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protitle:
In-process Evaluation of Surface Texture of machined components using Vision System

prointro:
Engineering components have surfaces generated by different manufacturing processes (viz. Casting, forging, machining etc.). A surface produced from a given manufacturing process is characterized by a unique texture.  Surface texture include three elements- Roughness, Waviness and Form. Surface irregularities having, short wavelength is called roughness, medium wavelength is called waviness and large wavelength is called form. Based on texture, surfaces can be classified into three types- coarse, medium and fine. Surface texture assessment is very useful, as it can be used in predicting a component’s functionality. Also, a particular functionality demands a particular type of texture. Hence, texture parameter measurement assumes special significance. Many of the popular methods for surface texture measurement are post process and contact in nature which limits measuring speed. In this context, the proposed method assumes special significance.

proobj:
The objective of this work is to develop  novel methods for surface roughness, waviness and form measurement with the following features. 
•	High measuring speeds
•	Low cost of measurement
•	Amenable for automation
•	Ability to work in Industrial environment
•	100% inspection of surfaces

prometho:
The methodology to be followed in this project is outlined below.
	Specimen Preparation
	Collection of  Surface Waviness & Form Parameters by Stylus method.
	Setting up of Vision system.
	Software development & Testing
	Experimentation.
	Results, analysis and conclusions.

prosummary:
Early surface roughness measurements used diamond stylus for roughness assessment. They were contact in nature, which limited its measuring speed. Hence the method could only be used in the sampling inspection of manufactured surfaces. Later came in many optical and electro optical methods for surface roughness assessments. Although they were non-contact in nature, many of these techniques could not be used for measurements in industries, as these techniques demand clean and noise free environment and are not easily amenable for automation.  In this context, the proposed method assumes special significance. The proposed method makes use of a relatively low cost vision system for inspecting machined surfaces for texture.

proEoutcome:
A unique and novel method for measuring surface texture  of machined components.


protitle:
Synthesis of Sumanene and Corannulene derivative and its application in various fields of chemistry

prointro:
Synthesis of Sumanene and Corannulene derivatives has been carried in various laboratories across the globe. Many research groups are working on the Synthesis of Sumanene and Corannulene derivatives in search of its new and better derivatives. Even though many research groups are working in this area so far there is no report on synthesis or synthetic studies on trichloro Sumanene (1), Sumanene tri-aldehyde (2) pentachloro Corannulene aldehyde and their analogues (3). Our aim is to synthesize highly soluble Sumanene and Corannulene derivatives and which can be use in, organic solar cell, pentagonal dendrimers, single wall nanotubes, light emitters and helical foldamers, quasicrystals, discotic liquid crystals, chemical capsids, drug delivery vehicle, HIV inhibitors and medical field etc.

proobj:
1.	To synthesize Sumanene and Corannulene derivatives

2.	To synthesize Tri Chloro Sumanene and Sumanene trialdehyde

3.	Synthesis of highly soluble Sumanene and Corannulene derivatives and use in Chemical capsids drug delivery vehicles, Pentagonal dendrimers, organic solar cell, single wall nano tubes, light emitters, helical foldamers, quasicrystals and other medical fields.

prometho:
Necessary steps would be taken regarding purchase of equipments, chemicals and other laboratory supplies. Simultaneously, synthesis of the required precursors Sumanene and Corannulene for proposed study would be carried out. The results obtained thus, will be published in reputed international journals.

prosummary:
First year: I would start a thorough search of the literature and compile a comprehensive report on the existing methods for synthesis of key intermediates which would be constantly updated during the project period. Necessary steps would be taken regarding purchase of equipments, chemicals and other laboratory supplies. Simultaneously, synthesis of the required precursors Sumanene and Corannulene for proposed study would be carried out.

Second year:  In the second year, thorough studies will be initiated concerning the synthesis of trichloro sumanene (1), trichloro sumanene aldehyde (2) pentachloro corannulene aldehyde and their analogues (3) would be carried out. Reaction conditions would be optimized to attain high yields. 

Third Year: In the final phase of the project, target directed synthetic efforts would be under taken. Thus, the developed methods will be applied to the synthetic studies trichloro sumanene (1), trichloro sumanene aldehyde (2) pentachloro corannulene aldehyde and their analogues and will study its application in various field of chemistry. The results obtained thus, will be published in reputed international journals.

proEoutcome:
We propose to synthesize a variety of substituted Coannulene having electron donating group (pthalocyanine, supthalocyanine, polythiophene etc). Introducing different electron donating group on substituted Corannulene such as pthalocyanine, supthalocyanine, polythiophene etc. It will increase the pi-electron donating capacity of pi-donor of substituted Corannulene core and increase the electron density on corannulene core.  Thus efficient electron transfer from electron rich donor to electron deficient acceptor can takes place very efficiently. Using this technique effective solar cell material can be synthesized. This will give high power conversion efficiency 8-10% which can be further developed into solar cells useful for multiple purposes e.g. for commercial application like, cell phones, watches, advertisements and ornaments etc.


protitle:
Investigation of Key factors to Efficiency Improvement in Low Cost Kesterite (CZTS) Thin Film Solar Cells

proarea:
Chalcopyrite solar cells, Non-vaccuum techniques, Graded band-gap, Nanotechnology, Impedance Spectroscopy

prointro:
This project aims at investigating the primary as well as other factors that limit the efficiency of CZTS solar cells fabricated in different techniques. Fabrication techniques for example, Spray pyrolysis, Electrodeposition, Spin coating will be employed to make the low cost CZTS solar absorber. In order to investigate the root of loss mechanisms, the current-voltage characteristics will be correlated with various characterization techniques, such as, Impedance Spectroscopy, Scanning Kelvin probe microscopy (SKPM), etc. The proper deposition conditions will be determined with all the deposition techniques employed. Efforts will also be made to apply flexible substrate (e.g. stainless steel sheet, polymer sheet etc.), plasmonic nanotechnology for enhancement of optical absorption, post deposition Na- treatment for further improvement of the efficiencies

proobj:
• Use solution based, non-vacuum process such as, Sol-Gel, Spray Pyrolysis, Spin coating and Electro-deposition for fabrication of Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin film solar cell.
• Identify the key factors in efficiency loss with the help of Transient Photoconductance, Impedance Spectroscopy etc

prometho:
A wide variety of thin-film deposition methods has been used to deposit Cu(InGa)Se2 thin films. To determine the most promising technique for the commercial manufacture of modules, the overriding criteria are that the deposition can be completed at low cost while maintaining high deposition or processing rate with high yield and reproducibility. Compositional uniformity over large areas is critical for high yield. 
Keeping the above criteria in mind, in the project we propose two non-vacuum processing techniques, namely, Spray pyrolysis and Electro-deposition techniques. Both these techniques are convenient and are low cost techniques for producing the absorber layers from aqueous solutions of respective Cu, Zn, Sn salts, followed by sulphurization in a chemical reactor.  Chemical bath deposition (CBD) such as Successive Ion Layer Adsorption Reaction (SILAR) Deposition of thin-film materials can be viewed as a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) in the liquid phase instead of the gas phase. It is also referred to as solution growth. The method would be used in particular for chalcogenide materials such as PbS, CdS , and CdSe to act as the wide band gap window layer of the devices. The following buffer layer of ZnS would be produced similarly. Special care would be taken to replace Cd-based chalcogenide owing to their associated toxicity.
In order to contact laboratory test cells, a metal contact is deposited onto the TCO layer. It is shaped as a grid with minimum shadow area in order to allow as much light as possible into the device. The metal grid contact can be made by first depositing some tens of nanometers of Ni to prevent the formation of a high resistance oxide layer, and subsequently depositing a few micrometers of Al. Evaporation through an aperture mask is a suitable deposition method. After deposition of the metal grid, the total cell area is defined by removing the layers on top of the Mo outside the cell area by mechanical scribing or laser patterning. Standard physical vapor deposition as well as Al-paste casting and post annealing (low cost completion) techniques would be followed and compared.

prosummary:
STRUCTURAL & MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PRECURSOR & DEVICE INTERFACE
The precursor materials on deposition over substrate would be first characterized by XRay Diffractometry for the assurance of phase and grain sizes. Raman spectra would be analyzed to affirm pure phases. The interfaces are characterized by SEM before deposition of next layer.
OPTICAL PROPERTIES MEASUREMENTS
Optical properties are measured to understand the optical absorption process in the absorber layer and the transmittance in the window and buffer layer. The absorption and transmission are studied in the wavelength range 400-1100 nm with the help of a UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer. The optical property of the absorber, window and TCO layers are characterized by UV-VIS-NIR spectrometry. The defects & non-uniformity are mapped by specially equipped FTIR spectrometer for further improvement.
CURRENT VERSUS VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS
 Measurements of cell I –V behavior allow the diode characteristics to be determined, along with other important parameters including the maximum-power point, Pmax. A typical I –V measurement system is composed of a simulated or natural light source (Solar Simulator), test bed to mount the device under test, temperature control and sensors, and a data acquisition system to measure the current and voltage as the voltage across the device or current through the device is varied with an external load or power supply.
SPECTRAL RESPONSIVITY MEASUREMENTS 
The spectral responsivity (S(λ)) or quantum efficiency (QE(λ)) is essential for understanding current generation, recombination, and diffusion mechanisms in photovoltaic devices. PV cell and module calibrations often require a spectral correction factor that uses the spectral responsivity. The SR/ QE would be measured in a QE/ IPCE system.
 HALL EFFECT & OTHER ELECTRONIC PARAMETERS MEASUREMENTS:
The thin layer of the absorber, CZTS would be characterized by a Hall measurement system to study carrier mobility & types. Presence of defects (surface/ bulk/ deep level) & their density would be measured.

proEoutcome:
The major outcome of the project is the identification of key loss mechanisms in electrodeposited and sprayed CZTS solar cells.


protitle:
Chemical and Isotopic investigations of fluoride rich groundwaters in Gujarat and in Rajasthan

FAScheme:
Fast Track Proposals for Young Scientists


protitle:
Development of nanosized catalysts for the applicationi in FCC and hydroprocessing

FAScheme:
RIL - PDPU Collaborative Reseach Agreement


protitle:
Ichnofabric analysis, Event Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment of the Cretaceous Sediments of Western India

proarea:
Earth Science PAC (Specialization: Palaeontology, Ichnology


protitle:
Studies on the Electrodeposition of Si and Ge at room temperature using less viscous ionic liquid

proarea:
Material Science, Solution Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Redox Chemistry, Solid State and Surface Chemistry


protitle:
Design and Development of Cost Effective Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) System


protitle:
Fabrication and Characterization of TiO2 Nano - rod Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC)


protitle:
Work Stress, Health and Well-being in Oil & Gas Industry Professionals


protitle:
Energy Saving Green Buildings using Polymer Modified Light Weight Concrete

prointro:
Please Generation and appropriate utilization of energy is of vital importance for economic and industrial growth of a country. As energy generation effects a major share of national resources and time, proper use and energy conservation of available energy is of utmost importance. Energy saving can be achieved by optimizing energy requirement for various products and services. E.g. insulating building against climatic conditions helps to reduce energy consumption for heating or cooling and to maintain a comfortable temperature. Improvements in energy efficiency are most often achieved by adopting a more efficient technology or production process.
Cement concrete is an established, dependable and well-understood building material used for flooring, structural frames (beam, column slabs, etc.), precast concrete block/panels/decorative elements, as roofing, etc. Use of lightweight concrete in place of conventional cement concrete can be advantageous in three ways: 1. Less heat is transferred compared to the conventional concrete and hence more thermal stability, 2. It reduces the use of coarse aggregate (kapchi) in the concrete and hence saving of natural resources 3. As air is entrained, unit weight of this concrete is less than the conventional which lead to economical foundation design. Further, it saves energy and produces a better indoor environment for building users.

proobj:
Study of compressive and flexural strength and improving mechanical properties like Poisson’s ratio and modulus of elasticity and checking the permeability of  polymer modified light weight concrete such that it could be beneficial in saving energy and replacement of conventional coarse aggregates in order to save our natural resources in order to build cost effective buildings.

prometho:
•Flyash instead of OPC will be added in light weight concrete.
•Using admixtures/ additives such that it could be beneficial in saving energy and replacement of conventional coarse aggregates in order to save our natural resources in order to build cost effective eco buildings.

prosummary:
1. Literature review +   Experiment - M1
2. Test combination + budget - M1
3. Material procurement - M2
4. Cube casting (22) + beam casting (10) - M3
5. Computing phase 1 - M3
6. Cube casting (22)  + beam casting(10) - M4
7. Computing Phase 2 - M5
8. Report Writing, Conclusion - M6

proEoutcome:
Low cost houses can be formed with energy saving techniques like light weight concrete, which would not have any hazardous impact on the environment.


protitle:
Development of CZTS Solar Cells & Modules on Glass and Mettalic Substrates by Non-vacuum Processes

prointro:
At present, more than 90% of commercial photovoltaic cells are based on silicon wafers (mono- & multi-crystalline), an expensive commodity with toxic fabrication processes. The cost of Silicon is another barrier in mass commercialization. So the primary goal of the proposed project would be to conduct comprehensive research in the field of one of the emerging thin film solar cell technologies using cheap materials, namely the Kesterites or CZTS materials in short. The absorber layer (the CZTS thin films) would be processed electrochemically, namely by, Electro-deposition & Electrophoretic depositions. Every aspect of these depositions would be optimized to establish them repeatable processes for solar cell development. Sol-gel, chemical bath deposition and spray pyrolysis would be applied for various types of Cd-free buffer layers. The processes and the end products would be highly eco-friendly (no usage of toxic gases or chemicals). An effort will be given test scalability and stability of the developed solar cells. The proposed facilities would be state-of-the-art in developing low cost thin film Kesterite (&Chalcopyrite) solar cells & modules and may be approached by industries as well as academia through consultancy, services and collaboration.

proobj:
1. To develop CZTS solar cells by Electrodeposition
2. To develop CZTS nano-particles/ nano-powders for non-vacuum spray/ inkjet/ electrophoretic depositions.
3. To develop CZTS solar cells by Electrophoretic depositions.
4. To study scale-up aspects of these two processes

prometho:
A wide variety of thin-film deposition methods have been used to deposit Cu(InGa)Se2 thin films. To determine the most promising technique for the commercial manufacturing of modules, the overriding criteria are that the deposition should be completed at lower cost than vacuum assisted process while maintaining with high yield and reproducible. Computational uniformity over large areas is critical for module level development.

prosummary:
The plan of work has been divided into following task modules:
Task Module-1: Selection and producing right substrates
Substrate selection and its deployment are crucial in our studies. With this task, we will take up all kind of standard glass susbtrates (e.g. soda lime, borosilicate etc.) for Mo-coating by E-beam evaporation. As alternative substrates, sheets/ plates of SS will be exploited. SS coated with pure Fe could also be considered for its work function compatibility.  This task will be publication oriented in peer reviewed journals.
Task Module-2: Deposition of CZTS by Electrochemical and Electrophoretic Methods

This will be the primary step to consider various ways of depositing Cu, Zn, Sn and S to get their stoichometric phase. Methods of choice will be, (i) Electrodeposition (sequential, single bath), (ii) Electrophoretic deposition of nano-inks. For former process, salts are the starting materials and different types of solvents (aqueous/ non-aqueous), bath temperature, mechanical aids, annealing/sulfurization conditions will be parameters. The nano-inks for the Electrophoretic deposition will be synthesized at KRADLE, CHARUSAT. This task will be publication oriented in peer reviewed journals and presentable at conferences.

Task Module-3: CZTS Film characterization and process optimization
XRD studies of as prepared sample will be done at KRADLE, CHARUSAT. SEM will be carried upon at FCIPT/IPR Gandhinagar. Opto-eletrical characterization will give us a scope to understand layer in better ways and further improvement of Task Modules 1 & 2. This task will be publication oriented in peer reviewed journals and presentable at conferences.
Task Module-4: Cd-free buffer layering and standard TCO
As deliberately, we want Cd-free buffer layer to develop, all possible materials options will be considered and relied on Task Module -5 for further improvement. This task will be publication oriented.
Task Module-5: Scaling up and stability test

proEoutcome:
Overall result should be to leverage the Indian chalcopyrite PV technologies through the outcome of our basic studies and to improve their competitiveness, both in relation to established PV technologies and to international scenario. The cooperation and cross-fertilisation of different institutes, firms and approaches are expected to result in:

•	Monograin Nanocrystalline CZTS powder 
•	 Electrochemically deposited 0.5X0.5 inch2 (~1cmX1cm) CZTS solar cells with comparable efficiency (~compared to vaccum based technique ~ 10%).
•	 Electrophoretically deposited 0.5X0.5 inch2 (~1cmX1cm) CZTS solar cells with maximum efficiency (~ 2-5%). 
•	 The development of electrodeposited CZTS sub-modules with efficiency > 5% on 2.5X2.5 sq.cm
•	The JRF will work for PhD degree on the project topic

FAScheme:
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (PV Group)


protitle:
Fundamental Study on Adsorption Led Solar Cooling Technology (FAST)

prointro:
Solar radiation is the largest and the most worlds abundant, clean and permanent energy sources. By utilizing this abundant energy, environmental friendly cooling systems can be develop utilizing adsorption principle. This proposal is the next generation cooling system which achieve zero CO2 and CFC emission by application of solar energy. The parameters to monitor the success of this is in two parts tangible; saving in terms of fossil fuel saved and intangible in terms of disaster mitigation by providing the much needed refrigeration and air conditioning thus reducing the load on the electrical grid. The successful demonstration of the project will develop the knowhow of implementing small scale solar adsorption cooling unit. This will be beneficial for society in many ways.

proobj:
1.	To generate data for sorption and desorption through design, construction and testing of a solar adsorption cooling system having 7 KW capacity with heat and mass transfer studies. 
2.	To study various alternative configuration with construction of parabolic trough, flat plate and evacuated tube solar collector technology with this solar cooling system.

prometho:
The project is expected to make fundamental study on solar assisted sorption and desorption for cooling system of 7 kW (2tons) capacity. The methodology involves rigorous theoretical and experimental study of elements and integrated system. 
For this experimentation on various configuration of solar collector technology with for maximum COP will be conducted. Performance study will conducted for novel composite material such as activated carbon, silica gel and calcium chloride. 
Data so obtained will be used for development of appropriate mathematical modelling of heat transfer, mass transfer and chemical and physical adsorption processes. The optimal result will be published with intent of product development.

prosummary:
Solid adsorption solar cooling has the greatest potential benefit for electricity reduction due to the absence of internal moving parts, leading to a high electrical coefficient of performance (COP). Adsorption solar coolers can be driven at relatively low temperatures, typically 60°C or above, and can therefore be combined with low-cost flat-plate collectors. In this study, we will develop various parabolic troughs, flat plate and evacuated tube solar collector adsorption system. 

The scientific phenomena of Heat transfer, mass transfer, and physical adsorption associated with solar adsorption cooling will be developed which is not available. Performance parameters and their sensitivity to the mathematical modelling and simulation will be helpful in process and product design.

Solar adsorption cooling systems are attractive, mostly in remote areas where grid-connected electricity is not available. This technology can be implemented in Indian populated rural and mountain area where solar radiation is available.

proEoutcome:
In this proposed project, a pilot model of the solar adsorption cooling system will be developed and its performance will be evaluated with different mass ratios of adsorbents in the laboratory for possible field application. Solar adsorption cooling systems are attractive, mostly in remote areas where grid-connected electricity is not available. This technology can be implemented in Indian populated rural and mountain areas where solar radiation is freely available.


protitle:
Ichnofabric Mapping of the Mundhan and Guneri Sections with Special Refernce to (Umian-Mundhanian Kutch Stages), Western Kachchh, Gujarat


protitle:
Gas metal arc welding with metal core wire


protitle:
Weldability aspects of Low Activation Ferritic-Martensitic Steel welded by Tungsten Inert Gas Welding and Activated Flux Tungsten Inert Gas Welding Process


protitle:
Ichonology of the Jurassic rocks of the Jara Dome of Western Mainland Kachchh, India

FAScheme:
SERC FAST Track Proposal for Young Scientists


protitle:
Plasma Surface modification of polyester fiber & fabric to enhance dye uptake properties with natural dyes

proarea:
Fundamental understanding in Industrial Plasma


protitle:
Friction Stir Welding (FSW) of Aluminum alloys used in space application (6061 T6 2195 & 7050)


protitle:
ERP Implementation at GSECL - Technical Innovation and Business Impact

proarea:
Decision on Implementation of Information System in Organizations and its Business Impact

prointro:
In order to meet the complexities in the power sector and meet customer expectations, there was a need for standardization of business processes across the 7 companies. GSECL has extensively used Information Technology to support its business processes amongst which “e-Urja” project, an end to end IT project (ERP- Enterprise Resource Planning) has been implemented across the company i.e. eight power stations & corporate office. The ERP covers Operations, Maintenance, Material management, Finance, Fuel, Purchase, Scrap, HR/Payroll, Safety and Projects across the company. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is the broad set of activities supported by multiple module application to manage business. ERP applications are a collection of readymade software modules for different business processes that can be customized according to organizational needs. In a nutshell, there must be a value proposition, return on investment and total cost of ownership. It’s about aligning people process and technology across high volume transactional system. The entire gamut of the operation revolves around better availability of quality power and efficient management of energy while maintaining the eco-friendliness all along.
During the time when e-Urja was being considered for GSECL, the employees constituted of mainly engineers, technical staff or clerical staff. They had for several years worked out of paper based files which resided in their individual offices. Any communication that needed to be shared was discussed over the telephone/e-mail and then hardcopies were sent to the concerned individuals. Some sections had stand-alone computer applications that were used within small groups of individuals who worked on common projects within the same office location. For e-Urja Team, initiating the transition to a completely computer based shared application for all employees in the organization, training them for faster adoption, dealing with the resistance to change from the employees and accurately transferring all employee data from the legacy system to the new ERP system was a humungous and difficult task.

proobj:
The objective of the study has been to identify and highlight the business impact of the e-Urja at GSECL. Improvement (better integration and coordination) in business processes via e-Urja has been used as the parameter to signify the business impact. Data has been gathered from both the senior management who have been responsible for identifying the requirements for the e-Urja modules for their respective departments and also from the end users who have been using the e-Urja platform in the Corporate office in Vadodara and the 9 plant locations.

prometho:
1.	Document the business problem that led to decision making for ERP implementation
2.	Document the steps taken towards successful implementation
3.	Conduct focus group interview of end users at GSECL for business impact and changes brought about by the ERP implementation
4.	Identify the broad parameters for proceeding into Phase 2 
A primary questionnaire has been used for the study across the organization

prosummary:
The parameters considered across all modules of e-Urja have been the following:
1.	Availability of online real time data via e-Urja compared to legacy system or the traditional file system 
2.	Integration of business processes via e-Urja compared to legacy system or the traditional file system
3.	HR processes via e-Urja platform
4.	Cost saving via e-Urja compared to legacy system or the traditional file system

proEoutcome:
The research findings and the gaps identified from the study will hopefully provide direction for future growth and sustainability of the e-Urja project. The case studies and research findings can also be used for academic purposes.


protitle:
Creation of Corporate Database Management System


protitle:
Study of Thermal Plasma Pyrolysis of Crude Oil Residue and Energy Recovery


protitle:
Friction Stir Welding of Stainless Steels & dissimilar metals


protitle:
Development of New Anode Material for next Generation Li ion Batteries by electrodeposition of Si on the inner-surface of nanospace carbon


protitle:
Morgan Solar /Forbes & Co - Sun Simba Performance and Monitoring in Rajasthan

proarea:
Performance analysis and study of market feasibility of a new class of SPV system in India

prointro:
The Sun Simba CPV module (“Simba”) is a revolutionary new solar panel, with nearly double the efficiency of conventional silicon PV solar panels, at much lower costs.  Morgan Solar plans to commercialize the Simba globally, but in terms of both market size and demand for solar energy, India represents one of the largest markets for solar energy.

Solar Energy is becoming a very important industry in India, but to date, there has been very little real innovation in the section, in India or internationally.  The market is dominated by conventional Silicon PV, which is nearing the limits of its cost reduction potential, as well as the limits of its efficiency potential.  India is a world leader in delivering low cost solar farm installations, however, slim profit margins and poor performance estimation data are holding the industry back somewhat.  This project hopes to address both of these issues.  By offering a technology that is simultaneously lower in cost, and significantly higher in performance, Morgan Solar, working with Forbes, hopes to open up significantly more market potential for solar energy in India.  At the same time, by developing better data for performance estimation, and developing solutions that can offer better operations and maintenance (“O&M”) cost estimations, and potentially lower O&M costs, we could further de-risk solar farm proposals generally.
 
“Will it work in India?”  People from India have grown accustomed to this question based on historical experiences, but in the case of solar, this question is especially apt.  Over the last several years, two factors that impact the commercialization of solar have emerged.  First, there is very poor solar resource data for India in general, but CPV technologies like the Simba only capture direct sunlight, and not diffuse light.  Direct sunlight (also called DNI, for Direct Normal Irradiance) data for India is almost entirely lacking, and thus characterization of our product performance in India is problematic.  The only available datasets are based on NASA satellite observations, which have consistently shown to be around 20% lower than actual recorded DNI.  Because our competitive advantages are greatest where the DNI is highest, Morgan Solar needs to better characterize the Simba performance in India’s higher DNI regions, particularly Gujarat and Rajasthan.

proobj:
1.  Performance analysis
2.  Determination of market size and level of acceptance

prometho:
We propose two parallel, related experiments.  First, we propose to deploy a number of specially designed Sun Simba test systems, which will feature a weather station, two 8 watt mini-Simba panels, and a single 8 watt conventional silicon PV panel.  These small units will be deployed at a number of locations, supervised by our test partners in India, PDPU and Forbes.  By deploying a number of these smaller test units, we will be able to gather weather, DNI and specific performance of the Simba and conventional PV for a number of locations.  

Second, we propose to develop a small pilot Simba PV installation site in with PDPU, where we will do side by side performance testing with conventional PV panels, as well as experimentation on cleaning methods and practices, and their effects on performance and panel wear.  These two test programs in parallel will allow us to develop better DNI and performance estimation models for the region, and operate a test program to compare dust accumulation of conventional solar panels and Simba panels under a variety of cleaning regimens.  Because of the highly technical aspects of solar resource characterization and atmospheric model development, and because different technologies are being compared, we plan to work with academic researchers in Canada and India for the planning, test design, experimental design, deployment and monitoring.  Much of this research will be of general value to the solar industry in general (such as the solar resource models).

prosummary:
An accurate characterization of the solar resource is required to properly project the performance and economic viability of a solar plant.  However, the existing data for India is largely dependent on satellite images and has been shown in many cases to greatly underestimate the performance of systems.  In addition, the Morgan Solar CPV technology relies on direct normal irradiance (DNI) which has not been appropriately characterized in India.  Hence the proposed work will be carried out in four definite steps as mentioned below:
1.Development of Improved Solar Database and Tool for Analysis of Potential Solar Plant Sites
2. Characterization of Soiling Rates for CPV Systems and Development of Online Model-Based Maintenance Approach for Cleaning
3. PDPU Academic Project 3: Research on durability of the Morgan Solar Test Systems, and Sun Simba 10 kW installation under Indian extreme weather conditions
4. The de-soiling performance of the Morgan Solar system and its impact on long term stability under Indian conditions

proEoutcome:
1.  Detail of DNI data with high resolution will be established in Gujarat
2.  Performance of new type of SPV system under indian extreme condition will be established.
3.  Student exchange will be facilitated from university and industry side between the contries.
4.  New collaborative environment will be created for more exchange of information in applied SPV research between the participating universities.

FAScheme:
India-Ontario (Canada) Collaborative Industrial R&D Programme


proobj:
1. Performance analysis of new type SPV pannel
2.  Study of economic feasibility and market behavior.

prometho:
The research will use data collected from the six Morgan Solar test platforms placed in multiple locations in India, as well as the similarly equipped 10 kW Sun Simba installation deployed at PDPU, to develop an improved characterization of the both the direct normal irradiance (DNI) and global irradiance.  The data from the Morgan Solar systems will be fused with data collected by the India National Weather Service and NASA satellite data.  This data will be combined using a statistical approach to weight data based on the confidence in individual measurements.  This data will allow more accurate projection of Morgan Solar Simba CPV systems performance, as well as other CPV PV technologies, in locations across India.  Additional locations can be established cheaply and easily as part of future research, by deploying additional Morgan Solar test platforms or low cost solar irradiance meters.

The improved solar data will be used to develop a tool to analyze the economics of solar plants in locations across India.  This tool will model important factors such as locations of power demand, the current transmission network capabilities, and projected power demand growth.  The models will also characterize the uncertainty in plant performance based on the solar data.  These models will be used in conjunction with optimization methods to determine the most economic locations for plant placement.

prosummary:
1. Development of Improved Solar Database and Tool for Analysis of Potential Solar Plant Sites
2. Development of Improved Solar Database and Tool for Analysis of Potential Solar Plant Sites
3. Research on durability of the Morgan Solar Test Systems, and Sun Simba 10 kW installation under Indian extreme weather conditions
4. The de-soiling performance of the Morgan Solar system and its impact on long term stability under Indian conditions

proEoutcome:
1. The outcome  will be the Solar Database and Toll, allowing for better evaluation of solar plant sites in India, as well as a general model for evaluating the quality of data required to construct similar databases and tools for other regions.  This research, while obviously of great value to Morgan Solar, will be generally of value to the solar community at large, and of particular value to developers seeking to deploy projects in Northern India.
2. The outcome  is less clear, as there are more variables involved in this research, however, if successful, this research will be able to provide a framework and justification for best practices for maintenance and cleaning of solar panels.  Again, while this research will be of particular interest to Morgan Solar, it will be generally applicable to other solar technologies, especially other CPV technologies.
3. The outcomes will be of most interest to Morgan Solar, and will be the least applicable to other solar technologies and to the market in general, but this project will improve the reliability of the results of the other projects, and will prove pivotal to the rest of the research.  Ideally, this program will ensure an accurate baseline for all other research items, as well as contributing important best practices to the maintenance of Morgan Solar equipment.
4. Demonstrating that the sunshimba panels weather as modeled under Indian climate and soiling conditions will be extremely important when addressing long term sales issues for Morgan Solar and Forbes.  Academically, this is interesting as there is good evidence to suggest that surface materials used in the manufacture of the Simba module will provide superior results for this testing program, and while that’s important for the Simba, it will be of interest to other equipment designers when considering the Indian market for a variety of potential products.

