Awards

1. Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) Fellowship from Universities Canada for pursuing Postdoctoral studies at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Burnaby, Canada for one year (September 2019 – September 2020).   
2. Research paper titled Parametric and Performance Investigations on Novel Multipurpose Liquid Desiccant Drying/Desalination System was among the 15 high-class papers shortlisted from the extended abstratcts of the ICP 2019 conference held at Kyushu University, Japan for a special issue in the prestigious journal “Heat Transfer Engineering (HTE)”.
3. CCSTDS (2019) travel fellowship award for Young Scientist/Research Scholar from INSA/CSIR/DAE-BRNS-CCSTDS for attending international conference (ICP 2019) held at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.    
4. Research paper titled Energy, Exergy and Entransy Analyses of Liquid Desiccant Regenerator was among the 20 high-class papers shortlisted from the extended abstratcts of the ISHPC 2017 conference held at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan for a special issue in the prestigious journal “International Journal of Refrigeration (IJR)”.
5. SERB – ITS Travel Grant (2017) for Young Scientist/Research Scholar from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India for attending international conference (ISHPC 2017) held at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
6. Received honorarium for working in a consultancy project, “Assessment of various energy saving techniques in HVAC systems employed in CPL” from Cadila pharmaceuticals Pvt. Limited (CPL) during the year 2017.
7. Received Merit Recognition Award for good performance in the 7^th NIIT National I.T Aptitude test conducted in the year 2011.
8. Received Merit Award for good performance in XII (HSC) from Visakhapatnam steel plant thrift & credit society limited during the year 2008.
9. Received222 Merit Award for good performance in XII (HSC) from Visakhapatnam steel plant thrift & credit society limited during the year 2008.

Scholarships received

1. Research Assistantship from MHRD, Government of India, for the period July 2014 to June 2019.
2. Teaching Assistantship (TA), from MHRD, Government of India, for the period June 2012 to May 2014.

Professional responsibilities

1. Student’s activity chair & CWC Member for ISHRAE Guwahati sub – chapter during April 2017 – March 2018.
2. K – 12 chair & CWC Member for ISHRAE Guwahati sub – chapter during April 2016 – March 2017.
3. PG Senator at IIT Guwahati during` April 2015 – March 2016.

Research Interests

Numerical and experimental investigations on energy efficient thermal systems, Design and performance optimization of thermal systems, developing novel materials for mobile thermal energy storage applications.

Experimental Expertise

Sorption based absorption heat transformer, Flat plate/evacuated tube solar collectors, cooling tower, air cooled and water cooled condensers, evaporator, heat exchanger design and vapor compression refrigeration system.   

Software Skills

Matlab – Simulink, Comsol Multiphysics, Design of Experiments (DOE) and AutoCAD.