Neeraj Kumar Pradhan
Assistant Professor
neeraj.pradhan@mahindrauniversity.edu.in
Dr. Neeraj Kumar Pradhan is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hyderabad. He holds a Ph.D. from IIT Bombay, specializing in solid propellant combustion modeling, and has 7 years of industry experience at General Motors.
His research focuses on combustion modeling, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics, integrating phenomenological, one-dimensional reactive CFD, and two-dimensional CFD approaches to advance predictive understanding of homogeneous and heterogeneous propellants.
Education
- Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, 2025
- M.Tech: Thermal Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Dept. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 2012
- B.Tech: Mechanical Engineering, Biju Pattanaik University of Technology, Rourkela, 2009
Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India (Jan 2026- Present)
- Lead Engineer, Transmission CAE, General Motors Technical Centre India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India (Aug 2012- Jan 2020)
Journal Papers
- N.K. Pradhan, A. Chowdhury, D. Chakraborty, N. Kumbhakarna, Modified multiflame model for AP-HTPB composite propellant combustion, Combust Flame 259 (2024) 113195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2023.113195
- N. K. Pradhan, J. Patel, A. Chowdhury, D. Chakraborty, and N. Kumbhakarna, “A multizonal numerical combustion model of ammonium perchlorate,” Fuel, vol. 382, p. 133742, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.133742
- N.K. Pradhan, A. Chowdhury, D. Chakraborty, N. Kumbhakarna, A numerical model for AP/HTPB premixed combustion, Appl. Therm. Eng. 290 (2026) 130106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2026.130106
Conference papers.
- FISITA Conference, 2018, Chennai Neeraj Kumar Pradhan, Mohit Garg, General Motors Technical Centre India Pvt. Ltd. Estimation of engagement and disengagement points in manual transmission clutch release system, SAE Technical Paper, F2018-PTE-072
- 14th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC), 2023, Kaohsiung, Taiwan N.K. Pradhan, A. Chowdhury, D. Chakraborty, N. Kumbhakarna, Modified Multiflame Model for AP-HTPB Composite Propellant Combustion, Paper no. 023.
- 15th International Conference on Combustion Technologies for a Clean Environment,2023, Lisbon, N.K. Pradhan, A. Chowdhury, D. Chakraborty, N. Kumbhakarna, Numerical Simulation of Ammonium Perchlorate Combustion.
- 11th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (HTFF 2024), Barcelona, Spain N.K. Pradhan, A. Chowdhury, D. Chakraborty, N. Kumbhakarna, A model for AP and AP/HTPB premixed combustion
- Solid propellant combustion modeling
- Reactive CFD modeling of homogeneous and heterogeneous propellants
- Heat transfer and fluid mechanics in reacting flows
- Computational modeling of propulsion and energy systems
