Dheeraj Kumar Sharma

With over 12 years of experience as a Scientific Officer, I have a proven track record in design, development, qualification, installation & commissioning of mechanical/electromechanical components, coordinating & managing the design reviews, documentation, interface management, review of engineering and manufacturing deliverables for Indian Test Facility (INTF) and ITER components. One of my biggest achievements was the indigenous development of Porcelain based 100 kV large size (~1m) complex feedthrough of INTF.

• Sharma, D., Bandyopadhyay, M., Joshi, J. and Chakraborty, A. 2020. Determination of Residual Stresses in Ceramic-Metal Brazed Joint using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Experimental Validation of the Results. SAMRIDDHI : A Journal of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology. 12, 01 (Jun. 2020), 1-7. DOI:https://doi.org/10.18090/samriddhi.v12i01.1.
• Shah, S., Chakraborty, A., Chandrashekar, D., Ravichandran, S., Singh, M., Bandyopadhyay, M., Sharma, D. et.al. (2020). Indigenous Development of Large Dimension Insulator for High Voltage Bushing of Indian Test Facility (INTF). Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, 79(1), 30–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/0371750X.2019.1708212
• M.J. Singh et al. 2019. R&D status of Indian test facility for ITER DNB Characterization. Nucl. Fusion 59 096034. DOI 10.1088/1741-4326/ab1ff8
• Sejal Shah, D. Sharma, D. Parmar, H. Tyagi, K. Joshi, H. Shishangiya, M. Bandyopadhyay, C. Rotti, A. Chakraborty. 2016. Prototype high voltage bushing: Configuration to its operational demonstration. Fusion Engineering and Design, Volume 113, 2016, Pages 6-15, ISSN 0920-3796, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2016.09.019.
• Shah, S., Sharma, D., Bandyopadhyay, M. et al. 100-kV feedthrough for the Indian Test Facility (INTF) — design and analysis. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 65, 1294–1298 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.65.1294

• Manuscript, entitled "Porcelain based 100 kV feedthrough for prototype ITER DNB at INTF" submitted for publication, is under review. Authors list: D.K. Sharma, J.Joshi, S. Pillai, U. Dethe, K. Joshi, D. Parmar, H. Shishangiya, S. Shah, A. Jha, M.J. Singh, A.K. Chakraborty

*The above work was presented in FEC 2023.

• M Bandyopadhyay et al 2017. Indian Test Facility (INTF) and its updates. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 823 012001
• S Shah, H Tyagi, D Sharma et al. 2017. Experimental validation of prototype high voltage bushing. AIP Conference Proceedings 1869, 060004 (2017); doi: 10.1063/1.4995791

• Successful design, development and demonstration of 50 kV prototype HVB and 100 kV INTF HVB
• Led the System Integration Review (SIR) of BS, HVB and TL of ITER DNB, involving complex interfaces, and successful completion
• Indigenous development of fully brazed 3 1/8" size RF vacuum barrier in collaboration with Non Ferrous Technology Development Centre (NFTDC), Hyderabad.
• Technology development & realization of prototype Plasma Grid(PG) segment using Electron Beam Welding.

• Successfully accomplished the course on "IO-FRENCH NUCLEAR REGULATION FOR ITER ADVANCE".
• Attended Indian Nuclear Society (INS) national workshop on "PRESSURE VESSELS DESIGN AND FABRICATION"
• NDT level II in Ultrasonic and Radiographic Testing
• Attended course work on Basic Plasma Physics, Tokamaks, Fusion Plasma Diagnostics, Vacuum, Cryogenics,Magnets, Fusion Neutronics etc.
• Successfully completed the "Health, Safety & Environment- Online Training 2010 in technical category for Essar Steel

• Awarded 1st prize of the Z.H. Sholapurwala Award for the Fusion Research 2022 for poster entitled "Manufacturing Experience of Indigenously developed Dished Head-Sub Assembly (DH-SA) of High Voltage Bushing of INTF".
• Awarded 3rd prize in the quiz competition during 47th national safety week campaign, March 2018.
• Member of Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI)