B.K. Gandhi

Sr.No.	Name of activity	Course	Sponsoring agency	Duration	Coordinator
1	Training Course	Best Practices in Agricultural Pump-sets and Rural Demand Supply Management	PFL Ltd., New Delhi	Nov.28–Dec. 2, 2005	B K Gandhi
2	Refresher course	Orientation Programme for Finishing School Participating Institute	MHRD, Govt. of India	Apr. 24 – 25, 2008	Vinod Kumar B K Gandhi
3	Training course	Finishing School Programme	MHRD, Govt. of India	May 26 – Jul. 18, 2008	Vinod Kumar B K Gandhi
4	Short term course	Computational Fluid Dynamics	AICTE, QIP center, IIT Roorkee	Jun. 11-22, 2008	B.K. Gandhi K. M. Singh
5	Training course	Finishing School Programme	MHRD, Govt. of India	May 28 – Jul. 16, 2009	Vinod Kumar B K Gandhi
6	Training Course	Feasibility, Design & DPR preparation	Swajal,Uttarakhand	Jan. 8-12, 2008	Deepak Khare B.K. Gandhi
7	Training Course	Feasibility, Design & DPR preparation	Swajal,Uttarakhand	Feb. 4-8, 2008	Deepak Khare B.K. Gandhi
8	Training Course	Feasibility, Design & DPR preparation	Swajal,Uttarakhand	Mar. 16-20, 2008	Deepak Khare B.K. Gandhi
9	Short term course	Computational Fluid Dynamics	QIP center, IIT Roorkee	Jun. 28- Jul. 2, 2010	B.K. Gandhi K. M. Singh
10	Training Course	Feasibility, Design & DPR preparation	Swajal,Uttarakhand	Nov. 16-20, 2009	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
11	Training Course	Feasibility, Design & DPR preparation	Swajal,Uttarakhand	Nov. 23-27, 2009	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
12	Training Course	Feasibility, Design & DPR preparation	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Dec. 7-11, 2009	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
13	Training Course	Feasibility, Design & DPR preparation	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Dec. 14-18, 2009	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
14	Training Course	Feasibility, Design & DPR preparation	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Jan. 5-9, 2010	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
15	Training Course	Feasibility, Design & DPR preparation	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Jan. 12-16, 2010	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
16	Training Course	Feasibility, Design & DPR preparation	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Jan. 5-9, 2010	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
17	Training course	Computational Fluid Dynamics	IEI (I) Local centre Roorkee	Aug. 20-22, 2010	B.K. Gandhi K. M. Singh
18	Short term course	Computational Fluid Dynamics	QIP center, IIT Roorkee	Jun. 28- Jul. 2, 2010	B.K. Gandhi K. M. Singh
19	Training Course	Construction Supervision and Operation &Maint.	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Sep.13-17, 2010	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
20	Training Course	Construction Supervision and Operation &Maint.	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Oct.11-15, 2010	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
21	Training Course	Construction Supervision and Operation &Maint.	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Jan. 10-14, 2011	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
22	Training Course	Construction Supervision and Operation &Maint.	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Jan. 17-21, 2011	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
23	Training Course	Construction Supervision and Operation &Maint.	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Jan. 24-28, 2011	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
24	Training Course	Construction Supervision and Operation &Maint.	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Jan.31- Feb. 4 2011	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
25	Training Course	Construction Supervision and Operation & Maintenance	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Feb. 14-18 , 2011	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
26	Training Course	Feasibility, Design & DPR preparation	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Feb.28 –Mar. 4, 2011	B.K. Gandhi Deepak Khare
27	Training Course	Catchment Area Conservation and Management Aspects	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Sep. 3-5, 2011	Deepak Khare B.K. Gandhi
28	Training Course	Catchment Area Conservation and Management Aspects	Dept of Drinking Water, Swajal,Uttarakhand	Sep. 1-3, 2011	Deepak Khare B.K. Gandhi
29	Short term course	Modern measurement techniques in fluid and thermal engineering	QIP center, IIT Roorkee	Jul. 07 –11, 2011	B K Gandhi S. Dutta
30	Short term course	Computational Fluid Dynamics	QIP center, IIT Roorkee	Feb. 22- Feb. 26, 2016	K. M. Singh B.K. Gandhi
31	Short term course	Advances in Fluid Flow Control and Measurement Techniques	QIP center, IIT Roorkee	Dec. 05 –09, 2016	S. Dutta B K Gandhi
32	Training course	Hydropower Development and General Management	UJVNL, Dehradun	7 March to 14 April, 2017	S N Ragnekar Deepak Khare
33	Training course	Refresher Course on Engineering and Management	USIDC, Dehradun	June 19-22, 2017	M. Shrikhande U K Sharma S N Ragnekar
34	Training course	Technical issues of Hydro Power	SJVNL, Shimla	Aug 19 to 26, 2017	Ashish Pandey S K Mishra
35	Short term course	Computational Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer	QIP Centre, IIT Roorkee	February 19-23, 2018	K.M. Singh B.K. Gandhi
36	Short term course	Modern Measurement and Diagnostic Applications in Fluid and Thermal Engineering	QIP center, IIT Roorkee	Nov. 9-13, 2019	S. Dutta B K Gandhi

