Dr. Sisir Dhara
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: sisirdhara[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 7044043176(O) 7044043176(M)
Other Academic Achievements
- Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:
- IDDRG 2020, 39th Annual Conference of International Deep-Drawing Research Group, The Korean Society For Technology of Plasticity, Seoul, South Korea, October 2020
- ESAFORM 2021, 24th International Conference on Material Forming, University of Liège, Belgium, April 2021
- NUMISHEET 2022, The 12th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes, Toronto, Canada, July 2022
- NUMISHEET 2023, Technical Meeting & Forming Technology Forum (FTF), ETH Zurich, Switzerland, June 2023
- ESAFORM 2024, 27th International Conference on Material Forming, Toulouse, France, April 2024
- ICMR 2025, 22nd International Conference on Manufacturing Research, University of Birmingham, UK, September 2025
- Award and Honors:
- PhD Fellowship Award (2018): Awarded a PhD fellowship at WMG, University of Warwick, UK, to conduct research in advanced materials manufacturing.
- Institute Silver Medal (2016): Awarded for securing 1st rank among all M.Tech. students in the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur.
- B. M. Belgaumkar Memorial Award (2016): Conferred by IIT Kharagpur for academic excellence among all M.Tech. students in the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur.
- Badri Narayan Singh Memorial Award (2016): Conferred by IIT Kharagpur for outstanding performance among all M.Tech. students in the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur.
- L&T Scholar (2017): Recognized under the “Scheme for University Rankers” for securing 1st rank among all M.Tech. students in the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur.
- WMG-IIT Internship Award (2015): Selected by the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur, for a 3-month research project at WMG, University of Warwick, UK.
- MCM Scholarship (2007–2013): Awarded for consistent academic excellence in classes X, XI and B.E. in the Production Engineering Department, Jadavpur University.
- JU Alumni Association Scholarship (2009–2013): Received for being among the top 5 students in the class in B.E. in the Production Engineering Department, Jadavpur University.
- Gold Medal (2007): Best overall performance in the school level in Class X Examination.
- Silver Medal (2007): 2nd rank at the subdivision level in Class X Examination.
- Projects Completed:
- Project name: Impact through in-situ observations, Funding agency: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK, PI and Co-I: Dr. Scott Taylor (PI) and Dr. Sisir Dhara (Co-I), Funded institute: WMG, University of Warwick, UK, Project details: Conducting in-situ forming experiments on 7xxx series aluminum alloys, Funding amount: £8,780, Project duration: February 2024-May 2024, Project outcomes: Results published in 2 SCI/Scopus indexed international journals:- (1) Taylor, S., Dhara, S., Beaumont, R., Krauss, S., Zeybek, A., & West, G. D. (2025). These Ones are Small; Those Ones are Far Away: A Comparison of Macro and In-Situ Micro Tensile Testing Techniques. Materialia, 43, 102533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2025.102533. (2) Taylor, S., Dhara, S., Krauss, S., Zeybek, A., & West, G. (2025). Investigation into Formability of AA7020 Aluminium Under W-Temper Conditions with Differing Cooling Rates Combined with In-Situ EBSD Tensile Testing. Accepted for publication in Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China.
- Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:
- Materials and Design
- Materials Science and Engineering: A
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology
- Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Advances in Mechanical Engineering
- The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design