Academic Identity
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Orcid Id 0000-0003-3833-5482 -
Scopus Id 57217596517 -
Researcher Id C-3849-2015 -
Google Scholar Id e7sOg_0AAAAJ
Profile Links
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Prof Suresh Kumar Govindarajan
- Professor (HAG)
- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Publications 2004 - 2025
Publications
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179
Journal Articles
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4
Book Chapter
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1
Book
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26
Conference
Proceedings -
4
Review
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1
Other
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5
Projects
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147
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17
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3
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12
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1
Citations / H-Index
3204
Citations
28
h-index
2297
Citations
Altmetrics
2
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48
2
Google Scholar
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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Society of Petroleum Engineers
Member
Membership In Committees
2025
Expert Member, Faculty Selection and Promotion Committee, Faculty Selection and Promotion in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – February 2025
Expert Member - Faculty Selection and Promotion Committee
2025
Expert Member, Faculty Confirmation Committee, Faculty Confirmation in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – February 2025
Expert Member - Faculty Confirmation Committee
2025
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Member, External Examiner Committee - Simulation Study of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Sequestration for a Mature Oil Field of Upper Assam Basin, India by Mr Ranjit Dutta (Admin No: 17DP000197) – Ph D Thesis – IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad – 3rd March 2025
Member - External Examiner Committee (Doctoral Thesis Evaluation)
2025
Expert Member, Faculty Selection and Promotion Committee, Faculty Selection and Promotion in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – February 2025
Expert Member - Faculty Selection and Promotion Committee
2025
Expert Member, Faculty Confirmation Committee, Faculty Confirmation in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – February 2025
Expert Member - Faculty Confirmation Committee
2025
Member, External Examiner Committee - Simulation Study of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Sequestration for a Mature Oil Field of Upper Assam Basin, India by Mr Ranjit Dutta (Admin No: 17DP000197) – Ph D Thesis – IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad – 3rd March 2025
Member - External Examiner Committee (Doctoral Thesis Evaluation)
2024
Expert Member, Faculty Promotion Committee, Faculty Promotion for Professor (HAG) position @ Indian Statistical Institute (Geological Studies Unit), Kolkata – February 2024
Expert Member, Faculty Promotion Committee
2024
Member, External Examiner Committee – Development of an Integrated Deep Transient Testing Workflow and Multi-parametric Inversion based Numerical Reservoir Modeling for Improved Productivity Estimations - by Mr. Arvind Kumar (Admission No: 17DP000288) – Ph D Thesis – IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad – March 2024
Member, External Examiner Committee
2024
Member, External Examiner Committee – Assessing the merit of CO2 as the working fluids and fracture aperture alteration due to thermo-poro-elastic deformation on energy production of EGS by Mr. Shradharghya Shankar Adhikary (Roll No: AM20S023 Department of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering) – MS Thesis – IIT-Madras – May 2024
Member, External Examiner Committee
2024
Member, External Examiner Committee – Development of Fiber Reinforced Concrete Incorporating with Recycled Aggregate - by Mr. Bimalendu Dash (Department of Civil Engineering) – Ph D Thesis – Centurion University of Technology & Management, Odisha – May 2024
Member, External Examiner Committee
2024
Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – August 2024
Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee
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
External Expert, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the School of Petroleum Technology @ PDEU – Gandhinagar – December 2023
External Expert
2023
Expert Member, Faculty Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – December 2023
Expert Member
2023
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2023 by Stanford University
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2023 by Stanford University
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
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2022 by Stanford University
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2022 by Stanford University
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
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2021 by Stanford University
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2021 by Stanford University
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
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Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Civil Engineering @ IIT-Hyderabad
Member - Faculty Selection Committee
