Dr. Nisha  Netam

Department Mechanical Engineering
Designation Associate Professor
Educational Qualification Higher Secondary (J.N.V. Borai), BE (GEC Raipur), M.Tech (IITM), Ph.D.(NITRR)
E-Mail nishane.me@nitrr.ac.in
Contact Number
Areas of Interest

Thermal Engineering, Heat Transfer, Two-Phase Material, Thermal Comfort

Publications

 

Journal Publication:

  1. Shashank Shekhar Mishra, Vivek Kumar Gaba, Nisha Netam, Simulation of Air Flow Behavior and its Influence on Thermal Comfort for a Naturally Ventilated Passenger Railway Coach in India, Journal of Thermal Engineering (Accepted, In press)

  2. Dixit Arya, Anuj Kumar Shukla, and Nisha Netam, Investigation of Complex Melting Dynamics of Phase Change Material in Inclined Enclosures with Asymmetrical Fins, Energy Technol. 2025, e202501545. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202501545

  3. Chaman Lal Pal, Nisha Netam, Shubhashis Sanyal & M. Manish (25 Feb 2024): Exploring thermal comfort in rural houses of Chhattisgarh state, India: A comprehensive survey and adaptive model analysis, Science and Technology for the Built Environment, DOI: 10.1080/23744731.2024.2312799.

  4. Shashank Shekhar Mishra, Vivek Kumar Gaba, Nisha Netam, Effect of air velocity and relative humidity on passengers’ thermal comfort in naturally ventilated railway coach in hot-dry indian climate,Building and Environment,Volume 254,2024, 111421,ISSN 0360 1323, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111421. 

  5. Shashank Shekhar Mishra, Vivek Kumar Gaba, Nisha Netam, Thermal comfort assessment of non-air-conditioned railway coach in Central India during extreme summer, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress,Volume 46,2023,102206,ISSN 2451-9049, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2023.102206

  6. Chaman Lal Pal , Nisha Netam (2023), Investigating Thermal Comfort of Chhattisgarh Residents through Statistical Questionnaire Analysis, Eur. Chem. Bull. 2023,12(10), 1697-1714. (doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.10.115

  7. Chaman Lal Pal, Nisha Netam & M. Manish (2023) Thermal comfort assessment during summer in rural Indian kitchens in tropical regions, Advances in Building Energy Research, DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2023.2204341 (26 Apr 2023.) Taylor & Francis Group  ISSN: 1756-2201
  8. BHOJRAJ N. KALE*, S. D. PATLE, NISHA NETAM, AND H.K. NARANG, EXPERIMENTATION STUDIES OF MICROALGAE BIODIESEL BLENDS INFLUENCE ON VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO DIESEL ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND EXHAUST EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS, Poll Res. 40 (4) : 1462-1472 (2021), 
  9. Bhojraj N. Kale · S. D. Patle, N. Netam,S. R. Kalambe, N. Arukia Experimental exploration of compression ratio effect on performance and tailpipe emission devouring microalgae biodiesel blends, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-03908-3
  10. VISHWANATH KAVIRAJ, NISHA NETAM* & CHAMAN LAL PAL, EFFECT OF VERTICAL LOUVER SHADING SYSTEM ON THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF BUILDING, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD) ISSN(P): 2249–6890; ISSN(E): 2249–8001, Vol. 10, Special Issue, Aug 2020, 223–231
  11. Netam, N., Sanyal, S., & Bhowmick, S. (2020). A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FEATURING TIME LAG AND DECREMENT FACTOR TO ASSESS INDOOR THERMAL CONDITIONS IN LOW-INCOME-GROUP HOUSE. Journal of Thermal Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 2, Special Issue 11, pp. 114-127, March, 2020  114-127.. 10.18186/THERMAL.728054
  12. Nisha Netam, Shubhashis Sanyal, Shubhankar Bhowmick , Assessing the Impact of Passive Cooling on Thermal Comfort in LIG House Using CFD, Journal of Thermal Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 414-421, October, 2019 (10.18186/thermal.623212).
  13. Nisha Netam, Tikeshwar Kumar Sahu , "Comparative Advantage of Louver Shading Device on Window for Residential Building Located at Raipur"  International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 13, Number 15 (Sep. 2018) pp. 11966-11973. (https://www.ripublication.com/ijaer18/ijaerv13n15_36.pdf)
  14. Nisha Netam, Shubhashis Sanyal, Shubhankar Bhowmick , ''Thermal Performance Analysis to Assess Inhabitant Comfort inside LIG houses in Chhattisgarh'' International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,Volume 12, Number 3 (2017) pp. 613-622 (June 2017) (https://dx.doi.org/10.37622/IJTAM/12.3.2017.613-622)

