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  • Prof Suresh Kumar Govindarajan

  • Professor (HAG)
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Publications 2004 - 2023

Publications

  • 154
    Journal Articles
  • 5
    Book Chapter
  • 25
    Conference
    Proceedings
  • 2
    Review
  • 5
    Projects
  • 142
  • 16
  • 3
  • 10
  • 1

Citations / H-Index

2340 Citations
24 h-index
1647 Citations

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Google Scholar

Co-author Network


Expertise

Petroleum Engineering

Reservoir Engineering; Reservoir Simulation; Fluid Flow through Fractured/Carbonate/CBM/Shale-Gas Reservoirs; Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR); CO2 Sequestration; Hydraulic Fracturing; Onshore (LNAPL) and Offshore Oil Spill; Geothermal Reservoirs (EGS); Groundwater Hydraulics; Contaminant Hydro-geology; CFD / Heat and Mass Transfer

Personal Information

Prof Suresh Kumar Govindarajan

Male
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - 600036


Experience

  • Professor (HAG)

    Indian Institute of Technology, Madras


Qualification

  • Ph.D

    Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


Honours and Awards

2019

The Best Oral Presentation Award

The Best Oral Presentation Award – First Place for the paper titled "Weight Spacer Design for Elevated Temperature Conditions to Mitigate Barite Settling by Identifying Suitable Viscosifier" by Shantanu Pandey, Rajnish Tripathi and G. Suresh Kumar - 8th International Conference on Engineering and Innovative Materials (ICEIM) - held @ Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, Japan between 6th and 8th September, 2019.

2018

Best Paper Award

International Conference on “Hydrocarbon Exploration & Production: Enhancing the Momentum" (PETRAMET’18)

2016

Best Paper Award

SPE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition

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2019

The Best Oral Presentation Award

The Best Oral Presentation Award – First Place for the paper titled "Weight Spacer Design for Elevated Temperature Conditions to Mitigate Barite Settling by Identifying Suitable Viscosifier" by Shantanu Pandey, Rajnish Tripathi and G. Suresh Kumar - 8th International Conference on Engineering and Innovative Materials (ICEIM) - held @ Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, Japan between 6th and 8th September, 2019.

2018

Best Paper Award

International Conference on “Hydrocarbon Exploration & Production: Enhancing the Momentum" (PETRAMET’18)

2016

Best Paper Award

SPE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition

2016

Best Paper Award

Fourth International Conference on Petroleum Science and Technology 2016 (ICPST-2016)

2015

Best Paper Award

International Conference on Water Resources, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ICWRCOE’ 15)

2012

Best Paper Award

Second International Conference on Drilling Technology 2012 (ICDT-2012)

2010

Best Paper Award

Ninth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering (ICHE 2010)

2004

Best Paper Award in EGS - Geochemistry

United States Geothermal Resources Council

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2023

Numerical Investigations on Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery in a Sandstone Petroleum Reservoir

Susmit Chakraborty (BT16D301), IIT MADRAS - Ph D Thesis Defended during Feb 2023

2022

Numerical Investigations on Dynamics of Capture Zones in Heterogeneous Aquifers with Recharge Wells

Nitha Ayinippully Nalarajan - Ph D Thesis Defended: Jan 2022, IIT Madras

2021

Mitigating Human Health Risk due to Petroleum Contamination of Groundwater through Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Treatment

Bokam Rajasekhar, IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: July 2021)

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2023

Numerical Investigations on Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery in a Sandstone Petroleum Reservoir

Susmit Chakraborty (BT16D301), IIT MADRAS - Ph D Thesis Defended during Feb 2023

2022

Numerical Investigations on Dynamics of Capture Zones in Heterogeneous Aquifers with Recharge Wells

Nitha Ayinippully Nalarajan - Ph D Thesis Defended: Jan 2022, IIT Madras

2021

Mitigating Human Health Risk due to Petroleum Contamination of Groundwater through Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Treatment

