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Period 2004-present

Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

Professor (HAG) (Sir M Visvesvaraya Chair)	May 2020 (2020 - ongoing)
Professor (Sir M Visvesvaraya Chair)	June 2014 - May 2020 (2018-2020)
Associate Professor (P. K. Kelkar Research Fellow)	May 2009 - May 2014 (October 2009 - September 2012)
Assistant Professor	September 2004 - April 2009

Period 1998 - 2004

Please see Educational Record

Period 1994 - 1998

ORGANIZATION	PERIOD	POSITION	NATURE OF WORK
Barber Ship Management Ltd. 42, Jalan Tun Razak Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA. Vessel:Car carrier M. V. Ganta	Two Years	Fourth Engineer Officer 1996 – 1998	Regular watch keeping as ‘ Senior in Full Charge’ on main propulsion Marine Diesel Engine MITSUBISHI SULZER 6RND 68M, 11400 BHP, @ 150 rpm, with Auxiliary Vertical Boiler and Exhaust Gas Boiler of working pressure = 8 bar, Marine Generator Sets, 2 Nos., YANMAR – 6UAL-ST.
Larsen and Toubro Ltd. Shipping Group Bakhtawar, Nariman Point Mumbai 400021 INDIA. Vessel: Bulk carrier M. V. Pragati	One Year	Fifth Engineer Officer 1995 – 1996	Regular watch keeping as 'First Assistant to Senior in Full Charge' on main propulsion Marine Diesel Engine - MITSUBISHI SULZER 6RTA 58M, 9600 BHP, @116 rpm, with Auxiliary Vertical Boiler and Exhaust Gas Boiler of working pressure = 12 bar.
Larsen and Toubro Ltd. Shipping Group Bakhtawar, Nariman Point Mumbai 400021 INDIA.	One Year	Graduate Engineer Trainee 1994 – 1995	Received the Marine Engineering Apprenticeship Certificate from The Director General of Shipping, Government of India, Mumbai, India.

Teaching experience

Course instructor

	World History of Energy - (ME698D: Postgraduate elective)
	Technical Communication for Mechanical Engineers - (ME399: Undergraduate compulsory course)
	Microscale Thermal Transport - (SE381: Undergraduate science elective)
	Internal Combustion Engines - (ME359: UG elective course)
	Fluid Mechanics and Rate Processes - (ESO212: Undergraduate compulsory course)
	Heat and Mass Transfer - (ME341: Undergraduate compulsory course)
	Liquid Vapor Phase Change Technology (ME639: Postgraduate elective course)
	Boiling and Condensation - (ME742: Postgraduate elective course)
	Conduction and Radiation - (ME641: Postgraduate compulsory course)
	Energy Conversion Systems - (ME301: Undergraduate compulsory course)
	Nuclear Power Engineering- I – (NT611: UG/PG elective course) - Invited Lectures
	B. Tech. Project (ME451/ME452:Undergraduate compulsory course)

Course tutor/ Laboratory Instructor

	Special Studies/ Project in Design - (DES698: Postgraduate elective course)
	Fluid Mechanics and Rate Processes - (ESO212: Undergraduate compulsory course)
	Technical Arts Laboratory – (TA201: Undergraduate compulsory course)
	Heat Transfer Laboratory - (ME471: Undergraduate compulsory course)
	Thermodynamics - (ESO202: Undergraduate compulsory course)
	Communication Skills - (COM200: Undergraduate compulsory course)
	Introduction to the Profession - (ME100: Undergraduate compulsory course)

Special Courses/Lecture Series

Invited Lecture Series on Phase-Change Thermal Management Technology delivered at Mumbai and Delhi to industry participants during February, 2008

Invited Lecture Series on Heat Pipe Science and Technology delivered at five universities in Thailand during September, 2006

Invited Course (Short Term - 24 hrs, 12 Graduate Students) on "Heat Pipe Science and Technology"- Summer Vacation 2005 at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil

Other

Institute Teaching Assistant during the M. Tech. Program at IIT, Kanpur, India for two undergraduate laboratory courses: (a) Internal Combustion Engines, and (b) Engineering Graphics.

During undergraduate studies, privately taught Higher Mathematics for three years to the students of Higher Secondary, aspiring to appear in all-India examinations for admissions to university engineering education.

