Research

Current Research Areas

Refer to MultiPhase Flows Labrotary Website here. 

Experimental thermal-fluid sciences and Multiphase flows applications: Cost-effective strategies for Water-lifting in India; Small scale hydropower: Silt and Cavitation erosion in hydroturbines; Hydrokinetic turbines, Gas-liquid mass transfer for environmental applications such as wastewater treatment, aeration and water desalination; Flow Measurement and Visualization; Drop Impacts; 

Innovative Pedagogy in Engineering Education, Active Learning in Engineering (Refer to www.drkarnteaching.com); Early Science, Technology, Engineering, Education & Mathematics of India.

Prior Research Areas

Doctoral research, Masters research and Undergraduate research.

Research Support / Funding: 

IKS Division, Ministry of Education, Government of India (2024)

• IKS Wiki Articles in Mathematics, Astronomy and Physical Sciences. Research Internship Grant, 2024. (As Project Investigator).

IKS Division, Ministry of Education, Government of India (2023)

• Creation of IKS-based Hands-On Activities/Indian Toys for High School Science Education (grades 9, 10, 11 and 12) and NCERT-based Translated Materials in Odia for High School Phase II (grades 11 and 12) Science Education (Physics, Chemistry and Biology), co-PI ,(PI: Dr. Nachieketa Sharma, SoA university, Bhubaneshwar).

IKS Division, Ministry of Education, Government of India (2022)

• PI of a research proposal funded by AICTE under IKS division to carry out research into mathematics, astronomy, sustainable agriculture and food preservation systems of India.

Science and Engineering Research Board, DST India (2018)

• Early Career Research Award, 2018 for the project titled "Ventilation Augmented Supercavitating Turbines (VAST) Technology for Next Generation Hydropower", Funding Amount: Rs. 44.58 Lakhs.

National Innovation Foundation, DST India (2020)

• COVID Innovation Challenge, 2020. Design, Fabrication and Pilot Study of a COmfortably Vented Indigenously Designed (COVID) Fabric Helmet to Curb Infection Spread in Community Settings such as Education and Healthcare.

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

• Experimental Investigation of ventilated supercavitation at high cavitator temperature, UPES SEED Grant, 2021 (with Mr. Kumar Gaurav as PI)

• Novel technology of water lifting technique and efficiency enhancement of hydro turbines in remote hilly areas, UPES SEED Grant, 2021 (with Dr. Ramesh Donga as PI)

• Novel strategies to induce bubble coalescence for industrial and naval applications, UPES SEED Grant, 2018 (With Dr. Abhay Kumar as Co-PI)

• In-situ monitoring of industrial bubbly flows and Bubble size control by continuous feedback system, UPES SEED Grant, 2018 

• Conversion of waste sewage sludge to wealth via hydrolysis/methanogenesis and pyrolysis, UPES SEED Grant, 2018 (Co-PI with Dr. V Chintala)

• Development of a test facility for the efficiency measurement of novel hydrokinetic turbine designs:  Experiments on a model 1kW cross-flow turbine for battery charging. (SODH Scheme)

• Performance Enhancement of  Savonius Hydrokinetic turbines employing momentum redirection. (SODH Scheme)

Research/Innovation Impact 

• Personal Interaction with the honorable Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi before the Grand Finale of Toycathon-2021 for promoting Arogya and Ayurveda through an innovative physical board game. June 24, 2021. Read a report here.

• Mission Setubandha : A co-op physical board game is selected as a winner in Toycathon-2021.

• भारतीयपरम्परायाः गणितीयनाम्नाम् अन्वेषणम्, Invited lecture delivered at Sanskrit Bharti: July 18, 2023.

• DD News Panel discussion, Toycathon-2021 with AICTE Chairman Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe and Chief Innovation Officer, Dr. Abhay Jere. June 24, 2021.

• anurl.in : An Indigenous, Indian and customized URL shortener.  Here is a report.

• University researchers develop affordable COVID Ventilator’, Times of India (Education Times), August 31, 2020.

• उत्तराखंड: युवा डॉक्टर का गजब आविष्कार… , Rajya Sameeksha, June 26, 2020

• Ek Pahadi Aisa Bhi, Season 3 (Corona Heroes), Episode 3, Red FM, June 22 2020.

• ‘UPES researchers just made a COVID mask that covers your whole head and lets you eat without removing it!’, Indian Express (edeX Live), May 22, 2020.

• ‘Now, a fabric helmet for coronavirus protection in crowded settings.’, Social Story, May 13, 2020.

• ‘Need a helmet to escape COVID? UPES researchers create one with fabric.’, Times of India (Education Times), May 8, 2020.

• ‘UPES students design Automated Monitored Hand Hygiene System to fight COVID-19 pandemic’, UPES Achievers, May 18, 2020.

• ‘UPES faculty develops Fabric Helmet to help prevent COVID-19 contamination’, UPES Achievers, May 06, 2020