Debabrata Karmakar

Designation: 

Associate Professor

Date of Joining at NITK: 

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Professional Experience: 

  • Assistant Professor, School of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, Indian Maritime University, Visakhapatnam, Ministry of Shipping, GoI, India.
  • Research Collaborator, Centre for Marine Technology & Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. 
Contact Details

E-mail: 

dkarmakar@nitk.edu.in

Telephone: 

+91-824-2473669

Mobile: 

+91-9632831839, +91-9449063749
Academic Background

Ph.D, Department of Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. (2004 - 2009)
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Marine Technology & Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal. (2010 - 2015)

Areas of Interest

Coastal Engineering, Offshore Wind Energy, Wave Energy, Fluid Structure Interaction, Hydroelasticity

Significant Projects
  • Mathematical techniques in the gravity wave interaction with floating offshore structures, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.
  • Coupled dynamic analysis associated with the response and design loads of offshore floating wind turbines, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.
  • Performance of combined wave and wind energy platform, India-Portugal Bilateral Technological Cooperation, Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India & Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal. 
  • Design, analysis and development of combined wave and wind energy multi-use platform, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.
  • Desalination of sea-water using wave and wind power, Vision Group on Science and Technology (VGST), Government of Karnataka, India.
  • Design, analysis of development of hybrid offshore floating breakwater, Dr. D. Karmakar (PI) and Dr. Manu (Co-PI), Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, New Delhi, India.
  • Laboratory scale demonstration of a Kite based wind power system, Dr. A Karthikeyan (PI-EEE), Dr. Yashwant Kashyap (Co-PI-EEE), Dr. Manjunatha Sharma (Co-PI-EEE) and Dr. D. Karmakar (Co-PI-WROE), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST New Delhi, India.
  • Earthquake resilient novel reinforced foundation techniques for XL offshore wind turbines: Experimental and Numerical Investigations, Dr. Babloo Chaudhary (PI-Civil) and Dr. D. Karmakar (Co-PI-WROE), File No: ANRF/ARG/2025/012034/ENS, Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), New Delhi, India.

International Projects:

  • Dynamic and hydrodynamic analysis of offshore floating platforms for wind turbines, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal, Ref No: SFRH/BPD/81010/2011, € 58,720.00 EUR,  2012 – 2015.
  • Generic Hydraulic Power Take-Off System for Wave Energy Converters, José Gaspar (PI), Carlos Guedes Soares (Co-PI); Debabrata Karmakar (Co-PI); Sergey Sutulo (Co-PI), Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal, Ref No: PTDC/EMS-SIS/1145/2014, €199,471.00 EUR, 2016 – 2019.
  • OPWEC | Optimizing Wave Energy Converters, Francisco de Almeida Taveira Pinto (PI), Debabrata Karmakar (Co-PI); Guilherme Moura Paredes (Co-PI); Kourosh Rezanejad (Co-PI); Mario López Gallego (Co-PI); Paulo Jorge Rosa-Santos (Co-PI), Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal, Ref No: PTDC/MAR-TEC/6984/2014, €199,512.00 EUR, 2016 – 2020.

Workshops & GIAN Courses Organised:

  • Workshop - Computational Marine Hydrodynamics, Workshop, TEQIP-II, 19th – 20th January, 2017.
  • Workshop - Present, Past and Future Scenarios of Marine Structures, Workshop, TEQIP-II, 20th February, 2017. 
  • GIAN Course - Offshore Renewable Energy (Wave, Wind and Tidal Energy), Instructor: Prof. Tomoki Ikoma, Nihon University, Japan, 7th – 11th November, 2016.
  • GIAN Course - Design and Analysis of offshore Floating Wind Turbine, Instructor: Prof. Motohiko Murai, Japan, 7th – 11th September, 2019.
  • GIAN Course - Ocean Wave Energy Conversion Technology and Modelling Techniques, Instructor: Prof. Matt Foley, UK, 27th November – 1st December, 2023.
  • GIAN Course - Reliability Based Design Procedure of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation, Instructor: Prof. Purnendu K. Das, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.

