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    • Dr. Biplab Das

    Dr.Biplab Das

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    • Designation : Associate Professor
    • Email : bpd@mech.nits.ac.in
    • Phone : 9402168938

    Key Notes

    • Conference: International - 30
    • Journals: 135
    • Conferences: 31
    • Book Chapters: 21
    • Books: 11
    • Patents: 5
    • PhD: Guided: 14

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    Introduction [Biosketch]

    • Dr. Biplab Das is working as an associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, India. Dr. Das completed his Ph.D. from NERIST, Itanagar, India. Later, he pursued his Post-Doctoral research at the University of Idaho, USA, under the prestigious Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) fellowship from the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum and DST, Govt. of India. He was also awarded the ‘DBT Associateship’ by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, and worked as a visiting researcher at Ulster University, UK. He has 17+ years of experience in teaching and research and has published 150+ refereed international journal and conference papers. He has guided 12 Ph.D. scholars and 15 M.Tech. Students and is presently guiding 05 nos. Ph.D. scholars. Dr. Das is a reviewer of 30+ reputed journals of Elsevier, ASME, Springer, WILEY, etc. Dr. Das has been involved in twelve sponsored projects funded by various agencies like DST, SERB, CPRI, MoEF&CC, etc., worth 30 million INR, and has completed ten of them. He has been the organizing Chair of the prestigious International Conference of Computational Modelling Simulation and Optimization (CoMSO) for the last four editions.

    Areas of Interest

    • Solar Thermal, Heat Transfer, CFD, Alternative fuel, Wind energy,

    Institution Year Degree
    Ulster University, UK Post Doc
    University of Idaho, USA Post Doc
    NERIST 2014 Ph.D.
    NIT Silchar 2008 M.Tech.
    NERIST 2006 B.Tech.

    Teaching Experience
    Associate Professor
    6 July 2022 - Present
    NIT Silchar
    Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
    29 September 2015 - 5 July 2022
    National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam-788010, India
    Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
    22 December 2009 - 28 September 2015
    North Eastern Institute of Science and Technology, Deemed University, under Govt. of India, Itanagar-7991109, India
    Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
    18 July 2008 - 21 December 2009
    Central Institute of Technology- Kokrajhar, under Govt. of India, Assam, India.

    Shankar Pandit, Dulal Chandra Das, Biplab Das, Chandransh Singh, “A reinforcement learning-metaheuristic based MPPT strategy for centralized thermoelectric generator systems under dynamic temperature conditions”, Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 357, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2026.121445, Impact Factor: 10.9

    Mali M, Siram O, Biswas A, Das B, “Application of thermally sprayed coating in hydrokinetic turbines to reduce the slurry-based erosion: A review”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 234, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2026.116922, Indexed in SCI, Impact Factor: 16.3, Quartile: Q1

    Moni, D.J., Kumar, D.B., Subhra, D.R. and Biplab, D., “Biochar integration in biomethanation process: Addressing limitations and unlocking performance gains”, Bioresource Technology Reports, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2025.102512, Indexed in E-SCI, Impact Factor: 4.3, Quartile: Q2

    Marwein, D., Yadav, O.P., Dkhar, D.H.P., Yadav, P., Debnath, B.K., Das, R.S. and Das, B., “Performance of a Rainwater Harvester and Double Slope Desalinator With Booster Mirror and Cooling Fan”, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4070920, Indexed in SCIE, Impact Factor: 1.9, Quartile: Q2

    Kumar, V., Gogoi, M., Das, B. and Gupta, R., “Experimental investigation of energy, exergy, and economic performance of a solar still with hollow cement fins and carbon-enhanced PCM for clean water production”, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2026.104539, Indexed in SCIE, Impact Factor: 5.4, Quartile: Q1

    Nath, B., Biswas, A., Das, B. and Misra, R.D., “Experimental and fluid-flow structure analysis of a Savonius-resembling hybrid water turbine at low stream-speeds”, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-025-06060-4, Indexed in SCIE, Impact Factor: 2.1, Quartile: Q2

