Varun Kumar Gupta

Dr. Varun Kumar Gupta Email:-Mobile: - ➢ Dedicated and results-driven professional with experience in both industry and academia, seeking a position as an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department. Aiming to contribute to highquality teaching, impactful research, and curriculum development by integrating real-world industrial practices with academic rigor. Passionate about mentoring students and fostering an environment of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learn. Professional Summary:  Qualification Ph.D., Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar  Subject/Labs Taught Engineering Mechanics, Refrigeration and Air conditioning Lab, Engineering Graphis Lab, Fluid Machine Lab, Dynamics of Machine, Dynamics of Machine Lab, IC engines, Entrepreneurship & IPR, Sustainable Technologies, Introduction to AI & cyber ethics.  Years of Experience 2.5 Years (Teaching Experience) 4 Years (Industrial Experience)  Publications 8 (Journals + Conferences + Book Chapter)  Software Knowledge Ansys CFD, COMSOL, CATIA, SOLID WORKS, MATLAB, AutoCAD, Tableau ➢ Scholarship/ Fellowship:  MHRD funded Teaching Assistantship through valid GATE score, from Aug’18 to July’23.  MHRD funded Teaching Assistantship through valid GATE score, from Jul’13 to July’15. ➢ Career Highlights:  Currently working as Consultant in Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), New Delhi since September 2025.  Worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical engineering at Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology (NIET, Greater Noida) college from December 2023 to September 2025.  Worked as Assistant Engineer in RCS steel and Auto Pvt Ltd., Bhiwadi from July 2015 to June 2018.  Worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical engineering at Graphic Era University, Dehradun from June 2012 to July 2013.  Worked As Mechanical Engineer in Jyothy Laboratories Ltd, Chennai from July 2010 to June 2011. ➢ Major Responsibilities Undertaken: Year (tenure- Important Roles ISHRAE Faculty co-ordinator FDP Co-ordinator Team Member - Organizing member - Assistant Engineer In-charge of Assembling Section Responsibilities Working as Faculty Co-ordinator of ISHRAE society, Organizing Industrial collaboration such as MOUs, Industrial Visit, Internships/ placements, FDPs, Short term course. Working also as a team member for other departmental important tasks such as NBA, NAAC. etc. Guiding the Students for B.Tech. Projects and M.Tech Thesis work. Organizing member of International conference ISME’19 Quality Inspection, and Dispatching In charge of assembling section, Testing & trial of machine, Reporting the error to R&D team, Maintaining the machines, Reducing the breakdown, Sending machine parts for servicing ➢ Educational Credentials: Name of Institution Board/University Course National Institute of National Institute of Ph.D. Technology, Jalandhar Technology, Jalandhar National Institute of National Institute of M. Tech Technology, Nagpur Technology, Nagpur Indo Global College PTU, Jalandhar B. Tech Of Engg. Chandigarh Specialization Year of Result Passing (CGPA/ %ge) Solar Thermal 2023 7.5 Engineering Thermal Engineering 2015 7.87 Mechanical Engineering 2010 74.53% ➢ Publications: International journals: 1. Varun Kumar Gupta, Sanjay Kumar, Rajeev Kukreja, Nikhil Chander, Ravi Kant Ravi. Real-time thermal performance investigation of a thermal energy storage integrated direct absorption solar collector under tropical climate. Energy Storage. 2024; 6(1):e567. (ESCI) doi:10.1002/est2.567 2. Varun Kumar Gupta, Sanjay Kumar, Rajeev Kukreja, Nikhil Chander, Experimental thermal performance investigation of a direct absorption solar collector using hybrid nanofluid of gold nanoparticles with natural extract of Azadirachta Indica leaves, Renewable Energy, Volume 202, 2023, Pages-, ISSN- (SCI) doi:10.1016/j.renene-. Varun Kumar Gupta, Sanjay Kumar & Rajeev Kukreja (2022) Comparative thermal performance enhancement study of a reverse - irradiated and direct - irradiated direct absorption solar collector using silver nanofluid, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 44:2,- (SCI) doi:10.1080/-. Varun Kumar Gupta, Sanjay Kumar, Rajeev Kukreja, Experimental investigation of a volumetric solar collector using