Conference/Proceedings

  1. Nikhil Kumar, Nisha Netam and Venkata Anvesh Chelluri, COMPARATIVE THERMAL ANALYSIS OF FLAT ROOF AND U-SHAPED ROOF WITH DIFFERENT INSULATION MATERIAL, 7th Asia Pacific IEOM conference, Bangkok, Thailand, March 25-27, 2026
  2. Venkata Anvesh Chelluri, Nisha Netam, Anuj Kumar Shukla, Effect of Blockage Ratio on Drag, Lift, and Vortex Dynamics in Confined Channel Flow Past a Circular Cylinder, Proceedings of the 28th National and 6th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 9-12, 2025, IIT Jodhpur, Karwar-342030, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), India, December 9-12, 2025, IIT Jodhpur, India. http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/IHMTC-2025.850, pages 563-568.
  3. Dixit Arya, Nisha Netam, and Anuj Kumar Shukla, Impact of Orentation and Fin Materials on Melting Behaviour of PCM in a Partitioned Based
    LHTES Unit, METAL 2025, NIT Raipur, 5-6 Dec 2025
  4. Shashank Shekhar Mishra, Vivek Kumar Gaba and Nisha Netam, Evaluation of Passenger’s comfort Vote(PCV) and Discomfort Index(DI) for passengers travelling in non-air conditioned railway coach during summer, Healthy Building 2025, ESCI Hyderabad, 18-21 Aug 2025
  5. Chaman Lal, Nisha Netam, Occupational Impact on Thermal Comfort Experiences in Rural Environments, Healthy Building 2025, ESCI Hyderabad, 18-21 Aug 2025
  6. Chaman Lal Pal, Nisha Netam; Study on occupant thermal comfort and household energy use in Chhattisgarh using a questionnaire. AIP Conf. Proc. 30 April 2024; 3031 (1): 030009. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0193844
  7. Nisha Netam, “simplified model for determining thermal Comfort of House: a case study at Raipur Region”, Chhattisgarh Young Scientist Congress 2023 at Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (C.G.), India, 3-4 May 2023
  8. Vishal Rajnath Singh, Nisha Netam, Chaman Lal Pal,Effect of natural convection on effective thermal conductivity of hollow circular configuration two-phase material,Materials Today: Proceedings,Volume 83, Part 1,2023,Pages 1-5,ISSN 2214-7853,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.10.005.
  9. Bhavesh Chandrakar, Nisha Netam, Suneel Kumar, Chaman Lal, “Analysis of Roof Radiant Cooling System for the Central India Region” International conference on "Housing: Challenges, Policies, and Strategies of the 21st Century—HCPS 2022", National Institute of Technology Raipur, India, 29-30 Oct 2022
  10. Chaman Lal Pal, Nisha Netam, Analysis of temperature and exhaust gases distribution in residential kitchen of LIG house, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 44, Part 2, 2021, Pages 3025-3031, ISSN 2214-7853, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.02.438.) 
  11. Vishal Rajnath Singh, Nisha Netam, Effect of convective heat transfer coefficient on estimation of effective thermal conductivity of two-phase material, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 28, Part 4, 2020, Pages 2236-2240. 12 May 2020.
  12. Bhagirathi Rajwade, Nisha Netam, Investigation of effects of corncob ash in fly ash bricks, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 28, Part 4, 2020, Pages 2431-2434. 
  13. Pratik Kumar Verma, Nisha Netam, A case study on thermal comfort analysis of school building, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 28, Part 4, 2020, Pages 2501-2504. 
  14. Avinash Verma, Nisha Netam, “”Experimental Analysis and Comparative Study of Extensive Green Roof in Central India” 6th International Conference on Engineering Technology & Management (ICETM-2020), during 17-19 Jan 2020 at Singapore.
  15. Prateek Kumar Sahu, Nisha Netam, Lal Chandra Shah, "Estimation of Effective Thermal Conductivity of Two-Phase Material for Hollow Circular Model" MATEC Web of Conferences 172, 02004 (2018) .  (https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201817202004)
  16. Nisha Netam, Shubhashis Sanyal, Shubhankar Bhowmick, "A PMV-PPD model based study of thermal comfort in Low-Income Group house in Chhattisgarh" MATEC Web of Conferences 172, 06006 (2018).  (https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201817206006)
  17. Nisha Netam, Shubhashis Sanyal, Shubhankar Bhowmick, "Thermal Comfort Analysis: A Case Study of LIG Housing in Chhattisgarh" AIP Conf. Proc. 1754, 050025-1–050025 6 (2016) , Published by AIP Publishing. 

