Department of Computer Science & Engineering

The Department is actively involved in various research activities in the emerging areas. The faculty, students and researchers carry out research inthe core domains and inter-disciplinary areas related to computer science The university has state-of-the-art research labs and adequate computing facilities to cater to the needs of Research activities:

• Intel Intelligence Systems Lab in association with Intel Inc and FICE and serves the purpose of IoTand Embedded systems reserach.
• We have MATLAB 2011 (30 users) with toolboxes like SIMULINK, Image Processing, DSP, Wavelet, control systems, communication, SIMSCAT etc, TETCOS networks etc, IBM Rational SEED (30 users).
• Research scholars are encouraged to use Free Open Source Software like NS2, LAMP, PROLOG, HADOOP etc for research and project work
• High end servers for cloud storage and computing.
• Access to IEEE, Springer and other scholarly journals and books.

Department of Civil Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering, O.P. Jindal University,is providing the Technical support/consultancy services to Jindal Steel &Power Limited , Raigarh for its upcoming four lane road project from Raigarh to Pathalgaon of 110 kms. The dept. is providing testing support for material testing of soil, compressive strengthdetermination, Bitumen testing & many more related fields as per the requirements from JSPL officials from time to time.

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories.
We have in EEE department the research facilities in the field of Power electronics, Electric drive and Electrical power system with the simulation facilities through MATLAB and Mi-Power software. Following research facilities are available at the department.

Facilities:

• Power Electronics.
• Electric Drives.
• Transmission Line Simulator.
• Microprocessor & Microcontroller.
• MATLAB software.
• Mi-Power software.

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering is equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories.
We, at the department pursue first class research on materials processing as well as materials development. Major fields of research focus is towards ancient iron making, structure property correlations in materials, metal matrix composites, advanced high strength steels, superalloys, powder metallurgy and probing physical properties at nanoscales. The department possess first class equipment which is useful to pursue extensive research in various emerging fields. Following research facilities are available at the department.

Facilities:

• Metallography laboratory.
• Materials Processing Laboratory.
• Materials Testing Laboratory.
• Met/Chemical Analysis Laboratory.
• Mineral Dressing Laboratory.
• Corrosion research Laboratory.
• Fuels, Furnaces and Refractory Laboratory.
• Tribology and surface engineering Laboratory.
• Computer Laboratory.
• Composite Materials Laboratory.
• NDT Laboratory.
• Foundry Laboratory.
• Heat Treatment Laboratory.
• Joining of Materials.
• Materials Engineering Laboratory.
• Magnetic Materials Research Laboratory.
• Microscopy and SEM Laboratory.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

There is an excellent research environment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at OP Jindal University, underpinned by very well-established links with industry, and a focus on activity which is agenda setting and aimed at issues of present day industry need. Research is organized into three cross-cutting, inter-disciplinary themes: Sustainable Engineering and Innovation in utilization of solar Energy. Simulation, Modelling and Systems Integration. More burning and upcoming area of Robotics and Automation.

Facilities:

• CAD/CAM Laboratory.
• Robotics Laboratory.
• Materials Testing Laboratory.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.
• Solar Energy Laboratory.
• Energy Conversion Laboratory.
• Mechanical Vibration Testing Laboratory.
• Central Workshop.
• Quality Control and Production Management Laboratory.
• Advanced Heat Transfer Laboratory.
• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Laboratory.
• Machine Design Laboratory.
• Internal Combustion Engine Lab.
• Power Plant Engineering Laboratory.

  Project Title: Development of a prototype device for oxygen separation from air, a strategic technological solution to control the food spoilage to International Cooperation Bilateral scheme (DST- India and MSTR - Sri Lanka).
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. Sibnath Kayal(PI)
Funding Agency: International Cooperation Bilateral scheme
Status:  On-Going

  Project Title: "Tailoring the properties of 2D materials using WO3 and MoO3 nanostructures"
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. R. S. Singh (Co-PI)
Funding Agency: UGC-DAE CSR
Status:  On-Going

  Project Title: Utilization of micro-fines generated in agglomeration process to enhance the plant productivity.
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. M. Kalyan Phani (Subject Matter Expert)
Funding Agency: UGC STRIDE Project, Kazi Nazrul University
Status:  On-Going

  Project Title: Filing Machine Tool.
Name of the Faculty and Role: Prof. Bhandarkar(PI)
Funding Agency: UBA, IIT Delhi
Status:  On-Going

  Project Title: Preparation of a high-temperature non-sticky refractory-based coating material with a low wear rate for use in a rotary kiln to avoid accretion formation and to improve its refractory lining life.
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. S. Das (Steel Chair Professor), Dr. Trinath Talapaneni (Asst. Prof.), Department of Metallurgical Engineering, OPJU
Unit Name: S Das, DRI, JSPL, Raigarh
Current Status:  Samples has been collected from 11 places in the kiln and characterization is being carried out. Final product will also be characterized. Fund is yet to receive.