    Newar, P.P., Roy, S., Saha, S., Gogada, S., Das, B. and Bhowmik, A., “Thermodynamic performance analysis of sensible energy storage assisted solar air collector leveraging machine learning models”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-026-15346-1, Indexed in SCIE, Impact Factor: 3.1, Quartile: Q2

    Kumar, V., Yadav, P., Das, B., Debnath, B.K., Gupta, R. and Das, R.S., “Experimental study and artificial neural network-based prediction of solar still performance using sand-filled soda cans for heat storage”, Journal of Energy Storage, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2026.120882, Indexed in SCIE, Impact Factor: 9.8, Quartile: Q1

    Oveepsa Chakraborty, Biplab Das, “Different Types of Solar Concentrating Collectors”, InVish Prasad, Parabolic Solar Trough Collector, November, 2025, 43–75, Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-11229-3_2, Indexed in Others

    Oveepsa Chakraborty, Biplab Das, “Introduction to Solar Energy Sources”, InVish Prasad, Parabolic Solar Trough Collector, November, 2025, 1-42, Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-11229-3_1, Indexed in Others

    Oveepsa Chakraborty, Biplab Das, “Thermal Performance of Parabolic Solar Trough Collectors: Effect of Receiver Tube Geometry”, InVish Prasad, Parabolic Solar Trough Collector, November, 2025, 113–150, Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-11229-3_4, Indexed in Others

    Oveepsa Chakraborty, Biplab Das, “Nanofluid Applications in Parabolic Solar Trough Collectors”, InVish Prasad, Parabolic Solar Trough Collector, November, 2025, 241–288, Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-11229-3_7, Indexed in Others

    Oveepsa Chakraborty, Biplab Das, “Secondary Reflectors in Parabolic Trough Collectors”, InVish Prasad, Parabolic Solar Trough Collector, November, 2025, 203-240, Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-11229-3_6, Indexed in Others

    Oveepsa Chakraborty, Biplab Das, “Parabolic Solar Trough Collector Technology: Thermal and Optical Performance, Design, and Diverse Applications”, InVish Prasad, Parabolic Solar Trough Collector, November, 2025, 77-112, Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-11229-3_3, Indexed in Others

    Oveepsa Chakraborty, Biplab Das, “Performance Enhancements in Parabolic Solar Trough Collectors via Insert Diversity”, InVish Prasad, Parabolic Solar Trough Collector, November, 2025, 151–202, Springer, Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-11229-3_5, Indexed in Others

    Biplab Das, Ripon Patgiri, Muhammad H. Rashid, “Modeling and Analysis of Sustainable Renewable Energy System”, October, 2026, Springer

    Design, development, and perfbrmance analysis of heat storage-based solar stills under the climatic conditions of the North-East India

    Vishwanath Kumar
    Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Co Supervisor : Rajat Gupta
    Academic Year : 2025-2026

    Preparation and characterization of a novel PCM modified with waste material for thermal energy storage: An experimental investigation

    Mridupavan Gogoi
    Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Co Supervisor : P.K. Patowari
    Academic Year : 2025-2026

    Design, Modelling and Testing of Thermoelectric Generator and heat Storage Assisted Biomass Cookstove

    Shankar Pandit
    Supervisor : Dulal Ch. Das
    Co Supervisor : Biplab das
    Academic Year : 2025-2026

    Design and Performance Improvement of Pico-Scale Savonius Hydrokinetic Turbine in Low Flow Streams

    Biswajit Nath
    Completed :  26 February 2026
    Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Co Supervisor : Agnimitra BIswas
    Academic Year : 2025-2026

    Development and Analysis of a Novel Solar Air Heating System Utilizing a Nozzle-Array Jet Impingement Technique

    Supreme Das
    Completed :  21 May 2024
    Supervisor : Agnimitra Biswas
    Co Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Academic Year : 2023-2024

