Dr. S. N. Shukla

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Name: Dr. Shyam N. Shukla
Designation: Professor & Dean
Qualification: BE , M.Tech., Ph.D

  • FMISH, MIE-CE, MNSFMFP
  • Ph.D. (Civil Engineering)
  • M. Tech. (Hydro-Electric)
  • B.E. (Civil Engineering),

Overview of Profile:

Dr. Shyam Shukla is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He has obtained his doctoral degree from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (MP). He is the recipient of Dr. Wille’s national award for best paper presentation at the National Conference of Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, 2000 organized by Fluid control research Institute (FCRI), Palakkad. He is a member of the Institution of Engineers, the National Society of fluid mechanics and fluid power (NCFMFP), and a fellow member of the Institute of hydraulics.

He has vast industrial experience of more than 27 years and has worked in the Research divisions of Jyoti Limited (Vadodara) and Kirloskar Brothers Limited (Pune) in various capacities. He has done extensive research in centrifugal pumps, hydel turbines, pump intakes, and pumping systems for more than 30 years and visited Germany, Singapore, Canada, The United Kingdom, The United States of America, Tanzania, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand. He is an extensive user of the ANSYS suite of software in CFD analysis for more than 20 years.

Fore Front Area of Research:

Hydraulic development of fluid machinery like pumps and turbines, Design of pump intakes, Fluid-structure interactions, Surge protection of pumping systems, Hydraulic design of a pumping system including stormwater pumping systems, irrigation pumping systems, water supply systems, etc.

Email id:shyam.shukla@mitaoe.ac.in
Experience:Industry and Research : 30 Years , Teaching: 4 years



AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Dr. Wille Memorial National Award for the best paper from the industry at the 27th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power held at Palakkad, Kerala. During 11-13 Dec. 2000.
  • 500 shares from previous company under the ESOS scheme due to the exemplary work is done in the company.
  • 11 Nos. of the letter of appreciations for various outstanding contributions.


RESEARCH PROJECTS /PATENTS/MEMBERSHIPS:


PATENTS:

  • US patent titled “Arrangements for pumping fluids from Sumps”, Patent No. US8230880B2 (Published).
  • Indian patent “Device for pumping fluid from sumps” Patent No. IN258631 (Published).
  • Indian patent titled “Hydropower generation system” Application No. 201921006684 (Applied).

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • National Society of fluid mechanics and fluid power (NSFMFM).
  • Member of Institute of Engineers (MIE)
  • Life Member of Indian Society of Hydraulics (LMISH)
  • Registered in Vidwan portal of MHRD as an expert

PUBLICATIONS:


INTERNATIONAL / NATIONAL JOURNALS :