Bokam Rajasekhar, IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: July 2021)

2021

Enhanced methane recovery from a non-dewatered CBM gas reservoir by sequestering supercritical CO2: Numerical investigations

IIT Madras (Ph D Defended: Dec 2021), Subhashini Nainar (OE16D004), IIT Madras

2020

Application of Mathematical Models To Optimize Drilling Performance

Sridharan C, IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: May 2020)

2019

NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION ON ACCELERATING DISSOLUTION TRAPPING OF SEQUESTERED CO2 IN A DEEP SALINE AQUIFER

VIVEK R, IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: Jan 2019)

2019

Influence of soil microbial kinetics AND organic amendments on subsurface pesticide fate and transport

Omkar Gaoenkar, IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: June 2019)

2019

NUMERICAL MODELING ON TRANSPORT OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IN SATURATED SUBSURFACE SYSTEMS

Renu V, IIT MADRAS (Ph D Awarded: Jan 2019)

2018

Enhanced oil recovery by microbial flooding with temperature, ph and salinity effects: mathematical modelling and numerical simulation

Sivasankar P, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Ph D Awarded: July 2018)

2017

Impact of fracture conductivity reduction on productivity of shale gas petroleum reservoirs

Samarth Dilip Patwardhan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Ph D Defended: Oct 2016)

2016

Experimental investigations on biosurfactant induced enhanced oil recovery

Rajesh Kanna, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Ph D Awarded: July 2016)

2016

Spatio-temporal prediction of Groundwater level and recharge Estimation in an unconfined aquifer

S. Mohana Sundaram, IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: Sep 2016)

2015

A generalized implicit compositional numerical modeling on

Srinivasa Reddy Devarapu, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Ph D Awarded: July 2015)

2015

Nitrogen species transport and transformation in unsaturated porous media

M BERLIN, IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: Feb 2015)

2015

Synthesis, Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Nanoparticle Stabilized Emulsions for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Tushar Sharma, IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: Feb 2015)

2015

Mass Transfer and Transport of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Groundwater Systems

VASUDEVAN M, IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: July 2015)

2012

Numerical modeling of co-colloidal reactive solute transport in a single fracture

N NATARAJAN, IIT Madras

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Membership In Professional Bodies

2014

International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research

Member

2010

Association of Global Groundwater Scientists (AGGS)

Life Member

2010

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Member

2014

International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research

Member

2010

Association of Global Groundwater Scientists (AGGS)

Life Member

2010

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Member

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Membership In Committees

2023

Member, External Examiner Committee – Impact of Time-dependent Desorption and Pressure-dependent Diffusivity on Coalbed Methane Well Performance under Semi-steady state Flow Conditions by Ms. Neelu (Admission No: 18DR0088) – Ph D Thesis – IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad – July 2023

Member, External Examiner Committee

2023

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – July 2023

Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2023

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – February 2023

Expert Member - Selection Committee

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2023

Member, External Examiner Committee – Impact of Time-dependent Desorption and Pressure-dependent Diffusivity on Coalbed Methane Well Performance under Semi-steady state Flow Conditions by Ms. Neelu (Admission No: 18DR0088) – Ph D Thesis – IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad – July 2023

Member, External Examiner Committee

2023

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – July 2023

Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2023

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – February 2023

Expert Member - Selection Committee

2023

Member, External Examiner Committee – Investigation of Multiphase Flow in Porous Micromodels using Micro-PIV Experiments and Numerical Simulation by Mr. Vikas Kumar Sharma (Roll No. 176107010) – Ph D Thesis – IIT-Guwahati – May 2023

Member - External Examiner Committee

2023

Subject Coordinator & Reviewer, PMRF – Scrutiny of PMRF Applications (December 2022 – Cycle 10) (February 2023)

Member - Scrutiny of PMRF Applications

2022

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad - Synthesis and Characterization of Ionic Liquids for Application in Enhanced Oil Recovery by Ms Prathiba Pillai (16DR000183) - June 2022

