Dr. Mohd. Kaleem Khan
Principal Investigator | Associate Professor
Leading research in sustainable energy systems, thermal management of EV batteries and electronic devices, nuclear reactor safety, and advanced heat transfer technologies.
PhD Scholars
Mazhar Hussain
Email: mazhar_2121me25[at]iitp.ac.in
Focus: EVs Battery Thermal Management
Current
Souvik Pabi
Email: souvik_2221me10[at]iitp.ac.in
Focus: Blood flow through stenosed arteries
Current
Md. Danish Eqbal
Email: danish_2321me09[at]iitp.ac.in
Focus: Vapour venting in microchannel heat sinks
Current
Vikash Kumar
Email: vikash_2321me19[at]iitp.ac.in
Focus: Fuel cell technology
Current
PhD Alumni
Dr. Saurabh Sagar
PhD thesis title: Ballooning and burst behavior of preoxidized Zircaloy-4 cladding under simulated LOCA conditions
Date of PhD Defence: May 21, 2025
Email: saurabh_2021me14[at]iitp.ac.in
Assistant Professor, Sharda University, Noida
Dr. Akash Priy
PhD thesis title: Mitigation of flow boiling instabilities in microchannels using vapor venting
Date of PhD Defence: December 13, 2024
Email:akash_1821me02[at]iitp.ac.in
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Dr. Rishikesh Kumar
PhD thesis title: Synthesis, characterization, and performance evaluation of thermoelectric modules
Date of PhD Defence: December 18, 2023
Email: rishikesh.pme16[at]iitp.ac.in
Postdoctoral Fellow, IIT Kanpur
Dr. Atul Ranjan
PhD thesis title: Pool boiling heat transfer characteristics of microchannel structured and coated surfaces
Date of PhD Defence: April 18, 2023
Email:atul.pme16[at] iitp.ac.in
Postdoctoral Fellow, IIT Kanpur
Dr. Israr Ahmad
PhD thesis title: Electrowetting driven droplet for adaptive hotspot cooling for an electronic device
Date of PhD Defence: July 28, 2022
Email:israr.pme16[at] iitp.ac.in
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Dr. Kuldeep Awasthi
PhD thesis title: Design and performance evaluation of a Fresnel lens solar concentrator with conical serpentine receiver coils
Date of PhD Defence: July 08, 2021
Email: kuldeep.pme16[at]iitp.ac.in
Scientist at CSIR National Physical Laboratory
Dr. Desiredddy Shashidhar Reddy
PhD thesis title: Design and performance evaluation of a Scheffler solar concentrator with curved serpentine receiver coils
Date of PhD Defence: July 01, 2021
Email: desireddy.pme16[at]iitp.ac.in
Engineering Analyst, Infosys
Dr. Rinku Kumar Gouda
PhD thesis title: Pool boiling heat transfer enhancement with segmented finned structured surface and rhamnolipid biosurfactant
Date of PhD Defence: March 08, 2021
Email: rinku.pme15[at]iitp.ac.in
Assistant Professor, NIT Jamshedpur
Dr. Sumit Raj
PhD thesis title: Flow boiling characteristics in microchannel heat sinks
Date of PhD Defence: May 22, 2020
Email: sumitraj.pme15[at]iitp.ac.in
Postdoctoral Associate, University of North Florida
Dr. Sidhharth Suman
PhD thesis title: Burst behaviour of hydrided Zircaloy-4 cladding tube under postulated LOCA conditions
Date of PhD Defence: March 12, 2018
Email: s.suman[at] iitp.ac.in
Dr. Md. Ashique Hassan
PhD thesis: Natural convection of viscoplastic fluids in an enclosure
Date of PhD Defence: May 10, 2016
Email:hassan[at]iitp.ac.in
Associate Professor, NIT Jamshedpur
Dr. Yogesh Kumar Prajapati
PhD thesis: Two-phase flow investigations in various microchannels configurations
Date of PhD Defence: November 28, 2015
Email:yogi06_sati[at]iitp.ac.in
Assistant Professor, BIT Sindri
M.Tech Students
Sushant Kumar Sharma
MTech thesis: Electronic chip cooling using supercritical carbon dioxide in microchannels
Award year:2025
Email:sushant_2311me11[at]iitp.ac.in
Deepa Shree
MTech thesis: Pool boiling over TiO2 plasma-coated surface
Award year:2025
Email:deepa_2311me03[at]iitp.ac.in
Vishal Antil
MTech thesis: Study of Creep and Corrosion of Stainless Steel(SS 316L)Tubes