Patents Granted:

  • Rony J.S. & D. Karmakar (2024). Frustum Tension-Leg Platform for Floating Wind Turbine, Indian Patent, No: 540466.
  • Shivakumar B. Patil & D. Karmakar (2026). Method, System and Apparatus for Floating Breakwater Integrated Wave-Energy Power Generation, Indian Patent, No: 577529.
  • Binoy Sebastian, D. Karmakar & Manu (2026). Septon Semi-submersible Platform for Marine Renewable Energy Conversion, Indian Patent, No: 583052.

Journal Editorial Board Member:

  • Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature - Q1).
  • Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Marine Science (Frontiers - Q1).
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Marine Science and Application (Springer - Q2) .
Supervision of Ph.D
  • Dr. Praveen K.M. (2020). Scientist B, Coastal Hydraulic Structures Division, Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI, India.
  • Dr. V. Venkateswarlu (2020). Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India.
  • Dr. Athul Krishna K.R. (2023). Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering, Kerala University of Fisheries & Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Government of Kerala, India.
  • Dr. Shivakumar B. Patil (2023).  Assistant Chief Engineer, Fichtner Consulting Engineers (India) Pvt. Ltd., Banglaore, Karnataka, India.
  • Dr. Rony J.S. (2024). Assistant Professor, Department of Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering, AMET University, Kanathur, Chennai-603112, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Dr. Ronit Muduli (2025), Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 
  • Dr. Aparna Panda (2025), Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Berhampur, Odisha.  
  • Dr. Hemanth S. (2025), Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Bangaluru, Karnataka. 
Significant Publications
  • D. Karmakar & T. Sahoo, (2005). Scattering of surface waves by an articulated floating elastic plate in water of infinite depth, Marine Structures, 18 (5-6), 451-471.
  • D. Karmakar, J. Bhattacharjee & T. Sahoo, (2007). Expansion formulae for wave structure interaction problems with applications in hydroelasticity, International Journal of Engineering Science, 45(10), 807-828.
  • D. Karmakar, J. Bhattacharjee & T. Sahoo, (2009). Wave interaction with multiple articulated floating elastic plates, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 25(6), 1065-78.  
  • D. Karmakar & C. Guedes Soares, (2012). Wave scattering by moored floating elastic plate, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 34(1), pp. 135-149.
  • D. Karmakar & C. Guedes Soares, (2012). Oblique wave scattering by moored floating membrane due to heterogeneous bottom topography, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 54, pp. 87-100.
  • D. Karmakar, J. Bhattacharjee & C. Guedes Soares, (2013). Scattering of gravity waves by multiple surface-piercing floating membrane, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 39(1), pp. 40-52.
  • Shan Wang, D. Karmakar & C. Guedes Soares, (2016). Hydroelastic impact of a horizontal floating plate with forward speed, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol 60, pp 97 -113.
  • Ashank Sinha, D. Karmakar & C. Guedes Soares, (2016). Performance of optimally tuned arrays of heaving point absorbers, Renewable Energy, 92, 517-531.
  • V. Venkateswarlu, Praveen, K.M. & D. Karmakar, (2020), Surface gravity wave scattering by multiple energy absorbing structures of variable horizontal porosity, Coastal Engineering Journal, 62(4), 504-526.
  • Shivakumar B. Patil & D. Karmakar (2021), Performance evaluation of submerged breakwater using Multi-domain Boundary Element Method, Applied Ocean Research, 114, 102760.
  • K.R. Athul Krishna, Khansa Abdullah & D. Karmakar (2022), Dissipation of gravity waves due to submerged porous plate coupled with porous structures, Journal of Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering, 145(1), 011201.
  • Shivakumar B. Patil & D. Karmakar (2022), Hydrodynamic analysis of floating tunnel with submerged rubble mound breakwater, Ocean Engineering, 264, 112460.
  • Shivakumar B. Patil & D. Karmakar (2023), Hydrodynamic performance of fixed floating structure coupled with submerged breakwaters using Multi-domain Boundary Element Method, Journal of Waterway, Port, Ocean and Coastal Engineering, 149(4), 04023009.
  • Rony, J.S. & D. Karmakar, (2023), Performance of hybrid TLP floating wind turbine combined with arrays of heaving point absorber, Ocean Engineering, 282, 114939.
  • Shivakumar B. Patil & D. Karmakar (2023), Hydrodynamic performance of wave energy converter integrated with pile restrained floating structure near a partially seawall, Ocean Engineering, 285(1), 115254.
  • R. Muduli, Shivakumar B. Patil & D. Karmakar (2024), Hydrodynamic performance of pile restrained U-shaped OWC device using Boundary Element Method, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 158, 139-159.
  • Aparna Panda, Manu & D. Karmakar (2024), Hydrodynamic performance of H-shaped pile-restrained floating breakwater integrated with horizontal plates.Ocean Engineering, 298, 117152.
  • Rony, J.S. & D. Karmakar, (2024), Hydrodynamic response analysis of a hybrid TLP and heaving-buoy wave energy converter with PTO damping, Renewable Energy, 120380.
  • Binoy Sebastian, D. Karmakar & Manu (2024). Coupled dynamic analysis of semi-submersible floating wind turbine integrated with Oscillating Water Column WEC, Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 10, 287-312.
  • S. Hemanth & D. Karmakar (2025), Hydroelastic analysis of floating VLFS integrated with porous floating box breakwater using Multi-domain Boundary Element Method, Marine Structures, 101, 103747.
  • Karim Raed, D. Karmakar & C. Guedes Soares (2025). Effect of the wind turbine floater geometry on the uncertainty associated with the hydrodynamic loading, Ocean Engineering, 330, 121134.
Achievements
  • N.C.E.R.T-MCM Scholarship, RIE, Bhubaneswar, India, 1999 – 2001.
  • CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), India, April 2008-Nov 2009.
  • NBHM, Department of Atomic Energy, Post-Doctoral Fellowship, August 2009.
  • Lady-Davis Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Technion, Israel, Nov 2009.
  • Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Jan 2012.
  • Excellent contribution award at ISSC 2015, Cascais, Portugal for the Committee Report V.4 on Offshore Renewable Energy.
  • DST Young Scientist Research Grant, 2015.
  • Indo-Portugal Bilateral Research Grant, 2017
  • SERB, DST-Foreign Travel Grant Award, April 2024.
  • JMSA Outstanding Editorial Board Member Award, 2024.

