Research & Consultancy

Research

Ph.D Guidance:

Completed as Single Supervisor:

Dr. Satish K. Dubey

Thesis title: Computational Modelling and Simulation of Heat Transfer during Steel Billet Reheating and Transport with Growth of Oxide Scale.
Year of completion: 2015

https://universe.bits-pilani.ac.in/hyderabad/satishkdubey/Profile

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In Progress:

1) Mr.Vievk Tiwari

Thesis Title: "Design & Development of High Temperature Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage for Power Generation Application".

Co Supervisor: Dr.Aakash Rai.

https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/pilani/p2016414/profile.

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2) Mr.Siddharth Dhavanthiri

Thesis: Title is being finalised.

Reviewer of Journals

· Materials Science and Engineering: A - Elsevier (An International Journal)

Journal of Powder Technology - Elsevier (An International Journal)

Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance - ASM International
Journal of Corrosion Review

Consultancy Projects

Completed a confidential project worth Rs. 5 Lakhs on yield improvement in the casting process and product design (For Aditya Birla Group in the year 2013)
Received consultancy amount worth Rs. 7 Lakhs for conducting expert lectures at NTPC Ramagundam and Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai (BSP).

HR Consultancy Projects Completed for Skill Development of Employees through Certificate Programs:

Sl. No.	Organisation	Title	Number of Participants	Duration	Revenue generated (In Lakhs)
1	Birla Ployfibers, Harihar.	Materials for Constructions	20	28-30/12/2016	Rs.1.44/-
2	Birla Cellulosic, Kharach	Plant Chemistry and Metallurgy	20	6-7/07/2017	Rs.1.26/-
3	Grasim Industries, Nagda. (04 Porgrams of 08 days duration)	Boiler Technology-I	20	30-31/05/2017	Rs.5.53/ (For all the programs)
4		Steam and Power Balance	20	22-23/09/2017
5		Boiler technology-II	25	24-25/08/2018
6		Materials for Construction	25	28-29/09/2018
7	Vishakapatinam Steel Plant, Vizag. (06 Programs of 16 days duration)	Damage tolerant Design-I	60	11-12/01/2016	These programs are conducted based on MoU between VSP with BITS-Pilani for PS-I Consents.
8		Damage tolerant Design-II	60	25-26/02/2016
9		Fatigue, Fracture and Creep related life prediction techniques	60	24-25/02/2017
10		Fatigue, Fracture and Creep related life prediction techniques-II	60	24-15/03/2017
11		Damage Tolerant Design-III	60	11-14/10/2017
12		Residual life assessment of Industrial components	60	30 January to 02 February 2018.
13	Ultratech Cement Unit, Hirmi.	Failure analysis of Industrial Components	25	21-23/07/2018	As a part of PS-I tie up.
14	Bhilai Steel Plat, Bhilai	Damage tolerant Design	60	8-9/04/2011	For PS-I Tie up.
15-23	NTPC, Ramagundam	Metallurgy of Power Plant Materials. (8 Programs)	200	2009-2014	Rs.2.77/-

Highlights:

Ø Conducted 23 Training programmes for 07 different industries.

Ø Trained 775 industry Professionals.

Ø Strengthened tie up with industries for supporting PS Programs

Ø Generated Revenue worth Rs.11 Lakhs through the programs.

Workshop Organized

Organised two day workshop on " Fracture, Fatigue and Creep related life prediction techniques" in BITS-Pilani during 17-18 February 2017.Role: Convener of the workshop
Organized a CSIR sponsored two-day workshop on "Residual Life Assessment of Thermal Power Plant Components at BITS Pilani during February 14-15, 2011.Role: Convener of the workshop

Chairing session in the conferences

Chaired a session on "Creep and Fatigue" in the International Conference IMMT 2017 held at BITS-Pilani Dubai campus during 28-29 November 2017.
Chaired a session on "Energy and Environment" in The International conference ICEEE2017 held at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, London during 11-13 November 2017.

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