Award year:2024
Email:vishal_2211me27[at]iitp.ac.in
Sunil Sonkar
MTech thesis: Design of an efficient cooling system using supercritical CO2 based natural circulation loop for battery
Award year:2024
Email:sunil_2211me35[at]iitp.ac.in
Devesh Mishra
MTech thesis: Pool Boiling of Surfactant Solution Over The Post-Nanofluid Boiling Surface
Award year:2023
Email:devesh_2111me08[at]iitp.ac.in
Shivam Dwivedi
MTech thesis: Flow Characteristics of low GWP Refrigerants in an Adiabatic Serpentine Capillary Tube
Award year:2022
Email:shivam_1911me16[at]iitp.ac.in
Bibhrat Roy
MTech thesis: Performance Investigation of a Solar Air Heater Artificially Roughened with Joukowski Airfoil Ribs
Award year:2022
Email:bibhrat_2011me12[at]iitp.ac.in
Anupam Choudhary
MTech thesis: Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of a Helical Coil with Spring Inserts
Award year:2019
Email:anupam.mtme17[at]iitp.ac.in
Akash Rawat
MTech thesis: Performance Evaluation of a Solar Air Heater with Spring Turbulators
Award year:2019
Email: akash.mtme17[at]iitp.ac.in
Badrish Pandey
MTech thesis: Flow Characteristics of Ecofriendly Refrigerants Through Adiabatic Coiled Capillary Tubes
Award year:2018
Email: badrish.mtme16[at]iitp.ac.in
Anurag Shukla
MTech thesis: A Comparative Study of Subcooled Flow Boiling in Uniform and Stepped Converging Microchannels
Award year:2018
Email: anurag.mtme16[at]iitp.ac.in
Nitesh Kumar
MTech thesis: Numerical Simulation of Flow Boiling in Uniform and Diverging Cross-section Microchannel
Award year:2017
Email: nitesh.mtme15[at]iitp.ac.in
Deep Singh Thakur
MTech thesis: Thermohydraulic Performance of Solar Air Heater With Absorber Plate Having Novel Hyperbolic Ribs
Award year:2016
Email: deep.mtme14[at]iitp.ac.in
Israr Ahmad
MTech thesis: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Transient Natural Convection in an Enclosure with Transpiration Port
Award year:2016
Email: israr.mtme14[at]iitp.ac.in
Somnath Gore
MTech thesis: Heat Transfer Characterisitics of Paraffin with Nanoparticles During Charging and Discharging Cycles
Award year:2016
Email: somnath.mtme14[at]iitp.ac.in
B.Tech Students
Piyusha Jha (2021-2025)
Sasank Gupta (2021-2025)
Shazeb Kamran (2020-2024)
Pratham Dinesh Gupta (2020-2024)
Punit Jain (2020-2024)
Prabhjyot Ramteke (2020-2024)
Jibanjyoti Kalita(2019-2023)
Kush Rakesh Gosalia(2019-2023)
Debarghya Maity(2019-2023)
Darshil Bhavesh Patel(2019-2023)
Anway Bhattacharya(2018-2022)
Kuntla Thanmai Reddy(2018-2022)
Ujjawal Kumar(2017-2021)
Shivam Kumar(2017-2021)
Sujit Justine Barwa (2017-2021)
Prateek Gupta (2017-2021)
Jaskaran Singh Chhabra (2016-2020)
Rohang Narain (2016-2020)
Pratik Mayur Rajke (2016-2020)
Reddi Sai Vamsi (2016-2020)
Amrit Raj (2015-2019)
Saket(2015-2019)
Vishal Rawat (2015-2019)
Saurabh Dubey (2015-2019)
Dharmesh Dewangan (2014-2018)
Chaitanya Kumar (2014-2018)
Shivam Sharma(2014-2018)
Md Zeeshan Alam (2014-2018)
Haroon Rashid (2014-2018)
Prashant Luhana (2013-2017)
Keerty Srinath (2013-2017)
Arpit Agrawal(2013-2017)
Kunal Kanoi (2013-2017)
Devanshu Ganatra (2012-2016)
Sunny Gupta (2012-2016)
K SreeHarsha (2012-2016)
K. N. P. Raja Sekhar (2012-2016)
Saurabh Patil (2012-2016)
Shashi Ranjan Kumar(2012-2016)
Virendra Kumar (2012-2016)
Mohammad Hussain (2012-2016)
Shashi Ranjan (2011-2015)
N. Trinath (2011-2015)
Ayush Raj (2011-2015)
Ravi Kumar Meena (2011-2015)
Shubham Deep (2011-2015)
Sarpate Aniket Dileep (2011-2015)
Md Hasan Dad Ansari (2010-2014)
Arya Aditya (2010-2014)
Aashish Kumar Tripathi (2010-2014)
Ashish Poria (2010-2014)
Sunny Vig (2010-2014)
Aman Kumar (2010-2014)
Gaurav Kumar (2010-2014)
Rupesh Kumar (2010-2014)
Vijay Narain (2009-2013)
Vishal Vadav (2009-2013)
R. Sandeep (2009-2013)
Pruthvi (2009-2013)
Harshit Sharma (2008-2012)
Sahil Madaan (2008-2012)