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Department of Mechanical Engineering

DEPARTMENTS

Engineering

Science

CENTRE

Dr. Nitish Kumar

Assistant Professor

Research Interest: Aerodynamics, Thinn film coatings, Hydrophobic surface, Boiling Heat transfer Enhancement, Design of Heat Exchanger, Refrigeration and Air conditioning,

ntk[at]nerist[dot]ac[dot]in

Mechanical Engineering Department,

NERIST, Nirjuli

Arunachal Pradesh – 791109

+91-9476702170
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
From (Date of Joining)ToDesignationOrganisationNature of Association
17.03.2025Till date...Assistant ProfessorNERISTTeaching, Learning and Research
26.08.201631.05.2017Assistant Professor (Contract)NIT SilcharTeaching
HONORS AND AWARDS
AwardInstituteYear
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
PhDBoiling heat transfer , Hydrophobic surface, Micro/Nano textured surfaces, Electrodeposition. IIT (BHU), Varanasi2023
M.TechThermal SciencesNIT Calicut2015
B.TechMechanical EngineeringNERIST2013
ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND
FromToDesignationOrganisation
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
TitleCourse CodeModuleSemester
Measurements and Control in Fluid and Thermal Engg.ME7212II
Fluid Mechanics and MachinesME13201V
M. TECH. THESIS SUPERVISED
Title of ProjectNames of Students
PH.DS SUPERVISING
TopicScholar NameStatus of PhDRegistration Year
PARTICIPATION IN SHORT TERM COURSES
Course NameSponsored ByDate
Advanced Engineered Surfaces for Phase Change Heat Transfer Application (AESPHTA-21)NIT Calicut12-16, July-21
Advances in Applications of Computational Fluid DynamicsTEQIP-II07-11, November-16
Advanced Joining TechnologiesTEQIP-II17-21, September-16
COURSES OR CONFERENCES ORGANISED
Conference NameSponsored ByDate
BOOKS AUTHORED
PUBLICATIONS

  1. Kumar Nitish, Pradyumna Ghosh, and P. Shukla. "Effect of composite coatings on surface characteristics and boiling heat transfer performance in a pool of water." Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 149, no. 2 (2024): 671-685.
  2. Kumar, Nitish, Pradyumna Ghosh, P. Shukla, and Roopchand Tandon. "Effects of composite coatings on pool boiling performance characteristics in demineralized water." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering (2024): 09544089241230880.
  3. Nitish Kumar, Pradyumna Ghosh, P. Shukla "Boiling Heat Transfer Performance of Pure Water on Binary Oxide-Based Nanoparticles Coatings" ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 146 (3), 033001,2024.
  4. Kumar Nitish, Pradyumna Ghosh, and P. Shukla. "Development of an approximate model for the prediction of bubble departure diameter in pool boiling of water." International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 127 (2021): 105531.
  5. Kumar Nitish, T.J.S. Jothi, N. Selvaraju, Effect of Nanoparticle Deposition Rate on Critical Heat Flux in Pool Boiling, Journal of Engineering Research, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2017.
  6. Nitish Kumar, Pradyumna Ghosh, and Prashant Shukla. "A review on formation, characterization, and role of micro/nanotextured surfaces on boiling heat transfer performance." Multiphase Science and Technology 33, no. 2 (2021).