Prof. Sarit K. Das is an Institute Professor at the IIT , Madras. He is the first occupant of the V. Balakrishnan Chair Professorship and also a Mechanical Engineering Professor. He is the former Director of IIT, Ropar. He is also the former Dean (Academic Research) of IIT Madras.
Prof. Das studied at the Jadavpur University, NIT Rourkela and the Helmut Schmidt University of Hamburg, Germany. The research group of Prof. Sarit K. Das works on various aspects of thermo fluidics like heat and mass transfer in industrial equipment such as heat exchangers and fuel cells, multiphase flow and energy conversion. Water management in PEM fuel cells and thermal management of battery stack are the two active areas in this direction. The group specifically focuses on Micro-Nano scale processes and is known to be one of the leading groups on Nanofluids in the world. Another area of focus of the group is Bio-Micro fluidics, which are specifically conceptualized to mimic human physiological conditions. The focus is to use this for medical diagnostics, a platform for drug delivery and understanding physiological and pathological states related to cardiovascular diseases and cancer. The group has also started working on thermal desalination techniques such as Multiflash and HDH (Humidification and Dehumidification) systems.
Prof. Das is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (NASI) and the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). He was a Peabody Visiting Professor at MIT, Cambridge and a visiting Professor – at Lund University, Sweden. He is conferred with the prestigious India Citation Awards 2012 by Thomson Reuters. He has published more than 350 research articles and five books. He is the most cited mechanical engineer of the nation. Prof. Das is a member of the editorial boards of Heat Transfer Engineering, Taylor & Francis Publishers, a former Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Micro-Nano Scale Transport, Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd, UK. and a Former Member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Heat Exchangers, Edward Publishers, USA. In 2021, he received the Lifetime Achievement Research Award from IIT Madras.
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