Dr. Shashi Kant Verma

Department Mechanical Engineering
Designation Assistant Professor (Grade-I)
Educational Qualification Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow at Institute For Plasma Research (IPR) under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Bhat Village, Gandhinagar-382428, Gujarat, India. (April 2019 - April 2022)
E-Mail skverma.me@nitrr.ac.in, mailme.shashi09@gmail.com
Contact Number 8319511413
Areas of Interest

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Nuclear Fuel Rod Bundle, Computational Aeroacoustics, Extruder-Type Pellet Injector System, Hydrogen Ice extrusion, Turbulent Mixing, Aeroacoustics, Cryogenics

Publications

Papers in International Journals:

1. Verma, G., Sinha, S. L., Verma, S. K., & Verma, T. N. (2024). A Review of CFD Advancements Toward Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Prototypical Flow Conditions in PWR Subchannels. Nuclear Technology, 211(7), 1363–1406. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2410615.

2. Dhurandhar, S. K., Sinha, S. L., & Verma, S. K. (2024b). CFD analysis in effects of spacer-vane on thermal–hydraulic performance of two-phase flow in annular channel. Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 71(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s44147-024-00462-2.

3. Dhurandhar, S. K., Sinha, S. L., & Verma, S. K. (2024a). Numerical analysis of effects of vane deflection angle on Flow-Thermal characteristics in a fuel rod assembly. Nuclear Technology, 210(11), 2050–2073. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2309080.

4. Dhurandhar, S. K., Sinha, S. L., & Verma, S. K. (2024a). NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOR EFFECTS OF GRID SPACER VANE ON FLOW-THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO PHASE FLOW IN A 5 × 5 ROD BUNDLE. Multiphase Science and Technology, 36(3), 19–44. https://doi.org/10.1615/multscientechn.2024051035.

5. Kalbande, V. P., Vinchurkar, S., Nandanwar, Y. N., Verma, S. K., & Walke, P. (2023). Global mathematical correlations for heat pipe and nanofluid based thermal energy storage system: Dimensional analysis approach. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 43(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14285.

6. Verma, S. K. (2023). Thermal-Hydraulic aspects of an extruder for Tracer-Encapsulated cryogenic pellet: a research and historical perspective. Fusion Science & Technology, 80(5), 623–635. https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2227839.

7. Desai, A. B., Dutta, R., Verma, S. K., Dewasi, A., Agravat, H., Gupta, V., Mukherjee, S. S., Mishra, J. S., Panchal, P., Nayak, P. A., & Gangradey, R. (2023). Manifestation of improvement in regenerator performance of a low and high-frequency pulse tube cryocooler using layered pattern. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 45, 102112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2023.102112.

 8. Dhurandhar, S. K., Sinha, S. L., & Verma, S. K. (2023). Numerical simulation to study mixing vane spacer effects on heat transfer performance of supercritical pressure fluid in an annular channel. Journal of Thermal Engineering, 9(6), 1428–1441. https://doi.org/10.18186/thermal.1395460.

9. Dhurandhar, S. K., Sinha, S. L., & Verma, S. K. (2023b). CFD analysis of effects of grid spacer vane on Thermal-Hydraulic performance of fluid in a 5×5 fuel channel. Nuclear Science and Engineering, 198(10), 1965–1983. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2280350.

10. Dhurandhar, S. K., Sinha, S. L., & Verma, S. K. (2022). Spacer effects on thermal-hydraulic performance of fluid flow at supercritical pressure in annular channel - CFD methodology. JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES, 16(1), 8770–8787. https://doi.org/10.15282/jmes.16.1.2022.10.0693.

11. Gupta, V., Gangradey, R., Mukherjee, S. S., Mishra, J. S., Nayak, P. A., Panchal, P., Tanna, V. L., Paravastu, Y., Raval, D. C., Khan, Z., George, S., Garg, A., Srikanth, L., Dewasi, A., Verma, S. K., Dutta, R., & Agravat, H. (2022). Performance testing of the liquid nitrogen cooled sorption cryopump for application in SST-1 Tokamak. Fusion Engineering and Design, 181, 113212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2022.113212.

12. Gangradey, R., Mukherjee, S. S., Gupta, V., Panchal, P., Nayak, P., Mishra, J. S., Dewasi, A., & Verma, S. K. (2022). Design and development of a liquid nitrogen cooled test cryopump for application in Steady-state Superconducting Tokamak-1. Vacuum, 200, 110986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2022.110986.

