Dr. Arnab Sarkar

Professor
Department/School/Unit Name
Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT(BHU)
Phone No(s): 08953829592
Email: arnab.mec@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Wind Climate Modeling, Renewable Energy, Hybrid System, Microfluidics

Dr Arnab Sarkar received two Gold Medals in his Master of Mechanical Engineering at Jadavpur University in 2003 for being topper in the department as well as in the faculty of engineering and technology. He was also a DAAD Doctoral Fellow at Ruhr-University Bochum Germany from 2007-09. He started his teaching career at the department of Mechanical Engineering in erstwhile IT-BHU in 2004. Subsequently, he became Associate Professor in 2016. He along with his colleagues also established Centre for Energy and Resources Development which is a Centre of Excellence under FAST scheme of MHRD.

He taught several courses both in undergraduate and postgraduate levels such as Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Non-conventional Energy Resources, Power Plant, Turbo Machines, Applied Thermodynamics, Universal Human Values, Advanced Thermodynamics, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Bio-transport Mechanism and Gas Dynamics.

Dr. Sarkar's research interests lie on the broad area of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. At present, he is working on the application of fluid mechanics related to renewable energy harvesting and biomicrofluidics which results publications in highly cited journals such as Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Talanta, Physics of Fluids, Analyst, Biomicrofluidics, Microchemical Journal, Energy, Renewable Energy, Hydrogen Energy, Journal of Energy Storage, Fuel etc. He has published 42 articles in SCI/SCIE journals and investigated many projects so far as PI with a total budget of approximately 3 crores from various funding agencies such as BRNS, BIS, IDAPT, MHRD, DST, SERB, CST UP etc. Under SERB FIRE scheme he is currently collaborating with General Electrics. He has also presented almost 30 articles in various national and international conferences.

He delivered his Key Note addresses in many institutions of national importance such as IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU), NIT Hamirpur, NIT Patna, NIT Silchar, NIT Meghalaya etc. He was the invited speaker in JDS, 2019 and F&R Energy, 2020 which was held in Nancy, France and Huston, TX, USA respectively. He is the Reviewer of many prestigeous journals such as Energy, Applied Energy, Energy Conversion and Management, Physics of Fluids, Scientific Reports (Nature) etc. The certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing has also been awarded to him by Energy journal (Elsevier). He is the Editor of Frontiers in Built Environment and is also becoming Guest Editor of Energies. Through his energy related projects, he is exploring wind energy harvesting and is integrating the same with other renewable energy resources such as solar and biomass for sustainable power supply to the gridlines. He is also estimaing wind loading to energy related structures such as stacks, cooling towetrs and so on through computational simulation supported by experimental studies including fabrication of physical simulator of cyclone. Off late, he has developed a new BIS code (IS 18315) for estimating cyclonic factor.

He is also the Principal Investigator of an MoE project under STARS scheme related to energy efficient pathology. In collaboration with IIT Kharagpur, he has recently established the proof of concept of the laboratory scale prototype of a Complete Blood Count (CBC) test kit on a portable spinning disc under energy efficient paradigm which has been covered by most of the leading newspapers and media channels such as Financial Express, Times Now, Economic Times, The Hitavada, The Week, Amar Ujala, Sakshi, Business Standard, Millennium Post, Express Healthcare, Anandabazar Patrika, Zee News etc. In this regard, he also filed patent entitled 'A Point of Care System Comprising Blood/Body Fluid Counting Kit' along with his coresearchers. For this research his team is the recipient of Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award. In order to implement his DST project, his team is developing a portable spinning disc for estimating concentrations of different vitamins and minerals in blood plasma along with hemoglobin and plasma glucose by combining electrochemical and optical sensors, which is the need of the hour for effective monitoring of women's health during different stages of pregnancy specially in this pandemic situation. In a nutshell, the focus of this research is the establishment of a novel diagnostic delivery model enabled by disruptive technology for better healthcare at lower cost and validate the same through case studies combining empowerment of underserved population as human resources with niche diagnostic technology where paper based microfluidic platforms and spinning disc augmented by AI/ML are tools to establish the proposition of better care at lower cost. His team is also developing novel economic and business models for further commercialization of those portable microfluidic devices.

