Professional Experience
Head of Department, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia (03/2019 - Till date)
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia (12/2019 - Till date)
Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia (09/2017 - 11/2019)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, IRPHE, Aix Marseille University, France (11/2015 - 06/2017)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, LHEEA, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France (09/2014 - 10/2015)
Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tripura Institute of Technology, India (08/2007 - 08/2008)
Professional Affiliation
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), since 2011
The Institute of Engineers (India), since 2007
Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), since 2019
Advance Higher Education (HEA), since 2019
Fellowships, Awards, Certifications, and Achievements
Senior Fellow, Advance HE, UK (2021)
Curtin Malaysia Learning and Teaching Excellence Award 2020
Curtin Nominee in the 2020 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT)
Best Paper Award in ISET India 2020 (2 awards)
Curtin Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2019
Fellow, Advance HE, UK (2019)
Chartered Engineer (India), Institute of Engineers India (2019)
Golden Globe Tigers Award 2019 for Educational Leadership (2019)
Erasmus Mundus Post-Doctoral Fellowship from European Commission (09/2014 - 06/2015)
Young Scientist International Travel Support from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (11/2013)
PhD Senior Research Fellow Assistantship from Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India (07/2010 - 07/2014)
Institute Topper of National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India with CPI 10/10 (2008 - 2010)
BE First class with Distinction from National Institute of Technology, Agartala, India (2007)
Departmental/Institutional Responsibilities
Head of Department, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia (March 2019 – Till date)
Chairperson, Student Staff Consultative Committee (SSCC) for Mechanical Engineering (March 2019 – Till date)
Chairperson, Industry Advisory Panel, Mechanical Engineering (March 2019 – Till date)
Program Coordinator, Engineering First Year, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia (Jan 2019 – March 2019)
Faculty_In charge, Website & IT Committee (Mechanical Engineering), Curtin University Malaysia (Jan 2018 – Till date)
Member, Accreditation Committee (Mechanical Engineering), Curtin University Malaysia (Jan 2018 – Till date)
Member, Marketing Committee, Curtin University Malaysia (Jan 2018 – Dec 2019)
IonCUDOS OBE Coordinator, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University Malaysia (Jan 2018 – Jun 2019)
Member, Industrial Training and External Relations Committee, Curtin University Malaysia (Jan 2018 – March 2019)
Organizing Conference/Short term Courses/Workshops
Convener, One week Short-term Staff Training Program on “Recent Trends in Energy Conversion Technologies” July 13-19, 2020, Curtin University Malaysia.
Organizing Secretary, 2nd International Conference on Materials Technology and Energy (ICMTE 2019), November 06-08, 2019, Curtin University Malaysia.
Organizing Committee Member, 2nd OCPC International Conference 2018, November 26-28, Curtin University Malaysia.
Organizing Mentor, Three days Training Workshop on “SolidWorks” on behalf of IMechE (UK) student chapter in Curtin University, Malaysia from September 08, 2018.
Organizing Mentor, Three days Training Workshop on “ANSYS Fluent” on behalf of IMechE (UK) student chapter in Curtin University, Malaysia from October 06, 2018.
Organizing Committee Member, 1st OCPC International Conference 2017, December 10-12, Curtin University Malaysia.
Additional Professional Activities
Guest Editor, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 943
Session Chair (Aerodynamics) & Reviewer, The 8th International and 47th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP2020), IIT Guwahati, India
Session Chair (Mechanical Engineering) & Reviewer, 1st OCPC International Conference 2017, December 10-12, Curtin University Malaysia.