13. Gupta, V., Gangradey, R., Mukherjee, S. S., Verma, S., Dewasi, A., Mishra, J., Panchal, P., & Nayak, P. A. (2022). Validation of 3-D non-isothermal CFD simulation with experimental results for single-screw hydrogen extruder. Cryogenics, 124, 103471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2022.103471.

14. Verma, S. K., Gupta, V., Mukherjee, S. S., Gangradey, R., Srinivasan, R., Arumugam, S. K., & Kumar, P. S. R. (2021). Numerical prediction of the operating point for the cryogenic twin-screw hydrogen extruder system. Cryogenics, 121, 103414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2021.103414.

15. Dhurandhar, S. K., Sinha, S. L., & Verma, S. K. (2021). Numerical evaluation for spacer vane effects on flow and heat transfer of water at supercritical pressure in annular channel. Nuclear Science and Engineering, 196(5), 600–613. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2021.2003650.

16. Verma, S. K., Gupta, V., Mukherjee, S. S., Gangradey, R., & Srinivasan, R. (2020). Development of CFD model for the analysis of a cryogenics twin-screw hydrogen extruder system. Cryogenics, 113, 103232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2020.103232.

17. Dhurandhar, S. K., Sinha, S. L., & Verma, S. K. (2020). Effects of mixing vane spacer on flow and thermal behavior of fluid in fuel Channels of Nuclear Reactors—A Review. Nuclear Technology, 206(5), 663–696. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1698257.

18. Verma, S. K., Mukherjee, S. S., Gangradey, R., Srinivasan, R., Gupta, V., Panchal, P., & Nayak, P. (2020). A Review of Pellet Injector Technology: Brief History and Recent Key Developments. Fusion Science and Technology, 76(6), 770–785. https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2020.1777674.

19. Verma, S. (2019). Numerical prediction of single-phase flow mixing characteristics in a 1/12th of the cross segment of a 54-rod bundle. Kerntechnik, 84(3), 183-193. https://doi.org/10.3139/124.110977.

20. Investigation of Ring Type Spacer Effects on Performance of Heat Transfer and Flow Behaviour of Supercritical R-134a Flow using CFD in an Annular Channel  Satish Kumar Dhurandhar, S.L.Sinha and S. K. Verma  International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Applications (IJATCA) Special Issue  July - 2019, pp. 7-13 ISSN: 2395-3519.

21. Verma, S. K., Sinha, S. L., & Chandraker, D. K. (2018). CFD modeling of turbulent mixing through vertical pressure tube type boiling water reactor fuel rod bundles with spacer-grids. AIP Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5033242.

22. Verma, S. K., Sinha, S. L., & Chandraker, D. K. (2018b). Experimental investigation on the effect of Spacer on the turbulent mixing in vertical pressure Tube–Type boiling water reactor. Nuclear Science and Engineering, 190(2), 195–208. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2017.1413874.

23. Verma, S. K. (2018). Impact of spacer on inter sub-channel mixing of coolant in nuclear fuel bundle: a survey and future patterns of research and advances. Kerntechnik, 83(5), 451–461. https://doi.org/10.3139/124.110951.

24. A Comprehensive Review of the Spacer Effect on Performance of Nuclear Fuel Bundle using Computational Fluid Dynamics Methodology  S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker  Materials Today: Proceedings  4 (2017) 10030-10034  SCOPUS  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2017.06.315.

25. Verma, S. K., Sinha, S. L., & Chandraker, D. K. (2017). Experimental investigation of effect of spacer on two phase turbulent mixing rate in subchannels of pressure tube type BWR. Kerntechnik, 82(5), 535–544. https://doi.org/10.3139/124.110836.

26. Experimental Investigation of Effect of Spacer Single Phase Turbulent Mixing Rate on Simulated Subchannel of AHWR  S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker  Annals of Nuclear Energy  110, Page: 186-195  SCIE  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2017.06.020.

27. Numerical investigation of effect of ring type spacer grid on the thermal hydraulics aspects of 5 Χ 5 rod bundles  S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker  Procedia Engineering  127 (2015) 735 – 742  SCOPUS  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.11.407.