natural extract of Azadirachta Indica based heat transfer fluids, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2022, Volume 52, Part D, 2022, 102325, ISSN- (SCI) doi.:10.1016/j.seta-. Sanjay Kumar, Nikhil Chander, Varun Kumar Gupta, Rajeev Kukreja, Progress, challenges and future prospects of plasmonic nanofluid based direct absorption solar collectors – A state-of-the-art review, Solar Energy, Volume 227, 2021, Pages 365-425, ISSN-X (SCI) doi:10.1016/j.solener-. Sanjay Kumar, Manoj Kumar Singh, Rajeev Kukreja, Shailendra Kumar Chaurasiya, Varun Kumar Gupta, Comparative study of thermal comfort and adaptive actions for modern and traditional multistorey naturally ventilated hostel buildings during monsoon season in India, Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 23, 2019, Pages 90-106, ISSN- (SCI) doi:10.1016/j.jobe-. International Conferences: 1. Sanjay Kumar, Manoj Kumar Singh and Varun Kumar Gupta, Quantification of indoor environments and study of thermal comfort in naturally hostel buildings in the tropical country, India E3S Web Conf., 111 - doi.:10.1051/e3sconf/- ➢ Ph.D. Thesis  Ph.D. Project Name, “Performance analysis of integrated energy storage volumetric absorption solar collector using plasmonic nanofluids”.  Project Description: This study explores the use of Azadirachta Indica (Neem) leaf extract and its hybrid with gold nanoparticles as eco-friendly heat transfer fluids in Volumetric Absorption Solar Collectors (VASC). The hybrid nanofluid demonstrated broadband solar absorption, high thermal efficiency (up to 62%), and excellent stability. Integration with paraffin wax-based thermal energy storage further improved system performance, achieving zero-loss efficiency of 83.8%, highlighting its potential for sustainable solar thermal applications. ➢ M.Tech Thesis  M.Tech. Project Name, “Performance Analysis of Scheffler Cooker – Study of Solar energy and converting it into thermal energy, understanding of utilization and losses”.  Project Description: The objective of this project is to analyze the heat transfer aspects of solar cooker which includes total energy, heat gain, losses and efficiency of the cooker. The tracking mechanism of Scheffler reflector has also been studied so as to make solar cooking as comfortable as possible. It has been concluded that the heat losses have occurred majorly due to convection. ➢ Trainings/Workshops/lectures  Attended online one-week STC on “Flow and Energy: Computational fluid dynamics for sustainable solutions” held on March 8-12, 2025 organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab, India.  Attended online 6 days ATAL FDP on Green Hydrogen Generation Opportunities and Challenges in India at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University from 09/12/2024 to 14/12/2024.  Organized FDP on Applications of AI – ML in mechanical engineering in NIET college Greater Noida.  Participated as Resource Person in Capacity building Training Workshop on energy conservation organized by LPU on March 29, 2023.  Attended offline workshop on “Recent Tools and Techniques for Research (RTTR-19)” held on 25-29 Jan, 2019 organized by Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab, India.  Attended Short term course on “Research Methods and Data Analysis using SPSS” organized by department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab, India on Jan, 20-24, 2019.  Completed 6 months certificate course on Introduction to CFD using Matlab and OpenFoam.  Completed 6 months certificate course on Introduction to GUI based CFD using Ansys Fluent. ➢ Other achievements:  Qualified GATE in 2012, 2013.  Worked as a Supervisor of Final year project of B. Tech student.  Worked as a Supervisor for M. Tech students. ➢ Memberships:  ASHRAE student member  ISHRAE member Reference: 1. Dr. Sanjay, Assistant Professor, ME, NIT Jalandhar, INDIA.- 2. Prof. T. Srinivas, Associate Professor, ME, NIT Jalandhar, INDIA.- ➢ Personal Information:         Name : Dr. Varun Kumar Gupta Gender : Male Date of birth : 14/07/1988 Marital Status : Single Mother’s Name : Mrs. Kusum Gupta Father’s Name : Mr. N. K. Gupta Linguistic Ability: English, Hindi Permanent Address : Roorkee, Uttarakhand I hereby declare that the above information provided by me is true to the best of my knowledge. Date:- Dr Varun Kumar Gupta