1. B.K. Gandhi and Subir Kar, “Theoretical Estimation of Shut-off Head of Centrifugal Pumps and Fans”, Proc. 18^th National Conf. on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, Indore, 1991, pp. E94-100.

2. M.D. Agrawal, B.K. Gandhi and D.P.S. Chauhan, “Energy Conservation in Agricultural Pumping Systems”, Proc. All India Seminar on Pumping Systems-Selection Maintenance & Management, Univ. of Roorkee, Roorkee, 1992, pp. 13-16.

3. B.K. Gandhi and Subir Kar, “Volute Head Loss in a Radial Flow Centrifugal Pump”, Proc. 19^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, Bombay, 1992, pp. F10:1-4.

4. B.K. Gandhi, D.P.S. Chauhan and V.K. Sukhwani “Effect of Vane Passage Blockage on the Performance of Centrifugal Pump”, Proc. 20^th Nat. Conf. on Fluid Mech. & Fluid Power, Palghat, 1993, pp. C11:1-5.

5. M.D. Agrawal, B.K. Gandhi and Ashok Jain, “Heat Dissipation in Hydrodynamic Fluid Coupling”, Proc. 20^th National Conf. on Fluid Mech. & Fluid Power, Palghat, 1993, pp. C12:1-4.

6. D.P.S. Chauhan and B.K. Gandhi, “Effect of Volute Tongue Geometry on the Performance and Noise Behaviour of Centrifugal Pump”, Proc. 20^th National Conf. on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, Palghat, 1993, pp. C13:1-4.

7. D.P.S. Chauhan, B.K. Gandhi and T.N. Rai, “Fault Diagnosis using Spectrum Monitoring of Centrifugal Pump”, Proc. 1^st National Conf. on Fluid Machinery, Bombay, 1994, p. A6:1-5.

8. B.K. Gandhi and D.P.S. Chauhan, “Diagnosis of Air Leakage through Suction in Centrifugal Pump”, Proc. First National Conference on Fluid Machinery, Bombay, 1994, pp. A7:1-8.

9. B.K. Gandhi, D.P.S. Chauhan and R.K. Jain, “Computer Aided Performance Evaluation of Horizontal Centrifugal Pump”, Proc. All India Seminar on Centrifugal Pumps and Pumping Systems, SGSITS, Indore, March 1995, pp. 128-135.

10. B.K. Gandhi, S.N. Singh and V. Seshadri, “Estimation of Head Ratio of Centrifugal Slurry Pumps at Shut-off Conditions”, Proc. 23^rdNational Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, Bhopal, 1996, pp. 275-283.

11. B.K. Gandhi, S.N. Singh and V. Seshadri, “Development of a Test Facility for the Study of Cutting Wear in Solid-liquid Flows”, Proc. 24^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, Calcutta, 1997, C:41-45.

12. B.K. Gandhi, S.N. Singh and V. Seshadri, “Applicability of Affinity Laws to Centrifugal Slurry Pumps”, Proc. 3^rd National Conference on Fluid Machinery, Pune, 1998, pp. 77-83.

13. B.K. Gandhi, S.N. Singh and V. Seshadri, “Effect of Fine Particles on Erosion Wear caused by Coarse Particulate Slurries", Proc. 25^th National and 1^st International Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, Delhi, 1998, pp. 314-323.

14. B.K. Gandhi, S.N. Singh and V. Seshadri, “Head and Efficiency Ratio Characteristics of a Centrifugal Slurry Pump", Proc. 26^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, Kharagpur, 1999, pp. 630-635.

15. U. Kumar, B.K. Gandhi, S.N. Singh, V. Seshadri and V.K. Gupta, "Performance Characteristics of Demonstration Unit for Transportation of Solid-Liquid Flow at High Concentration Setup at NCPP, Dadri", Proc. International Seminar on Material handling Systems, New Delhi, 2000, pp. 126-136.

16. G.R. Desale, R.K. Porwal and B.K. Gandhi, "Erosion Wear of Cast Iron in Sand-Water Slurries", Proc. 17^th National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineers (I), SGSITS, Indore, 2001, pp. 426-432.