 

Book Chapter:

  1. Nisha Netam, Tikeshwar Kumar Sahu , "Comparative Advantage of Louver Shading Device on Window for Residential Building Located at Raipur"  advanced engineering research and applications, ISBN 978-93-89116-39-7 Volume XII, (2019) pp. 119-127.
  2. Sana Saiprathap , Nisha Netam and Chaman Lal Pal, “CFD Analysis of Kitchen Environment and Comparative Study with Kitchen Chimney” 3rd International Congress on Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (CAMSE2022) during 14 – 16 July, 2022. ISBN 978-93-5607-692-1.

Book Editors:

  1. International Conference on “Applied Mechanics, Machine Learning and Advanced Computation (AMMLAC 2022)” AIP Conference Proceedings 2745, 010001 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1063/12.0015090

 

 

Other Info.

Educational Qualifications

S.NO

Degree Awarded

Institute

Year

1

12th

JNV Borai, Durg

2006

2

BE (Mechanical)

Govt. Engineering College Raipur

2010

3

M.Tech. (Thermal Engg.)

IIT Madras

2012

Work Experience

S. No.

Institute Name

Position

From (Date)

To (Date)

1

NIT Raipur

Associate Professor

12/06/2025

Till date

2

NIT Raipur

Assistant Professor (Grade I)

09/07/2021

11/06/2025

3

NIT Raipur

Assistant Professor (Grade II)

09/05/2013

08/07/2021

4

Pratap University Jaipur

Assistant Professor 

06/08/2012

04/04/2013

 

PhD-Guided

S. No.

Title

Student name

1

Investigation of Thermal Comfort and Occupant Behavior in Residential Buildings of Chhattisgarh

Dr Chaman Lal 

2

Thermal Comfort Analysis of Non-Air-Conditioned Railway Coaches for Different Climatic Zones of India

Dr Shashank Shekhar Mishra 

 

M.Tech Project Guided:                                                                   

Title

Student

Estimation of the effective thermal conductivity of a two-phase material.

G Nagender

Comparative Advantage of Louver Shading Device on Window for Residential Buildings Located at Raipur

Tikeshwar Kumar Sahu

Estimation of Effective Thermal Conductivity of Two-Phase Material for Hollow Square and Hollow Circular Cylinder Model

Prateek Kumar Sahu

Experimental Investigation of Thermal Performance of  Extensive Green Roof

Avinash Verma 

Experimental analysis of thermal performance of the building using expanded polyethylene (EPE) and cool coating on roof

Shubham agrawal 

Analysis of Thermal performance of building with vertical louver shading system on window

Vishwanath Kaviraj 

Effect of Convective Heat Transfer coefficient on the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Two-Phase Material

Singh Vishal Rajnath

Thermal Comfort Analysis of School Building Using PMV – PPD Model and Field Survey

Pratik Kumar Verma

Investigation of Effects of Corncob Ash in Fly Ash Bricks

Bhagirathi Rajwade

Artificial Neural Network Model for Prediction of Thermal Comfort of School Building

Devendra Paturkar

Assessment of Indoor Room Air Temperature with Different Building Materials.

Vardint Kaushik

Investigate the Effect of Kitchen Chimney in the Thermal Comfort of Kitchen

Sana Saiprathap

A systematic review of technology of water mist pray cooling for  traffic police booth and analysis of heat stress among traffic police during summer season

Alok Singh kshatriya

Development of Radiant Cooling System on Ceiling of a Room

Bhavesh chandrakar

Effect of Roof Insulation on Room Air Temperature and Energy Consumption of Buildings

Suneel Kumar

Comparative Thermal Analysis of Flat Roof and U-Shaped Roof of House: A Case Study In Durg, Chhattisgarh

Nikhil Kumar

Analytical Estimation of Effective Thermal Conductivity of 3D Fibrous Materials Considering Primary and Secondary Parameters Through a Unit Cell Approach

Aman Kumar Sonwan

 

B.Tech Project Guided:  15+


Resource Person at FDP/STTP/Workshop                                                

  • Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai.

  • Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Mumbai

  • NIT Raipur

  • JNV Borai and JNV Gariyaband 

 

Awards:                                                                                                         

  • Best paper in ICDAMS 2018, Titled “A PMV-PPD model based study of thermal comfort in Low-Income Group house in Chhattisgarh.”
  • Outstanding Researcher in Thermal Engineering 10TH ANNUAL RESEARCH MEET – ARM 2024, 7 December 2024 at Green Park Chennai, India (Centre for Research and Innovation, Venus International Foundation, No. 1, Ganesh Nagar Main Road, Adambakkam, Chennai – 600088, Tamilnadu, India.)

Extra Curricular Activity                                                                          

  • Participated in the National-Level Handball Tournament organized by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS).

  • Represented the institute in the Inter-NIT Faculty/Staff Table Tennis Tournament held at MNIT Jaipur, NIT Kurukshetra, and NIT Hamirpur.