• Dr Suresh Kumar Govindarajan secured his doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Science, IISc–Bangalore, working on “Fluid Flow through Saturated Subsurface Formations”.
• He then worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Queens University, Canada; and as Research-Assistant-Professor @ University of North Dakota in US, before landing @ IIT-Madras.
• His Research Interest includes Reservoir Simulation on Multi-Phase Fluid Flow through Heterogeneous, Carbonate, Coal-Bed-Methane & Shale-Gas Reservoirs; Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods; Geothermal Reservoir Characterization; and Geo-Sequestration of Carbon-di-oxide.
• He became Professor in 2015 and Senior-Professor (HAG) in 2022.
• He has published 188 Scopus-indexed Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles; and he has completed guiding 18 Doctoral Students & 7 MS Students, so far.
• He is figuring in Top 2% Scientists Worldwide (released by Stanford University) continuously from 2020 (till date). He has received Best-Paper-Award for 10 times in International Conferences.
• With more than 3100 citations in Scopus; and 4400 citations in Google-Scholar, he also has authored 10 Single-Author Journal Articles to his credit.
• And, he is passionate about Fundamental Research on Up-scaling-Issues and Drainage-Principles of ‘Multi-Phase Fluid Flow through Saturated Subsurface Reservoirs using Darcian Approach.
• 1. Published 188 Scopus-Indexed Journal Articles
• 2. Published 26 Scopus-Indexed International Conference Papers
• 3. Published 5 Scopus-Indexed Book Chapters
• 4. Guided (and Awarded) 18 Ph D Scholars (6 in Civil Engineering & 12 in Petroleum Engineering)
• 5. Guided (and Awarded) 7 MS Scholars (3 in Civil Engineering & 4 in Petroleum Engineering)
• 6. Currently Guiding 6 Ph D Scholars & 2 MS Scholars
• 7. Global Ranking: Figured in Top 2% Scientists Worldwide (2020-2021)
• 8. Global Ranking: Figured in Top 2% Scientists Worldwide (2021-2022)
• 9. Global Ranking: Figured in Top 2% Scientists Worldwide (2022-2023)
• 10. Global Ranking: Figured in Top 2% Scientists Worldwide (2023-2024)
• 11. Received Best Paper Awards for 10 Times in International Conferences
• 12. 18 Times served as Expert Committee Member (Faculty Selection & Promotion) @ IITs/INI
• 13. 17 Times served as External Examiner for Doctoral Theses
• 14. Once served as Expert Member for Reviewing Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad (Nov 2022)
• 15. 3159 Citations (Documents: 211 h-index: 28) in Scopus &
• 16. 4454 Citations (h-index: 33; i10-index: 117) in Google Scholar
• 17. Served as Setter, Vetter & Chief Paper Setter - GATE PE Paper
• 18. Developed Reservoir Simulation Laboratory
• 19. Served as NCC Chief Coordinator @ IIT Madras for 12 years
• Official Page [IIT Madras]
• Linkedin Page [suresh-kumar-govindarajan-97738118]
• Scopus ID: [57217596517]
• GOOGLE SCHOLAR PAGE
• RESEARCH GATE
• IRINS [61643]
• ORCID [0000-0003-3833-5482]
• Web of Science RESEARCHER ID [C-3849-2015]
• NATIONAL EXPERT ID (VIDWAN)

• CO2 Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers and Depleted Oil/Gas Reservoirs
• Reservoir Engineering
• Reservoir Simulation
• Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
• Groundwater Hydraulics
• Contaminant Hydrogeology
• Enhanced Geothermal-Energy System (EGS)
• Flow through Fractured/Shale-Gas/CBM Reservoirs

• Worked as Post-Doctoral Research Fellow @ University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, USA between Nov 2003 and June 2005
• Worked as Post-Doctoral Research Fellow @ Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada between June 2005 and May 2006
• Worked as Assistant Professor @ IIT - Guwahati between June 2006 and May 2007
• Joined IIT – Madras on 16th May 2007 as Assistant Professor
• 16th May 2007 - 31st May 2010: Assistant Professor - Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-Madras
• 1st June 2010 - 24th July 2015: Associate Professor - Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT-Madras
• Joined as Professor on 24th July 2015
• Joined the present position as Professor (HAG) on 1st July 2022

B.Tech.