17. B.K. Gandhi, D.P.S. Chauhan and M.M. Panday, “Diagnosing Cavitation in Centrifugal Pumps using Noise and Vibration Techniques”, Proc. 3rd World Engineering Congress, Kuching (Malaysia), July 24-25, 2001.

18. G.R. Desale, B.K. Gandhi and S.C. Jain, “Suspension of Sand Particles in a Cylindrical Water Pot due to rotation of a Propeller”, Proc. 30^th National Conference of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, KNIT Suratkkal, Dec. 11-13, 2003, pp. 528-534.

19. A. Yadav, N. Arora, B.K. Gandhi, A.K. Nath and C.P. Paul, “SS316L Powder Cladding on Structural Steel using Continuous Wave CO2 Laser”, Proc. 13 th National Conference of ISME, IIT Roorkee, December 30-31, 2003, paper No. PE-063.

20. B.K. Gandhi and S. Bharani, “Pressure Distribution Along the Casing of a Centrifugal Pump and its Effect on Support Bearing Temperature Distribution” Proc. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, The Winter Annual Meeting of ASME (WAM), November 2004 California (USA).

21. G.R. Desale, B.K. Gandhi and S.C. Jain ,“Suspension of Sand Particles in a Cylindrical Tank with a Pitched Turbine Blade Propeller: Application to Slurry pot tester”, Proc. 31^st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, Kolkata, India, 16-18 Dec. 2004, pp 890- 895.

22. D. Gupta, B.K. Gandhi, S.R. Gupta, C.P. Paul and A.K. Nath, “Hard facing of AISI 304L Stainless Steel Using High Power CO₂ Laser”, Proc. International Welding Conference, 18-20 February 2005, Mumbai, India, Paper No. IWA-105.

23. H.K. Verma, A. Kumar, R.P. Saini and B.K. Gandhi, “Performance testing of hydropower stations: Need, scope and recommendations,” Proc. CBIP-Conference on Development of Hydro Power Projects – A Prospective Challenge, April 20-22, 2005, Shimla, India.

24. A.K. Nath, C.P. Paul, B.T. Rao, R. Kaul, T. Raghu, J. Dutta Majumdar, B.K. Gandhi, R.K. Dayal, U.K. Mudali and D. Sastikumar “High Power CO₂ Lasers and their Material Processing Applications at Centre for Advanced Technology, India”, Proc. ICONO LAT 2005, Technical Digest on CD ROM (St. Petersberg, Russia, 2005) Presentation No. LSE4.

25. G.R. Desale, B.K. Gandhi and S.C. Jain, “Effect of Physical Properties of Solid Particle on Erosion Wear of Ductile Materials”, Proc. World Tribology Congress III, Washington (USA), September 12-16, 2005.

26. B.K. Gandhi, V. Seshadri and S.N. Singh, “Performance Characteristics of the Centrifugal Slurry Pump Handling Ash Slurries at High Concentrations", Proc. International Congress on Fly ash INDIA 2005, Dec. 2005, New Delhi.

27. A.R. Jaurker, J.S. Saini and B.K. Gandhi, “Experimental Investigation on Thermo-hydraulic Performance of Rib-groove Roughened Solar Air Heater Ducts”, Proc. National Heat Transfer Conference, Delhi College of Engg., Nov. 2005.

28. A.R. Jaurker, B.K. Gandhi and J.S. Saini, “Effect of Groove on Heat Transfer and Friction Characteristics of Rib Roughened Solar Air Heater Duct”, Proceedings of 18^th National & 7^th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, January 4-6 2006, IIT Guwahati, India, pp 1880-1885.

29. G.R. Desale, B.K. Gandhi, C.P. Paul, A.K. Nath and S.C. Jain, “Parametric Dependence of Co₂ Laser Cladding of Nickel Base Hard Facing Alloy on Stainless Steel”, Proc. International Conference on Industrial Tribology, ICIT-2006, IISc Bangalore (India), 30 November to 2 December 2006.

30. K.R. Aharwal, B.K. Gandhi and J.S. Saini, “Effect of Gap in Inclined Ribs on the Performance of Artificially Roughened Solar Air Heater Duct”, Proc. National Conference on Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, December 2006, pp. 144-150.

31. A.R. Jaurker, B.K. Gandhi and J.S. Saini, “Effect of Groove Position on Thermo-hydraulic Performance of Transverse Artificial Roughened Solar Air Heaters”, Proc. International Conference “SOLARIS 2007”, Feb. 2007, IIT Delhi.

32. Ashok Patidar and B.K. Gandhi, “Numerical Investigation of the Flow Field of a Centrifugal Slurry Pump”, Proc. National Seminar on CFD- The 3^rd Dimension in Flow Analysis & thermal Design, May7-8, 2007 Bhopal.