FAScheme:
Jointly by the DST, Ontario, Canada, Morgan Solar, Forbes India, Univ. of Toronto and PDPU


protitle:
Supplementary Report preparation for 3rd State Finance Commission

prointro:
As per the discussion, the 3rd State Finance Commission will be extending the period for two more years covering the years 2018-19 and 2019-20. In this background the time period covered for the study report and data analysis which was 2005-06 to 2010-11 need to be extended and also the prediction for the state finances need to be extended for two more years. With this understanding we proposes a study to provide fiscal performance evaluation of state finances, municipal finances and finance of Panchayati Raj Institutions for two years, 2011-12 and 2012-13 and submit the supplementary report as per the requirement of The Commission.

proobj:
•	To analyze state fiscal performance for the year 2011-12 and 2012-13, as per the prescribed format provided by The Third State Finance Commission, GoG.
•	To analyze fiscal performance of ULBs for the year 2011-12 and 2012-13, as per the prescribed format provided by The Third State Finance Commission, GoG.
•	To analyze fiscal performance of PRIs for the year 2011-12 and 2012-13, as per the prescribed format provided by The Third State Finance Commission, GoG.
•	To provide state government’s revenue and expenditure forecast for the period of 2018-19 and 2019-20 as per the prescribed format provided by The Third State Finance Commission, GoG.

prometho:
The study will be a secondary data analysis based exploratory research in nature, assessing the behavior of significant fiscal indicator for the period of 2011-12 and 2012-13. This particular study will completely be following the methodology adopted in the final report of the Commission.  Hence the proposal does not required further discussion on the methodology.

prosummary:
An  extensive data analysis and forecasting will be done for hte period mentioned above.

proEoutcome:
At the end of the study a report will be submitted to the Chairman of 3rd Finance Commission


protitle:
Dissimilar material joining of SS 316 LN (UNS S31653) and XM-19 (UNS S20910) Stainless steel joints

proarea:
Mechanical engineering / welding technology

prointro:
The above project have been derived from fact that the fabrication of divertor component of ITER machine needs joining of SS 316 LN to XM-19 Stainless steels. Austenitic stainless steel designated as 316 LN is selected for the fabrication of divertor components. The main driving force for the selection of this material is its high minimum tensile mechanical properties (combined with good toughness), that results in high intensity allowable stresses. This is achieved as a result of an optimal combination of the main alloying elements, carbon, nitrogen, nickel, chromium, manganese and molybdenum, with a tight specification of their allowable composition range. The specified chemical composition results in good weldability of the material with various arc welding methods and provides a satisfactory resistance to stress corrosion cracking of the base metal and welds. Steel type XM-19 is considered for application for the divertor attachment. The main reason is its higher strength and design allowable stresses in comparison with other steels such as 316 LN, 316 L (N)-IG, etc. Steel XM-19 (UNS Number S20910, also known as Nitronic 50 or EU designation steel number 1.3964) is a nitrogen-strengthened austenitic stainless steel with good corrosion resistance and approximately twice the yield strength at room temperature in comparison with conventional austenitic steels.  This steel does not become magnetic when severely cold worked.  Although steel XM-19 is considerably stronger than conventional 300 series stainless steels, the same fabricating equipment and techniques can be used. GMAW is welding process with high deposition rate. Arc welding of Stainless steel is less preferred as it is susceptible to hot cracking phenomenon. Also it gives an added challenge as chemical composition of both steels are different and their behavior is also different.

proobj:
1)Establishment of welding parameters for Dissimilar SS 316 LN to XM-19 joint using Gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process by experimental trials.
2)Testing (Destructive and Non-Destructive) and characterization of the dissimilar joints according to applicable standards.

prometho:
Following research methodology will be applied.
1.Extensive literature survey for the welding of given dissimilar joint and procurement of SPM and other ancillaries from standard suppliers.	
2.Selection of consumables and procurement.	
3.Bead on Plate/ Initial trials with GMAW process.
4.Final trials by welding of SS 316 LN to XM-19 plates by GMAW.	
5.Testing and characterizations of welded joints.	
6.Report writing and Publication.

prosummary:
In order to achieve the required objectives, extensive literature survey would be carried out. The ferrite content is to be restricted to 5-10%. Thus selection of consumable for the dissimilar SS316 # XM-19 joint will be crucial. After the consumable is selected, initial trials will be carried out by GMAW process which may include Bead on Plate trials. These will be a guide to establish the parameters for Final trials for welding of SS 316LN to XM-19 plates welding. Once the gas mixtures and the parameters are finalised, the Final trials will be carried out on dissimilar joint. Subsequent destructive and non-destructive testing will be carried out to check the soundness and integrity of the joint. Characterizations of the joint will also be carried out to ensure the metallurgical properties

proEoutcome:
1)Development of GMAW process parameters for SS 316 LN to XM-19 stainless steels. 
2)Working window and optimized parameters for GMAW of SS 316 LN to XM-19 stainless steels.
3)Detailed project report shall be delivered with description of methods of welding technique, and report of qualification tests done for present work. Following testing shall be done and reported
•	Ferrite testing with content less than 10 %
•	Tensile testing with yield Strength 210 MPa (min) at Room Temperature and	Tensile Strength 525 MPa (min) at Room Temperature
•	Toughness testing with impact strength: 27 J (min)  
•	Hardness values to be measured on parent material, Weld bead as well as on HAZ part of both the side of materials, i.e., HAZ of SS 316 LN and HAZ of XM-19 
•	Non-destructive examination of the weld joints according to ASTM/ASME standards by Visual Testing, Ultrasonic Testing and/or Radiography Testing.
  •	Measurement of the grain size shall be done as per ASTM E112.
4)03 Nos. coupons of SS 316 LN # XM-19 welded by GMAW to be given to IPR.


protitle:
Information Communication Technology (ICT) Need Assessment Survey and Analysis for 2 of GSECL remote Power Plants villages along the lines of PUNSARI, the Model Village of  Gujarat

proarea:
Information Systems application for rural development

prointro:
Need Assessment Survey and Analysis for 2 villages where GSECL has setup generation plants based on the ICT model at Punsari

proobj:
Provide a need assessment report on the 2 villages where focus will be on using information systems facilitating growth and development for education, healthcare, sanitation, basic amenities like clean drinking water, food, transportation and also skill development. Model village Punsari will set the bench mark for the study.

prometho:
Understanding the ICT model at village PUNSARI
Understanding and documenting unique characteristics of the proposed 2 villages (above) and their development opportunities along the lines of PUNSARI
Providing a report of the findings

prosummary:
All 3 villages will be visited. Punsari will be studied. Based on findings, a primary questionnaire will be used to collect responses from both the villages under study. Analysis will provide finding for CSR activities in the future at both the locations

proEoutcome:
This study will facilitate planning certain  result oriented measurable CSR activities at two of GSECL remote Power Plants ie UKAI TPS situated in Vyara Taluka of TAPI district and KLTPS, Panandhro, situated in LAKHPAT Taluka of KUTCH district i.e. close to western tip of our country.

FAScheme:
None. All travel and lodging boarding covered by GSECL


protitle:
Comparative Analysis of Women Leadership in the Energy sector with the IT sector in India

prointro:
It has been found that though women have equal access to higher education yet they have not been considered as equal to their male counterparts while climbing the corporate ladder. Some of the reasons for the same can be probably their biological differences, family culture and prevalent societal beliefs. Women are gifted naturally with specific attributes and characteristics which act as their inherent strengths in their careers. This research work aims to examine and document to what extent Indian businesses in the Energy sector are led by women at the top and hence contrast the same with the IT sector in India.

proobj:
This study focuses on women leadership in the Energy Sector and compares it with the IT sector on the following factors:

1.	Document the extent to which there are gender disparities in the top management in India across the 2 sectors

2.	Examine and explain gender specific issues created by organization, environment and culture in the Energy Industry and contrast it to the IT sector

3.	Propose solutions to bridge the gender gap as identified

4.	Examine gender issues from the perspectives of an emerging market (India) – by comparing women and leadership in the Energy sector in India to that of the US or another developed nation

prometho:
Study will include secondary research to document the extent to which there are gender disparities in the top echelons of business in India. This will be followed by primary data collection to examine the gender issues related to leadership in the Energy sector in India and contrasting the same with the IT sector in India. 3 different target groups have been identified to link the organizational efforts in this space with the employees evaluating the move towards gender balance and equality in the 2 sectors. Qualitative and Quantitative assessment of the data will be done.

prosummary:
Population frame: 
1.	CEO’s of firms in the Energy and IT sector in India - survey to understand strategic initiatives for addressing the corporate gender gap in their organizations
2.	Head of Human Resources in the Energy and IT sector in India - survey to understand programs for promoting women and gender equality policies in their organizations
3.	Individual men and women in the Energy and IT sector in India – survey for middle level management on opportunities, challenges and growth in the respective sectors for women
Data collection through Secondary research method
Data collection through Primary research method

Key Data Collection Techniques: Survey using
	Questionnaires
	Interviews
Proposed data analysis techniques:
Multivariate analysis

proEoutcome:
1.	Identify the key attributes that define leadership for women in the Energy sector and compare them with the IT sector in India.
2.	Similar as well as sector specific attributes that will be identified will provide the skill set requirement as well as leadership styles for women to climb the corporate ladder in public and private sector organisations in India.
3.	Analysis and conclusion will provide supporting evidence to organisations and researchers on balanced leadership in the 2 sectors.
4.	Gender issues identified from the perspectives of an emerging market (India) in the Energy sector in India to that of the US or another developed nation will provide comparative insights to global practitioners.


# Department

schoolname:
Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute


department:
Department of Computer Science and Engineering


# PersonalInfo

interactiondetail:
Institute of Reservoir Studies (IRS), ONGC, Ahmedabad


awards:
Selected for ICSSR Post Doctoral Fellowship for the year 2014,
Selected for ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship for the year 2009

interactiondetail:
Life Member, Indian Public Administration Association.
Life Member, New Public Administration Society of India

others:
Assistant Editor, Journal-Public Affairs and Governance,
Reviewer- Journal-Public Affairs and Governance.
Member, Research Advisory Committee of Public Administration and Political Science, VNSGU,Surat.
Member, Board of Studies, Department of  Public Administration, Andhra Mahila Sabha, Hyderabad,

bprofile:
Dr. Sriram has completed his Masters and Ph.D from Osmania University, Hyderabad.Before joining PDPU, he had worked with DST Sponsored Research Project in E-Governance. He was selected as Doctoral and Post - Doctoral fellow by Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi. He is also associated with IPAA and NEPASI in India.He was selected as a observer for United Nations Committee on Experts of Public Administration (UNCEPA) for its 14th and 15th sessions. Presently, he is guiding 4 Ph.D Scholars. Dr. Sriram recently completed Panchayati Raj  Devolution Index Project for Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Dr Sriram has been awarded Major Research Project by ICSSR on HIV/AIDS.

areaofint:
Public Policy, Service Delivery, Public Private Partnerships, Public Health Administration, Development Administration, Administrative Theory.


bprofile:
Completed M.Sc. (Physics) from IIT Roorkee in 2006 and joined National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi as JRF for one year. In 2010 completed M.Tech. (Nuclear Engineering) from IIT Kanpur and also worked for almost two years in Nuclear Industry.

areaofint:
Plasma Physics, Fusion Neutronics (MCNP Calculations), Computational Physics, Reactor Physics, CFD, Radiation Detection Techniques.


interactiondetail:
Merchant Institute of Technology
Piludra,
Mahesana

CEPT-University
Ahmedabad

bprofile:
Completed M.E(CASAD) from L.D.College of Engineering, Gujarat University,
Pursuing Ph.D from PDPU-Gandhinagar
Industrial Experience 13 year as consulting civil engineer.
Academic Experience 9 year

areaofint:
Innovative Design of Steel & R.C.C Structures
FEM linear & Non Linear Analysis
Computational analysis & design of various model and its comparison.


others:
Session chair at International Conference on Applied Energy, HongKong, China, held during 22nd-25th August 2018

bprofile:
Dr. Leena Santosh graduated in 2002 from Nirma Institute of Technology, Ahmedabad. She worked as an engineer in Torrent Power Limited from the period of 2002 to 2008. Thereafter, she completed her post-graduation from L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, in 2012. Since 2014, Dr. Leena Santosh has been working as a faculty, with Electrical Engineering Department, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, She completed her doctoral studies in the domain of power system economics from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University in the year 2020.

areaofint:
Power system economics; Applications of conventional and artificial intelligence based optimization techniques in power system domain; Time-series based deterministic and probabilistic forecasting applications.


awards:
2001: Postdoctoral fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
1999: Postdoctoral fellowship (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS, Tokyo)
1994: Senior research fellowship, (CSIR, New Delhi)
1992: Junior research fellowship (CSIR, New Delhi)
1992: University Gold Medal for First Rank in M.Sc. in Chemistry
1992: Qualified with high rank in the joint CSIR-UGC NET (National Eligibility Test) Examination for junior research fellowship and eligibility for lectureship in chemical sciences

interactiondetail:
International Zeolite Association IZA), Catalysis Society of India (CSI)
Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Reliance Industry Ltd. (Jamnagar Refinery and Vadodara Research Center), National Chemical Laboratory Catalysis Division

bprofile:
Dr. Rajib Bandyopadhyay has been working in the School of Technology since October 2010. He received his PhD degree from National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune in 1997. Later he did postdoctoral research in Japan (NEDO and JSPS Fellow) for four years followed by Germany (Alexander von Humboldt Fellow). Before joining PDPU, Dr. Bandyopadhyay worked in senior management position in the R&D sectors of various multinational companies including Sud-Chemie, Owens Corning and Sika. He has more than 45 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters. He also regularly reviews journal papers from Elsevier and other publishers. He is a life member of International Zeolite Association.

areaofint:
Heterogeneous catalysis, Materials chemistry, Zeolites and other porous materials, their synthesis and application in fine chemicals and petroleum refining


awards:
1. Awarded a Gold medal for Most Scholastic Student in M Tech
2.  Awarded a Gold medal for Best Student in M Tech
3. Awarded as IIW Young Engineer in IIW Competition for Paper titled as "Development and Analysis on dissimilar cooling assisted hybrid friction stir welding: Numerical and Experimental aspects by Indian Institute of Welding

interactiondetail:
1	Indian Institute Welding (IIW): Life time Associate Member (BAR/M/R-12646/L)
2	The institute of Engineers(India)- IEI- MC division	: Life time Associate Member (M-1653886)
3	Material Research Society of India: Life time member (LMB 3091)
4	Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Institute: 	Life time Member (LM 284)
5	Indian Science Congress Association: 	Life time Member (L38077)
6	Indian Association For Computational Mechanics:	Life time Member (LM 210)

bprofile:
Dr. Nirav Patel completed his B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidhyala Engineering College, Vidhyanagar, Gujarat, India in 2009. He did his M.Tech. in CAD/CAM (2011) and Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics (2015) from Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Gujarat, India. Presently he is working as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, India since December 2013. 
Dr. Patel has a teaching experience of more than 8 years in the field of Mechanical Engineering at under graduate and post graduate level. He worked 3 years at Gandhinagar Institute of Technology, Gujarat Technological University, India. Dr. Patel has published number of research articles in reputed journals and in international/national conferences in the field of computational mechanics. Recently, he has started exploring new areas of research, in stress analysis of plates weakened by complex shaped cut-outs, dynamic stress concentration, impact analysis of plates and optimization of composite materials.

areaofint:
Stress Analysis, Design Optimization, Finite element analysis, Composites, Computational mechanics, Impact Analysis


areaofint:
GIS and Remote Sensing, GPS-DGPS Applications in Infrastructure and Utility Engineering, Photogrammetry, Drone Survey, Mobile GIS-based Landuse/Landcover Survey, etc.


awards:
1. Rank holder in GPSC:GPSC merit no 02 – krmaank/rct-1098-359(4)-r-4 dt. 11 July 2000
2. Topper Gujarat University certificate of medals- no 56711 of 1995 dt 14/2/1995, received following gold medals:
i. kavi Priyakant Maniar Memorial Medal
ii. Smt. Hirabai Vadilal Naik Medal
iii. Prof. F.C.Davar Medal 
3. Received the Global Green Mentor Award 2017 at New York, USA on 22nd September 2017 during the event ‘Green School Conference and Awards-2017’ organized as part of  NYC Climate Week under 72nd Session of United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) 
4. Awarded Green Initiative Award on 21st August 2016 at Boston, USA during 9th Boston Green Fest 21 August, 2016 from Dr. Karen Weber Director, The Boston Green Fest at Faneuil Hall, Boston, USA. 
5. •	Awarded Bharat Vikas Award for contribution in the field of Gender and Communication by Institute of Self Reliance, Bhubaneshwar on December 1, 2018

interactiondetail:
Oxford, Keble College as invited Speaker during UIDP Summit 2019, Visiting Faculty at NID, Ahmedabad
Special Lectures at NIFT, EDI, CPIFT

others:
Invited by Washington & Jefferson College, USA for a lecture series in April 2015 on Gender

bprofile:
Neeta Khurana is a senior Faculty in the Department of Languages, Literature and Aesthetics. She has been a Gold Medalist during her Masters and stood second in her Gujarat Public Services Exam (GPSC). Having served the Govt. of Gujarat for 15 Years she has been working at PDPU since 2010. She has lectured and published extensively on Gender, Semiotics, Communication Skills in National Institutes. She was invited for a lecture series on Gender, Films and Self Narratives by Washington &Jefferson College, Pittsburgh, USA in April 2016. She has coordinated and worked with over 500 village kids under Community Development Initiative of PDPU in  2015. She is the Principal Coordinator of the Rural Internships and Civic and Social Service Internship at PDPU and coordinates with over 200 NGO's and civic bodies every year along with over 1000 students as interns. She is a published author and recently published her Autobiography titled 'Soulful Whispers' under Rawat Publications. She was awarded the 9th Boston Green Fest Award at Boston Massachusetts,USA for her work with over 2000 rehabilitated slum dwellers and Bootlegger women of Chhara community in recognition for her contribution towards a more sustainable future through education and research.  Global Green Mentors Award 2017 in New York, Bharat Vikas Award in 2018. She was an invited by Oxford University during UIDP Conference 2019.

areaofint:
Gender, Translation theory, Cultural Studies, Feminist studies, Masculinity Studies, Semiotics and Communication Skills, Education and Sustainability, Rural Internships and Community driven interventions


awards:
Received Gold Medal for Branch Topper in M.E.(Applied Instrumentation) in Gujarat Technological University.

areaofint:
Model Based Control Algorithms for Systems, Model Predictive Control, Explicit Model Predictive Control


interactiondetail:
1. Life Member of Ahmedabad Management Institute
2. Associate Member of Institute of Engineers
3. Life Member of Indian Society for Hydraulics 
4. Fellow Life Member of The Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architecture
5. Life member of Indian Water Works Association

bprofile:
I did my graduation from Bhavnagar University in 2008 in Civil Engineering and Master from Gujarat University in 2010 in WRM. Pursuing Ph.D from PDPU in Project Management. I have 5 years of teaching experience.

areaofint:
Following are the areas of interest; Hydrology and water resources, Open channel flow, Project management, Flood risk management, Watershed management,


awards:
1) NET Qualified in Year 2002
2) Awarded CSIR Senior Research Fellowship in Year 2003.
2)

interactiondetail:
I am actively involved in scientists of following institutes  
1) Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
2) Agarkar Research Institute, Pune
3) Wadia College, Pune
4) Birbal Sahani Institute of Paleobotany, Lucknow.
5) KSKV Kachchh University, Kachchh.

areaofint:
Earth Science, Ichnology, Mesozoic Cephalopods, Sequence stratigraphy, reservoir Characterization


awards:
QIP scholarship during M.Tech at IIT Bombay  and 

DG NCC Baton during PRCN course at OTA Kamptee, Nagpur

interactiondetail:
Gujarat Technological University, Nirma University

bprofile:
Dr Anilkumar Markana is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, India. Dr Markana holds PhD and M.Tech degree from Systems and Control Engineering department, IIT Bombay. His research interests are in the area of control systems, process control and multi-objective optimization based model predictive control. Prior to working at PDPU, he worked with Honeywell Automation India Ltd. Pune. He has 16years of teaching and 03 years of industrial experience. He is also the recipient of Director General NCC baton from DG NCC, New Delhi, in the year 2014-15 for securing first rank during Pre-commission course at Officers Training Academy (OTA), Kamptee and commissioned as Lieutenant in 9 Gujarat NCC Batallion, Ahmadabad. Currently Lt. Anilikumar Markana is also serving as Associate NCC officer for senior wing boys NCC unit at PDPU.

areaofint:
Control systems, process control, multi-objective optimization based Model Predictive Control (MPC).


awards:
1. Received Best Oral Presentation Award at Third International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (3rd SEEC), 18-21 December 2018, IIT Roorkee, India.
2. Received Best Oral Presentation Award at National Conference On New Frontiers in Energy and Environmental Sustainability (NFEES), PDEU Gandhinagar 27-28 February 2021

bprofile:
Mrs. Bharti Saini is currently working as Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering Department, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Gujarat since June, 2013. She has done PhD in the area of "Synthesis and characterization of membranes". She has received M.Tech degree from IIT Roorkee wih specialization in Environmental Engineering and B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering with First Division Honours from IET Lucknow, UP. She has published 08 research papers in International Journals and presented 09 papers in International Conferences. She has around 09 years of academic experience. She has guided 30 B.Tech and 01 M.Tech students.

areaofint:
Synthesis and characterization of flat sheet antifouling ultrafiltration polymeric membrane by phase inversion method with suitable additives and their application in waste water treatment. Waste water treatment using adsorption technology.


interactiondetail:
She is invited to conduct session on Indian Aesthetics through Performing Arts at NID, Gandhinagar from the year 2015 to 2019
She has been invited to conduct module on Introduction to Indian Culture at NID, Paldi from 2016- 2018
She has been invited to deliver a talk for Teachers' Development Program on Importance of Dance in Education at Saraswati Vidhyamandal School, Ahmedabad, 2016

others:
She has been a part of noteworthy projects in the area of Translation Activities from English to Gujarati and vice versa.
Being a performing artiste herself, Niyati has various stage performances to her credits
She has anchored many National and Regional programs related to Indian Performing Arts and Literature at Doordarshan, Ahmedabad
She is associated as a senior volunteer with Samvedana, a non-profit organization which works for the integrated development of slums with a focus on education, nutrition and skill development of socially and economically deprived children, youth and women.

bprofile:
Dr. Niyati Shah is a faculty in Literature and Communication with the Department of Languages, Literature and Aesthetics at School of Liberal Studies. She teaches courses like Communication, World Classics, Literary Forms, Literary Criticism, Indian Literature in English Translation, Indian Writing in English and Gender Studies at graduate level and Critical Theories, Literature and Theater, Indian English Literature and Literature and Films at post-graduate level.

She is associated with the School since its inception in 2009. She is actively involved in teaching and guiding students, mentoring them and in the overall institutional building. She has been shouldering the responsibilities in the capacity of an Academic Coordinator for B.A. (Hons.) and B.B,A. (Hons.) program offered at the School.

She has been presenting papers at National and International conferences. Her research springs from an interdisciplinary approach to self-narratives, performing art, identity politics and gender studies. Dr. Niyati Shah is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer.

Dr. Niyati Shah shoulders the responsibilities as an Associate Dean, Students' Affairs at the University level. She is as well closely associated with the Innovation and Incubation Center (IIC) of PDPU along with other committees at University level.

areaofint:
Her research interests include Narrative Studies, Identity Politics, Gender Studies, Performance Art, Theater Studies


awards:
1.Pune University’s Top Rank Holder in PGDMLM in the year 2004 – 05.
2.	Qualified UGC - National Eligibility Test (NET), Subject- Management

interactiondetail:
1.	All India Management Association (AIMA),New Delhi
2.	Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad
3.	Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi
4.	‘Consortium Fellow’ of 2nd & 3rd Doctoral Consortium: Academy of Indian Marketing (AIM) & American Marketing Association (AMA) Sheth Foundation
5.International Exchange Alumni Member, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs, The U.S.Department of State

others:
I was selected at All India Level to attend ‘International Visitors Leadership Programme on U.S.A Foreign Policy and Energy Security’ completely sponsored by the Department of State, U.S.A which was scheduled from August 31, 2015 to September 19, 2015 in the four cities of U.S.A.  The programme offered many opportunities to participate in both formal and informal interactions with top scientists, policy makers, journalists and research scholars from around 25 countries during the three weeks period.

bprofile:
Prof. Kaushal Kishore is a Faculty of Marketing and Energy Studies at the School of Petroleum Management, PDPU, Gandhinagar, Gujarat since December 2009. He has been teaching courses mainly Marketing of Petroleum Products, Marketing Management, Brand Management, Sales & Distribution Management and International Business Management.
Prof. Kishore has done PhD in Management (Branding in Petroleum Retailing) and also passed the UGC-NET examination for Assistant Professorship.  Prof. Kishore was the University topper at the Univeristy of Pune for the course P.G. Diploma in Materials & Logistics Management.

Prof. Kishore has attended 2nd & 3rd Doctoral Consortium as a 'Consortium Fellow' organized by the Academy of Indian Marketing (AIM) and American Marketing Association (AMA), Sheth Foundation in India and Dubai. He was selected at the All India Level to attend the 'International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP-2015) on the U.S.A Foreign Policy and Energy Security' sponsored by the Department of State, U.S.A. Prof. Kishore has overall 12 years of experiences in academics. Prof. Kishore has also significantly contributed in enriching academic literature by publishing nine research papers/articles in leading journals/energy journals and conference proceedings in the area of Petroleum Retailing, Branding & Energy Policy in addition to teaching in the MDPs/In-company programs. He has successfully coordinated 'International Conference on Energy & Infrastructure Management (ICEIM)' as the organizing secretary of the conferences.

areaofint:
1. Marketing of Petroleum Products & Energy Policy 
2. Sales Management
3. Brand Management
4. Cluster Branding


bprofile:
Dr.Neeta Sinha is a Behavioural Psychologist, Academician and Corporate Trainer.  She holds her Ph.D in the interdisciplinary area of Psychology and Management, Diploma in Mental Retardation from NIMH New Delhi, MA Psychology from Patna University. Her  teaching, research and industry experience spans over 22 yrs. 12yrs with media industry and for the last 10 years she has been involved in teaching, training, research, counselling and personality development. 
She is a Corporate trainer and her professional experience includes analysis and evaluation of Organization Behaviour, Organizational development and other merging psychological concerns. She has considerable experience and expertise in analyzing and advising corporates and other institutions on their HR policies and conducting training programmes for them.  Psychometric assessment, psychological profiling and OD are some of her core areas of intervention. 
She is a visiting faculty to several research and academic institutions. She has presented papers at various International and National conferences, workshops and seminars and has several publications to her credit both at the national and international level. She has several chapters in books and two books to her credit. She is guiding Ph.D students and is a reviewer to reputed research journals. 
Her professional work includes HR consultancy, business development, key account management, training, assessment consultancy, design assessment and selection of selection and development process.

areaofint:
Psychology, Social Psychology, Research, Experimental approach to Psychology, Stress Management, Emotional Intelligence Gender, Organizational Development, Culture, Environmental concerns, Human Resource Development, Organizational Behaviour,. Psychometric assessment, psychological profiling and organizational development are some of her core areas of intervention.


awards:
Elected as Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK (2011)

interactiondetail:
1) The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK
2) Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
3) IBC Gulf Conferences, Dubai, UAE
4) International Quality & Productivity Center, Dubai, UAE
5) Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
6) Indian Institute of Management, Indore 
7) International Gas Union

others:
Certified Corporate Directorship at World Council of Corporate Governance, UK. (2012)

bprofile:
Dr. Pramod Paliwal has over 25 years of corporate and academic experience. He has been engaged in teaching, research, consulting, publications and research guidance. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), U.K. Dr. Paliwal has been featured in 30th Pearl Anniversary Edition of Marquis' Who Who in World, 2013. He has traveled internationally on academic and professional assignments in Energy Sector. Given his interest and work on Energy issues, International Crowdsourcing group Wikistrat has invited him on board as Honorary Senior Analyst-Energy.

areaofint:
Sustainable Marketing; Industrial Marketing; Sales & Distribution Management; Brand Management; Oil & Gas Management; Energy Policy & Regulations.


others:
Passed GATE - 2004 with 92.18 percentile

bprofile:
Dr. Manoj Sahni is working in the Department of Mathematics at PDEU (Formerly PDPU) for more than seven years. He has done M.Sc. from Dayalbagh Educational Institute Agra (Deemed University), M.Phil. Mathematics from IIT Roorkee and Ph.D. Mathematics from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida.
He has more than 16 years of teaching experience and more than 17 years of research experience. He has published more than 60 research papers in both International Journals and Conferences. He is the president of the Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics in the Gujarat Chapter and Joint Secretary at all Indian Level.
He is the Life Member of various National and International Societies such as the Indian Science Congress, SFA, INSIS, ams, FIM, IAENG, etc. He has guided one research student and two are working under him.

areaofint:
Elasticity, Plasticity and Creep,
Functionally Graded Materials,
Fuzzy Sets, Intuitionistic Fuzzy sets,
Numerical Methods,
Fixed Point Iteration Methods.


bprofile:
Dr Nirendra M Misra is with PDPU since April 2014. He has teaching and research experience of nearly thirty years. Prior to joining PDPU he was Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry at Indian School of Mines (ISM), (now IIT (ISM), Dhanbad). He has guided ten PhDs and a number of MTech/M.Phil dissertations.He also had a brief stint, of four years, with the ONGC as Chemist.

areaofint:
Surface properties and applications of clay minerals.


awards:
Young Scientist Award in 3rd Bihar Science Conference


bprofile:
Working as an Accounts Officer at PDPU handling Accounts & Finance of the University.


awards:
Royal Academy of Engineering collaborative project grant in the year 2015-16

interactiondetail:
Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Delft Institute for Water Education, NZ
GBP University, Pantnagar, Uttrakhand
Central University of Gujarat, Gujarat
Banasthali Univerity, Rajasthan
University of Birmingham, UK
CSIR-NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NEERI), Nagpur
Ben Gurion University, Israel

others:
Received a Multinational project on Water purification funded by European Union and  DBT, India
Received another Water Treatment project funded by DST, India and also Handling a DST project based on thermal- RO application

bprofile:
Dr Anurag Mudgal has pursued a distinguished career path as an industrial engineer, academic researcher and teacher in higher education. After completing B Tech from Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology he joined paper industry as a GET and then project engineer for four years before returning to academia. He completed his M Tech and then PhD from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Before joining PDPU in January 2014 he worked in many prestigious Engineering Institutes and University of Uttar Pradesh. He was invited to work on a collaborative project with Aston University, UK by Royal Academy of Engineering in the year 2015 for three months. He his handling many projects including DST on application of renewable energy for cooling and water desalination purposes. Presently I am also looking after the Department of Nuclear Science and Technology as Head.

areaofint:
Heat transfer applications of renewable energy for cooling, water desalination, Food preservation and other sustainable environmental issues


awards:
1. Young Scientist - 2019 Awardee, Govt. of India, IISF-2019, Kolkata (Engineering Category).
2. Awarded with Ministry of Earth Science (MoES), Govt. of India funded project to carry out research works.

interactiondetail:
Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar, Tezpur University, Gauhati University, Indian Science Congress, SPE, etc.

bprofile:
Dr. Jwngsar Brahma,  joined the University in July 2009 and is working as an Assistant Professor. Prior to joining the University, he worked as a Seismological trainee at Institute of Seismological Research (ISR), Gandhinagar. During his tenure at ISR as a trainee, he involved in various projects such as LNG- GSPC  at Mundra for site investigation, real-time earthquake monitoring, site investigation of Gandhinagar City etc. His research interest falls in the large domain of Applied Geophysics, Computational Seismology, Seismic Microzonation, Drilling Engineering, Mathematical Modelling & Simulation. Research scholars and Post Graduate & Under Graduate students are working under his supervisor in the area of Drilling & Well Control in Geomecahnics, Reservoir Simulation and Modeling etc. He was/is involved in the teaching of courses such as Geostatistics (theory/Lab), Advanced Drilling & Well Control, Exploration Geophysics, Numerical and Statistical Methods, Geostatistics,  Engineering Mathematics, Applied Mathematics. He has been awarded (Co-PI) with Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) funded project to carry out research works. 
He was awarded Young Scientist Award (Energy Engineering Category)  in 2019 by Govt. of India (IISF-2019) at Kolkata for his contribution in energy engineering. He developed a hybrid model for the prediction of pore pressure to design a safe and cost effective well for extraction of hydrocarbon from deeper reservoir in Tripura.

areaofint:
Solid Earth (Geophysics), Computational Seismology, Fluid flow through porous media, Drilling and Well Control, Reservoir Simulation and Modelling, Seismic Hazard Assessment,  Seismic Microzonation, Numerical Solutions in Geophysical Problems, Geostatistics,  Applied, and Engineering Mathematics.


awards:
• Best poster and oral presentation award at European Research Course on Atmosphere (ERCA), Grenoble, France, 2008.

• Acquired first position in pre-PhD course work at PRL, India, 2004.

• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Physics, 2004,  84.17 percentile

• Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST), 2004,  All India Rank- 21

• Best paper presentation/poster presentation award at 2nd International conference on Chemical Industry, 2017.

• Awarded with Outstanding reviewer award for 2015 by Deep-Sea Research Part II, Elsevier.

• Best Paper award at 'The 3rd International Conference on Natural Science and Applied Mathematics', Czech Technical University, Prague, June 15-18, 2018

• Best paper award at XXXII Gujarat Science Congress, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 2018.

