Information
- Designation : Associate Professor
- Email : dipankar@mech.nits.ac.in
- Phone : 9435175552
Key Notes
- Conference: International - 20
- Journals: 69
- Conferences: 22
- Book Chapters: 14
- Patents: 3
- PhD: Guided: 7
- Post Graduates: Guided: 21
- Under Graduates: Guided: 17
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PUBLICATIONS7
DOCTORAL STUDENTS3
PATENTS1
PROJECTIntroduction [Biosketch]
- Dr. Dipankar Bhanja is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar. He obtained his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College (University of North Bengal) and his M.E. and Ph.D. from Jadavpur University. Before joining NIT Silchar, he served as a faculty member at Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, and Dumkal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Murshidabad. With over 23 years of teaching and research experience, Dr. Bhanja’s research interests include extended surfaces and porous fins, constructal design, bioheat and boiling heat transfer, solar thermal energy systems, thermal protective clothing, phase change materials (PCMs), and machine learning applications in thermal systems. He has authored and co-authored over 100 research papers in reputed national and international journals and conferences. To date, seven Ph.D. and twenty-one postgraduate scholars have completed their research under his supervision, while six Ph.D. scholars are currently pursuing their research under his guidance.
Areas of Interest
- Extended Surfaces and Porous Fins, Constructal Design and Thermal Optimization, Bioheat and Boiling Heat Transfer, Solar Thermal Energy Systems, Thermal Protective Clothing and Human Thermoregulation, Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for Thermal Management, Machine Learning Applications in Heat Transfer and Thermal System Modeling
| Institution | Year | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Jalpaiguri Govt. Engg. College | 2000 | B. E. (Mechanical) |
| Jadavpur University | 2002 | M. E. (Production) |
| Jadavpur University | 2014 | Ph. D. |
Teaching Experience
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Santanu Borah, Dipankar Bhanja, “Flow boiling characteristics of Water- Al2O3 and R134a-Al2O3 in multi- layered wavy microchannels”, Heat Transfer Engineering, February, 2026, Indexed in SCI, Impact Factor: 1.6, Quartile: Q2
Amit Kumar, Dipankar Bhanja, Agnimitra Biswas, “Impact of phase change material placement and thickness on roof thermal inertia in the warm and humid climate of Northeast India”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, December, 2026, Indexed in SCIE, Impact Factor: 3.1, Quartile: Q2
Aishik Dinda, Jnanaranjan Acharya, Dipankar Bhanja, “Heat Transfer Analysis In Human Skin During Hyperthermia Treatment Using Dual Phase Lag Model: A Finite Difference Approach”, In Proceedings , Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Recent Advancements in Mechanical Engineering, ICRAME 2022, February 4th 2022 - February 6th 2022, 2022, NIT Silchar, Indexed in Scopus
Jnanaranjan Acharya, Aishik Dinda, Dr. Dipankar Bhanja, Prof. Rahul Dev Misra, “Effect Of External Step Heating In Biological Tissue Using Dual Phase Lag Bioheat Transfer Model : A Numerical Approach”, In Proceedings Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Recent Advancements in Mechanical Engineering, ICRAME 2022, February 4th 2022 - February 6th 2022, 2022, NIT Silchar, Indexed in Scopus
Pharmacokinetic Study of Topical Drug Delivery for Ph-Sensitive Liposomes for the Treatment of Malignacies
Manjari Singh (2116002) Rahul Kakati (2116043)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2025-2026
Dynamics of splashed droplets impacting tea leaves treated with a fungicide
Abhijit Das (2116092) Rahul Ahmed (2116090)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2025-2026
Analysis of Thermal Wave Propagation in Blood-Perfused Tissue for Hyperthermia Treatment
Hirakjyoti Deka (15-1-2-002) Rajnandan Borthakur (15-1-2-040) Saptomi Baruah (15-1-2-120)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2019-2020
Analytical study on annular porous fin
Sharat Kumar Nayak (10-1-2-072) Ujjawal Kumar (10-1-2-076) Apoorv Singh (10-1-2-060) Ankit Kumar (10-1-2-077) Vikash Kadyan (10-1-2-078)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2014-2015
Thermal analysis of a solar absorber collector system by considering variable thermophysical characteristics
Suman Sarmah (11-1-2-010) Rupesh Sahu (11-1-2-037) Brajendra Kumar (11-1-2-035) Akash Gaur (11-1-2-016) K. Rana Pratap Singh (11-1-2-021)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Co Supervisor : Dr. P. L. Choudhury
Academic Year : 2015-2016
Thermal analysis of solar air heater