33. Anshul Mittal, Anand Prakash Gupta, B.K. Gandhi and K.M, Singh, “CFD Analysis Of an Axial-Centrifugal Flow System used for Transformer Oil Cooling ”, Proc. National Seminar on CFD- The 3^rd Dimension in Flow Analysis & thermal Design, May7-8, 2007 Bhopal.

34. Shyam S. Gupta, B.K. Gandhi and Krishna M. Singh, ”Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Characteristics in Solar Air Heater Duct with Chamfered Ribs mounted on Absorber Plate”, Proc. National Seminar on CFD- The 3^rd Dimension in Flow Analysis & thermal Design, May7-8, 2007 Bhopal.

35. K.R. Aharwal, B.K. Gandhi and J.S. Saini, “An Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer and Friction using Inclined Discrete Ribs on Absorber Plate of a Solar Air Heater ”, Proc. of 9^th Asian International Conference on Fluid Machinery, October 16-19, 2007, Jeju, Korea, Paper No. AICFM9-046.

36. B.K. Gandhi and H.K. Verma, “Simultaneous Multi-point Velocity Measurement using Propeller Current Meters for Discharge Evaluation in Small Hydropower Stations”, Proc. Intl. Conference on Small Hydropower (Ed.: S. B. Weerakoon and T. S. Jorgenson), October 22-24, 2007, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

37. K.R. Aharwal, B.K. Gandhi and J.S. Saini, “Investigation Of Heat Transfer And Friction using Inclined Discrete Ribs on Absorber Plate of A Solar Air Heater”, Proc. of 19^th National & 8^th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, January 3-5, 2008, JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India.

38. A.R. Jaurker, J.S. Saini and B.K. Gandhi, “Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer Characteristics and Thermo-hydraulic Performance of Rib-Grooved Artificially Roughened Solar Air Heater Ducts”, Proc. of 19th National & 8th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, January 3-5, 2008, JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India.

39. B.K. Gandhi, H.K. Verma and S.S. Patnaik, “Discharge Measurement in Small Hydropower Stations using Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler”, Proc. 7^th Intl. Conference on Hydraulic Efficiency Measurement, September 3-6, 2008 Milano, Italy.

40. Petra Pérez Flores, Günter Kosyna, Friedrich-Karl Benra, Hans Josef Dohmen, B.K. Gandhi and Manoj Kumar, “Improvement of Axial-Flow Pump Part Load Behaviour – an Experimental and Numerical Study”, Proc. 14^th International Conference on Fluid Flow Technologies, Budapest, Hungary, September 9-12, 2009.

41. S. Raja Kiran, B.K. Gandhi, D.K. Dwivedi, C.P. Paul, and L.M. Kukreja, “ Erosive Wear Behaviour of Ni and Co based alloy Laser Clad Surfaces”, Proc. International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME 2009), SVNIT, Surat.

42. S.S. Rao, R.P. Saini and B.K. Gandhi, “Discharge Measurement in Penstock of Small Hydropower Stations using Clamp-on Type Ultrasonic Transit Time Flowmeters (UTTF)”, Proc. International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME 2009), SVNIT, Surat.

43. Lokender Singh, B.K. Gandhi and K.M. Singh, “Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of Existing Diesel Loco WDP 4GM and Passenger Cars of Indian Railways”, Proc. International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME 2009), SVNIT, Surat.

44. B.K. Gandhi, “Performance Characteristics of Centrifugal Slurry Pumps Handling Multi Sized Solid-Liquid Mixtures”, Invited talk in The Fourth Asia Particle Technology Symposium (APT-2009), September 14-16, 2009, Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi, India. Paper no. APT2009/225.

45. K.R. Aharwal, B.K. Gandhi and J.S. Saini, “An Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Analysis in A Rectangular Duct with Inclined Discrete Ribs”, Poster presentation in 20th National and 9th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, January 4-6, 2010, IIT Bombay.

46. B.K. Gandhi, H.K. Verma and Boby Abraham, “Investigation of Flow Profile in Open Channels using CFD”, Proc. 8th Intl. Conference on Hydraulic Efficiency Measurement, October 21-23, 2010, IIT Roorkee, pp. 243-251.

47. Siddharth Jain, Lokender Singh, B.K. Gandhi and K.M. Singh, “Experimental Investigation on Aerodynamic Shape of Indian Railway Train with Diesel Loco WDP - 4GM: A Case Study”, ENERSTATE 2010-International Conference on Clean Energy Technologies and Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Development, Dehradun, (UA), December 27-29, 2010.

48. Ashish R. Pandit, B.K. Gandhi, “ CFD Analysis of Pump Sump for Recirculating Cooling Water System”, International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering, Technology and Management, Bundelkhand Institute of Technology, Jhansi, February 26-27, 2011.

