam

entals

74 1 432-

449

2018

9 Effect of

hydrogen

addition on

combustion and

emission

Parag

Rajpara,

Rupesh Shah

and

Internati

onal

Journal

of

Hydroge

43 36 17505-

17519

2018

characteristics of

methane fuelled

upward swirl can

combustor

JyotirmayBa

nerjee

n

Energy

10 Refined moment-

of-fluid method

H. K. Zinjala

and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Numeric

al Heat

Transfer

, Part B:

Fundam

entals

71 6 574-

591

2017

11 Analysis of

dispersion of

heated effluent

from power plant:

a case study

V. Shah, A.

Dekhatwala,

Jyotirmay

Banerjee and

A. K. Patra

Sadhana

-

Academ

y

Proceedi

ngs in

Enginee

ring

Sciences

42 4 557-

574

2017

12 On wave

damping

occurring during

source-based

generation of

steep waves in

deep and near-

shallow water

Shaswat

Saincher and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Ocean

Enginee

ring

135 - 98-116 2017

13 Transition of plug

to slug flow and

associated fluid

dynamics

Jignesh

Thaker and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Internati

onal

Journal

of

Multiph

91 - 63-75 2017

ase Flow

14 On intermittent

flow

characteristics of

gas–liquid two-

phase flow

Jignesh

Thaker and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Nuclear

Enginee

ring and

Design

310 - 363-

377

2016

15 Thermal and

emission

characteristics of

a CAN

combustor

Rupesh Shah

And

Jyotirmay Ba

nerjee

Heat and

Mass

Transfer

52 3 499–

509

2016

16 A sharpness

preserving

scheme for

interfacial flows

Bhaskar

Chakraborty

and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Applied

Mathem

atical

Modelli

ng

40 21-22 9398-

9426

2016

17 Influence of

intermittent flow

sub-patterns on

erosion-corrosion

in horizontal pipe

Jignesh

Thaker and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Journal

of

Petroleu

m

Science

and

Enginee

ring

145 - 298-

320

2016

18 A Lagrangian-

Eulerian

advection scheme

with moment-of-

fluid interface

reconstruction

H. K. Zinjala

and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Numeric

al Heat

Transfer

, Part B:

Fundam

entals

69 6 563-

574

2016

19 Experimental

investigations on

thermo-

Hemant B.

Mehta and

Jyotirmay

Internati

onal

Journal

94 - 119-

137

2016

hydrodynamics of

continuous

Taylor bubble

flow through

minichannel

Banerjee of Heat

and

Mass

Transfer

20 Influence of wave

breaking on the

hydrodynamics of

wave energy

converters: A

review

Shaswat

Saincher and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Renewa

ble and

Sustaina

ble

Energy

Reviews

58 - 704-

717

2016

21 A Lagrangian-

Eulerian Volume-

Tracking with

Linearity-

Preserving

Interface

Reconstruction

H. K. Zinjala

and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Numeric

al Heat

Transfer

, Part B:

Fundam

entals

68 5 459-

478

2015

22 Characterization

of two-phase slug

flow sub-regimes

using flow

visualization

Jignesh

Thaker and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Journal

of

Petroleu

m

Science

and

Enginee

ring

135 - 561-

576

2015

23 Influence of Inlet

Premixing on

Two-Phase Flow

Patterns in a

Horizontal

Minichannel

Hemant B.

Mehta and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Heat

Transfer

Enginee

ring

36 6 564-

573

2015

24 Thermal

performance

enhancement of

shell and tube

Latent Heat

Storage Unit

using longitudinal

fins

Manish K.

Rathod and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Applied

Thermal

Enginee

ring

75 - 1084-

1092

2015

25 Entropy

generation

assessment of

shell and tube

latent heat

storage unit

Manish K.

Rathod and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Internati

onal

Journal

of

Exergy

16 1 97-108 2015

26 A Redistribution-

Based Volume-

Preserving PLIC-

VOF Technique

Shaswat

Saincher and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Numeric

al Heat

Transfer

, Part B:

Fundam

entals

67 4 338-

362

2014

27 An investigation

of flow

orientation on

air–water two-

phase flow in

circular

minichannel

Hemant B.

Mehta and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Heat and

Mass

Transfer

50 10 1353-

1364

2014

28 Thermal

Performance of a

Phase Change

Material‐Based

Latent Heat

Thermal Storage

Manish K.

Rathod and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Heat

Transfer

Asian

Researc

h

43 8 706-

719

2014

Unit

29 Empirical

Modeling and

Experimental

Investigations on

Isothermal Air-

Water Two-Phase

Flow through

Horizontal

Circular

Minichannel

Hemant B.

