Profile
| Name : | Prof. (Dr.) Nitin Vibhakar |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D. |
| Designation: | Professor |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Experience: | 29 Years (Academic); 5 Years (Industry) |
| Email: | nitin.vibhakar@scet.ac.in |
| Courses / Subject involved: | Engineering Graphics and Design (EGD), Mechanical Workshop (WS), Strength of Material (SOM), Kinematics and Theory of Machines (KTOM), Industrial Drafting and Fundamentals of Machine Design (IDFMD), Design of Machine Elements (DOME), Compressors Fans and Blowers (CFB) |
Extra Duty
| 1 | Coordinator for SCET BE1 academics during August 2002 to May 2018. |
| 2 | Member Faculty of anti ragging committee since 2010. |
| 3 | Worked as President, Student Activity Council for 2010-11, Kshitij 2010 was organized successfully first time under student activity council. |
| 4 | Purchase and Maintenance In-charge of more than 115 Air conditioners of SCET and TIFAC since 2008. |
Research Projects
Patents/Copyrights
Books Published
Research Publications
| International Journals | |
| 1 | N. N. Vibhakar, S. D. Masutage and S. A. Channiwala, ‘Three Dimensional CFD Analysis of Backward Curved Radial Tipped Blade Centrifugal Fan Designed as per Unified Methodology with Varying Number of Blades’, International Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering and Development, ISSN 2249-6149, Issue 2, Vol. 1, pp 246-256, Jan-2012. |
| International Conference | |
| 1 | N. N. Vibhakar and S. A. Channiwala, “Experimental Investigations on Radial Tipped Centrifugal Blower”, 26th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT, Kharagpur, December – 1999. |
| 2 | C. C. Patel, N. N. Vibhakar and S. A. Channiwala, “Critical Assessment of Design Methodologies for Radial Tipped Centrifugal Fans/Blowers”, 7th Asian International Conference on Fluid Machinery, Fukuoka, Japan, October -2003. |
| 3 | Deepak Sharma, N. N. Vibhakar and S. A. Channiwala, “Experimental and Analytical Investigations of Slip Factor in Radial Tipped Centrifugal Fan”, 5th International Conference (ICME) By BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December-2003. |
| 4 | Kinnari A. Shah, N. N. Vibhakar and S. A. Channiwala, “Unified Design and Comparative Performance Evaluation of Forward and Backward Curved Radial Tipped Centrifugal Fan”, 5th International Conference (ICME) by BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December-2003. |
| 5 | Balaganeshan T, N. N. Vibhakar and S. A. Channiwala, “Identification and Experimental Determination of Various Losses in a Radial Tipped Centrifugal Blower/Fan”, 8th Asian International Fluid Machinery Conference Yichang, China, Oct-2005. |
| 6 | Kinnari A. Shah, N. N. Vibhakar and S. A. Channiwala, “Finite Element Modeling and Stress Analysis of Forward Curved Radial Tipped Centrifugal Fan”, 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS-06), IIT, Gauhati, India, December-2006. |
| 7 | S. D. Masutage, N. N. Vibhakar, Bina Baloni and S. A. Channiwala, “Numerical (CFD) Analysis of three Dimensional Air Flow in Centrifugal Fan”, Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME-2011), S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, June 06-08, 2011. |
| 8 | “Experimental Investigations on Radial Tipped Centrifugal Blower,” Awarded as best paper by S. P. University |
| National Conference | |
| 1 | N. N. Vibhakar and S. A. Channiwala, “Experimental Investigations on Radial Tipped Centrifugal Blower”, 26th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT, Kharagpur, December – 1999. |
| 2 | Balaganeshan T, N. N. Vibhakar and S. A. Channiwala, “An Integrated Approach Towards Establishing a Loss Model for Radial Tipped Centrifugal Blowers/Fans”, XIII National Conference of Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers, IIT, Roorkee, December-2003. |
| 3 | Kinnari A. Shah, N. N. Vibhakar and S. A. Channiwala, “Computer Aided Design of Forward and Backward Curved Radial Tipped Centrifugal Fan”, National Conference on Recent Trends in CAD/CAM/CAE, NCRTC-2004, RIT, Sakharle, M.S., June-2004. |
| 4 | Kinnari A. Shah, N. N. Vibhakar and S. A. Channiwala, “Experimental Investigations on Taper Shrouded Backward Leaned Radial Tipped Centrifugal Fan”, National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, KOTA (Raj.) , March-2006. |
| 5 | Balaganeshan T, N. N. Vibhakar and S. A. Channiwala, “A Comprehensive Study of Methods for Predicting and Estimating Various Losses in Centrifugal Blower/Fan”, National Conference on “Emerging Trends in mechanical Engineering”, ETME, SVNIT, Surat, June-2007. |