• Best paper award at 2nd International conference on Chemical Industry, PDPU, 2017.

interactiondetail:
1. Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
2. National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Tirupati.
3. National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa.
4. Indian Centre for Climate and Societal Impacts Research, Mandavi

others:
• Life Member of Indian Society of Mass Spectrometry (LM762) 
• Life Member of European Geophysical Union (155414)
• Life Member of Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA-LM-544)
• Life Member of Indian Society of Remote Sensing
• Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education
• Life Member of Hong Kong Chemical, Biological& Environmental Engineering Society (101575)

bprofile:
Prior to joining PDPU he was working as a post doctoral fellow at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. He did his Ph. D. from Physical Research Laboratory under the guidance of Prof. R. Ramesh. He was awarded his Ph. D. thesis titled 'stable isotopic studies of atmospheric water vapour and clouds' in 2010.

areaofint:
Global warming and climate change, Atmospheric water vapour cycle, Cloud microphysics, Ocean surface water processes, Sustainable development .


bprofile:
Dr. Mishra has received her Ph. D degree in year 2010 in applied Mathematics and since then she is associated with mathematics department of the school of technology at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. She also holds master degree in business administration (MBA) with specialization in operations management. 
Her core research area is study and analysis of real world problems mathematically.  This includes formulation, analysis and  optimization of the problem using different optimization techniques. She has 30 publications on her name in various peer reviewed journals. She has also contributed 8 chapters in edited books and presented 6 papers at India and abroad. She has also delivered lectures at national and international forums.
Presently, 1 student has awarded Ph.D under her guidance whereas 2 more are in the process.  Currently, she is also working with SAC - ISRO under "integrated studies of Himalayan Cryosphere" for a collaborative project for ship route optimization in sea ice areas.

areaofint:
Mathematical modelling of real world problems Inventory and Supply chain management, stochastic optimization


interactiondetail:
P.I. in a project sponsored by SAC, ISRO (Jan 2017-Sep 2020).

others:
Nominated in Doctoral Committee  (member from other school) for Ph.D. students of SLS (2) and SOT(3)

bprofile:
Dr. Bhasha Vachharajani is working as an assistant professor at PDPU, since June 2013. She has completed her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad in May 2013. She has pursued M.Sc. and M.Phil. from the same university. Prior to joining PDPU, she worked as a J.R.F. for 5 years at Space Applications Centre, ISRO. Her research there was related to analyses of ocean model outputs, and investigations of thermocline variability using the model. She has five years of research experience and has published six research papers in peer reviewed journals, out of which three are international. Besides these papers, she has contributed in preparing two scientific reports and has presented her work in three national and six international conferences. Currently, she is working on a collaborative research project SCATSAT-I, with SAC, ISRO. She has been guiding one student for Ph.D.

areaofint:
Oceanography, Numerical ocean modelling, data assimilation, Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOF) Analysis, sea-ice dynamics, polar studies.


awards:
“Young Scientist Award’’ under Fast track scheme from Department of Science & Technology (DST, Registration No. 199/2010) New Delhi for his project entitled “Synthesis of Sumanene and Corannulene derivative and its application in various fields of chemistry”. Total Cost of the Project is Rs. 21, 24,800.00/-for three years.
•	VBL Postdoctoral research fellowship 2009-2010, NIT, Nagoya, Japan.
•	DAIKO Foundation Postdoctoral research fellowship 2008, NIT, Nagoya, Japan.
•	Schulich Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 2007, Haifa, Israel.
•	Award of Senior Research Fellowship by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 2005, New Delhi, India.
•	Project, “Synthesis of Nitrogen Containing Heterocycles” sponsored by Neurogen Corporation, Branford, USA (Investigator: Prof. Vinod K. Singh, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur) 2002 – 2004. 
•	ABVP Pratibha Samman,-Uttar Pradesh, 1998, Purvanchal University, Uttar Pradesh.

interactiondetail:
Research Collaboration:
1. Dr. Manoj Kumar, Assistant Professor (Physics, Research area: OLED, OFET, Solar cell fabrication) School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

2. Dr. Surya Prakash Singh, Scientist, (Research area: Solar cell materials) Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Division.Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad,  

3. Dr. J. P Tiwari, NPL

4. Dr. Prakash Jha, Assistant Professor, (Research area: Computational data analysis) Chemistry, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
5. Dr. Nidhi Gour, Assistant Professor
(Research area: Biotechnology, nano medicine, sensors)
6. Prof. Michael Serpe, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta
7. Prof. Christopher Collison, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
8. Prof. Jeffrey M. Mativetsky, Department of Physics, Binghamton University, NY
9. Dr. Golam Yazdi Reza, Linkoping University, Sweden
10. Dr. Dr. Wing Cheung MAK, Linkoping University
11. Dr. Herald Hoppe, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
12. Dr. Shobha Shukla, IIT-Bombay
13.

others:
Membership of Learned Bodies:
1. Member of Royal Society of Chemistry
2. Member of American Chemical Society
3. Member of Material Research Society
4. Life member of Solar energy society of India 
5. Life member of Chemical Research Society of India
6. Member, Gujarat Pollution Control Board( GPCB)
Research Interest: 
Organic thin-film solar cell material, Synthesis of materials and its application in Engineering & Technology, Material Chemistry and Catalysis, Organofluorine chemistry, Asymmetric synthesis, Synthetic methodology, etc.
Teaching Experience: 
Advanced Organic chemistry, Material Chemistry, Engineering Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Petroleum Chemistry.
Research project & Ph.D guidance: 
5 Ph.D students (Two Inspire fellow & one under university fellowship, other self financed) and one project fellow are presently working on the field of Development of Energy harvesting material towards optoelectronic devices and designing novel organo heterogeneous catalysts.

bprofile:
Dr. Manoj Kumar Pandey joined University September, 2010 and is working as an Associate Professor in Department of Science, School of Technology. Prior to joining University, he worked as postdoctoral fellow (2007-2010) from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan and Israel Institute of Technology (2006-2007), Haifa-Israel. He did Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur (2007) under the supervision of Padma Shri Prof. Vinod K. Singh (founder director of IISER Bhopal). His research interest mainly focuses on addressing energy, environment and health issues. He has more than 17 years of research and teaching experience in numerous topics and handled many academic and administrative responsibilities. He has completed several major and minor research project from various funding agencies and has several active national and international research collaborations with eminent scientist. Prof. Manoj has published many research publications with good impact factor. He is also working as Schedule one auditor in Gujarat pollution control board (GPCB). Prof. Pandey research group is currently working on several ongoing/completed major research project funded by SERB, DST and several other minor projects.

areaofint:
Research  focuses on addressing energy, environmental and health issues. Synthesis of energy harvesting materials, biosensor and OLEDs, supramolecular materials for bio applications, synthesis of novel adsorbents for water remediation, biofuel technology, developing strategies for C-H activation and new synthetic methodology.


awards:
	My paper “Using Popular Movies in Teaching Cross-cultural Management” was shortlisted for Best Paper Award of Journal of European Industrial Training (published by Emerald Publications) at the 12th International HRD Conference, organized by AHRD, UFHRD and the University of Gloucestershire, UK, May 25-27, 2011. This paper was later published in  Special Issue of European Journal of Training & Development,

interactiondetail:
CEPT University, Ahmedabad
GFSU, Gandhinagar,
Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad

others:
Editorial Board Member
International Journal of Stress Management (APA)
Human Resource Development Review (Sage)
New Horizons Journal of Adult Education & HRD (Wiley)

areaofint:
Dr. Satish Pandey is currently working with School of Petroleum Management (SPM), Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar as Associate Professor in Organizational Behaviour & HRM area, since August 2007. He has done Ph.D. in Psychology from Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar (Uttarakhand) in 1995. Prior to joining SPM, he has worked with reputed institutions like Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA), Nirma Institute of Management- Ahmedabad , Institute of Banking Personnel Selection-Mumbai (IBPS) and BITS-Pilani. In his two decades’ academic journey, he has presented papers in national and international academic conferences; and published papers in refereed journals and edited books on topics related to stress management, personality, organizational culture, cross-cultural management, organizational turnaround, organizational learning, behaviour change communication and films in management classroom. His book “Stress and Work: Perspectives on Understanding & Managing Stress” (Co-editor: D. M. Pestonjee, Sage India, 2013) has received good reviews in journals Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences and Human Resource Development International. He has been reviewer to academic journals European Journal of Training & Development (Emerald), IIMB Management Review (Elsevier), Journal of Creative Communications (Sage), Asia Business & Management (Palgrave McMillan), Human Resource Development International (Taylor & Francis) and International Journal of Stress Management (APA). He is member of Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD, USA), Indian Academy of Management (IAM), Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) and Editorial Boards of journals- Human Resource Development Review (Sage), International Journal of Stress Management (APA) and New Horizons Journal of Adult Education & HRD (Wiley).


awards:
Awarded Best Paper Prize for the research paper entitled “An unrestricted placement of wind turbines towards maximizing the energy output using Teacher-Artificial bee colony algorithm” presented in the 1st Springer International Conference on Emerging Trends and Advances in Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy (ETAEERE-2016), Sikkim, India

interactiondetail:
Life Member of -ISTE
Annual Member -ASME
Life Member-IIW
Life Member-IEI

others:
Nodal Officer- Siemens Center of Excellence, PDPU

bprofile:
Dr. Jaydeep Patel received his Ph.D degree from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University with the specialization in renewable system optimization. He had developed the geometric pattern-based approach for turbine placement in a wind farm. He also modified the recently developed meta-heuristics optimization method for the optimization of a turbine positioning in a wind farm and cost optimization. His major areas of research interests are lie in wind energy systems modeling and optimization, wind farm layout optimization, wind farm cost analysis, and multi-disciplinary optimization of mechanical design and systems and R&D. He completed M.Tech from National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur- India, in 2011. He has also work as a nodal officer for Siemens Center of Excellence-PDPU.

areaofint:
Wind energy system design and analysis, Wind farm layout optimization, Wind farm cost analysis, Optimization of renewable energy systems, Computational optimization, Multi-disciplinary optimization of mechanical design and systems


awards:
1.	Received a GOLDMEDAL for securing first rank in B.Sc. 
2.	Received a GOLDMEDAL for securing first rank in M.Sc.

interactiondetail:
IPR (FCIPT) Gandhinagar
Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar
Gujarat University Ahmedabad
HBTI-Kanpur
IIT-Mumbai
IICT-Hyderabad
Central University-Gandhinagar
Gujarat University-Ahmedabad
Nirma University-Ahmedabad
GPCB-Gandhinagar
GEC-Gandhinagar


awards:
(1) Young Engineer Male 2019 award by WeldFabTech Times magazine
(2) BEST YOUNG WELDING PROFESSIONAL 2018 by Indian Institute of Welding
(3) Kemppi-Weldnetwork Young Welding Engineer competition award 2018 (2nd runners up).
(4) University Second rank in M. Tech

interactiondetail:
Life time Associate member of Indian Institute of Welding and Institute of Engineers

bprofile:
Dr. Kush Mehta is presently associated as an Assistant Professor with Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar. He has obtained his doctorate degree (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering. His current research activities cover areas of advanced welding, dissimilar welding, friction stir welding, advanced materials processing, and hybrid welding and joining processes. He possesses over all five years of experience that include four years of academic and one year of industry exposure. He is actively involved in the activities of professional bodies such as Institute of Engineers and Indian Institute of Welding. He is a recognized reviewer of many international journals of materials and manufacturing field. Some of his research articles are in the list of top ten most read/downloaded articles.

areaofint:
Friction stir welding, Dissimilar Materials Joining, Advance Welding Technology


awards:
1) Scholarship awarded from M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd. for pursuing Master’s program from 08/07/2010 to 30/06/2012 (two years). The amount of scholarship was INR 8000/- per month.
2) Research Project worth INR 14, 21,000/- awarded by Board of research in fusion science and technology (BRFST) for executing research project on dissimilar stainless steel joining. Tenure of project is 01 year and date awarded was 09/09/2014. The project was awarded A Grade by the board.
3) Empaneled as an expert by Centre of Entrepreneurship development (CED), govt. of Gujarat for overlooking the skill development activities of CED across Gujarat state. 
4) Recognized as a Chartered Engineer by Institution of Engineers India.
5) Chaired a session on Industrial Engineering practices and challenges at “4th International conference on Industrial Engineering (ICIE-2017)” organized by Dept. of mechanical engineering, SVNIT, Surat in association with IIIE, Mumbai during 21st to 26rd December, 2017.
6) Successfully started and running an online You-tube channel “Researchers Online” wherein videos related to core aspect or research. 
7) Recognized reviewer for different international peer review journals and books from Elsevier, Springer, T&F etc. 
7) Awarded certificate for outstanding contribution in reviewing by Journal of Manufacturing process, Elsevier in July- 2017.
8) Secured 2nd Position in Young Engineers award competition, organized by Indian Institute of welding (IIW). 
9) Empaneled as a Subject matter expert by TATA Consultancies services (TCS).
10) Selected as a Visiting Scientist by Indian National Science Academy (INSA) to carry out research at International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI). Fellowship provided by INSA.   
11) Awarded the International Travel Support from SERB, Govt. of India for attending the IIW Annual assembly and International conference - 2017, at Shanghai, China from 24th June to 30th June, 2017. 
12) Invited as a Visiting research Scholar and Visiting faculty at Lamar University, TX, US from May-July 2016. 
13) Best paper award for research paper Jay J. Vora and Vishvesh J. Badheka “Experiences with A-TIG welding of RAFM steel: Comparative studies on the effect of carrier solvent” presented at IIW Young Professional Seminar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 1st October, 2016.
14) Scholarship awarded from M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd. for pursuing Master’s program from 08/07/2010 to 30/06/2012 (two years). 
15) Appreciated by PDPU for collaborating with M/s Illinois tool works (ITW), India for convincing them to donate diesel engineer driven universal welding machine.
16) Selected as a co-opted member of the executive management committee of the IIW Baroda Branch.

interactiondetail:
1) Life member of Indian institute of welding (IIW)
2) Executive council member of IIW baroda branch 
3) Chairman of ISNT - PDPU student chapter
4) Associate member of IEI.

others:
Level-2 inspector for NDT techniques RT,UT,PT,MT under ASNT TC-1A

National / International Collaboration
	M/s Institute for Plasma Research (Mr. Shailesh Kanpara, Engg. SD)
•	Dissimilar material joining of 40 mm thick Stainless steels.
•	Collaborative project funded by BRNS-DAE.
	M/s Larsen & Tourbo Ltd. (Mr. Ritesh Patel, Welding head, Hazira)
•	Active Collaboration with M/s L&T Ltd for pursuing research on A-TIG welding of Cr-Mo-V Steels. Base material supplied by L&T Welding engineering and metallurgy department on FOC basis for carrying out the trials.
	M/s Illinois tool works (ITW) (Mr. Subhash Das, Senior welding engineer)
•	Collaborated efforts for developing advanced welding processes and studying of metallurgical aspects of exotic materials.
•	Joint efforts resulted in ITW donating a diesel run universal welding machine to PDPU.
	Naval Materials Research Lab, Ambernath, Maharashtra. (Dr. Gourav Rao) 
•	Research in field of FSW of High strength materials (Cr-Mo, Cr-Mo-V)
•	Collaborative project submitted for funding at Naval research board.
	Lamar University, TX, US (Dr. Ramesh Guduru, Assistant professor)
•	Research in field of nano-technology pivoted to fabrication of Nano-fibers.
•	Investigation on advanced mechanical properties like shear punch test, low cycle fatigue on welded joints.

bprofile:
Dr. Jaykumar Vora completed his Ph.D. in the field of advanced welding technology at PDPU. His Ph.D. research project was pivoted to A-TIG welding of RAFM steel. He completed his Masters in welding technology from MSU Baroda. He also worked as a visiting faculty and research scholar at Lamar university, USA. He has extensive industrial experience and completed his masters research project at M/s Larsen & Toubro Limited. He is currently working on techniques to incorporate nanotechnology in welding processes for improving the performance. He is also currently working on multiple projects funded by BRNS, ORSP and other funding bodies.

areaofint:
Advanced Welding technology, Welding metallurgy, Advanced manufacturing processes


awards:
Best Oral Presentation award at IV International conference on “Sustainable Energy and 
Environmental Challenges”, CSIR-NEERI, 27-29 November 2019.  

Best Paper award at International conference on Green technologies for sustainable development, 9-11 March 2021, DDIT Nadiad,

bprofile:
Dr. Anirban Dey is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at PDPU, Gandhinagar. He has completed M.tech and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. His research area mostly focussed on the broad domain of "Sustainable Energy and Environment".He performed a detailed investigation on the equilibrium CO2 solubility as well as important thermophysical properties of novel amine formulations for Post-combustion CO2 capture applications during his doctoral research work.

areaofint:
Chemical absorption-based carbon capture technology via novel amine formulations, Detail thermodynamic and kinetic assessment of absorption process, Nanotechnology aided wastewater treatment, Industrial waste utilization for value-added products.


awards:
Reviewer for the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 
    [petrol-eo@elsevier.com] 
  Received merit award under quality improvement program during PhD at IIT Kanpur

interactiondetail:
Reviewer for the Journal of Technical Education and Training (online) published by Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia ISSN 2229-8932   since 31/11/2011 
Exposure to US Oil and Gas Industry and Practices, The University of Oklahoma's Mewbourne School of Petroleum & Geological Engineering;3 week; June 5-26,2010 as master companion from PDPU


interactiondetail:
All India Management Association
All India Commerce Association


bprofile:
Mrs. Anvita Sharma is working as lecturer in department of Chemical Engineering at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar since July 2012. She has completed M.Tech in Chemical Engineering with specialization in Computer Aided Design & Control from Dharamsinh Desai University, Nadiad. She is currently pursuing part-time PhD in area of Biodiesel Production from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. She has around 8 years of teaching experience and has worked as a BOS member in PDPU.

areaofint:
Process Control,  Biodiesel Production , Biochemical Engineering


awards:
Best paper Award 
Exemplary Educationist Award

interactiondetail:
Strategic Management Society, USA
Strategic Management Forum
All India Association of Management
Indian Society for Training & Development
Ahmadabad Management Association

bprofile:
Prof. Lalit K Khurana has over 19 years of experience in both industry and academics, more than two years of which are in industry and subsequently 17 years in academics. He has nine publications to his credit in journal and as chapters in book. He has participated in several national and international conferences and presented 12 research papers. He has once won the best paper award and also chaired technical sessions in conferences. He is member of several professional bodies - SMS(USA), AIMA, ISTD, ISTE, SMFI. He has participated in several management and faculty development programmes.

areaofint:
His research interests are in the fields of strategy implementation, management control and finance.


interactiondetail:
1.Attended 3 days Workshop attended on “QUESTION REPOSITORY (PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION)”From January 30 –February 1st 2014 at VARDHAMAN MAHAVEER OPEN UNIVERSITY, KOTA, and RAJASTHAN, INDIA.

2.Delivered Video Lectures for the Video Repository of VMOU during the   “QUESTION REPOSITORY from January 30 –February 1st 2014 at VARDHAMAN MAHAVEER OPEN UNIVERSITY, KOTA, RAJASTHAN, INDIA

others:
1.Ph.D. -DOCTORATE ,UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN,JAIPUR .THESIS SUBMITTED.
2.LIFE MEMBER -ASSOCIATION OF SOCIO- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (ASEDS).
3.LIFE MEMBER- INDIAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION(IPSA)
4.MEMBER- COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT(CAPAM)
5.MEMBER- AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION(ASPA)

bprofile:
Dr. Anurag Kumar Srivastava is a  science  graduate with first class degree from University of Lucknow he pursued his bachelor degree by receiving Central Governments scholarship.he completed his masters in Public Administration from University of Lucknow. He cleared UGC (NET) in Public Administration in the year 2009. He got his doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Rajashthan, Jaipur in 2014.

areaofint:
E-Governance ,Smart Cities, Rural and Urban Governance, Environmental  Law and Management and Governance, Public Policy, Administrative Reforms, Economic and Financial Administration.


interactiondetail:
Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, 
Nirma University, Ahmedabad, 
Marwadi Education Institute, Rajkot, 
Faculty of Engg. and Technology, M.S. University, Vadodara
Ganpat University,
ERDA, Vadodara
(SVBIT), Gandhinagar

others:
Worked as a Board of studies member in Nirma University
BOS Member, PDPU
Worked as PG Coordinator at Nirma University

bprofile:
Dr. Jitendra Jamnani has been working with the Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Technology, PDPU since October-2013. His Educational  Qualifications include M.Tech. Electrical with specialization in Power Systems from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from M.S.University, Vadodara. He has over 25 years of teaching experience at both UG and PG levels and one and half years Industrial experience. He has published more than 50 papers in National/International conferences/Journals and completed 4 consultancy projects for Industry. He has authored 4 popular books on "DC Machines &Transformers", "AC Machines", "Elements of Electrical Design" and "Switchgear". He has also presented research papers at IEEE/IET International conferences held in India and Abroad. He is a life member of ISTE and member of IEEE.

areaofint:
Electrical Machines and Design, 
Advanced Electrical Machines,
Power System Protection and Switchgear,
Power System Operation and Control,
Power Quality,
High Voltage Engineering,
EHV AC and HVDC Transmission,
Substation Engineering,
Energy Management and Audit, 
Energy Efficiency in Electrical Utilities


awards:
University topper in M. Tech CAD/CAM in 2011

interactiondetail:
The Automotive Research Association of India

areaofint:
Multi-objective Optimization, Vehicle Dynamics, Robotics.


awards:
1. Technical paper titled -An Investigation of Correlation between Surface
Roughness Parameters and Image 
Texture Features of 6082T6 Alloy SandBlasted Components-Received Best paper award in the
International Conference –“ Emerging Technologies in Mechanical Engineering
(ETME 2018)” held at (Jeju, Korea) from August 19th to 22nd 2018]
2. Working as consultant in a Consultancy Project for Concept Business Excellence Pvt.Ltd., Vadodara, Gujarat.

3. Dr.M.B.Kiran has been working as a Reviewer for IETE Journal of Research, Taylor and Francis.

4. M.Tech and Ph.D. Thesis Reviewer for  Visvesvaraya Technological Technological University,  Karnataka,INDIA

5. M.Tech and Ph.D. Thesis Reviewer for  Gujarat Technological Technological University,  Karnataka,INDIA

6. Reviewer for 'Nirma University Journal of Business and Management Studies'. 

7. Reviewer for-The 6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications
(ICIEA 2019)Tokyo, Japan, April 12-15, 2019.

8. Delivered a Keynote address at BMSITM Faculty Development Program  from 25th June 2018 at Bangalore.

interactiondetail:
1.Dr. M.B.Kiran is a member of project management institute

2. Dr. M.B.Kiran delivered Guest lecture (14 sessions ) on Project management in  Executive Development Program,22nd July 2018 to 16th September 2018,NIRMA University, Ahmedabad, , Gujarat, INDIA

3. Dr. M.B.Kiran,delivered Guest lecture on Project Risk management, On 17th November, 20th October, December 29th 2018, B.M.S.Institute of Technology and management, Bengaluru
4.Dr. M.B.Kiran, delivered Guest lecture on Statistical Quality Control, On 21st and 22nd June 2018, Dayananda Sagar College of Engg., Bengaluru

5. Dr. M B Kiran attended 9th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit from
the 18th to 20th January 2019 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar.
 6.  Dr. M B Kiran attended Faculty Development Program “Internet of Things-IoT
and its Applications” at Visvesvaraya Technological Technological University,
Mysore, Karnataka, INDIA

7. Dr. M B Kiran attended 8th Annual National Conference on Quality
Management jointly organized by ASQ LMC Ahmadabad and Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmadabad on 30th November-1st December,2018.

8. Dr. M B Kiran participated in Faculty Development Program at B.M.S. Institute
of Technology and management, Bengaluru during 25th to 29th June 2018.

9.  Dr. M B Kiran attended 7th International Conference on Computing,
Communications and Informatics during September 19th to 22nd 2018,held at PES Institute of Technology – Bangalore South Campus (PESIT- BSC), Karnataka, India. 

10. Dr. M.B.Kiran attended  12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Application at PDPU campus from 23-26, February, 2019.

others:
1. Dr. M.B.Kiran is also a member of various professional bodies. He has obtained certified Project manager (P.M.P) certificate from project management institute, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He has been training  many project managers (from Wipro, TCS) pursuing PMP certification.

2. Working as consultant in a Consultancy Project for Concept Business Excellence Pvt.Ltd., Vadodara, Gujarat.

3. Dr.M.B.Kiran has been working as a Reviewer for IETE Journal of Research, Taylor and Francis.

4. M.Tech and Ph.D. Thesis Reviewer for  Visvesvaraya Technological Technological University,  Karnataka,INDIA

5. M.Tech and Ph.D. Thesis Reviewer for  Gujarat Technological Technological University,  Karnataka,INDIA

6. Reviewer for 'Nirma University Journal of Business and Management Studies'. 

7. Dr. M B Kiran attended Teaching with Technology workshop on CANVAS,
PREZI & Google Classroom during 25th to 30th September 2018 held at PDPU,
Gandhinagar.

8. Dr.M.B.Kiran attended a Guest lecture by Professor Dr. Rene Villalobos, Arizona State University's on “Research Opportunities in the planning of Supply Chains of Fresh Produce.”  on 6/03/2019 

9. Working as a Board of Studies, Chairman for Industrial and Mechanical Engg. at P.D.P.U. as of 28 March 2019

10. Working as a Placement coordinator for Industrial  Engineering Department,SoT,PDPU as of 20 March 2019.As a placement coordinator, I have performed the following activities:

i..	Actively interacted with training and placement cell for providing placement assistance to our students- for smooth conduct of activities of pre-placement, placement and post-placement phases.
ii..	Reviewed Placement policy of PDPU.
iii..	Actively interacted with student coordinators and created a placement database of about 100 companies as well as Alumni database.
iv..	As a team, have been contacting various companies and inviting them to participate in student placement process of PDPU. 
v..	Conducted a department level counseling of students regarding placement.
vi..	Motivating students for participating in various initiatives of T&P cell and necessary follow-up.
vii.	Arranged a department level, Industry Institute Interaction program


11. Working as a PG coordinator for SoT,PDPU 

12. 1.	Dr.M.B.Kiran  as a Project Investiator submitted  a research proposal titled “Non-contact & Online inspection of Imatinib Mesylate Tablets cases using Vision system” submitted to Lupin Pharmaceuticals,India; Project Budget : 29 Lacs : date of submission: 10th December 2018.

14. Dr. M.B.Kiran attended BRIC summit at PDPU

bprofile:
Dr.M.B.Kiran received his Ph.D in the area of Surface Metrology from Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T), Madras, India, in the year 1997. He is a certified project manager (P.M.P. from Pennsylvania, U.S.A.). He has teaching, industry and research experience of 25 Years. He has worked in many multinational companies. He has more than 15 years of post Ph.D experience.He is currently guiding five research scholars pursuing Ph.D.
Dr. M.B.Kiran has been working actively in many academic and professional bodies.He has successfully completed many mission critical projects for clients from U.S.A and U.K.

Dr.M.B.Kiran has published more than 30 technical papers in national /International Journals/and conferences. He has conducted many training programs for practicing engineers pursuing P.M.P. certification.

areaofint:
Project management, Surface Metrology- Image processing applications, Additive manufacturing, Nano-Surface Metrology & Pattern recognition.


awards:
Nominee for International Young Geotechnical Engineer's Conference

interactiondetail:
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Gujarat Technological University
Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management (IITRAM)

areaofint:
Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering; Energy Foundation; Ground Improvement; Foundation Engineering; Experimental and Numerical Modelling of Soil-Structure Interaction Problems;  Geotechnical Instrumentation; Experimental Geo-mechanics; Shaking Table Testing; Stress-Controlled and Displacement Controlled Testing; Geo-Synthetics Applications; Geotechnical Centrifuge; Rock Mechanics.


awards:
(1)	Institute Gold Medal for topping the list in M. Tech. Petroleum Exploration (1994)
(2)	Biodata included in Marquis Who is Who in 2005 (22nd Edition) and 2009 (29th Edition)
(3)	Jubilant Energy rated Industry  performance in 2008-09 as Exceeds Expectation
(4)	 Indira Gandhi Shiromani award, India International Friendship Society, New Delhi, 17th December 2011.
Bharat Vikash Award , December, 2017
(4) Venus Distinguished Faculty Award-2019
(5) Wall of Fame -Certificate of Recognition from the Academic Council of Ulektz as one of the Top 50 Expert faculties in the field of Chemical/Biomedical/Marine/Petroleum and Textile Engineering across India for the year 2019. Received on 31 Oct,2020

interactiondetail:
ISM Dhanbad
UPES, Dehradun
RTU, Kota
Balwant University, Ajmer
APG, India
AEG, India
SPE, India
IIT, Chennai
Total
Shell, Hazira
ONGC etc.

bprofile:
Prof  Anirbid Sircar is the Professor School of Petroleum Technology and Director General,GERMI. He has lead the School of Petroleum Technology in the capacity of Director from 2012-2019. He is actively involved in teaching and research and has successfully guided multiple M. Tech (33) and PhD students (8 Nos). He  also has immense experience in the Applied Petroleum related activities in both Industry and Academics. He has Received Indira Gandhi Siromani Award (2011) , Bharat Vikash Award (2017), Venus Distinguished Faculty Award (2019), ISSN Golden Research Award (Outstanding Researcher Award), Nov 28,2020, Ulketz Wall of Fame, 2020

areaofint:
Earth Science, Petroleum Exploration, Reservoir Engg., City Gas Distribution, Well Logging, Geothermal Energy, Shale Gas, Bio-Fuel


awards:
Honorary Colonelcy by Directorate NCC, GOI

bprofile:
Prof. Dave is looking after various academic and administrative profiles in PDPU. Prof. Dave has visited US, Canada, Singapore, Australia, and Malaysia as a member of academic and government delegations. He has been awarded the honorary rank of Colonel by NCC, India. He is currently also the head of the Office of International Relations, PDEU. Prof. Dave holds academic and research experience of 28 years as in 2021.

areaofint:
-Contemporary Indian Fiction
- Campus Novels
- Children's Literature
-Portrayal of Adolescents in Fiction


awards:
1. The top global reviewer 2019, Web of Science
2. Gold Medal In M.E. Mechanical, GTU, 2012
3. Best Alumni, LDRP-ITR, 2017

interactiondetail:
1. IIW Life Member
2. ISTE Life Member
3. TMS

others:
Postdoc Researcher at School of Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xi'an 710072, Shaanxi, P.R. China

bprofile:
Vivek Patel completed Postdoctoral Research at Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. He has received a Ph.D. in the are of material processing. He has completed a Master's degree in Production Engineering (Gold Medalist, 2012) from GTU and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical engineering (2004) from the Nirma Institute of Technology.  He is having industrial experience of 1 year and teaching experience of 9 years.

areaofint:
Friction stir welding and processing of aluminum and magnesium alloys. The recent area includes hard machining using a hybrid approach.Currently, working in the field of Friction stir processing for grain refinement and consequently superplasticity enhancement for high strength aluminum alloy. He is also working in the area of Friction Stir Spot Welding (FSSW).
Future work involves for fabrication of surface composites using friction stir processing and friction stir surfacing for improving tribological properties.


awards:
CSIR Senior Research Fellow- extended
CSIR Research Associate

interactiondetail:
Alumni National College, Tiruchirappalli
Alumni Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Alumni Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Alumni University of California, Santa Cruz

others:
Continuing Education/ Professional Training
9/2007 – 6/2008
Mission Valley Regional Occupational Program, Fremont, CA, USA: Auto CAD
6/2006 – 5/2007
University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, CA, USA: Environmental Safety and Health Management
9/2004
National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow: Care and maintenance of photographic materials
8/2003 – 2/2004
Uppasala University, Sweden: Groundwater Hydrology and Modeling
6/2003
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy: Climate variability studies on the ocean
3/2002
JNU: Basics of Photography
12/2001
Jadavpur University: Climatic Change assessment and adaptation strategy
11/2001
JNU: International Training Workshop of Ecohydrology
12/1998
JNU: International Workshop on Environmental Biogeochemistry
12/1993 to 1/1994
Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli: Auto CAD

bprofile:
After my graduation in Applied Geology, I continued my carrier in academics as a Research Fellow and then a Post Doctoral Fellow at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi; Uppsala University, Sweden and University of California, Santa Cruz in United States. Prior to PDPU, I was teaching at BBIT&RC affiliated with Uttar Pradesh Technological University and Delhi Technological University.

areaofint:
The oilfield water generally contains toxic substances viz. lead, mercury, cadmium etc. along with cations of calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and others. Previously, an attempt was made and looked at the feasibility to use Bhuj sandstones and bioturbated sandstones, which are available in plenty in the Katchh region. To address the quantitative aspect, the columns were packed with 10 grams of the 250 to 63 micron fraction and 100ml of the oilfield produced wastewater sample was filtered through it. A graph between 1/Ce versus 1/qe for Langmuir adsorption isotherm for sodium, potassium and calcium were drawn for batch adsorption experiment, which were conducted on various materials (Bhuj sandstone and bioturbated sandstone). From the result, it is concluded that the uptake of major cations by Bhuj sandstone and bioturbated sandstone was found to be negligible. Although, ferric iron is good for absorbing metal ions such as zinc, copper, cobalt, manganese, cadmium or lead. Experiments are on the way to determine the dissolved metals present in the oilfield produced wastewater. So, I am looking students who are interested to treat the oilfields produced wastewater to remove the excess cations using by available material.


interactiondetail:
Life Member of ISTE, IE and IIChE, BRSI, ISHMT, Chartered Engineer at IE.

bprofile:
Life Member of ISTE, IE, IIChE, BRSI, ISHMT.
Certified Chartered Engineer from IE, India.
Worked as Faculty Member for two years at Reliance Industries Ltd., Jamnagar in their "Extended Learning In-House Training Program" for upliftment of employees.
Industrial experience of more than 3 years in different industries like Indian Rayon, Tata Chemicals,Petrofils cooperative Ltd.
Worked as "Environment Audit" team member at V.V.P. Engineering College, Rajkot.
Worked as Member of BoS at Saurashtra University as well as Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University.
Editorial Board Member of five reputed journals.

areaofint:
Biofuels, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Heat Transfer & Heat Exchanger Design


awards:
1.	Received the award of “ 2013 Most Cited paper award” by computer aided design Journal of Elsevier, New York , USA.
2.	Received the award of “Science direct top 25 list of most downloaded articles” ranked 4th on the top 25 for computer-aided design – January to December 2012 full year, for the paper “Teaching-learning-based optimization: a novel method for constrained mechanical design optimization problems”
3.	Received the recognition in “25%  most downloaded ebook”  in the Springer e book collection 2012.

interactiondetail:
ISTE – Life Member (Indian Society for Technical Education) [LM 52310]
ASME- member (American society of mechanical engineers)[100471987]
SAE- member (Society of automotive engineers) [7130510131]

bprofile:
Dr. Vimal Savsani has obtained his PhD from SV National Institute of Technology, Surat with the specialization in advanced meta-heuristics and its applications to mechanical design problems. He was also a post-doctoral fellow at Thompson Rivers University, BC, Canada. He has developed an effective optimization technique called 'Teaching -learning based optimization (TLBO)' during his doctoral research. He has also developed two more optimization techniques called 'Heat transfer search (HTS) and 'Passing vehicle search (PVS)' along with his research team. He has published one book in springer and many reputed International Journal papers in Elsevier, IEEE, Springer and Taylor and Francis.

areaofint:
-Soft computing techniques for mechanical design
-Structure and topology optimization
-Automobile suspension design and optimization
-Wind farm layout optimization
-Offshore wind energy
-Water network analysis and optimization


awards:
Best paper presentation award at BITS-Pilani in 2004.

interactiondetail:
● On the editorial review board of Emerald Journal of International Education in Business
● On the editorial review board of the Journal of Entrepreneurship Education
● On the review board for the Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)
● Ad hoc reviewer (2018-2019) for the Case Research Journal
● Founding Member, The Asia Pacific Writers & Translators Association
● Senate member at Sardar Patel University from Feb 2009 to March 2010
● Member of the Board of Studies (Commerce and Management) at School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

bprofile:
Dr. Vyas is PhD in Marketing and has over 13 year's teaching experience with management colleges and universities. From July 2013, Dr. Vyas is working with PDPU as Assistant Professor in Marketing area. He has qualified UGC-NET in Management. He has been a senate member of Sardar Patel University. His teaching and research ares are marketing communications, Production & Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Digital marketing, Business Research Methods, Marketing Law, etc. He holds Intro. to Data Science certificate by IBM, and Facebook Blueprint certificate.