Mehta and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Journal

of

Applied

Fluid

Mechani

cs

7 2 227-

237

2014

30 Experimental

Investigations on

Latent Heat

Storage Unit

using Paraffin

Wax as Phase

Change Material

Manish K.

Rathod and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Experim

ental

Heat

Transfer

27 1 40-55 2014

31 A fuzzy approach

for modelling

radionuclide in

lake system

H. K. Desai,

R. A.

Christian, J.

Banerjee and

A. K. Patra

Journal

of

Environ

mental

Radioact

ivity

124 - 37-43 2013

32 A Modified

Chisholm's

Interaction Factor

For Air-Water

Two-Phase Flow

Through A

Horizontal Pipe

Mahesh J.

Vaze and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Multiph

ase

Science

and

Technol

ogy

25 1 57-78 2013

33 Effect of silt Mandeep ISH 19 1 1-10 2013

erosion on

Francis turbine: a

case study of

Maneri Bhali

Stage-II,

Uttarakhand,

India

Singh, J.

Banerjee,

P.L. Patel

and

Himanshu

Tiwari

Journal

of

Hydrauli

c

Enginee

ring

34 Thermal stability

of phase change

materials used in

latent heat energy

storage systems:

A review

Manish K.

Rathod and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Renewa

ble and

Sustaina

ble

Energy

Reviews

18 - 246-

258

2013

35 A relative

assessment of sub

grid scale models

for large eddy

simulation of co-

axial combustor

Rupesh D.

Shah,

Hanumantha

ppa Patil and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Journal

of

Mechani

cal

Science

and

Technol

ogy

26 6 1753-

1763

2012

36 Isothermal

Analysis of CAN

Type Combustor

Using Five Hole

Probe

R. D. Shah

and J.

Banerjee

Journal

of The

Instituti

on of

Enginee

rs

(India):

Series C

93 4 313-

324

2012

37 Prediction of

liquid height for

onset of slug flow

Mahesh J.

Vaze and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Canadia

n

Journal

of

90 5 1295-

1303

2011

Chemica

l

Enginee

ring

38 A modified heat

transfer

correlation for

two-phase flow

Mahesh J.

Vaze and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Heat and

Mass

Transfer

47 9 1159-

1170

2011

39 Experimental

visualization of

two-phase flow

patterns and

transition from

stratified to slug

flow

Mahesh J.

Vaze and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Proceedi

ngs of

the

Instituti

on of

Mechani

cal

Enginee

rs, Part

C:

Journal

of

Mechani

cal

Enginee

ring

Science

225 2 382-

389

2011

40 Analysis of flow

and thermal field

in nanofluid

using a single

phase thermal

dispersion model

Shailesh

Kumar,

Santosh

Kumar,

Prasad and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Applied

Mathem

atical

Modelli

ng

34 3 573-

592

2010

41 Experimental

study of

convection in a

model

Czochralski

crucible using

liquid crystal

thermography

Banerjee J.,

Bharadwaj

R. and

Muralidhar

K.

Journal

of

Visualiz

ation

9 1 111-

119

2006

42 Role of internal

radiation during

Czochralski

growth of YAG

and Nd:YAG

crystals

Jyotirmay

Banerjee and

Krishnamurt

hy

Muralidhar

Internati

onal

Journal

of

Thermal

Sciences

45 2 151-

167

2006

43 Simulation of

transport

processes during

Czochralski

growth of YAG

crystals

Jyotirmay

Banerjee and

K.

Muralidhar

Journal

of

Crystal

Growth

286 2 350-

364

2006

44 Effect of

Radiation Losses

in the Growth of

Optical Crystals

by the

Czochralski

Process

Rajneesh

Bhardwaj,

Jyotirmay B

anerjee and

K Muralidhar

Journal

of

Scientifi

c &

Industria

l

Researc

h

62 - 1164-

1175

2003

45 Thermal

Modeling of

Crystal Growth

by the

Czochralski

Amit Kumar,

Jyotirmay

Banerjee and

K Muralidhar

Journal

of

Scientifi

c &

Industria

61 - 607-

616

2002

Method Including

Radius Control

l

Researc

h

13. Detail of patents

S.

No

Patent

Title

Name of

Applicant(s)

Patent

No.

Award

Date

Agency/Country Status

- - - - - - -

14. Books :

S.No Title Author’s Name Publisher Year of

Publication 1 Czochralski Growth of

Oxide Crystals:

Numerical Simulation

and Experiments

Jyotirmay

Banerjee and K.

