Dr. Chakravarthy Balaji

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Dr. Chakravarthy Balaji

Chair Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

About

Dr. C. Balaji received his PhD from IIT Madras in 1995.

His research interests include Computational Heat transfer, Computational Radiation, Optimization in Thermal Sciences, Inverse Heat Transfer, Satellite Meteorology, Numerical Weather Prediction etc. He has authored more than 160 journal publications and over 60 conference publications. He is also the author of four books, which include 2 graduate level text books on thermal system design and optimization and radiation heat transfer.


Awards & Honors

  • Swarna Jayanthi Fellowship, Govt of India, (Earth and atmospheric science), 2008
  • Tamilnadu Scientist Award, Govt of Tamilnadu, 2010.
  • Elected Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2012.
  • Humboldt Fellowship- 2005-2006.
  • Humboldt Fellowship -Renewed Research stay for experienced researchers, Germany, 2012.
  • Marti Gurunath Award for Excellence in Teaching, awarded by IIT Madras, 2013.
  • Mid career research award, IIT Madras, 2015.
  • Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Thermal Sciences (Elsevier Ltd., Oxford), 2016

Research Interests

  • Thermal Sciences
  • Atmospheric and Climate Sciences
  • Thermal Optimization
  • Numerical Weather Prediction
  • Data assimilation

Awards & Honours

  • Institute Chair Professor, 2020.
  • SMid Career Research Award, awarded by IIT Madras, 2015.
  • Marti Gurunath Award for Excellence in Teaching, awarded by IIT Madras, 2013.
  • Humboldt Fellowship- Renewed Research stay for experienced researchers, Germany, 2012.
  • Elected Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2012.
  • Tamilnadu Scientist Award, Govt of Tamilnadu, 2010.
  • Swarna Jayanthi Fellowship, Govt of India, (Earth and atmospheric science), 2008.
  • Prof.K.N.Seetharamu Medal and Prize for excellence in research, Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer, 2008.
  • Young Faculty Recognition Award for excellence in Teaching and Research, IIT Madras, 2007.
  • Humboldt Fellowship, Humboldt foundation Germany, 2005 -2006.

Publications

  • P. Yaswanth,B. Arul Malar Kannan, V. M. Bindhu, Balaji Narasimhan, C Balaji. Evaluation of Remote Sensing Rainfall Products, Bias Correction and Temporal Disaggregation Approaches, for Improved Accuracy in Hydrologic Simulations. Water Resources Management, Accepted
  • Alankrita Singh, C Balaji. Heat Transfer Optimization Studies of Semi-Spherical Protrusions on a Concave Surface during Jet Impingement. Heat Transfer Engineering, Paper No. HTE-3422.
  • Sandeep Chinta, V S Prasad, C Balaji. Hybrid assimilation on a parameter-calibrated model to improve the prediction of heavy rainfall events during the Indian Summer Monsoon. Current Science, Accepted.
  • Girish Kumar Marri, C Balaji. A machine learning methodology for the diagnosis of phase change material-based thermal management systems. Applied Thermal Engineering, Accepted.
  • Suraj Kumar, C Balaji. Prediction of orthotropic thermal conductivities using Bayesian-inference from experiments under vacuum conditions. Heat Transfer Engineering, Page(s):1-22, Taylor & Francis.

The research activities of the Centre have been oriented towards achieving fundamental understanding of the various atmospheric and climatic processes which have immense relevance to society.

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