49. H. Kumar, B.K. Gandhi and K.M Singh, “Numerical Simulation of Flow Field and Pollutant Dispersion in a Long Highway Tunnel using ANSYS CFX”, Proc. IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Simulation, and Identification (MSI 2011), Pittsburgh, USA, November 7 – 9, 2011, Paper No. 755-074.

50. T. Parashar, B.K. Gandhi and K.M. Singh, “Numerical Simulation of Flow Through a Francis turbine”, Proc. IASTED International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Identification (MSI 2011), Pittsburgh, USA, November 7 – 9, 2011, Paper No. 755-068.

51. N. Agrawal, S. Dutta and B.K. Gandhi, “Control of Flow Field behind a Square Prism using Control Cylinder at Intermediate Reynolds Numbers”, Proc. Blubof2011: IUTAM Symposium on Bluff Body Flows, IIT Kanpur, India, December 12-16, 2011.

52. Md. Shaukat Ali, A. Tariq and B.K. Gandhi, “PIV Investigation of Rib Turbulated Flow inside a Rectangular Duct”, Proc. Blubof2011: IUTAM Symposium on Bluff Body Flows, IIT Kanpur, India, December 12-16, 2011.

53. N. Agrawal, S. Dutta and B.K. Gandhi, “Experimental Investigation of the Flow Field behind a Square Prism at Intermediate Reynolds numbers”, Proc. 38^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, MANIT Bhopal, India, 15-17 Dec. 2011.

54. T. Parashar, B.K. Gandhi and K.M. Singh, “Prediction of Pressure Pulsations in Francis Turbine”, Proc. 38^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, MANIT Bhopal, India, 15-17 Dec. 2011.

55. Md. Shaukat Ali, A. Tariq and B.K. Gandhi, “High Resolution Temperature and Heat Transfer Measurements using Liquid Crystal Thermography, National Conference on Advances in Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Thiruvananthapuram, India, June 1-2, 2012.

56. Md. Shaukat Ali, A. Tariq and B.K. Gandhi, “Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Study in the Wake of a Rib with Variable Top Face Inclinations” International conference on applications of fluid engineering, CAFE2012, G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida, India, September 20-22, 2012.

57. Md. Shaukat Ali, A. Tariq and B.K. Gandhi, “Detailed Investigation on Rib Turbulated Flow Inside a Rectangular Duct” Proc. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2012, Texas, USA, November 9-15, 2012.

58. Md. Shaukat Ali, A. Tariq and B. K. Gandhi, “LCT and PIV Investigations behind Trapezoidal-rib with a Slit Mounted on Bottom Wall of a Rectangular Duct” Proc. ASME 2012 Gas Turbine India Conference, GTIndia2012, IIT Bombay, India, December 1, 2012.

59. B.K. Gandhi, Jitendra Kumar and K.M. Singh, “Numerical Simulation of Flow Field and Pollutant Dispersion in a Long Highway Tunnel with Semi-transverse Ventilation“, Proc. International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, 18-19 December 2012, Phuket, Thailand.

60. N. Agrawal, S. Dutta and B.K. Gandhi, “An Experimental Study on Flow Past an Equilateral Triangular Prism at Intermediate Reynolds Number and the Effect of its Orientation”, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting FEDSM2013, July 7-11, 2013, Incline Village, Nevada, USA.

61. B.K. Gandhi, Arun Kumar and H.K. Verma, “Discharge and Efficiency Measurements in Bassi Hydro Power Station in India”, Proc. 10th Intl. Conference on Hydraulic Efficiency Measurement, September 16-18, 2014, Itajuba-MG-Brazil.

62. Manish Kumar Chauhan, Bhupendra Singh More, Sushanta Dutta and B.K. Gandhi, “Effect of Attached Type Splitter Plate on a Square Prism in Subcritical Reynolds Numbers”, Published in the Proc. of 5th International and 41st National conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Kanpur, 12-14 December 2014.

63. B.S. More, M.K. Chauhan, S. Dutta and B.K. Gandhi, “Investigation of Flow Interference between Two Inline Square Cylinders with One Oscillating Cylinder at Intermediate Reynolds Number”, Published in the Proc. of 5th International and 41st National conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Kanpur, 12-14 December 2014.

64. B.K. Gandhi, “Role of Hydro Power Plant in Changing Energy Generation Scenario”, Recent Developments in Non-conventional Energy Systems" Presented in DIT University, Dehradun, 22-23 December, 2014.

65. B.K. Gandhi, “An Accelerated Erosion Wear Test Rig for High Impact Velocities”, International Conference on Hydropower for Sustainable Development, Feb 5–7, 2015, Dehradun, pp. 528-534.