Muralidhar

Monograph

under

Contemporary

Research In

Emerging

Science and

Technology (CREST),

TechScience

Press, U.S.A

2007

2 Conduction and

Radiation

K Muralidhar and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Alpha Science

International

Ltd., Oxford,

UK (Indian ed.-

Narosa

Publishing

house, New

Delhi)

2010

Book Chapter:

S.No Title Author’s

Name

Publisher Year of

Publication 1 A Parallelized Inflow-

Boundary-Based

Numerical Tank:

Performance on Individual

SMA Nodes

Shaswat

Saincher, Sagar

Dave, Chetan

Anghan and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Springer Nature

Singapore Pte

Ltd

2019

2 A Novel Design

Philosophy for Mixed

Flow Compressor

Subhash

Padmanabhan

and Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Springer India 2017

3 Analysis of Turbulence in

Entrance Regime of

Rectangular Duct Using

Hot Film Anemometer

Sagar M.

Kadam, Jignesh

P. Thaker and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Springer India 2017

4 Experimental

Investigations on Onset of

Slugging in Horizontal

Air-Water Two-Phase

Flow

Jignesh Thaker

and Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Springer India 2017

5 Implementation of

Modified-CICSAM

Algorithm for Three

Dimensional Two Phase

Flow

Bhaskar

Chakraborty,

Hiteshkumar

Zinjala and

Jyotirmay

Banerjee

Springer India 2017

15. Doctoral Thesis Guided:

1. Mahesh J Vaze

(D16ME012)

Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Air-Water

Two Phase Flow, Thesis Defended on 11th November

2011

2. Amitkumar Diliipbhai

Patel (D07AS303),

A Study on Steady and Transient Diffusion Problems with

Coupled Source Term, Thesis Defended On 28th June

2013. (Other Supervisor: Dr. A K Shukla, Applied

Mathematics Department).

3. Rupesh Dineshbhai Shah

(D07ME01),

Development of an Upward Swirl Can Type Combustor,

Thesis Defended On 21st July 2014.

4. Manishkumar K Rathod

(DS07ME011)

Evaluation of Thermal Performance of a Shell And Tube

Type Latent Heat Storage

5. Hemantkumar B Mehta Experimental Investigations on Air-Water Two Phase

Flow through Minichannel

6. Hitesh B Zinzala A Contingency Preserving Method for Incompressible

Two-Phase Flow

7. Jignesh Thaker Experimental Investigations on Intermittent Flow Regime

of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Through Pipe

8. Shaswat Saincher Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Physics of

Wave Breaking

Outreach Activities :

Sr. no Details of activities

1. Workshop Conducted in association with industry: Computational Fluid

Dynamics for Industry of the Future, two-day workshop organized by

International Business Conferences at Orchid in Mumbai and Radisson in Delhi

for participants from Essar Industries Ltd, NTPC Ltd., Tata motors Ltd., Maruti

Udyog Ltd., Thermax boilers etc. during 6-9th August 2008. (Ref. No.

SVNIT/MED/JB/990/2008-09/2259) (Revenue generated: Rs. 1,20,000/-)

2. Financial Secretary, National Society of Fluid Mechanics Fluid Power since Dec

2015.

3. Guest Editor, Special Issue on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid power Sadhana,

Indian Academy of Science, Springer, Vol. 42, No. 4, April 2017,

4. Expert Speaker, Indo-French Workshop on “Phase Change Thermal Systems”,

30th Nov 2017

5. Reviewed recorded course ME415 (Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat

Transfer) delivered by Dr. Atul Sharma, IIT Bombay under “Talk to a Teacher

project” funded by MHRD.

6. Technical Guidance Provide to Mechanical Engg. Dept of Nirma University for

Procurement of CFD software FLUENT

7. Expert Opinion for procurement of Boiling Heat Transfer Apparatus in Heat

Transfer Laboratory in Mechanical Engg. Dept. of Nirma University.

8. Invited lecture series (6hrs) on “Numerical Methods for single phase and two

phase flow”, on 29th June 2014, A one week TEQIP sponsored workshop on

“Advanced course on Computation Fluid Dynamics, organized by Applied

Mechanics Department” NIT Allahabad during 29th June-3rd July, 2014.

9. Invited Lecture on “Problem Formulation and Research Methodology using

CFD: A Case Study”, on 10th July, A Three-day workshop on “Research

Methodology in Fluid Mechanics” organized during 10-12th July 2014 by

FMFP Society of India at NIT Surathkal.

10. Invited as Expert in Selection Committee for faculty interview in Navarchana

University, Baroda.