  • Dr. BSN Reddy, SN Shukla, SK Chowda “Use of Geo-textiles in flexible pavements – An analytical approach”, In the Journal of M.A.C.T. Bhopal. Vol. 27, 1994.
  • KS Sayann, Vishnu Prasad, SN Shukla, “Small hydropower development in Madhya Pradesh & its management aspect”, In the Journal of M.A.C.T. Bhopal. Vol. 27, 1994.
  • SN Shukla, Sushil Kumar, ND Mittal “Computerised solutions of flow nets”, In the Journal of M.A.C.T. Bhopal. Vol. 27, 1994.
  • Ruchi Khare, SN Shukla, “Operation of two parallel pumps under part load condition” in the Journal of SATI Vigyan and Takniki Parishad, SATI, Vidisha, 1995.
  • Ruchi Khare, SN Shukla, “Computerised solution of multi reservoir problem”, In the Journal of M.A.C.T. Bhopal. Vol. 28, 1995.
  • Manoj Kumar Shukla, Rajeev Jain, Vishnu Prasad, SN Shukla, “CFD analysis of 3-D Flow for Francis Turbine” in the MIT International Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol 1, No. 2, Aug 2011, pp 93-100. ISSN No. 2230-7699.
  • Shyam Narayan Shukla, Ruchi Khare, and Vishnu Prasad, “Performance evaluation of turbulence models for flow simulation of double suction centrifugal pump,” International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, Volume 7, Issue 6, pp. 01–10, (Article ID: IJCIET_07_06_001.2016. November-December 2016, ISSN Online: 0976 – 6316, Scopus Indexed).
  • Shyam Narayan Shukla, Ruchi Khare and Vishnu Prasad, “Numerical prediction of NPSHR characteristics of double suction centrifugal pump”, International Journal of Engineering and Technology (IJET), Volume 9, Issue 2, pp. 1280-1287, April-May 2017, (Article ID: 1021817/ijet/v9i2/170902255, ISSN online 0975-4024, Scopus Index).
  • Rahul Verma, Shyam Shukla, Ravi Birajdar, Nirmal Tiwari “Numerical simulation of Regenerative pump” in the Springer Journal of “Fluid Mechanics and Fluid power – Contemporary research”, July 2017
  • Shyam Narayan Shukla, Ruchi Khare, and Vishnu Prasad. “CFD approach for off-design efficiency improvement of double suction centrifugal pump”, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD), Volume 7, Issue 5, pp. 289-300, Oct 2017, (Article ID: IJMPERDOCT201730, ISSN Online: 2249-800, Scopus Indexed).
  • Gyanendra Tiwari, V. Prasad, S.N. Shukla, V.K. Patel, “Hydrodynamic analysis of a low head prototype Francis turbine for establishing an optimum operating regime using CFD” in the journal of mechanical engineering and sciences (JMES), Vol. 14, Issue 2, 6625-6641, DOI- 14.02.2020.
  • Gyanendra Tiwari, Vishnu Prasad, S.N. Shukla, Vivek Kumar Patel, “Derivation of complete characteristics of a low head prototype Francis turbine Using CFD” in the Springer Journal of “Advances in mechanical engineering”, Pages 1581-1591, 2020.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

