Sarit Kumar Das | |
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Director at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar | |
In office April 2015 [1] –March 2021 | |
Preceded by | M K Surappa [2] |
Succeeded by | Dr Rajeev Ahuja |
Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Madras | |
In office 1995 –2015(on lien) [3] | |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Residence(s) | Roopnagar,Punjab,India |
Alma mater | Jadavpur University Sambalpur University |
Profession | Professor |
Known for | Heat transfer,Liquid Metal Heat Exchangers |
Website | Official website |
Sarit Kumar Das is an Institute professor of the department of mechanical engineering at IIT Madras. [3] He also held the position of Dean (Academic Research) at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He was the Director at IIT Ropar. [4] His research varies from a wide range of Heat transfer applications like nanofluids,biological heat transfer microfluidics and nanoparticle mediated drug delivery in cancer cells. [5] He is an elected fellow of National Academy of Sciences,India (NASI) [6] and Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE). [3]
He received his bachelor's degree and master's degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Jadavpur University,Kolkata,India in 1984 and 1987 respectively. He defended his PhD in 1994,from the Sambalpur University,Odisha,India. [5] He joined as post-doc fellow at Helmut Schmidt University,Hamburg from 1994 to 1995. [3]
Prof. Das joined as an assistant professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering,Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1995. He was the group leader at Heat Transfer and Thermal Power Lab. [7] He is associated with Department of Mechanical Engineering,Indian Institute of Technology Ropar as a professor. [4] He also serves as the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Micro/Nanoscale Transport [8]