Information
- Designation : Assistant Professor
- Email : binita@mech.nits.ac.in
- Phone : 8822789547
Research Group
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Dr. Nath works in both experimental as well as computational domain. Presently, the research work under the mentorship of Dr. Nath is divided in three broad groups.
1. Droplet Microfluidics group
2. Hydrodynamics of Biological Cells group
3. Green Hydrogen Production group
Introduction [Biosketch]
- Dr. Binita Nath completed her B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Jorhat Engineering College in 2010, MTech in Thermal Engineering from NIT Silchar in 2013 and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Guwahati in 2019. After obtaining her doctoral degree, she pursued her post-doctoral research at National Research Council, Rome, Italy for the period of January 2020 to September 2021. Apart from academic experience, she also has industrial experience working as a GET in Mahindra Engineering Services for the period September 2010 to June 2014 and also as a Product Engineer in Cummins India Limited for the period September 2013 to January 2014. While being in Italy, she was also teaching online as a guest faculty to the postgraduate students of the Mechanical Engineering Department of NIT Mizoram from Oct 2020 to June 2021. At present she is working as an Assistant Professor Grade II in the Mechanical Engineering Department at NIT Silchar. Her areas of research include computational as well as experimental investigations in the broad domains of multiphase flows, droplet dynamics, biological flows, cancer cell as well as sperm cell hydrodynamics. She has published several papers in reputed journals and presented in numerous national as well as international conferences. She is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department of NIT Silchar since July 2022. Additionally, she is a recipient of the prestigious DST INSA INSPIRE Faculty Fellow ship 2021 as well as SERB Start Up Research Grant 2023.
Areas of Interest
- Computational Fluid Dynamics, Droplet Dynamics, Experimental Microfluidics, Hydrodynamics of Biological Cells, Green Hydrogen Production
| Institution | Year | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | 2019 | PhD |
| Jorhat Engineering College | 2010 | B.E |
| K.V ONGC Srikona | 2006 | XII |
| Holy Cross HS School | 2004 | X |
Teaching Experience
NIT Silchar
NIT Mizoram
Industrial/Research Experience
CNR Italy
Cummins India Limited Pune
Mahindra Engineering Services Limited Pune
Awards And Honours
- Received Merit Scholarship from Assam Govt during Btech 3rd year and 4th year (2008-2010).
- Received SERB Travel Grant for attending the prestigious APS Fluid Division Meeting held at Atlanta, USA in 2018 .
- Received DST INSA INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship Award in 2021.
- Received SERB Start Up Research Grant (SRG) Award in 2023.
Looking forward for enthusiastic and passionate students with good basics and undying research interest to join our research group and take it further ahead.
