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Prof. Amitava Datta

Present Designation:

Professor, Jadavpur University

Areas of Interest:

  • Combustion and atomization
  • Heat Transfer
  • Energy
  • Biomass Gasification
  • Applications of CFD

Specialisation:

  • Thermal Engineering

Major Professional Contributions:

  • Acted as Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Jadavpur University from 2011-18
  • Acted as Head of the Department of Power Engineering, Jadavpur University from 2016-2020
  • Acted as Reviewer of several frontline International Journals. like Fuel, Energy, Combustion and Flame, Combustion Theory and Modeling etc.
  • International Expert of Russian Science Federation

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Education

  • PhD: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; Title of Thesis: Hydrodynamics of Swirl Spray Pressure Atomizer and Thermal-dynamics of Gas Turbine Combustor, Supervisor: Prof. S.K. Som
  • Master of Mechanical Engineering (MME): Jadavpur University
  • Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BME): Jadavpur University

Awards and Recognitions

  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany
  • Shiksharatna (Outstanding Teacher Award) 2017, presented by the Government of West Bengal
  • Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences [ICITFES – 2020] NIT Rourkela, India, 10-12 February 2020
  • Best Paper Award, in 19th International Conference on Thermal Power and Thermal Energy, Singapore, 2017
  • P.K. Sarma Best Paper Award, 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC), Hyderabad, December, 2017
  • Best Paper award in Combustion, 22nd National Conference on I.C.Engine and Combustion, , Combustion Institute, Indian Chapter,  NIT Calicut, 2011
  • VMK Sastry Best Poster Award, 19th National & 8th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, JNTU Hyderabad, January, 2008
  • Best Paper award in Combustion, 19th National Conference on I.C.Engine and Combustion, Combustion Institute, Indian Chapter, Annamalai University, 2005
  • Jadavpur University Gold Medal for standing 1st in order of merit in the Master of Mechanical Engineering (MME) examination in 1992
  • Certificate of Merit from the CMD, NTPC for performance in the Engineering Executive Training Programme, 1989

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INAE Section Affiliated

III: Mechanical Engineering

Year of Election to Fellowship

2020

Year of Birth

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