Papers in Refereed International/National Conferences:

1. Sayan Patra and Shashi Kant Verma  NIT Calicut, India

2. Shashi Kant Verma  27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC 2023) during December 14 - 17, 2023 IIT Patna, India.

3. Shashi Kant Verma  10th International and 50th National Conference on FLUID MECHANICS and FLUID POWER (FMFP-2023), during 20-22 December, 2023 IIT Jodhpur, India.

4. S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker, Flow Visualization in Simulated Subchannels of a Natural Circulation Pressure Tube Type BWR Rod Bundle and Mixing Quantification Using CFD  Proceedings of the 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), December 10-12, 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

5. S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker, Effect of Spacer and Geometrical Parameters of Nuclear Fuel Rods on Turbulent Mixing Rate of Coolant in Subchannels  Proceedings of the 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE, Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), December 27-30, 2017, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, India, Begell House Inc., USA.

6. S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker, Numerical Prediction of Mixing Phenomena of Subchannels In Nuclear Rod Bundle of Advanced Heavy Water Reactor  Proceedings of the 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), December 27-30, 2017, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, India, (Accepted), Begell House Inc., USA.

7. S.K.Verma, Numerical prediction of flow pattern in 54-rod bundle of an Advanced Heavy Water Reactor  15th Chhattisgarh Young Scientists Congress-2017, organized by Chhattisgarh Council Of Science & Technology (CCOST) Raipur (C.G.) and Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University Bhilai (C.G.) held on 28th February & 1st March, 2017.

8. S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker, CFD Simulation of Spacer Effect on Turbulent Mixing Phenomena in Subchannels of Boiling Nuclear Assemblies  ICNRTNA 2017: 19th International Conference on Nuclear Reactor Theory and Numerical Analysis conducted by WASET, Bali Indonesia held on October 23-24, 2017.

9. S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker, A Comprehensive Review of the Spacer Effect on Turbulent Mixing Rate of Coolant in Nuclear Fuel Bundle of BWR  Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on advances in Steel, Power and Construction Technology (ICASPCT-2016) at OP Jindal University, Raigarh on March 17-19, 2016.

10. S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker, Design of Experiment Based Investigation on Single phase Turbulent Mixing in 1/12th Symmetric Simulated Subchannels  International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing, ICAMM-2016, conducted by Osmania University and DRDL Hyderabad, India, e-ISBN: 978-93-86256-19-5.

11. S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker, CFD application for design of nuclear fuel bundle with spacer grid  International conference on advances in mechanical engineering (ICAME-2015) at University College of engineering, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu on 15th & 16th October 2015, ISBN 978-93-85477-29-4.

12. S. K. Verma, Experimental analysis of free convection heat transfer in inclined circular tube  21st National and 10th ISHMT - ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 27-30, 2011, IIT Madras, India.

Book Chapters:

1.  Shashi Kant Verma (2024), Green Manufacturing for Industry 4.0. In Productivity Press eBooks. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003439684.

2. Shashi Kant Verma, Universal Clean Sustainable Energy for Future – Hydrogen, Hydrogen Energy: Production, Storage and Utilization. (n.d.). Routledge & CRC Press, December 31, 2024 by CRC Press.

3. S. K. Verma (2019) Sources of Nuclear Pollutants and Their Controls. In: Agarwal R., Agarwal A., Gupta T., Sharma N. (eds) Pollutants from Energy Sources. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore.

4. S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker (2019) A Review on Pollutants from Coal Based Power Sector. In: Agarwal R., Agarwal A., Gupta T., Sharma N. (eds) Pollutants from Energy Sources. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore.

5.  S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker, "Selection of appropriate turbulence model in fuel bundle of nuclear energy: In context with inter subchannel mixing of coolant for single phase flow, in Soft Computing Techniques and Applications in Mechanical Engineering, IGI Global E-Editorial Discovery, ISBN13: 9781522530350, DOI:10.4018/978-1-5225-3035-0.

6. S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker, An Overview of Current Knowledge Concerning the Environmental Consequences of the Nuclear Pollution: Sources, Effects and Control”, Air pollution and Control, ISBN 978-981- 10-7184- 3, Springer.

7. S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker, Experimental and Numerical Study of Effect of Spacer on Turbulent Mixing Rate in Subchannel of Nuclear Fuel Bundle, “Engineering and Technology: Recent Innovations & Research”, ISSN: 978-93-86138-06-4.