areaofint:
Marketing communications, consumer psychology, information technology


awards:
Honored by Editorial Board of London Journals Press (UK): Quarterly Franklin Membership ID #PB38009 (2019)

interactiondetail:
Solar Energy Society of India (Life Member)
Indian Society For Technical Education (Life Member)

others:
Qualified CSIR NET - June 2012 (AIR-199)

bprofile:
Dr. Brijesh Tripathi holds Ph.D. in the area of solar photovoltaics and is currently working as Assistant Professor at School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar, India. He completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies from C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur with first division. He is life member of Solar Energy Society of India (SESI) and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). His research interests are in the efficiency improvement of a solar PV cell using better structural design, trapping more light through novel concepts, e.g., plasmonics and studying the underlying mechanisms of interfacial charge transfer through the various layers of the solar PV device. Prior to working at PDPU, he worked at Cell Technology Division, Tata BP Solar India Ltd., Bangalore and Photonics Division, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. He has gained expertise in thin-film deposition technologies through various vacuum and non-vacuum techniques. Further, he has expertise over solar cells and PV module development and characterization along with the monitoring and performance evaluation of megawatt scale solar PV power plants.

areaofint:
Solar Photovoltaics, For more details please visit: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=mkDQOuQAAAAJ&hl=en


awards:
Best paper presentation in the Advanced Separation Techniques Technical Session, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-2013), ICT, Mumbai, December-2013)
•DST Foreign travel Support to attend 10th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid Solid Reactor Engineering at Braga, Portugal. June 2011.  
• Best Engineering College Teacher Award – 2004, ‘in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Academic Community and the Students’. The award was presented at 34th Annual Convention of ISTE at Netaji Subas Institute of Technology, New Delhi. (Dec, 2004).
•Gold Medal for securing Highest Mark in IE(I) Exams (All India Rank –1) The award was presented by the then Governor of West Bengal at Kolkota (1998).

interactiondetail:
Life Member: Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (LMIIChE)
Fellow Member: The Institution of Engineers (India) (FIE) 
Life Member: Indian Society for Technical Education (LMISTE) 
Member: Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological, Environmental Engineering Society (MAPCBEES)

others:
Industrial Consultant: 1. Carbon Clean ltd, UK; 2. Arush Gas Technologies Lit; 3. Sr. Project manager, IIT Bombay- NTPC project.

bprofile:
Dr. Sukanta Dash is now with the Department of Chemical Engineering as an Associate Professor. Dr. Dash has 20 years of experience in teaching (UG, PG, Ph.D.), R&D; Industrial Consultancy; and Institute collaborations. 
Sukanta Dash has done M.Tech from NIT Rourkela, PhD from IIT Kharagpur. He has about 30 credible publications on CO2 Absorption, Thermodynamics study, solvent formulation and Analysis, Physico-chemical Properties, process modeling, and simulation. He has presented about 40 research work at various National and International Conference experience, given invited lectures, and recipient of several professional awards. He has guided 3 PhDs and published 3 patents. He is the PI of the project " Integrated design and demonstration of Intensified CO2 capture with a cost-effective advanced process (India-CO2) under Mission Innovation challenges, DBT, GOI.  He is at present a consultant to Carbon Clean UK. He has several International Collaborations such as with Monash University, The University of Sheffield With Industry, and worked with IIT Bombay as a Sr. Project manager in the NTPC CO2 capture and Utilization Project. Dr. Dash worked as a process adviser consultant to Arus GasTechnologies, on the LNG project. He is a fellow member of professional bodies such as IIChE, IE(I), ISTE, CBEES, etc. He is the Guest Editor and Reviewer of several high repute International journals such as J of Cleaner Production, Hydrogen energy, Greenhous gas Science and Technology, Fuel, Greenhous gas Control, etc.

areaofint:
Energy and Environment; Carbon dioxide Capture and Utilization (CCU): Design of CO2 Absorption in Novel fluids:  Phase equilibrium thermodynamics and chemical rate-Kinetic study with activated/blended chemical/hybrid solvents. Physico-chemical property/transport property data and modeling. Energy analysis; Process Intensification in flue gas CO2 absorption, Pinch Technology, Process modeling, simulation, optimization, Industrial implementation, pilot plant data validation using Aspen Plus®. Modeling and simulation using Aspen Plus®. Natural Gas Processing. Global warming and Climate Change. Student Research projects.  Doctoral Research work 

Subject teaching
1.	Carbon Sequestration and Clean Development Mechanism  
2.	Computer-aided Process Design- Aspen 
3.	Chemical Reaction Engineering I and II
4.	Computer Aided Process Engineering
5.	Process Simulation (Aspen and Hysis)
6.     Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics -2


awards:
1. CSIR-SRF (2002)
2. DST - Young Scientist (2007)

interactiondetail:
IIT-Kharagpur, Birla Institute of Technology (Ranchi), Nagoya Institute of Technology (Japan)

others:
Visiting Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan (2015-16)

bprofile:
Dr. Abhijit Ray has a broad interest on the earth abundant functional and semiconducting materials using low cost and non-vacuum techniques. The device applications are targeted to energy generation, storage and efficiency. Current research focuses on the thin film devices for photovoltaic and  photoelectrochemical applications.

areaofint:
Solar Photovoltaic, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Non-vacuum thin film processing.
More information: 
1. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=fQTcqnwAAAAJ&hl=en
2. Research gate: Abhijit Ray, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University


awards:
1. Institute fellowship from SVNIT, Surat
for Ph.D. durin july 2009-july 2012

bprofile:
Dr. Brajesh Kumar Jha obtain Ph.D. degree from S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat in 2013. He has done Master of Mathematics (M.Sc) from Jiwaji University, Gwalior in 2007

areaofint:
Computational Neuroscience, Biomathematics, calcium signalling in nerve cells, Fractional Differential Equations and its Applications in Biology


awards:
1) Gold Medal in MSc. awarded by former Vice-president of India Shri. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, in the year 2004.


2) Best Case Study Award in Management Case Study Competition at Renvoi 2016,supported by the Case Centre ,UK, at New Delhi, September,2016.

3) Stress Management Professional Certification by International Council of Stress Management Professionals at Hyderabad,November 2018.


4) Inspiring Green Educator Award 2018 for contribution towards Sustainable Development, 2ⁿ NYC Green School Conference, September 2018, New York, United States of America.

interactiondetail:
1) Invited Speaker, TEDx Conference on the topic Innovation in Higher Education held at AMA, Oct 2,2010

2) VIce- President of Indian Association of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (IACBT)

3) Full Member,National of Academy of Psychology (NAOP),India

4) Life Member of Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD)

5) Life Associate Member of Indian Association of Clinical Psychology (IACP)

6) Senior Member of and International Economics Development and Research Center (IEDRC).

7) Editorial Board Member,PLOS ONE (Peer reviewed journal-PLOS)

8) Reviewer (Management Dynamics-Peer Reviewed Journal indexed in Ebsco,J-Gate,selected for Indian Citation Index.

9) Consulting Editor,Editorial Board-Stress Management Professionals-International Journal,Peer reviewed.

10) Program Committee Member since 2015 for World Congress organised by International Council for Small Business (ICSB), which is Oldest and Largest Non-Profit organisation devoted to Small Business Internationally.Headquarter-Washington USA.

others:
•External Doctoral Committee member for SOT and SPM PhD Scholars. 

-Guest Faculty/Expert Lectures for course modules like Managing Negotiation,Emotional Intelligence,Leadership Skills for 21st Century,Personality Mapping & Personality Development,Stress Management at following Institutes-

1. Adani Institute of Infrastructure Mangement.

2. Nirma University,Institute of Management.

3.  Ahmedabad University.

4.Central University.

5.Mahatma Gandhi Labor Institute (MGLI)

bprofile:
Dr. Ritu Sharma is currently engaged as Dean-SLS, and holds a Ph.D. in Psychology. Dr. Sharma has over 17 years of experience and is involved in the complete gamut of academic activities-teaching, research, Institutional development & training assignments. Her teaching experience involves various courses in the discipline of psychology & management related subject at Ph.D.,post graduate and graduate level. She has been invited as a speaker at TEDx conference, Ahmedabad (2010). Dr. Sharma is engaged with International and National research projects, workshops and training assignments in the areas of cross-cultural studies, psychometrics, cognitive behaviour Interventions, stress management, psycho social intervention and personality studies. She is actively involved in research, consultancy and training for associated stakeholders. She is professionally trained in psychometric assessment, personality assessment and cognitive behaviour intervention. She is also certified as a stress management trainer from the International Council of Stress Management Professionals, Australia. 
Her publications include  research papers, articles, case, studies, report of national and International repute, two edited books & four authored books in the field of CBT in Indian context, Personality, well being and work in India, living condition, quality of life issues. She has the credit of completing funded research projects and consultancy assignments. Her research projects include international (with Australia), national (ICSSR) and consulting assignments for the Industry.She has completed nine Study in India short term programs for partner Universities in Australia & USA. She has visited International Universities in Australia, USA, Europe and Asia for academic & research work.

areaofint:
Psychometrics,Cognitive Behaviour Interventions ,Stress Management,Psycho Social Interventions, Personality Studies,Impact Studies.


bprofile:
Teaching interest: Circuit theory, Control theory, Signal processing, Microcontrollers, Power electronics, Electrical Drives

areaofint:
Power converters, Electric vehicle, Energy storage, Solar power


awards:
Academic Distinctions and Achievements
1)  Dr Vikram Sarabhai Award for the year 2009-10 for ‘Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum and its  Alloys’; from Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST), Government of  Gujarat; The award consists of cash price of Rs One lack, a memento and a citation,     declared on 7/3/2011

2) Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineer (GATE) -2000 Score: 73.74 Percentile,  All INDIA Rank: 177    

3) Broad Outlook Learner Teacher Award (BOLT), district runner up, from AIR INDIA for Active Citizen of India for preserving crumbling of environment, for the year 2006

4) Welding torch designed for Automatic Narrow Gap Welding, has been awarded  Bronze medal by the “Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship 
(CIIE)” of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM) on 31st March 2005 for commercialization of narrow gap technology.

5) Patent application of welding torch designed for Narrow Gap Gas Metal Arc Welding has been filed at Indian Patent Office, New Delhi. Application number 629/Del/2007 dated 22/03/2007
6) Patent application of "Narrow Gap Gas Metal Arc Welding Torch Oscillation Device" has been filed at Indian Patent Office, New Delhi. Application no. 2797/Del/2008 dt. 11/12/2008.
7) Best oral presentation award out of 62 presented papers at National Welding Seminar, held at Mumbai, in Feb 2009. Title of the paper “Microstructral Investigation of weld metal in low carbon steel welded by NG-GMAW”  

8) Panthaki Memorial Award 2010 for best research paper on Non ferrous material, at National Welding Seminar held at Vizag, Dec 2010. Title of the paper “Development of welding procedures for joining of Al-Mg-Si alloy and Al-Mg alloy for marine application.

9) Panthaki Memorial Award-2013 during IIW International Welding Congress held at New Delhi during 9-11 April 14, for the   best paper on Welding of Non Ferrous Metals.  Title of the paper is “Hybrid Friction Stir Welding of pure Copper Material” paper presented by Dr Badheka at National Welding Seminar  2013, Bangalore. Theaward money is worth Rs.5,000/-.

interactiondetail:
Indian Institute of Welding (IIW)
Indian Society of Non-Destructive Testing ISNT 
Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) 
The Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)-Bangalore
The Indian Institute of Metals,Kolkata
The Indian Institute of Foundry Man, Kolkata
The American Welding Society, USA.
The German Welding Society, Germany
 ASME
International Institute of welding -Young professional Representatives

others:
Expertise available in the area of ‘Welding Technology’- especially for following welding processes

Frictions stir welding of Al, Cu and Cu to Al, SS to Copper alloys

Narrow Groove Welding specially GMAW, FCAW, MCAW

Activated Flux –GTAW, GMAW  

Resistance spot welding of EN9, GSS and Martenstic Stainless Steel

bprofile:
Dr Badheka, studied metallurgy at The M.S.University of Baroda, received Bachelor, Master and PhD in Metallurgical Engineering. Presently he working as Professor at Mechanical Engineering as well as Heading the Dept of Mechanical Engineering Dept.

areaofint:
Advanced Welding Processes, Friction Stir Welding, Friction Stir Processing- surface composite, super-plasticity, Friction Surfacing, BT-FSW, Hybrid FSW, FSW of dissimilar metals, Narrow Gap-GMAW/FCAW/MCAW. A-TIG welding of P91,RAFM steels, Hybrid Welding and Wear of surface composites.


bprofile:
Dr. Shobhit has completed his M.Sc. in Mathematics from IIT Kanpur in 2007 and received his Ph.D.in Applied Mathematics from Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad (ISM Dhanbad) in 2013. He has a total 6 years of teaching and research experience. Prior to joining PDPU, he has worked as a research associate in IIM Ahmedabad in developing Mathematical models of mobile fulfillment system used in distribution warehouses. He has quite a good number of international publications in reputed journals  and attended several International/National conferences and workshops in India and abroad. He has reviewed research papers for various national and international journals.

areaofint:
Software Reliability, Neural Networks, Machine Intelligence, Financial Markets, Statistical modeling and developing forecasting models.


awards:
Finalist in CII conference, Western Region Feb,2016 
Best Paper Award, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi, February 2019

bprofile:
Dr. Supriya Pal is an engineer graduate specialized in Electrical and completed her MBA in human resource. She has sucessfully completed her Ph D from Pacific University, Udaipur on the topic "Work Life Balance of Millennial Males in the private sector". She has two years of working experience in utility sector (Torrent Power) as assistant manager in HR department. She is teaching the management subjects since last three years. She has done research project with IIM Ahmedabad. She had presented paper in national and international conference in the topic like maternity leave and training effectiveness.She is currently involved in various international project which deals with women empowerment and women leadership.

areaofint:
Specialization: Human Resource
Teaching Interest: Organization Behaviour, Strategic Human Resource, Basics of Human Resource
Research Interest: Work Life Balance, HRIS, Talent Management


awards:
AWARDED BEST PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN AKOLA MUNCIPAL CORPORATION, AKOLA ( MAHARASHTRA)

interactiondetail:
1.S.V.National Institute of Technology,Surat. 2.CEPT, University
2. CEPT University
3. Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA

others:
1. Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi since 2005. ( LM 61676 )
	Member of  The Institution of Engineers (India), (Membership No : M-
1595002)
2. Life member of Indian Road Congress (eLM-101178)
3. Life member of Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG); (Membership No : ISG-L-2007

bprofile:
Dr. Rajesh Gujar has earned his doctoral degree ( PhD) in Transportation Engineering from SVNIT ( Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat. He has graduated in Civil - Water Management engineering from Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Colleg of Engineering & Technology,( Presently SGGSIE&T) Vishnupuri, Nanded, Maharashtra in 1997 & obtained his Master's Degree in Construction Engineering & Management from B.V.M. Engineering College, V.V. Nagar, Anand in 1999. He has worked extensively in Utilization of Waste in Transportation. Presently he is associated with Department of Civil Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar since may 2011.He has visited various countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Srilanka, Thailand and presented his research.He has also been nominated to take summer course on Transportation Engineering and also to accompany with School of Technology students for International Exposure Program at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA. He has published 4 papers in International Journals & 8 papers in International & National Conferences. He has guided over 5 students for their M.Tech Thesis work in areas of Transportation  Engineering. He has been awarded for his best  performance in Public Works Department at Akola Muncipal Corporation, Akola, Maharashtra.

areaofint:
Application of Innovative materials in Pavements ,Utilization of Waste materials in Pavements ,Transportation Planning & Modeling, Traffic Engineering and Management


bprofile:
Dr. Akash Patel is B. Com. Gold Medalist from Gujarat University, post graduate with distinction from The M. S. University of Baroda and Ph. D. from Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University. He has 2 years of industry experience and more than 18 years of academic experience.
He has publications in International Journals to his credit and has contributed chapters in books. He regularly participates and presents research papers in National and International Conferences. He has conducted Training Programs for Banking, Power and Oil & Gas industries.
His teaching interests are Managerial Accounting, Management Accounting, Oil and Gas Accounting, Corporate Finance and Corporate Tax Planning. His current research interests are International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Behavioral Finance.
He has been visiting faculty at Business Schools/Associations including Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA), Ahmedabad University, Ganpat University, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, etc.
Dr. Patel is Ph. D. guide at PDPU, Ganpat University and C. U. Shah University.

areaofint:
Teaching interests are Managerial Accounting, Management Accounting, Oil and Gas Accounting, Corporate Finance and Corporate Tax Planning.
Current research interests are Forensic Accounting and Environmental Reporting.


awards:
Won young scientist award in Nation conference at Visnagar during 20-21st January 2012.


IETE member elevation 

Got an award as an elevated senior member of IEEE.

Earn a senior member ship of IEEE

Life time member for ISTE

interactiondetail:
Sankalchand patel university (External examiner)
IEEE Senior Member
IEI member
IETE Life time member

Atmiya Institute of technology and science
Silver oak group of institutions
Gandhinagar Institute of Technology

others:
1) Derived an expert talk on “Recent trends in IT world on smart meter”, on 14th July, 2018 at Harivandna college, Saurashtra University campus, Rajkot.
2) Derived an expert talk on “History of energy sources and global trends in renewable energy”, on 20th July, 2018 at the Gandhinagar Institute of Technology, during one day GUJCOST sponsored seminar.
3) Delivered an expert talk and hands on training during a workshop program on PSIM at Atmiya University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India at 20th September, 2018.
4) Delivered a session on “Standalone Hybrid Renewable Energy (RE) System & its Design” in a five day short term training course on Advances in Emerging Power Systems Operations, Control and Protection, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, during 5th to 9th March, 2019.
5) Reviewer and chair person of international conference held at Silver oak group of institutions Ahmedabad.
6) Reviewer of international conference to be held at PARUL university.
7) Reviewer of Indicon 2019 organized by marwadi univeristy IEEE international conference
8) Delivered a session on “Introduction and sensitization session on Climate change, Energy Access & Importance of solar technology” during Global Gandhinagar Solar Mission, initiated by IIT Bombay, at School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, at 2nd October, 2019.
9) Conducted a training session and lecture on “Solar Lamp” under during Global Gandhinagar Solar Mission, initiated by IIT Bombay, at School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, at 2nd October, 2019.
10) Delivered an expert talk on "Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technology –focused on PV Technology", on 12th February 2020 during one day workshop on green energy at Silver Oak University.
11) Delivered an expert talk on "Solar Photovoltaic Technology & its Design Calculations", on 26th February 2020 at Gandhinagar Institute of Technology.
12) Organized a three day short term training program on “Advanced Trends in Electrical Power Systems”, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, during 4th to 6th March, 2020.
13) Delivered a session on “Current Trends and Advancements in Hybrid Renewable Energy Power Systems” on 5th March, 2020 in a three day short term training course on Advanced Trends in Electrical Power Systems, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, during 4th to 6th March, 2020.
14) Reviewer of IEEE Canadian journal 
15) Delivered a session on “Solar photovoltaic system, its design and grid integration” on 14th May, 2020 as a resource for RNGPIT, Bardoli, Surat through Facebook Live and YouTube. (URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HLUz1etVXg)

16)Delivered a session on “Wind energy conversion system” on 4th June, 2020 as a resource for RNGPIT, Bardoli, Surat through Facebook Live and YouTube. (URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VxU47VRL6c)

17. Delivered a session on through online mode on  “Introduction and Sensitization Session on Climate Change and Briefing of Renewable Energy Technologies –IETE Student’s Day ” celebrating IETE student day through online mode in association with IETE Rajkot local center on 2nd February, 2021.


17. Delivered a session on through online mode on “Advancement in Hybrid Renewable  Energy Systems and Challenges” in a webinar on Advancement in Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems and Challenges for their Grid Integration in collaboration with the Institution of Engineering, Saurashtra Local Centre, (IE SLC) and Department of Electrical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India on 4th March, 2021.

Short term training program/FDP:

1.	Attended short term training program on “Renewable energy” on 14th to 18th February, 2011 at BVM Engineering College, Vallabh Vidya Nagar, Gujarat, India.
2.	Attended short term training program on “Condition Monitoring of Electrical machines”, organized by Electrical Engineering Department on December 26th to December 31st 2011 at Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. 
3.	Attended a TEQIP II sponsored faculty development program on “Power System Protection”, during 17th to 22nd June, 2013 at BVM Engineering College, Vallabh - Vidya nagar, Gujarat, India.
4.	Attended a TEQIP II sponsored one week short term training program on “Modeling and Optimization Techniques for Engineering Applications (MOTEA)” from 19th to 23rd May 2014  organized by Mechanical Engineering Department  at SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India.
5.	Attended a TEQIP II sponsored one week short term training program on “Simulation & Modeling in Power system Engineering” from 28 December, 2015 to 1st January, 2016 organized by Electrical Engineering Department  at SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India.
6.	Attended a TEQIP II sponsored ten days short term training program on “Hands on :Mathematical Modelling and Software Simulation for Power system Engineering” from 5th June, 2016 to 15th June, 2016 organized by Electrical Engineering Department at SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India.
7.	Attended five days short term training program on “Microgrid and Renewable Energy Technologies (MRET)” from 6th June, 2019 to 11th June, 2019 at Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, Institute of National Importance under Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, Chennai– 600127, India.
8.	Attended seven days online short term faculty development program on, “Renewable energy sources : A way ahead”, organized by department of Mechanical Engineering of Cummins College of Engineering for women Nagpur in collaboration with ASM Pune chapter and ISHRAE Nagpur Chapter during 15th May, 2020 to 21st May, 2020.
9.	Attended six days online short term faculty development program on, “Advances in Electrical Engineering”, organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, PVG’s COET, Pune in association with PES/IAS chapter, IEEE Pune Section during 8th June, 2020 to 13th June, 2020.
10.	Attended five days online short term training course on, “Recent Trends in Microgrid (RTM-2020)”, organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, India, during 27th October, 2020 to 31st October, 2020.
11.	Attended six days online short term training program on, “Electric Vehicle Battery Charging System with Renewable Energy Sources”, organized by Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal, India, during 14th December, 2020 to 19th December, 2020.
12.	Attended six days online AICTE sponsored short term training program phase 3 on, “The Role of IoT in Renewable Energy sources driving Electrical power Grids”, organized by Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru, from 18th to 23rd January, 2021.

Online courses completed:

1.	Completed the online course of “DC Microgrid”, under SWAYAM and NPTEL, MHRD initiative, offered by IIT Roorke, equivalent to 15 days faculty development program
2.	Completed the online course of “Power system transmission and distribution”, under capability development program initiated by TATA steel.
3.	Completed the online course of “Transformer”, under capability development program initiated by TATA steel.
4.	Completed the online course of “Wind energy”, under Coursera, offered by DTU Denmark.
5.	Completed the online course of “Photovoltaic solar energy”, under Coursera offered by Ecole Polytechnique.


Short term training program organized:

1.	Organized a five day short term training course on “Advances in Emerging Power Systems Operations, Control and Protection”, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, during 5th to 9th March, 2019.
2.	Organized a three day short term training program on “Advanced Trends in Electrical Power Systems”, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, during 4th to 6th March, 2020.

SEMINAR ORGANIZED:
1.	Organized a one day event of Treasure hunt with circuit trouble shooting competition at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhiangar, Gujarat, India under ESPA club during February 2013.
2.	Organized a two day seminar on “Awareness on green energy and energy conservation”, on September 17th & 18th 2013 with sponsored energy saving fund with Government of Gujarat at School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
3.	Active member of organizing committee of two day national level seminar on “Recent Trends in Renewable Energy Technology, Power Quality Enhancement & Electrical Drives”, during 14th and 15th March, 2018, organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.


WEBINAR ORGANIZED:
1.	Coordinated and organized a webinar on Circular Economy with Waste to Energy Generation and Waste as Commodity in collaboration with the officials of Sync Power Ltd. London United Kingdom and Department of Electrical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India on 17th February, 2021.
2.	Coordinated and organized a webinar on Advancement in Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems and Challenges for their Grid Integration in collaboration with the Institution of Engineering, Saurashtra Local Centre, (IE SLC) and Department of Electrical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India on 4th March, 2021.

bprofile:
Dr. Siddharth Joshi is working as a faculty member in department of Electrical Engineering SoT PDPU since December 2012. He did his Bachelor of engineering in Electrical branch 2007, master of engineering in Power System in 2011 and completed PhD in electrical engineering in 2018 under the guidance of Dr Vivek Pandya. He has more than 13 years of teaching experience. He has published more than 43 research papers in various national and international conferences and journals as well. He won young scientist award in January 2012 during national conference at Visnagar. He has guided nine M.Tech. students till date. He is also a life time member of IETE, ISTE and IE. He is promoted to senior member of IEEE - the world's largest technical professional organization on August 2020. He holds a chair professional membership for CIS IEEE chapter.

areaofint:
Renewable energy system, Modeling and simulation of grid tied energy sources, Standalone energy systems with maximum power point extraction, and Electrical Machines.


awards:
Awarded 'DISTINGUISHED WOMAN IN MANAGEMENT' (Major Area of Study –
Decision Science) 2019 by Venus International Foundation.

interactiondetail:
GSECL, GESIA, Duke CE, Bauer Business School Houston, IIMA, MICA, GERMI, GAIL, ONGC, KCM Nepal, TimesGroup, iWare, Adani Wilmar

others:
Taught at Business Analytics MDP at IIM Ahmedabad on 12th September 2018. I have received a feedback score of 4.45/5 for the 3 sessions on “Data Visualization Methods”. Founding member of Business Analytics Teaching Teaching Lab @ SPM (BATL). Steered to completion 2 corporate Business Analytics Projects for SPM BATL - TimesGroup and iWareAdaniWilmar.
Co-authored book published in September 2019 titled "Business Analytics "Text and Cases" by Sage Publications. Invited to conduct MDP on Business Analytics and Data Mining at KCM Kathmandu Nepal in January 2020. Invited to conduct FDP on Managerial Aspects of Business Analytics at GTU in January 2020.

bprofile:
Dr. Tanushri Banerjee is Associate Professor at SPM, PDPU. She is also the Faculty Advisor, Business Analytics Teaching Lab at SPM and Chair MDP Programmes. 
She has co-Authored 2 books in Business Analytics by Sage Publications: 
1. Weaving Analytics for Effective Decision Making 2017 
2. Business Analytics: Text and Cases 2019. 
She has been awarded 'DISTINGUISHED WOMAN IN MANAGEMENT' - (Major Area of Study - Decision Science) 2019 by Venus International Foundation.
Dr. Banerjee has done her BE (Electronic) from MSU Baroda, Masters in Management Informations Systems from UIC Chicago and PhD in Management from MSU Baroda.

areaofint:
1.Understanding the role of Data processing and Information Systems in Business Decision making.
2. Data Science and Business Analytics for practitioners
3. Women Leadership in Indian organizations


areaofint:
Application of Artificial Intelligence in power system, Power System security


bprofile:
Dr. Sudhir Yadav has more than 29 years of experience including about 7 years in industry and 22 years into academics. He is an engineering graduate and post graduate from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi. As an industry professional he has worked in Marketing and International Business division of various companies. He has been teaching courses related to Operations Management at SPM. He also in past (at previous work places) taught courses related to International Business Management and Marketing Management. Dr. Yadav has developed and delivered academic and training modules in the area of Oil and Gas Operations Management, Oil and Gas Project Management and Oil and Gas Value Chain Management. His case studies and publications in Oil and Gas Management have been acclaimed by the learners. He has conducted in-company and executive management programmes. He has visited USA, Europe, South East Asia, Middle East for academic and professional assignments. Dr. Yadav has delivered Oil and Gas training programme in Middle East.

areaofint:
Internationalization, Capability Building, Strategic Management, Operations Management, Oil and Gas Business Management


awards:
Best Research Paper Award by AHRD in the International Research Conference, 2019;
Ranked as Top Ten HR Cases by CII

interactiondetail:
Member, Academy of HRD, USA; Member, Indian Academy of Management; Member, HRD Network, Member, Management and Organisational Behaviour Teaching Society, UK.

bprofile:
Dr. Muduli has 23 years of experience in teaching and industry in the area of HRM. He is the Managing Editor of PDPU Journal of Energy and Management, a biannual UGC approved journal. His research publications are with Routledge, Sage, Wiley, Emerald publications. Dr. Muduli has organised various MDPs and training programmes in HRM.

areaofint:
Strategic HRM; High Performance Management Practices; Training Transfer; Recruitment Methods; Learning Methods


interactiondetail:
The M S University of Baroda, Gujarat University,

bprofile:
Dr. Satyam Shinde has joined PDPU in April, 2011. Before that he was associated with Nirma University, Ahmedabad since 2005.He received his Ph. D from M. S University of Baroda in 2006. He has published several research papers in reputed journals and attended international conferences. He is also reviewer of some of the reputed journals.

areaofint:
Dr. Shinde and his group is working in the field of computational Material Science, exploring various properties of the materials.
He has an expertise of lattice dynamical studies of the materials like Half metallic Heusler compounds, spin gape less semiconductors, Drug Delivery, Bio sensors, Spintronic devices, pervoskite solar cells etc.


awards:
1. Bry air award, 2012
2. Working as “Chair Professor Suzlon” since March 2018.

bprofile:
Dr. Surendra Singh Kachhwaha is currently engaged with the responsibility of faculty as "Chair Professor Suzlon" in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology, PDPU.Dr. Kachhwaha received his PhD and M. Tech. Degree from IIT Delhi and ITBHU, Varanasi respectively. He has teaching experience of more than 30 years in Mechanical Engineering at UG and PG level and have around 60 Technical publications in reputed national and international journals and more than 80 publications in  national/international conference proceedings. He has guided five PhDs and 30 M. Tech. Dissertations.
Besides, having been conferred with research awards and fellowships, Dr. Kachhwaha has carried out various awards and fellowships, Dr. Kachhwaha has carried out various consultancy/research project (worth 3.5 crores) where the fundamental and applications of mechanical and energy engineering are the main consideration.

areaofint:
He has vast experience in the application of evaporative cooling, sprays, ice slurry generation technology, cascaded refrigeration system, biodiesel production techniques, waste heat recovery systems, renewable energy based poly-generation systems and resource assessment of offshore renewable energy(solar, wind and wave).


awards:
1. Awarded with a Certificate of Appreciation by ITM Business School for conducting a Seminar for more than 150 students on the subject of Industry Needs for students of  PDPU during 18th and 19th October, 2019.

2.Awarded with a Certificate of Appreciation by Ministry of education, Mauritius for being a a resource person and presented on the topic India diaspora culture and aesthetics in One Week International Faculty Development Programme on Congregation of aesthetics and culture 

3. Awarded with a letter of appreciation by University of Texas, Austin USA.

4. Awarded with a letter of appreciation by Southern Illinois University, USA. 

5. Awarded with a letter of appreciation by Men Against Violence and Abuse (MAVA)

6. Awarded with a letter of appreciation by Aatmiya University, Rajkot. 

7. Awarded with a letter of appreciation by Aatmiya University, Rajkot International society of Educational Leadership & ELT 

8. Awarded with a Certificate of Appreciation by International society of Educational Leadership & ELT 

9. Awarded with a letter of appreciation from Bhavans sheth College of arts and commerce

10. Awarded with a letter of appreciation from Gujarat Knowledge Society 

11. Awarded with a letter of appreciation from SOT, PDEU

interactiondetail:
1. Invited to deliver an expert lecture on Academic Writing:Basic Concerns in Research at IITE Gandhinagar on 20th March, 2021
2. Received a certificate of appreciation for delivering an expert lecture on "Indispensable Seven Cs of Communication Skills" as a Resource Person in the Online Short Term Training Programme on Communication Skills from February 8-13,2021 at Vardhman Mahaeer Open University, Kota (Rajasthan)  
3. Resource person at the International FDP on Congregation of aesthetics and culture organised by Ministry of education, Mauritius

4. Guest Faculty at Indic Study Center for Master of Arts classes at Department of Diaspora Studies, Study Abroad Program, Gujarat University

5.  Appointed to the Board of studies in English, Elphinstone College, Dr. Homi Bhabha State University Mumbai, on 4th February 2021

6. Ph.D Review Committee Member at Indus University

7. Chaired a session in conference at University of Texas, Austin USA

8.Represented PDEU in its International Exposure Program at University of Illinois, USA

others:
1. Editor  for the PDEU Literary Magazine titled Carpe Noctem.

Reviewer in peer review journal titled Indian Scholar. 

Reviewer in Bhasha Journal, by GAP 

2. Atteneded following FDPs;

One Week International Faculty Development Programme on Creativity, Innovation and Institution Building, organized by the Govt College of Education, Jammu, held from 1-10 July 2020

One Week International Faculty Development Programme on Congregation of aesthetics and culture organized by Ministry of education Mauritius, Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Grand academic portal, GAP from August 31 to September 7, 2020

One Week National Level Faculty Development Programme on “Green Literature: A Novel Trend In Criticism” organized by Sourashtra College, Madurai from June 29, 2020 to July 03, 2020. 

One Week Online Faculty Development Program on “Entrepreneurship, Incubation and Innovation” organised by Ramanujan College, University of Delhi and Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) from June 23 to June 29, 2020 

One Week Online Faculty Development Program on “Language and Literature from June 4 to June 10, 2020 by Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education

Faculty Development Programme on “Designing and Development of MOOCs” organized by Dyal Singh College, Karnal (Affiliated to Kurukshetra University) on June 14, 2020

One Week National Level Faculty Development Programme on “Redefining the Role of Educator in Covid-19 Outbreak Era” jointly organized by Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad and Anand Pharmacy college, Anand, Gujarat during May 11 to 16, 2020.

One Week National Faculty Development Program on “E-Learning and ICT Tools for Effective Teaching- Learning” organized by Aravali College Of Advanced Studies In Education Pali, Faridabad during 08 to 13 June 2020.  

