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)