Dr. Sarkar is also the recipient of the Best Teacher Award in 2021 from IIT (BHU), Varanasi. He is the only faculty member from the department of mechanical engineering of IIT (BHU) who is the winner of Research Excellence Fellowship from 1994 alumni of IIT (BHU) in 2022. Again in 2023, he was conferred the Best Teacher Award for his postgraduate teaching and research.

 

 

 

  • 2018-19,PostDoctoral Research, School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur
  • 2012 –PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University (2 years full time research has been carried out at Ruhr-University Bochum Germany as DAAD Doctoral Fellow under 'Sandwich' model)

  • 2003 – M.Tech, Mechanical Engineering (Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics Engineering), Jadavpur University,  88.35 % (Gold Medalist)   
  • 2001 - B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Kalyani Govt. Engineering College (University of Kalyani), 78.96 %

Ph.D. Thesis Guided:

Completed: G.K. Gugliani, R.K. Singh, V.K. Sonker, A.S. Pareta, M. Prakash, R. Ram, N. Gautam (Submitted)

Ongoing: D. Kumar, A. Ranjan, S. Kumar, A.C. Kashyap, H.K. Yadav, M.N. Gupta, V. Verma, M. Srivastava, D.M. Yenurkar, S. Ahmed

M.Tech./M.Tech.(IDD) Thesis Guided: 34 (Completed) + 4 (Ongoing)

Research Publication data
 
Journal Papers published: 41 Published + 1 Under Revision
Conference Papers published: 30

 

Further publications:

