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Biography
Funded Projects

Ongoing

Project Implementation Group

  1. Sustainable technologies for water recovery and energy harvesting - DST FIST (2021-2026) - Rs. 68,00,000

Completed

Principal Investigator

  1. Simulating 610 mm TATA-JK dense medium cyclone – R&D TATA Steel (2019-2021)– Rs. 19,11,600/-

  2. Optimization of hydrocyclone design for efficient separation of iron ore slimes - NIT Calicut (FRG) (2019-2021) – Rs. 5,00,000/-

Patents (Granted)

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Indian

Narasimha Mangadoddy, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Mayank Kumar, Asha Kumari A. V., Nanda N. K., Rajan Kumar, Siva Kumar Raparla, Sreedhar G. E., Dense medium cyclone for near gravity coal fraction separation - 445438

Patents (Filed)

PCT

Narasimha Mangadoddy, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Mayank Kumar, Asha Kumari A. V., Nanda N. K., Rajan Kumar, Siva Kumar Raparla, Sreedhar G. E., Dense medium cyclone for near gravity coal fraction separation - PCT/IB2019/055279

Invited Talks

  • CFD-DEM Modelling of Fluidized beds, UGC Sponsored Two-Week Online Refresher Course on Advances in Thermal Engineering and Their Applications, Department of Mechanical Engineering, JNTU Hyderabad, 20th January – 1st February, 2025

  • Multiphase modelling of Cyclone Separators, UGC Sponsored Two-Week Online Refresher Course on Advances in Thermal Engineering and Their Applications, Department of Mechanical Engineering, JNTU Hyderabad, 20th January – 1st February, 2025

  • CFD Applications in Chemical processing industries, Webinar Lecture Series on Emerging Trends and Applications in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering in association with Institute Innovation Cell, Rajalakshmi Engineering College,  August 5, 2022.

  • Adoption of multiphase CFD models for hydrocyclone design modifications, Faculty Development Program on "Computational methods in Engineering: Applications in Research and Industry", Department of Chemical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Kozhikode, January 5-12, 2022.

  • Numerical Modelling of Fluidized Beds, Faculty Development Program on "Thermal Analysis in Multiphase Flows/Systems", Department of Mechanical Engineering, K L University, December 1-6, 2021.

  • Application of multiphase models for processing industries, "International Conference on innovations and challenges in Mechanical Engineering - 2021", Department of Mechanical Engineering, K L University, June 28-29, 2021.

  • Multiphase modelling of hydrocyclone at high feed solids content, "Mineral Processing Technology (MPT-2019) Conference", Hyderabad, December 16-18, 2019.

  • Turbulence Modeling of Cyclone Separators, GIAN course on “Advances in Combustion Modeling”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, March 4 – 9, 2019.

  • The role of Computational Fluid Dynamics in processing industries, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, IIChE VIT chapter, October 24, 2018.

Awards & Honors

  • Best presentation award in the 3rd International conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environment Engineering (INCEEE), November 24-25, 2023, NIT Warangal, India.

  • Third Best UG Innovative Project of the year 2022-23 on ‘Development of Automated Grafting Setup Among Solanaceae Species’, NIT Calicut

  • International Travel Support (ITS) by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to attend 12th International Conference on Fluidized Beds (CFB-12) in Krakow, Poland between May 23-26, 2017

  • Reviewer for Separation and Purification Technology, Powder Technology, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery,  Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Journal of Physics, Particulate Science and Technology, Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research, Chemical Engineering and Technology.

  • Research Excellence Award for the years 2014, 2015 in the Department of chemical engineering, IIT Hyderabad

  • Bagged Special Consolation prize in technical Quiz at SCHEMCON-07 an international Chemfest organized by Annamalai University, Tamilnadu

Outreach Activities

Guest Editor

  • Multiphase Science and Technology - Begell House (For a Special issue on ICFTES'24 conference proceedings)

  • Chemical Engineering and Technology – Wiley (For a Special issue on ICFTES'22 conference proceedings)

  • Heat Transfer Engineering – Taylor & Francis (For a Special issue on ICFTES'22 conference proceedings)

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops Organized - Convener

  • 3 days Short Term Training Program (STTP) on Steady and Dynamic Simulation of Chemical Process Systems (SDSCP’25), May 14-16, 2025, NIT Calicut

  • 3 days STTP on Analytical Instrumentation (AIN 25), February 13-15, 2025, NIT Calicut.

  • 2nd International conference in Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES'24), from June 06-08, 202, NIT Calicut 

  • 1st International conference in Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES'22), from June 09-11, 2022, NIT Calicut

  • 5 days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Advanced Engineered Surfaces for Phase Change Heat Transfer Application (AESPHTA-21)” Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, 12th - 16th July, 2021

  • 3 days simulator training workshop on “Process Dynamics and Control” Department of Chemical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, 17th-19th March 2017

  • 2 days workshop on “Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)” Department of Chemical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, 11th and 12th February 2017

Additional Responsibilities

Departmental

  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Incharge (2025 - Till date)

  • Purchase Coordinator – (2024 – till date)

  • Time Table Coordinator - (2023-24 and 2024-25)

  • Plan Fund and DOC Incharge (2022-23)

  • Computational Lab Incharge (2022-2025)

  • Faculty Advisor: B.Tech batches of 2016-20, 2020-24, and 2024-28

  • B. Tech Project Evaluation Committee (2019 – Till date)

  • NIRF Coordinator (2021-22)

  • NBA Committee Member (2018-2021)

  • M. Tech Project Evaluation Committee (2018-19, 2020-21)

  • Liaison Officer - DAO (2023-24 and 2024-25)

  • Web Management and In-Charge of Information and Facilitations (2018-2021)

Institute

  • Associate Dean Students' Welfare (2024-Till date)

  • Member of the Centre for Quality Assurance & Enhancement (CQAE) (2024-till date)

  • Member of the Center for Industry Institute Relations (CIIR) (2022-2025)

  • National Academic Depository (NAD) Co-Coordinator (2022-2024)

  • Warden - MBH-II (2022-23)

  • UG Admissions Committee (2021-22 and 2022-23)

  • Convocation Committee (2018 – Till date)

  • UG&PG Orientation Committee (2022 - Till date)

  • Arrangement Committee for NBA Visit (2021, 22)

​O: +91-495 228 5465​

teja@nitc.ac.in

Assistant Professor,

Department of Chemical Engineering

NIT Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala -  673601

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