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Biosketch
Education:
PhD, Indian Institute of Science, 2009.
BE, Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, 2001.
Experience:
Professor, IIT Palakkad (Oct 2023 - Present)
Associate Professor, IIT Palakkad (July 2022 - Oct 2023)
Associate Professor, IIT Palakkad (On leave from IIT Madras, on the Inter-IIT Faculty Exchange Programme): Jan 2020 to Jan 2022.
Associate Professor, IIT Madras (July 2018 - July 2022)
Assistant Professor, IIT Madras (July 2010 - July 2018)
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Teaching
Aug-Dec 2025
ME1020: Engineering Thermodynamics
ME4110: Project-I
Jan-May 2025:
ID 1110: Introduction to Programming
Aug-Nov 2024
ME 1020: Engineering Thermodynamics
Jan-May 2024
ME3020: Applied Thermofluids Engineering
Aug-Dec 2023
ME1020: Engineering Thermodynamics
ME3190: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory-I
Jan-May 2023
ME3020: Applied Thermofluids Engineering
ME3180: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory-II
ME4160: Project-II
Aug-Dec 2022
ME4110: Project-I
ME3190: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory-I
Aug - Nov 2021
ME3505: Sustainable Energy Technologies
Jan - May 2021
ME1020: Engineering Thermodynamics
ME2140: Applied Mechanics Laboratory
Aug - Nov 2020
ME2010: Foundations of Fluid Mechanics
Jan - May 2020
ME1020: Engineering Thermodynamics
ME2140: Applied Mechanics Laboratory
Jan - May 2018 (As a visiting faculty)
ME1020: Engineering Thermodynamics
Jan - May 2017 (As a visiting faculty)
ME1020: Engineering Thermodynamics
- Research Group
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Additional Information
TitleAdministrative roles heldDescription
Dean (Student Affairs) (June 2020 to Dec 2021)
Dean (Academics) (Feb 2023 to Jan 2025)
TitleRecognitionsDescriptionGuided a student (Dr. Sumit Joshi, IIT Madras) who was awarded the ISHMT Best PhD Thesis Award, 2023 by the Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer.
Guided B.Tech. students (Mr. Jayant Suresh and Rajath R) who won the best BTech Project award in Mechanical Engineering, IITPkd (2022).
Guided an M.Tech. student (Mr. Saswat Kumar Rout, IITM) who won the “Mico-Bosch Prize For the best project in Energy Conservation and Environmental Pollution Control", IITM (2012)
Guided an M.Tech. student (Mr. Elangovan S P, IITM) who won the “Giri Brothers Prize for the best M.Tech project in Metrology in Mechanical Engineering", IITM (2017).
2023 Norman Chigier Award for Outstanding Accomplishments as a Reviewer for Atomization and Sprays, June 2024.
Young Faculty Recognition Award (YFRA) for excellence in Teaching and Research (IIT Madras), 2018.
Best Paper Award, XXI National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, NCICEC-09, 2009.
Member of the Board of ILASS-Asia (Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Asia) from 2021 - present.
Associate editor of Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences published by Springer on behalf of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2017 - present).
TitlePatents Filed / GrantedDescriptionArundas Odungat, Anand T.N.C., Samarjeet Chanda,”Top plate based thermal management system for battery packs”, Application No. 202541100183, 2025.
Anand T.N.C., and Balasubramanian N., “A fueling system for an SI engine”, Application No. 201641019930, 2016, Patent No. 405235, 2022.
Anand T.N.C., and Saransh Jain, “Mixture preparation unit for port fuel injected engines”, Application No. 375/CHE/2015, 2015, Patent No. 357291, 2021.
Srikanth Vedantam and Anand T.N.C., “A variable valve lift (VVL) control in internal combustion engines”, Application No. 4075/CHE/2015, 2015, Patent No. 349087, 2020.
Pratyush Garg, Srikanth Vedantam and Anand T.N.C., “Mechanism and methods for controlling lift and timing of engine valves using an inclined profile on the rocker arm”, Application No. 5351/CHE/2014, 2014, Patent No. 368037, 2021.
Srikanth Vedantam, Pratyush Garg and Anand T.N.C., “Method of retrofitting and actuating variable profile cam for controlling lift and timing of engine valves”, Application No. 2504/CHE/2014, 2014, Patent No. 349242, 2020.
Anand T.N.C. and Ravikrishna R.V., “Piezo-electric, ultrasonic, annular surface injection for emission reduction and better control in engines”, Application No. 1681/CHE/2013, 2013, Patent No. 326643, 2019.
Anjan Kumar N., Guruprasad D., Anand T.N.C., and Ravikrishna R. V., “Igniter”, Application no. 2390/MUM/2010, 2010, Patent No. 365528, 2021.
Anjan Kumar N., Guruprasad D., Anand T.N.C., and Ravikrishna R. V., “Non-toxic gas propellant for igniter of airbag inflator system”, Application No. 2391/MUM/2010, 2010.
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Publications
P. Senthilkumar and T. N. C. AnandExperimental Thermal and Fluid Science (2025)Kartheeswaran A, Soumyanil N, T. N. C. Anand, and Mayank MittalFlow, Turbulence and Combustion (2025)Niraj Kumar, Supriya Sarkar, T.N.C. Anand, and Shamit BakshiPowder Technology 120238 (2024)Chandra Kumar Chandrakar, Kartheeswaran Ayyanar, Varunkumar S, T N C Anand, Mayank MittalJ. Eng. Gas Turbines Power 146 (10) 101006 (2024)Avdhut Sabnis, T N C Anand, and Shamit BakshiPhysica Scripta 98 (9) 095029 (2023)S Joshi, T N C AnandExperiments in Fluids 63 (7) 109 (2022)Sumit Joshi, and T.N.C. AnandInternational Journal of Multiphase Flow 146 103850 (2022)Surendran Mikhil, Shamit Bakshi and T N C AnandInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 168 120878 (2021)W.S. Prashanth, Sabin Lal Thotarath, Supriya Sarkar, T.N.C. Anand, and Shamit BakshiAdvanced Powder Technology (2021)Surendran Mikhil, Shamit Bakshi and T N C AnandInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 168 120878 (2021)N Tito, G Keerthi, N Balasubramanian and T N C AnandSAE Technical Paper 2020-01-2233 (2020)P. Senthilkumar, S. Mikhil, and T.N.C. AnandMeasurement Science and Technology 31 (11) 115204 (2020)