One Week International Faculty Development Programme on “Research Strategies and Promotion of Teaching-Learning Process” organized by the Department of English Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology (BIET), Hyderabad, in June 2020

3. Coursera Courses 
 
‘Introduction to Psychology’ by Yale University on Coursera (2020) 

‘Introduction to Communication Science’ by University of Amsterdam on Coursera (2020)

‘Positive Psychology’ by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Coursera (2020)

bprofile:
Dr. Urmi Satyan is a faculty member at the Department of Language, Literature and Aesthetics, SLS, PDEU. She has 14 years experience of teaching at Graduation and Post Graduation levels. Dr. Satyan's research interest is in the literature of Indian Diaspora, Post-colonial Literature, Gender studies, Sociolinguistics, Literature and Psychoanalysis and Corporate Communication. She has presented research papers at national and international conferences and has a series of papers published in various edited books, international & national journals and conference proceedings. She also has interest in exploring subjects like Indian Scriptures, Sanskrit literature and also Sanskrit Language. She visited University of Illinois, USA for a month long academic cultural exchange program to represent her university. Dr Satyan's first book is Indian Diaspora and Identities: A study of MG Vassanji's novel and Memoirs. Dr. Satyan is on the editorial board of international research journal Indian Scholar.

areaofint:
Literature in Diaspora, 
Post-colonial Literature,
Gender Studies,
Corporate Communication,
Sociolinguistics,
Psychoanalysis, 
and
Sanskrit Literature


awards:
Reviewer - Ultrasonic Sonochemistry (Elsevier); Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier); Springer 

Reviewer - International Journal of Energy Research (Wiley Inter science)

Reviewer - Journal of Energy Resources and Conversion
External Expert - GTU - Ahmedabad, MSU - Baroda, 

BoS member IAR-Gandhinagar, Indrashil University, Ahmedabad

Organizing committee member - ICTEA 2019 (12th international conf on thermal engineering : Theory and application); Two day conference and exhibition on "Application of Nuclear Energy in Food & Agriculture, water, industry, and sewage treatment' organized by PDPU, Gandhinagar and Dept of Atomic Energy, Gov of India

Best Paper Award in Renewable Energy Track at ICTEA 2019 conference

interactiondetail:
LMIIChE, LMISTE, American Chemical Society Member, AIChE senior member


bprofile:
Working in the area of Manufacuring, ECM, EDM and Industrial Engineering, with work experience of around 20 years.


awards:
Project funding 
1. Chemical and isotopic investigations of fluoride rich groundwaters in Gujarat and in Rajasthan (Funds approved by DST, India, letter no. SR/FTP/ES-129/2009; Sanctioned money: 22 Lacs)
2. Tracking chromium (VI) migration in groundwater using stable isotopes of Chromium (SERB, DST; Govt. Of India; 38.6 Lacs; 2017-2020)

2019-2020
1. Sulfuric acid mediated weathering in the Ganga, Yamuna and the Brahmaputra (GYB) River Basins: Constraints from Sulfur and oxygen isotopes in dissolved sulfate. (Approved for funding by MoES; Govt. Of India; Proposed amount 41.12 Lacs) Received 16.56 Lacs during 2019-20.

Awards/achievements (in last year)
1.  Bharat Vikas Award (2018), by the Institute of Self Reliance (ISR), Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 
(Given to people/institution for their outstanding contribution to the society, for excellent devotion their respective fields and for their contribution towards the growth of India).
2. Nominated by Director PRL to member of Technical Evaluation Committee for the procurement of IRMS.
3. Nominated by Director PRL to member of Technical Evaluation Committee for the procurement of Graphitisation system (Withdrawn for health reason).
4. Appointed by Hon’able Vice Chancellor, MohanLal Sukhadia University, Udiapur, as an external examiner for a PhD thesis (Jan7, 2019).
2019-2020
1. Nominated by  Honable VC, MohanLal Sukhadia as external viva-examiner for a PhD thesis (Nov 2019).
2. Nominated by Hon'able VC Goa University as thesis expert of a PhD thesis.
3. Nominated by Director, PRL, to be a member of Technical Evaluation Committee for procurement of IRMS.

Awards/achievements (till date)
1.	Postdoctoral fellowship by National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan.
2.	Research fellow position by National Council of Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT), Australia.
3.	Awarded Japan Society of Promotion of Science (JSPS) long-term postdoctoral fellowship, Hiroshima University, Japan.
4.	Postdoctoral fellowship at University of Ottawa, Canada.
5.	Qualified in NET-Lectureship (1998; Organized by UGC)
6.	Qualified in GATE (Chemistry, 1999)

others:
Faculty development program
1. Participated in Microsoft Development program (advanced level) conducted by Ahmedabad Management Association on August 4 and 5 august, 2018.
2. Attended faculty training program on Digital Learning Platform through TCSion on 1st January 2019. (Nominated by HoD, Sciences)
3. Attended Workshop on ‘Teaching with Technology’ for PREZI Software (28/9/2018)
4. Attended Training program IPR - IP strategy for Researchers (14/2/2019)

5. Attended Orientation program on application of TCSion software (20/12/2019) 

Talks given
1. Delivered a lecture in Short term Training Program on Instrumental methods of chemical analysis on 25th June 2018.

Seminar/conclave attended
1.  Attended conference on “Macromolecular characterization of coal and hydrocarbon components for future” (19/11/2018)
2. Attended a 2-day national seminar on the “Application of radioisotopes and radiation technology in agriculture, healthcare and industries” (15th &16th February 2019).
3.  Attended a one-day conclave on “Bridging research and industry conclave, solar 2019)  (8/2/2019)

bprofile:
Dr. Anirban Das joined the University in December 2008 and is working as an Associate Professor. Prior to joining the University, he worked as a JSPS fellow at Hiroshima University (Japan), and as a postdoctoral fellow at University of Ottawa (Canada). During his lien from the University (2010-2012), he also worked as a research associate/postdoctoral fellow at James Cook University (Australia) and at National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)----all these positions were funded by science agencies of the respective countries. 

He has/had been awarded with TWO DST funded projects (60.2 Lacs) to carrying out geochemical and isotopic research on Chromium and Fluorine rich groundwater. His research interests fall in the larger domains of isotope and environmental geochemistry. His research works are published in high quality international journals, and in addition, he receives invitation to review articles/proposals submitted to international journals/Science foundations (NSF).

He was/is involved in teaching of courses such as marine geochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, inorganic chemistry, engineering chemistry and chemistry to BTECh/MSc/BSc students.

areaofint:
Isotope geochemistry;  Environmental geochemistry; Groundwater studies; Weathering-Climate connections.


awards:
1.	CSIR Rural Tech Award 2008 (Team Member). 
2.	Vikram Sarabhai Award 2006 (Team member).

interactiondetail:
IIT Jodhpur
IIT Mumbai
SP University
Central University, Jaipur
Gujarat University
Univ. of Kolhapur
Univ. of Giessen, Germany
NIT, Japan
Kyoto Univ. Japan
Univ. of Toronto, Canada
KIT, Germany
Georgia Tech., USA
Pittsburgh State University, USA

others:
Exchange Visiting Prof. Nagoya Institute of Technology; March3-7, 2014.
Exchange Visiting Prof. Nagoya Institute of Technology; Jan 28- Feb 2, 2013.

Presented Govt. of Gujarat in The Fifth India - Japan New & Renewable Energy Seminar (16 – 20 January 2012) Tokyo, Japan.

DAAD fellow for attending Summer School on Solar Energy Conversion in the Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen Germany and attending Intersolar Europe 2011 at Munich, Germany during May 30 to June 11, 2011.
CST Visiting Prof. to NIT, Japan for 9 months during (Nov. 2008 - June 2009).
CFN fellow of univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany (Jan. 2002- Oct. 2003).
JSPS fellow of Japan during (Oct.1999-Oct. 2001).
Visiting scientist/postdoc. fellow of Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, (Dec.1996 to Aug.1997).

bprofile:
Dr. Mukhopadhyay completed his post graduation in Physical Chemistry from Visva Bharati University in West Bengal.  He did his Ph.D. in photoelectrochemistry at IIT, Mumbai using non-stoichiometric lead oxide thin film.  Dr. Mukhopadhyay did post doctoral work in Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), Shinshu University (Japan as JSPS  fellow) and University of Karlsruhe (Germany, as CFN fellow under DFG). Throughout his research carrer, he performed studies in the field of Nano Technology and interfacial electron transfer involved in energy conversion and storage process.  He has published more than 72 research articles in journal of International repute and has five patents. He served as reviewer of many Internationally reputed journals. Dr Mukhopadhyay has been awarded Vikram Sarabhai Award in 2006 and CSIR Rural Technology Award in 2008.

areaofint:
1. Interfacial Electron Transfer Process
2. Non-stoichiometric Oxide Photoanode for Photoelectrochemical solar cell
3. Nano-structured carbons as active negative electrode material for high energy density Li ion battery.
4. Conducting Polymer based composites for energy device application.
5. Fundamental studies on the electrocrystallization of semiconductors from Ionic Liquid Medium.
6.  Nano-structured Si/Ge based material for Li ion battery.
7. Basic Electrochemistry

More Details: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=FUmlpokAAAAJ&hl=en


awards:
Indo Global Outstanding Research Scholar Award

others:
AFM - IIM A,  IELTS - University of Cambridge U.K., FDP - Data Analysis with" R " Programme.

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Equipped with qualifications - B.Com., M.B.A., I.I.C.W.A., Ph.D.- he possesses 37 years of industrial as well as academic experience. Having held senior positions in the corporate, the spectrum of his experience encompasses sectors such as power generation equipment, real estate, agro based industry, bullion and pharmaceuticals. He has implemented several industrial projects such as Castor Seeds Processing Complex and Energy Food Manufacturing Unit etc. He also acted as Consultant to a large scale engineering consultancy firm for NHAI projects.His research papers have been published in several national and international journals. A book titled as " Financial Management - A Determinant of Profitability" stands to his credit besides a case study in European Case Clearing House U.K. he has organized several workshops and seminars besides presenting research papers in national and international conferences serving the cause of creation and dissemination of knowledge and building intellectual capital for the university.  He has been Ph. D. Guide in reputed universities and Reviewer of research papers in scholarly research journals of national and international repute.He is Chairman Board of Studies BBA and Commerce at SLS - PDPU. He is also the Chairman of External Ph.D. Supervisor Selection Guidelines Formulation Committee at PDPU .His research area includes Corporate Finance, Banking and Capital Market.He has been Chairman Academic Inspection Committee - GTU and also Member of Panel of Experts for recruitment in academic and corporate entities.

areaofint:
Corporate Finance- Capital Structure, Profit Dynamics, Working Capital, Capital Market and Banking


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Received his PhD in Physics from IIT Delh i(2009) in the field of dielectric ceramics and thin films for capacitor and piezoelectric application. Dr Manoj Kumar have developed expertise in the field of electric characterization of semiconductor in last few years and published 45 research articles in reputed international journals. presently running a project on smart mask' under  startup India initiative taken by Govt of India.

areaofint:
air filtration and Pollution control,  Solar Photovoltaic, DSSC solar cells, Perovskite Solar cells.


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Dr. Dishant Pandya is working as an Assistant Professor in Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar. He possessed a strong academic background by completing B. Sc. (Mathematics) (First Class with Distinction) (Gold Medal),  M. Sc. (Applied Mathematics) (First Class with Distinction) and M. Phil. (First Class) with Specialization in General Theory of Relativity from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar.

He has  carried 13 years of Experience consisting of 10 years in teaching undergraduate in engineering & pharmacy disciplines and postgraduate MCA students; and 3 years in Diamond Industry where he worked as a Sr. Scientist (Product Development) and made many 2D & 3D Algorithms  to work on a 3D Geometry of a Diamond. He also made an algorithm to obtain Best Value of a Polished Diamond from a Rough Diamond. He also collaborated his Research Work with one of the world renowned Belgian Company viz., "Genicap" which is working on Real World 3-dimensional Geometrical Problems. He also worked in 3D Marking Machines, Laser based Medical Instruments, Hallmarking Machines, etc.

Prior to joining PDPU Gandhingar, he was working as an Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics and Humanities, Gandhinagar Institute of Technology. 

He has more than 3 years of Industrial Research Experience and 5 Years of Academic Research Experience in the field of  General Theory of Relativity, during which he published 8 peer reviewed International Research Papers and 1 National Research Paper.

He has attended and presented his work in plethora of International / National Conferences / Works / Symposia.

areaofint:
Constructing a new model to generate anisotropic solutions (which are exact also) for the Einstein’s field equations, to study the charged anisotropic models with different equation of states on geometrically significant space-time metrics like pseudo-spheroidal and paraboloidal space-time.


awards:
ALA Fellowship for On line course grant entitled:" FERA"

interactiondetail:
IIT-Gandhinagar, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, MICA-Ahmedabad

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Books Ordering, resource circulations, on-line databases management updates, library website updates, user's membership accounts, Library software work-flow, digital library management


awards:
1. Best Paper Award in Power System Protection- Fault Detection Track at ICPS2019 for the paper : Nishant Kothari, Bhavesh Bhalja, Vivek Pandya, Pushkar Tripathi, Saumitry Jena, “A Faulty Section Identification Scheme in Thyristor Controlled Series Compensated Transmission Lines using Superimposed Currents” in 8th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS) 2019 at MNIT, Jaipur

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Dr. Vivek Pandya is presently working as Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar. He completed his B.E. in Electrical Engineering (B.V.M.Engineering College) and M.E. in Electrical Engineering (with specialisation in Electrical Power Systems)   from S.P. University, Vallabh Vidhya Nagar. He received his Ph.D. from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda.He started his  Professional career with Industries. He has an experience of working on Key Academic Positions in Premier Engineering institutes of over two decades.He has played a vital role in developing curriculum, State of the art laboratories & research Infrastructure @ EED-PDPU.

He has published more then thirty research papers in nationally-internationally reputed Journals and Conferences. He is serving on board of several reputed Journal as Reviewer. He has successfully guided Five Ph.D. research Scholars and presently he is guiding five research scholars.
He has been invited to deliver expert talks by leading academic Institutions. He is part of Board of Studies of Various Universities.  

Result oriented Academic Administration, Designing and Implementation of Best Academic Practices, Handling and Resolving complex academic issues are the areas of his strength.

areaofint:
Power System Protection, Power System Stability Studies, Power System Security Studies, Issues of Grid Integration for Renewable Generations, Cyber Security of Power System Grids / Networks, Data Analytics, Energy Efficiency.


areaofint:
Study and analysis of Electrical Machines, Power Systems switching transients


awards:
GATE 2002 Scholarship for Post Graduation Studies

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Dr. Jatin Patel is serving as a faculty member in Mechanical Engg Dept at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University since last 9 years. He is graduated from SVNIT, Surat and Ph. D. from HemChandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat. At present, he is associated with Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology, PDPU. He has total 13 years of teaching experience in reputed technical institutions and taught various subjects like Engineering Drawing, Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Thermodynamics, Turbo-machines and Solar Thermal Systems at UG and PG level. He has guided more than 5 post graduated students for their dissertation work. Presently he is involved in the research work towards solar parabolic trough collector for different applications.

areaofint:
Solar Desalination, Solar Drying, Solar Cooling, Solar Water Heating


areaofint:
Solar Photo voltaic systems, Power electronics, Electric Drives.


interactiondetail:
New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA

others:
Membership of following Professional Societies:
1.	AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
2.	ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) 
3.	SAEINDIA (Society of Automotive Engineers
4.	ISTE (Indian Society for Technical Education)

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Dr. Rajesh Patel has pursued PhD from New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA in year 2011. After completing PhD, he has joined PDPU as an Assistant Professor in year 2011. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. He has visited many countries like USA, Canada, Australia and South Korea for International collaboration and professional activities. He has worked as Principal (In Charge) at Gujarat Power Engineering and Research Institute, Mehsana on deputation from PDPU for three years.
Dr. Patel has many research publications in ares of FCC process modeling and Thermal system designs.

areaofint:
Thermal System Designs, Modeling of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process (FCC), Water Desalination


awards:
•	Awarded with SEG Summit Level Student Chapter Faculty mentor (as SEG Student Chapter-PDPU awarded with Summit level Student Chapter for 2018 under the mentorship of myself) at SEG Annual Meeting held 2018. 
•	Awarded with SEG Summit Level Student Chapter Faculty mentor (as SEG Student Chapter-PDPU awarded with Summit level Student Chapter for 2017 under the mentorship of myself) on September’ 2017 at SEG Annual Meeting held 24th  to 29th September’ 2017 in Houston
•	Awarded with SEG Best Student Chapter Faculty Advisor-2016 (as SEG Student Chapter-PDPU awarded with Best Student Chapter for 2016 under the mentorship of myself) and received a travel grant of $5,000 for faculty mentor and one active student member at SEG Annual Meeting held in Dallas. 
•	Awarded with SEG Summit Level Student Chapter Faculty mentor (as SEG Student Chapter-PDPU awarded with Summit level Student Chapter for 2015 under the mentorship of myself) on 21st October’ 2015 at SEG Annual Meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Awarded Post Doctoral Research project (as P. I.) under the scheme of SERCYS program by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India in 1999.
•	  Awarded for Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for Lecturership by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in joint CSIR-UGC National Level Test (Masters Level), 1993.
•	  Awarded for Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for Lecturership by University Grants Commission (UGC) in joint CSIR-UGC National Level Test (Masters Level), 1992.
•	  Awarded the University Medal for standing First in order of merit in Applied Geology in the M. Sc. Examination, 1992.
•	  Awarded the Pramathanath Bose Memorial Bronze Medal for standing First in order of merit in Applied Geology in the M. Sc. Examination, 1992.
•	  Secured 77.08 percentile in GATE ‘92 Examination for admission to the post graduate programmes with scholarship.
•	  First class honors with distinction in Subsidiary subjects in B. Sc. (Final) Examination, 1990.
•	  Recipient of National Scholarship of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, during the period 1990 - 1992.
•	  Recipient of National Scholarship of Ministry of Education, Government of India, during the period 1985 - 1990.

interactiondetail:
Professional Institutes:
•Institute of Reservoir Studies, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited Ahmedabad, 
* Geological Survey of India, Kolkata.
* Bhabha Atomic Reserach Centre (BARC), Mumbai
Scientist and Professional from Institutes and Organizations: 
Dr. Sudip Bhattacharyya, Director, Natural Energy Resources, Mission-IIB,Geological Survey of India, Kolkata, 
• Dr. Joydeep Ghosh, Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
* Prof. Pulak Sengupta, Department of Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
• Dr. Samir Kumar Pal, and Dr. Rajib Kumar Mitra, Department of Chemical, Biological & Macromolecular Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Salt Lake Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
• Dr. Suryendu Dutta, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India
• Dr. Manish Mishra, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India
• Dr. B. D. Singh, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, U.P, India.
• Dr. Indra Sekhar Sen, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
• Dr. Upama Dutta, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India
• Dr. Dayanand Saini, Department of Physics & Engineering, California State University, Bakersfield, 63 SCI, 9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA, 93311, USA
* Dr . Harshala Parab, Scientific Officer (E),
Analytical Chemistry Division, 
 Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai 400 085, India

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Professional Appointments: 
Associate Professor, PDPU: 2008 - Present
Lecturer (Sr. scale), Jadavpur University: 2006 - 2008
Lecturer: Jadavpur University:  2002 - 2006
Assistant Executive Engineer (Reservoir), ONGC:1999 - 2002
Dr. Bhui has both industrial as well as academic experience. He worked in ONGC as Reservoir Engineer and was involved in resesrvoir operation and management activities for  field development and optimum oil production. Presently involved in research activities related to reservoir characterization, crude characterization for enhanced oil recovery, rheological characterization of crude oil, interaction of rock matrix and fluids (oil-water) of crude oil reservoir.His expertise is also in geological mapping and geochemical data (phase, bulk chemical and stable isotope) handling for magmatic rocks and associated economic mineral deposits particularly chromium,vanadium, nickel and platunum group of elements.

areaofint:
Clay mineralogy and geochemistry, Characterization of crude oil for enhanced oil recovery (EOR), Reservoir characterization, Crude rheology, 
Shale gas/oil exploration and exploitation


interactiondetail:
Invited for Guest Lecture at Nandha Engineering College, Tamilnadu.

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Dr. R. Balasubramanian joined Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University in September, 2014 as faculty in School of Petroleum Technology.

He is basically Chemical Engineer with M.Tech.,(Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals) from Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Dissertation:

B.Tech: Adsorption and Desorption of Lead by using Sargassum sp. Biomass

M.Tech: Studies on Customized Carbon Catalyst in Biodiesel production from A.Pavonina Seed Oil

PhD: Optimization and Kinetic Studies on Production of Biodiesel from Industrial Waste

areaofint:
Petroleum Refinery Engineering, Petrochemicals, Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Transport Phenomena, Petroleum Process Unit Operations, Health, Safety and Environment, Natural Gas processing and Surface Production Operations


awards:
1.	Received International Travel Grant from Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India under the Young scientist category to attend ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2018) held at Madrid, Spain in 2018.
2.	Received best paper award at 2017 International conference Alternative Energy in Developing Countries and Emerging Economies (AEDCEE), organized by Thaksin Univesity, Thailand and University of Moncton, Canada held during May 25-26, 2017, Thailand.
3.	Visited University of Saskatchewan, Canada as a part of the “Study in Saskatchewan Summer Immersion Program”.
4. Received best paper award at 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications Jointly organized by PDPU, India and Ryerson University, Canada.

others:
•	Acted as a session chair at the First International conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICETME-2018) and 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA-2019).
•	Reviewer in ASME International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2018) and International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICETME-2018).
•	Local organizing committee member for 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA) from 23rd - 26th February 2019, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
•	International committee member for International conference on new paradigms in energy (ICNPE).

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Dr. Garlapati Nagababu is presently working as an assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department, PDPU, Gandhinagar since 2013. He completed his PhD in the field of offshore wind energy and M.Tech from IIT Guwahati in machine design specialisation. Dr. Nagababu has a teaching experience of more than seven years in the field of mechanical engineering at UG and PG level. His research mainly focuses on offshore renewable resource assessment and software development, development of small-scale wind turbine and hybrid energy system. He has published several research articles in highly reputed journals and international conferences in the field of energy. He received the best paper award at AEDCEE 2017, Thailand and ICCGE 2018, Paris. He is currently working on different projects funded by ISRO and ORSP.

areaofint:
Offshore renewable energy, Wind and Wave resource assessment, GIS-based analysis of Wind and wave farm development, climate change studies, Finite element analysis, Machine design


awards:
National Scholar, Best Professor in Petroleum Engineering - conferred by Dewang Mehta Foundation in 2013.

interactiondetail:
Queens University, Belfast; PRL, Ahmedabad

bprofile:
Graduated from St. Xavier's College, Ranchi; and Post Graduation and Ph. D. from IIT, Kharagpur. Post Doctoral Research were carried out in IIT, Kharagpur and Physical Reserch Laboratory, Ahmedabad. work places include Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad; National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa; Indian Institute of Technology (IIT/ISM), Dhanbad; School of Petroleum Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar.Citations over 425. Best Professor in Petroleum Engineering in 2013 - Awarded by Dewaang Mehta foundation, Mumbai. Subject Expert of e-PG Pathshala (UGC/MHRD, Govt. of India). Member, GATE Petroleum Engineering Syllebus Committee.Member, Selection Committee, UPSC, New Delh.

areaofint:
Micropaleontology, Oceanography, and Paleoclimatology are the first love in the Research domain. Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Radiocarbon Dating are the techniques used to understand the Paleoclimatic and Paleooceanographic conditions. Later, developed research interest in the Petroleum Geology domain, and in the Geomechanics domin as well.


awards:
National Eligibility Test (NET), UGC, Government of India,1999, during M.A.; 

Centrally Sponsored Doctoral Fellowship, ICSSR, Government of India, 2003, during Ph.D.; 

Certificate Course on Nuclear Energy and Law (conducted by Nuclear Law Association of India, New Delhi, and Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, India; 

Nominated by the ICWA & Indian Embassy in Ethiopia for India-Africa Forum Summit-III, March 2019,  Addis Ababa, and delivered a Talk on 'India-Africa energy cooperation: Potential & Prospects' there; 

Awarded with Distinguished Academician and Outstanding Researcher (Nov.2018) and Patron (March 2019)

interactiondetail:
National Defence College, Government of India, New Delhi; 

African Studies Association of India (ASA-India), New Delhi; 

TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), New Delhi;

others:
Resource Person for the Topic, 'Energy Security', at National Defence College, New Delhi, on 11 September 2014.

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Dr Sanjay Kumar Pradhan has completed his M.A., M. Phil. (course work)  and Ph. D. from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. With his outstanding performance at M. Phil. level, he was elevated to Direct Ph. D. programme. With 16 years of post-Ph.D. teaching experience (UGC-NET & UGC/IIT salary structure) he has been teaching/guiding UG, PG and Ph. D. students, and awarded with Doctoral Fellowship (ICSSR, Govt of India) during his research. Apart from 2 published book (SCOPUS & International Publishers) and three chapters in the books (SCOPUS & International publishers-2, National Publisher-1), he has outstanding publications (37) in different journals of repute (SCOPUS & Refereed) and conference proceedings (6); presented research papers (35) in various conferences; invited by National Defence College(New Delhi) and TERI-KAS Resource Dialogue (New Delhi), as Resource Person. In the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, UK, he Addressed the AICILS-2017 and AICLEP-2017 Conferences as Keynote Session Speaker and Chaired Technical Sessions there; presented Research Paper in the American University in Cairo (2018); nominated by the ICWA & Indian Embassy in Ethiopia for India-Africa Forum Summit-III (2019), Addis Ababa; and awarded with Distinguished Academician and Outstanding Researcher (2018) and Patron (2019)

areaofint:
Geopolitics of Energy, and Energy Security; Resource Diplomacy;Green Energy; Climate Change & Sustainable Development;  Africa; Diaspora; Gender; Foreign Policy; Peace & Conflict; Theories of International Relations; and Interdisciplinary Studies


awards:
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India Scholarship for
pursing M.Tech in Structural Engineering form Department of Applied Mechanics, SVNIT
Surat. (July, 2012 to June, 2014).

Certificated ‘A’ Examination of National Cadet Corps (N.C.C) under the authority of
Ministry of Defense, Government of India.

interactiondetail:
1) Associate Professional Engineer of Engineering Council of India (791)
2) Charter Engineer and Associate member of Institute of Engineers (India) (AM 164054-5)
3) Chartered Valuer of The Indian Institute of valuers (India) (CAT-I/A-4252)
4) Life Member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET) (LM 1625)
5) E-Affiliate Member of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (M EERI), (18711)
6) Life member of Indian Society of Technical Education (LM-110392)

areaofint:
Structural Dynamics,Seismic Risk Assessment, Concrete technology.


interactiondetail:
Indian Geotechnical Society
Institution Engineers
Gujarat Institute of Civil Enginees and Architects

others:
published 40 technical papers in journals and conferences ( international/national). serving as Board Member of Universities. Refree for ICE Journals. Invited Lectures in repurted National institutions.

areaofint:
Reinforced earth; Soil structure interaction; Environmental waste management; Ground improvement; Foundations on problematic soils.


interactiondetail:
1. LIFE MEMBER-INSTITUTE OF URBAN TRANSPORT, INDIA
2. LIFE MEMBER - ISTE
3. ASSOCIATE MEMBER - INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, INDIA
4. ANNUAL MEMBER - TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH GROUP OF INDIA
5. ANNUAL MEMBER - INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS

areaofint:
Travel Demand Modelling, Information & Communication Technology - Transport Interaction, Application of Soft Computing Techniques in Transportation Planning, Public Transport Planning


awards:
Best Paper Award by Sardar Patel University, Vallabh vidyanagar, Gujarat under the "Hari Ohm Ashram Prerit Shri Bhaikaka Inter-University Smarak Trust" for the year 2008.

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Post Doctoral Feloow, Dec. 2006-Nov. 2008, PRL, Ahmedabad.
Ph.D. in Physics, PRL, Ahmedabad.
M.Sc. Physics, Dept. of Physics, University of Pune.

areaofint:
Plasma Spectroscopy, Nanoscale device Physics, Statistical Physics.


bprofile:
Teach Students of B.Tech Students, Guided 14 Nos. of B.Tech projects covering around 120 students on various topics of production engineering.
Designated member of Expert committee of the University for Evaluation of innovative, developmental papers/posters/design, etc prepared by students before the work is presented by the students at various forums like SPE, Petro-tech etc.
Members of various committees working on issues related to establishment and growth of knowledge base required for the University carried out course control modification. Associated with Drilling Stimulation and Cementing Lab establishment and future development. Research project development and cancelling to the students for their future development process.

areaofint:
Stimulation, Work-over, Production Optimization, Completions, Oil & Gas surface production Engineering, Natural Gas processing, Pipeline Engineering, Fluid Mechanics Lab Co ordination and course content development/ modification etc.


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Mr. Sudhanshu Dixit is working as a faculty in Civil Engineering Department, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. He has graduated in Civil Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Uttar Pradesh, India, in 2012 and post graduated in Water Resources Engineering from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, Gujarat, India, in 2014. He had also worked along with the senior research officers, Central Water & Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, on consultancy projects related to Water Resources Engineering, during his training period. He had qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2011 & 2012. He has one year teaching experience. Currently, he is working in the field of Hydraulics, Ground Water and Water Resources Engineering related projects. He has published 2 research papers in reputed journals and 4 research papers in National and International conferences.

areaofint:
Hydrology, 
Water Resources Engineering,
Open Channel Flow,
Fluid Mechanics,
Hydraulics of Alluvial Rivers,
Ground Water Hydrology,


interactiondetail:
•	Life Member, Indian Concrete Journal
•	Life Member, Indian Earthquake Society

areaofint:
Structural Design, Geotechnical Characterization & Concrete Technology


awards:
(1) Young Scientist Travel Award, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
(2) Young Scientist travel award, CSIR, New Delhi
(3) MHRD Scholarship for Doctoral Study

interactiondetail:
(1) Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
(2) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
(3) Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
(4) Nirma University
(5) Member of Indian Geotechnical Society New Delhi
(6) Member of Indian Society for Technical Education, Delhi
(7) Member of Institution of Engineers
(8) Member of Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architect, Gujarat

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Dr. Tejaskumar Thaker has earned his doctoral degree (Ph.D) in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He has worked extensively in the area of Seismic Hazard assessment and Microzonation. He obtained Masters and Bachelors of Civil Engineering both from M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara. Presently he is associated with Department of Civil Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhingar as an Assistant Professor since May 2012. 

Dr. Thaker has over eight years of professional experience in industry, academia and as an active researcher. He has around 25 research publications in high impact factor peer reviewed International Journals, National and International Conferences. He has visited various countries like Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia and delivered expert lecture and presented his research. He is a member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Institute of Engineers, Indian Society for Technical Education, Indian Society for Remote Sensing, etc. He has organized and actively participated in various seminars, workshop and short term courses for constant up gradation.

areaofint:
Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: Seismic Microzonation, Seismic Hazard and Risk Mitigation; Site Specific Studies; Site-characterization; Liquefaction Problems; Geophysical Studies; GIS-GPS Seismic Modeling etc. Seismic characteristics of retaining wall; Reinforced earth wall; Slope; Foundation; Piles; Anchors; Numerical and Analytical Modeling of Geotechnical Structures; Ground Improvement Techniques; Waste Management.


awards:
•	Dr. S. J. Shah prize is awarded for the best thesis in the field of crystal growth and characterization by Saurashtra University, Rajkot on 2nd April 2008.
•	2nd Prize for Best Research paper presentation award in One Day National Seminar on Recent Trends in Materials Science, Organized by Department of Physics, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, on 25th March 2007. 
•	Best Research paper presentation award in Physical Science section at 92nd Indian Science Congress held at Nirma University, Ahmedabad, in January 2005. 
•	2nd Prize for Best Research paper presentation award in Physical Science section at XVIII Gujarat Science Congress held at Saurashtra University, Rajkot, in March 2004. 
•	Second rank in university at M. Sc. (Physics) Semester-II examination.
•	First rank in University at B. Sc. (Physics), graduation level, examination.

interactiondetail:
Member of Encyclopedia committee of GSEB.
BoS member of Parul Univeristy, Baroda.
Examination committee member of saurashtra University, Rajkot

others:
(1)	Introduction to Crystallography
BISAG, Gandhinagar, 15th March 2010.
(2)	Growth and Characterization of gel grown CPPT crystals 
One Day National Seminar on Recent Trends in Materials Science, Department of Physics, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, on 25th March 2007.
(3)	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Workshop Organize by Knowledge Consortium, Gujarat
Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad, on 04th November 2011
(4)	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Engineers
Nirma University of Science and Technology, Ahmedabad on 12th December 2011
(5)	Prospective of Thin film Solar Cell
One day National Seminar on “Scientific Wealth of Physics,”
Organized by H & H.B. Kotak college, Rajkot, Gujarat on 26th August 2012

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My research interest is an frontier area of science, which is development of thin film solar cell and non linear optical materials crystals.

areaofint:
My research interest is an frontier area of science, which is development of thin film solar cell and Non linear optical materials.


interactiondetail:
She is a life Member of "Indian Society for Technical Education" M.No. LM 87839. She is also a life member of International Association of Engineers (238739).
She is also an Associate Member of "The Institution Of Engineers (India)" M.No. AM 184533-3. She has also received her "Lean Six sigma Green Belt" and is a certified six sigma executive from Henry Harvin Education in 2017.