    Aerodynamic Performance Analysis of a HAWT with and without Leading-Edge Tubercles on Airfoil Blades

    Sujit Roy
    Completed :  8 December 2023
    Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Co Supervisor : Agnimitra Biswas
    Academic Year : 2023-2024

    Performance Evaluation of Hydrogen-enriched Biodiesel Run Diesel Engine With and Without Iron Nanoparticles

    Shyamal Das
    Completed :  4 July 2023
    Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Academic Year : 2023-2024

    Development and experimental investigation for performance evaluation of photovoltaic thermal solar dryers

    Ankur Gupta
    Completed :  27 December 2022
    Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Co Supervisor : Agnimitra BIswas
    Academic Year : 2022-2023

    Modelling, Experimental study and Optimization of Solar Air Collector System using Decision Making Methods

    Jagnnath Reddy
    Completed :  15 September 2022
    Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Co Supervisor : Jagadish
    Academic Year : 2022-2023

    A comparative analysis of thermal performance enhancement in a parabolic trough collector

    Oveepsa Chakraborty
    Completed :  15 December 2021
    Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Co Supervisor : Rajat Gupta
    Academic Year : 2021-2022

    Investigation of Natural and Mixed Convection Heat Transfer from an Inclined Fin Array

    Krishna Roy
    Completed :  15 March 2021
    Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Academic Year : 2020-2021

    Experimental Investigation for Thermomechanical Behaviour of Hybrid Filler Reinforced Epoxy Composite

    Krushna Gouda
    Completed :  15 February 2021
    Supervisor : Sumit Bhowmik
    Co Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Academic Year : 2020-2021

    Performance of Photovoltaic Thermal Air Collector in the Climatic Condition of North East India

    Prabhakar Jha
    Completed :  15 January 2021
    Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Co Supervisor : Rajat Gupta
    Academic Year : 2020-2021

    Performance Evaluation of Solar Air Collector with Plain and Wavy (Corrugated) Absorber Plate

    Suman Debnath
    Completed :  17 December 2019
    Supervisor : Biplab Das
    Co Supervisor : PR Randive
    Academic Year : 2019-2020

    Awards And Honours

      • "(i) Bhaskara Advance Solar Energy (BASE-2017) fellowship for post-doc in the USA by DST, Govt of India and IUSSTF.
      • (ii) Biotechnology Overseas Associateship Award 2017-18, by DBT, Govt. of India.
      • (iii) Selected for ET-Mechanical, 2010 Batch, OIL India limited.
      • (iv) Awarded Institution Silver Medal for scoring highest CPI in M.Tech in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Silchar, India. (v) Paper presented in the National workshop, NWEME-2008, NIT Silchar, India, awarded Third Best Paper."

    Jet Impingement Technique-Based Solar-Thermal Air Collector System for Energy and Exergy Analysis and A Method Thereof

    “A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”

    South Africa
    Patent Registration ID, 2024/02815
    Jet Impingement Technique-Based Solar-Thermal Air Collector System for Energy and Exergy Analysis and A Method Thereof, (**GRANTED**)

    JET IMPINGEMENT NOZZLE-ARRAY SOLAR AIR HEATING SYSTEM

    “A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”

    India
    Patent Registration ID, 411006-001
    JET IMPINGEMENT NOZZLE-ARRAY SOLAR AIR HEATING SYSTEM, (**GRANTED**)

    A system for producing nanofuel

    “A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”

    German
    Patent Registration ID, 20 2022 100 127
    A system for producing nanofuel, (**GRANTED**)

    A system for the production of paraffin-based PCM composites for the storage of latent heat energy

    “A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”

    German
    Patent Registration ID, 20 2022 101 525
    A system for the production of paraffin-based PCM composites for the storage of latent heat energy, (**GRANTED**)

    A solar air heating system with a modified absorber

    “A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”

