Professional Memberships:

1. Member: Institute of Engineers (India)
2. Member: Society of Polymer Science (India)

Internship: External Students

1. Mr. Biki Prasad Hazam, 6^th Semester, Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), June – July, 2023. 
2. Mr. Soumya Purkayastha, 5^th Semester, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology, West Bengal, July – August 2023.

Student’s Achivement:

• Ms. Ananya Kalita (Batch 2020 – 2024), Received Gold Medal for “Best All Round Graduate” – 22^nd Convocation 2024, NIT Silchar.

• Mr. Sahidul Alam (Batch 2021 – 2025),  Received 1^st Prize in Oral Presentation in ASME EFx at NIT Silchar on August 3^rd 2024 – Development and Investigation of hybrid beeswax based phase change materials for thermal controlled storage applications.

• Received “Best Paper Award” – A. Kalita, A. Debnath, and S. Bhowmik, 2024, Investigation of Corrosion Resistance in Graphene Nanoplatelets and Jute Micro Filler Reinforced Bio-epoxy Hybrid Composites IEEE 8^th Students Conference on Engineering and Systems (SCES), June 21-23, 2024, Department of Electrical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahbad, Prayagraj, India.

• Ms. Ananya Kalita (Batch 2020 – 2024), Received “Best Paper Presentation Award” –A. Kalita and S. Bhowmik,  Evaluation of the tribological behaviour of graphene nanoplatelets and Jute micro filler based bio-epoxy hybrid composites, International Conference on Sustainable Research in Energy and Environment (SREE)-2024, 5^th – 6^th April 2024, Jointly organized by Department of Chemical Engineering & Centre for Energy and Environment, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab, India, Sponsored by Royal Society of Chemistry.

• Ms. Geetakshi Teli (Batch 2018 – 2022), Received Gold Medal for “Best All Round Graduate” – 20^th Convocation 2022, NIT Silchar.

Invited Talk/ Keynote:

1. Guest Lecture in “Industry-Academia One-day seminar”  is organized on the theme ‘Role of Engineers in Advancing Science and Technology for Sustainable Development’ of “World Engineering Day 2025”, 8^th March 2025, Organized by Institute of Engineers (I), Silchar Local Centre at NIT Silchar, Assam.
2. Keynote talk in “6^th International Congress on Advances in Mechanical Science” July 26^th – 27^th, 2024, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana.
3. Expert talk in “Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship (IDE) Boot Camps”, 9^th – 10^th April 2024, Tapesia Campus, Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati.
4. Expert talk in A 5 day Faculty Development Program on “Industry 4.0: Technological Evaluation” 1^st – 5^th April 2024, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Techno College of Engineering, Agartala, Tripura.
5. Keynote talk in “2^nd International Conference on Recent and Advanced Composite Materials (ICRACM-2023)” 22^nd – 24^th February 2023, Centre for Composites and Advanced Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur Campus.
6. Expert talk in Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) under the Accelerate Vigyan Scheme high end workshop “Emerging trends in Material Science & Engineering for its Applications in Manufacturing Sector” 24^th – 30^th June 2023, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India.
7. Expert Talk in AICTE sponosred Online AICTE-ISTE Induction/ Refresher Progrmmes 2021-2022 on “Recent Advances in Materials Science and Engineering” 18^th – 24^th January 2022, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SVERI’s College of Engineering, Pandharpur Solapur, Maharashtra.
8. Expert Talk in Online Short Term Training Program on “Advances in Mechanical, Industrial Engineering & Management (AMIEM-2021)” 9^th – 13^th March 2021, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Raipur and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vishwavidyalaya Engg College Lakhanpur.
9. Expert talk on “Polymer Materials: Development and Manufacturing” One week online short term course on “Innovation and Research in Welding, Joining and Cutting Technology” 07^th – 11^th September 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam.
10. Expert talk on “Selection of materials and resources for renewable energy” One week online short term course on “How to define Research Problems and Solving Methods in Sustainable Design, Manufacturing and Energy Engineering” 24^th – 28^th August 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam.
11. Expert talk on “Polymer materials for electrical and electronic applications” One Week Webinar on “Nano-Elecro-Mechanical System NEMS Technologies: Modern Interdisciplinary Approach in Engineering (NEMSTech 2020)” 17^th – 21^st August 2020, Department Mechanical Engineering and Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam.
12. Expert talk on “Recent Trends of Tribological Behaviour of Natural Filler/Fibre Reinforced Polymeric Composite Materials” One Week Online Workshop on “Interdisciplinary Approach of Tribology in Engineering and Biomedical Research” 04^th – 08^th August 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam.
13. Invited talk on “Green Composites: An Insight into Development, Mechanical Properties and Characterization” International Symposium on Sustainable Polymers, 23^rd – 25^th August 2019, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India.
14. Session Chair, 10^th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection (June 27^th – 30^th, 2017, Bled, Slovenia).
15. Invited talk on “Fracture behaviour of Ferritic Steel under elevated temperature” One Week Self-Financed Short Term Training Program on Advances in Manufacturing Technique, 27^th February to 2^nd March 2016, NIT Silchar, Assam, India.