  1. Publications with peer review process

  1. Ram, R., Kumar, D., Paik, P., Sarkar, A. (2023): A simple and low-cost paper based device for simultaneous determination of hematocrit and hemoglobin in point-of-care settings, Physics of Fluids, 35, pp 122006, IF 4.1
  2. Gautam, N., Verma, R., Ram, R., Singh, J., Sarkar, A. (2023): Development of a biodegradable microfluidic paper-based device for blood plasma separation integrated with non-enzymatic electrochemical detection of ascorbic acid, Talanta, 266, pp 125019 , IF 5.6
  3. Ram, R., Kumar, D., Sarkar, A. (2022): A smartphone-integrated portable rotating platform for estimation of concentration level of plasma-creatinine using whole human blood, Talanta, 253, pp 123960, IF 5.6
  4. Agarwal, R., Sarkar, A., Bhowmik, A., Mukherjee, D., Chakraborty, S. (2020): A portable spinning disc for complete blood count (CBC), Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 150, pp 111935, IF 10.7
  5. Chattopadhyay, S., Ram, R., Sarkar, A., Chakraborty, S. (2022): Smartphone-based automated estimation of plasma creatinine from finger-pricked blood on a paper strip via single-user step sample-to-result integration, Measurement, 199, pp 111492, IF 5.2
  6. Chattopadhyay, S., Ram, R., Sarkar, A., Dutta, G., Chakraborty, S. (2021): Reagent-free hemoglobin estimation on a spinning disc, Microchemical Journal, 168, pp 106463, IF 4.9
  7. Kumar, D., Ram, R., Sarkar, A. (2024): A smartphone enabled low-cost portable centrifuge integrated with a simple paper-based device for the estimation of plasma-albumin concentration, Microchemical Journal, 197, pp 109822, IF 4.9
  8. Agarwal, R., Sarkar, A., Chakraborty, S. (2019): Interplay of Coriolis effect with rheology results in unique blood dynamics on a compact disc, Analyst, 144, pp 3782-3789 IF 3.6
  9. Poddar, S., Parasa, M. K., Vajanthri, K. Y., Chaudhary, A., Pancholi, U. V., Sarkar, A., Singh, A.K., Mahto, S.K. (2019): Low density culture of mammalian primary neurons in compartmentalized microfluidic devices. Biomedical Microdevices, 21, pp 1-9, IF 3.4
  10. Kumar, S., Ram, R., Sarkar, A., Dasgupta, S., Chakraborty, S. (2020): Rapid determination of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) by an electrically driven blood droplet biosensor, Biomicrofluidics, 14, pp 064108 IF 3.2
  11. Agarwal, R., Sarkar, A., Paul, S., Chakraborty, S. (2019): A portable rotating disc as blood rheometer, Biomicrofluidics, 13, pp 064120, IF 3.2
  12. Gautam, N., Chattopadhyay, S., Kar, S., Sarkar, A. (2023): Real-time detection of plasma-ferritin by electrochemical biosensor developed for biomedical analysis, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 235, pp 115579, IF 3.1
  13. Ram, R., Gautam, N., Paik, P., Kumar, S., Sarkar, A. (2022): A novel and low-cost smartphone integrated paper-based sensor for measuring starch adulteration in milk, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 26, pp 103, IF 2.3
  14. Gautam, N., Ram, R., Bishnoi, V., Sarkar, A. (2023): A low-cost and disposable capillary-based paper sensor for measuring blood-plasma viscosity using a smartphone app, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 27, pp 41, IF 2.3
  15. Misra, N.*, Sarkar, A., Srinivas, A., Kapusetti, G. (2012): Study of blood viscosity at low shear rate and its flow through viscoelastic tubes and ducts. Indian Journal of Physics, 86, pp 89-96, IF1.6
  16. Srivastava, M., Sarkar, J., Sarkar, A., Maheshwari, N.K., Antony, A. (2024): Thermo-economic feasibility study to utilize ORC technology for waste heat recovery from Indian nuclear power plants, Energy, 298, pp 131338, IF 9.0
  17. Singh, R.K., Chakraborty, J.P., Sarkar, A. (2020): Optimizing the torrefaction of pigeon pea stalk (cajanus cajan) using response surface methodology (RSM) and characterization of solid, liquid and gaseous products, Renewable Energy, 155, pp 677-690, IF 9.0
  18. Singh, R.K., Sarkar, A., Chakraborty, J.P. (2020): Effect of torrefaction on the physicochemical properties of eucalyptus derived biofuels: estimation of kinetic parameters and optimizing torrefaction using response surface methodology (RSM), Energy, 198, pp 117369, IF 9.0
  19. Singh, R.K., Sarkar, A., Chakraborty, J.P. (2019): Effect of torrefaction on the physicochemical properties of pigeon pea stalk (Cajanus cajan) and estimation of kinetic parameters, Renewable Energy, 138, pp 805-819, IF 9.0
