PhD in Thermal & Fluid Engineering from IIT Roorkee, 2016
M.Tech in Industrial Safety and Hazard Management from IIT Roorkee, 2011
B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Chhatrapati Shivaji Institute of Technology, Durg, 2009
Work Experience
Working as an Associate Professor in O.P. Jindal University Raigarh from July 2026
Worked as Senior Assistant Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Chennai from June 2020 to May 2026
Worked as Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, MITS Madanapalle from June 2018 to May 2020
Worked as Research Associate in BRE Fire Safety Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom from 2017 to 2018
Worked as Assistant Professor in Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh from 2016 to 2017.
Research
Heat and Mass Transfer
Fire Engineering
Enclosure fire
Risk Assessment
CFD modelling
Safety Engineering
International National Journals
Deepak Sahu, Anchal Bahman, Karrupaiya Sathaiah Bala Murugan, Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher, Amit Rai, Gaurav Dwivedi, Sujeet Kesharvani, Risk analysis of urea manufacturing plant using fuzzy logic approach, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, Vol: 240, 2, 2026.
Bhisham K Dhurandher et.al. Fire hazard and risk analysis of large fuel storage tank in IOC terminal, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, Vol: 239, 2, 2025.
Mukul Kant Paliwal, Sanjeev Jakhar, Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher, Vikrant Sharma, Experimental investigation on preparation, characterization and stability of Al2O3 nanofluid in application of PV thermal management, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 2025
Deepak Sahu, Bhisham K Dhurandher, S Jain, A Gupta, S Kumar, Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Fire Dynamics Inside the Closed Enclosure, Iran. J. Chem. Chem. Eng.(IJCCE) Research Article Vol 43 (4): 2024
Deepak Sahu, Shorab Jain, Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher, Akhilesh Gupta & Surendra Kumar, An effect of ventilation on development of thermal and toxic environment in cubical enclosure fires, J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng, 2023.
Deepak Sahu, Anchal Bahman, Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher, Amit Rai & Ravikant R. Gupta, Numerical studies on fire development inside the corridor, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 2022
Simone Zen, Jan C Thomas, Eric V Mueller, Bhisham Dhurandher, Michael Gallagher, Rory Hadden, Nicholas Skowronski, Development of a Field Deployable Firebrand Flux and Condition Measurement System, Fire Technology, 57, 2021.
Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher, Ravi Kumar, Amit Kumar Dhiman, Akhilesh Gupta, An Impact of Sudden Ventilation in a Compartment Involving Crib Fire, Transactions of Mechanical Engineering, 45, 2021.
Bhisham K Dhurandher, Ravi Kumar, Amit K Dhiman, “An Experimental Study on Crib Fires in a Closed Compartment”. Thermal Science, 21(3), 1432-1441, 2017.
Bhisham Dhurandher, Ravi Kumar, Amit Dhiman, Akhilesh Gupta, Pavan Sharma, “Investigations On Compartment Fires With Plywood Cribs” Fire and Materials, 41, 209-224, 2017.
Bhisham K. Dhurandher, Ravi Kumar, Amit Dhiman, Akhilesh Gupta, “Investigation of thermal equilibrium in a compartment involving crib fire”, Journal of Thermal Analysis of Calorimetry, 129, 1787–1797, 2017.
Bhisham K. Dhurandher, Ravi Kumar, Amit Dhiman, Akhilesh Gupta, Pavan Sharma, An experimental study of vertical centreline temperature and velocity profile of buoyant plume in cubical compartment”, J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng, 39, 1813-1822, 2017.
International National Conferences
Sadhu Pranava Sreedhar, Akash Venkateshwaran & Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher Emission Characteristics of Split Injection System in Low-Temperature Combustion Diesel Engine: A Review, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp 143–151, 2023
Chamala Vaishnavi, Naveen Raj Srinivasan & Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher Production of Sunflower Biodiesel as an Alternative Fuel for Compression Ignition Engine: A Review, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp 163–174, 2023.
S. Ashish, M. Rishie Aravind, R. Abhinav & Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher, Intake Boosting Techniques in Internal Combustion Engines to Increase Engine Performance, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp 341–351, 2023.
Amit Talli, Ayub Ahmed Janvekar, Manoj Kumar Rangaswamy, Tapan K. Mahanta, Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher, Agustinus Purna Irawan, Mazlan Mohamed, A new approach of study towards environmental impact assessment for sustainable product design, AIP Conf. Proc. 2680, 020016, 2023.
