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Sarit Kumar Das


Sarit Kumar Das is an Institute Chair professor of the department of mechanical engineering at IIT Madras[3] (on lien). He also held the position of Dean (Academic Research) at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He was the Director at IIT Ropar.[4] His research varies from a wide range of Heat transfer applications like nanofluids, biological heat transfer microfluidics and nanoparticle mediated drug delivery in cancer cells.[5] He is an elected fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)[6] and Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE).[3]

Sarit Kumar Das
Director at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
In office
April 2015[1] – March 2021
Preceded byM K Surappa[2]
Succeeded byDr Rajeev Ahuja
Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Madras
In office
1995 – 2015(on lien)[3]
Personal details
BornWest Bengal
NationalityFlag of India.svg Indian
ResidenceRoopnagar, Punjab, India
Alma materJadavpur University
Sambalpur University
ProfessionProfessor
Known forHeat transfer, Liquid Metal Heat Exchangers
WebsiteOfficial website

EducationEdit

He received his bachelor's degree and master's degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 1984 and 1987 respectively. He defended his PhD in 1994, from the Sambalpur University, Odisha, India.[5] He joined as post-doc fellow at Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg from 1994 to 1995.[3]

WorkEdit

Prof. Das joined as an assistant professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1995. He was the group leader at Heat Transfer and Thermal Power Lab.[7] He is associated with Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar as a professor.[4] He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Micro/Nanoscale Transport[8]

Awards and honorsEdit

Selected bibliographyEdit

BooksEdit

  • Das, Sarit K.; Choi, Stephen U.; Yu, Wenhua; Pradeep, T. (2007). Nanofluids: Science and Technology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-18068-6.
  • Das, Sarit K. (2005). Process Heat Transfer. Alpha Science Int'l Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84265-046-2.

PatentsEdit

  • Thermodynamic balancing of combined heat and mass exchange devices[11]

ArticlesEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ Chopra, Ritika (17 April 2015). "Government appoints directors to three IITs, keeps 'disputed' names out of appointment". The Economic Times.
  2. ↑ "Ex-director of IIT-Ropar is new Anna University VC | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras » Dr. Sarit Kumar Das". IIT Madras.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Director | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar". www.iitrpr.ac.in. IIT Ropar.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Prof. Sarit K. Das | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar". www.iitrpr.ac.in. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "The National Academy of Sciences, India - Fellows". www.nasi.org.in. NASI.
  7. ↑ Das, Sarit Kumar. "Heat Transfer and Thermal Power Lab". mech.iitm.ac.in.
  8. ↑ "International Journal of Micro-Nano Scale Transport". www.multi-science.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Humboldt Network - Prof. Dr. Sarit Kumar Das". www.humboldt-foundation.de. Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung/Foundation. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Smith, Madeline (9 May 2019). "New seed fund to address food, water, and agriculture in India". news.mit.edu. MIT News. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Thermodynamic balancing of combined heat and mass exchange devices". patents.google.com. US Patent Office. 24 June 2013.
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