Faculty at School of Engineering

Rajendra Chhabra

Rajendra Chhabra

Distinguished Professor

School of Engineering


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Multiphase Flow, Complex Fluids, Rheology

  • B E (University of Roorkee, 1974)
  • ME (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1976)
  • PhD (Monash University, Melbourne, 1980)

  • Professor @ IIT Kanpur (1984-2018)
  • Professor @ IIT Ropar (2018-2022)
  • Distinguished Professor @ SNIoE (July 2022 onward)

FNAE, FNA, FNASc, FASc

Herdillia Award (Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers) for Excellence in Basic Research (1996)
J C Bose Fellow (2016-2021)
AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professor (July 2021-June 2022).

  • A. Chauhan, C. Sasmal and R. P. Chhabra, Effect of fluid elasticity and shear thinning on heat transfer from a heated sphere at moderate Reynolds numbers, Num. Heat Transfer: Applications, Jan (2024), pp. 1-22.
  • A. Maurya and R. P. Chhabra, Flow and thermal characteristics of power-law fluids through a rectangular-shaped orifice: Effects of aspect ratio and orifice location, Int. Comm. Heat Mass Transfer, 152, 107303 (2024).
  • P. Suri, S. A. Patel, T. Mondal and R. P. Chhabra, Momentum and heat transfer from spherical sections in Bingham plastic fluids, Applications in Engineering Science, 26, 100308 (2026).
  • P. Suri, S. A. Patel, T. Mondal and R. P. Chhabra, Laminar free convection from isothermal spherical segments in viscous Newtonian and Bingham plastic fluids, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 65(17), 9067-9090 (2026).

  • R. P. Chhabra and S. A. Patel, Bubbles, Drops and Particles in non-Newtonian Fluids, 3rd edition, Taylor and Francis, New York (2023) (ISBN: 978-0367-20302-3).
  • R. P. Chhabra and S. A. Patel, Non-Newtonian Flow and Applied Rheology, 3rd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, U. K. (2025) (ISBN: 978-0443192432).
  • R. Darby and R. P. Chhabra, Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics, 4th edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (2026) (ISBN: 978-1032777061).
  • P J Carreau, D DeKee and R P Chhabra, Rheology of Polymeric systems: Principles and Selected Applications, second edition, Hanser, 2021.

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