ISSC Congress Collaboration

  • International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC), Technical Committee Member for “V.4 Offshore Renewable Energy”, 2012-2015.
  • International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC), Technical Committee Member for “V.4 Offshore Renewable Energy”, 2015-2018.
  • International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC), Specialist Committee Member for “V.6 Ocean Space Utilization”, 2018-2022.
  • International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC), Specialist Committee Member for “V.6 Ocean Space Utilization”, 2022-2025.
  • International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC), Specialist Committee Member for “II.2 Dynamic Response”, 2025-2028.

Best Paper/Poster Award

  • Best Paper and poster award at NFiCE, 30th November-1st December, 2018, IIT Bombay (Mr. K.R. Athul Krishna & Mr Injeti Balaji).
  • Best Paper award by Springer at TMSF-2019, Goa (Mr. Ajay H. Patil).
  • Best Paper award at HYDRO-2019, Osmania University, Hyderabad (Mr. Rony J.S.).
  • Best Paper Award at iCRAFT-2020, Birla Institute of Technology, Dubai (Mr. Rony J.S.).
  • Best Paper Award at HYDRO-2020, NIT Rourkela, Odisha (Mr. Rony J.S.).
  • Best Paper Award at WOSC-2024, IIT Madras. (Mrs. Aparna Panda)
  • Best Paper Presentation Award at ICGCE-2024, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Mr. Hemanth S.)
 

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