Ph.D.: – CFD, NIT Silchar, 2020
M.Tech: – Thermal Engineering, NIT Silchar, 2013
B.Tech: – Mechanical Engineering, Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla, 2010
Teaching Experience: 10 years (along with Research)
Contact Number: +91 8074221041
BVRITN Employee ID: 915
JNTUH Registration ID: 0792-180814-114733
- BEE Certified Energy Auditor (, on behalf of Beauru of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Ministry of Power Central Government of India). Officially eligible to conduct energy audit services. Certificate No.10953.
- Achieved Outstanding Reviewer Award from two different Elsevier journals
- No. of B.Tech. projects guided: 20
- No. of international/National journal& international conference publications:16
- No. of Books Published: 2
- No.of Book chapters Published: 1
- Thermal Engineering
- Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer
- Combustion in I.C. Engines
- CFD-ANSYS- FLUENT
- Working for the DST project of 2.4 Cr for the CFD Analysis of residential building ventilation and its optimization for energy efficiency (Energy Efficient Green Building). (1200000 /- )
- CFD Analysis of Ceramic Kiln design for energy efficiency improvement and quality enhancement of tiles – Vennar Ceramics Pvt. Ltd. (500000 /-)
Harikrishna Ch, Nagaraju Ch, N Malleswararao Battina, Obula Reddy Kummitha, Hardness prediction in Upsetting process of Al%ZrO2 -An approach of Machine Learning using Regression and Classification Models, Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, Accepted on 22-sep.2023. SCI – IF – 0.9
- Siva Krishna Reddy D, Siva Subramaniam R, Obula Reddy, Kummitha, Elumalai P.V, Ibham Veza and Olusegun D. Samuel, A review on recent developments of RCCI engines operated by alternative fuels, Energies 2023, 16, x. https://doi.org/10.3390/xxxxx. Accepted on 26th March 2023. (SCI, IF-3.20)
- Obula Redy Kummitha, Deevi Reddy Prabhakara Reddy, Anitha Deevi Reddy, Numerical Analysis of the Effectiveness of a Unique Roughened Surface Solar Air Heater, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Volume 45, 2023 – Issue 1. (SCI, IF-2.9) https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2023.2187099
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Siva Krishna Reddy Dwarshala, Karthik Chary,Venu Mangam, Harikrishna Chirala, Naga Malleswararao Battina, Effect of vortex generator placement and nanofluids on channel flow heat transfer, Heat Transfer Engineering, Accepted on January 27, 2023. (SCI, IF – 2.431)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Thermal cooling of li-ion cylindrical cells battery module with baffles arrangement for airflow cooling numerical analysis, Journal of Energy Storage, volume 59, March 2023, 106474. (SCI, IF- 8.90), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.106474
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Parametric Study of the Ceramic Kiln Combustion Chamber with Pre-heated Air from the Kiln Flue Gases, Fuel, Volume 331, Part 1, 1 January 2023, 125785. (SCI, IF – 8.035)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Effect of Inclined Fuel Injection in the Strut Wake Region for a Hydrogen Fueled Scramjet Combustor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 47, Issue 68, 8 August 2022, Pages 29526-29541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.06.263 (SCI, IF – 7.139)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Effect of oblique shock wave induced from a wavy-wall combustor surface for a splitter plate scramjet combustor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 47, Issue 65, 30 July 2022, Pages 28125–28138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.06.103 (SCI, IF – 7.139)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Effect of Inclined Fuel Injection in the Strut Wake Region for a Hydrogen Fueled Scramjet Combustor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Accepted on 26th June 2022. (SCI, IF – 7.139)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Effect of oblique shock wave induced from a wavy-wall combustor surface for a splitter plate scramjet combustor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Accepted on 11th June 2022. (SCI, IF – 7.139)
- Battina N Malleswararao, Chirala Hari Krishna, Ramu Inala, Obula Reddy Kummitha, V Lakshmi Narayana, and P Srinivasa Raju, Influence of coefficient of friction between punch-blank interface on formability of friction stir welded aluminium tailor welded blanks – An experimental and finite element simulation investigations, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, https://doi.org/10.1177%2F09544062221096271. (SCI, IF 1.76), ISSN:0954-4062
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Sai Srinivas B, Devarakonda Karthik, Combined Effect of swirl coil inserts and Nanofluids for Heat Transfer Enhancement, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, Volume 28, Issue 8, pp.49-65. 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.2021039041 (SCI, IF – 2.449), ISSN Print:1065-5131, ISSN Online:1563-5074