Satya Prakash (11-1-2-032) Pawan Kumar (11-1-2-055) Shyamal Mala (11-1-2-071) Rajat Kumar (11-1-2-052) Ritu Raj (11-1-2-041)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2015-2016
Modelling of velocity and size distribution of liquid droplets using maximum entropy function
Shreyosi Bhattacharjee (12-1-2-107) Nabajyoti Dutta (12-1-2-003) Paran Baruah (12-1-2-007) Priyangkush Baruah (12-1-2-039) Dwaipayan Nobis (12-1-2-006) Indraneel Mukherjee (12-1-2-025)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2016-2017
A comparatrive study of pure and Zeotropic mixtures in low temperature organic rankine cycle
Pintu Kumar (13-1-2-014) Rahul Kumar (13-1-2-035) Pranav Kumar Sinha (13-1-2-111)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2017-2018
Study on ideal adiabatic analysis of alpha Stirling engines for sinusoidal volume variations
Rishav Kanth (13-1-2-040) Swagatam Sengupta (13-1-2-051) Ravi Shankar Kumar (13-1-2-037)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2017-2018
Prediction and Comparison of Performance Parameters of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) using Zeotropic Mixture as Working Fluids
Aditya Singh (14-1-2-035) PylaRamanaRaju (14-1-2-045) Aakash Das (14-1-2-099)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2017-2018
Analysis of Bio-Heat Transfer in Human Tissue and Solution of the Governing Equation Under Various parametric Conditions
Amitrajit Bhattacharjee (14-1-2-001) Abhishruti Dutta (14-1-2-028) Bhargav Panging (14-1-2-110)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2018-2019
Study of Thermal Performance Parameters of Endo-Reversible Dual Miller Cycle
Manash Gogoi (15-1-2-030) Hrishikesh Boruah(15-1-2-041) Suraj Hazarika (15-1-2-042)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2019-2020
Parametric Study of Fibre Properties in Heat and Mass Transfer under Body Heat and Sweat Release
Arnab Roy (16-1-2-020) Bhaskar Gope (16-1-2-024) Nishan Deb (16-1-2-013) Madhurjya Kumar Nath (16-1-2-004)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2020-2021
Thermal Analysis of Kalina Cycle
Amit Kumar (1712077) Ashutosh Shukla (1712085) Arsh Srivastava (1712093) Aman Rai (1712103)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2021-2022
Computational Investigation on Optimal Design Analysis of Fins to Enhance Performance of Solar Air Heater
Parthiv Protim Borah (1812034) Anup Kumar Mahato (1812037) L Bishanta Singha (1812039)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2022-2023
Enhancement of Performance of Latent Heat Energy Storage with Fins having Optimum Branching
Anish Chetri (1916086) Himangshu Deka (1916090) Ruchita Hazarika (1916095) Vishesh Agrahari (1916019)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2023-2024
Thermal Analysis of Stacked- 2D Metallic Fiber Enhanced Beeswax MFPCM with Different Anisotropies
Swapnil Panda (1916033) Pranjal Gogoi (1916039) Partha Pratim Borgohain (1916047) Tridip Borah (1916050)
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Co Supervisor : Dr. Sumit Bhowmik
Academic Year : 2023-2024
Thermal performance analysis of PVT system with cooling arrangement
Shashank Pal
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2018-2019
Thermal analysis of a T-shaped fin with simultaneous heat and mass transfer
Saheera Azmi Hazarika
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Numerical study of heat transfer performance and flow characteristics of microchannel heat sink with micro pin-fins
Shreekant Kumar Sahu
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Co Supervisor : Dr. Sujit Nath
Academic Year : 2018-2019
Study of heat transfer using Pennes heat equation in a biological tissue for skin burn and hyperthermia
Kashmiri Deka
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2017-2018
Thermo-hydraulic study of tapered double layer microchannel heat sink using nanofluid for electronic chip cooling
Avinash Kumar
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Co Supervisor : Dr. Sujit Nath
Academic Year : 2017-2018
Experimental and computational investigations of cluster Savonius turbines and its comparison with a single Savonius water turbine
Thochi Seb Rengma
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Co Supervisor : Dr. Agnimitra biswas
Academic Year : 2017-2018
Thermal analysis of a constructal T-shaped fin subjected to natural convection
Hifzur Hasan Ahmed
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2016-2017
Effect of absorptive coating on exergy optimized pin fin of an absorber in a solar air heater
Rwisumwi Basumatary
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2016-2017
Numerical modeling of phase change material to enhance heat transfer using extended surfaces
Abhijeet Borthakur
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2016-2017