Member of editorial board

	Ongoing
	International Journal of Thermal Science, Elsevier
	Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer, Begell House Inc., USA.
	Term Completed
	Heat Pipe Science and Technology: An International Journal, Begell House Inc., USA.
	rontiers in Heat Pipes, published by Global Digital Center, USA

Research experience

Doctoral Thesis Advising

	Completed: 11 (03 as co-advisor)
	Ongoing: 05 (01 as co-advisor)

M. Tech./MSR Thesis Advising

	Completed : 57 (06 as co-advisor)
	Ongoing: 01

For details of the students, click here

Sponsored/ Consultancy Research Projects

	Ongoing: 03
	Completed: 23

For details of sponsored projects, click here

International Visits/assignments for Research and Teaching

· Research visit to Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, May-July, 2019 (Eight weeks).

· Research visit to Huazhong University, Wuhan, China and Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China for initiating the BRICS multinational project, October 2018, (Two Weeks)

· Research visit to Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, June-July, 2018 (four weeks).

· Research + Teaching visit to University of Pisa, Italy, May-June, 2018 (Six Weeks)

· Research visit to Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, December 2017 (one week).

· Resource person for one day seminar on Commercializing Intellectual Capital, Sultan Qaboos University, Muskat, Oman, April 17, 2016.

· Research visits (04) sponsored by CEFIPRA/IFCPAR, CETHIL, INSA-Lyon, France.

· Invited Professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, February, 2014 (1 week).

· Invited Professor at the Center for Thermal Sciences (CETHIL) at INSA-Lyon, France.

- May-July 2012 (08 weeks).

- May-July 2008 (10 weeks).

· DAAD Research Fellow at the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, May-July 2011 (8 weeks).

· Invited Professor at the Heat Pipe Laboratory, University of Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand, September 2006 (2 weeks).

· Invited Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, May-July 2005 (10 weeks).

Administrative experience

Institute

Ongoing
	Coordinator, IIT-Ladakh initiative, October 2021-ongoing

Completed

• Member, Convocation committee, 2021
• Member, Screening Committee for Technology Showcasing, July 2021- August 2021.
• Chairman, Students’ Entrepreneurship Policy drafting Committee, January 2021 - July 2021.
• Member, Institute Post-Graduate Academic Review Committee, 2018 - 2021.
• Chairman, Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Planning and Coordination Committee, 2018 - 2020.
• Academic Senate Parliamentarian, September 2018 – August 2019.
• Member, Staff Recruitment and Promotion Policy (Review), 2020-2021.
• Member, Ranking Committee, 2018-2019.
• Associate Dean (Innovation and Incubation) and Coordinator: SIDBI Innovation & Incubation Center, IIT Kanpur September 2015 - November 2017.
• Member, Institute Research and Development Committee (IRDC), 2012 - 2017.
• Professor-in-charge, Institute Air Conditioning Works, January 2013 - December 2015.
• Member, Institute Building Works Committee, January 2013 - December 2015.
• Member, Editorial Board, Bi-yearly Hindi Magazine - Antas, January 2012-December 2015.
• Founder Coordinator, Tinkering Laboratory, November 2012 - October 2015.
• Head, Central Workshop, IIT Kanpur, October 2011 - February 2015.
• Member, Industrial Collaboration Advisory Group, 2012 - 2014.
• Member, Institute Space Allocation Committee, 2012 - 2014.
• Member, Institute Social Responsibility Committee, 2012 - 2013.
• Institute Coordinator, NMEICT Virtual Laboratory Project (MHRD), 2007 - 2012.
• Member, Institute Environmental Advisory Committee, 2011 - 2012.
• Chairman, Organizing Committee, Annual Flower Show, 2012.
• Vice-Chairman, SPIC-MACAY National Convention, held during June 01-06, 2010.
• Coordinator, ‘Golden Jubilee Open House’, held on 8th February, 2010.
• Co-Chairman, ‘Golden Jubilee Energy Conclave - 2010’, held during January 8-15, 2010.
• Member, Board of Governors, Alumni Association, IIT Kanpur, April 2010 - March 2012.
• Treasurer, Alumni Association, IIT Kanpur - April 2008 - March 2010.
• Chairman, Institute Transport Users Committee - August 2006 - September 2008.
• Warden (Hall VII) July 2005 - June 2008, Warden-in-charge (March 2007 - June 2008).
• Faculty Counselor, Counseling Service, IIT Kanpur, 2006-2010.
• Member of IITK Golden Jubilee Celebrations’ Planning and Coordination Committee.
• Member of Students’ Festival Re-organization Committee.
• Participation in GATE/JEE/JAM operations.
• Various other institute level committees.

Department

Ongoing
	• Head, Mechanical Engineering, February 2020 – ongoing. • Coordinator of the Refrigeration/AC Laboratory w. e. f. August 2005 – ongoing.

