Education:

1.  Bachelor’s Degree: B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from Assam Engineering College.

2. Master’s Degree: M.Tech. in fluids and thermal from IIT Guwahati.

3. Ph.D. from IIT Guwahati

Professional Experience:

1. Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Downtown University.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering  DUIET (Since 2012 till present)

Areas of Interest/ Specialization:

• Heattransfer, CFD, Hypersonic flow, High-temperature gas dynamics.

Administrative Assignments:

1. Former Department faculty coordinator, Training & Placement cell, Dibrugarh University.
2. Former NBA coordinator, DUIET.
3. Former AICTE coordinator, DUIET.
4. Assistant Officer in charge Examination, DUIET.

1.  D. Das, S. Desai, V. Kulkarni, H. Gadgil, " Performance assessment of energy deposition based drag reduction technique for Earth and Mars flight conditions", Acta Astronautica 159 (2019) 418-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.01.049.

2.  D. Das, S. Desai, V. Kulkarni, "Transition of shock reflection at higher enthalpies for Earth and Mars atmospheres", Acta Astronautica, Acta Astronautica 188 (2021) 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.07.042.

3.  D. Das, S. Desai, V. Kulkarni, "Comparative studies of shock-wave boundary-layer interactions in Earth and Mars atmospheres", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering 236 (2) (2022) 324-340. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544100211011829

4.  D. Das, S. Desai, V. Kulkarni, "Shock/expansion fan interaction with real gas effects for Earth and Mars atmospheric conditions", Heat Transfer (2022) 1- 17. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.22555

5.  D. Das, S. Desai, V. Kulkarni, H. Gadgil, "Real-Gas Effects for Shock/Shock Interaction in Earth and Mars atmosphere", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2022) 1-16. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.A35142

6.  R. K. Peetala, D. Das, V. Kulkarni, N. Sahoo, "Conjugate Heat transfer Analysis for a Finite Thickness Cylinder in a Hypersonic Flow", Heat Transfer—Asian Research 45 (2) (2016) 163-180.  https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.21158