  • SN Shukla, JT Kshirsagar,” Sump Model Simulation Using CFD Tools”, in CFX International User’s Conference held during June 21 – 24, 1999 at Friedrichshafen. GERMANY.
  • SG Joshi, SN Shukla, “Experimental & Computational investigation of flow through a sump”, in PUMPS & SYSTEMS ASIA, 2000 held during Sept 25th -28th , 2000 at SINGAPORE.
  • SG Joshi, SN Shukla, “Experimental & Computational investigation of flow through a sump”, in March 2001 issue of Asia Pacific Process Engineer magazine.
  • SG Joshi, SN Shukla, “CFD – An alternative approach to sump model studies”, in the International Conference on Role of advancements in pump technology in the growth of Indian Economy” during Feb. 20-21, 2001 at Hotel Taj, Mumbai.
  • SN Shukla, JT Kshirsagar, “Numerical Experiments on a centrifugal pump” in the 2002 Joint US ASME-European Fluid Engineering Summer Conference in Montreal, CANADA during July 14 –18, 2002.
  • SN Shukla, JT Kshirsagar, “Usage of CFX TASCflow in Kirloskar Brothers Limited” in the European CFX Conference in Strasbourg, FRANCE during September 16 - 18, 2002.
  • SG Joshi, SN Shukla, “CFD – An alternative approach to sump model studies”, in the International Conference on Role of advancements in pump technology in the growth of Indian Economy” during Feb. 20-21, 2001 at Hotel Taj, Mumbai.
  • SG Joshi, SN Shukla, “CFD – An alternative approach to sump model studies”, in the International Conference on Role of advancements in pump technology in the growth of Indian Economy” during Feb. 20-21, 2001 at Hotel Taj, Mumbai.
  • SN Shukla, JT Kshirsagar, “Numerical simulation of Tip Clearance Flow in Semi-Open impeller pump” in the 5th Joint ASME / JSME fluid engineering conference, San Diego, the USA during July 30th - August 2nd, 2007.
  • SN Shukla, JT Kshirsagar, “Numerical prediction of air entrainment in pump intakes” in the 24th International pump users at The George R Brown Convention Centre, Houston, Texas USA during April 21- 24, 2008.
  • SN Shukla, JT Kshirsagar, “Numerical prediction of cavitation in model pump” in the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition at Boston, Massachusetts, the USA during November 2-5,2008.
  • Pankaj Mahajan, Shyam Shukla, Ravi Birajdar, “Prediction of head loss coefficient and validation with Experimental results” in the 5th International conference and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and fluid power at IIT Kanpur during December 12-December 14, 2014.
  • Rahul Verma, Shyam Shukla, Ravi Birajdar, Nirmal Tiwari “Numerical simulation of Regenerative pump” in the 5th International conference and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and fluid power at IIT Kanpur during December 12-December 14, 2014.
  • Sagar D Jadhav, Shyam N. Shukla, Ravindra S. Birajdar, “Numerical analysis of Triple Duty Valve” in the NAFEM World Congress at San Diego, California, USA during June 21 - 24, 2015.
  • Saikat Das, Mayur Shendge, Shyam Shukla, Ravi Birajdar, “Numerical prediction of globe valve performance characteristics at different openings” in 6th International and 43rd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and fluid power at MNNIT Allahabad during December 15-17, 2016.
  • Rahul Verma, Shyam Shukla, Nirmal Tiwari, Ravi Birajdar, “Parameterization of regenerative pump” in 6th international and 43rd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and fluid power at MNNIT Allahabad during December 15-17, 2016.
  • Sagar Dilip Jadhav, Shyam Narayan Shukla, Ravindra Shranappa Birajdar, “Study of performance characteristics of a triple duty valve using CFD” in the 4th International high-performance building conference, Purdue, July 11-14, 2016.
  • Gyanendra Tiwari, Vishnu Prasad, S.N. Shukla, Vivek Kumar Patel, “Derivation of complete characteristics of a low head prototype Francis turbine Using CFD” in the International Conference on recent innovations and developments in Mechanical Engineering, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India during November 8-10, 2018.
  • Gangipamula Raja Vamsi, Shyam Shukla, Ravi Birajdar, “Experimental investigation of critical submergence reduction using anti-vortex device in pump intakes” in the 7th International conference and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and fluid power at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India during December 10-11, 2018.
  • Gyanendra Tiwari, S.N. Shukla, Vishnu Prasad, Vivek Kumar Patel, “Numerical investigation of hydrodynamics of the cavitating turbulent flow in a low head prototype Francis turbine” in the International Conference on Mechanical, Materials and Renewable Energy (ICMMRE 2019) at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Rangpo, India during December 6-7, 2019.
  • Rajavamsi Gangipamula, Shyam N. Shukla, Ravindra S. Birajdar, “Transient Behaviour of a Pump Intake and its Impact on Pump Performance” in the 8th International and 47th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP) at IIT Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, Assam, India during December 09-11, 2020.
  • Shantaram Patil, Shyam Shukla, Ravindra Birajdar, “Head loss prediction at the water tunnel and shaft junction”, in the 8th International conference on hydraulics, water resources and coastal engineering at NIT Rourkela, Odisha India during December 16- 18, 2020.
  • Rajavamsi Gangipamula, Ashish Prajapati, Ravindra Birajdar, Shyam Shukla, “Impact of skew vane cut on alternating stress in a low specific speed Radial pump impeller vane using fluid-structure interaction (FSI) Simulations” in the Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2021 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting (FEDSM2021) virtual during August 10-12, 2021.
  • Deepak Prajapat, Ruchi Khare, Shyam N Shukla, “Evaluation of the influence of the number of vanes in a diffuser on the performance of multistage pump using CFD” in the 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2021 INTERNATIONAL) at SVNIT Surat, Gujarat, India during December 23-25, 2021.