  Project Title: Optimisation of compositions and processing parameters for reducing crack susceptibility of micro alloyed steel.
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. Rajesh Jha (Asso. Prof.), Dr. S. Das (Steel Chair Professor) Department of Metallurgical Engineering, OPJU
Unit Name: Rajesh Jha, SMS, JSPL, Raigarh
Current Status:  Continuous casting Data requested and awaiting for the data for simulation work.

  Project Title: Utilization of Submerged Arc Furnace Slag
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. Trinath Talapaneni (Asst. Prof.), Dr. S. Das (Steel Chair Professor), Department of Metallurgical Engineering, OPJU
Unit Name: Trinath Talapaneni, SAF, JSPL, Raigarh
Current Status:  Samples have been prepared and mechanical testing need to be carried out.

  Project Title: Value added utilization of Fly Ash for sustainable solution
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. Sibnath Kayal (Asso. Prof.), Dr. Trinath Talapaneni (Asst. Prof.) Dr. Mahashakti Mahamaya (Asst. Prof.) and Dr. S. Das (Steel Chair Professor), Department of Metallurgical Engineering, OPJU
Unit Name: Sibnath Kayal, Plant No. 2, Jindal Power Ltd. (JPL), Tamnar
Current Status:  Initial samples were prepared and characterization part has to be completed

  Project Title: Controlled in-line cooling of JSPL Rails - Inconsistency in hardness of Head Hardened Steel
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. M. Kalyan Phani (Assoc. Prof.), Dr. S. Das (Steel Chair Professor), Department of Metallurgical Engineering, OPJU
Unit Name: M. Kalyan Phani, RUBM and TSD, JSPL, Raigarh
Current Status:  Repairing work of the trolley and track pending. Installation of Air compressor completed

  Project Title: Application of Water Sprinkler and Bent Chimnies for Air Pollution (Coal dust) Reduction
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. Satish Kanhed (Asst. Prof.), Prof. Akash Pandey (Asst. Prof.), Dr. Umesh Vishwakarma (Asso. Prof.), Department of Mechanical Engineering, OPJU
Unit Name: Satish Kanhed, NSPL, Raigarh
Current Status:  Design is ready and procurement of items related to project will complete by end of June 23

  Project Title: Design and Development of calibration system for hydraulic servomotor to control pitch angle blade of PA fan
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. Mahesh Bhiwapurkar (Professor), Prof. L. R. Bhandarkar (Asst. Prof.), Department of Mechanical Engineering, OPJU
Unit Name: Jindal Power Ltd. (JPL), Tamnar
Current Status:  Project reported submitted to JIPT for review

  Project Title: Productivity Improvement by Reducing the Section Change Time of the Rolling Mill at Nalwa Steel & Power Limited (NSPL), Raigarh.
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. Mukesh S Desai (Associate Professor), Dr. B. P. Panda (Professor), School of Management, OPJU
Unit Name: JSPL, Raigarh
Current Status:  Project is completed. Submitted the Proposal and waiting for the Fund from NSPL

  Project Title: To improve the life of convener and reduction of wear in CHP belt convener
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. Mahesh Bhiwapurkar (Professor), Prof. L R Bhandarkar (Asst. Prof.), Department of Mechanical Engineering, OPJU
Unit Name: Jindal Power Ltd. (JPL) Tamnar
Current Status:  Project report submitted to JIPT for review

  Project Title: Prediction and optimization technique for condenser vacuum in thermal Power plant
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. Siddharth S Chakrabarti (Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engg.), Dr. Saroj Chandra (Asst. Prof., Dept. of CSE), Prof. L. R. Bhandarkar (Asst. Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engg.) Prof. Akash Pandey (Asst. Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engg.), OPJU
Unit Name: Jindal Power Ltd. (JPL), Tamnar
Current Status:  The Project has been completed and the report is submitted to JPL. Further working in other AI Optimization Techniques and results will be marked to JPL

