(1) Overview

Prof. Santosh K Rathore is an Assistant professor in Mechanical engineering at Smt. S R Patel Engineering College Unjha since January-2016. He has 6 years of teaching experience including UG and PG.

(2) Area of Interest

Thermodynamics , solar energy, fluid mechanics,

(3) Education

M.E. (Design and thermal engineering) from IET/ DAVV INDORE B.E. (Mechanical engineering) from RGPV Bhopal

(4) Professional Experience

Prof. Santosh K Rathore is presently serving as an Assistant professor in Mechanical engineering (Smt. S.R. Patel Engineering College, Unjha) since January 2016. He worked with SD Bansal college of technology, Indore as a assistant professor from 1 July, 2011 to 31st Dec. 2015.

(5) Research

He has published/presented 8 technical papers in international/national journals and conferences. He has guided PG students for their dissertation. He has attended more than 2 faculty development programs .

• [1] Santosh Rathore, Rishi kumar, Nitin Agawal,Ramesh Mevada “Experimental Investigation And Optimization Of TIG Welding Parameters on Aluminum Alloy 6061 Using Firefly Algorithm” published in International Conference on Advanced Material Technologies (ICAMT)-2016
• [2] Santosh Rathore “_A comparative analysis of effect of friction on four stroke 4 cylinder petrol engine using different engine oil” published in ETME -2012 at TIT (Ex) Bhopal.
• [3] Santosh Rathore “Performance Analysis of Concentric Tube Solar Water heater” Published in IJEA: Volume 3, Issue 6 november 2016 International Journal of innovative research in science and technology , ISNN (online)-2349-6010 .
• [4] Santosh K Rathore, Uday Joshi “Effect of Climate & Design Parameters on the Single Slope Solar Still” published in Published in IJEA: Volume 4, Issue 12 December 2015 International Journal of engineering associates, ISNN (online)-2320-0804 .
• [5] SANTOSH K RATHORE “Study and Performance Analysis of Concentric Tube Solar Water Heater” presented a paper in national conference on NCETME-2015 at SVCE INDORE.
• [6] Harish Dhukka, Jigar Sathvara, Mustafa Dhukka, Kundan Prajapati,Santosh Rathore “Design And Fabrication Of Efficient Solar Air Heater” Published in NCIET-2017 on 27 May 2017 at Smt.S.R.Patel Engineering College, Dabhi-Unjha.