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Profile
| Academic position | Emeritus |
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| Research fields | Fluid Mechanics,Energy Process Engineering,Technical Thermodynamics |
| Keywords | Volume of Fluid Method, Surface Tension, Free Surface Flows, Film Boiling / Falling Drops, Microfluidics |
| Honours and awards | 2026: Honorary Chair Professor: College of Engineering, National ILAN University, Taiwan 2024: Sectional Lecture at the ICTAM (International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics) 2024, Daegu, Korea, August 25-30 2023: Bestowed with 2023 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award in the Science Category for Sustained and Outstanding Contributions to Thermal Science and Engineering, including Heat Transfer Enhancement, Phase Change Heat Transfer with and without Electrohydrodynamic Forces and Dynamics of Liquid Jet and Droplet Impingement. 2022: Distinguished Teacher Award – 2022, by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 2021: Fellow of the Asian Union of Thermal Science and Engineering (AUTSE) 2021: Institute Fellow of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur-2020 2018: Honorary Doctorate conferred by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 2017: Honorary Doctorate, conferred by National Institute of Technology, Agartala, India. 2017: Keynote Lecture, I2CNER Annual Symposium on Challenges in Thermal Science and Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan 2016: Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India 2013: Director, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati - 781039, India (Tenure September 2013 - June 2019) 2013: Distinguished Alumnus Award: Bengal Engineering and Science University (currently IIEST), Shibpur, WB, India 2012: Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, India. 2011: J C Bose National Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology (Govt of India) 2011: J C Bose National Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology, India 2010: Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Bangalore), India 2009: Director, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur-Ludhiana, India (Tenure May 2009 - August 2013) 2006: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2004: Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering 1995: Full Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
Current contact address
| Country | India |
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| City | Goa |
| Institution | Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS Pilani) |
| Institute | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Homepage | https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/goa/gautam-biswas |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Martin Fiebig | Institut für Thermo- und Fluiddynamik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum |
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| Prof. Dr. Nimai K. Mitra | Institut für Thermo- und Fluiddynamik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/06/1987 |
Programme(s)
| 1986 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2026 | M. R. Behera, H. Deka, K. C. Sahu, G. Biswas: Effect of velocity, fluid properties and drop shape on coalescence and neck oscillation. In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1031, 2026, A 16-1 – A16-21 |
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| 2026 | D. B. Puri, V. Hemadri, G. Biswas, S. Tripathi: Interface-mediated migration of sperm cells in Methylcellulose-based shear-thinning microenvironments for efficient separation. In: Langmuir, 42, 2026, 8567−8583 |
| 2026 | A. Kundu, M. Thangadurai, S. Konar, G. Biswas: Numerical investigation on the effect of peak overpressure due to shock-tube-generated blast-waves over a wedge-shaped body. In: Computers and Fluids, 314, 2026, 107115-1-107115-17 |
| 2023 | A.K. Pal and G. Biswas: Accurate prediction of transport coefficients of an evaporating liquid drop. In: ASME J. Heat Mass Transfer-Trans. ASME, 145, 2023, 041602-1 --041602-9 |
| 2023 | A. Dubey, K.C. Sahu, G. Biswas: Dynamics of an evaporating drop migrating in a Poiseuille flow. In: ASME J. Heat Mass Transfer-Trans. ASME, 145, 2023, 121602-1 --121602-10 |
| 2023 | H. Deka, G. Biswas and B.J. Bora: Head-On Collision of Dissimilar Viscosity Drops. In: Langmuir, 39, 2023, 8130−8140 |
| 2022 | P. K. Kirar, S. D. Pokale, K. C. Sahu, B. Ray, G. Biswas: Influence of the interaction of capillary waves on the dynamics of two drops falling side-by-side on a liquid pool. In: Physics of Fluids, 34, 2022, 112114-1 -- 112114-10 |
| 2020 | V. Pandey, H. Deka, G. Biswas, and A. Dalal: Dynamics of Growth and Breakup of an Evaporating Pendant Drop. In: Journal of Heat Transfer (ASME), 2020, 021601-1-021602-8 |
| 2019 | M. S. Agrawal, H. S. Gaikwad, P. K. Mondal and G. Biswas: Analysis and Experiments on the Spreading Dynamics of a Viscoelastic Drop. In: Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2019, 201-209 |
| 2019 | H. Deka, G. Biswas, K. C. Sahu, Y. Kulkarni, A. Dalal: Coalescence dynamics of a compound drop on a deep liquid pool. In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, (JFM Rapids), 2019, R2-1-R2-11 |
| 2019 | H. Deka, G. Biswas, S. Chakraborty, and A. Dalal: Coalescence dynamics of unequal sized drops. In: Physics of Fluids, 2019, 012105-1-012105-17 |
| 2019 | B. Nath, A. P. Bidkar, V. Kumar, A. Dalal, M. K. Jolly, S. S. Ghosh and G. Biswas: Deciphering Hydrodynamic and Drug-Resistant Behaviors of Metastatic EMT Breast Cancer Cells Moving in a Constricted Microcapillary. In: Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019, 1194-1 -1194-15 |
| 2019 | H. Deka, P.-H. Tsai, G. Biswas, A. Dalal, B. Ray, A.-B. Wang: Dynamics of formation and oscillation of non-spherical drops. In: Chemical Engineering Science, 2019, 413-423 |
| 2019 | Gautam Biswas, Amaresh Dalal, Vijay K Dhir: Fundamentals of Convective Heat Transfer . CRC Press, 2019 |
| 2019 | B. Nath, G. Biswas and A. Dalal: Influence of electric field on deformation of a drop in shear flow. In: Physics of Fluids, 2019, 042102-1-042102-13 |
| 2018 | R. Kushwaha, S. Sarkar, P. Saha, G. Biswas: Analysis of coherent structures in plane and ribbed channel flows: insights from proper orthogonal decomposition. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 481, 2018, 20240880-1 – 20240880-25 |
| 2018 | V. Pandey, G. Biswas, A. Dalal and S.W.J. Welch: Bubble Lifecycle During Heterogeneous Nucleate Boiling. In: Journal of Heat Transfer (ASME), 2018, 121503-1-121503-17 |
| 2018 | B. Nath, G. Biswas, A. Dalal, and K. C. Sahu: Cross-stream migration of drops suspended in Poiseuille flow in the presence of an electric field. In: Physical Review E, 2018, 063106-1-063106-13 |
| 2018 | M. P. Borthakur, G. Biswas, and D. Bandyopadhyay: Dynamics of deformation and pinch-off of a migrating compound droplet in a tube. In: Physical Review E, 2018, 043112-1-043112-9 |
| 2018 | M. P. Borthakur, G. Biswas and D. Bandyopadhyay: Dynamics of drop formation from submerged orifices under the influence of electric field. In: Physics of Fluids, 2018, 122104-1-122104-11 |
| 2018 | H. Deka, B. Ray, G. Biswas, and A. Dalal: Dynamics of tongue shaped cavity generated during the impact of high-speed microdrops. In: Physics of Fluids, 2018, 042103-1 -042103-14 |
| 2017 | H. Deka, B. Ray, G. Biswas, A. Dalal, P.-H. Tsai, and A.-B. Wang: The regime of large bubble entrapment during a single drop impact on a liquid pool. In: Physics of Fluids, 2017, 092101-1-092101-13 |