Tapan K. Mahanta; Manoj Kumar Rangaswamy; Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher; Ayub Ahmed Janvekar Ahmed, A. Hussien; Pramodkumar S. Kataraki; Harto Tanujaya, Experimental investigation of sound absorption performance of sustainable porous material based on date palm leaf fibers, AIP Conf. Proc. 2680, 020020, 2023
Aditya Paliwal, Aayush Ajay Desai, Deepak Sahu & Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher Analysis of Fire and Explosion Hazard of LPG Tanker Truck Accident: A Case Study, Environmental Science and Engineering, pp 563–575, 2022
Shagun Agrawal, Deepak Sahu, Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher, Anchal Bahman, Jatinder Kumar Ratan, Kanchan, Nitin Naresh Pandhare & Om Prakash Verma, Incident Heat Flux Measurements with Efficient Plate Thermometer in the Fire Test Environment, Environmental Science and Engineering, 143–156, 2022
Bhisham K Dhurandher, R Kumar, A K Dhiman and Santhosh K Dubba, Computation of a Compartment Fire with Smagorinsky Sub-Grid Scale Model, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2021.
Bhisham K. Dhurandher, Thomas Christian, Mueller Eric, Hadden Rory “A methodology to assess the firebrand risk during a wildfire”, UK Wildfire Conference 2017, Bournemouth, UK
Bhisham K Dhurandher, Ravi Kumar, Amit K Dhiman, “Impact Assessment of Thermal Radiation Hazard from LPG Fireball”. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, Elsevier, Vol. 11, pp. 499-506, 2015.
Bhisham K. Dhurandher, Ravi Kumar, Amit Dhiman, Akhilesh Gupta, Pavan Sharma “Analysis of fires involving solid fuels in a compartment”, National Conference on Fire Research and Engineering”, March 1-2, 2014, pp. 111-118, Roorkee
Bhisham K. Dhurandher, Akhilesh Gupta, Ravi Kumar, Amit Dhiman, Pavan Sharma “Experimental and numerical simulation of solid fuel fires in a compartment”, International conference of Advancement of Chemical Engineering, 2013, IIT Rookree.
Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher, Akhilesh Gupta, Ravi Kumar, Amit Dhiman, A. K. Gupta, Pawan K. Sharma “FDS simulation of compartment fire and comparison with experimental data”, International Conference on Challenges in Disaster Mitigation & Management Strategies, Feburary 15-17, 2013, CoEDMM, Roorkee.
Awards
Qualified GATE (Mechanical, 2008) with AIR 788 Rank.
Appreciation of Merit holder at B.E Examination.
MHRD Government Fellowship awarded for Master of Technology.
BARC Senior Research Fellowship awarded for Research Project.
MHRD Government Fellowship awarded for PhD.
Patents
System and method of solar generation behaviour analysis, application no. 202641058560, 2026, published
Adaptive fire detection system with targeted cooling, application no. 202641058557, 2026,
System for preventing misfuelling of vehicles and method thereof, application no. 202641051896, 2026, published
Autonomous fireball suppression system and method for flammable-liquid tanker vehicles, application no. 202641048140, 2026, published
Safety control system for a combustible gaseous fuel and method thereof, application no. 202641045646, 2026, published
Hybrid energy-recovery system and method thereof, application no. 202641043920, 2026, published
System and method for fire suppression, application no. 202641035668, 2026, published
A system and method for adaptive electromagnetic cloaking for an object, application no. 202541107709, 2025, published
An autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (uav), application no. 202541060814, 2025, published
System and method for thermal management of fuel storage tanks, application no. 202541059900, 2025, published
A voice-activated robotic arm device for personalized assistance and a method thereof, application no. 202541032841, 2025, published
Autonomous aid robot and method for delivering personalized medication and hydration to users, application no. 202541026908, 2025, published
System and method for fire safety and performance optimization in electric vehicles, application no. 202541001191, 2025, published
Protective apparel and the method thereof, application no. 202541000796, 2025, published
Alternator for manual treadmill, application no. 417903-001, 2024, granted
Pole climbing robot, application no. 411862-001, 2024, granted
System and method for extracting water from atmospheric air by optimizing airflow in real-time, application no. 202441081855, 2024, published
System and method for extinguishing combustion by monitoring environment and deploying extinguishing agents, application no. 202441039172, 2024, published
Workshops
CII Chhattisgarh, Industrial Safety Synergy 2026, organiszed by Confederation of Indian Industry, 2nd July 2026.
International Workshop on “Fire and Explosion Modeling” organized by the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, on November 24, 2015.
International Workshop on “Fire Research” organized by the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, on 31st July to 1st August, 2013.
