Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Madras

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April 2006 - todate Professor
IIT Madras, Chennai
Jan 2004 - April 2006 Associate Professor
IIT Madras, Chennai
Sep 1995 - Jan 2004 Assistant Professor
IIT Madras, Chennai
Nov 1994 - Sep 1995 Visiting Faculty
IIT Madras, Chennai
Dec 1990 - Oct 1994 Post Doctoral Fellow
Imperial College, London

Academic Profile

Degree University Year Specialization Honours
Ph.D. Imperial College 1990 Chemical Engg. Best Departmental Thesis Award
London, United Kingdom
D.E.A. Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble 1987 Fluid Mechanics Mention Très bien
Grenoble, France
M.S. Ohio State University 1986 Nuclear Engineering GPA 3.9/4.0
Columbus, Ohio, USA
B.Tech. Institute of Technology 1984 Mechanical Engineering Distinction
BHU Varanasi, India.

Honours/ Awards/ Other Important Assignments

  • Associate Editor for International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2006-2009



  • Reviewer for leading international journals such as AIChE Journal, Chem. Eng. Science,Chem Eng Res Des (ChERD), Int. J Heat Mass Transfer,   Int. J. Multiphase Flow, J. Power Sources, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, J. Fuel


  • Best presentation award for the paper by M. Siddiqui, T. Swaminathan and S. Jayanti entitled “Modelling approaches for the   propagation of dense gas", at the National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Engineering 2007,   Dec. 12-14, 2007, Guwahati, India.


  • Best presentation award to the paper by D. Kareemulla and S. Jayanti entitled "Modelling of cross-over effects in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC)"   at the PETROTECH-2007 conference held in New Delhi in January 2007.


  • Best presentation award for the paper by S. Jayanti entitled "Modelling requirements for tsunami hazard mapping of Indian coastal zone",   at the Int. Cong. on Chemistry and Environment, Indore, India, Dec. 2005


  • Best paper award from the CFD Centre, IIT-Madras for CFD-based papers published from IIT-Madras for the year 2004 for the paper   A multidimensional model for annular gas-liquid flow”, Chem. Eng. Sci., 59, 3577-3589 (2004).


  • Member of the Organizing Committee for the International Symposium on Challenges and New Directions in Computation of Internal Flows,   7-8 January 2000, IIT Madras, Chennai.


  • Member of the International Scientific Committee for the International Symposium on Liquid-Liquid Two-phase Flow and Transport Phenomena,   3-7 November, 1997, Antalya, Turkey.


  • Ackrill Trophy from Heat Transfer Society, UK in 1991.


  • Newitt Award from Imperial College, London, UK in 1991 for best thesis.

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