66. Bhupendra Singh More, Sushanta Dutta, B.K. Gandhi and Manish Kumar Chauhan, “Flow Field Investigation of Two Side by Side Square Cylinders at Subcritical Reynolds Number”, Hydro 2015, 20th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and River Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India, 17-19 December, 2015.

67. Manish Kumar Chauhan, Sushanta Dutta, Bhupendra Singh More and B.K. Gandhi, “Flow Control over a Square Cylinder using Downstream Control Rods”, Hydro 2015, 20th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and River Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India, 17-19 December, 2015.

68. Rahul Tarodiya, Subodh Khullar and B.K. Gandhi, “Analysis of Particle Size Distribution of Multisize Particulate Slurry Flow in Horizontal Pipeline using CFD”, Proc. of International Conference on Research Innovations in Science and Engineering (RISE’2015), March 20-21, 2016, Mauritius.

69. B.K. Gandhi, Arun Kumar and Rahul K. Srivastava, “Discharge Measurement through Multiple Gates of a Low Head Power Plants under Unfavorable Conditions”, Proc. 11th Intl. Conference on Hydraulic Efficiency Measurement, August 24-28, 2016, Linz (Austria).

70. Arun Kumar, B.K. Gandhi and Pradeep Chandra, “Experience of Sound and Vibration and Noise Measurements of Small Hydro Power Plants”, Proc. 11th Intl. Conference on Hydraulic Efficiency Measurement, August 24-28, 2016, Linz (Austria).

71. Rahul Goyal, Carl Bergan, Michel Cervantes, B.K. Gandhi and Ole Dahlhaung, “Experimental Investigation on a High Head Model Francis Turbine during Load Rejection”, 28^th IAHR symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, 4-8 July 2016, Grenoble, France; published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 49 (8), 2016, p. 082004.

72. Rahul Goyal, B.K. Gandhi and Michel Cervantes, “2D PIV and Pressure Measurements on a Francis turbine at High Load Operating Condition”, Proc. of 6^th International and 43^rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 15-17, 2016, MNNITA, Allahabad, U.P., India.

73. Rahul Goyal, B. K. Gandhi and Michel Cervantes, “Numerical Prediction of the Rotating Vortex Rope in a High Head Model Francis Turbine”, Proc. of 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 15-17, 2016, MNNITA, Allahabad, U.P., India.

74. Rahul Tarodiya and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Effect of Propeller Off-Bottom Clearance and Size on Suspension of Sand Particles in a Cylindrical Tank: Application to Slurry pot tester”, Proc. of 6^th International and 43^rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, 82, December 15-17, 2016, MNNITA, Allahabad, U.P., India.

75. B.K. Gandhi and Rahul Goyal, “Renovation, Modernization and Uprating of Old Hydro Power Station- Problems and Remedies”, Proc. workshop on RMU & LE, Central Electricity Authority, December 16, Delhi, India.

76. Bhupendra K. Gandhi and Sandeep Kumar, “Hydraulic Efficiency Measurement of Two Small Hydro Power Plants in India using Thermodynamic Method”, Proc. of the International Symposium on Current Research in Hydraulic Turbines CRHT – VII, April 04, 2017, Turbine Testing Lab, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal.

77. Rahul Goyal, B.K. Gandhi and Michel Cervantes, “A Posteriori Uncertainty Quantification of PIV Measurements for Francis Turbine”, Proc. 44th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 14-16, 2017, Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala, India.

78. Subodh Khullar, Bhupendra K. Gandhi and Rahul Tarodiya, “Numerical Modelling of the Centrifugal Slurry Pump Handling Bottom Ash Slurry”, Proc. 44^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, 173, December 14-16, 2017, Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala, India.

79. B.K. Gandhi and Sandeep Kumar, “Temperature Measurement for Hydraulic Efficiency Evaluation by Thermodynamic Method and Uncertainty Analysis”, Proc. 44^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, December 14-16, 2017, Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala, India.

80. Rahul Goyal, B.K. Gandhi and Michel Cervantes, “Transient Pressure Measurements in the Vaneless Space of a Francis Turbine during Load Acceptances from Minimum Load”, International symposium on Current Research in Hydraulic Turbines (CRHT)–VIII, 20 March, 2018, Kathmandu University, Nepal; published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 1042, 2018, p. 012009.

