DEPARTMENTS
Dr. Rohini Kumar Bandaru
Dr. Rohini Kumar Bandaru

Assistant Professor

Office Address:

Assistant Professor Dept. of Mechanical Engineering NIT-Calicut NIT Campus P.O Calicut-673601, Kerala, India

Contact no:

0495-2286436

Home Address:

D-31, Staff Quarters, NIT-Calicut NIT Campus P.O Calicut-673601 Kerala, India

  • Ph. D, 2018 - NIT Calicut.

  • M.E (Thermal Power Equipment) - 2002 - REC, Trichy.

  • B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) - 2000 - Sri .Venkateswara.University, Tirupati, AP.

  • Educational Qualifications

    • Ph. D, 2018 - NIT Calicut.

    • M.E (Thermal Power Equipment) - 2002 - REC, Trichy.

    • B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) - 2000 - Sri .Venkateswara.University, Tirupati, AP.

    Journals

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

    • 34. Jobin Jose, Sutheesh P M, Rohinikumar B, Tapano Kumar Hotta, “Development of a Heat Pipe-Based Thermal Management System for the Temperature Control of Prismatic Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Numerical Perspective”, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 172, 110406 (1-14), 2026.

    • 33. Milan John, Vishnu Narayanan, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “A Numerical Study on Enhanced Energy and Flow Efficiency of Double-Pass Solar Air Heating Systems”, Heat Transfer Engineering (accepted for publication).

    • 32. Sathyasree Nirmala, Sutheesh P M, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Experimental Investigations on Thermal Performance of Lithium-Ion Cell with Fibonacci Finned PCM”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 257,128238 (1-13), 2026.

    • 31. Sathyasree Nirmala, Sutheesh P M, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Experimental investigations on thermal performance of Lithium-ion Battery Module with Fibonacci finned PCM”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 221,110500 (1-16), 2026. 

    • 30. Unnikrishnan K S, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Analysis of PV-NEPCM systems by using Different Nanoparticles: Effects of Inclination Angles”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 150, 21201-21221, 2025.

    • 29. Sutheesh P M, Amjith J S, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Numerical Investigations on Thermal Performance of Cooled Lithium-Ion Battery Packs with Topologically Optimized Air Cooling Channels ”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 281, 128556 (1-16), 2025. 

    • 28. Sutheesh P M, Amjith J S, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Thermal Management of Air-Cooled Helical and Conventional Lithium-Ion Battery Packs”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 280, 128006 (1-18), 2025.. .

    • 27. Milan K. John, Vishnu.C, Sutheesh. P. M, Rohinikumar. B,Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Honeycomb Bed Thermochemical Energy Storage System with Multi-Bed Reactor Design for Enhanced Capacity ”, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 65, 103955 (1-21), 2025.

    • 26. Sathyasree Nirmala, Sutheesh P M, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Numerical investigations on thermal performance of Lithium-ion cell with dual PCM based BTMS, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 17,111005 (1-17), 2025.

    • 25. Jobin Jose, Puthettu Muraleedharan Sutheesh, Bandaru Rohinikumar, Veershetty Gumptapure, Tapano Kumar Hotta, “Numerical Investigation to Analyze the Effect of Various Operating Parameters on the Thermal Characteristics of Heat Pipe, Heat Tranfer, 1-15, 2025.

    • 24. Milan K John, Rohinikumar B, T john Zacharaiah, “Comparative Review with a Field Survey on Conventional and Advanced Solar Dryers in Agricultural Processing”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 53, 102749 (1-15), 2025. 

    • 23. Milan K John, P M Sutheesh, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Experimental investigations on Stream-Wise and Span-wise Orientations of Wavy Absorber Plates and Mesh in Double Pass Solar Air Heater”, Solar Energy, 296, 113598 (1-17), 2025. 

    • 22. Sarvesh Agarwal, Sutheesh. P. M, Kirankumar L G, Rohinikumar Bandaru,“ Numerical Investigations on Thermal Performance of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System with Novel Corrugated Annular Fins in PCM”, Jouranl of Energy Storage, 125, 116902 (1-23), 2025.

    • 21. V Nirupam, Sutheesh P M, Rohinikumar Bandaru, Gangadhara Kiran Kumar L, “Numerical Investigations on Thermal Performance of Phase Change Material-Assisted Radial Heat Sink for High-Power Chip-on-Board LEDs”, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 62, 103614 (1-17), 2025.