  Project Title: Boiler Tube Failure Analysis (AFBC Boiler 2x55 MW)
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. M. Kalyan Phani (Associate Professor), Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Dr. Mithilesh Kumar Sahu (Asst. Professor), ), Dr. S.S. Chakrabarti (Professor), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. S. Das (Professor), Department of Metallurgical Engineering, OPJU
Unit Name: JSPL, Raigarh
Current Status:  Samples have been received for testing

  Project Title: Improving the slurry ability of bottom ash slurry
Name of the Faculty and Role: Prof. Akash Pandey, Dr Siddharth S Chakrabarti, Department of Mechanical Engg, OPJU and Dr Satish Kumar, NIT Jamshedpur
Unit Name: JPL Tamnar
Current Status:  Preliminary discussions made on 18th April 2023

  Project Title: An investigation to analyze the erosion wear of pipelines during hydraulic transportation of coal ash slurry
Name of the Faculty and Role: Dr. Siddharth Chakrabarti, Prof. Mech. Engg., Dr M. Kalyan Phani, Associate Professor, Meta, Dr. R. D. Patidar, Professor, EE
Unit Name: JPL Tamnar and CSIR-IMMT
Current Status:  Discussions have been initiated proposal made with mutual interest

Computer Science and Engineering

Current Key Research Areas	Concerned Faculty Name
Mobile Cloud   Computing	Prof. Pradeep   Kumar Shriwas
Cryptography and   Information Security     Algorithm     Compression Techniques	Dr. Amit Jain
Blockchain Technology	Prof. Princy   Diwan
Design and Analysis of   Dielectric Resonator Antenna     Optical Communication     Internet of Things	Dr. Arti Vaish
Wireless Sensor Network     Internet of Things     Network Security	Prof. Uma   Shankar Pandey
MAC and routing protocols     WSN, WBANs     Distributed Computing     Blockchain Technologies	Dr. Gulshan Soni
Machine Learning     Optimization Techniques     Dimensionality Reduction   techniques	Dr. Abhilasha Chaudhuri
Cryptography     Network Security     Data Mining	Dr. Rakesh Nayak
Cloud Computing     High Performance Computing   and Resource Management     Autonomic Computing	Dr. Bhupesh Kumar Dewangan
Mobile Adhoc Networks     Wireless Sensor Network     Internet of Things, Data   Mining	Dr. R N Shukla
Digital Image Processing     Fractional Calculus     Deep Learning, Data   Science.	Dr. Saroj Kumar Chandra
Routing Queue management in   Computer Network     Text Clustering     Machine Learning.	Prof. Asim Kiran Dandapat

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Current Key Research Areas	Concerned Faculty Name
Solidification Sciences of metals, alloys, and composites     Metallurgical thermodynamics and rate Process	Dr. S. Das
Advanced Porous Materials for Sustainable Clean Energy   Technology.     Carbon Capture, Natural Gas Storage, Adsorption Cooling   System.     Nano-materials for Biomedical Applications.	Dr. Sibnath Kayal
Materials Informatics.     Process Metallurgy     Thermodynamic Modelling	Dr. Rajesh Jha
Advanced High Strength Steels     Characterization of Materials     Superalloys and Light metals     Structure-property correlations in materials	Dr. M. Kalyan Phani
Physical Metallurgy.     Surface Engineering     Iron and Steel Making	Dr. Guru Prakash
Process Metallurgy.     Metallurgical Waste Management     Modelling and Simulation	Dr. Trinath Talapaneni
Metal Casting.     Mechanical Metallurgy.	Dr Vatsala Chaturvedi
Composite Materials and Alloy Development     Advanced Materials (Nanostructured materials	Dr. Nidhi Khobragade
Grain Growth Behaviour     Crystallography Texture     Structure–Property Correlation	Dr. Deepankar Panda
Advanced Metal Casting and Solidification Technology     Physical Metallurgy, Materials Characterization, Testing   of Materials, Tribology     Simulation and Optimization (Ansys-CFD Based)	Dr. Prasenjit Biswas
Corrosion Engineering     Synthesis and characterization of Nanomaterials     Metal Matrix Composites	Prof. Neeraj Kumar Verma
Ceramic Composite Materials (CMC) synthesis and   development. Nano-refractory and Refractory Castable.     Powder Metallurgy.	Prof. Nandalal Acharjee