  20. Prakash, M., Sarkar, A., Sarkar, J., Mondal, S.S., Chakraborty, J.P., Sahoo, R.R. (2019):  Performance assessment of novel biomass gasification based CCHP systems integrated with syngas production, Energy, 167, pp 379-390, IF 9.0
  21. Sonker, V.K., Chakraborty, J.P., Sarkar, A. (2022): Development of a frugal solar still using phase change material and nanoparticles integrated with commercialization through a novel economic model, Journal of Energy Storage, 51, pp 104569, IF 8.9
  22. Singh, R.K., Jena, K., Chakraborty, J.P., Sarkar, A. (2020): Energy and exergy analysis for torrefaction of pigeon pea stalk (Cajanus cajan) and eucalyptus (eucalyptus tereticornis), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45, pp 18922-18936, IF 8.1
  23. Srivastava, M., Sarkar, J., Sarkar, A., Maheshwari, N.K., Antony, A. (2023): Techno-economic and 4E comparisons of various thermodynamic power cycles for low-medium grade heat recovery, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 178, pp 528-539, IF 6.9
  24. Singh, R.K., Shrivastava, D.K., Sarkar, A., Chakraborty, J.P. (2020): Co-pyrolysis of eucalyptus and sodium polyacrylate: optimization and synergistic effect, Fuel, 277, pp 118115, IF 6.7
  25. Singh, R.K., Sarkar, A. (2023): Pyrolysis of torrefied crop residue: Optimization using response surface methodology and benefits of bio-char in co-combustion with coal, Industrial Crops and Products, 199, pp 116786, IF 5.6
  26. Sonker, V.K., Chakraborty, J.P., Sarkar, A., Singh, R.K. (2019): Solar distillation using three different phase change materials stored in a copper cylinder, Energy Reports, 5, pp 1532-1542, IF 4.7
  27. Srivastava, M., Sarkar, J., Sarkar, A., Maheshwari, N.K., Antony, A. (2023): 4E analysis and optimization of novel ejector-enhanced organic Rankine cycles by introducing new economic models, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 41, pp 101855, IF 5.1
  28. Sonker, V.K., Singh, R.K., Chakraborty, J.P., Sarkar, A. (2020): Performance assessment of a passive solar still integrated with thermal energy storage and nanoparticle stored in copper cylinders, International Journal of Energy Research, 45, pp 2856-2869, IF 5.1
  29. Kumar, N., Karmakar, S., Kumar, D., Sarkar, A., & Zairov, R. (2024). Energy Conversion through Hybrid Renewable Energy System (HRES) from Solid Waste and Its Economic Assessment. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 1-19, IF 3.1
  30. Singh, R.K., Sarkar, A., Chakraborty, J.P. (2018): Influence of alternate fuels on the performance and emission from internal combustion engines and soot particle collection using thermophoretic sampler: a comprehensive review. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 10, pp 2801-2823, IF 3.1
  31. Pareta, A.S., Singh, P.K., Sarkar, A., Panda, S.K. (2023): Quasi-static indentation damage mechanics of PU foam core reinforced with fly ash particulate, Journal of Cellular Plastics, 59, pp 47-63, IF 3.0
  32. Gugliani, G.K., Sarkar, A., Ley, C., Matsagar, V. (2021): Identification of optimum wind turbine parameters for varying wind climates using a novel month-based turbine performance index, Renewable Energy, 171, pp 902-914, IF 9.0
  33. Deep, S., Sarkar, A., Ghawat, M., Rajak, M.K. (2020): Estimation of the wind energy potential for coastal locations in India using the Weibull model, Renewable Energy, 161, pp 319-339, IF 9.0
  34. Gugliani, G.K., Sarkar, A., Ley, C., Mandal, S. (2018): New methods to access wind resources in terms of wind speed, load, power and direction, Renewable Energy, 129, pp 168-182, IF 9.0
  35. Prakash, M., Sarkar, A., Sarkar, J., Mondal, S.S., Chakraborty, J.P. (2017): Proposal and design of a new biomass based syngas production system integrated with combined heat and power generation, Energy, 133, pp 986-997, IF 9.0
  36. Yadav, H.K., Yadav, S., Gupta, M.N., Sarkar, A., Sarkar, J. (2024): Diurnal variations in wind power density analysis for optimal wind energy integration in different Indian sites, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 64, pp 103744, IF 7.1
