Prof. Amitava Datta
Present Designation:
Professor, Jadavpur UniversityAreas 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
INAE Section Affiliated
III: Mechanical Engineering
Year of Election to Fellowship
2020
Year of Birth
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