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Prof Suresh Kumar Govindarajan

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Professor (HAG), Department of Ocean Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Expertise

  • Petroleum Engineering

Publications

Total Articles 286
Books 0
Proceedings 0

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Citations 3143
h-index 28

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Citations 720
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Professional Recognition

2004

Best Paper Award in EGS - Geochemistry

United States Geothermal Resources Council
2010

Best Paper Award

Ninth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering (ICHE 2010)
2012

Best Paper Award

Second International Conference on Drilling Technology 2012 (ICDT-2012)
2015

Best Paper Award

International Conference on Water Resources, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ICWRCOE’ 15)
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)
2018

Best Paper Award

International Conference on “Hydrocarbon Exploration & Production: Enhancing the Momentum" (PETRAMET
2019

The Best Oral Presentation Award

The Best Oral Presentation Award – First Place for the paper titled "Weight Spacer Design for Elevat

Community & Membership

Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment @ Indian Institute of Petroleum Engineeri

Member - Faculty Selection Committee

Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineerin

Member - Faculty Selection Committee

Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Geology @ Guindy Eng

Member - Faculty Selection Committee

Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineerin

Member - Faculty Selection Committee

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

Member - Faculty Selection Committee
2011

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

Member - Peer Review Committee
2012

Invited Panel Member – Fifth International Groundwater Conference

Invited Panel Member
2017

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

Expert Committee Member

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

Reviewer
2019

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in Department of Petroleum Enginee

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee

Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in Department of Petroleum Engineering @

Member, Faculty Selection Committee

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

Member, Board of Studies

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

Reviewer

SPARC Research Proposal – Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) – Government

Reviewer
2021

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Eng

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad - Formulation

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

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Gemini Surfactant

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

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Improved Charact

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

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Studies on Pressu

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

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Study of Contamin

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

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IISc (Bangalore) - Analytical and

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IISc (Bangalore)
2019

Member - Petroleum Engineering - GATE 2019

Chief Paper Setter - GATE PE Paper
2018

Member - Petroleum Engineering - GATE 2018

Vetter - GATE PE Paper
2016

Member - Petroleum Engineering - GATE 2016

Setter - GATE PE Paper
2021

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

Member - Evaluation Comiittee

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

Member - Board of Studies
2021

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Eng

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee
2021

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Eng

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee
2021

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the discipline of Civil Enginee

Expert Member, Faculty Selection Committee
2021

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment @ Indian Institute of Petroleum En

Expert Member, Faculty Selection Committee

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Development of E

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

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad) - Comprehensive St

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IIT (Dhanbad)
2022

Member, Board of Studies, Petroleum Engineering @ JNTU – Kakinada – February 2022 [Involve

Member, Board of Studies, JNTUK - Kakinada
2022

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad - Synthesis a

Member, External Examiner Committee

Member, Board of Studies, Petroleum Engineering @ JNTU – Kakinada – March 2022 [Involved i

Member, Board of Studies, JNTUK - Kakinada
2022

Member – PMRF Selection 22-23 (MHRD) – December 2021 Cycle - Evaluation of PMRF Applicatio

Member - PMRF Evalation Committee

Member, External Examiner Committee – Reactive Transport Simulation in Groundwater and Con

Member - External Examiner Committee - Ph D Thesis - IIT-Bombay
2022

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Eng

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee
2022

Expert Member - Faculty Promotion Committee (Selection of Full Time Professor & Associate

Expert Member - Faculty Promotion Committee

Member, External Examiner Committee – Development of Nano-based Preformed Particle gel (PP

Member, External Examiner Committee

Member - External Examiner Committee - Doctoral Thesis - IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad - Development

Member - External Examiner Committee
2022

Expert Member, Promotion Committee, Faculty Promotion in the Department of Petroleum Engin

Expert Member - Faculty Promotion Committee
2022

Expert Member, Promotion Committee (Selection of Full Time Professor & Associate Professor

Expert Member - Faculty Promotion Committee
2022

Member, External Examiner Committee – Extraction of Pour Point Depressant from Fruits and

Member - External Examiner Committee
2022

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

Member - PMRF Evalation Committee
2022

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engin

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee
2022

Expert Member, Departmental Review Committee, Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(IS

Expert Member - Departmental Review Comittee
2022

Member, External Examiner Committee – Modelling The Optical Properties of Particulates and

Member - External Examiner Committee
2023

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engin

Expert Member - Selection Committee
2023

Member, External Examiner Committee – Investigation of Multiphase Flow in Porous Micromode

Member - External Examiner Committee
2023

Subject Coordinator & Reviewer, PMRF – Scrutiny of PMRF Applications (December 2022 – Cycl

Member - Scrutiny of PMRF Applications
2023

Member, External Examiner Committee – Impact of Time-dependent Desorption and Pressure-dep

Member, External Examiner Committee
2023

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engin

Member - Faculty Selection Committee
2023

External Expert, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the School of Petroleum Technol

External Expert
2023

Expert Member, Faculty Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petrole

Expert Member
2021

Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2021 by Stanford University

Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2021 by Stanford University
2022

Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2022 by Stanford University

Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2022 by Stanford University
2023

Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2023 by Stanford University

Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2023 by Stanford University
2024

Member, External Examiner Committee – Assessing the merit of CO2 as the working fluids and

Member, External Examiner Committee
2024

Expert Member, Faculty Promotion Committee, Faculty Promotion for Professor (HAG) position