  37. Gugliani, G.K., Sarkar, A., Mandal, S., Agrawal, V. (2017):  Location wise comparison of mixture distributions for assessment of wind power potential: A parametric study, International Journal of Green Energy, 14, pp 737-753, IF 3.3
  38. Sarkar, A., Deep, S., Datta, D., Vijaywargiya, A., Roy, R., Phanikanth, V.S. (2019): Weibull and Generalized Extreme Value Distributions for Wind Speed Data Analysis of Some Locations in India, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 23, pp 3476-3492, IF 2.2
  39. Gugliani, G.K., Sarkar, A., Bhadani, S., Mandal, S. (2019): A Novel Approach for Accurate Assessment of Design Wind Speed for Variable Wind Climate, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 23, pp 608-623, IF 2.2
  40. Sarkar, A., Gugliani, G., Deep, S. (2017): Weibull model for wind speed data analysis of different locations in India, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 21, pp 2764-2776, IF 2.2
  41. Sarkar, A., Kumar, N., Mitra, D. (2014): Extreme wind climate modeling of some locations in India for the specification of the design wind speed of structures, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 18, pp 1496-1504, IF 2.2            
  42. Gupta M. N., Yadav H.K., Sarkar J. , Rajak M. K., Sarkar A. (2024): Revisiting Design Wind Speed and Cyclonic Factor for East Coast of India, Structures. IF 3.9
  1. Submitted publications with peer review process
  1. Gupta, M.N., Yadav, H.K., Sarkar, J., Sarkar, A.*: Modelling approach and predictive assessment of wind energy potential and turbine selection for Ahmedabad site. (publisher's acknowledgement of receipt enclosed)
  2. Gautam, N., Verma, R., Muduli, P., Kar, S., Sarkar, A.*: Quantification of Creatinine on Paper-based Devices from Whole Blood using RGB Sensor. (publisher's acknowledgement of receipt enclosed)
  3. Sonker, V.K., Sharma, P., Ram, R., Sarkar, A.*: CFD Simulation on the Influence of PCM and Nanoparticle Stored in Copper Cylinders within a Solar Still. (publisher's acknowledgement of receipt enclosed)
  4. Gupta, M.N., Yadav, H.K., Sarkar, J., Rajak, M.K., Sarkar, A.*: Revisiting Design Wind Speed and Cyclonic Factor for East Coast of India. (publisher's acknowledgement of receipt enclosed)
  1. Publications without peer review process
  1. Yadav, S.*, Yadav, H.K., Gupta, M.N., Sarkar, A. (2024): Assessing Monthly and seasonal Wind Power Potential in North India: A comparative Analysis of Various Location. International Conference on Futuristic Advancements in Materials, Manufacturing and Thermal Sciences, January 2024.
  2. Gautam, N., and Sarkar, A.* (2023): Energy Efficient Pathology on a Portable Spinning Disc Proceedings of the 7th Edition of Global Energy Meet (GEM - 2023), Boston, MA, March 2023.
  3. Gautam, N., Sarkar, A.* (2023): A Portable Paper-based Viscometer for Measurement of Plasma Viscosity. Proceedings of the 9th Nanotech and Nanomaterials Research Conference, Rome, Italy, June 2023.
  4. Sarkar, A.* (2020): Wind Resources Assessment through Wind Data Modeling. Proceedings of the  4th International Conference on Fossil & Renewable Energy, Houston, TX, USA, February 2020 (Invited Speaker).
  5. Sarkar, A.*, Gugliani, G. (2019): Extreme Value Statistics for Specification of Design Aerodynamic Coefficient. JDS, Nancy, France, June 2019.
  6. Sonker, V.K., Sarkar, A., Chakraborty, J.P.* (2019): Single slope solar still productivity enhancement using phase change material and CuO nanoparticle. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference/2nd European Symposium on Nanofluids, Jaume I University Castello, Valencia, Spain, June 2019.
  7. Singh, R.K., Sarkar, A.*, Chakraborty, J.P. (2018): Effect of torrefaction on the physicochemical properties of piegeon pea stalk (cajanus cajan), TCS 2018, Alabama, USA, October 2018.
  8. Singh, R.K., Sarkar, A., Chakraborty, J.P.* (2017): A review on gasification of torrefied biomass. International Conference on Challenges in Sustainable Development from Energy and Environment Perspective, Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, March 2017.
  9. Gugliani, G.K., Sarkar, A.*, Gupta, A., Mandal, S., Prince. (2017): Determination of cyclonic factor in different wind zones of India. Proceedings of the 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, December 2017.
  10. Sarkar, A.* (2017): Extreme value statistics for specification of design wind load. ICET: EITM-2017, NIT, Hamirpur, December 2017 (Key Note Speaker).