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, K.M. Pandey, Hydrogen Fueled Scramjet Combustor with a Wavy-wall Double Strut Fuel Injector, Fuel, Volume 304, 15 November 2021, 121425. ISSN: 0016-2361, (SCIE, IF- 8.035) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121425
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Vijay Kumar R, Computational Investigation of Heat Energy Interaction for a Residential Building with a Normal Clay brick and Sinicon-brick, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, OXFORD University Press, Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2021, Pages 773–787. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwab013, (SCI-E, IF – 6.167), ISSN: 2288-5048
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, K.M. Pandey, Anil Kumar Reddy P, Effect of a Revolved Wedge Strut Induced Mixing Enhancement for a Hydrogen Fueled Scramjet Combustor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 46, Issue 24, 6 April 2021, Pages 13340-13352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.01.089, (SCI, IF – 7.139)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Vijay Kumar R, V. Murali Krishna, CFD Analysis for airflow distribution of a Conventional Building Plan for Different Wind Directions, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, OXFORD University Press, Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2021, Pages 559–569. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa095, (SCI-E, IF – 6.169)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, K.M.Pandey, Effect of Wavy-wall Strut Fuel Injector on Shock Wave Development and Mixing Enhancement of Fuel and Air for a Scramjet Combustor, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, OXFORD University Press, Published, Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa084, (SCI-E, IF – 6.169)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, K.M. Pandey, Rajat Gupta, Numerical investigation of wavy wall strut fuel injector for hydrogen fueled scramjet combustor , International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 44, Issue 60, 6 December 2019, Pages 32240-32253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.10.147, (SCI, IF – 7.139)
- Obula reddy kummitha, Krishna murari Pandey & Rajat gupta, Numerical study of Hydrogen-Fueled Scramjet Performance with Passive Techniques, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering Research, Springer, 2019. (SCOPUS), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1201-8_28
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, K.M. Pandey, Rajat Gupta, Optimization of Scramjet Combustor with Different Fuel Injection Techniques and Flame holder Cavities, Acta Astronautica 152 (2018) 908–919, (SCI, IF – 2.954), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.09.026
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, K.M. Pandey, Rajat Gupta, Numerical analysis of hydrogen fuel scramjet combustor with innovative designs of strut injectors, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 45, Issue 25, 7 May 2020, Pages 13659-13671,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.04.067, (SCI, IF – 7.139)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, K.M. Pandey, Rajat Gupta, CFD analysis of a scramjet combustor with cavity based flame holders, Acta Astronautica, Volume 144, March 2018, Pages 244–253 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.01.005. (SCI, IF-2.954)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Numerical analysis of hydrogen fuel scramjet combustor with turbulence development inserts and with different turbulence models, , International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 42, Issue 9, 2 March 2017, Pages 6360-6368 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.10.137. (SCI, IF – 7.139)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Numerical analysis of passive techniques for optimizing the performance of scramjet combustor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 42, Issue 15, 13 April 2017, Pages 10455-10465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.01.148, (SCI, IF – 7.139)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Lakka Suneetha, K.M. Pandey, Numerical Analysis of Scramjet Combustor with Innovative Strut and Fuel Injection Techniques, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 42, Issue 15, 13 April 2017, Pages 10524-10535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.01.213, (SCI, IF – 7.139)
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, K.M Pandey, Experimental and numerical analysis of forced convection heat transfer in turbulent flows, International journal of Procedia Engineering-An Elsevier Journal, Indexed in Scopus, Volume 127, 2015, Pages 711–718.
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, V.R Reddy Bandi, K.M Pandey, 3D numerical analysis for thermal–hydraulic characteristics of water flow inside a circular tube with twisted tape with helical protrusions, International journal of Procedia Engineering-An Elsevier Journal Indexed in Scopus, Volume 127, 2015, Pages 1134–1141.