    • 20. P. M. Sutheesh, Roshen Thomas,  Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Battery thermal management systems by using DI water and PCF with Nano-encapsulated Tetradecan-1-ol for Lithium-ion batteries”, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 165, 108992 (1-17), 2025.  

    • 19. P M Sutheesh, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Thermal Management of Lithium-Ion Battery with Novel Aero-Fins: A Numerical Study”, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 39(2), 407-417, 2025.

    • 18. Sony George, Malladi V Pavan Kumar , B Rohinikumar “Investigating the impact of spray drying parameters on milk powder bio fortification with curcumin and veld grape (Cissus quadrangularis) extract”, Food and Humanity, 4,  100572 (1-10), 2025.

    • 17. Gokulnath R, E. Sam Elijah, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Performance evaluation of modified wick belt configuration in rotating wick solar stills using different wick materials”, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 60, 103457 (1-17), 2025.
    • 16. P M Sutheesh, Nagendra Reddy, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Thermal performance of Lithium-Ion battery pack with optimised bionic channel using Multi-Objective genetic Algorithm: A numerical Investigation”, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 60, 103414 (1-16), 2025.

    • 15. P M Sutheesh, Atul A P,  Rohit Bhaskar Nichit, Rohinikumar B, “Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Thermal Performance of Li-ion Battery during Explosion”, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 159, 107983 (1-19), 2024.

    • 14. Sutheesh P M, Jobin Jose, Tapano Kumar Hotta, B. Rohinikumar, “Numerical investigations on thermal performance of PCM-based lithium-ion battery thermal management system equipped with advanced honeycomb structures”, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 158, 107937(1-17), 2024.
    • 13. Milan K John, Vishnu K, Vishnu C, Rohinikumar B, C Muraleedharan, “Experimental and numerical investigations on an open thermochemical energy storage system using low-temperature hydrate salt”, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 53, 102749 (1-15), 2024. 
    • 12. Sutheesh P M, Athul A P, Rohinikumar B, “Comparative Study of Fiber Materials for Enhanced Performance of Hybrid Cooling in Battery Thermal Management Systems”, Applied Energy, 371, 123671(1-15), 2024.
    • 11.K S Unnikrishnan, Sumanth Babu P, Rohinikumar B, “ Analysis of Augmentation in Performance of PV Module Integrated with Finned PCM by Three-Dimensional Transient Numerical Simulation”, Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, 44(1), 143-162, 2024.
    • 10.  K S Unnikrishnan, Prudhvinath G, Praneeth A S, Guarav S, Jayant P, B Rohinikumar, “Thermal management and performance augmentation of photovoltaic module subjected to actual dynamic conditions with passive cooling techniques”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 149, 5823-5841,  2024.
    • 9. K S Unnikrishnan, Karthik S, B Rohinikumar, “ Experimental and numerical analysis of PV-PCM integrated with novel shaped corrugated fins”, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 50, 102562 (1-18), 2024.
    • 8.. P M Sutheesh, A P Athul, B Rohinikumar, “ Numerical and experimental investigations of thermal performance of lithium-ion battery with hybrid cooling system under dry-out condition, Journal of Energy Storage,  84, 110889(1-20), 2024
    • 7. P M Sutheesh, Rohith B N, B Rohinikumar, “Numerical Investigation of Thermal Management of Lithium Ion Battery Pack with Nano-enhanced Phase Change Material and Heat Pipe”, Journal of Energy Storage, 77, 109972(1-19), 2024.
    • 6. K S Unnikrishnan, M Jayatej, B Rohinikumar, “Three‑Dimensional Numerical Analysis of Performance of PV Module Integrated with PCM and Internal Pin Fins of Different Shapes”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 148, 9739-9760, 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-023-12345-4
    • 5. Milan K John, Rohinikumar B, C Muraleedharan, “Experimental Analysis of Wavy Mesh Assisted Solar Drying System with a Survey of Common Drying Technologies employed by Farmers”, Sutainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 56, 103049 (1-12), 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2023.103049
    • 4. Unnikrishnan K S, Rohinikumar B, “Thermal Management of Photovoltaic Panel with Nano‑enhanced Phase Change Material at Diferent Inclinations”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 34759-34775, 2021.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-18075-0
    • 3. Sabareesh V, Milan K John, Muraleedharan C, Rohinikumar B, “Improved solar drying Performance by ultrasonic desiccant dehumidification in indirect forced convection solar drying of ginger with phase change material”, Renewable Energy, 169, pp. 1280-1293,  2021.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.01.085
    • 2. Rohinikumar. Bandaru, C. Muraleedharan, M. V. Pavan Kumar, “Modelling and Dynamic Simulation of Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion in an Unconventional Solar Thermal Water Pump”, Renewable Energy, 134, 292-305, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.10.108
    • 1. Rohinikumar. B, C. Muraleedharan, “Performance prediction of Solar Thermal Water Pump Using Artificial Neural Networks”, International Journal of Thermal and Environmental Engineering, 15, 1-8, 2017.

