manojkumar@nitsri.net
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Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Department NIT Srinagar-190006

Dr.MANOJ KUMAR

Assistant Professor

Desiccant Materials, Low and Medium Temperature Applications of Solar Energy

VidwanId : 391013

Education

Degree Institute CGPA Year Subject Description
Ph. D. NIT Kuruksherta 2016 Mechanical Engineering
M.TECH NIT Kuruksherta 2011 Thermal Engineering
B.TECH SBSCET Ferozepur, Punjab 2008 Mechanical Engineering

Publications Journal

Month-Year Authors Paper Title Volume PageNo DOI Impact Factor Type Journal Name
2025 Ravi Kant Ravi, Sanjay Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Vikas Verma, Tabish Alam, Anil Singh Yadav, Abhishek Sharma Prediction of thermal efficiency of double pass solar air heater having discrete multi V and staggered ribs 54 SCOPUS Heat Transfer
2025 Pooja Preetha, Jejal Reddy Bathi, Manoj Kumar, Venkateswara Rao Kode Predictive Tools and Advances in Sustainable Water Resources Through Atmospheric Water Generation Under Changing Climate: A Review 17 SCOPUS Sustainability
2024 Amit Kumar, Harveer Singh Pali, and Manoj Kumar Effective utilization of waste plastic derived fuel in CI engine using multi-objective optimization through RSM 355 SCOPUS Fuel
2023 Amit Kumar, Harveer Singh Pali, and Manoj Kumar A comprehensive review on the production of alternative fuel through medical plastic waste 55 SCI Journal of Sustainable Technologies and Assessments
2022 Manoj Kumar, Neeraj Mehla, Shobhit Srivastava and Ravi Kant Ravi Water generation from atmospheric air by using desiccant materials- nature-based solution- a review 20(5) SCOPUS World Journal of Engineering
2022 Amit Kumar, Harveer Singh Pali, and Manoj Kumar Effect of injection timing of waste plastic oil and its blend on CRDI diesel engine 24(11) SCOPUS International Journal of Engine Research
2022 Chandan Swaroop Meena, Amit Nandan Prajapati, Ashwani Kumar and Manoj Kumar Utilization of solar energy for water heating application to improve building energy efficiency: An Experimental Study 12(12) SCOPUS Buildings
2021 Ravi Kant Ravi, Mukesh Kumar, Manoj Kumar, and R.P. Saini Experimental investigation on heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics for roughened counter flow solar air collector 19(8) SCI International Journal of Green Energy
2020 Neeraj Mehla, Manoj Kumar and Avadhesh Yadav Annual Performance Evaluation of Evacuated Tube Solar Air Collector With Phase Change Material 142(3) SCI Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
2019 Neeraj Mehla, Manoj Kumar and Avadhesh Yadav Thermal analysis of solar updraft tower by using different absorbers with convergent chimney 21(3) SCOPUS Environment, Development and Sustainability
2019 Manoj Kumar, Avadhesh Yadav and Neeraj Mehla Water generation from atmospheric air by using different composite desiccant materials 40(4) SCIE International Journal of Ambient Energy 
2017 Manoj Kumar and Avadhesh Yadav Composite desiccant material “CaCl 2/Vermiculite/Saw wood”: a new material for fresh water production from atmospheric air 7(5) SCOPUS Applied Water Science
2016 Manoj Kumar and Avadhesh Yadav Comparative study of solar-powered water production from atmospheric air using different desiccant materials 9(6) SCOPUS International Journal of Sustainable Engineering
2016 Manoj Kumar and Avadhesh Yadav Solar-driven technology for freshwater production from atmospheric air by using the composite desiccant material “CaCl2/floral foam” 18(4) SCOPUS Environment, Development and Sustainability
2015 Manoj Kumar and Avadhesh Yadav Experimental investigation of solar powered water production from atmospheric air by using composite desiccant material “CaCl2/saw wood” 367 SCI Desalination
2015 Manoj Kumar and Avadhesh Yadav Experimental investigation of design parameters of solar glass desiccant box type system for water production from atmospheric air 7(3) SCI Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
2013 Avadhesh Yadav, Manoij Kumar and Balram Experimental study and analysis of parabolic trough collector with various reflectors 7(12) SCOPUS International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering

