Qualifications

q Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 2009.

q M.Sc. (Engg.), Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 2005.

q B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India 2002.

q Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (April 2022 to present)

q Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (December 2017 to April 2022)

q Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (November 2012 to November 2017)

q Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (April 2011 - August 2012).

q Researcher, R&D, TATA Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur, India (May 2009 - March 2011).

q Project Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (June 2005 - July 2007).

q Graduate engineer trainee, Larsen and Toubro Limited, Baroda, India (July 2002 - October 2002).

Work Experiences

q Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (May 2021- present)

q Associate Editor, Heat Transfer Research (March 2022– December 2023)

q Associate Editor, Frontiers in Energy Research - Energy Storage (January 2023-present)

q Elected Member, The National Academy of Sciences, INDIA, June 2019

q Founder Member (Vice Chair), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), USA- Maharashtra Section, August 2022– present

q Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), USA, October 2012

q Member, ISHMT (Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer), INDIA

q Member, ITAS (Indian Thermal Analysis Society), INDIA

q Member, NSFMFP (National Society for Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power), INDIA

Additional Information

q ISHMT Best PhD Thesis Award 2023 to Dr. Sandeep Goli (Thesis Guides: Prof. Amit Agrawal and Prof. Sandip K. Saha) for “Single-phase Laminar Hydrodynamic and Thermal Transport Phenomena in Microchannels with Varying Cross-Section: Investigation on Diamond and Hourglass Microchannels”

q Post-Doctoral Fellow (Dr. Uddip Kashyap) received Third prize in a conclave organized by North East Centre for Technology Application and Outreach (NECTAR), Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), and Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) at Shillong, Meghalaya, 2021.

q Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence (FNAPE) Fellowship, 2022-2023.

q IIT Bombay Research Awards 2020.

q Best Poster Award during Second International Meeting on Clean Energy Material Innovation Challenge from 21st-22nd February 2019 at IIT Delhi, organized by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

q Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship, 2016.

q Young Faculty Award, IIT Bombay- 2012.

q KU Leuven Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Belgium, March 2011 - August 2012.

q Best paper award conferred at the International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Processes in Energy Systems (IMPRES2010), 29th November- 1st December, 2010, Singapore.

q Scholarship for excellent performance in Madhyamik Examination (10th equivalent), 1996.

Honours and Awards