    Conferences

    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

    • 33. Milan K John, KrishnaMohan and Rohinikumar Bandaru Investigations on Solar Air Heater with Engine Oil as Thermal Energy Storage Material by Experiments and Numerical Simulations”, Second Global Conference on Decarbonising India (GCDI25), March 2025, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 32. Sathyasree Nirmala, Sutheesh P M, Rohinikumar B, Numerical Investigations on Thermal Management of Lithium-ion Cell with Non-uniform Straight Finned PCM”, Second Global Conference on Decarbonising India (GCDI25), March 2025, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 31.Sutheesh P M, Sathyasree Nirmala, Arunlal M P, Rohinikumar B, Numerical Investigations on Thermal Management of Liquid Cooled Lithium-ion Battery Packs, Second Global Conference on Decarbonising India (GCDI25), March 2025, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 30.Kiran B John, Sutheesh P M, Rohinikumar B, Design and Performance Analysis of Solar-Driven Booster-Assisted Ejector Refrigeration System with Integrated Thermal Energy Storage”, Second Global Conference on Decarbonising India (GCDI25), March 2025, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 29. Harikrishnan R, Sutheesh P M, Malladi V. Pavan Kumar, Rohinikumar B, “Modelling, Simulation and Control of Solar Thermal Power Plant with Thermal Energy Storage”, Second Global Conference on Decarbonising India (GCDI25), March 2025, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 28. Gokulnath R, Rohinikumar Bandaru, “Experimental Investigations on Performance Analysis of Single Slope Solar Still with Static Wick Frustums”, Second Global Conference on Decarbonising India (GCDI25), March 2025, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 27. Ari Sowndarya Rani, Rohinikumar Bandaru, Gokulnath R, “Design, Fabrication and Performance Analysis of Gravity based Dual-Axis Solar Tracker”, Second Global Conference on Decarbonising India (GCDI25), March 2025, NIT Calicut, Kerala
    • 26.Pratik V M, Sutheesh P M, Rohinikumar B, A Study on the Impact of PCM and Vapour Chamber Integration on Temperature Control of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell ”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala
    • 25. Nandakishore K, Sutheesh P M, Rohinikumar B, “Thermal Management of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell by Hybrid Cooling Method”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala
    • 24.Sutheesh P M, Jobin Jose, V Nirupam, Rohinikumar B, “Numerical Investigation of Von Kármán Vortex Shedding Around the Square Cylinder under Uniform and Shear Flow Upstream Conditions”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala
    • 23. Sutheesh P M, B. Amjith J S, B. Rohini Kumar, “Novel twisted battery pack design for lithium-ion battery thermal management using air cooling”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 22. Sutheesh P M, B. Nagendra Reddy, B. Rohini Kumar, “Numerical Investigation on Thermal Performance of Lithium-ion battery thermal management system based on fish bone shaped bionic channel with nanofluid”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 21.Sutheesh P M, Rohinikumar B, ”Novel Aero fin structure for thermal management of lithium-ion battery pack: A numerical study”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 20.Sarvesh A, Sutheesh P M 1, G Kiran Kumar L1, Rohinikumar B,Numerical Investigations of Thermal Performance of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System with Novel Corrugated Annular Fins”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 19. Fuzail Khan, Sutheesh P M, Ram Kumar R, A T Perumal,  Rohinikumar B,Numerical Investigation on Thermal Performance of Lithium-Ion Battery Thermal Management System using Cold Plate with Multiphase Fluid”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 18.V Nirupam, Sutheesh P M, G Kiran Kumar L, Rohinikumar B,Numerical Investigation on Thermal Performance of Composite PCM Assisted Radial Heat Sink for high-power COB LEDs”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 17.Unnikrishnan K S, Adarsh B S, and Rohinikumar B, “Numerical Performance Analysis of PV with Different PCM-Based Heat Sink”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala
    • 16.Gokulnath R, E S Elijah, Rohinikumar B, “Experimental Studies on Single Slope Solar Still with Different Rotating Wick Configurations”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala
    • 15.Milan K J, Vishnu N, B Rohinikumar, C Muraleedharan, Performance Comparison between Conventional and Longitudinal Fin Designs in an Optimized Solar Air Heater ”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 14.Milan K J, Rohinikumar B, C Muraleedharan, T J Zachariah, “A Field Survey on Conventional Drying Methodologies in Indian Agricultural Scenario”, Second International conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES24), June 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