Publications Conference

Month-year Authors Type Identifier Title Conference Name
MAY 2013 Manoj Kumar , Avadhesh Yadav National Any Renowned ISBN Experimental investigation of solar cooker based on parabolic dish collector with a PCM storage unit National Conference on “Low and High Temperature Application of Solar Energy,

Book Published

  • Kumar Manoj & Yadav Avadhesh, 2019, Water Generation From Atmospheric Air By Using Desiccant Materials- Nature Based Solution, Germany, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN 978-620-0-25427-6., 2019

Professional Qualifications / Membership

Society/Orgnisation Prof Membership/Fellowship From Date To Date
Indian Society for Technical Education LM 131346 01-01-2020 14-06-2023

Any Other Professional or Extra-curricular Achievements

Type Achievement Date Desciption
Professional 24/03/2023 Expert lecture on the topic of “Application of Desiccant Materials in the field of Solar Energy”
Professional 03/06/2022 Expert talk on “Solar Assisted Water Generation from Air” conducted at Rakshpal Bahadur College of Engineering & Technology, Bareilly organized by the Department of Engineering
Professional 30/08/2022 ‘Session Chair’ in the “3rd International Conference on Functional Materials, Manufacturing and Performances (ICFMMP-2022)” held on July29-30th, 2022, organized by Division of Research and Development, Lovely Professional University, Punjab.
Professional 29/12/2021 Reviewer of innovative ideas/innovations received under the INSPIRE Awards-MANAK for the year 2021-22
Professional 01/11/2021 Session Chair in 2nd international conference on functional materials, and performances held on 17th- 18th September 2021, organized by the Mechanical Engineering department, LPU
Professional 27/08/2021 Expert lecture on "Energy conservation" at Budge Budge Institute of Technology, Budge Budge, Kolkatta, West Bengal
Professional 11/01/2021 Reviewer of innovative ideas/innovations received under the INSPIRE Awards-MANAK for the year 2020-21
Professional 14/08/2020 Expert lecture on "Composite desiccant materials and their applications in the field of solar energy".
Professional 11/09/2020 Expert lecture on "Solar energy- Application and its scope with desiccant materials".
Professional 28/08/2020 External examiner for thesis evaluation of M.Tech at P.E.C., Chandigarh.
Extra-Curricular Received Academic Excellence Award by Jury committee of “Engineering Trends in Community Development and Women’s Participation-II” (ETCDWP-II, 2019) at Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University, Jaipur
Professional 14/02/2019 Received Academic Excellence Award by Jury committee of “Engineering Trends in Community Development and Women’s Participation-II” (ETCDWP-II, 2019) at Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University, Jaipur

Work Experience

Designation Organization From Date To Date Remark
Permanent NIT Srinagar 13-12-2018 14-06-2023 Still Working
Temporary Faculty PEC Chandigarh 01-08-2016 23-12-2016
Assistant Professor St. Mary's Group of Institutions, Hyderabad 11-01-2017 28-07-2017
Assistant Professor IKG Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar 01-08-2017 13-12-2018

M.Tech Supervision

Socholar Name Title of research / dissertation Joining Awarded
Nowshad Suhail Simulative analysis for enancement of heat transfer in a triangular channel using delta wing MAR 2019 MAR 2021
Kashif Hussan A simulative analysis for heat tranfer enhancement using rectangular wing & Winglet type vortex generator in a triangular channel MAR 2019 MAR 2021
Amit Nandan Prajapati Utilization of heat pump in domestic water heating AUG 2020 JUL 2022