81. Shubham Sharma, Rahul Tarodiya and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Experimental Investigation of Flow Field of a Pot Tester due to Propeller Rotation”, Proc. of the 7^th International and 45^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), 487, December 10-12, 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

82. Rahul Tarodiya and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Numerical Prediction of Casing Wear of a Centrifugal Slurry Pump handling Solid-Liquid Mixture”, Proc. of the 7^th International and 45^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), 83, December 10-12, 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

83. Jesim Hashmy, Rahul Tarodiya, and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Numerical Study of Erosion Wear of Straight Pipes due to Suspended Solid Particles”, Proc. of the 7^th International and 45^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), 119, December 10-12, 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

84. Subodh Khullar, K.M. Singh, B.K. Gandhi and M. Cervantes, “Effect of Axial Water Jet Size and Velocity on Unsteady Pressure Pulsations in a Deaccelerating Swirling Flow”, Proceedings of the 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), 235, December 10-12, 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

85. Sandeep Kumar, Rahul Goyal, B.K. Gandhi and M. Cervantes, “Experimental Investigation of a Draft Tube Flow Field in a Francis Turbine during Part Load Operation”, Proceedings of the 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), 348, December 10-12, 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

86. Rahul Goyal, Michel Cervantes and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Experimental Investigation on a High Head Francis Turbine Model during Shutdown Operation”, 29th IAHR symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, September 16-21, 2018, Kyoto (Japan); published in IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 240, 2019, p. 022028.

87. Binaya Baidar, Jonathan Nicolle, Bhupendra K. Gandhi and Michel J. Cervantes, “Sensitivity of the Winter-Kennedy Method to Inlet and Runner Blade Angle Change on a Kaplan Turbine”, 29th IAHR symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, September 16-21, 2018, Kyoto (Japan); published in IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 240, 2019, p. 022038.

88. Binaya Baidar, Jonathan Nicolle, Bhupendra K. Gandhi and Michel J. Cervantes, “Numerical Study of the Winter-Kennedy Method for Relative Transient Flow Rate Measurement”, IAHR International Workshop on Cavitation and Dynamic Problems in Hydraulic Machinery and Systems 9–11 October 2019, Stuttgart, Germany; published in IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 405, 2019, p. 012022.

89. Sandeep Kumar, Subodh Khullar, Rahul Goyal and B. K. Gandhi, “POD analysis of turbulent swirling flow in draft tube of a high-head Francis turbine model at part load operation”, Proceedings of 25th National and 3rd International conference of Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT), December 28-31, 2019.

90. R Thapa, S Sharma, K M Singh and Bhupendra K Gandhi, “Numerical Investigation of Flow Field and Performance of the Francis Turbine of Bhilangana-III Hydropower Plant”, International Symposium on Current Research in Hydraulic Turbines (CRHT)–X, March 31, 2020, Kathmandu University, Nepal; published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 1608, 2020, p. 012010.

91. S. Sharma and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Experimental Investigation of Sediment Erosion of Turbine Steel used in Bhilangana-III Power-Plant”, 30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 21-26, 2021; published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 774, 2021, p. 012108.

92. Sandeep Kumar, Subodh Khullar, Michel J. Cervantes and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Proper Orthogonal Decomposition of Turbulent Swirling Flow of a Draft Tube at Part Load”, 30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 21-26, 2021; published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 774, 2021, p. 012091.

93. Sandeep Kumar, Subodh Khullar, Michel J. Cervantes and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “A Reaction Turbine Test Rig to Investigate Flow Instabilities in Draft Tube”, 30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 21-26, 2021; published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 774, 2021, p. 012111.

94. Subodh Khullar, Sandeep Kumar, Krishna M. Singh, Michel J. Cervantes and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Influence of The Runner Cone Design on the Pressure Fluctuations in the Draft Tube of a Low Head Francis Turbine”, 30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 21-26, 2021; published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 774, 2021, p. 012110.

95. Sandeep Kumar, Subodh Khullar, Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Flow Field Investigation in Draft Tube of Francis Turbine at Off-Design Operation using a Vortex Identification Algorithm”, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting FEDSM 2021, ASME, August 10-12, 2021.

96. Subodh Khullar, Krishna M. Singh, Michel J. Cervantes, and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Comparison of axial water and air injections in the draft tube of a Francis turbine for RVR mitigation”, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting FEDSM 2021, ASME, August 10-12, 2021.

97. Shubham Sharma and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Numerical Study on Effect of Operating Condition and Solid Concentration on Hydro-Abrasive Erosion of High Head Francis Turbine”, 31th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Trondheim, Norway, 26 June-1 July 2022; published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 1079, 2022, p. 012025.

98. Subodh Khullar, Sandeep Kumar, Krishna M. Singh, Michel J. Cervantes and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Influence of Axial Water Jet Size on RVR Mitigation in Draft Tube of Francis Turbine”, 31th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Trondheim, Norway, 26 June-1 July 2022; published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 1079, 2022, p. 012027.

99. Sandeep Kumar, Subodh Khullar and Bhupendra K. Gandhi, “Repeatability and Operational Setting of Newly Developed Francis Turbine Test Rig”, 31th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Trondheim, Norway, 26 June-1 July 2022; published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1079, 2022, p. 012031.