Modeling of Thermal Protective Cloth under Hot Steam Exposure
Krishna Kanhaiya
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2019-2020
Numerical Modelling and Thermo-Hydraulic Performance Enhancement of Wavy Double Layered Microchannel Heat Sink With Height Tapering
Santanu Borah
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2020-2021
Investigation of Melting Phenomenon of PCM in Latent Heat Energy Storage System With Vertical Fins
Anirban Roy
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2021-2022
Estimation of Heat And Moisture Transfer During Steam Exposure Through Thermal Clothing And Skin Temperature Distribution
Parul Thapa
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2021-2022
Numerical Modelling of Bioheat Transfer through Human Skin for Hyperthermia Cancer Treatment
Aishik Dinda
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2022-2023
Melting Behaviour of Phase Change Material in Various Shapes Tube Heat Exchangers
Sourav Chatterjee
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2022-2023
Thermal Analysis of Protective Footwear under Extreme Cold Environment
Plabita Bhuyan
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2023-2024
Weakly non-linear temporal instability analysis of viscous planar liquid sheet co-flowing with two viscous gas-streams in the presence of confinement considering initial varicose mode of disturbance
Lakhya Jyoti Bora
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2024-2025
CFD analysis of heat transfer and pressure drop for fin and tube heat exchanger with different shapes of tubes having inline and staggered arrangements
Mohd Zeeshan
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2015-2016
Optimal sizing and Techno-economic evaluation of Stand-alone hybrid renewable energy system for production building of Department of mechanical Engineering, NIT Silchar
Sachin Gangwar
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Co Supervisor : Dr. Agnimitra biswas
Academic Year : 2014-2015
Thermal analysis of porous fin subjected to variable thermo-physical parameters
Aaditya Chandel
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2014-2015
Analytical, experimental and computational predictions in performance and optimum design analysis of porous fins of various profiles
Subhasis Chakravarthy
Completed :
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2014-2015
Advancement in Firefighter Safety: A Novel Numerical Model for Predicting Thermal Damage and Establishing Safety Criteria
Jnanaranjan Acharya
Completed :
7 March 2025
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Co Supervisor : Prof. R. D. Misra
Academic Year : 2019-2020
Numerical Analysis of Latent Heat Thermal Storage for Thermo-Heightened Performance
Pallab Bhattacharjee
Completed :
8 January 2024
Supervisor : Dr. Sujit Nath
Co Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2017-2018
Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Optimum Orientation of Fin Arrayed Heat Sinks
Pabitra Kumar Mandal
Completed :
6 May 2022
Supervisor : Prof. S. C. Rana
Co Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2016-2017
Evaluation of Thermal Performance and Geometric Optimization of T-shaped and Fork-shaped Fins Subjected to Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer
Saheera Azmi Hazarika
Completed :
15 May 2021
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2015-2016
Modelling of Atomization by Disintegration of Liquid Sheet of Inviscid, Viscous and Viscoelastic Fluid
Debayan Dasgupta
Completed :
10 March 2021
Supervisor : Dr. Sujit Nath
Co Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2015-2016
Determination of Optimum Design Parameters for the Thermal Performance of Porous Fins of Various Shapes Using Swarm Intelligence
Tuhin Deshamukhya
Completed :
28 May 2020
Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2014-2015
Computational Investigation for System Performance Enhancement of Heat Sink with Perforated Pin Fins
Ambarish Majhi
Completed :
11 January 2019
Supervisor : Prof. P. K. Patowari
Co Supervisor : Dipankar Bhanja
Academic Year : 2014-2015
APPARATUS FOR FRICTION STIR PROCESSING OF MATERIALS
“A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”
India
Patent
Registration ID, 411003-001
APPARATUS FOR FRICTION STIR PROCESSING OF MATERIALS, (**GRANTED**)
SMART BATTERY MANAGEMENT AND COOLING DEVICE
“A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”
India
Patent
Registration ID, 475041-001
SMART BATTERY MANAGEMENT AND COOLING DEVICE, (**GRANTED**)
ENERGY-EFFICIENT THERMAL INSULATION AND HEAT TRANSFER CONTROL DEVICE FOR WALLS
“A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”
India
Patent
Registration ID, 475047-001
ENERGY-EFFICIENT THERMAL INSULATION AND HEAT TRANSFER CONTROL DEVICE FOR WALLS, (**GRANTED**)