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Current Key Research Areas	Concerned Faculty Name
Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics     Human Response to Vibration	Mr Anurag Vijyawargiya
Solar Energy Utilization     Evaporative Heat Transfer.     Refrigeration and Air Conditioning.	Dr Siddharth Chakrabarti
Condition Monitoring by Vibration, Noise and Thermography.     Ergonomics/ Biomechanics.     Robotics and Automation.	Dr Mahesh K Bhiwapurkar
Production and Industrial Engineering.     Setup Time Reduction and Productivity Improvement.     Reduction of Ambulance Response Time.	Dr. Mukesh Shyamkant Desai
Metal Matrix Composite.     Waste Management.     Material Characterization.	Dr. Surendra K. Dwiwedi
Noise Vibration & Harshness.     Machining using coated Tools.     Finite Element Analysis.	Dr. L.R. Bhandarkar
Advanced Manufacturing     Composite Materials     Design of Experiments	Dr. Umesh Kumar Vishwakarma
Design & Manufacturing processes analysis     Decision analysis     Industry 4.0	Mr. Ravindra Singh Saluja
Exergoeconomic/Thermoeconomic analysis.     Energy conversion, Energy, and exergy analysis of thermal   systems.     Gas turbine and steam turbine power plant.	Dr. Mithilesh Kumar Sahu
Materials Processing Techniques.     Powder Metallurgy and Metal Forming Processes.     Materials Testing and Characterization.	Dr. Satish Kanhed
Robotics & Automation     Mechatronics, Mobile Robot     Navigational Control, Sensor Technology	Dr. Saroj Kumar
Solar water distillation     Refrigeration and Air conditioning     Heat pipes	Dr. Kuber Nath Mishra
Compact Heat Exchangers.     Energy and Exergy Analysis of thermal systems, Thermal   analysis of welded joints.     Solar Energy.	Mr Akash Pandey
Composite Materials.     Manufacturing Processes     Energy Conversion System.	Mr Jitesh Singh
Tribology     Design of Experiments     Nano-lubrication	Mr. Dharmender Singh Saini

Department of Electrical Engineering

Current Key Research Areas	Concerned Faculty Name
Power Quality Improvement using Active Power Filter and   STATCOM.     Distributed Generation System.     DG-Grid Interfaced System.	Dr R D Patidar
Modelling and Control of Electrical Drives.     Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks to control of   Electrical Drives.     Artificial Intelligence control of BLDC motors.	Dr G Madhusudhana Rao
Digital Video Compression.     Digital image & video processing.     Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud Computing.	Dr. Deepak Singh
Transmission line protection schemes, Adaptive   distance protection, Directional protection.     Current transformer saturation detection, Power swing and   its impact on performance of distance relay.     Wide area back up protection algorithm, Protection   algorithms with inclusion of FACTS controller.	Dr Sandeep Biswal
Power quality improvement by using robust and adaptive   hybrid series active power filter.     Disturbance detection and classification.     Corona loss estimation.	Dr Sushree Diptimayee Swain
Solar PV applications     Power Electronics Converters     Electrical Vehicle Charging Applications	Dr. Ankireddy Narendra
Cyber security in power systems     Floating Photovoltaic Systems	Dr. Prasanta Kumar Jena
Forecasting.     Fuzzy logic and controller design.     Optimization.	Mr Shashikant
Microcontroller based system design.     Solar Photovoltaic Cell	Mr. Rakesh Patidar
Power electronics controller designing for power factor   corrections     Optimum PMU Placement On Interconnected Power System for   voltage security Assessment using Decision Tree     Solar Panel operation and integration with DG systems	Mrs Pushpanjali Shadangi
Power System Protection.     Multilevel Inverter.     MPPT Based Boost Converter.	Mrs. Bhawana Deshmukh

Department of Civil Engineering

Current Key Research Areas	Concerned Faculty Name
Sustainable Geomaterials and Sustainable construction     Industrial waste utilization.     Mining.	Dr. Mahasakti Mahamaya
Waste management.     Renewable energy.     Biodiesel production.	Dr. Deepayan Priyadarshi
Reinforced Concrete Structures     Rehabilitation of RC members     Application of FRP composites in construction	Dr. Swapnasarit Kar
Performance Based Design     Direct Displacement Based Design.     Earthquake Engineering.	Dr.Anurag Sharma
Structural Engineering.     Concrete Technology.     Foundation Engineering.	Mr Vinod Kumar Nagpure
Earthquake resistance RCC building.     Laboratory Model Testing on Shake Table.     Waste material uses in concrete.	Mrs Tulika Gupta