Reviewer, Energy (Elsevier), IF: 6.082
Reviewer, Applied Energy (Elsevier), IF: 8.848
Reviewer, Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier), IF: 8.208
Reviewer, Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics (Elsevier), IF:2.739
Reviewer, International Journal of Energy Research (Wiley), IF: 3.741
Reviewer, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (AIP), IF:1.575
Reviewer, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (ASME), IF: 1.641
Reviewer, Energies (MDPI), IF: 2.702
Reviewer, Water (MDPI), IF: 2.544
Reviewer, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics (Inderscience), IF: 0.507
Reviewer, Geological Society of America Bulletin (GeoScienceWorld), IF: 3.558
Reviewer, Renewal Energy (Elsevier), IF: 6.274
Reviewer, Energy Reports (Elsevier), IF: 3.595
Reviewer, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (MDPI), IF: 2.033
Reviewer, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (Elsevier), IF: 3.427
Reviewer, 2nd OCPC International Conference 2018, November 26-28, Curtin University Malaysia.
Reviewer, 11th CUTSE International Conference 2018, November 26-28, Curtin University Malaysia
Keynote/Invited Speaker
Invited Speaker on “Design of offshore vertical axis wind turbine for AEROPITCH wind tunnel experiments,” at International Conference on Floating Offshore Wind turbine (FOWT 2017), March 15 – 16, 2017, Marseille, France.
Keynote Speaker on “Computational Analysis on the Vertical Axis Wind Turbines for Cooling Tower Energy Recovery Applications,” International Conference on Thermofluids (KIIT Thermo 2020), January 23 – 24, 2020, Bhubaneswar, India.
Invited Lecture on “Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: Past, Present and Future,” VIT University, January 27, 2020, Vellore, India.
Invited Lecture on “Application of Wind Turbines for Exhaust-air Energy Extraction in the Cooling Tower Applications,” VIT University, January 27, 2020, Vellore, India.
Invited Talk on “Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Analysis of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines,” Half Day Faculty Development Program, VIT University, January 28, 2020, Vellore, India.
Invited Talk on “Small and Medium Scale Wind Turbines for Renewable Energy Generation,” Energy Institute, Bangalore, RGIPT, January 30, 2020, Bangalore, India.
Expert Keynote Lecture on “Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: An Alternative Solution for Renewable Energy Generation,” ICSET-2020 Conference, organised by VIT University, May 11, 2020, Vellore, India.
Expert Speaker on “Application for Vertical Axis Wind Turbines in Energy Generation through Numerical Simulations and Experiments,” Webinar (SAGE Talks), organised by SAGE University, May 21, 2020, Indore, India.
Resource Person on “Wind Energy,” One week Short Term Training Program on ‘Renewable Energy and Utilization’, Organised by Sandip Institute of Engineering and Management, May 26-30, 2020, Nashik, India.
Expert Lecture on “Wind Turbines for Sustainable Energy Applications,” Webinar on “Sustainable Energy and Environmental Practices” (under TEQIP III), organised by National Institute of Technology Silchar, June 05-06, 2020, Silchar, India.
Speaker on “Application of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines for Alternative Energy Generation,” One week Short-term Staff Training Programme on “Recent Trends in Energy Conversion Technologies,” organised by Curtin University Malaysia, July 13-19, 2020, Miri, Malaysia.
Resource Person on “Recent Advances in Wind Turbines for Sustainable and Renewable Energy Generation,” 5 day Webinar series on “Research Initiatives and Current Developments in Renewable Energy Sources” (under TEQIP III), organised by Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology (GIMT) Guwahati, August 09-13, 2020, Guwahati, India.
Resource Speaker on “Turbomachinery: A Case of Omni-Directional Wind Turbine,” in One Week Faculty Development Programme on “Basic concepts in Turbomachinery and its applications “(under TEQIP III), organised by National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, August 24-28, 2020, India.
Subjects Taught
Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
Heat Transfer
Introduction to Renewable Energy
Fundamentals of Strength of Materials
Engineering Graphics
Engineering Foundations: Design and Processes
Research Supervision
2 PhD (Ongoing)
1 MPhil (Completed), 3 MPhil (Ongoing)
16 UG (Completed), 8 UG (Ongoing)