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Mechanical Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Kishore Debnath
Ph.D (IIT Roorkee)

E-mail:
hod.me@nitm.ac.in

Faculty

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Dr. Vivek Vitankar Visiting Faculty

Post Doctoral Research, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

Education Qualification

Post Doctoral Research, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

Work Experience

  1.  FluiDimensions, Pune, Proprietor, January 2016-Till date
  2.  Visiting Faculty, Mechanical Engg Department, NIT Meghalaya
  3.  UOP India Pvt. Limited, Gurgaon, Sr. Manager, October 2011 – December 2015
  4. Aditya Birla Science and Technology Center, Mumbai, Deputy General Manager, July 2008- October 2011
  5. Aditya Birla Science and Technology Center, Mumbai, Senior Manager, July 2006-July 2008
  6. Aditya Birla Science and Technology Center, Mumbai, Manager: November 2003- July 2006

Education

  1. Post Doctoral Research, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA (Advisor: Professor Rodney Fox) 2002 – 2003 Focussed on effect of scale on turbulence and flow regime transitions for bubble column rector
  2. Ph.D, Chemical Engineering, UICT, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India (Advisor: Professor J.B. Joshi) 1998 – 2001Developed simplified 1D models for flow, pressure drop and heat transfer models to enable quick design for bubble column for practicing Engineers Developed 1D low Reynolds number models and 2D standard k-e model for flow, pressure drop and heat transfer models
  3. M.Tech, Chemical Engineering, LIT, Nagpur University, Nagpur, India, 1997
  4.  B. Tech, Chemical Engineering, LIT, Nagpur University, Nagpur, India, 1995

Awards and Honors

  1. Nominated for “Chairman’s Distinguished Achiever Award, 2007”
  2. Identified as Talent pool of Aditya Birla Management Corporation Ltd and UOP
  3. Member of Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars, Ames, IA, USA
  4.  UICT Golden jubilee Innovative Ph. D Thesis Award, 2002-2003
  5. Dr. K.H. Gharda Best Thesis in Chemical Engineering, 2002-2003
  6. Selected as Academic Associate for the Information Processing Center, University Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
  7. Awarded UGC fellowship to carry out research for doctoral degree
  8. Secured Top position in Masters Degree course• Awarded National Merit Scholarship for securing higher marks in SSC examination

Masters and Ph.D Thesis Guided

  1. CFD Design of Stirred Tank Reactor, Justin George
  2.  CFD Design of Cyclone Separators, Shital Zhope
  3. CFD Design of Crystallizer, Kiran Chavan• CFD design of Spray Drier, Kalyani Mishra
  4. CFD modeling of Cyclone Separators using OpenFoam and Fluent, Madhura Kulkarni
  5.  CFD Modeling of Cement Calciner for NOX reduction, Shital Mone
  6. Jet Fire Combustion Modeling, Ankur Kumar, NIT Meghalaya
  7. Fluidized bed modeling: Hydrodynamics, Debajyoti Adak, NIT Arunachal Pradesh
  8. Gas phase combustion Validation, Srinivas Muddada, NIT MEghalya
  9.  Fluidized bed Modeling of Gasifiers, Ajay Pawar, NIT Meghalaya
  10. Jet Fire Combustion Modeling using STAR-CCM+, Bhargav , NIT Meghalaya• Blast Furnace Modeling, Pushparaj Bobde, VJTI, Mumbai
  11. Validation of Combustion problems, Sarvesh Mohite VJTI, Mumbai
  12. Modeling of cryogenic combustion process (Liquid O2 and Liquid Hydrogen) , Uday Deore, VJTI, Mumbai
Ph.D

  1. CFD Modeling and Design of Solar Drier for Agricultural applications, Anand Chavan (Ph.D)
  2. Pool Fire Modeling, Pruthviraj Nemalipuri, NIT Meghalaya
  3. Chemical Loop Combustion Modeling, Pulkit Kumar, IITRAM , Ahmedabad
  4. CFD Modeling of CFBC Boilers, Vasujit Chaudhury , NIT Meghalaya
  5. Design of Multiphase Stirred tank reactors, Sumit Hazare, ICT, Mumbai