NATIONAL CONFERENCES

  • M.V.S. Iyer, SN Shukla, “Noise pollution in Urban areas & its control”, National seminar on urban-development & Management, MACT Bhopal (R.E.C.), March 6-7, 1992.
  • Sushil Kumar, ND Mittal, SN Shukla, “Numerical solution of flow nets by finite difference method”, 19th National conference on fluid mechanics & fluid power, IIT Bombay, Dec. 11-12, 1993.
  • SN Shukla, Ruchi Srivastava, KS Sayann, “Industry related laboratory training & its evaluation”, National seminar cum workshop on development of laboratories & workshop on technical institutes, MACT Bhopal (R.E.C.), Dec. 11-12, 1993.
  • KS Sayann, Vishnu Prasad, SN Shukla, “Vortex problem & control measures in pump intakes”, National seminar on centrifugal pumps and pumping problems, SGSITS Indore, Feb. 3-4,1995.
  • Vishnu Prasad, KS Sayann, SN Shukla “Measures for reduction of Energy consumption water pumping systems” National seminar on energy management, Allahabad, Mar. 2-3, 1995.
  • Ruchi Khare, SN Shukla, AP Pandey, “Hydro Power potential in Mahanadi Reservoir Project”, Workshop on identification of thrust areas of science & technology inputs in Madhya Pradesh regarding various technologies, Mar.25-26, 1995 at MACT Bhopal.
  • SN Shukla, MK Mudgal, MK Verma, “Artificial Ground Water Recharge- A thrust area for the state of MP”, Workshop on identification of thrust areas of science & technology inputs in Madhya Pradesh regarding various technologies, Mar.25-26, 1995 at MACT Bhopal.
  • SG Joshi, SN Shukla, “Numerical simulation of flow through a Horizontal Split Case Pump”, in 27th National Conference on FM & FP held during Dec. 11-13, 2000 at Palghat, Kerala.
  • SG Joshi, SN Shukla, “Use of CFD for sump flow study”, in the National seminar on Pumps, Valve and Pipes Pumpex 2002, during March 7-9,2002 at Nehru science center, Mumbai.
  • SN Shukla, “Usage of CFX Suite of software in Kirloskar Brothers Limited” in the First Indian CFX Conference in Bangalore from December 3rd – 4th, 2002.
  • Vishnu Prasad, SN Shukla, SG Joshi “Performance characteristic of pumps as turbine” in 31st National Conference on FM & FP held during Dec. 11-13, 2003 at REC Surathkal.
  • SN Shukla, JT Kshirsagar, “Usage of CFX suite of software in Kirloskar Brothers Limited” in the 2005 ANSYS CFX users conference (Convergence), in Bangalore during November 2005 (Presentation only).
  • SN Shukla, JT Kshirsagar, “Numerical simulation of Tip Clearance Flow in Semi-Open impeller” in the 2006 ANSYS India Conference, in Bangalore during November 9th – 10th, 2006.
  • SN Shukla, JT Kshirsagar, “Pump design using inverse design technology – A new approach to save energy” in the 34th National conference on Fluid Machines and fluid power at BITS, Mesra, Ranchi during December 10-12, 2007.
  • SN Shukla, YS Rana, RK Srivastava, “System Optimisation for Efficient Pumping System” in the 38th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and fluid power at MANIT Bhopal during December 15- 17, 2011.
  • Mohit Chaturvedi, Shyam N. Shukla, Ravi Birajdar, “Numerical validation of NPSHR of Centrifugal pump” in the 42nd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and fluid power at NITK Surathkal during December 14-December 16, 2015.
  • Gangipamula Raja Vamsi, Shyam Shukla, Ravi Birajdar, “Numerical simulation of pump intake” in the 44th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and fluid power at Amrita University, Kollam, India during December 14-16, 2017.
  • Gangipamula Raja Vamsi, Shyam Shukla, Ravi Birajdar, “Experimental and numerical simulations of a Francis turbine model reflecting actual site environment” in the 46th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and fluid power at PSG college of technology, Coimbatore, India during December 9-11, 2019.
  • Gyanendra Tiwari, S.N. Shukla, Vishnu Prasad, Vivek kr Patel, “Numerical investigation of hydrodynamics of the cavitating turbulent flow in a low head prototype Francis turbine” in the AIP conference proceedings 2273, 050006 (2020), Pages 05006-1 to 05006-7.
  • Gyanendra Tiwari, Jitendra Kumar, S.N. Shukla, Vishnu Prasad, Vivek Kumar Patel, “Multi-Fidelity CFD Approach for Hydrodynamic Performance Analysis of a Prototype Francis Turbine- A Comparative Study” in the 48th National Conference on FLUID MECHANICS AND FLUID POWER (FMFP 2021) held during 27th-29th December at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India Additionally following link can be used for "Vidwan Portal" of expert data base of Ministry of human resources department (MHRD), Govt. of India. https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/myprofile Vidwan ID - 150563