• List of Completed/Awarded Ph D Scholars:
• 1. Pavan T N V (OE19D012): May 2025
• 2. Susmit C (BT16D301): Feb 2023
• 3. Nitha A N (CE15D007): July 2022
• 4. Subhashini N (OE16D004): July 2022
• 5. Bokam R (CE14D035): July 2021
• 6. Sridharan C (OE14D033): May 2020
• 7. Gaonkar O D (CE13D033): June 2019
• 8. Vivek (OE13D010): Jan 2019
• 9. Renu Valsala (OE13D038): Jan 2019
• 10 Sivasankar (OE12D024): July 2018
• 11. Samarth P (OE12D009): Oct 2016
• 12. M Sundaram (CE09D011): Sep 2016
• 13. Rajesh Kanna (OE11D005): July 2016
• 14. Srinivasa Reddy Devarapu (OE11D019)
• 15. Vasudevan (CE10D005): July 2015
• 16. Tushar Sharma (OE10D017): Feb 2015
• 17. M. Berlin (CE10D010): Feb 2015
• 18. N. Natarajan (CE07D011): 2012
• List of Completed/Awarded MS Scholars:
• 1. Nikhil (OE12S025) July 2015
• 2. Rockey Abhishek (OE12S031) Feb 2015
• 3. Rakesh (OE13S007) May 2016
• 4. Tapan Kidambi (OE14S018) July 2017
• 5. Vijai Kumar B (OE15S008) July 2017
• 6. Awez H (OE14S022) July 2018
• 7. L Sugumar (OE12S010) April 2019

1. Official Page [IIT Madras]
2. Linkedin Page [suresh-kumar-govindarajan-97738118]
3. Scopus ID: [57217596517]
4. GOOGLE SCHOLAR PAGE
5. RESEARCH GATE
6. IRINS [61643]
7. ORCID [0000-0003-3833-5482]
8. Web of Science RESEARCHER ID [C-3849-2015]
9. NATIONAL EXPERT ID (VIDWAN)
10. Publication Details:
11. Published in Scopus-Indexed Journals: 186
12. Published in Non Scopus-Indexed Journals: 39
13. Presented as Int. Conference Papers: 90
14. Best Paper Awards from Int. Conferences: 10