11 Expert Lecture delivered on “Computational Fluid Dynamics of turbulent two

phase flow” during 18th and 19th June 2013 at Short Term course on

Computational Fluid Dynamics: Basics and Applications” organized by MNNIT

Bhopal

12. Invited Lecture on “Numerical methods for two-phase flow”, on 23rd March,

2013, A National level workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics: Theory

and Practice organized by D Y Patil Institute of Engg. and Tech., Pune during

22-23rd March 2013.

13. Invited talk on “Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Steel

Industry”, a presentation given to Maintenance Conclave on 21st April, 2010

organized by Essar Industries Ltd. Hazira

14. Expert Lecture on CFD application to combustion, STTP on “Advances in

Industrial Boilers”, 25th-29th May 2009, Nirma University, Ahmedabad

15. Invited Talk on Some Industrial CASE studies using CFD, Expert lecture

delivered at NUCON 2009, Nirma University Conference organized during 25-

27th Nov 2009.

16. Invited talk on CFD Analysis of Air-water Two-phase Flow, Expert lecture

delivered at NUCON 2011, Nirma University Conference organized during 8th

-10th Dec. 2011.

17. Expert Lecture delivered on Computational Heat Transfer, ISTE approved

STTP on Advances in Heat Transfer in Mechanical Engineering during 17-21

Nov 2008, at Parul Institute of Engineering & Technology, Baroda.

18. Reviewed DST (Department of Science and Technology) Project for Extra

Mural Research Funding Project File No: EMR/2015/002478.

19. Reviewed BRFST (Board of research for Fusion Science and Technology)

project funding under National Fusion Research; Project file no. NFP-SIM-P-

12-01

20. Reviewed Ph D Thesis from IIT Bombay

22. Reviewed MS Thesis from IIT Madras.

23. Reviewed of Ph D thesis from Pune University.

24. Evaluator of M. Tech. and PhD programs at Nirma University, Ahmedabad,

PDPU, Gandhinagar.

25. Reviewer of research paper for several journals: ASME journal of Hear transfer,

Applied Energy, Physics Letter-A, Heat and Mass Transfer, International

Journal of numerical methods in fluids, International Journal of Thermal

Sciences, Candian Journal of Chemical Engg., Sadhana etc.

26. Session Chair in ISHMT-ASME conferences and Fluid Mechanics Fluid Power

conferences.

27. Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Membership

no.: LM24248

28. Life Member of Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT):

Membership no.: ISHMT-579

29 Member of The Institution of Engineers, India, Membership No.: M-139387-6

and Regn. no. 090200390590

30. Life Member of National Society for Fluid Mechanics Fluid Power, L-577

National Conferences Organized :

1. National Conference on Advances in Fluid Flow and Thermal Sciences (AFFTS) organized during 22-24th May 2008 under Networking Scheme of TEQIP at SVNIT Surat

2. Thirty Ninth National Conference On “Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, NCFMFP-

2014” organized at SVNIT surat under National Society of FLUID Mechanics and FLUID

Power, India in during 13-15th Dec 2012.

Workshops/Short Term Training Programme (STTP) Organized :

Sr. No. Details of Workshop

1. AICTE sponsored one week STTP on “COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS”,

organized during 7-11th July 2008 at SVNIT Surat.

2. AICTE sponsored one week STTP on “WIND ENERGY”, organized during 19-23rd

January 2009 at SVNIT Surat.

3. AICTE sponsored one week STTP on “COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS FOR

ENGINEERS”, organized during 1-5th February 2010 at SVNIT Surat.

4. TEQIP (II) Sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on “A SECOND

LEVEL COURSE ON HEAT TRANSFER”, during 1-5th July 2013, at SVNIT Surat

5. TEQIP (II) sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on “FUNDAMENTAL

AND SPECIAL TOPICS IN HEAT TRANSFER”, during 23rd-27th June 2014, at SVNIT

Surat.

6. TEQIP (II) sponsored Continuing Education Program (CEP) on “COMPUTATIONAL

FLUID DYNAMICS: THEORY AND PRACTICE”, during 30th June -4th July 2014, at

SVNIT Surat

7. Self-Sponsored and TEQIP-II Approved One Week Short Term Training

Programme (STTP) on “Fundamentals and Special Topics in Fluid Mechanics”

during 1st June to 5th June, 2015.

8. TEQIP (II) Sponsored IInd Continuing Education Program (CEP) on Computational

Fluid Dynamics: Theory and Practice” during 15th to 19th June 2015.

9. QIP Short Term Course on “Fundamentals and Advances in Multiphase Flow” 19-

23 December, 2016.

Consultancy Projects :

Completed Amount in Rs.