Expert Lectures Delivered
| 1 | Delivered expert lectures on Turbo-machines to M.E./M.Tech. Students of SVNIT. |
| 2 | Delivered lectures on Turbo-machines during Multi-craft training to Reliance Ind. Ltd., Hazira employees. |
| 3 | Delivered lectures on various mechanical engineering subjects in 2 years diploma engineering level training programme for M/s Reliance Industries Ltd. Employees during Aug-2007 to July-2009. |
Achievements / Awards
| 1 | Academic Recognition: Recognized P.G. Teacher by V.N.S.G. University, Surat. |
| 2 | Other University M.E. Dissertations Guided: 07 |
| 3 | Other University B.E. Projects Guided: 03 (Batches) |
| 4 | Medal awarded for being a power committee member on successful completion of Udyog-2006, a mega international trade and industry exhibition during 6-10 Jan. 2006. |
| 5 | Paper Setter and Examiner, Institute Of Mechanical Engineers (IME) |
| 6 | Nominated by VNSGU as an expert panel member for the interview of lecturers/Asst. Professors in engineering colleges. |
| 7 | Development of research level experimental setup of Centrifugal Fan with three different changeable impellers (2010). |
| 8 | Appreciation Certificate awarded for achieving the objectives and vision of SCET, in April-2008 and April-2014. |
| 9 | Worked as Committee Chairman, 23rd National Conference on I. C. Engines and Combustion During 13-16 December 2013 at SVNIT, Surat. |
| 10 | Appointed by SES as Coordinator of Best students, Teachers and Principal Evaluation Committee-2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and awarded letter of appreciation by SES |
| 11 | Awarded letter of appreciation by GTU under GTU TECHFEST 2014 as Event – Faculty head |
| 12 | Successful efforts to start mechanical branch at SCET since July 2018 |
| 13 | Review/Session Committee chair of national conference on “Role of Innovation & Human Values in Engineering and Technology (RIHET)”, 15th December, 2018 jointly organized by ISTE, Gujarat and SSASIT College, Surat. |
Administrative Duties
| 1 | Head of Department – Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Management, Humanities and Sports Departments (heading 38 teaching and non-teaching staff) since Nov-2007 to May, 2018 Head of Department – Mechanical Engineering June 2018 to June 2023 |
| 2 | Collectively developed SCET Mechanical Engineering Department |
| 3 | Attended centralized degree admission on behalf of SCET |
| 4 | Coordinator for BE1 academics during the year 2002 to May, 2018. |
| 5 | Examination Superintendent, Centralized Assessment Centre Coordinator, Veer Narmad south Gujarat University, Surat. |
| 6 | Chairman of SCET library committee during 2004 to 2007, member of SCET internet and intranet committee, Department representative for Kshitij 2005, Chairman- Finance for Student Activity Council and Kshitij for more than 07 years, Member and chairman of other departmental and college committees. Member Faculty of anti-ragging committee – SCET since 2010. |
| 7 | Worked as Convener – PR committee for SCET (official spokes-person for SCET) during Nov-2007 to 2014. Designed and developed SCET Brochures, Stickers, Samparks, Diary, 1st year students’ welcome kits and their orientation programme, inviting and coordinating for various SCET function guests, school children visit to SCET etc. |
| 8 | Convener of Granth-2005, a mega science and Technology book exhibition. (SCET had purchased books worth of Rs. 50 lacs in 3 days) |
| 9 | Prepared SCET diploma college proposal (July-August 2006 and 2008, 2013), Degree Mechanical faculty Proposal (2011, 2013, 2017), Proposal for 2nd Degree Engineering College of SES (2013) |
| 10 | Course coordinator for 2 years diploma engineering level training to M/s Reliance Industries Ltd. Employees during Aug-2007 to July-2009.and revenue generation of more than Rs. 40 lacs. |
| 11 | Coordinator for e-voting, swarnim Gujarat activities, Kshitij PR, VC-GTU visit to SCET for gold medal function |
| 12 | Worked as President, Student Activity Council for 2010-11, Kshitij 2010 was organized successfully for the first time under student activity council. |
| 13 | Worked in the central Level institute committee for NBA coordination and positively lead First year departments to successfully get NBA to 4 departments of SCET. |
| 14 | SCET-Multi Disciplinary Conferences on Engineering & Technology (SMDCET 2017) – National Conference on Progress, Research and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering (PRIME 2017) during March 25 – 26, 2017 worked as PROGRAM CHAIR and 65 papers received and 52 selected and presented. Significant achievement as SCET did not have a mechanical branch at that time. |