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Numerical analysis of solid rocket motor core flow with large eddy simulation viscous model, Elsevier – Materials today proceedings, 2016, Volume-3, Issue-10, PP:3820-3825. (Scopus Indexed)
- B.V.R Reddy, Obula Reddy Kummitha, Characterization of spray formed and cold rolled Al-Pb alloy, Materials today proceedings, accepted for presentation in 5th International Conference of Materials Processing and Characterization (ICMPC 2016), organised by GRIET, Hyderabad on 12-13th March 2016, and for publication in Elsevier – Materials today proceedings. (Scopus Indexed) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2017.01.021
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, B.V.R Reddy, Thermal Analysis of cylinder block with fins for different materials using ANSYS, accepted for presentation in International Conference on Advancements in Aeromechanical Materials for Manufacturing (ICAAMM-2016), organised by MLRIT, Hyderabad on 7th 9th July 2016, and for publication in Elsevier – Materials today proceedings. (Scopus Indexed)
- K.M.Pandey and P. Bose and K.O. Reddy, Numerical Analysis Comparison of Solid Fuel Scramjets with Viscous Model and Turbulence Chemistry Model at Mach 2, International Review of Aerospace Engineering (IREASE) , Vol. 5 N. 6, December 2012 (Impact Factor-6.5), Praiseworthy prize publications, Italy. (Scopus indexed journal)
- K.M.Pandey and P. Bose and K.O. Reddy, CFD Analysis of Solid Fuel Scramjet Combustors, Global Journal of Researches in Engineering, Volume 12 – A, Issue 7, Version 1.0, October 2012.
- Oveepsa Chakraborty, Deepak Sharma, K Obula Reddy and KM Pandey, CFD Analysis of Cavity Based Combustion of Hydrogen at Mach Number 1.4, Current Trends in Technology and Sciences, ISSN: 2279-0535. Volume: 1, Issue: 3, (Nov. 2012).
- K Obula Reddy and K.M Pandey, Burnback Analysis of 3-D Star Grain Solid Propellant, International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, Vol.2 , No.1, Pages : 215-223, ISSN 2278-3091, Special Issue of ICACSE 2013 – Held on 7-8 January, 2013 in Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad.
- K. Obual Reddy, M. Srikesh, M. Kranthi Kumar, V. Santhosh Kumar, CFD ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIZER TO OPTIMIZE HEAT TRANSFER, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online), Volume 5, Issue 3, March (2014), pp. 66-76, © IAEME
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Influence of a Wedge and Wavy-wall Combustor Side Walls for Shock-Induced Mixing and Combustion for a Hydrogen Fueled Model Scramjet Combustor, Symposium on Applied Aerodynamics and Design of Aerospace Vehicle (SAROD 2023), 9 – 11 February 2023, DRDL Hyderabad, India.
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, D.Siva Krishna Reddy, Karthik Chary, Venu Mangam, C.h.HariKrishna, Battina N.Malleswararao, Combined Effect of Longitudinal Vortex Generator Placement and Nanofluids for a Channel
Flow Heat Transfer Enrichment, 4th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME 2022), SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, March 24-26, 2022. - Obula reddy kummitha, Krishna murari Pandey & Rajat gupta, Numerical study of Hydrogen-Fueled Scramjet Performance with Passive Techniques, International Conference on Applied Mechanical Engineering Research (IC-AMER2019, NIT Warangal, India – May 02-05, 2019
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, K.M. Pandey, Rajat Gupta, Optimization of Scramjet Combustor with Different Fuel Injection Techniques and Flame holder Cavities, Combustion Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis, (SCI Journal – Under review).
- Obula reddy kummitha, Krishna murari Pandey & Rajat gupta, Numerical Analysis of Scramjet Combustor with Innovative Designs of Strut Injector, 10th international conference on sustainable energy and environmental protection (june 27th – 30th, 2017, bled, Slovenia), modelling and simulation. https://doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-058-5.14 ISBN 978-961-286-058-5 © 2017 University of Maribor Press.
- Suneetha Lakka, Obula Reddy Kummitha and K.M Pandey, CFD Analysis of Thermal and Hydraulic Flow Characteristics in Helical Pipe, Proceedings of the 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power December 15-17, 2016, MNNITA, Allahabad, U.P,India. FMFP2016–Paper No.25.
- Obula Reddy Kummitha, Sumeet Pati, Ashis Ranjan, Numerical analysis of energy dissipation and flow dynamics of rectangular flume with different weirs, National conference on Trends in Mechanical Engineering(TIME-15), 23rd September-2015, organised by JNTU Anantapur, India.
- Published a BOOK in International Publication of LAMBERT ACADEMIC PUBLISHING” entitled as CFD ANALYSIS OF SOLID ROCKET MOTORS by K M Pandey and K OBULA REDDY on March-2015, ISBN-13: 978-3-659-48990-7, ISBN-10: 3659489905, EAN: 9783659489907.
| S.No. | Title of the R&D Project or Research Grant | Sponsoring Organization | Date of Approval | Name of the Principle Investigators | Amount (₹) | Status of the Project (Completed/ Ongoing) |
| 1 | Scramjet combustor mixing enhancement with a novel Strut fuel Injector that produces the streamlined vortices | DST/ SERB | 9th, May, 2023 | Dr. K. Obula Reddy | 2000000 | Ongoing |
