0000-0003-0765-400X About
Professor Rajesh Khanna is a renowned scholar and innovator in Chemical Engineering. An alumnus of Colvin Taluqdar's College, Lucknow, he completed his undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He further pursued postdoctoral research at the Institut de Chimie des Surfaces et Interfaces - CNRS in Mulhouse, France, and served as an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Over the course of his career, Professor Khanna has held several important academic and administrative roles, including Dean of Students, Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty Advisor to the Student Society, and Faculty In-Charge for Sports. As Organizing Vice-Chairman of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), he played a pivotal role in shaping admissions to India's premier engineering institutes.
A passionate educator, he has mentored generations of students and led curricular innovation through the design of novel courses on complex fluids, fine chemicals, and technology. From 2021 to 2023, he served as President of NIIT University, Neemrana, Rajasthan, where his leadership helped shape institutional growth and direction.
Professor Khanna's research contributions span theoretical, experimental, and computational frameworks in interfacial phenomena. His pioneering work includes:
Development of numerical methods for three-phase contact line motion
Insights into dewetting dynamics and hydrodynamic slippage
Studies on universality in coarsening droplet dynamics and intermolecular force field patterns
Discovery of agglomeration dynamics in fluidized beds
Innovations in morphological phase separation in thin films and trickle-bed/mist reactor hydrodynamics
His work has earned global recognition, with over 2,500 citations to his credit.
Beyond his academic pursuits, Professor Khanna is a sportsman, photographer, nature enthusiast, and poet. He is also a dedicated pigeon fancier, bringing the same curiosity and passion to his hobbies as he does to his professional endeavors.
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Publications (63)
- Self-healing liquid nanodroplets Save
- Analyzing multicomponent permeation and coupling effects in pervaporation of Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol solutions using Maxwell-Stefan based modeling Save
- Quantification of slippage in dewetting of thin liquid films: a theoretical approach Save
- Modeling and experimental analysis of the performance in a pressure-assisted forward osmosis-nanofiltration hybrid system Save
- A modeling and experimental comparative study of a closed-loop forward osmosis-nanofiltration and standalone nanofiltration systems for fouling-prone wastewater treatment Save
- Dewetting of thin wetting film supported by different solid substrates: a review Save
- Slow coarsening in unstable liquid films under gravity on a disordered substrate Save
- Emergence of Complex Structures by Spontaneous Cessation of Diffusion in Self-Organizing Systems Save
- Emergence of Complex Structures by Spontaneous Cessation of Diffusion in Self-Organizing Systems Save
- Kinetic growth model for hairy root cultures Save