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Dr. Balchandani is currently working as faculty in the department of Chemical Engineering at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar since 2013. She has completed her M.Tech from Dharamsinh Desai University, Nadiad with the specialization in Cad and Control. She carried out her PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati in the field of Carbon Capture and Sequestration. She has around 7 years of teaching experience. She has published various articles in reputed journals . She has guided 12 B.Tech students.

areaofint:
Modeling and simulation, COSMO-RS studies, Carbon dioxide capture using blended solvents, Principal Component analysis, Optimization of Transportation and scheduling various chemical processes


interactiondetail:
Member of Indian Geotechnical Society(LM-3960), Member of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering(ISSMGE), India Representative of Energy Geotechnics Technical ,Committee(TC)-308 of ISSMGE

others:
1. Successfully Reviewed Phd Thesis of ANASWARA S with title " BEHAVIOUR OF ADJACENT  STRIP FOOTINGS ON UNREINFORCED/REINFORCED GRANULAR BED OVERLYING CLAY WITH/WITHOUT VOID" from NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA SURATHKAL (Date:15-03-2021).
2. Received an amount of Rs.5000/-, for reviewing the thesis of ANASWARA S, from NIT Surathkal, Karnataka.

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Dr Manas Kumar Bhoi joined the University in November 2012 and is working as an Assistant Professor. He received his PhD degree from Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Bangalore in 2009. He later continued as senior research associate at IISc upto april 2010 and worked in the Finite Element Analysis of geotechnical soil structure using software like SAGE-CRISP , ABAQUS and MATLAB. After that he joined Industry ( VJCoresoft Pvt Ltd.,Pune) as Senior Engineer and worked with the Geotechnical finite element softwares PLAXIS 2D and PLAXIS 3D. After working for more than 2.5years in industry(Post PhD), he joined PDPU. His research works has been published in high quality international journal like Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental engineering (ASCE), Geotextile and Geomembrane etc. He has received invitation to review some international journal paper articles. He is/was involved in teaching of courses such as Geotechnical Engineering-I, Geotechnical Engineering-II, Finite Element Method, Advance Foundation Engineering, Ground Improvement Techniques, Construction Equipment and Methods. . He has also developed some equipments like, (i) modified direct shear machine to study the shear failure behavior of soil in an inclined plane and (ii) Grout Injection system to prepare multiple grouted soil samples at a given time. Presently, He is guiding  Phd student and guiding few Mtech/Btech students in their respective final projects. Phd student is working the area of studying the engineering behavior of soil contaminated with paint industry waste. The Mtech/Btech students were/are working in various areas like, (i) study of foundation behaviors using plate load test and analysis using FEM software ABAQUS, (ii) Engineering behavior of grouted soil and constitutive modeling, (iii) Stress-Strain behavior of natural soil, reinforced with plant roots., (iv) Study of Heavy metal contamination of surface soil, in industrial waste dumping zone

areaofint:
Study of Interference effect of footings under different loading condition; Study of reinforced foundations; Non linear Numerical analysis of Geotechnical problems using Finite element method.; Study of Engineering behavior of heavy metal and other chemical contaminated soil; Constitutive property of pavement soil .


bprofile:
Ms. Mallika Taneja is an educational professional with more than two and a half years of teaching experience in Statistical Quality Control, Work Design and measurement, Supply Chain Management, ERP among others. She has done her B. Tech from ITM Gurgaon and further completed her M. Tech from NIT, Surat.

areaofint:
Statistical Quality Control, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning


awards:
	Awarded University Grants Commission (UGC) sponsored Junior/Senior Research Fellowship (1990-95).
	Associated with the Institute for Russian and East-European Studies, University of Glasgow, UK, as Research Fellow, on Commonwealth - Nehru Centenary Fellowship awarded by Department of Education, Govt. of India, September 1994 - January 1996.

interactiondetail:
•	Life member of Indian Political Science Association; 
•	Life member of Indian Society of Public Administration; 
•	Life member of Indian Association of Public Administration, 
•	Membership of American Association of Public Administration.
•	Member of the international team of Resource Person for the World Bank for the Social Accountability
•	Primary Member, SASANET (South Asia Network on Social accountability and Governance), CGG, Hyderabad and The World Bank

others:
As the World Bank Specialist on Social Accountability, I have worked in South Asian Countries, particularly in Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal. A few assignments have been undertaken in Sub Saharan Africa and Latin America.


bprofile:
After graduating in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from Gujarat University, he acquired M.B.A with marketing specialization from North Gujarat University. He was in auto ancillary Industry for couple of years in executive position. in year 2002, he joined academic field as a lecturer in M.B.A Programme, S. V. Institute of Management. After completion of doctoral research in "Supply Chain Management" leading to PhD, he shifted to "Kalol Institute of Management" as Assistant Professor - M.B.A Programme. He was with "Kalol Institute of Management" for eight years. During this period, he rose to various senior position. Prior to joining SLS, PDPU, he was working as Director, Kalol Institute of Management. He has published several papers in national and international journals of commerce and management science.

areaofint:
Supply Chain Management, Social Media Marketing, E-Commerce, Integrated Marketing Communication


others:
I am also working as a Faculty Coordinator for Training & Placement, SPT, PDPU. Serving as a BoS Member, SPT, PDPU
Also acting as the IQAC/IQEC Coordinator and Website Coordinator for SPT

bprofile:
I am a Process Engineer, and have been working in the field of Process Equipment Designing and Simulation for the past few years. I am also serving as the a Research Scientist and Coordinator for Center of Excellence for Geothermal Energy (CEGE)

areaofint:
Heat Exchangers Modelling, Geothermal Exploration & Exploitation, City Gas Distribution, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Gas Processing


awards:
1.	Post Graduate Scholarship by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. (July, 2012 to June, 2014)
2.	Secured 2nd position in District Level Science Exhibition
3.	Secured 2nd position in paper presentation of ACES (an Association of Civil Engg. Students)

interactiondetail:
1.	Member, Network of Indian Environmental Professionals (IEN)
2.	Member, Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)
3.	Member, EcoSan Research (EcoSanRes) Online Group
4.	Member, Membrane Bioreactor Network (MBR-Network)

others:
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
In-situ treatment of wastewater, ecological sanitation, decentralized wastewater treatment, occurrence and fate of Emerging Pollutants

bprofile:
Mr Shivam Kapoor has graduated with distinction in Environmental Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, in 2010 and M.Tech in Environmental Engineering from SV National Institute of Technology, Surat in 2014. Mr. Kapoor has about six months of industrial experience, two years research experience and one year  teaching experience. Formerly he was employed as Project Associate in Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Prior to joining research, he was employed for six months as Environmental Engineer in Clover Organic Pvt Ltd, Dehradun. He has published 2 research papers in International journals and 4 research papers in National and International conferences. He has attended National Conferences like BRiP 2011 and International conferences like ISC-2012, ETPEES-2014.

areaofint:
In-situ treatment of wastewater, ecological sanitation, decentralized wastewater treatment, occurrence and fate of Emerging Pollutants


awards:
(1) Received GOLD MEDAL for OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE Year 2002, presented by IMCC JV,
 Delhi Metro

(2) Received BEST PAPER AWARD at 18th International Conference on Civil, Architectural, Structural and Constructional Engineering, Amsterdam, Netherlands, August, 2016
(3) Received "Best Paper Award 2016" from NICMAR Journal of Construction Management 
(4) Received "Best Paper Award" at 4th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research & 
Practice, AMA, Ahmedabad organized by Research and Scientific Innovation Society. 
(5) Received Best Paper Award at 20th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Architecture, Berlin, Germany, May 2018  
(6) BEST PAPER AWARD at 24th International Conference on Innovative Engineering Technologies & Healthcare, Porto, Portugal, Feb 1-3rd, 2021.

interactiondetail:
(1) Delivered Guest Lecture at IIM Ahmedabad 
(2) Delivered expert lecture to Fellow (PhD) students at Academy of HRD, Ahmedabad 
(3)Delivered  as Visiting Faculty at FLAMES Pune (4) Delivered Expert Lecture at Kalpataru Training Institute, Mumbai.
(5) Delivered Expert Lecture at CAFRAL, Mumbai (Advanced Training Center Promoted by RBI) 
(6) Delivered Expert Lecture at MDP programme for DRDO at IIM Ahmedabad, November, 2018
(7) Delivered Expert Lecture at NIRMA University on Risk Management for Construction Projects, October, 2018
(8) Delivered Expert Lecture at CEPT University on Project Risk Management of Metro Rail, December, 2018.
(9) Delivered 08 Expert Sessions on Project Management at MDP   programme for GETRI  organized by SPM, PDPU, January, 2019
(10) Delivered Guest Lecture in MDP on Uncertainty, Complexity and Risk In Projects at IIM Ahmedabad, May 31st, 2019
(11) Delivered Expert Lecture on Project Finance, Appraisal and Management to B. Plan students, NIRMA University, 6th March, 2020
(12) Delivered Expert Lecture at STTP on "Advance Construction Technology" BVM Vidyanagar, Dec, 2020
(13) Delivered as Expert Speaker at National Symposium on Advanced Construction Technology &  Management, PDEU, March 2021
(14) Delivered Expert Lecture on Project Appraisal, Planning, Development and Management to B. Plan students, NIRMA University, 9th April, 2021

others:
Worked as Senior Engineer & Site Incharge at IMCC JV, Delhi Metro. Delivered expert lectures at various training programmes organized by Industry.

bprofile:
Dr Debasis Sarkar has graduated in Civil Engineering from Bangalore University, India in 1996, did his M. Tech in Building Science and Construction Management from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 2001 and PhD in Civil Engineering (Project Management) from D. D. University, Gujarat, India in 2009, under the guidance of Prof. Goutam Dutta, IIM Ahmedabad. He is presently employed as Associate Professor & Head, Dept. of Civil Engineering, School of Technology, PDPU. Formerly he was Associate Professor with Dept. of Construction & Project Management, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He has about seven years of industrial experience and over twelve years of academic experience. Prior to joining academics, he was employed for about two and half years as Senior Engineer and Site In Charge with International Metro Civil Contractors (IMCC JV), Delhi Metro. His expertise lies in construction of underground corridor for metro rail constructions. He has received Gold Medal from IMCC JV for "Outstanding Performance". He has  published over thirty international and national research papers in referred journals. His noteworthy presentation in International Conferences inlude presentations at Athens, Singapore, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. He has guided over 29 students for their M. Tech thesis work, out of which three students have been awarded Gold Medal. Presently he is guiding 6 students for their PhD work at PDPU. He is also involved in active consultancy work in the above areas.

areaofint:
Project Management; Project Risk Management; Underground Corridor Construction for Metro rail operations; Building Information Modeling (BIM); Green Building Materials & Technology; Statistical Quality Control; Ready Mixed Concrete; Value Engineering and Advanced Construction Technology.


areaofint:
Reactor Physics, Accelerators, Plasmas and Tokomaks. 
Currently carrying out my Ph.D work under the guidance of Prof.D.Bora, Director, Institute of Plasma Research,  on measurement of Double Differential Cross sections for various materials which will be useful for the ITER project.


bprofile:
Doing groundwater analysis in Gujarat and Rajasthan regions as a Project Assistant in DST funded project named: Isotopic investigation of groundwater of Gujarat and Rajasthan.

areaofint:
Groundwater analysis
Hydro-Geochemistry
Disaster management


bprofile:
Checking bills and relevant documents properly, booking of expenses, making payments of bills, Bank Reco of OBC A/c 3242


bprofile:
Managing hardware, N/W Audio maintenance of lab.
Assisting lab practical and all other academic activities as per academic schedule.


bprofile:
I am Manager, Finance & Accounts, looking at Taxation and costing matter of the organization


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B.E. Civil ,Construction Department , Project- To Construct High rise Hostel building ,UG Hostel( Phase-II), Cafeteria .Project Co.ordinator work,Project Management Work, Project Control work,
Repairing,Maintenance and Development Work ,Laisioning Work with various department of Govt of Gujarat.


bprofile:
Job Profile : Library Books Classification , Books &CD Cataloging, Books Duplication Control, Book Technical Processing,  Books Issue-Return , Shelving,  User Oriented Services etc...

areaofint:
Digital Library Development - KOHA  Innovative Practice (LMS) , Dspace Discovery (DLS) etc...


others:
20 years of professional experience with reputed organization/institutes ISRO, NIrma University and presently with PDPU.

bprofile:
20 years of professional experience with reputed Organizations/Institutes like ISRO Trivandrum, Nirma University Ahmedabad and presently with SPM/PDPU Gandhinagar.
At School of Petroleum Management, my responsibilities includes all activities and developments at SPM Library.


interactiondetail:
FIE Member with The Institution of Engineers India.

areaofint:
Area of interest in Solar Thermal:
Solar Desalination, Solar Drying, Solar Cooling, Solar Water Heating


interactiondetail:
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

bprofile:
Library Activity - Circulation Counter - Books Issue/Return, Periodical Receiving, Database Searching, Books Shelving, Book Acquisition, Cataloguing, ILL/Reference Services, News Paper Clipping, Working in Institutional Repository, etc.


bprofile:
Training and Placements of B.Tech and M.Tech students of PDPU. Assist in various activities like Admission, Conclave, work shop etc.


interactiondetail:
EDI, MICA, CEPT, Ahmedabad University, Gujarat University, Central University of Gujarat, Teachers University (IITE), IIT Gandhinagar, NIRMA University, IGNOU, etc.

others:
Attended a Two day Workshop on "Ethical Issues & Use of Anti-Plagiarism Tools for Research Integrity" organised by Inflibnet Centre, Gandhinagar.

bprofile:
Student Affairs - Alumni, Industry Connect, Student Internship, 
Additional Portfolio: P.S to the Chairman, Standing Committee - PDPU since 2016 and P.A. to the Director, SPM since 2007. 12+  years of Academic Administration experience in assisting senior management at the University level and Administrative matters.

areaofint:
Education, Research, Administration, Human Resource Development, Community Development, Student Affairs, Public Relations and more...


areaofint:
Corporate Relations, Communication, Systems & Processes


bprofile:
I am a Diploma Mechanical Engineer and currently i have completed Bachelor in Engineering  my  Part Time Diploma to Degree Course (PDDC) in Mechanical Engineering at L.D.Engineering College, Ahmadabad.


bprofile:
I am a Diploma in Mechanical Engineer and i have recently joined Part Time Diploma to Degree Course in Mechanical Engineering at L.D.Engineering College at Ahmadabad,


bprofile:
Enthusiastic Chemistry professional Prashant completed his bachelor's degree in 2002. After completion of his bachelor's degree, he joined DISMAN Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals at Ahmedabad. After a short stint, he joined ATIRA Ahmedabad and was working on textile research till 2006. Later he became a part of ANIL Product Limited, Ahmedabad and was working till 2010. Before coming to PDPU he was working at LG Inst. of Pharmacy, Ahmd. Prashant is currently working as Lab Assistant in PDPU from Oct 2013. He has been a part of department since then in building and developing different Chemical Engg Lab.


awards:
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2013) Qualified GATE-2013 with 99.02 percentile and 275 (All India Rank) 


Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2012)

Qualified GATE-2013 with 95.95 percentile and 871(All India Rank)

interactiondetail:
Member- Institute of Nuclear Materials Management

University Representative at World Nuclear Association

areaofint:
Signal and Image Processing, Power Plant Dynamics and Control


bprofile:
a self motivated ,and passionate  person having experience in CAD - CAM with innovative mechanism ideas.
open minded and result oriented. love to work together as team and also as an individual.
working with PDPU from july 2013  employed in a industrial engineering.

i have  taken labs like design of machine element ,engineering graphics, CAD,CAM ,FM  lab ,workshop etc of mechanical department from the beginning of my employment with industrial labs.

I am a Lab  In-charge of CAM (computer Aided Mfg,) lab and all Industrial engineering labs.

 Having 8.5 years of industrial experience ,i have Diploma of Mechanical in  2003 and degree of the same in 2014-15.

areaofint:
computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing .
eager to do practice on CIM and robotic programming.

also like to guide students on CNC (computerized numerical controlled)machine operating and programing.


bprofile:
1. Daily Issue/Return of Library Material i.e. Books, Periodicals, CDs-DVDs, Reports.
2. Procurement of Books, Periodicals, and E-resources. Ordering, Accessioning, Cataloguing, Data Entry, Shelving of all library collections.
3.Maintain all Library files for NAAC, NIRF, ISO etc...
4. Plagiarism check for all library users.
5. Procurement of Library furniture and supervision of all library activity.
6. Organize the user awareness program of subscribed Library databases and software.
7. To give an orientation of Library resources to a new batch of SLS. 
8. Display the New Books, Periodical, and Newspaper at Respective Place.
9. Create and Maintain Library Account of Students, Faculties, and Staff. 
10. Support in Exam, Time Table Committee, and Admission

areaofint:
Library management
Research on Library subject
Plagiarism
Disaster Management in Libraries
Library Automation Software
Digital Repository 
Digital Library


bprofile:
Planning and Scheduling Meetings, Appointments, Preparing Correspondence, Reports and Presentation, Actively, Handling student's activity whenever required and advised.


bprofile:
He is working as Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering since July'14. He is doing his PhD research at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University in the field of optimization of  thermal systems and power cycles using waste heat recovery. He has completed his M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Sardar VallabhBhai National Institute of Technology, Surat and B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Government Engineering College, Surat. He has worked at Indian Space Research Organization as a Project Trainee for one year during his dissertation of M.Tech.

areaofint:
Power cycles using waste heat recovery, Organic Rankine Cycles, Thermal Systems Optimization, Heat transfer augmentation, Design of deployment mechanisms, Acitve Control and Alignment of Reflectors


awards:
Excellent paper award in International conference of Science, Engineering and Technology at Singapore, 29-30 May 2017

interactiondetail:
1. Institution of Engineers, India (Associate member)
2. Nominated member of ISNT student chapter, Ahmedabad
3.SAEINIDA member

others:
1. Collaborative work with Prof. IA Palani, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
2. Collaborative work with Prof. Alokesh Pramanik, Curtin University, Bentley Campus, Australia. 
3. Collaborative work with Prof. L.N.López de Lacalle, University of the Basque Country, Spain

bprofile:
Dr. Rakesh Chaudhari is presently working as a Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, PDPU, Gandhinagar since July 2014. He completed his bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Government college of engineering, Jalgaon. He completed his M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from SVNIT, Surat in June 2014. Dr. Rakesh Chaudhari has completed his dissertation from IIT, Bombay. He has completed his PhD research at PDPU in the field of Experimental investigations & Optimization of Electrical Discharge Machining Process Parameters of Shape Memory Alloys.

areaofint:
Non-Conventional Machining, Electrical Discharge Machining, Shape memory alloys, Wire Electrical Discharge Machining, Design of Experiments.


awards:
ISM Dhanbad, Junior and Senior Research Fellowship in 2006 to carry out the research leading to PhD degree.

UKZN South Africa fellowship for post doctoral studies in 2013.

interactiondetail:
Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, University of Swaziland, Swaziland

bprofile:
Dr. Ansari specializes in Computational and Applied Mathematics. His research interests are mainly in Hydromagnetic/hydrodynamic fluid flow and heat transfer and analytical and numerical methods for solving complex differential equations and mathematical model equations that arise in the areas of it.

areaofint:
Fluid dynamics/ Magnetohydrodynamics, Numerical methods for solving differential equations arising in boundary layer flow.


interactiondetail:
IITR, TSOGU, ISM, RTU, DIT, UPES, ONGC, RIL, DGH etc (Industry and Academia)


Reviewer and Editorial Board -
1.	Honorable Associate Editor, Petroleum & Petrochemical Engineering Journal
2.	Editor, Engineering Press Journal
3.	Editor, SPT Magazine, PDPU, India (2015-17)
4.	Reviewer - Geological Journal, Wiley
5.	Reviewer, International Journal of Services and Operations Management
6.	Reviewer, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology.

bprofile:
Ms. Sharma is a Petroleum Engineering graduate from Indian School of Mines Dhanbad and possess 4+ years of academic, administrative and research experience. Her areas of expertise are Shale Gas Exploration and Exploitation and Alternative Energy Resources.

areaofint:
Shale Gas Exploration and Exploitation, Hydraulic Fracturing Modeling, Production Optimization, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Biofuel and Bioenergy, Waste to Fuel.


awards:
Best paper award in International conference

areaofint:
CFD applications to IC engines and alternative fuels


bprofile:
Mr. Sagar Patil completed his Masters in Industrial Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur and is having close to 2 years of teaching experience in the field of operation research and Ergonomics. He completed his Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Government college of Engineering, Jalgaon.

areaofint:
Operation Research, Supply Chain Management, Time Study


areaofint:
Software development in structural engineering, strut-Tie method of design.


bprofile:
She has 6+ yrs of experience. She has done her Masters in Business Administration (Marketing) from Gujarat University and B.Sc. in Computer Applications & IT.


bprofile:
Having graduated in Petroleum Engineering,from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad with 1st class Hounours in Yr-1969; served the National oil co ONGC for more than 38 yrs in various capacity both in Ops and R&D functions. Since superannuation in Yr-2008 associated with PDPU as Adjunct Faculty and teaching both at both UG and PG level.

areaofint:
Petroleum Production Engineering,Advance Drilling,Production Optimization and Offshore Operations.


awards:
Won the 'Best Poster Award - 2020' for City level Air Pollution Mapping using Satellite data at the National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment Monitoring and Climate Change Assessment : Opportunities and Challenges organized at Space Application Centre, ISRO 
Won the 'Summer Innovation Challenge – 2018 organized by Government of Gujarat 
'Japan Prize- Best Paper Award' by International Association of Urban Climate (2015), ‘International Travel Grant’ by PanIIT Gujarat Alumni Association (2014) to represent PanIITGAA in the PanIIT-2014 Toronto Conference, * ‘Best Poster Award’ by Indian Climate Research Network (IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras and Centre for Science and Environment) (2012), * ‘Travel Grant’ by International Association of Urban Climate (2012), * ‘Young Scientist International Travel Grant’ by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2011), * ‘Young Scientist Conference Support Award’ by the European Association for the Science and Air Pollution (EURASAP) (2011), * ‘Brightest Youth Climate Leadership Fellowship’ by the British Council in association with Hindustan Times and Artic Holdings (2010), * ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ by American Society of Civil Engineers (2010), * ‘Special Presenter Award’ by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA, (2009), * ‘Young Researcher Conference Award’ by International Association of Urban Climate (2009), * ‘Research Fellowship by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)’ (2008-2009), * ‘Research Fellowship by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)’ (2006-2007), * ‘Scholarship from Ministry of Human Resource and Development’ (2004-2006)

interactiondetail:
Research collaboration with IIT Delhi,  IIT Roorkee,, ISRO, BARC, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, Indian Meteorological Department, NIT Nagpur, NIT Surat, 

* Joint Secretary of Indian Society of Remote Sensing - Ahmedabad Chapter * Member-Indian Meteorological Society * Member-Indian Society for Technical Education * Member-Indian Society of Geomatics * Member-Indian Geotechnical Society

others:
Joint Secretary of Indian Meteorological Society - Ahmedabad Chapter; Faculty Memtor - Institute of Civil Engineers, PDPU; Founder - Envirocrats of PDPU

bprofile:
I am currently the Coordinator, Office of Environmental Engineering along with M.Tech Program and working as Assistant Professor at Civil Engg Dept. I have pursued PhD in the field of 'Urban Micro Climate' from IIT Delhi (2015), M.Tech in 'Environmental Engineering' from IIT Delhi (2006) and B.E. Civil Engg from LD College of Engg (1999). I have a consolidated teaching and research experience of more than 20 years and have worked in institutions like IIT Delhi, ISRO Ahmedabad, CEE Ahmedabad, Nirma University, Indus University, CEPT University and have the credentials of authoring a book titled 'Elements of Civil Engineering' [IV Edition, 2017], 13 research papers in International Journals (https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=8KCAqToAAAAJ&hi=en) having 466 citations  (h index - 8 and i index - 7), 30 research papers in International and National Conferences and have visited countries like USA, UK, Egypt, Greece, Ireland, Canada, France and Singapore for scientific deliberations. I am currently handing 4 research projects funded by ISRO, DAE, DST, CSIR and 3 research projects funded by PDPU

I was conferred various awards for my scientific works like (i) Winner of Summer Innovation Challenge - 2018 by Government of Gujarat (ii) Visiting Fellow at Lamar University, USA (iii) Best Paper Award by International Association of Urban Climate (iv) Best Poster Award by Indian Climate Research Network (v) Young Scientist International Travel Grant by DST, GoI (vi) Brightest Youth Climate Leadership Fellowship by British Council (vii) Certificate of Appreciation by American Society of Civil Engineers (viii) Special Presenter Award by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

areaofint:
Urban Micro Climate, Heat Islands, Building Energy Modelling, Air Quality Modelling and Monitoring, Satellite Meteorology, Remote Sensing and GIS, Emission Inventory, Green Engineering Materials, Decentralized wastewater treatment, Decentralized solid waste management, Renewable Energy, Green Transportation Systems, Clean Development Mechanisms


awards:
1.	My name is listed in the prestigious book “Who is Who in Computational Science and  Engineering(WWCSE)” published by Saxe - Coburg Publications in 2005/06. U.K
2.	Visiting Professor to University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur – 050603, Malaysia (January 2010 – October 2010-One Academic Year)

4.	Recognized to Delive 30 lectures on “Finite Element Method” in Technical training programme at Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, during 2016

5.	Recognized to Deliver 30 lectures on “Finite Element Method” in Technical training programme at Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, during 2017

6.	Recognized to Delive Three Expert lectures on Alternate Finite Element Method in Six day Short Term Training Program(STTP) on “Finite Element Method and Applications in Civil Engineering” held during  June  4 - 9, 2018 at the Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Gujarat

interactiondetail:
1.	Institution of Engineers:    Membership No. AM75101/7
2.	Indian Society for Technical Education(ISTE) : Membership No. LM 9248
3.	Indian Concrete Institute (ICI): Membership No. 6453-L
4.	Association of Consulting Civil Engineers, India(ACCE):Membership No. 1093-L
5.	Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers :  Membership No. M-2140
6.	Indian Association for Structural Engineering (IASE) 
7.	Indian Association for Computational Mechanics (Indcom)

others:
1.Conducted National Conference on "Recent Developments in Structural Engineering(RDSE-2005)", at MIT Manipal in August 30, 31, 2005
2. Conducted International Conference on Recent Developments in Structural Engineering(RDSE-2007)", at MIT Manipal During August 30, 31 and September 1, 2007
3. Conducted international workshop on Analytical and Computation Solid Mechanics(ACSM-2013)", 5-9 September 2013 at NMIT Bangalore
4. Delivered "Classical Analysis of plates and Alternate finite element analysis  of moderately thick plates using Midlin-Reissner theory at  international workshop on Analytical and Computation Solid Mechanics(ACSM-2013)", 5-9 September 2013 at NMIT Bangalore
5. Delivered 30 Hours Lectures on Finite Element Method at Institute of Plasma Research, Bhatt, Gandhinagar 
Delivered 30 invited lectures at Institute of Plasma Research Gandhinagar  on Finite Element Method during 2017
6. 6.	Delivered Three Expert lectures on Alternate Finite Element Method in Six day Short Term Training Program(STTP) on “Finite Element Method and Applications in Civil Engineering” held during  June  4 - 9, 2018 at the Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Gujarat

bprofile:
Dr H R Dhananjaya  has graduated in Civil Engineering from Govt.B D T College of Engineering Davangere  and Post graduated in Structural Engineering from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering  Bangalore. He Obtained his PhD in Structural Engineering from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in April 2004.He was a Professor at MIT Manipal for 5 years starting Jan 2007 and Professor and Head - Civil Engineering at NMIT Bangalore for 3.5 years starting from Jan 2012. He has published more than 15 research papers in peer reviewed Journals and published more than 30 research papers in national and international  conferences. He taught both BTech (Civil Engineering) and MTech(Structural Engineering) students. He guided 20 B Tech Projects and 27 M Tech Thesis. He was visiting Professor to University of Malaya, Malaysia during 2010. (One Academic Year). Organized national and International Conferences and workshops. Delivered invited guest lectures at Institute of Plasma Research at Gandhinagar on Finite Element Method.. Chairman BOS of the Dept since 2012 till date. Additional responsibilities include  Departments NAAC Coordinator and Chairman BOE. He is reviewer for Journals: Engineering Structures, Structural Engineering and Mechanics-An International Journal, Acta-Mechanica-Journal, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Finite  Element design and Analysis  Journal. He is a life member of professional bodies/institutions like Institutions of Engineers, Indian Society for Technical Education,Indian Concrete Institute, Association of Consulting Civil Engineers, Indian Institute of Bridge Engineers, Indian Association of Structural Engineering, Indian Association of Computational Mechanics. Presently NABL and NBA Dept Coordinator.

areaofint:
Computational Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Alternate Finite Element Method, Functionally graded Maerials, Laminated Composites, Fibre-reinforced and Pre-stressed concrete, Special and cost effective Composite Concrete, Optimum design of Pre-stressed concrete bridge girders considering IRC Loads. Optimum design of stay cable profiles, Cost effective MCR Tiles, Optimum Design of Steel Girders, Optimum Design of Pylons


awards:
Anna University Chennai, 37th rank holder in BE- Civil Engineering (2005-2009 batch)
Awarded first prize in the views talk, in SELECT-X3, organized by CSIR- CECRI, 15th-16th February- 2013
Won 25000 cash prize in the poject presentation competition organized by Hi-Tech solution and IIM Ahmedabad

interactiondetail:
Certified Lead Auditor for Environmental Management System ISO 14001

bprofile:
I completed my BE in Civil Engineering from Sun College of Engineering and Technology, Nagercoil and M.Tech in Environmental Engineering & Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology Trichy. My Ph.D. work was on the removal of colour and COD from textile wastewater using electrocoagulation process. So for Im having 13 international publications, 13 International conference publication and 4 National conference publications. 
Currently working on 3 different sponsored projects, from SERB, DST and BRNS, with a overall funding of 86 Lakhs.

areaofint:
Advanced oxidation process and natural coagulants for the treatment of water and Wastewater. Electrochemical methods for the treatment of water and wastewater. Solid Waste Management. Treatment of grey water. Treatment of Arsenic from drinking water by electrochemical methods. Treatment of Ammoniacal Nitrogen by combined electrochemical and biological methods


awards:
1. University Gold Medallist in Economics at under-graduate level
2. ICSSR-IMPRESS Project on Home and Community based Long Term Care for Elderly and family caregivers in India'. Funding granted is of Rs.10,00,000
3. ICSSR-IMPRESS project on ‘Impact of Automation on Employment: Policy and Assessment in IT-BPM Sector’

interactiondetail:
1. Life Member of Indian society of Labour Economics,
2. Life member of Indian Econometrics Society
3. Member, Research Advisory Board, IOSH, UK

others:
1. 	Completed 21-day UGC Orientation programme from 18th November to 7th December at the UGC HRDC Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

* 2 ORSP Projects in Progress
   1. ‘Application of Nudge Strategies in Higher Education’.
   2. ‘Impact of Fourth Industrial Revolution on Textile Weaving Industry in Gujarat’

* 5 ORSP Student Projects Guided and Submitted: 
1. India's Solar Energy capacity ' going through the roof': An impact Assessment of the Residential Rooftop Solar Project.(Student Investigators: Sudiksha Shree, Rutvi Vadera, Yash Bhatt)
2. Exploring Fuel Import Substitution in India and Its vestibule effects on industry (Student investigators: Jash Thakkar and Drsika Desai)
3. Decent work: A case study on Working women (Student investigator: Eshita Chhabria)
4. A case study of Financial Literacy of street vendors in Gujarat (Student investigators: Anushree Shah and Darshil Vyas)
5. Responsible Consumption: Study on Urban and Rural Sectors (Student investigators: Devanshi shah, Sakshi Vyas)

bprofile:
Dr Nausheen Nizami is a labour economist, independent researcher and working as Assistant Professor in Economics at School of Liberal studies, PDPU. Her research is primarily in the contemporary areas of labour economics like decent work. She has published two books: 'Decent Work: Concept, Theory and Measurement' from Palgrave-Macmillan and  'Decent Work: Insights from India's IT Industry' by Sage Publications, a research paper in the Indian Journal of Labour Economics and 4 chapters in books. 
She has undergone an intensive training programme in 'Contemporary issues of Labour economics' by South Asian Research Network (SARNET) in joint partnership with ILO and IDRC Canada.
She has sound knowledge of SPSS for data-analysis and her area of expertise is use of mixed-methods research in labour economics, human development and other social sector issues.

areaofint:
Labour economics, human development, Mixed-methods research, Research methodology, applications of econometrics in research, industrial economics, Microeconomics


department:
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

bprofile:
Santosh Kumar Bharti received B. E degree in CSE from VisvesvarayaTechnological University Belgaum, Karnataka, India, and M. Tech.in CSE from Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India. He has completed his Ph.D.(CSE) from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela India in April 2019. He has worked as Assistant Profesor in SCET, Palwal, Haryana. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the School of Technology of Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar Gujarat. He has published more than 25 research papers in repute journals and conferences.

areaofint:
His research interest includes Natural Language Processing, Social Computing, Sentiment Analysis, etc.


bprofile:
I joined ONGC on 30th May 1985 at IRS, Ahmedabad and started working on the research project in the domain of Reservoir characterisation by tracer applications and rendered esteem contributions for reservoir characterisation and residual oil saturation estimation of flooded area of reservoirs.  i was associated in this domain of R&D works for about 17 years.
I acquired my M.Tech Degree in Petroleum Engineering from ISM, Dhanbad in 2001.  the research topic was based on Tracer application in oil field industry.

areaofint:
Reservoir characterization with the application of tracers for understanding the reservoir fluid dynamics to evaluate the techno economics of EOR application in our industry.