100. Rohit Kumar Sahu, Bhupendra K. Gandhi and Lila Dhar Pandey, “Sediment Erosion of Downstream Labyrinth Ring of a Francis Turbine”, Proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), December 14-16, 2022, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India.

101. Rohit Kumar Sahu and Bhupendra K Gandhi, “Numerical Flow Field Investigation around Guide Vane of a High Head Francis Turbine”, International symposium on Current Research in Hydropower Technologies (CHRT)-XI, 27 March 2023.

TOPIC	START DATE	FIELD	DESCRIPTION	FINANCIAL OUTLAY	FUNDING AGENCY	OTHER OFFICERS
Flow Field Analysis of Erosion Friendly Guide Vane for Hydro-Turbines	01 Apr 2025	Hydraulic turbine	Design and develop an erosion friendly guide vane and investigate the flow field in the vicinity of the guide vane profile in a cascade rig by flow field analysis. The developed guide vane will be deployed in a working hydropower plant to evaluate the improvement in performance and service life of a working Francis turbine.	4993000	Central Power and research Institute, India	Prof. Nikhil Kumar Singh
Experimental and numerical analysis for development of an erosion friendly Francis turbine	01 Aug 2021	Sediment Erosion		22.10 Lac	CSIR
The unsteady aerodynamic response in LP turbine blade and its control under part load conditions	01 May 2019	Fluid Mechanics		38.64 Lacs	CPRI	Prof. Sushant Dutta
Investigation on flow instabilities in draft tube at off-design operation of hydraulic turbines	01 May 2018	Hydraulic turbine		175.0 lac	CPRI	Prof. Krishna M. Singh
Flow field and erosion wear analysis of casing of a centrifugal slurry pump	01 May 2017	Erosion wear		20.96	CSIR
Thermodynamic efficiency tests in the HPP Baner and Binwa	01 Jan 2016	Hydraulic turbine efficiency		27.36 lacs	Voith Hydro, India
Setting up of Small Hydro Turbine R&D Laboratory at AHEC	01 Jan 2010	Hydro turbine		INR 150.00 lacs	MNRE, India	Prof. Arun Kumar, Prof. R. P. Saini
Manipulation of Flow Field over a Square Prism for Vortex Load Reduction using Feedback Control	01 Jan 2011	Bluff body		INR 36.60 lacs	Department of Science and Technology	Prof. Sushant Dutta, Prof. Manish Mishra
Investigations on Ash Disposal System of a Thermal Power Plant for Transportation of Bottom Ash.....	01 Jan 2009	Ash Disposal		INR 19.03 lacs	Department of Science and Technology
Flow Field Investigation of an Axial Flow Pump under near Stall and Stall Conditions	01 Jan 2007	Axial Flow Pump		INR 4.55 lacs	Department of Science and Technology India and DAAD Germany
Development of Non-cobalt base Cavitation Resistant Surfaces by Laser Cladding Process	01 Jan 2006	Cavitation		INR 14.6 lacs	BRNS (DST), Govt of India	Prof. D. K. Dwivedi
Cost Effective Transportation of Bulk Solids through Slurry Pipeline	01 Jan 2005	Slurry Transportation		INR 14.0 lacs	MHRD, Govt of India
Modernization of Mechanical Engineering Laboratories	01 Jan 2004	Modernization		INR 9.00 lacs	MHRD, Govt of India	Prof. and Head, MIED
Slurry Erosion Properties of Laser Cladding	01 Jan 2002	Erosion wear		INR 9.60 lacs	BRNS (DST), Govt of India
Study on Parametric Dependence of Erosion Wear for Flow of Solid-Liquid Mixture	01 Jan 1999	Erosion wear		INR 1.6 Lacs	AICTE, MHRD, Govt. of India	Prof. R. K. Porwal

1	BIS testing of various pumps and valves	1987-2001	Pump industries of India
2	To design and deliver technical capacity building programs	2009-2011	Uttarakhand Govt.
3	Study on erosion wear using slurry pot tester	2011-2014	Voith Hydro Holding GmbH Co., Germany
4	CFD analysis of Two Small Hydro Projects of Total 4.5 MW Capacity on Miyagam Branch Canal, Gujrat	2016-2017	P&R Infra Projects Limited
5	CFD Analysis for Cooling Water system of NTPC Obra C (2x660 MW)	2018-2019	M/s Doosan Power Systems India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
6	Vetting of Design and Drawings of Radial gate and Stop Log gate of LOWER ORR Major Irrigation Project, Distt.-Shivpuri (M.P.)	2020-2021	Project Director, Orr River Project Management Unit Bamorekaian