  11. Gugliani, G., Srivastava, A., Singh, K.D., Narwal, N., Sarkar, A.*, Mandal, S. (2016): Time series analysis of wind speed data: a stochastic approach. Proceedings of the 8th National Conference on Wind Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, December 2016.
  12. Sarkar, A.*Gugliani, G., Agrawal, V., Mitra, D. (2015): Wind climate modeling of India for specification of design wind and fatigue load. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Porto Alegre, Brazil, June 2015.
  13. Sarkar, A.*, Mahato, J., Mitra, D. (2013): Specification of design wind speed for cyclone events in India. Proceedings of the 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai, India, December 2013, 1354-1361.
  14. Sarkar, A.*, Singh, A.K. (2013): Wind climate modeling for estimation of along wind load. Proceedings of the 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai, India, December 2013, 1342-1353.
  15. Sarkar, A.* (2013): Study of wind induced actions on slender structures using Weibull and generalized extreme value distribution. Workshop on Wind Disaster Management-Challenges Ahead, Royal Group of Institutions, Guwahati, February 2013 (Invited Speaker).
  16. Sarkar, A.*, Kumar, N., Mandal, S. (2012): Specification of Design Wind Speed due to Monsoon Gale. Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Wind Engineering, CSIR – Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi, India, December 2012.
  17. Sarkar, A.* (2012): Wind climatology for the specification of design wind load and wind energy potential. Identification of Issues for Sustainable Urban Built-Environment through Symposium of Indo German Experts, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, October 2012 (Invited Speaker as an Indian Expert).
  18. Sarkar, A.* (2012): Quality criteria of psudo-random number generators. National Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation, Department of Applied Mathematics, IIT(BHU), March 2012.
  19. Sarkar, A., Kasperski, M.* (2009): Weibull parameters for wind speed distribution in India. Proceedings of the 5th National Conference on Wind Engineering. NIT Surat, November 2009, 134-158.
  20. Sarkar, A.* (2007): Study of chimney induced pollution. National Conference on Air Pollution and Health Effects, UGC – Academic Staff College, BHU, March 2007.
  21. Sarkar, A.* (2007): Application of academic research in industry forum. National Seminar-cum-Workshop Series on Research Methodologies and Communication Skills, UGC-Academic Staff College, BHU, March 2007.
  22.  Sarkar, A.*, Siva Krishna, S., Mitra, D. (2007): Vibration Analysis of High Speed Cars due to Wind Loading in Costal Terrain for Straight and Curved Tracks. All India Seminar on Energy: The Future Scenario, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, March 2007.
  23. Sarkar, A.*, Siva Krishna, S., Mitra, D. (2006): Estimation of Proper Pitch and Yaw Angles for High Speed Cars. Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference on Wind Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, January 2006.
  24. Sarkar, A.*, Mondal, S. S., Mitra, D. (2006): Drag and Cooling of a Building due to Wind. Proceedings of the 18th National & 7th ISHMT-ASME Conference on Heat and Mass Transfer, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India, January 2006.
  25. Sarkar, A.*,   Mitra, D., Mazumder, A., Bhattacharya, S. (2005): Estimation of proper pitch angle of high speed cars. Proceedings of the 14th ISME International Conference on Mechanical Engineering in Knowledge Age Organizer: Indian Society of Mechanical Engineering and Delhi College of Engineering, December 2005.
  26. Sarkar, A.*, Mitra, D., Mazumder, A. (2003): Optimization of aerodynamic down-force for racing car. Proceedings of the 54th AGM & International Seminar-cum-Exhibition on “National Aviation – Challenges & Perspective”, Organizer: Aeronautical Society of India, January 2003.
  27. Sarkar, A., Repaka, R., Dan, S., Das, R.R., Mitra, D.*, Bhattacharya, S. (2002): Experimental Study of Flow Past Sharp-Edged Bluff Bodies at Different Angles. Proceedings of the 29th National & 2nd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India, December 2002.    