awards:
1. Received the award of "Science direct top 25 most download articles" ranked 11th on top 25 for International Journal of Thermal Science during July to September - 2010, for the paper "Thermodynamic optimization of cross-flow plate-fin heat exchangers using a particle swarm optimization technique"
2. Received the award of "Science direct top 25 most download articles" ranked 19th on top 25 for Applied Thermal Engineering during April to June – 2010, for the paper "Design optimization of shell and tube heat exchangers using particle swarm optimization technique"
3. Received MHRD Scholarship during 2001 to 2003 for pursuing Master of Engineering

interactiondetail:
1. Life member of ISTE (Indian Society for Technical Education)

2. Associate member of Institute of Engineers

3. Member of SAE, India

4. Member of Indian society of heating, refrigeration and air-conditioning

bprofile:
Dr. Vivek Patel has obtained his Ph.D. from S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat with the specialization in advanced optimization algorithms and its application to thermal system design optimization. He has developed an optimization technique called "Heat Transfer Search (HTS)'. He has also proposed various hybrid and modified optimization techniques. He has published many reputed International Journal papers in Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis etc.

areaofint:
Thermal system design, Soft computing techniques for thermal  system design and optimization, Advanced optimization algorithms


awards:
For the role of panel member (UPSC mock interview sessions) received Letter of Appreciation from the Joint Director, SPIPA-Govt of Gujarat

interactiondetail:
Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration - Delivered lecture on International Relations for UPSC mains appearing candidates (2015)
2. Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration - Served Panel Member for UPSC Civil Services mock interview session
•	Addressed AMA [Ahmadabad Management Association] program on "Preparing Yourself for Civil Service Examination" on 4th May, 2017 (on invitation)

others:
1. NET for Assistant Professor in Political Science
2. NET for Assistant Professor in International and Area Studies
3.NET for Assistant Professor in Public Administration
4.SLET (Tamil Nadu) for Lecturer in Political Science
5. External examiner for 1st B.A. LLB program of Marwadi University, Rajkot for the subject of Political Science II, 31st May, 2019.
6.  Co-chaired the technical session “Health Seeking Behaviour” in a national seminar on the theme “Tribal cultures in Transition: Issues of Identity, Sustainability, and
Development" organised by Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University,Puducherry, in collaboration with IGRMS-Bhopal & AnSI-Kolkata, held on 01-02 August, 2019
7. State Coordinator/Nodal Officer for the UGC-MHRD 70th Constitution Day celebration (Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli Region)

bprofile:
Completed Ph.D., MA and PGDFT from Pondicherry Central University and cleared NET in 3 disciplines (International Studies, Pol Science & Pub Adm). Presented papers in leading institutions like IIM-B and published in Journals like Elsevier. On invitation delivered lectures in institutions like CSS Centre - SPIPA

areaofint:
Political Science,International Relations, Public Administration, Geography, Modern Indian History, Physics & Research Methodology (Qualitative)


bprofile:
M. Stat (Hons.)-Indian Statistical Institute, 1981.
Ph.D- University of Minnesota (Twin Cities), 1986.

areaofint:
Microeconomics, Game Theory, Decision Making Theory, Decision Theory, Mathematical (Methods for) Economics


awards:
Young Scientist Award by Science and Engineering Research Board

bprofile:
Dr. Manan Shah joined Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University  in June, 2015 as a Lecturer in the School of Petroleum Technology. He is currently working in Centre of Excellence for Geothermal Energy, Gandhinagar as a Reserach Scientist. He has done his Bachelor in chemical Engineering from L.D college of Engineering and did his M.tech in Petroleum Engineering from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University.

areaofint:
Geothermal Exploration and Exploitation, Renewable Energy Sector, Geochemistry and Hydrochemistry and Water quality, Artificial Intelligence


interactiondetail:
Associate Member of Pugwash India, New Delhi
Honorary Member of the Editorial Board of the IJBST Journal Group
Associate Member of Pugwash India
Member of International Studies Association (ISA)

Member of Pacific Forum, Honolulu

Associate Member, Instituted of Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi

Non-Resident Research Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), New Delhi

Life Member of United Service Institute (USI), New Delhi

Reviewer of Journal of Management and Sustainability, Canadian Center of Science and Education, Canada

bprofile:
Dr Mishra previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), New Delhi, and Associate Editor of the Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, published by Association of Indian Diplomats, New Delhi. He was also a Guest Faculty at the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution of the Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. 
Dr Mishra received his PhD from Centre for South Asian Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 2011. He has authored/edited four books, a mongraph, and several research papers, book chapters in both national and international publications related to South Asian affairs, Indian foreign policy, nuclear safety-security, nuclear energy, proliferation, and missile issues. He was a Visiting Research Scholar at the Cooperative Monitoring Center, SNL, Albuquerque, USA and received two fellowships from Department of State, USA. He is also involved in the Indo-Pak Track-2 dialogues. He is also the Co-Managing Editor of Liberal Studies journal, published from SLS, PDPU.

areaofint:
India's Foreign Policy, International Relations, South Asian Studies, Energy Security, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Missiles


awards:
Awarded Founder Fellow by American Society for Public Administration in 2014

interactiondetail:
American Society for Public Administration, Association of Middle East Public Policy and Administration, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Indian Public Administration Association,IPSA

bprofile:
Dr. Reddy has Completed his Masters and PhD from Osmania University, Hyderabad, before Joining Academics at PDPU in 2015. He was associated with UGC Sponsored DRS Project in Digital and Decentralized Governance as Research Associate for 5 years. He is recognized as Senior Mentor and  awarded Founder Fellow by American Society for Public Administration in 2017 and 2014 respectively. He is  associated with professional bodies of ASPA (American Society for Public Administration),  AMEPPA(American University in Cairo, Egypt), IIPA(New Delhi) and IPAA of India. He had served at RCUES (Regional center for Urban and Environmental Studies), Ministry of Urban Development, Government of Indian Institution at Hyderabad for a period of one year on Deputation in 2017-18.

areaofint:
Internal Security in India, Public Policy and Urban and Rural Developkment


areaofint:
Power Electronics, Embedded Systems, Electric Drives etc.


areaofint:
Wide Area Monitoring System, Application of Synchrophasor Technology in Power System, Artificial Neural Network, Power System Security


bprofile:
Mr.T.V.Pavan Kumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the department since July 2015. He is currently working on Machine Learning-based microgrid Protection for his  PhD. He completed his M.Tech degree in Power Systems Engineering from NIT Warangal, Telangana, India in 2014. He completed his B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in Koneru Lakshmaiah college of engineering (Now, KL University), Vaddeswaram, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh in 2011. His native place is Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh, India.
M.Tech in Power Systems Engineering from NIT Warangal in 2014.
B.Tech in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering in 2011

areaofint:
Power system Protection, Microgrid protection, Machine Learning Applications in Electrical Engineering, FACTS Devices,


bprofile:
Mr. Balaji Rao has completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering (GGU) and M.Tech in Industrial Engineering and Management (NIT Trichy). Currently, he is serving Industrial Engineering department as a faculty from last 2 years. His research area includes data analysis, supply chain management.

areaofint:
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS


awards:
INSA fellowship to attend international conference in Malaysia.

bprofile:
Dr. Pavan Kumar G has completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering. He has done his ME in Design Engineering and PhD in Additive Manufacturing from BITS Pilani. He works in the area of polymer based extrusion technologies. His areas of interest is Design and Manufacturing of Bio-Implants, Medical aids for the needy in collaboration with prominent Orthopedic Surgeons and Dentists.

areaofint:
Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing, Bio-Printing, Implants, Medical Aids, Reverse Engineering.


bprofile:
Mr. Rahul Deharkar has completed his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Y.C.C.E, Nagpur. He has done his M.TECH in Thermal Engineering from NITK Surathkal. He
worked as a Project Trainee at BARC, Mumbai during his Masters. He is currently working on a small-scale multi-effect water desalination system for his doctorate.

areaofint:
Multi Effect Desalination, Heat and Mass Transfer, Computational Fluid dynamics, Thermodynamics


bprofile:
Mr. Kishan Fuse has been working in School of Technology since July 2015. He is persuing his Ph.D. in Solid State Welding area. He received his M.Tech. in Manufacturing Engineering from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat in 2015. He completed his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Government college of Engineering, Jalgaon in 2012. His research area include Metal Welding, Metal Forming, Non-conventional Machining.

areaofint:
Metal Welding, Metal Forming, Non Conventional Machining, Quality Control


bprofile:
Mr. Bhasuru Abhinaya Srinivas did B.tech in Mechanical engineering. He did his masters in Thermal power engineering specialization from NIT Trichy. Currently pursuing Ph.D on Offshore wind energy.

areaofint:
convective heat transfer and heat exchangers, Fluid mechanics, wind and wave energy. Climate change Impact on wind energy.


areaofint:
Power System Analysis and Control, Distribution System Planning Operation and Control


bprofile:
Dr. Krunal Mehta completed his doctoral research work in the domain of 'Tribological characterization of Surface Composites'. He completed his M. E. in Mechanical Engineering (CAD/CAM) from L. D. College of Engineering in the year 2014. He completed his B. E. in Mechanical Engineering from Indus Institute of Technology and Engineering in the year 2012. Dr. Mehta did his M. E. Dissertation at Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, wherein he was supposed to perform a Structural Analysis of 'Plasma Wakefield Accelerator' Equipment. He is also associated with student activities like 'SAE SUPRA' (Racing Vehicle) and 'Shell Eco-Marathon' (Electric Vehicle Prototype)


bprofile:
Ms. Vima Mali has been working in the School of Technology since 18th  January 2016. Before joining to PDPU she was working in the Jain Institute of Technology, Davangere, Karnataka. She is pursing her Ph.D from the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

areaofint:
Electric vehicles and its range estimation, supercapacitors, thermal study on the integrated energy storage devices,


awards:
POSOCO Power System Award- 15 (Doctoral Category)

areaofint:
Grid Synchronization Techniques,
Power System Signal Processing


bprofile:
He holds B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from L.D. College of Engineering, Gujarat University, India and M.Tech. (Petroleum Engineering) from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Hehas one year industrial and seven years of academic experience. Presently, he is pursuing Ph.D. in the area of refracturing technology and also serving as lecturer in Petroleum department. He is also active member of Drilling, Cementing and Stimulation Research Center. His research interest includes stimulation, cementing technology and enhance oil recovery.

areaofint:
Stimulation, Particulate diverters for refracturing, Enhance Oil Recovery, and Cement slurry design


areaofint:
Application of power electronics in Power systems and drives


awards:
1. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) foreign travel grant for attending European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, 2012

2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) travel grant under collaborative research work between IIT Kanpur and NASA for attending Aeronet Network Sun Photometry and MODIS RS Training Workshop, China, 2009

interactiondetail:
(1) American Geophysical Union (2) American Chemical Society (3) IASTA

bprofile:
Dr. Daya Kaul has earned Ph. D from IIT Kanpur. He did extensive work on occurrence of smog and related pollution problems in Indo-Gangetic basin.  He worked as post-doctorate from City University of Hong Kong where he carried out research work on vehicular fleet related pollution, indoor air quality and pollution in microenvironments. He carried out work related to design and development of air pollution devices and instruments.  He is serving PDPU from 2016 in various capacities of teaching, research and administrative work. He has almost 5 years of Post-Ph. D work experience in teaching and research and many journal and conference publications to his credit.  A brief detail of research work which is currently being carried out at the university by the research students are as follows: Air Pollution: Measurement and Modeling; Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry; Climate Change; Indoor Air Pollution; Source apportionment; Carbon Isotope; Design and Development of low cost sensors; Solid waste disposal and related soil and air pollution.

areaofint:
Air Pollution: Measurement and Modeling, Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry, Climate Change, Indoor Air Pollution, Source apportionment, Carbon Isotope, Design and Development of low cost sensors, solid waste management, environmental impact assessment, dispersion modeling, big data analytics and climate change, pollution assessment due to landfill, air treatment technologies


awards:
Academic Silver Medal in M.Tech Petroleum Engineering

bprofile:
Mr.Hiren Patel Joined Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University in January 2016 as a Adjunt Faculty in School of Petroleum Technology. He is currently working at Almansoori Directional Drilling Services, Abu Dhabi, UAE as a Directional Drilling Engineer. Mr. Hiren Patel has worked previously with comapnies like Jindal drilling & Industries Limited, India and Essar Steel Limited India. He is basically a Mechanical Engineer and did his M.tech in Petroleum Engineering.


bprofile:
Professor Subhash Shah, Ph.D, P.E., is a Shell Total Chair Professor in Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. He is an Emeritus Professor in the Mewbourne School of Petroleum an Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Shah holds B.S. degree from M.S university of Baroda, India (1968), and MS (1971) and Ph.D (1974) degrees from university of New Mexico, USA  all in chemical Engineering. He has a distinguished career in the oil and gas industry that spans over 40 years.

areaofint:
Hydraulic Fracturing, drilling, horizontal/multilateral well completions/stimulation and coiled tubing technology.


bprofile:
My self Dr.Milankumar Dilipbhai Bhatt, 
I did my Ph.D.education in physical education. 
I was a captain of Basketball & Handball National team from Gujarat state during 1995 - 2004.
I did NIS[certyficate cource] in health & fitness management.
I am working in the field of sports and fitness last 11 years.

areaofint:
I have intrest in field of sports & fitness coaching, sports events management, sports resarch projects.


awards:
NET-JRF, Hiramani gold medal for PhD work

interactiondetail:
Been in the industry for 27 years; still contributing as a consultant/free-lancer

others:
Former President, and Secretary-General, Gujarat Media Club

bprofile:
A communication teacher with more than 25 years of experience in print, broadcast and new media, Dr Mallik follows a multi-disciplinary approach to communication study, teaching, research and practice. He has worked with leading media houses like The times of India Group, Business India Group, IANS and Bhaskar Corp. His last job was with Ahmedabad Mirror, a morning compact of the Times Group, as its Deputy Resident Editor. Apart from being involved in launch of a few newspapers and supplements, Dr Mallik has been on the visiting faculty of some leading media and communications schools in India for more than 20 years. He has supervised several research dissertations, been involved in framing and reviewing university curricula, conducted faculty and management development programme sessions, and been resource person as several national and international seminars and workshops. He has authored/co-authored three books, written chapters in edited volumes, and presented some papers.

areaofint:
Communication research, Development communication, Social communication/ marketing, Media laws and ethics, Citizen journalism, Written and analytic communication


bprofile:
Mr. Ravi Botta has been working as lecturer in the Electrical Engineering Department, SoT, PDPU since June 2015. He recieved his Master Degree from NIT Thiruchirapalli. He is currently pursuing Ph.D in the area of Control and Design of Power Electronic converters for Solar PV based DC micro grids. Prior to joining PDPU, he worked as a Systems Engineer in Tata Consultancy Services (software development). He has guided more than 3 M.Tech and more than 20 B.Tech projects. He is member of IEEE PES.

areaofint:
Power electronics converters for Solar PV based DC micro grid.


awards:
American Library Association Fellowship online grant for FERA


bprofile:
Address:  F-203, Ganesh Gold, Nr. Chenpur, to Jagatapur
Ahmedabad-382470
Religion-Hindu
Language Known - Hindi , English and Gujarati 

Experience- 1)  I have worked with Nirma University of Science and Technology  from 1st May, 1999 to 31 st July, 
2007
                    2) i have been working in PDPU since 1st August, 2007 till to date.

areaofint:
1) Library and Information Science 
2 ) General Knowledge


awards:
•	Awarded “Dam Safety Excellence Award 2018”, Excellence in Development of Technology (Individual) by Aqua Foundation, 2018

interactiondetail:
University of Bristol (U.K.), University of Exeter ( U.K.), "IH Cantabria", Spain

others:
•	Had achieved an “International Travel Support” from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST under “Young scientist scheme” to present Poster at EGU-2017.
•	Had achieved an “International Travel Support” from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST under “Young scientist scheme” to present paper at University of Exeter, U.K., 2013

bprofile:
Dr Dhruvesh Patel is presently working as an Associate professor at PDEU and has more than 13 year academic experience in Civil Engineering field. He is honoured with Visiting Research Fellowship by University of Bristol, UK in 2012. He has published 16 research papers in International journals and 28 in national/international conference. Dr. Patel has received the ITS award from SERB-DST under the "Young Scientist Scheme"to present a papers at UK in 2013 and at EGU Vienna in 2017. Dr Patel is honoured with "Dam Safety Excellence Award 2018, Excellence in Development of Technology by Aqua Foundation 2018. At present, Dr. Patel is working as Principal Investigator (PI) of the project "Flood Damage Assessment of Dhanera City of Banaskantha District using Geo-Spatial Techniques and Hydrodynamic Flood Inundation Modeling funded by SAC-ISRO, SARITA Program.

areaofint:
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System [Weather radar, satellite, digital terrain model, Semi-distributed hydrological modeling (SWAT) & hydrodynamic modeling (HEC-RAS, HEC-GeoRas, RAS Mapper, MIKE11, MIKE-FLOOD)], Real-time Flood Forecasting (System design, real-time updating, un-gauged catchment, uncertainty, lumped hydrological modeling), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (Flood statistics, frequency analysis, PMP/PMF, geo-statistics, hydrological design), Water Resources Management (Water resources assessment, hydro-ecology, watershed prioritization and modeling, soil and water conservation techniques), Natural Hazards (drought and flood), All aspects of flood resilience and urban flooding.


awards:
Awarded the Albert Schweitzer Medal for Science and Peace in April 2004.

areaofint:
His current areas of interest are executive stress, coping and issues related to executive health, job satisfaction and morale.


bprofile:
Dr.Vinay Vakharia completed his Ph.D. from IIITDM Jabalpur in year 2015 in the area of Fault diagnosis.His Thesis title was Diagnosis of Bearing Faults Using Vibration Signatures and Machine Learning Techniques.He has applied Signal Processing techniques such as wavelets and artificial intelligence techniques to diagnose various bearing faults.He did his M.Tech in CAD/CAM from VIT Vellore and B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from RGPV Bhopal.

areaofint:
Machine Learning,Fault Diagnosis,Signal Processing Techniques,Pattern Recognition.


areaofint:
Power system protection, Condition monitoring of electrical equipment with ANN techniques, FACTS


interactiondetail:
Life Member - ISTE
Life Member - Institute of Engineers
Member - IEEE

bprofile:
Mr. Nirav Karelia possesses ideally blended career profile having more than twenty years of experience in industry  as well as academia.

areaofint:
Power Quality and active filters, FACT controllers and Custom Power Devices,  UPQC, Distributed Generation, Renewable energy sources, Smart grid, Energy efficiency, Energy audit and management.


awards:
1. Won best project award for B.E final year project  from IICHE.

2. Won Ambuja’s Young Researcher’s award from IICHE

areaofint:
Aerogels for Drug Delivery and thermal insulation applications. Supercritical fluid extraction. Design of Ionic liquids for various applications.


bprofile:
Dr. Manikanta Ravindra obtained his Masters and PhD degrees from IIT Kharagpur in manufacturing science and engineering specialization. He had taken a real life challenging problem (locomotive wheel failure from excessive wheel gauge change, sponsored by Indian Railways) as a part of his PhD research and identified root causes of problems and submitted solutions for same to Indian Railways. He is specialized in numerical modeling of manufacturing processes, worked for several years on modelling of manufacturing processes such as (i) Sheet metal forming (sheet bending and deep drawing), (ii) Modeling of hot rolling, (iii) Heat treatment of railway wheels, and (iv) friction stir welding processes.

areaofint:
NUMERICAL MODELING OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES,
RAILWAY ENGINEERING


bprofile:
Dr. Meera Karamta is associated with the Electrical Engineering Department since December 2015. She had been a PhD. Research Scholar with the department prior to 2015 and was involved as Teaching Assistant in the department for various courses. She has completed her PhD. in the area of power system dynamic state estimation. Her research paper on dynamic modelling and state estimation of power system with UPFC received best paper award at the 3rd International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering at Kitakyushu, Japan in 2016. She has presented her work at reputed IEEE sponsored international conferences and also authored research papers in reputed journals. She has been actively involved with various University level as well as Departmental activities. She is a school level nominated member of the PDEU Women's Cell. She has coordinated several workshops under the umbrella of Women's Cell. She is also a nominated member of departmental Board of Studies.

areaofint:
Power system operation and control, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), ML applications to Power Systems, Power system modeling, FACTS, Power system analysis, Project management.


awards:
• Award for Excellence in Thesis Work for the Year 2014-2016 at the 54th Convocation of IIT Bombay.

bprofile:
Dr. Nishith Desai joined PDPU on 1st March 2016. He has over 14 years of professional experience in academia and as an active researcher. He is also a developer in the Solar Thermal Simulator, which is developed a part of the project "Development of a Megawatt-scale Solar Thermal Power Testing, Simulation and Research Facility". The project is sponsored by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India. His research involves energy systems modeling and optimization, solar thermal plant design and optimization, waste heat recovery, and software development.

areaofint:
Solar Thermal Systems, Process Integration, Waste Heat Recovery, Organic Rankine Cycle based Systems


awards:
- Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Technology and Engineering(ic-ETITE-2020),

-Top Performing Mentor Certificate for the online NPTEL course "Design of Photovoltaic Systems," July - October 2018.                                    
- Best Paper Award at the 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2013)
- Gold Medal for the highest academic standing in Master of Technology (Electrical), Nirma University (2007)
- Best Student Award, Institute of Technology (Electrical), Nirma University (2007)
- Indian Society of lighting Engineers (I.S.L.E.) Scholarship (2003-2004) 
- 2nd Best Paper Award at PAPYRUS-04, IEEE National Level Symposium, 2004
- Certificate of Merit in Tech Quest-04, a National Level Symposium, 2004

bprofile:
Prior to joining PDPU, Dr. Amit Sant was a Post Doctoral Researcher at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu (April 2012 - September 2014). He worked on projects related to shunt active filters, unified power quality conditioners, electric vehicles, grid connected solar inverters, and fault-ride-through. His research paper in the area of grid connected solar inverter was awarded the Best Paper Award at the 40th IEEE Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013. From March 2015 to March 2016, he served as an Assistant Professor & Head of the Electrical Engineering Department, BITS Edu Campus, Vadodara, Gujarat. His academic qualifications include a Ph.D. (Electrical Engg.) from IIT Delhi, New Delhi, M.Tech. (Electrical Engg.) from Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and B.E. from Manipal University (Electrical & Electronics Engg.), Manipal, Karnataka. The topic of his Ph.D. dissertation was "Novel Speed Control Techniques for Vector Controlled PMSM Drive. Dr. Amit Sant was awarded Gold Medal for Scholastic Achievements and Best Student Award. Also, during his Bachelor's, he was the recipient for I.S.L.E. scholarship. Dr. Amit is reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IET Power Electronics.

areaofint:
Dr. Amit's research interests include (i) Power Electronics Converters, (ii) Power Quality Enhancement, (iii) Electric Drives, (iv) Electric Vehicles, (v) Renewable Energy Technology


interactiondetail:
1.	Short term course on Statistical Tools for Basics of Capital Market offered to the participants of Certificate Course at Bhubaneswar Stock Exchange, Mar-June 2010.
2. Training on Business Analytics & Applied Statistics to the participants of Certificate Course on Basics of Capital Market at Bhubaneswar Stock Exchange, Sept-Dec 2009.
3. Invited Guest of Honour & Speaker on ‘Utkal Divas’, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, 1st April, 2019.

4. Invited Delegate for an open session with Dr. C. Rangarajan, Fr Chairman-PM Economic Advisory Council & 12th Finance Commission & Fr RBI Governor, on An Overview of the Indian Economy: A Policy maker's Perspective, at  MICA Ahmedabad, 15 Mar. 2018
5. Invited Delegate in an Open Seminar with Prof. Sudipta Sarangi Head, Deptt of Economics, Virginia Tech., on Women and Corruption: What positions must they hold to make a difference?; MICA, Ahmedabad, 18 Dec. 2018

others:
1.	Resource Person for conducting Project Workshop on “Issues and Relevance of Theory of Factor Pricing” at NR BBA Institute of Business Administration, GLS University, Ahmedabad on Aug. 31, 2017
2.6.	Seminar Talk on Union Budget 2009-10 at KIIT School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar on 4 March 2009.

bprofile:
Mr. Manoj K. Sahoo has 10 years of teaching and research experience, teaching Economics at MBA and UG level. Previously he was a Faculty with School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar and worked as an Economic Consultant with Twelfth Finance Commission, Govt of India, New Delhi, advising on fixation of norms for Centre-StateTax Devolution and Mineral Royalty. As a Researcher with Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi he notably worked on restructuring of State Road Transport Undertakings in India. 
As Co-Principal Investigator to Global Development Network Project under United Nation's Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD) he was tasked to estimating Outward FDI investment from Indian MNCs.
Mr. Sahoo started his academic career in Delhi University- Shahid Bhagat Singh College and Sri Ram College of Commerece, Delhi. Moreover, he had undertaken training assignments with Bhubaneswar Stock Exchange, Gujarat Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar, IMS Dehradun etc.
Mr. Sahoo has passed out from Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in his Masters and M.Phil in Economics along with UGC-NET. He has undertaken FDP from IIM, Indore specialising on Case Analysis method of teaching.
Mr. Sahoo has to his credit about 10 national and international research paper, UNCTAD Report, Working paper and Reviews publications. Mr. Sahoo has successfully guided and trained numerous professionals and students in various MDPs/Workshops/OJTs. 
Mr. Sahoo is Life Member of Indian Economic Association and Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi. He is an NRTS scholar and selected for PG-level National Scholarship.

areaofint:
Patent Economics, Development Economics, Farmers' Issues, Infrastructure Economics, Rural Development, Statistics and Econometrics


bprofile:
Dr. Panda is continuing as Associate Professor of Economics in Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University since 13th October, 2010. Dr. Panda completed M.A. from Hyderabad Central University, M.Phil. from CSRD (Economics) from J.N.U., New Delhi and awarded Ph.D. from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. He qualified different scholarships such as  UGC-JRF, National Merit Scholarships and State scholarships. Dr. Panda gained rich administrative experiences as Assistant Director (Micro Planning and Planning) at OPEPA under School and Mass Education Department, Government of Odisha. 
Preparation of Budget, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation of activities, recruitment of functionaries, sustainability plan, consultancy assignments at MHRD level in Education sector have been his majour activities and assignments. He has been in teaching for the last thirteen years. He has seven years of managerial experiences. He took two years lien from 5th May 2014 to  30th  April,2016 to serve as Professor of Economics at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. 
He was local organising secretary for 93rd IEA Conference. This was inaugurated by the then Hon'ble PM Manmohan Singh in 2009. Dr. Panda has edited two books. Two scholars have been awarded Ph.D. under his supervision. He has around 15 plus publications, 18 e-newspaper articles. Besides he conducted a live television show dedicated to financial literacy for nearly 15 episodes.

areaofint:
He is follows macro-economic events, contributes mostly on developmental and money market issues.


awards:
1) Qualified GATE' 2016 with PE (AIR 42)
2) Qualified GATE' 2014 with GG for admission to Post Graduate Program with Scholarship

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Joined PDPU in May 2016 as a Lecturer in School of Petroleum Technology. Completed B.Tech in Petroleum Engineering from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. Completed M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.


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Joined Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University in May,2016. Completed B.Tech in Petroleum Engineering from Dibrugarh University, Assam and M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering from Indian School of Mines Dhanbad.

areaofint:
Flow Assurance of Crude oil, Enhance oil Recovery


awards:
1. National Postdoctoral Fellowship
2. Endeavour Research Fellowship
3. DST International Travel Grant
4. CSIR-UGC JRF

areaofint:
Graphene, porous carbon, nanomaterials, solar cell, water splitting


awards:
Limca Book of Records Holder for Preparation of a Giant Crossword Puzzle.
Best Researcher at Institute of Law Nirma University

interactiondetail:
Continuous interaction with schools for effective brand right information about PDPU. Interaction with various corporate and universities like GNLU, Nirma University etc for remaining abreast in academics.

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Professional with 2 decades of experience corporate and education. Worked in core HR, Operations and Core Management in various companies. Teaching students and training proessionals. Passionate writer with various research articles and books published. Adept in student's activites and development.

areaofint:
English language, Communication, Human Resources & Management, Leadership, Jurisprudence


areaofint:
Wind Energy Conversion Systems, FACTS Devices, Induction Motor Drives, Power Electronics, Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources.


awards:
1. Received State Award for BEST DISABLED EMPLOYEE from Department of Labour and Employment, Govt. of Gujarat, Gandhinagar in the year 2008
2. Received BEST SUBJECT TEACHER AWARD from Higher Education Forum: Gujarat Chapter, at 3rd Regional Conference on “Bringing New Knowledge in the Classroom” organized by SMJV’s C K Shah Vijapurvala Institute of Management, Vadodara on 31st October 2015
3. est Paper Award at Prestige Institute of Management Gwalior in their 3rd National Finance Seminar on 25th May 2019 for A.Y. 2019-20

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AIMA New Delhi,
AMA Ahmedabad
AIMS International

others:
600000 - DHDR
460000 - ICSSR Major Research Project
1000000 - ICSSR IMPRESS Project

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Dr. Narayan Baser has more than 22 years of experience in teaching and research in the area of finance. He is basically Commerce Graduate and MBA in Finance. He passed his UGC NET Exam in 2000. He did his Ph. D. in Financial Management from North Gujarat University, Patan. Prior to Joining PDPU, he was employed with MBA program of National Institute of Cooperative Management, Gandhinagar and B K School of Business Management, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. He has attended and presented papers at several National and International conferences and seminars. He has 20+ publications to his credit. He has also attended QIP and FDP organised by MDI, Gurgaon and IIM Calcutta and IIM Kozhikode. He has received state award for disabled employee from Govt. of Gujarat in 2008. He has also received "BEST SUBJECT TEACHER AWARD" from Higher Education Forum, Gujarat Chapter in 2015

areaofint:
Fundamental and Strategic Financial Management, International Finance, Risk Management & Derivatives, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management


awards:
1) Successfully completed the NPTEL online certification (Funded by Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India) - 12-Weeks (Jan-April 2019) course  on "Rapid Manufacturing" with "Elite"  grade (71%). The course is approved for One and a Half week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). (Roll no. NOC19ME24S61020008)
Instructor: Dr. Janakarajan Ramkumar, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department, and Design Program, at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
2) Excellent Paper award in the International conference on Mechanical, Civil, Industrial and Production Engineering (ICMCIPE)  held in Singapore on 2nd - 3rd January, 2019.     
3) Award of Meritorious - Academic proficiency prize for securing second rank in M.Tech by NIT Tiruchirappalli.
4) Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India Scholarship (GATE fellowship) for pursuing M.Tech from Department of Production Engineering, NIT Trichy (2014-2016).
5) Awarded with N.C.C. (National Cadet Corps) B & C certificates ("A" Grading) in Indian Army Wing (2011-2013).

interactiondetail:
1) Life Member (AM/303/19) - Additive Manufacturing Society of India (AMSI).

2) Associate Member (AM 1845287)- Institution of Engineers (India).

3) Life Member (LM 126689) - Indian Society for Technical Education.

4) Member (M 102585947) - American Society of Mechanical Engineers.  

5) Life Member (LM 11189) - Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering.

6) Life Member (Membership number: 238279) - International Association of Engineers (IAENG) Society of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

others:
Completed credit based GIAN course on Artificial Intelligence techniques and their applications in design and manufacturing with "S" Grade.

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Mr. Vishal Ashok Wankhede is a an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat since July-2016. He completed his M.Tech from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu. He was awarded with academic proficiency prize for securing Second Rank in M.Tech by NIT, Trichy. He has published various articles in reputed journals and international conference proceedings. He is also contributing to writing Book chapters in the area of cloud manufacturing and advanced manufacturing process. He is actively associated with various professional bodies such as Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society for Technical Education, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering. His research area includes Cloud Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Additive manufacturing, Advance manufacturing process, Optimization, Multi-criteria decision making.

areaofint:
Industry 4.0, Additive manufacturing, Sustainable Manufacturing, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Performance Measurement of Manufacturing Organisations, Design of Experiments, Advanced Manufacturing processes


awards:
1. Senoiur Research Felloship by CSIR-HRDG Govt. of India (2011-2013)
2. Innovative Technological Research & Dedicated Teaching Professional Award, Society of Engineers and Technicians, KL, Malaysia (2017)
3. YOUNG SCIENTIST IN BIOFUELS of the Research Awards-
VIRA 2017 (2017)

interactiondetail:
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (India) (LM-60291)
International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (Canada) (Life Member)
International Society for Research and Development (United Kingdom) (SR4150900244)
International Association of Engineers (Hong Kong) (165797)
International Society for Development and Sustainability (Japan) (M130517)
Society of Engineers and Technologist, KL (Malaysia)

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Dr. Sivakumar P holds the position of Assistant Professor at the School of Petroleum Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Gandhinagar, India since 2016.  He received his Ph.D. degree in Faculty of Technology from Anna University, Chennai in 2013.  His current research focuses on several interdisciplinary areas in Biofuels, Nano Technology, Petrochemicals, Petroleum Engineering, Fuel Cells, Concrete etc.  Expertise in laboratory techniques for molecular and structural characterization include SEM, TEM, FEM, GC, HPLC, XPS, DSC, TGA, FTIR, AFM, NMR, Confocal microscopy, wear testing fatigue testing, fracture mechanics analysis, non-destructive testing, and nano-indentation. He has published more than 50 research articles in peer-reviewed international Journals. Currently, he is supervising seven Ph.D. scholars and 15 PG and UG students.  He is an active member of 6 National and International professional societies and serves on a number of committees of National Academies and Industries. He has also established petrochemical engineering laboratories in different institutions.  His teaching expertise includes PG and UG courses in Chemical, Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering.

areaofint:
Enhanced oil Recovery, Loss control Materials, Microbial Isolation and Identification for MEOR,Petroleum Down Stream Processing; Petrochemical Engineering; Biofuels; Nano Technology; Catalysis; Cracking


areaofint:
Nuclear reactor component design, electromagnetic simulation, structural design calculations, thermo-mechanical design,
Thermal hydraulic calculation, material irradiation study


awards:
Winner of grand challenge at idea stage in vibrant Gujarat startup and technology summit  (VGSTS) 2018.