Short term course/ Workshop Coordination

Course Coordinator, Operation and Maintenance of PSA Oxygen Plant, Online training program, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2021.
Conclave Co-Coordinator, UP Startup Conclave: Entrepreneurship & Innovation in Academic Institutions: Challenges and Opportunities, March 18-19, 2017, in association with TEQIP/SPFU, UP.
Workshop Co-Coordinator, Intellectual Property: A Strategic Enabler for the Scientific & Research Community, Kanpur, India, April 08, 2017, in association with INAE Local Chapter, Kanpur.
Chairman, 17^th International Heat Pipe Conference, 40^th year jubilee conference, Kanpur, India, October 14-17, 2013.
Workshop Coordinator - International Workshop titled Phase-change Thermal Systems, IIT Kanpur (in association with Mr. Pavan Sharma, Reactor Safety Division, BARC, Mumbai), Kanpur, March 19-20, 2012.
Workshop Co-Convener - One-Day Workshop on Virtual Laboratories, IIT Kanpur, February 04, 2012 (in association with Dr. Kantesh Balani).
Mentor (Guru), USID Gurukul - International Winter School for Participatory, Collaborative and Immersive Learning Experience (http://www.usidfoundation.org), November 26 - December 11, 2011.
Course Coordinator - Short Term course titled Transport Phenomena in Phase-change and Reacting Systems, IIT Kanpur, January 10-14, 2011 (in association with Dr. Malay K. Das, Department of Mechanical Engineering).
Co-Chairman: Golden Jubilee Energy Conclave 2010: Eight Day Workshop Series on Energy, January 08-15, 2010.
Course Coordinator - Short Term course titled Modern Experimental Techniques in Mechanics of Fluids and Solids, IIT Kanpur, May 07-11, 2007 (in association with Dr. V. Venkitnarayanan, Department of Mechanical Engineering).
Workshop Coordinator - National Workshop titled Fuel Cell Technology: Progress and Prospects, IIT Kanpur (supported by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi), Kanpur (UP), March 2007.
Workshop Coordinator - National Workshop titled Fuel Cells: Power Device of the Future, IIT Kanpur, February 2006 (in association with Dr. A. K. Saha, Department of Mechanical Engineering).

Other Responsibilities

· Member – Board of Studies (Mechanical Engineering), KIIT Bhubaneswar, 2021 - ongoing

· President, Sopan Trust, August 2021 – ongoing.

· President, Shiksha-Sopan (NGO), 2005-2008; 2013-2020.

· Treasurer, Shiksha-Sopan, a voluntary organization run by IITK community working for socially and economically backward society living in villages around IIT Kanpur, 2008-2011; 2021-ongoing.

· Treasurer, INAE, Local Kanpur Chapter, 2020- ongoing.

· Faculty Advisor, Maharashtra Mandal, IIT Kanpur.

· Faculty Advisor, Vivekananda Youth Convention, IIT Kanpur, January 15-16, 2011.

