Sarit Kumar Das | |
|---|---|
| Director at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar | |
| In office April 2015[1] – March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | M K Surappa[2] |
| Succeeded by | Dr Rajeev Ahuja |
| Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Madras | |
| In office 1995 – 2015(on lien)[3] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | West Bengal |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Residence | Roopnagar, Punjab, India |
| Alma mater | Jadavpur University Sambalpur University |
| Profession | Professor |
| Known for | Heat transfer, Liquid Metal Heat Exchangers |
| Website | Official website |
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]
Education[edit | edit source]
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]
Work[edit | edit source]
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 honors[edit | edit source]
- Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (2000)[9]
- Prof. K. N. Seetharamu Award & Medal for Excellence in Research (2006)[4]
- Peabody Visiting Professor, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2011)[10]
- India Citation Award conferred by Thomson Reuters (2012)[3]
Selected bibliography[edit | edit source]
Books[edit | edit source]
- 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.
Patents[edit | edit source]
- Thermodynamic balancing of combined heat and mass exchange devices[11]
Articles[edit | edit source]
- Garg, Kapil; Khullar, Vikrant; Das, Sarit K.; Tyagi, Himanshu (30 July 2018). "Parametric study of the energy efficiency of the HDH desalination unit integrated with nanofluid-based solar collector". Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 135 (2): 1465–1478. doi:10.1007/s10973-018-7547-6. S2CID 105928640.
- Jayaramu, Prasanna; Gedupudi, Sateesh; Das, Sarit K. (11 January 2019). "An Experimental Investigation on the Influence of Copper Ageing on Flow Boiling in a Copper Microchannel". Heat Transfer Engineering. 41 (4): 333–350. doi:10.1080/01457632.2018.1540459. S2CID 128089199.
- von Maltzahn, Geoffrey; Park, Ji-Ho; Agrawal, Amit; Bandaru, Nanda Kishor; Das, Sarit K.; Sailor, Michael J.; Bhatia, Sangeeta N. (1 May 2009). "Computationally Guided Photothermal Tumor Therapy Using Long-Circulating Gold Nanorod Antennas". Cancer Research. 69 (9): 3892–3900. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-4242. PMC 2712876. PMID 19366797.
- Kumar, D. Hemanth; Patel, Hrishikesh E.; Kumar, V. R. Rajeev; Sundararajan, T.; Pradeep, T.; Das, Sarit K. (27 September 2004). "Model for Heat Conduction in Nanofluids". Physical Review Letters. 93 (14). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.144301.
- Das, Sarit Kumar; Putra, Nandy; Thiesen, Peter; Roetzel, Wilfried (1 August 2003). "Temperature Dependence of Thermal Conductivity Enhancement for Nanofluids". Journal of Heat Transfer. 125 (4): 567–574. doi:10.1115/1.1571080.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Chopra, Ritika (17 April 2015). "Government appoints directors to three IITs, keeps 'disputed' names out of appointment". The Economic Times.
- ↑ "Ex-director of IIT-Ropar is new Anna University VC | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras » Dr. Sarit Kumar Das". IIT Madras.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Director | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar". www.iitrpr.ac.in. IIT Ropar.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Prof. Sarit K. Das | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar". www.iitrpr.ac.in. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ↑ "The National Academy of Sciences, India - Fellows". www.nasi.org.in. NASI.
- ↑ Das, Sarit Kumar. "Heat Transfer and Thermal Power Lab". mech.iitm.ac.in.
- ↑ "International Journal of Micro-Nano Scale Transport". www.multi-science.co.uk.
- ↑ "Humboldt Network - Prof. Dr. Sarit Kumar Das". www.humboldt-foundation.de. Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung/Foundation. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Thermodynamic balancing of combined heat and mass exchange devices". patents.google.com. US Patent Office. 24 June 2013.