Workshop/STTP/Seminar: Organized and Attended

Organized

1. Three-day National workshop on “Self-employement through Enterprnuership – The path for self reliant India” funded Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Silchar from 26^th to 28^th July 2023, Coordinator: Prof. R. Gupta and Dr. S. Bhowmik.
2. Five-day workshop on “Development and utilization of renewable resources for Industry 4.0” funded Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Scheme, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise in Department of Mechanical Engineering in association with Institute’s Innovation Council, NIT Silchar from 9^th to 13^th March 2023, Coordinator: Dr. S. Bhowmik and Prof. R. Gupta.
3. One day workshop cum training program on “Application of composite material for household applications” funded by KVIC, 08^th November 2022, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Coordinator: Dr. S. Bhowmik.
4. Regional Seminar on “Renewable Energy Technology: Issues and Prospects” (RETIP – 2017), 25/09/2017, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar under TEQIP – III, Coordinator: Dr. B. Das, Dr. A. Biswas, Dr. S. Bhowmik.
5. One Week GIAN Course on “Surface Engineering”, 13.09.2016 – 17.09.2016, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar under GIAN, MHRD, Coordinator: Dr. P. K. Patowari, Dr. S. Bhowmik.
6. One Week Workshop on “Advanced Joining Technology”, Faculty Development Program , 17/10/2016 – 21/10/2016 , Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar under TEQIP – II, Coordinator: Dr. S. R. Maity, Dr. S. Bhowmik, Dr. B. Das.
7. Four Days Finishing School on “Industry Ready Programme”, Research & Development , 06/04/2014 – 09/04/2014 , Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar under TEQIP – II, Coordinator: Dr. A. Ray, Dr. S. Bhowmik, Dr. D. Bhanja.
8. A Short Term Course on “Joining of Material”, Faculty Development Programme, 09/07/2013 – 13/07/2013, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar under TEQIP – II, Coordinator: Dr. S. Halder, Dr. S. Bhowmik.
9. Two Days Exhibition Workshop on “Miniature Engineering Working Model”, Research & Development, 29/03/2014 – 30/03/2014 , Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar under TEQIP – II, Coordinator: Dr. S. Bhowmik, Dr. K. N. Das.

 Attended

1. National Workshop on Machining and Machinability of Advanced Materials, 29 – 30^th March 2007, CMERI, Durgapur.
2. Workshop on Design of Experiments, Kalyani Government Engineering College, 05 – 07^th July 2008.
3. One Week short term course on Failure Analysis of Engineering Materials, 23 – 27^th September 2013, NIT, Silchar.
4. Two days workshop on Photochemical Machining, 03 -04^th October 2013, BCDI, Agartala.
5. One week National FDP on Pedagogy: A Framework for Effective Teaching and Learning Strategies, 7^th – 11^th May 2014, NIT, Silchar.
6. Two week ISTE workshop on Fluid Mechanics, 20^th – 30^th May 2014, IIT, Kharagpur.
7. One week workshop on Applications of Optimization Techniques in Engineering and Technology, 24^th February – 1^st March 2017, NIT Silchar.
8. Short Term Course on Analytical Mechanics and its Applications, 14^th – 18^th December 2020, IIT Guwahati.

Administrative Responsibilities:

1. Associate Dean (Research & Consultancy): [January 2023 – January 2025]
2. Member, (Departmental Post Graduate Committee): [September 2023 – ]
3. Head of the Department: [October, 2020 – November, 2022]
4. Faculty In Charge, Purchase: [December, 2016 – January, 2021]
5. Member Secretary, Departmental Ph.D. Monitoring Committee (DPMC): [June, 2014 – October, 2020]
6. Member, Departmental Purchase Committee: [July, 2013 – November, 2020]
7. Nodal Officer, M/O MSME and KVIC: [February, 2021 – ]
8. Nodal Officer, I-STEM: [January, 2020 – ]