Conferences/Seminars/Workshops participation

Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/ Meetings

	13th International Conference on Two-phase Systems for Space and Ground Applications, Xi'an, China, October 15 -19, 2018.
	Joint 19th International Heat Pipe Conference and 13th International Heat Pipe Symposium, Pisa, Italy, June 2018.
	24th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, December 2017.
	Joint 18th International Heat Pipe Conference and 12th International Heat Pipe Symposium, Jeju, Korea, June 2016.
	One day workshop, Commercializing Intellectual Capital, Muscat, Oman, April 17, 2016.
	One day workshop, Industry Academia Collaboration, PSIT, Kanpur, April 15, 2016.
	1st International Symposium on Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer, Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, Novosibirsk, Russia, March 02-04, 2016.
	23rd National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 1st International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, December 17-20, 2015, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
	Indo-German Workshop on Modeling and Measurement Techniques for Microscale flows, Chennai, India, February 23-25, 2015.
	5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, FMFP2014, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India, December 12-14, 2014.
	4th ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference, MNHMT14, December 11-14, 2013, Hong Kong, China.
	17th International Heat Pipe Conference, October 14-17, 2013, Kanpur, India.
	1st International Conference on Wetting and Evaporation, June 17-20, 2013, Marseilles, France.
	International Heat Pipe Committee Meeting, Lyon, France, March 20-23, 2011.
	Advanced Materials and Delivery Devices, Two day workshop organized by Department of Science and Technology (IRHPA project groups), IIT Bombay, India, February 24-25, 2013.
	39th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 13-15, 2012, SVNIT Campus, Surat, India.
	8th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 03-07, 2012.
	16th International Heat Pipe Conference, Lyon, France, May 20-24, 2012.
	International Workshop on Phase-change Thermal Systems, Kanpur, India, March 19-20, 2012.
	10th International ASME-ISHMT Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Chennai, India, December 27-20, 2011.
	International Heat Pipe Committee Meeting, Lyon, France, October 2011.
	8th Minsk International Heat Pipe Seminar, Minsk, Belarus, September 2011.
	7th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2011.
	21st International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, November 2010.
	Theme Meeting on Thermal Hydraulics of Nuclear Reactors, IGCAR Kalpakkam, India, February 18-19, 2010.
	9th International Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (ISHMT/ASME), Mumbai, India, January 2010.
	International Heat Pipe Committee Meeting, Noordwijk, The Nederlands, October 2009.
	24th SPIC-MACAY National Convention, Trivendrum, India, May 24-29, 2009.
	9th International Heat Pipe Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 17-20, 2008.
	7th Minsk International Heat Pipe Seminar, Minsk, Belarus, September 2008.
	GDR-SYREDI: Two-phase thermal management systems network meeting, Toulouse, France, July 2008.
	2nd Joint NTUS-IITK Workshop in Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering, Kanpur, April 2008.
	2nd Research and Challenges (REACH) Symposium, Khajuraho (MP), India, March 2008.
	8th ASME/ISHMT Int. Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Hyderabad, India, January, 2008.
	International Workshop on Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulics, BARC, Mumbai, January, 2008.
	1st Joint NTUS-IITK Workshop in Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering, Singapore, July 2007.
	14th International Heat Pipe Conference, Florianópolis, Brazil, April 2007.
	1st Research and Challenges (REACH) Symposium, Parwanoo (HP), India, March 2007.
	7th ASME/ISHMT Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Guwahati, India January 2006.
	Introduction to Fuel Cell Technology, two day workshop at IIT Guwahati, India, January 2006.
	13th International Heat Pipe Conference, Keynote Speaker, Shanghai, China, November 2004.

Before joining IIT Kanpur

	5th Minsk International Heat Pipe Seminar, Minsk, Belarus, September 2003.
	Annual Thermodynamic Colloquium, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, Wernigerode, Germany, October 2002.
	12th International Heat Transfer Conference, Grenoble, France, August 2002.
	3rd Int. Conf. on Transport Phenomenon in Multiphase Systems, Kielce, Poland, June 2002.
	5th ASME/ISHMT Heat & Mass Transfer Conference, Kolkata, India, January 2002.
	Hydrogen Energy Technology Workshop - IIT, Chennai, India, December 2001.
	6th International Heat Pipe Symposium, Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 2000.
	Vehicle Emissions and Control Technologies Workshop - IIT, Kanpur, India, July 1999.
	NACOMM'93 - National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, IIT, Kharagpur, India, December 1993.
	MECHVIBES'93 - National Mechanical Engineering Seminar, REC Kurukshetra, India, April 1993.
	National Seminar: Preserve Planet Earth, Institution of Engineers, Jabalpur, India, October 1993.

Master student guidance during doctoral assignment

At University Stuttgart, Germany

	Sanka Subrahmanyam, Mathematical modeling of closed loop pulsating heat pipes, M. Tech. thesis, IIT Guwahati, DAAD student exchange program (India), May 2003.
	Yahia Derbali, On some thermofluidic aspects of pulsating heat pipes, Student project (Diploma), Universität Stuttgart, IKE-5D-345, August 2003.
	Luckchoura Vivak, A study on the effect of vapor shear interaction on axially grooved heat pipes, Report No. IKE-5TN-1734-2002, February 2003.
	Cui Xiao, Artificial neural networks approach for modeling pulsating heat pipes, under Baden - Württemberg state fellowship (China), April 2002.
	Dollinger Nicolas, Pulsating heat pipes - Construction of experimental setups and with first results, Diploma project under 'Erasmus'-European student exchange program (France), September 2001.
	Welte Thomas, Cooling of 3D-microelectronic modules with integrated heat pipes, Report No. IKE-5D-339, Student project (Diploma), Universität Stuttgart, June 2001.
	Charoensawan Piyanun., Pulsating heat pipes: Thermofluidic characteristics and comparative study with single phase thermosyphon, under DAAD exchange program (Thailand), Report No. IKE-5TB-1648-01, February 2001.

Other skills

Trained in basic machine shop skills i.e. bench work, fitting, tooling, lathe work, drilling, milling, wood work and other regular machine shop operations.

Trained in periodic and break-down maintenance of pumps, heat exchangers, low-pressure boilers, air-conditioning equipment, diesel engines and other peripheral machines.

Communication (R/W/S)

Hindi

Marathi

English

German