8. S. K. Verma, S. K., Sinha, S., & Chandraker, D. (2025). Artificial intelligence for biomedical application associated with fluid-material dynamics.

In Elsevier eBooks (pp. 273–280). https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-15999-2.00020-7.

9. S. K. Verma, S. K. (2025). CFD analysis of die at Non-Newtonian and Non-isothermal condition. In Lecture notes in mechanical engineering (pp. 57–62). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7388-6_5.

10. S. K. Verma, S. L. Sinha and D. K. Chandraker, Experimental and Numerical Study of Effect of Spacer on Turbulent Mixing Rate in Subchannel of Nuclear Fuel Bundle, “Engineering and Technology: Recent Innovations & Research”, ISSN: 978-93-86138-06-4.

11. S. K. Verma, Analysis of Radiological Pollution, Control & Management, “Waste Management and Utilization Techniques (International Edition), ISBN: 978-93-86138-88-0.


Other Info.
Awards and Recognitions:
  • Chair a Session during the "10th International and 50th (Golden Jubilee) National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2023)" from 20-22 December 2023 at IIT Jodhpur.
  • Young Researcher Award 2020 by Institute Of Scholars (InSc).
  • Certificate of Appreciation from Sixth International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education, ICTIEE 2019, for valuable contributions in reviewing extended abstracts on January 12, 2019.
  • Certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing award by the editors of ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands for august 2018.
  • Recipient of Young scientist award in 15th Chhattisgarh Young Scientists Congress-2017, organized by Chhattisgarh Council Of Science & Technology (CCOST) Raipur (C.G.) and Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University Bhilai (C.G.) held from 28th February to 1st March, 2017.
  • Recipient of Best Presentation Award in 19th International Conference on Nuclear Reactor Theory and Numerical Analysis organized by WASET, Bali Indonesia held from October 23-24, 2017.
  • Contribution for Design and Development of Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) in BARC, Trombay, Mumbai.
  • Certificate of Appreciation by Indian Youth Nuclear Society (IYNS) and Shiv Nadar School for Project Mentor.
  • Recipient of SAIL-P.M. Trophy Scholarship during three year diploma studies in Mechanical branch.
  • Recipient of Honour by B D Kureshi, State minister Chhattisgarh at 2001-2002.
  • Recipient of prize for getting 76.2 % at 12th standard (Board exam).
  • Recipient of prize for 2nd position in class at 11th standard.
  • Recipient of prize for getting 76.2 % at 10th standard (Board exam).
  • Recipient of prize for 1st position in class at 9th standard.

Membership of Professional Bodies:

  • Life  Member of the Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT), Membership Number: LM1784.
  • Life  Member of the National Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (NSFMFP), Membership Number: LM833.
  • Life  Member of The Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI), Membership Number: M-21098.
  • Life Member of the Plasma Science Society Of India (PSSI), Membership Number: LM1734.
  • Life Member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Membership Number: 138157.
  • Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Membership Number: LM 95311.
  • Associate Member of The Institution of Engineers (India), Membership Number: AM170165-5.
  • Member of Indian Youth Nuclear Society (IYNS).
  • Life Member of the Indian Cryogenics Council (ICC), Membership Number: LM883.

INVITED LECTURES:

  • An invited lecture “Rheological behavior of hydrogen extrusion”  in a FDP “Emerging trends in Thermal Engineering” on August 21, 2021 at SSIPMT. 
  • An invited lecture on “Design & Development of CFD model for Twin –Screw” for MREC (A) Hyderabad in a FDP “Recent Innovative Development in Thermal Engineering (RIDTE)” on July 03, 2021. 
  • An invited talk on “Introduction to CFD and career opportunities in CFD for UG students” for Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, Lavale, Pune on May 26, 2020.
  • An invited talk on “A Phenomenological Study of Extruders and its Key Developments” for J. B. Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad in a webinar series “Recent Revolutions in Mechanical Engineering” on June, 02 - 06, 2020. 

Workshop Organized:

Coordinator and Instructor in Refresher Programme on ANSYS FLUENT 17 (RP AF2018) from 11/06/18 to 23/06/18 at MREC Hyderabad.

INTERNATIONAL VISITS:

Bali Indonesia (October 23-24, 2017).