• Book published: Khandekar S. and K. Muralidhar, Dropwise Condensation on Inclined Textured
  Surfaces, to be published by Springer, ISBN 978-1-4614-8446-2, Thermal Briefs Series, 2013.
• Keynote lecture: Dropwise Condensation on Textured Surfaces: Issues and Prospects, Proc. 9th
  International ASME-ISHMT Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Mumbai, India January, 2010.
• Sponsored project: Development of pulsating heat pipe passive heat exchangers for nuclear engineering
  applications, Sponsoring Agency: Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Government of India,
  Time schedule: 2009-2012; Term - 3 years, Role: Principal investigator, Summary of work: Development
  of efficient compact heat exchangers is a vital need in view of the ever increasing energy
  crisis. In this work, novel and unique generic designs of compact heat exchangers were proposed,
  especially for use in nuclear safety applications, which were based on a Pulsating Heat Pipe (PHP)
  concept. Comprehensive thermal characterization of the new compact heat exchangers was undertaken.
• International publication: Singh S. K., Khandekar S., Pratap D. and Ramakrishna S.A., Wetting
  Dynamics and Evaporation of Sessile Droplets on Nano-porous Alumina Surfaces, Colloids and
  Surfaces - A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 432, pp. 71-81, 2013.
• International publication: Khandekar S., Joshi Y. and Mehta B., Thermal Performance of Closed
  Two-Phase Thermosyphon using Nanofluids, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 47,Issue 6, pp. 659-667, 2008.

• P. K. Kelkar Research Fellowship from IIT Kanpur (October 2009 - September 2012).
• Prof. K. N. Seetharamu Young Researcher Medal and Prize from the Indian Heat and Mass
  Transfer Society, 2010 and George Grover Young Scientist Medal from International Heat Pipe
  Committee, 2007.
• Young Scientist Award by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, 2005.
• Doctoral dissertation grade 1 on a scale of 4 (Highest possible grade; "Summa Cum Laude"), 2004.
• Member of the academic senate of Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing
  Jabalpur (MP) during June 2009 – May 2012.
• INSA Invited Professor, Lyon, France, 2012
• DAAD Research Fellowship, 2011

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