• Member – Selection Committee – Faculty Recruitment
• Expert Member, Faculty Selection and Promotion Committee, Faculty Selection and Promotion in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – February 2025
• Expert Member, Faculty Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – August 2024
• Expert Member, Faculty Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad – December 2023
• External Expert, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the School of Petroleum Technology @ PDEU – Gandhinagar – December 2023
• Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad - July 2023
• Expert Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – February 2023
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Selection in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) – Dhanbad – October 2022
• Member, Promotion Committee, Faculty Promotion in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – September 2022
• Member, Promotion Committee, Faculty Promotion in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – June 2022
• Member, Promotion Committee, Faculty Promotion Committee (For Selecting Full Time Professor & Associate Professor) – Department of Civil Engineering @ IIT-Bombay – April 2022
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering - Deysarkar Centre of Excellence in Petroleum Engineering @ IIT-Kharagpur – March 2022
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ Indian Institute of Petroleum Engineering and Energy (IIPE) - Vizag – October 2021
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Discipline of Civil Engineering – School of Engineering @ IIT-Mandi – August 2021
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – June 2021
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – April 2021
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience @ RGIPT – Jais – Amethi – Jan 2021
• Member, Promotion Committee, Faculty Promotion Committee (For Selecting Full Time Professor & Associate Professor) in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) – Dhanbad – May 2019
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ Indian Institute of Petroleum Engineering and Energy (IIPE) - Vizag – June 2019
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment @ Indian Institute of Petroleum Engineering and Energy @ IIPE - Vizag – May 2018
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT-Kharagpur – March 2018
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Geology @ Guindy Engineering College - Anna University – October 2018
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT-Kharagpur – April 2017
• Member, Selection Committee, Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Civil Engineering @ IIT-Hyderabad – 2009
• Member – Other Committee
• Expert Member, Departmental Review Committee, Department of Petroleum Engineering @ IIT(ISM) – Dhanbad – November 2022
• Committee Member for Conducting Peer Review of the Centre of Excellence at IIT Guwahati – Jan 2011
• GATE Examination
• Petroleum Engineering – Chief Paper Setter – GATE 2021
• Petroleum Engineering – Chief Paper Setter – GATE 2019
• Petroleum Engineering – Paper Vetter – GATE 2018
• Petroleum Engineering - Paper Setter – GATE 2016
• Recent Invited Lectures:
• 1. Invited Lecture on “Conceptual and Mathematical Modelling of Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport” delivered @ Department of Civil Engineering, IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad as a part of National Seminar on “Water Nexus 2025: Bridging Surface and Groundwater Resources – Utilization and Management”, held on 16th May 2025.
• 2. Invited Lecture on “Fundamentals on Modelling CO2 Sequestration in Saturated Subsurface Systems” delivered @ Department of Petroleum and Earth Sciences, IIPE - Vizag as a part of ‘High-End Workshop on Reservoir Simulation for CO2 Sequestration’ held on 10th July 2024.
• 3. Invited Lecture on “Role of Oil and Gas Industries during Global Energy Transition” organized by @ Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoengineering, RGIPT, Jais, Amethi as a part of SERB-sponsored Workshop on “Energy Transition-Sustainable Pathways”, held on 3rd April 2024.
• 4. Invited Lecture on “Climate Change and the Future of Oil and Gas Industries” delivered @ Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geoengineering, RGIPT, Jais, Amethi as a part of ‘AAPG RGIPT Student Chapter’ held on 26th May 2024.
• 5. Invited Lecture on “Fundamentals of Fluid Flow through Petroleum Reservoirs” delivered @ Department of Petroleum Engineering, IIT Dhanbad as a part of ‘IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad Petroleum Engineering Programme’ held on 26th July 2023.
• 6. Invited Lecture on “Fluid Flow through Porous Media: Basics of Modeling” delivered @ Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati as a part of ‘IIT Guwahati SPE Student Chapter’ held on 12th May 2023.
• 7. Invited Lecture on “Fluid Flow through Petroleum Reservoirs: Basics of Modeling” delivered @ Department of Petroleum Engineering and Earth Sciences, UPES – Dehradun held on 30th March 2023.
• 8. Invited Lecture on “Petroleum Reservoirs: Basics of Reservoir Simulation” delivered @ Department of Petroleum Engineering, DIT University – Dehradun held on 30th March 2023.
• List of Doctoral thesis Evaluated:
• (As Doctoral Thesis External Examiner)
• 1. 2025 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad by Mr Ranjit Dutta (Admission No. 17DP000197): Simulation study of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Sequestration for a Mature Oilfield of Upper Assam Basin, India.
• 2. 2024 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad by Mr. Arvind Kumar (Admission No: 17DP000288): Development of an Integrated Deep Transient Testing Workflow and Multi-parametric Inversion based Numerical Reservoir Modeling for Improved Productivity Estimations.
• 3. 2023 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT(ISM)-Dhanbad by Ms. Neelu (Admission No: 18DR0088): Impact of Time-dependent Desorption and Pressure-dependent Diffusivity on Coalbed Methane Well Performance under Semi-steady state Flow Conditions.
• 4. 2023 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT-Guwahati by Mr. Vikas Kumar Sharma (Roll No: 176107010): Investigation of Multiphase Flow in Porous Micromodels using Micro-PIV Experiments and Numerical Simulations.
• 5. 2022 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT-Madras by Mr. Hariharasudhan V G (OE13D030): Modelling The Optical Properties of Particulates and Bubbles in Oceanic Waters with Implications for Remote Sensing.
• 6. 2022 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT (Dhanbad) by Mr. Biswadeep Pal (17DR000576): Extraction of Pour Point Depressant from Fruits and its use for Crude Oil Transportation.
• 7. 2022 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT (Dhanbad) by Ms. Prathiba Pillai (16DR000183): Synthesis and Characterization of Ionic Liquids for Application in Enhanced Oil Recovery.
• 8. 2022 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT (Dhanbad) by Mr. Abhinav Kumar (Admission No: 2015DR0198): Development of Nano-based Preformed Particle Gel (PPG) To Improve Performance of Water Shut-Off Jobs.
• 9. 2022 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT (Dhanbad) by Ms. Ekta Chaturvedi (16DR000280): Comprehensive Studies on Reservoir Aspects of Gas Hydrates and Thermodynamics & Kinetics of Hydrate Formation and Dissociation in the Presence of Different Additives.
• 10. 2021 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT (Dhanbad) by Mr. Bhola Kumar Paswan (2015DR0157): Development of Emulsion Based Drilling Fluid System for Shale Formation.
• 11. 2021 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from DIT – University, Dehradun by Mr. Gaurav Richhariya (Reg No: 1481072001): Development of Self-Healing Cement for Oil Wells
• 12. 2021 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT (Dhanbad) by Mr. Narendra Kumar Rawat (2016DR0045): Formulation and Characterization of Nanoemulsion for Application in Enhanced Oil Recovery
• 13. 2020 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT (Dhanbad) by Mr. Nilanjan Pal (2015DR0205): Gemini Surfactant Assisted Enhanced Oil Recovery: Synthesis, Formulation Design and Performance Assessment
• 14. 2018 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT (Dhanbad) by Mrs Archana: Improved Characterization of Porous Media using Tracer Technique: An Experimental and Numerical Study
• 15. 2018 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT (Dhanbad) by Mr. Rajeev Upadhyay: Studies on Pressure Dependent Permeability in the Flow Equations of CBM Reservoir under Transient and Semi-Steady State Conditions
• 16. 2017 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IIT (Dhanbad) by Ms. Sultana Begam: Study of Contaminant Concentration Distribution through Unsteady Groundwater Flow in Porous Formation
• 17. 2014 External Examiner for Ph D Thesis from IISc (Bangalore) by Mr. Sayanthan Ganguly: Analytical and Numerical Modeling for Heat Transport in a Geothermal Reservoir due to Cold Water Injection.