Member, External Examiner Committee

2022

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT-Kharagpur - March 2022

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2022

Expert Member, Promotion Committee (Selection of Full Time Professor & Associate Professor), Faculty Promotion in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – September 2022

Expert Member - Faculty Promotion Committee

2022

Member, Board of Studies, Petroleum Engineering @ JNTU – Kakinada – February 2022 [Involved in Finalizing B Tech Petroleum Engineering Curriculum]

Member, Board of Studies, JNTUK - Kakinada

2022

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad - Development of Nano-based Preformed Particle Gel (PPG) To Improve Performance of Water Shut-Off Jobs by Mr Abhinav Kumar (Admission No: 2015DR0198) - June 2022

Member - External Examiner Committee

2022

Expert Member - Faculty Promotion Committee (Selection of Full Time Professor & Associate Professor), Faculty Promotion in the Department of Civil Engineering @ IIT-Bombay held during April 2022

Expert Member - Faculty Promotion Committee

2022

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Comprehensive Studies on Reservoir Aspects of Gas Hydrates and Thermodynamics & Kinetics of Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in the Presence of Different Additives by Ms Ekta Chaturvedi - March 2022

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad)

2022

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) – Dhanbad – October 2022

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2022

Expert Member, Departmental Review Committee, Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) – Dhanbad – November 2022

Expert Member - Departmental Review Comittee

2022

Member – PMRF Selection 22-23 (MHRD) – December 2021 Cycle - Evaluation of PMRF Applications – March 2022

Member - PMRF Evalation Committee

2022

Member, External Examiner Committee – Modelling The Optical Properties of Particulates and Bubbles in Oceanic Waters with Implications for Remote Sensing by Mr. Hariharasudhan V G (OE13D030) – Ph D Thesis – IIT-Madras – November 2022

Member - External Examiner Committee

2022

Expert Member, Promotion Committee, Faculty Promotion in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – June 2022

Expert Member - Faculty Promotion Committee

2022

Member, Board of Studies, Petroleum Engineering @ JNTU – Kakinada – March 2022 [Involved in Finalizing B Tech Petroleum Engineering Curriculum]

Member, Board of Studies, JNTUK - Kakinada

2022

Member, External Examiner Committee – Extraction of Pour Point Depressant from Fruits and its use for Crude Oil Transportation by Mr. Biswadeep Pal (17DR000576) – Ph D Thesis – IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – November 2022

Member - External Examiner Committee

2022

Member – PMRF Selection (MHRD) – May 2022 (Cycle-9) - Evaluation of PMRF Applications – September 2022

Member - PMRF Evalation Committee

2022

Member, External Examiner Committee – Development of Nano-based Preformed Particle gel (PPG) to Improve Performance of Water Shut-Off Jobs by Mr. Abhinav Kumar (2015DR0198) – Ph D Thesis – IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – June 2022

Member, External Examiner Committee

2022

Member, External Examiner Committee – Reactive Transport Simulation in Groundwater and Contaminant Source Identification by Inverse Modelling using Meshfree Based Numerical Methods and Simulation Optimization Models by Mr. Aatish Anshuman (Roll No: 174046017) – Ph D Thesis – IIT-Bombay – March 2022

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IIT-Bombay

2021

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad - Formulation and Characterization of Nanoemulsion for Application in Enhanced Oil Recovery by Mr. Narendra Kumar Rawat - April 2021

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad)

2021

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – Jan 2021

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2021

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the discipline of Civil Engineering – School of Engineering @ IIT - Mandi – August 2021

Expert Member, Faculty Selection Committee

2021

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – April 2021

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2021

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Development of Emulsion Based Drilling Fluid System for Shale Formation by Mr. Bhola Kumar Paswan - Dec 2021

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad)

2021

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment @ Indian Institute of Petroleum Engineering and Energy @ IIPE - Vizag – October 2021