  1.  Patents
  1. Agarwal, R., Bhowmik, A., Sarkar, A., Mukherjee, D., Chakraborty, S*.: A Point of Care System Comprising Blood/Body Fluid Counting Kit. Submitted as: Indian Patent (Application No. 202031011940, application date 19.03.2020)
  2. Chattopadhyay, S., Ram, R., Sarkar, A., Chakraborty, S.*: A point of care system comprising reagent-free hemoglobin estimation kit. Submitted as: Indian Patent (Application No. 21655, application date 30.04.2022)

 

Invited Magazine Articles

 

  1. Sarkar J, Sarkar A. Natural Ventilation and Clean Indoor Environment, Cooling India, 2017; Vol. 12, No. 10, p. 48.
  2. Sarkar J, Sarkar A. Wind Driven Ventilation: A Holistic Approach of Cooling, Cooling India, 2017; Vol. 13, No. 2, p. 40.

 
Conference Proceeding Edited
 
Mandal S, Kumar R, Maiti PR, Sarkar A, Prasad K, Kumar S. Proceedings of 8th National Conference on Wind Engineering, 2016.
 
Conference/Workshop Organized

1. International Workshop on Energy and Resources Development, May 2015, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Role: Convener
2. 8th National Conference on Wind Engineering, December 2016, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Role: Organizing Secretary and Treasurer
 
Technology Transfer
 
Developed and transferred technology regarding cyclonic factor to Beauro of Indian Standard (BIS) for the revision of IS 15498 (Guidelines for improving the cyclonic resistance of low-rise houses and other buildings) and Dr. Arnab Sarkar has been included as a member of IS 15498 of CED 57 for implementing the revision of the code.
 
Membership of Professional Bodies
 

  1. Indian Society for Wind Engineering
  2. International Association of Wind Engineering
  3. Association of Engineers
  4. Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers

 
Reviewer
 

Reviewer in Applied Energy (Elsevier), Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier), Energy (Elsevier), Wind Energy (Wiley), Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, Journal of King Saud Arabia (Elsevier), International Journal of Sediment Research (Elsevier), Internal Journal of Civil Engineering (Springer), International Journal of Advanced Structural Engineering (Springer), International Journal of Green Energy (Taylor & Francis), International Journal of Ambient Research (Taylor & Francis), Defence Science Journal), Wind and Structure (Techno Press), International Journal of Energy Research (Wiley), International Journal of Energy and Water Resources (Springer), International Journal of Exergy (Inderscience), Scientific Reports (Nature), Results in Engineering (Elsevier), Physics of Fluid (AIP)

 
 

International level:

  • DAAD Scholarship Awardee, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, 2007-2009
  • Stibet (DAAD), 2008 Teaching Assistanceship Awardee for conducting special seminar classes for the subject, ‘Safety and Reliability of Engineering Structures’ in English-speaking Master’s course of Computational Engineering from October, 2008 to January, 2009.
  • Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, October 2018 from Energy (Elsevier)

 
National level:

  • Best Teacher Award at IIT (BHU), Varanasi in 2023.
  • 1994 Research Excellence Fellowship (Amount: Rs. 20000/- pm) at IIT (BHU), Varanasi, in 2022.
  • Best Teacher Award at IIT (BHU), Varanasi in 2021.
  • Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award, in Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) in 2021.
  • Received Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship from IIT, Kharagpur (2018-2020).
  • Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing in Energy Journal, Elsevier, in 2018.
  • Received DAAD Fellowship from DAAD, Germany (2007-2009).
  • Received Stibet (DAAD) Teaching Assistantship Award from DAAD, Germany in 2008.
  • Received University Gold  Medal from Jadavpur University in 2003.
  • Received Sarojini Radhakanta Memorial Gold Centred Silver Medal from Jadavpur University in 2003.
  • Received National Scholarship from the National Scholarship Scheme in 1995.