Current Key Research Areas	Concerned Faculty Name
Human Resource Management     Organizational Behaviour	Dr. Saket Jeswani
Tourism Marketing.     Entrepreneurship and Strategy.     Change management.	Dr. Shesadev Nayak
Operations Management     Supply Chain Management     Technology Management	Dr. Biranchi Prasad Panda
Consumer Behaviour     Public Policy     Developmental Economics.	Dr. Jaya Prakash Rath
Service Quality Management     Retail Marketing.     Consumer Behaviour	Dr. Sukanta Kumar Sahoo
Accounting Standards	Dr. Rekha Sharma
Accounting     Taxation and Socio-Economical Issues.	Dr. Gopal Krishna Rathore
ESG     Integrated Reporting     Corporate Finance	Dr. Puja Kaura
Agriculture Mechanization.     Socioeconomic Research.     Entrepreneurship.	Dr. Vikash Kumar
Employability Skills.     Consumer Behaviour.     E Commerce.	Dr. Himanshu Vaishnaw
Technology adoption and e-governance     Marketing of public Services and policy research     Role of technology in marketing of services	Dr. Saurabh Gupta
Marketing of Financial Services.     Mutual Funds and its management.     Insights of Vedic Management in Contemporary management   systems.	Dr. Mukesh Kumar Sharma
Tourism marketing, Destination brand management and   branding modeling     Structural equation modeling (SEM) RIDIT and GRA approach.     Systematic and thematic analysis	Dr. Navin Kumar
ESG     Non-Financial Reporting     Sustainability Strategy	Dr. Ajay Kumar
Financial Inclusion.     Financial Behaviour.     Operation Management.	Mr. Bhupendra Tripathi
Entrepreneurship     Branding     Knowledge Management	Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra
Corporate Governance     Banking and Finance	Ms. Alka Pandey
Green Human Resource Management	Ms. Sujata Panda

Current Key Research Areas	Concerned Faculty Name
Synthesis of Phosphor materials by   Sol gel, Solid State reaction, Combustion, Melting technique.     Characterization of Phosphors by   Mechano, Lyo, Photo and Thermoluminescence.     Remote Sensing.	Dr. Girish Chandra Mishra
Development and   characterization of some lead based/lead free relaxor materials using   Impedance spectroscopy.     Ferroelectrics, Multiferroics.     Thin films and Nano Materials.	Dr. Karuna Nidhan Singh
Graphene synthesis and applications.     Nanomaterials for energy storage   devices, sensors, electrocatalysts, corrosion protection, bipolar plates in   fuel cells and biomedical applications.     Photodetectors and solar cells.	Dr. Ram Sevak Singh
Luminescence     Optical Properties (PL , ML , TL )     Structure Properties (XRD , SEM ,FTIR   & EDX)	Dr. Dipti Shukla
Macrocyclic ligand chemistry.     Synthesis.     Characterization & solution   behaviour of their metal complexes.	Dr. Ankur Rastogi
Medicinal Chemistry     Biological, Chemical and Antioxidant   Properties of Andrographispaniculata(King of Bitters)     Soil Analysis with special references   to N, P,K	Dr. Kavita Patel
Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis.     DFT Calculations	Dr. Deepak Patel
E-waste Management     Analysis and remediation of rice mill   effluents     Biotechnological approach	Ms. Sanjana Dewangan
Environmental Biotechnology and   Microbiology     Enzymology and Enzyme Kinetics     Hydromicrobiology and Hydrochemistry	Dr. Taniya Sengupta Rathore
Functional characterization of   lncRNAs in Cancer and other diseases.     Molecular Biology of Cancer.     Phytochemical and antibacterial   studies of less explored plants of Chhattisgarh.	Dr. Pranjal Kumar
Magnetohydrodynamics.     Heat and Mass Transfer.     Convective Flows.	Dr. Syed Modassir Hussain
Univalent and Multivalent functions,   Differential Subordination & Superordination.     Bi-Univalent Functions.	Dr. Saumya Singh
Cryptography     Digital Signature     RSA Assumption, DLP	Dr. Swati Verma
Inventory Control.     EOQ Model.	Dr Debasmita Samal
Magneto hydrodynamics.     Magneto-fluid dynamics.     Wavelet Analysis.	Mr. Manas Ranjan Mishra
ELT.     Indian Writing in English.     Communication Skills.	Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh
Indian Writing in English.     Indic Philosophy.     English Language Teaching.	Dr. Arindam Patra
Indian Writing in English.     American English Literature.     Cultural Studies.	Ms. Suchismita Panda