    • 13.Nandakumar P S, Rohinikumar B, “Effect of Temperature on Low Rotational Speed Performance of External Gear Pump”, 2nd international Conference on Thermo-Fluids and System Design (ICTFSD24) ,  April 2024, BITS-MESRA, RANCHI, INDIA.  
    • 12.Milan K John, Rohinikumar B*, Muraleedharan C, Vishnu N, “Simulation and Experimental Investigation of Thermal Performance of the Performance of a modified Solar Collector with Hemispherical Indentations”, Materials Today-Proceedings, 58, 260-266, 2022.
    • 11.Unnikrishnan K S, Rohinikumar B, “Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Nano-enhanced Finned PV-PCM System”, 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Madras, 2021
    • 10. A. Sowndarya Rani*, Rohinikumar B*, C. Muraleedharan, “Design and analysis of a gravity based dual-axis solar tracker”, International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE 2021), April 2021, Thrissur, Kerala.
    • 9. Vishnu N, Milan K John, Rohinikumar B*, Muraleedharan C, “Modelling, dynamic simulation and parametric studies of double pass solar air heater for solar drying application”, International Conference on Advances in Thermal Engineering and Applications (ICATEA), August 2021, Chennai.
    • 8.Balavinayagam, Unnikrishana K S, Rohinikumar B*, “Numerical investigations on phase change material based battery thermal management system”, International Conference on Advances in Thermal Engineering and Applications (ICATEA), August 2021, Chennai..
    • 7.B Charles Divyateja , Unnikrishnan K S, Rohinikumar B*, “Modelling and Numerical simulation of Nano-enhanced PV-PCM System for Heat Transfer Augmentation from the Panel”, International Conference on Advances in Thermal Engineering and Applications (ICATEA), August 2021, Chennai.
    • 6. Unnikrishnan K S, Rohinikumar B*, “Thermal Management of Photovoltaic Panel with Nano Enhanced Phase Change Material at Different Inclinations”, International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE 2021), April 2021, Thrissur, Kerala.
    • 5.Sabareesh V, Milan K John, Muraleedharan C, B Rohinikumar, “Experimentation and Mathematical modelling: Indirect forced convection solar drying of tomato with novel drying chamber arrangement using phase change material as thermal energy storage”, International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability(ICIMES), August 2020, Hyderabad.
    • 4. Aravind S, Milan K John, Rohinikumar B, Muraleedharan C, “Performance assessment of  Banana drying using a Forced Convection Solar Dryer”, International conference on Sustainable Technology Applications for Green Engineering Solutions (STAGE 2020), July 2020, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala.
    • 3. Sabareesh V, Milan K John, Muraleedharan C, B Rohinikumar, “Design and Analysis of a Novel Drying Chamber in indirect forced Convection Solar Drying”, International conference on Sustainable Technology Applications for Green Engineering Solutions (STAGE 2020), July 2020, Palakkad, Kerala.
    • 2. Rohinikumar. B, C. Muraleedharan, “Performance Prediction of Solar Thermal Water Pump using Artificial Neural Networks”, International Conference on Energy and Environment(ICEE) ,  December 2014, JNTU, Hyderabad.
    • 1. Rohinikumar. B, C. Muraleedharan, “Experimental Analysis of Solar Thermal Water Pump”, International conference on Electrical, Electronics, Engineering trends, Communication, Optimization and Sciences, October 2014, Vijayawada, AP.

    Research Contributions

    • UG and PG projects supervised

    • Thermodynamics                                                                                                                                              
    • Fluid Mechanics                                                                                                                                              
    • Heat Transfer                                                                                                                                                      
    • Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Energy Systems                                                                                      
    • Analytical Methods in Heat Transfer                                                                                                          
    • Thermodynamic Preoperty Relations and Exergy Analysis                                                                                      
    • Design and Analysis of Energy Systems                                                                                                    
    • Computional Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

    • Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer                                                                                
    • Modelling and Simulation of Solar Energy Syatems                                               
    • Experimental investigations on Solar Energy Systems                                     
    • Refrigeration and Air-Conditiong