Expert Member, Faculty Promotion Committee
2024

Member, External Examiner Committee – Development of an Integrated Deep Transient Testing

Member, External Examiner Committee
2024

Member, External Examiner Committee – Development of Fiber Reinforced Concrete Incorporati

Member, External Examiner Committee
2024

Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engin

Expert Member - Faculty Selection Committee
2025

Expert Member, Faculty Selection and Promotion Committee, Faculty Selection and Promotion

Expert Member - Faculty Selection and Promotion Committee
2025

Expert Member, Faculty Confirmation Committee, Faculty Confirmation in the Department of P

Expert Member - Faculty Confirmation Committee
2025

Member, External Examiner Committee - Simulation Study of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery and C

Member - External Examiner Committee (Doctoral Thesis Evaluation)

International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research

2014
Member

Association of Global Groundwater Scientists (AGGS)

2010
Life Member

Society of Petroleum Engineers

2010
Member

Bio

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 Details

  • Male
  • Professor (HAG) , Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Ph.D
Other Institute 2004
Professor (HAG) Jul 2022 – Present
Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Department of Ocean Engineering
Professor Jul 2015 – Jul 2022
Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Department of Ocean Engineering
Associate Professor Jul 2010 – Jul 2015
Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Department of Ocean Engineering
Assistant Professor May 2007 – Jun 2010
Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Department of Ocean Engineering

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Prof Ajay Mandal, FRSC

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

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National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh

Srinivasa Reddy

Dr Srinivasa Reddy Devarapu

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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Dr Natarajan N

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Prof Jitendra Sangwai

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Dr Mohan Reddy K

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Sekhar

Prof Sekhar M

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

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Prof K Murali

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Balaji

Dr Balaji Narasimhan

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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Dr K Ravindranath

Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur

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Prof Renu V

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Dr R Ravi Krishna

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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Dr Sivasankar P

Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy

Soumya

Dr Soumya Pandit

Sharda University, Gautam Budh Nagar

Tarun Kumar

Prof Tarun Kumar Naiya

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

Tushar

Dr Tushar Sharma

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli

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Dr Parmeshwar Udmale

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Dr A Vanav Kumar

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Scholarly Work

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

Funding Agency: Public Works Department (PWD)

Co-Investigator

20.17 Lakhs

2012 - 2013

Completed
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, Govt. of India

Co-Investigator

39.26 Lakhs

2011 - 2014

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

Funding Agency: Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD)

Co-Investigator

2.646 Crores

2009 - 2014

Completed
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, Govt. of India

Principal-Investigator

2.76 Lakhs

2008 - 2011

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

Funding Agency: IIT-Madras

Principal-Investigator

5 Lakhs

2007 - 2010

Completed

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

University Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Ph D Awarded: July 2018)
Year 2018

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

University Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Ph D Defended: Oct 2016)
Year 2017

Experimental investigations on biosurfactant induced enhanced oil recovery

University Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Ph D Awarded: July 2016)
Year 2016

A generalized implicit compositional numerical modeling on

University Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Ph D Awarded: July 2015)
Year 2015

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

University IIT Madras
Year 2012

Nitrogen species transport and transformation in unsaturated porous media

University IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: Feb 2015)
Year 2015

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

University IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: Feb 2015)
Year 2015

Mass Transfer and Transport of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Groundwater Systems

University IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: July 2015)
Year 2015

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

University IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: Sep 2016)
Year 2016

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

University IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: Jan 2019)
Year 2019

NUMERICAL MODELING ON TRANSPORT OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IN SATURATED SUBSURFACE SYSTEMS

University IIT MADRAS (Ph D Awarded: Jan 2019)
Year 2019

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

University IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: June 2019)
Year 2019

Application of Mathematical Models To Optimize Drilling Performance

University IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: May 2020)
Year 2020

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

University IIT Madras (Ph D Awarded: July 2021)
Year 2021

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

University IIT Madras
Year 2021

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

University IIT Madras
Year 2022

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

University IIT MADRAS - Ph D Thesis Defended during Feb 2023
Year 2023

NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON CARBON DIOXIDE GEO-SEQUESTRATION IN DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS

University Indian Institute of Technology - Madras
Year 2025
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Scholarly Publications

Uncertainties Associated with Petroleum Reservoir’s Rock and Fluid Properties

Open Access
Article

Hot-Water Flooding Performance Assessment in Heterogeneous Reservoirs through Numerical Simulation

Open Access
Article

Hot-Water Flooding Investigation in Lithological Heterogeneous Reservoirs Associated with the Evolution of Fluid and Rock Properties

Open Access
Article

Field-scale complexities associated with production of CH4 from coal bed methane reservoir

Open Access
Review

Critical review on challenges in the application of Darcy’s law for multi-phase fluid flow in petroleum reservoirs

Open Access
Review
Authors: Govindarajan S.K.;Pavan T.N.V.;Devarapu S.R.;Kumar G.

Assessing ion interactions in low saline water flooding of sandstone reservoirs: numerical approach

Open Access
Article

Characterization of Flow-rate dominated Deposition on Flow Assurance Investigations associated with Multi-Phase Hydrocarbon Flow through Pipe Lines

Open Access
Article

Machine learning based modeling of the dynamic Poisson’s ratio for petroleum oil field

Open Access
Article
Authors: Rohit ;Pavan T.N.V.;Khanam S.Z.;Kudapa V.K.;Govindarajan S.K.;Devarapu S.R.