| 15 | Member of energy and non-conventional energy committee of southern Gujarat chamber of commerce |
Membership of Professional Bodies
| 1 | Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (LM 23718). |
| 2 | Life and corporate registered membership of Institute of Engineers (M 130411-3) |
Workshop / Seminar / STTP
| 1 | Attended ISTE winter school on ‘Industry Institute Partnership’ during March 17-22, 1997 at Malaviya Regional Engineering, Jaipur. |
| 2 | Attended A QIP short-term course on ‘Advanced Tribology’ during June 18-22, 2001 at IIT, Bombay. |
| 3 | Attended Specialized Workshop on “Measurement Techniques in Turbo machines”, a short term workshop at SVNIT during 23-25 June, 2005. |
| 4 | Attended Workshop on ‘Three Phase Induction Motor’ during 14-15 October, 2005 organized by SGCCI and SCET. |
| 5 | Attended Importance of PHD in engineering, one day seminar at SVNIT in Dec-2005. |
| 6 | Attended One Day Workshop Entitled “Efficient and Safe Operation of Steam Generating System” at SVNIT on 5th August, 2006. |
| 7 | Actively Participated At Lecture Series On Generalized Laws Of Mass, Momentum And Energy Conservation Held During 6-8, 2008 At MED, SVNIT, Surat. |
| 8 | Attended AICTE sponsored STTP on ‘Computational Fluid Dynamics – Basics and Applications’ during July 7-11, 2008 at SVNIT, Surat. |
| 9 | Attended Specialized remote centre main workshop on “Fluid Mechanics” during 20-30 May, 2014 delivered by IIT, Kharagpur |
| 10 | Attended one day 20th ISTE Annual Faculty Convention 2015 and Seminar on “Challenges and Opportunities in Technical Education in the Era of Sustainable Development” at UTU, Bardoli on 27th October, 2015. |
| 11 | Attended TEQIP-II Sponsored One Week STTP on “Theory and Design of Pumps and Turbines” during February 20-25, 2017 at MED, SVNIT, Surat. |
| 12 | Attended one day 23rd ISTE Annual Faculty Convention 2018 and national conference on “Role of Innovation & Human Values in Engineering and Technology (RIHET)”, 15th December, 2018 jointly organized by ISTE, Gujarat and SSASIT College, Surat. |
Participation in Other Activities
| 1 | Worked as Convener – PR committee for SCET (official spokes-person for SCET) during Nov-2007 to 2014. Designed and developed SCET Brochures, Stickers, Samparks, Diary, 1st year students’ welcome kits and their orientation programme, inviting and coordinating for various SCET function guests, school children visit to SCET etc. |
| 2 | Design and development of Turbo Machines |
| 3 | Other University M.E. Dissertations Guided: 08 nos., B.E. Projects Guided: 03 (Batches) |
| 4 | Purchase and maintenance Coordinator of SCET and TIFAC Air Conditioning systems. |
| 5 | Delivered lectures on Turbo-machines during Multi-craft training to Reliance Ind. Ltd., Hazira employees. |
| 6 | Course coordinator of 2 years diploma engineering level training programme for M/s Reliance Industries Ltd. Employees during Aug-2007 to July-2009.and revenue generation of more than Rs. 40 lacs. |
| 7 | Weld joint preparation and strength testing collectively with civil department |
| 8 | Successfully organized BE1 Fun Fair on 17th Feb, 2018 |
| 9 | Worked as Convener of the Outreach Cell during July-2014 to Feb-2016. Made a presentation at T & TV School to 12th standard students informing career options after exams for science stream students under Outreach cell. |
| 10 | Member of energy and non-conventional energy committee of southern Gujarat chamber of commerce. |
| 11 | Chairman of SCET library committee during 2004 to 2007, member of SCET internet and intranet committee, Department representative for Kshitij 2005 Chairman- Finance committee in SAC of SCET for 5 years, Member and chairman of other departmental and college committees. Member Faculty of anti-ragging committee – SCET since 2010. |
| 12 | Purchase and Maintenance In-charge of more than 150 Air conditioners of SCET and TIFAC since 2008. |
| 13 | Committee Chairman and Chaired Session in 23rd National Conference on I. C. Engines and Combustion During 13-16 December 2013 at SVNIT, Surat. |
| 14 | Worked as President, Student Activity Council for 2010-11, Kshitij 2010 was organized successfully for the first time under student activity council. |
| 15 | Convener of Granth-2005, a mega science and Technology book exhibition. (SCET had purchased books worth of Rs. 50 lacs in 3 days) |
| 16 | started Yoga classes for SCET staff members in Jan 2005. |
| 17 | Chairman of jury panel for Sparsh-2004 and Prarambh-2005– Technical paper and model presentation event at CKPCET. |