 

Post Graduate:  Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Gas Dynamics, Non-Conventional Energy Resources

Under Graduate:  Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Thermodynamics

Curriculum Developed:  Wind Power Meteorology, Wind Engineering and Building Aerodynamics

  • Warden, Limbdi Hostel, 2013-18
  • Convener, Creative Practices, 2015-2018
  • Lab In Charge, Fluid Mechanics & Renewable Energy, from 2011-24
  • Secretary, Faculty Committee, 2015-2018
  • In Charge, Time Table Committee, Mechanical Engineering, 2016-21
  • Member, Purchase Committee, Mechanical Engineering, 2021-22
  • Chairman, M.Tech. Program on Additive Manufacturing, 2022
  • Member, FIST 2022 Project Implementation Committee, Mechanical Engineering, 2022
  • Member of CED 57, Bureau of Indian Standards, 2016-24
  • Convener, DPGC, Mechanical Engineering, 2022-24
  • Member, Departmental Faculty Affairs Committee, 2023-24

 Invited/Key Note Lecture
 

  1. Wind climatology for the specification of design wind load and wind energy potential, Identification of Issues for Sustainable Urban Built-Environment through Symposium of Indo German Experts (“Sustainable UBE”), October 2012, IIT, Delhi
  2. Study of wind induced actions on slender structures using Weibull and generalized extreme value distribution, International Workshop on Wind Disaster Management – Challenges Ahead, February 2013, Royal Group of Institutions, Guwahati
  3. Uncertainty Quantification of a Random Vitiate, Faculty Development Program on Nanofluid and Its Engineering Application, November 2017, IIT (BHU), Varanasi
  4. Extreme value statistics for specification of design aerodynamic coefficient, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering Innovations & Technology Management, December 2017, NIT, Hamirpur
  5. Wind Energy: Current and Future Perspective, Renewable Energy and Applications (REA-2018), December 2018, NIT, Patna
  6. Wind Power Meteorology: Wind Data Modeling for Wind Resources Assessment, Advances in Power Generation from Renewable Energy Sources (APGRES-2019), February 2019, Govt. Engineering College, Banswara, Rajasthan
  7. Faculty Development Program in Renewable Energy, Proposal and Design of Wind Power Driven Microfluidic Based Medical Diagnostic Device for Determining Hematocrit, May 2019, Bhagalpur College of Engineering
  8. International Conference on Innovations in Energy Management and Renewable Resources held during 5th to 7th February, 2021 at Institute of Engineering Management, Kolkata, Multiscale Air Modeling on Renewable Energy Harvesting and Energy Efficient POC Diagnostics
  9. AICTE approved QIP STC on "Mechanics of Advanced Composite Materials" from 9th to 13th February, 2021 jointly organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Civil Engineering, Development of a Portable POC Device for Anemia and Leukomia Detection using PMMA, IIT BHU, 2021
  10. AICTE ATAL FDP on "Advances in Clean Energy Conversion Technologies", Wind Resources Assessment through Meso-Micro Scale Coupling Approach, November 2022, NIT Silchar, Aasam
  11. VII international conference on "Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges" (VII-SEEC), Estimation of Wind Energy Potential through Weibull Statistics Integrated with Meso- Micro Scale Coupling Approach, December, 2022, IIT (BHU), Varanasi
  12. Special lecture in Centre for Robotics and Mechatronics, Harvesting Wind Energy Potential in Different Sites Integrated with Wind Turbine Selection through Statistical Simulation, NIT Meghalaya, 2023
  13. National Seminar on 'High Wind Effects on Structures' held on 27.10.2021 jointly organized by BIS, Study of Strong Winds with Particular Reference to Coastal Regions, New Delhi and IIT (BHU), Varanasi, 2021

Session Chair

  1. 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, Structural Engineering Research Centre, December 2013, Chennai, India
  2. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering Innovations & Technology Management, December 2017, NIT, Hamirpur
  3. Advances in Power Generation from Renewable Energy Sources (APGRES-2019), February 2019, Govt. Engineering College, Banswara, Rajasthan

Guest of Honor

1. Advances in Power Generation from Renewable Energy Sources (APGRES-2019), February 2019, Govt. Engineering College, Banswara, Rajasthan