    German
    Patent Registration ID, 20 2022 104 782
    A solar air heating system with a modified absorber, (**GRANTED**)

    Sl.No: 1

    Title Of Research Project: " Design and development of a hybrid photo voltaic thermal (PVT) system for rural application "

    Sponsored By: DST

    Overall Budget: Rs 14.6

    Principal Investigator: Biplab Das

    Co Principal Investigator: Agnimitra BIswas; Sudipta Halder

    Sl.No: 2

    Title Of Research Project: " Development and testing of hybrid solar photovoltaic thermal (PVT) air system for the composite environment of North-East India for tea drying applications "

    Sponsored By: SERB or ANRF

    Overall Budget: Rs 30.3

    Duration: Mar 10, 2018 - Aug 31, 2021 (3 years 5 months 21 days)

    Status: Completed

    Principal Investigator: Biplab Das

    Co Principal Investigator: Agnimitra Biswas

    Sl.No: 3

    Title Of Research Project: " Design, Development, and Testing of Sediment Erosion- Resistive Micro Hydro Turbine for off-grid application "

    Sponsored By: DST

    Overall Budget: Rs 22

    Duration: Feb 28, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026 (2 years 1 month 3 days)

    Status: Ongoing

    Principal Investigator: Biplab Das

    Co Principal Investigator: AGnimitra Biswas & Ojing Siram

    Sl.No: 4

    Title Of Research Project: " Bamboo bricks/laminates from BMFs (Bamboo Micron Fibres) for low-cost housing structures for North Eastern Himalayan region "

    Sponsored By: MoEFCC, GoI

    Overall Budget: Rs 49.5

    Duration: Sep 30, 2017 - Sep 30, 2020 (3 years)

    Status: Completed

    Principal Investigator: Sudipta Halder

    Co Principal Investigator: Biplab Das, A.K. Dey

    Sl.No: 5

    Title Of Research Project: " Experimental and computational analysis of heat sink application for optimal performance by developing low-cost natural filler reinforced the composite material "

    Sponsored By: MoP, GoI

    Overall Budget: Rs 22.6

    Status: Completed

    Principal Investigator: Sumit Bhowmik

    Co Principal Investigator: Biplab Das

    Sl.No: 6

    Title Of Research Project: " Development and testing of Nano-doped hybridized biodiesel as pilot fuel for hydrogen dual fuel operation in a stationary CI engine "

    Sponsored By: DST

    Overall Budget: Rs 51.84

    Duration: Sep 20, 2019 - Jul 24, 2024 (4 years 10 months 4 days)

    Status: Completed

    Principal Investigator: Abhishek Paul

    Co Principal Investigator: Sumita Debbarma, Biplab Das

    Sl.No: 7

    Title Of Research Project: " Establishment of Science Technology and Innovation Hub in NIT Silchar, Cachar, Assam, for the socio- economic upliftment of SC/ST population in Assam "

    Sponsored By: DST

    Overall Budget: Rs 144.37

    Duration: Feb 21, 2022 - Feb 28, 2025 (3 years 7 days)

    Status: Completed

    Principal Investigator: Biplab Das

    Co Principal Investigator: Dr. Bipul Das, Prof. F. A. Talukdar, Dr. Risha Mal, Dr. Olympa Baro, Dr. K. Shankar, Dr. A. K. Das, Dr. Ripon Patgiri, Dr. Avijit Chowdhury

    Sl.No: 8

    Title Of Research Project: " Design, Development, and Performance Analysis of a Diffuser-augmented Low-head Archimedes Screw Hydrokinetic Turbine "

    Sponsored By: DST

    Overall Budget: Rs 20

    Duration: Oct 30, 2024 - Oct 31, 2026 (2 years 1 day)

    Status: Ongoing

    Principal Investigator: Biplab Das

    Co Principal Investigator: Ojing Siram, Prashanth J.