1. CFD simulation of River Pocket in front of TRT1 and TRT2 of THDC

HPP, THDC India Ltd., Rishikesh, Order no.

THDC/RKSH/AGM(D)/HPP/F04/117/8, dated 23.12.2011, (Associated

faculty: P L Patel , CED)

7,75,000/-

2. CFD analysis of Maneri Bhali Hydroelectric Power Plant Stage II for

Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (UJVNL), Dehradun, (offer no.

MED/JB_PLP/UJVNL/529/2009 dated 14.05.2009 : Part-I Analysis of

the tailrace channel (Associated faculty: P L Patel, CED)

8,10,000/-

3. CFD analysis of Maneri Bhali Hydroelectric Power Plant Stage II for

Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (UJVNL), Dehradun, Order no.

582/E&M Design-II/CFD dated 31.07.09). Part-II Analysis including

the runner and the draft tube (Associated faculty: P L Patel, CED)

5,30,000/-

4. Conducting Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation of Hydro

Turbine Unit including tailrace channel of Koteshwar Hydrelectric

Project, MOU Signed with THDCIL Rishikesh and SVNIT Surat on

07.07.2014. (Associated faculty: P L Patel, CED)

15,60,000/-

Total amount 36,75,000/-

Centre of Excellence and Infrastructure Projects :

1. Member of Project implementation group for project entitled “Development of

facilities: (a) Helium Leak Detector, (b)Liquid Nitrogen plant, (c) Pulse Tube Cryo

Generator and (d) Hot wire anemometer for PG students”, of Rs. 1.4 Crores from

DST under FIST (sanction letter no. SR/FST/ETI-194/2007 dtd 26.05.08) (Office

Order no. MED/1248/2007-08 dated 27.11.07). (Other members: Dr. H B Naik and Dr,

K P Desai)

Ongoing

2. Member of Project implementation group for TEQIP-II sponsored project on

establishment of Center of Excellence (COE) on “Water Resources and Flood

Management”, sanction letter: NPUI/TEQIP-II/FIN/47/692, dated 04.07.2014,

amount: Rs. 3.5 crores. (Other Members: P L Patel and Dr. P. Timbadia, Dr. V L

Manekar)

3. Member of DST/FIST project on “Development of Plume for sedimentation

transport”, sanction letter: SR/FST/ETI-383/2014, dated 21.11.2014, amount: Rs. 1.75

crore, CED, SVNIT Surat. (Other members : Dr. P L patel and Dr. V L Manekar)

Contract for Acquisition of Research Services (CARS) Project :

1. CARS project from DRDO Pune, entitled “Analysis of generated heat flow through

linear motor and cooling solutions for project MFME-MK-II” Contract No. N21177

dated 05/10/2011, amount: Rs. 5,84,590/- (Five Lakhs eighty four thousand five

hundred and ninety only.

Sponsored Research Projects

Completed

1. Principal Investigator (PI) of the ARDB project, “Towards development of an upward

swirl can type gas turbine combustor”, sanction leter: DARO/08/1041553/M/I dated 16

July 2010, amount: Rs. 18.73 lakhs + 0.72 Lakhs. (Co-PI: Dr. R D Shah)

2. Co-PI of BRNS project entitled “Development of a dispersion model for radianucliods for

Motichar lake at Kakrapara nuclear power station”, sanction letter:

CED/project/1566/2009-10, amount: Rs. 23.34 Lakhs. (PI: Dr. R A Christan)

3. Principal Investigator (PI) of SERB, DST project “Experimental analysis of slug regime

in gas-liquid two-phase flow through pipes”, sanction letter: SB/S3/MMER/0111/2013,

dated 23.05.2014, amount: Rs. 25.184 lakhs.

4. Principal Investigator (PI) of ARDB project “Parametric Investigations on Upward Swirl

Can Type Combustor”, sanction letter: ARDB/01/1041742/M/I, dated 07.10.2014,

amount: Rs. 20.12 lakhs. (Co-PI: Dr. R D shah)

5. Principal Investigator (PI) of BRNS project “Mathematical modeling of thermal dispersion

of heated effluent released in Motichar lake at KAPS”, sanction letter: 36(4)/14/22/2014-

BRNS/1143 dated 21.07.2014, amount: Rs. 24.996 lakhs. (Co-PI: Dr. R A Christian)

6. Co-PI of BRNS project “Estimation and prediction of near field concentration of KAPS

discharged radionuclides (3H,137Cs,60Co) in the aquatic environment of Motichar Lake”,

sanctioned letter:36(4)/14/05/2014-BRNS/1075 dated 14.07.2014, amount: Rs.12.718

lakhs (PI: Dr. R A Christian)