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Prof. Karthik Balasubramanian

PhD (NUS, Singapore)

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Room No: Mechanical Annex Building, Room No.: FF-5 +91-870-2462325
karthikb@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 EV Battery Thermal Management

 Flow boiling in Microchannels

 Liquid cooling in Microchannels

 Solar Hybrid

 Thermal Management of Electronics

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  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Gas Dynamics(ME422)
  • Vehicle Body & Safety Systems(ME56021)
  • Energy Systems Laboratory(ME16007)
  • Automobile Engineering(ME364)
  • Heat Transfer and Fuels Laboratory(ME255)
  • Automotive Mechanics(ME395)
  • Design Thinking(ME102)
  • Vehicle Body Engineering(ME5503)
  • Seminar - I(ME5548)
  • Comprehensive Viva(ME6547)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(ME6549)
  • Seminar - II(ME5598)
  • Dissertation Work Part - B(ME6599)
  • Design Studio(ME151)
  • Basic Mechanical Engineering(ME131)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0001-5318-5078
  • SCOPUS ID: 56437290000
  • Google Scholar ID: bz5L8cYAAAAJ


  • Enhancement in thermo hydraulic performance of radially curved microchannel with secondary flow, By Nitin Kumar Mamidi, Karthik Balasubramanian, Kiran Kumar Kupireddi, Chandramohan V.P., Poh Seng Lee, and Chui Chee Kong, SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2024
  • Thermal and hydraulic performance of solid-porous compound wavy micro-channel heat sinks, By Ajoy Kumar Nandy; Karthik Balasubramanian , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering , vol., pp., 2023
  • Heat transfer augmentation in a radial curved microchannel, By Mamidi, Nitin Kumar; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Kumar Kupireddi, Kiran; Chandramohan, VP; Lee, Poh Seng; Kong, Chui Chee; , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2022
  • Design and energy analysis of 100% fresh air based hybrid liquid desiccant air conditioning system – A case study of a thermal power plant TG building, By Reddy, Siva Kumar Y; Balasubramanian, Karthik, SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2022
  • Computational study of hydrothermal characteristics in straight microchannels with base triangular and wavy profile designs for electronic cooling, By Valaparla Ranjith Kumar, Karthik Balasubramanian, Kiran Kupireddi and Kattela Siva Prasad , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2023

Effective Thermal Management of Electric Vehicle Battery Packs for Enhanced Efficiency, Reliability and Safety

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST-SERB
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2552000
  • Status Completed

Thermal Management of Green Data Centers

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SPARC-MHRD
  • Duration 48 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4360000
  • Status Completed

Development of Active Cooling for Avionics

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DRDO-RCI
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1439000
  • Status Completed

Novel cooling techniques and materials for a reliable and efficient solar energy harvester

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST-SERB
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2365000
  • Status Completed


Ajoy Kumar Nandy

  • Area of Research: Heat transfer through porous fin microchannels

MANE PRAVIN ASHOK

  • Area of Research: Thermal Management of EV battery packs

Vishal Warule

  • Area of Research: Thermal Management of EV battery packs
  • Faculty Advisor (August, 2023 - June, 2024)
  • Faculty Advisor (July, 2022 - August, 2023)