Expert Member, Faculty Selection Committee

2021

Member – PMRF Selection 21-22 (MHRD) – Evaluation of PMRF Applications – March 2021

Member - Evaluation Comiittee

2021

Member, Board of Studies (BoS), Under-Graduate Curriculum, Petroleum Engineering @ JNTU - Kakinada - April 2021

Member - Board of Studies

2021

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – June 2021

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2020

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Gemini Surfactant Assisted Enhanced Oil Recovery: Synthesis, Formulation Design and Performance Assessment by Mr. Nilanjan Pal

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad)

2020

SPARC Research Proposal – Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) – Government of India - January 2020

Reviewer

2019

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad - May 2019

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2019

SPARC Research Proposal – Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) - Government of India - January 2019

Reviewer

2019

Member - Petroleum Engineering - GATE 2019

Chief Paper Setter - GATE PE Paper

2019

SPARC Research Proposal – Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) - Government of India - November 2019

Reviewer

2019

Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIPE - Vizag - June 2019

Member, Faculty Selection Committee

2019

Member, Board of Studies (BoS), Under-Graduate Curriculum, Petroleum Engineering @ JNTU - Kakinada - June 2019

Member, Board of Studies

2018

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Improved Characterization of Porous Media using Tracer Technique: An Experimental and Numerical Study by Ms. Archana

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad)

2018

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Studies on Pressure Dependent Permeability in the Flow Equations of CBM Reservoir under Transient and Semi-Steady State Conditions by Mr. Rajeev Upadhyay

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad)

2018

Member - Petroleum Engineering - GATE 2018

Vetter - GATE PE Paper

2018

Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment @ Indian Institute of Petroleum Engineering and Eneregy @ IIPE - Vizag - May 2018

Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2018

Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT-Kharagpur - March 2018

Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2018

Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Geology @ Guindy Engineering College - Anna University - October 2018

Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2017

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Study of Contaminant Concentration Distribution through Unsteady Groundwater Flow in Porous Formation by Ms. Sultana Begam

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad)

2017

UAEU Research Grant Application - United Arab Emirates University - May 2017

Expert Committee Member

2017

Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT-Kharagpur - April 2017

Member - Faculty Selection Committee

2016

Member - Petroleum Engineering - GATE 2016

Setter - GATE PE Paper

2014

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IISc (Bangalore) - Analytical and Numerical Modeling for Heat Transport in a Geothermal Reservoir due to Cold Water Injection by Mr. Sayanthan Ganguly

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IISc (Bangalore)

2012

Invited Panel Member – Fifth International Groundwater Conference

Invited Panel Member

2011

Committee Member for Conducting Peer Review of the Centre of Excellence at IIT Guwahati

Member - Peer Review Committee

2009

Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Civil Engineering @ IIT-Hyderabad

Member - Faculty Selection Committee

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Research Projects

4. Decentralized Wastewater Management – Benchmarking of Public Utilities and PPP

Funding Agency : Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD)

5. The changing risks posed by petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater environments: multiphase fluid dynamics coupled to multispecies biodegradation.

Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology (DST)

3. Reuse of Waste Water (Industry and Domestic) for Irrigation in Kancheepuram Municipality

Funding Agency : Public Works Department (PWD)

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4. Decentralized Wastewater Management – Benchmarking of Public Utilities and PPP

Funding Agency : Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD)

5. The changing risks posed by petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater environments: multiphase fluid dynamics coupled to multispecies biodegradation.

Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology (DST)

3. Reuse of Waste Water (Industry and Domestic) for Irrigation in Kancheepuram Municipality

Funding Agency : Public Works Department (PWD)

2. Numerical Modeling and Spatial Moment Analysis of Mobility and Mixing of Reactive Contaminants in Low Permeability Hard Rocks under Non-Isothermal Conditions

Funding Agency : Department of Science and Technology (DST)

1. Numerical Modeling of Flow and Transport Processes in a Single Fracture with Matrix Diffusion. New Faculty Research Scheme

Funding Agency : IIT-Madras

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