    Sl.No: 9

    Title Of Research Project: " Enhancing Himalayan Village Resilience: A Multi-Purpose Subsurface Water System for Power, Protection, and Livelihood "

    Sponsored By: DST

    Overall Budget: Rs 10

    Duration: Mar 30, 2026 - Mar 31, 2028 (2 years 1 day)

    Status: Ongoing

    Principal Investigator: Ojing Siram

    Co Principal Investigator: Gautam Choubey, Agnimitra Biswas, Biplab Das.

    Sl.No: 10

    Title Of Research Project: " Standardisation Of Measurement Protocol For Overall Heat Transfer Co-Efficient (U-Value) For Building Materials & Components For Indian Subcontinent "

    Sponsored By: DST

    Overall Budget: Rs 16.6

    Duration: Feb 18, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024 (3 years 1 month 13 days)

    Status: Completed

    Principal Investigator: Biplab Das

    Co Principal Investigator: K.M. Pandey

    Collaborated With: Jadavpur University

    Sl.No: 11

    Title Of Research Project: " Design and development of a heat pipe embedded solar collector based latent heat storage system for domestic application "

    Sponsored By: SERB or ANRF

    Overall Budget: Rs 27.2

    Duration: Feb 22, 2017 - Mar 31, 2020 (3 years 1 month 9 days)

    Status: Completed

    Principal Investigator: Biplab Das

    Sl.No: 12

    Title Of Research Project: " Development of a Trifecta Hydro System: Delivering Off-Grid Power, Instant Fire Suppression, and Affordable Water via Diffuser-Augmented Technology for Himalayan Communities "

    Sponsored By: SERB or ANRF

    Overall Budget: Rs 80

    Status: Ongoing

    Principal Investigator: Ojing Siram

    Co Principal Investigator: Gautam Choubey. Honorary members: Biplab Das & UK Saha (IIT Guwahati)

    Sl.No: 13

    Title Of Research Project: " Computational and Experimental Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic Thermal System "

    Sponsored By: DST

    Overall Budget: Rs 5.95

    Duration: Sep 02, 2017 - Dec 03, 2017 (3 months 1 day)

    Status: Completed

    Principal Investigator: Biplab Das

    Collaborated With: University of Idaho, USA

    Sl.No: 14

    Title Of Research Project: " Design and development of a hybrid PVT (photovoltaic thermal) green-house dryer for North-East India "

    Sponsored By: DBT

    Overall Budget: Rs 18.00

    Principal Investigator: Biplab Das

    Collaborated With: Ulster University, UK

    Sl.No: 15

    Title Of Research Project: " Installation, Development, Production and Testing of 250 Litre Capacity Integrated Bio-Diesel Reactor System "

    Sponsored By: DST

    Overall Budget: Rs 77.2

    Duration: Mar 18, 2010 - Mar 31, 2013 (3 years 13 days)

    Status: Completed

    Principal Investigator: Pradip Lingfa

    Co Principal Investigator: Biplab Das, M Muralidhar

    Collaborated With: Completed at NERIST

    Sl.No: 16

    Title Of Research Project: " Development of Laboratory Facility for Bio-Diesel Production Centre at NERIST "

    Sponsored By: DST

    Overall Budget: Rs 19.2

    Duration: Feb 15, 2012 - Mar 31, 2014 (2 years 1 month 16 days)

    Status: Completed

    Principal Investigator: Pradip Lingfa

    Co Principal Investigator: Biplab Das

    Collaborated With: Completed at NERIST

    Sl.No Award/Recognition/Achievement Year Approved agency
    1 Overseas Associateship Award 2017 Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
    2 Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy Fellowship 2017 Indo-US Science and Technology Forum
    3 Dr. Biplab Das is elected as an early career advisory board member of the SCI-indexed journal Energy Science & Engineering 2026 Wiley
    4 World’s Top 2% Researchers & Scientists by Elsevier and Stanford University (2025) 2025 Elsevier and Stanford University
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