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He has obtained B.E. (Electronics and Communication) degree from GCET, Sardar Patel University in 2007. He has qualified GATE exam with 97.22 percentile and all India rank of 779 in 2008. He has completed his M.Tech (Communication Systems) from SVNIT in 2010. He has obtained PhD from DA-IICT in 2019.

areaofint:
Microwave Imaging, Image reconstruction, Machine learning and AI in imaging, Computational electromagnetic, RF & Microwave Engineering, Wireless Communication and Networking


interactiondetail:
Institution of Engineers India (IoE)
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)
American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Dr. Ashish Unnarkat, currently Assistant Professor with Chemical Engineering Deparment, School of Technology. He completed PhD from IITB-Monash Research Academy, a unique collaboration of IIT Bombay, India and Monash University, Australia and worked in Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Field. Prior to PhD, he worked for couple of years with Vedanta Resources, as Process Engineer with HZL, Dariba (Raj) and HSE Engineer with Sterlite Industries, Tuticorin (TN). he has acquired Master's Degree from BITS Pilani and Bachelor's Degree from Amravati University.

areaofint:
Catalytic Oxidation of Hydrocarbons, Reaction Engineering Studies, Kinetic Modelling, Catalyst Synthesis, Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica and Mesoporous Oxides for Oxidation Applications


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I have completed by B.Tech degree in Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Durgapur and M.Tech in Infrastructure Design and Management from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

areaofint:
Construction Project Management, Project Risk Management


interactiondetail:
CRSI Life Member, CSI Life Member, ISTE Life Member

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Dr. Reema Patel received her B.E., M.Tech., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from S. V. National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat, India in 2006, 2010, and 2016 respectively. She worked as a Visiting Faculty, Lecturer, and Teaching Assistant in Computer Engineering Department, SVNIT, Surat for more than 5 years.

areaofint:
Probabilistic Model Checking, Formal Verification, Information Security, BlockChain Technology, Security and Privacy Issues in Cloud Computing.


awards:
I stood first in paper contest of NTSSPC3CT-2004 of CSI during 13th and 14th March 2004.

Awarded for Pedagogical Innovations Award (PIA – 2015) by GTU Innovation Council, GTU, Feb. 2015.

interactiondetail:
Member of Board of Studies at BVM Engineering College for B.Tech and M. Tech programmes. BOS member at PDPU and BOS member at Indrashil University

others:
Applied for funded research project under Announcement of Opportunities for HyperSpectral Data Analysis as CO-PI

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Dr. Samir B. Patel obtained his Ph.D. Degree from Nirma University in Computer Engineering in the month of October,  2012. He has published more than 33 papers of National and International Repute. He is author of one book. Before joining PDPU, he had worked as Principal, GMFE, Sr. Associate Professor at Nirma University, Assistant Prof., Senior Lecturer at AESICS and before that as lecturer and programmer cum lecturer at CPICA and PDPICA. He has total 22 years of teaching and administrative experience. He is reviewer of various Journals of repute and is a life member of Computer Society of India and ISTE.

areaofint:
Big Data Analytics, Parallel  Computing, Data Processing and Mining,


awards:
Best poster presentation at ICMA 2013, MHRD Govt. of India scholarship for PhD work from July 2011 to June 2015, MHRD Govt. of India scholarship for M. Tech course from August 2009 to May 2011, Qualified GATE-2009 and secured all India rank of 438

interactiondetail:
Member of American Chemical Society (member id:31025119), Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Member ID 009903257149), Schedule I auditor for Gujarat Pollution Control Board

others:
Schedule I auditor for Gujarat Pollution Control Board

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Dr. Manish kumar Sinha has done his B.E. in Chemical Engineering form Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Pune. Afterwards, he joined M.Tech program in Petroleum Refinery Engineering at India Institute of Technology, Guwahati in 2009. He received PhD degree in 2015 from Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. His PhD thesis title was "Preparation and Characterization of Fouling Resistant Ultra Filtration Membrane". He has published several research papers in reputed journals like Journal of Membrane Science (Elsevier), Desalination (Elsevier), RSC Advances ( Royal Society of Chemistry) etc. In 2009 and 2011, he was awarded with MHRD Govt. of India scholarship for perusing M.Tech and PhD respectively.

areaofint:
Dr. Manish Kumar Sinha has interest in synthesis and characterization of functional material and their application for the modification of polymeric membranes for water purification. He is also working in the field of membrane gas separation, lignin based hydrogels for water treatment, MEUF for heavy metal separation.


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Joined PDPU as INSPIRE Faculty, Ph.D (Metamorphic petrology and Geochemistry) from Javavpur University, M.Sc., B.Sc. (Geological Sciences) from Jadavpur University.


interactiondetail:
Lifetime member of International  Institute of Welding

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Mr. Ankur Chaurasia received his Master degree from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India in the year 2016 in the area of production and industrial systems engineering. He Completed his bachlor in Mechanical engineering. Currently, he is serving in the Mechanical engineering department since June 2016. His research area includes the advanced machining processes and abrasive finishing processes. Surface Engineering Technology and challenges in the fabrication of Natural polymer composites. Dynamic  mechanical behavior of composites subjected to ballistic impact, High strain deformation of nanocomposites.

areaofint:
Advanced abrasive finishing processes, composite processing, surface engineering, microwave processing techniques. Design, fabrication and dynamic mechanical characterization of bio degradable composites. High strain rate behavior of polymer based composites, atomistic modelling of polymer based nanocomposites.


awards:
Senior IEEE member
Vice chairman, IEEE AP/MTTs Joint section Gujarat
Award Excellence in Research

interactiondetail:
-getting CP offer for students from ISRO
-Elected Vice CHairman IEEE-APs MTTs joint CHapter Gujarat Section
-delivered expert talk in BVM vidya nagar

bprofile:
Ganga Prasad Pandey received B. Tech degree from KNIT Sultanpur, UP, M. E. from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi and PhD from Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun. He has worked as Assistant Profesor in MAIT, Delhi for 15 years. He has published more than 35 papers in international journals of repute and more than 15 paper in international/national conferences. He has guided three PhD student and currently 2 PhD students are working under him. He is working as reviewer to several publishers like Elsevier, Springer, PIER etc.

areaofint:
machine learning in antenna, energy harvesting, ME-dipole, active, Reconfigurable, frequency agile microstrip
antennas and microwave/millimetre wave integrated circuits
and devices


awards:
-Young Scientist Award 2015
-Young Faculty in Engineering Award 2017

interactiondetail:
IEEE Professional Member, ACM Professional Member, CRSI Life Member,CSI Life Member

bprofile:
Dr. Nishant Doshi is a faculty at the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, India since 2016. He has completed M.Tech. from DA-IICT, Gandhinagar in 2009 and Ph.D. from SVNIT, Surat in 2014. Along with active researcher, he is also reviewer in several reputed journals and conferences. He is rewarded as Young Scientist from Venus International Foundation in year 2015. He is member of IEEE, ACM, CRSI and several other societies.

areaofint:
Algorithms, Cryptography, Remote User Authentication, information protection in general.


bprofile:
A dynamic professional ,Mechanical Engineer and MBA in Marketing Management with 28 years of rich experience in leadership position ,in supply chain management,Procurement and Contracts,Logistics and Port management, in leading Central public sector undertaking and multinationals.

areaofint:
Supply chain management, Contracts Drafting and dispute resolutions, Negotiations,Logistics,road safety


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R. Jothi received B.E Degree from Madras University and M.E Degree from Anna University, Chennai. She did her PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur. Her research interests include Machine Learning, Software Engineering and Bio-Bioinformatics.

areaofint:
Machine Learning, Data Mining, Software Engineering


awards:
Best Paper Award by Pacific University, Best Contributor to The Institute by Indus University, 2nd Best Paper Presentation Award by Bhavnagar University

interactiondetail:
Ahmedabad Management Association. Gujarat University, Indus University, Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Indian Accounting Association

others:
Recently Awarded Project by MHRD, Govt. of India under IMPRESS Scheme

bprofile:
Dr. Ashish B. Joshi has over 18 Years of work experience and the Academic, Consultancy,  Corporate and Institutional Development. Dr. Joshi is engaged with International and National level institutions and universities. 
He has conducted and participated in Training Programs, Faculty Development Programs and MDPs on various topics related to Management for industry and society.
He has traveled various places in India and abroad for research and institutional development activities. He has published more than 27 research papers, articles, case studies and reports at National and International level.
He has presented 18 research papers in national and international conferences. Two of his papers has been awarded as Best Paper Award and One paper has also been awarded as second best research paper award.
Dr. Joshi has also successfully completed Research Project of Rs. 5.50 Lakh granted from AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education.
Five of research scholars have successfully completed their  PhD and currently Five scholars are pursuing PhD under his guidance.
Apart from being visiting faculty member, Dr. Joshi is also member of Doctoral / Research  Progress Review Committee of various reputed universities. 
Recently, Dr. Joshi received approval for a Project Grant of Rs. 11 Lakh under a scheme of MHRD, Government of India

areaofint:
Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Law and Management


areaofint:
Power Quality Enhancement, Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Applications of FPGA controllers for Microgrids and Power Electronics


awards:
Shri P.T.Patel (Visanagar) Gold medal winner standing first in B.L.I.Sc Degree delivered by Governor of Gujarat Kamla Beniwal in H.N.G.U.Patan at 27th Febuary, 2012

interactiondetail:
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan

bprofile:
Assisting patrons with literature searches using database, printed resources and the internet, Creating, updating and managing electronic and printed information resources, Organizing resources in an accessible way, Developing the use of ICT to improve service delivery.

areaofint:
library automation, Digital library, ICTapplications in libraries, Information retrieval, Library 2.0


bprofile:
Coordinator at Innovation & Incubation Centre. Managing communication, documentation and representing IIC at various events.


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Mr. Manivel M is working as a Faculty in the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Technology, PDPU. He has graduated BE(Civil engineering) from Thanthai Periyar Govt Institute of Technology, Master of Technology in Transportation Engineering and Management from the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli. His research areas are Traffic studies for Transportation Demand Management, Road safety studies, Intelligent Transportation System planning, Electric vehicles foe Indian cities, Road Accident study, Accident causing factor study, and analysis.

areaofint:
Highway&Traffic Engineering, Pavement Design and Analysis, Urban and Rural Transportation Planning.


areaofint:
Power Systems Protection, Renewable Energy Sources, Microgrids


bprofile:
Mr. Jatin Agarwal has joined PDPU as Manager SPT. He holds degree in Bachelors in Chemical Engineering and double Masters in Petroleum Engineering from PDPU and University of Tulsa respectively. He has vast research experience in the areas of Flow assurance and Artificial Lift Systems. During his student's tenure in PDPU he was one of the pioneer member to start SPE student chapter and lead the chapter to win its first gold standard award in 2010. He has also mentored SPE student chapter at University of Tulsa.  Based on his techno managerial skills, he is currently involved in both the administrative and teaching jobs at PDPU.


bprofile:
Mr. Darshit SHAH joined as a lecturer in Department of Computer Science and Engineering at SoT, PDPU in 2010. Prior to this, he was visiting faculty at PDPU. Currently pursuing Ph.D. from PDPU. He is having keen interest in innovative projects for societal wellness. Vast experience of teaching computer related subjects to the engineering students, chartered accountant students, cost accountant students and MCA students. Apart from teaching, he handles administrative work of PDPU also. He has a deep understanding of stock exchanges of India.


bprofile:
Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, PDPU.
B.E. Civil Engineering 
MTech Infrastructure Design and Management (IIT Kharagpur)
PhD (Ongoing) Low Energy Buildings (IIT ROORKEE)

areaofint:
Construction Project management
Building Information Modelling 
Low Energy Building Designs 
Data Science and Machine Learning


areaofint:
My areas of interest are structural analysisi,design,earthquake resistant analysis and design of structures.


bprofile:
Counseling Psychologist at Centre for Counseling Services


awards:
1. Swiss government excellence post doctoral Fellowship (2016)
2. Science and Engineering Research Board Overseas postdoctoral fellowship (2016)
3. Fulbright Postdoctoral fellowship (2016)
4. DST International Travel Grant
5. M.Sc. University topper
6. B.Sc. University topper

bprofile:
Dr. Pankaj Yadav is a recipient of many prestigious awards including Fulbright fellowship, Swiss Excellence fellowship, Overseas postdoctoral fellowship, etc. He has many international active collaborations in Switzerland, UK, Sweden, Germany, US and others. His interests are in energy harvesting and storage devices.

areaofint:
Thin film devices, solar photovoltaic, perovskite solar cells, hydrogen generation, fuel cells, energy generation and storage, electroanalytical characterizations


bprofile:
I am thinker working with mission to enable people to create a great product, build great companies and change the world. At fully managed incubation center we are creating future of technology and startups.


areaofint:
Corporate Strategy, Social Responsibility, Management, Management of Higher Education, Energy Studies and Family Business Management.


interactiondetail:
Life Member of ISTE and IETE, Annual Member of IEEE, Senior Member IEEE

bprofile:
Dr. Jigarkumar H. Shah has received B.E. degree in Electronics Engg. from B.V.M. Engineering College, Vallabh Vidyanagar in 1997. He has completed M.E.course in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Microprocessor System and Application from the M.S. Uni. of Baroda, Vadodara in 2006 and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the same University in 2013. His research area includes digital signal processing, speech enhancement, embedded and real time implementations, ambient assisted living, financial systems etc. He was teaching faculty in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering department of S.V.M. Institute of Technology, Bharuch from February 1998 to November 2016. Currently he is serving as an assistant professor in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) department, SOT, PDPU, Gandhinagar. He has taught various subjects of Electronics and Communication Engineering. He has published several research papers in reputed International Journals and IEEE/Springer Conference Proceedings.He has authored several books related to Basic Electronics, Integrated Electronics, Digital Logic Design, Digital Signal Processing and Speech Enhancement Techniques. He is also senior member of IEEE and life member of IETE and ISTE. Currently one Ph D student is working under him at PDPU, Gandhinagar.

areaofint:
Signals and Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Analog and Digital Electronic Systems, Control and Communication Systems, Machine Learning, Ambient Assisted Living, Financial Systems.


awards:
•	Outstanding Reviewer award- Energy Conversion and Management Journal, 2015
•	Excellence in Ph.D. thesis award- IIT Bombay 2014

•	MIT TR 35India – 2012 Young Innovator award (flameless combustion with liquid fuels) 

•	6th ENERTIA Award 2012- India’s Award for Sustainable Energy & Power (Development of high intensity ultralow emission biodiesel combustor for industrial applications)

•	Travel Award – Combustion Institute for 34th International Symposium on Combustion


awards:
Early Career Research (ECR) award  of Rs 21,67,730 from DST SERB for a three year research project (2017-2020)

interactiondetail:
Life member of ISTE, ACM Processional Member

bprofile:
Manish chaturvedi received the B.E. degree in Computer Engineering from North Gujarat University, Gujarat, India in 2003, and the M.Tech. and Ph.d. degrees in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) from the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of ICT (DA-IICT), Gujarat, India in 2009 and 2016, respectively.

areaofint:
Design of intelligent transportation systems, Embedded Systems and IoT, Scalable protocol design for large distributed systems, and application of ICT for solving problems of societal importance. Recently, I have developed interest in distributed data structures and Blockchain framework..


awards:
1. International Travel Grant support by SERB, DST, Government of India to attend CFB-12 International Conference in Krakow, Poland, 2017.







2. Research Excellence Award for the year 2014, 2015 in Department of chemical engineering, IIT Hyderabad

bprofile:
Dr. Teja Reddy Vakamalla is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in PDPU, Gandhinagar. He specialized in the area of CFD in mineral processing. During PhD he worked for 3 different industrial projects (TATA Steel, Tega Industries and NMDC) apart from a DST project. His research out come is visible in terms his publications in internationally reputed peer reviewed journals (8) and conference proceedings (16). His research focus is more inclined towards solving the industrial comminution and classification problems by using CFD, DEM techniques. Currently he is the reviewer of Separation and Purification Technology, Powder Technology and Physicochemical Problem of Mineral Processing.

areaofint:
CFD, Mineral Processing, Fluidization, Slurry Rheology, Mathematical modelling


awards:
•Awarded as Overseas Postdoctoral Fellow in University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland from DST Govt. of India. 
•Received the “Best Paper Award” for Oral Presentation under the category of Mass transfer in 69th Annual Session of IIChE (Chemcon-2016) was held at IIT, Chennai, India during December 27– 30, 2016. 
•Awarded DST Young Scientist Travel Grant (Rs. 1 Lakh) to present paper at International Conference in Singapore, December 2015.
•Awarded the “Senior Research Fellowship – CSIR 2010-2013” by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, New Delhi, India
•Awarded TEQIP Travel Grant (Rs. 1 Lakh) to present paper at International Conference in Bangkok, Thailand September 2014.
•Received Dr. J. D. Dhake Prestigious Award for securing highest marks in M.Tech (Chemical Engg.) Ist Year.

interactiondetail:
1. Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland.
2. Sunway University, Malaysia.
3. Kyung Hee University, South Korea.
4. University of Nottingham, Malaysia.
5. Taylors University, Malaysia.
6. Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
7. Xiamen University, Malaysia.
8. BITs Dubai
9. Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India.
10. BITs Goa.

others:
Editorial Board Member of International Journals.
Reviewer of several high repute international Journals

International Journal of Green Chemistry
•International Journal of Chemical Engineering & Processing 
•International Journal of Chemical Separation Technology
•International Journal of Engineering & Technology

Peer Reviewer of Journals
Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer) 
Journal of Molecular Structure (Elsevier)
Industrial Engineering & Research (ACS Publisher)
Journal of Chemical Engineering Data (ACS Publisher)
Environmental Technology (Taylors & Francis)
Petroleum Science and Technology (Taylors & Francis)
International Journal of Engineering Technologies (IJET)
Research   Journal   of   Chemical Sciences.
Biofuels
Applied Organometallic Chemistry
Fuels
Journal of Cleaner Production

Project Title:- CO2 Capture By Using Novel Phosphonium Based Ionic Liquids Supported Membrane.
Funding Agency:- DST, New Delhi, India. (Mission Innovation IC#3 scheme)
	Approved Budget:- 60 Lakhs 
	PI:- Dr. Swapnil Dharaskar
           Co-PI:- Dr. Manish Sinha


2. Project Title: - “Deep Eutectic solvents for solar energy harvesting”
Funding Agency:- Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia.
Tentative Amount:- 1 Cr
PI:- Dr. Rashmi Walvekar, Taylors University, Malaysia
CO-PI:- Dr. Swapnil Dharaskar, SOT, PDPU, Gandhinagar

bprofile:
Dr. Swapnil Dharaskar is currently working as Assistant Professor & Head in Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Technology at Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He has around 09 years of  teaching and research experience. He worked as SERB-overseas postdoctoral researcher, Department of Green Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. He worked as "Visiting Research Scientist" at Department of Green Chemistry (LUT) Finland. He is the PI of DST sponsered project on CO2 seperation under Mission-Innovation Carbon capture scheme. He has published more than 40 research papers in international repute journals. He has attended 40 International and 35 National conferences. He has guided 04 PhD (On going), 15 MTech, and more than 60 B.Tech students. He is the fellow member of various professional bodies like IIChE, AIChE, IWA, ACS, IEI, ISTE, IAENG, ISRD, IAN etc. He is active reviewer of several high repute international SCI/SCIE journals. He has the recipient of several professional awards.

areaofint:
CO2 seperations, Deep Eutectic Solvents, Ionic Liquids, Desulfurization Process,  Nanotechnology, Wastewater Treatment etc.


interactiondetail:
Chartered Engineer - Institution of Engineers, Institution of Valuer

bprofile:
Thirty five years of experience across training ; academic & practicing in the field of industrial engineering; project financing & entrepreneurship

areaofint:
Production & Operation Management; Finance & Management Accounting; SCM . Domain skill for promoting & facilitating entrepreneurship in institutes & university


bprofile:
Ph.D. (2016, IIT Bombay)
M.E. (2011, Delhi College of Engineering)
B.E. (2009, Engineering College Kota)

areaofint:
Antenna Design, Microwave Engineering, Image Processing


bprofile:
Ms. Mahula Santra joined PDPU as a Lecturer in the School of Petroleum Technology in May 2017. She is a B.Tech.(WBUT, 2015) and M.Tech.(UPES, 2017) in Chemical Engineering with specialization in Process Design Engineering. During masters, she has completed her major project work at BPCL R & D Centre, Greater Noida (July, 2016 - April, 2017). Currently, she is pursuing PhD in Chemical Engineering from Ahmedabad University.

areaofint:
Natural gas engineering & processing, LNG value chain,Chemical Reaction engineering,Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Petroleum refining processes


bprofile:
Mr Hari Ganesh joined PDPU as lecturer from May 2017.
He has completed his M tech in Petroleum Exploration from University of Petroleum and energy studies, Dehradun in 2017 & B tech in mechanical engineering from Hindustan University Chennai. He completed his training and internship at Indian  Rare Earth Ltd, Kollam and Raeon Energy Services LLP, Mumbai.

areaofint:
Design of Machine Elements like Electromagnetic repulsion engine, Sand processing machines and fishing tools, Drilling Engineering, Conventional Lost Circulation Materials, Well logging and Formation Evaluation.


awards:
	Featured on the cover page of DEW journal for women in Oil and Gas and Engineering in January 2021.
	Certificate of appreciation awarded by UPES career services and alumni relations for coaching and mentoring final year students for 2020-21. 
	Team member Women In Geothermal-WING India Chapter.

interactiondetail:
Society of Petroleum Engineers, UPES Dehradun, Oil and Natural Gas Corportion Ltd., Torrent Ltd, Adani Gas Ltd., Graphic Era University, DEW journal

bprofile:
Namrata is a petroleum engineer with both masters and bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering. She has rich assortment of work experience from reputed firms like Weatherford International and Infosys ltd. She is currently pursuing her PhD in the field of hybrid renewable energy. She has keen interest in various research areas such as City Gas Distribution, Renewable energy, Hydraulic Fracturing. Her present teachings specializations are in production engineering, unconventional hydrocarbon resources, natural gas engineering and safety,health and environment. She is also actively involved in organising and conducting soft skills development programs for the students and industry professionals. She is passionate and efficient professional who handles teaching, research and administration work in a balanced manner.

areaofint:
Production Engineering, City Gas Distribution, Natural Gas Engineering, LNG, Artificial lift technology, Renewable Energy, Hydraulic fracturing, HF fluid, Applications of Petroleum Engineering in Software domain


bprofile:
Joined Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University on 1st of June 2017. Completed B.Tech in Petroleum Engineering from Dibrugarh University - Assam and M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering from IIT(ISM) - Dhanbad. Has completed his Internship at Cairn India Pvt. Ltd. at Well Completion and Services Department.

areaofint:
Directional Drilling Engineering , Reservoir Engineering , Slickline and Wireline Services , Stimulation Design , Artificial Lift Design.


bprofile:
Joined Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University on 1st June'17 as a Lecturer. Completed B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from SRM University, Chennai. Pursued master's in Petroleum Engineering (upstream) from PDPU, Gandhinagar.

areaofint:
Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery, Proppant shape,size distribution for Hydraulic Fracturing,


bprofile:
Membrane based gas separations is one of the fastest growing unit operations in industrial sectors. We focus on separation of green house gas like Carbon dioxide along with constructive modelling approaches. We have also group of eminent members focusing on production of Bio-Diesel from edible and non edible oil. We synthesize and study the Oxidizing and hydrogenation catalytic aspects with new generation nano catalysts called Metal Organic Frame Works (MOFs)

areaofint:
Membrane Gas Separations, Catalysis, Biofuels, Thin film coatings


bprofile:
Completed bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from MITS gwalior, Industrial experience from Ranbaxy laboratories limited(API), More than 3 year work experience from Amity University, JK Lakshmipat University. paper poster presented in International conference on Nano Technology.

areaofint:
Heat Transfer, Chemical reaction Engineering, Waste water treatment, Desalination,


awards:
Dr. Mahindra Award for securing
first rank in third year Bsc
at St. Xavier’s college, Ahmedabad

interactiondetail:
CEPT university, SAC ahmedabad, BISR Jaipur

bprofile:
Worked as Research fellow for three years at Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur under various projects of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Water Resources Dept. Rajasthan
Worked on projects such as Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission(RGNDWM), Space-Based Information Support for Decentralized Planning (SIS-DP), Identification of Palaeochannels in the Eastern Fringe of That desert, Controls of Surface Runoff Parameters on the Water Balance of the Bisalpur Reservoir, Rajasthan and GIS based Catchment Management Protocol, Urban Sprawl, National Wasteland Change Analysis,etc

areaofint:
Remote Sensing, Geographic Information system, Aerial photography, Microwave Remote sensing, Digital Image processing, Global Positioning System(GPS), Geographical Research, statistics, mathematics, data science, machine learning, deep learning


areaofint:
Solar Based Application
Heat Exchanger
Air Conditioning Systems


awards:
1. Annual Research Award (2017), UPES, Dehradun, 2017.

    2. Young Faculty Award (2016) by Venus International Foundation, India.

    3. DST-ITS Fellowship by DST, Govt. of India, 2012.

    4. DGFS-Ph.D. Fellowship by DAE, Govt. of India, 2010.

    5. GATE Scholarship by MHRD, Govt. of India, 2006

interactiondetail:
Member of : 1. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),    2. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
    3. International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR-USA, IUPRAI)
    4. International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
    5. International Society for
Stereology & Image Analysis (ISSIA)

bprofile:
Dr. Paawan received Ph.D. (Engineering) from Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, M.Tech. (Communication Systems) from SVNIT, Surat and B.E. (ECE) from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. 
His research area is multi-disciplinary in nature spanning applications/solution development in various domains such as signal processing, embedded systems, pattern recognition, machine vision, Artificial Intelligence. He has 3 Indian patents (published) and more than 30 publications. He has guided/co-guided 3 Ph.D. Scholars focusing on disaster management technology and smart grid analysis.
He has also worked in Wipro Technologies in VLSI domain.
He is Senior Member, IEEE and Member to ACM, ISSIA, IAPR.

areaofint:
Internet of Things (IoT), Image Analysis, Machine vision, Machine learning, communication systems, Embedded System on SBCs.


others:
•	Delivered an expert talk on "Wind Turbine Generating Systems", on 12th February 2020 during one day workshop on green energy at Silver Oak University.

•	Delivered an expert talk on " Wind Turbine Generating Systems & Power System Stability", on 26th February 2020 at Gandhinagar Institute of Technology.

•	Delivered a session on “Wind Turbine Generators & its Control” on 4th March, 2020 in a three-day short term training course on Advanced Trends in Electrical Power Systems, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, during 4th to 6th March, 2020.

•	Organized a three day short term training program on “Advanced Trends in Electrical Power Systems”, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, during 4th to 6th March, 2020.

bprofile:
Dr. Bhinal Mehta is presently working with the Department of Electrical Engineering, SOT, PDPU since July 2018. Prior to joining he was working as Associate Professor in EE Dept, CSPIT, CHARUSAT, Anand since August 2004. He has teaching experience of 16 Years at UG and PG level. He has guided 13 post graduate students and 2 research scholars are currently pursing PhD. He has received research project funding from Royal Academy of  Engineering (UK) under Newton Bhabha Fund and GUJCOST. He has been a reviewer of various international journals and delivered several expert talks. He has published several research papers in highly reputed international journals and international conferences. He possesses a distinguished academic carrier. He completed PhD in 2015 from CHARUSAT in area of impacts of wind turbine generators on power system stability. He completed M.E and B.E with distinction in the year 2005 and 2003 from Sardar Patel University and Saurashtra University,respectively.

areaofint:
Electrical Machines, Electrical Power System, Modeling and Simulation of Electrical Machines, Power System Dynamics & Stability, Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources (Wind turbine generating systems), Micro grid, Electrical Machine Design


bprofile:
Dr Praghnesh Bhatt is presently working as Associate Professor and Head in Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Technology of Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar. He completed his B.E. in Electrical Engineering from L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad and M.E. in Electrical Engineering from BVM Engineering College, Vallabh Vidhyanagar with specialization in Electrical Power Systems. He received his PhD from S V National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat. He has about 15 years of teaching experience at UG and PG level. He successfully guided 4 PhD research scholars and other 5 are pursuing their research under his supervision. He has published more than 50 research papers in globally reputed international journals and conferences. He is a member of IEEE and IEEE Power & Energy Society. He is also a life member of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE). He delivered many expert talks at international/national conferences/workshops/faculty training programs and also acted as session chair in national/international conferences. He has been awarded research funding projects from Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), AICTE and GUJCOST. He traveled to UK, Denmark and Hong Kong for academic and research works. He is a reviewer of international journals such as IEEE Transactions on Power System, IET GTD, IJEPES, Applied Energy, Electrical Power Components & Systems and Canadian Journal of Electric and Computer Engineering and more than 15 international conferences.

areaofint:
Power System Analysis, Power System Stability and Control, Grid Integration of Wind Power Generation, Smart Grid, Distributed Generation, Power System Protection, Power Quality, Optimal Power Flow


awards:
Best Presentation Award, RSS 2017 IIT Bombay.

bprofile:
Dr. Abhishek is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering department of Pandit Deendayal Energy University. He received his PhD from IIT Bombay in 2019. He completed his Bachelor's (B.Tech) from HBTI Kanpur in 2011 and MTech from IIT Bombay in 2019.

areaofint:
Study of Foam and Emulsion Stability, Study of Inter-particle interactions, and, Colloid and interface science in general. Interested in both - Theoretical and Experimental studies.


awards:
Young scientist award for best poster presentation by IIT Kanpur- NIt Srinagar In ICBNL-2016 from 25-29 May 2016.

others:
Delivered an invited talk on “Nano-scale Advances in Catalysis Applications” on 16th–17th February 2019 organized by Applied Physics Department, Sardar VallabhBhai National Institute of Technology.

bprofile:
Ms. Suverna Trivedi has done her B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering from UPTU, Lucknow. She has received M.Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi.  Afterward, she joined Ph.D. program at IIT(BHU), Varanasi in 2014. Her Ph.D. thesis title was "Simultaneous Catalytic Oxidation of CO and CH4: An Approach of CNG Vehicular Emission Control." She has published research articles in reputed journals like New Journal of Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry), Journal of Environmental Science (Elsevier), AiChe (Wiley), etc. In 2012 and 2014, she was awarded with MHRD Govt. of India scholarship for pursuing M.Tech. and Ph.D. respectively. In 2016, at NIT Srinagar, during ICNBL-2016, she was awarded with the best poster presentation award.

areaofint:
Heterogeneous Catalysis Synthesis and Characterization, Nano-material Synthesis and Application in Electronic Storage Devices,  Reaction Kinetics, Vehicular Emission Control.


awards:
National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) scholarship;
Merit Scholarship for Professional Studies-AIEEE

interactiondetail:
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai (Evolution of Polymeric Surfactant for Emulsification and Demulsification for Value Recovery from Dilute Nuclear Streams using Liquid Emulsion Membrane Technique)

others:
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) - Member

Society of Rheology (SOR) - Member

bprofile:
Lubhani Mishra was a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. She obtained her bachelor's degree in 2013 from SSBUICET, Panjab University, Chandigarh where she investigated the process of manufacture of styrene from ethylbenzene as a part of her undergraduate research project. Her masters and doctoral research were focussed on the computational fluid dynamics and primarily deals with the role of non-Newtonian rheology on transport phenomena in complex geometries.

areaofint:
Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics and Rheology of Complex Fluids
The research interests are focused on computational modeling and simulation of Non-Newtonian fluids which contributes to the understanding of the momentum and heat transfer characteristics of the complex fluid flow past bluff bodies. The numerical experiments have been conducted using the finite element solvers. Additional software tools have been employed for post-processing of numerical results.


awards:
Won “Best Paper Award-Third Place” at SPE ATSE conference held at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in 2016

bprofile:
Dr. Sivasankar is an Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering at PDPU. He did his both M.Tech and Ph.D  in Petroleum Engineering (Upstream) from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. His Ph.D research topic was on "Enhanced Oil Recovery by Microbial Flooding with Temperature, pH and Salinity Effects: Mathematical Modelling  and Numerical Simulation". His research expertise lies in  Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques and Numerical Reservoir Simulation. His current research work focuses on experimental and numerical investigation of: EOR techniques, hydrocarbon production from unconventional reservoirs, Carbon dioxide (CO2) Sequestration and Bio-remediation of on-shore oil spills. At PDPU, he teaches Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir Modelling & Simulation, Geomechanics and Strength of Materials. He also guide students on EOR projects.

areaofint:
His areas of interest are: Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir Modelling & Simulation; Enhanced Oil Recovery - Microbial Flooding, Low Salinity Water Flooding, Surfactant Flooding, Polymer Flooding, Carbonated Water Flooding and Hybrid EOR Methods; Multiphase Fluid Flow and Multispecies Reactive Transport in Subsurface Porous Media; Computational Fluid Dynamics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Environmental Applications; Environmental Engineering (CO2 sequestration,  Bioremediation of onshore oil spills)


awards:
1.Best MS thesis award, IIT Madras
2. Best oral presentation award
3. Best researcher award

bprofile:
Dr. Surya is currently working as a faculty in department of Chemical Engineering PDPU, Gandhinagar since August 2018. He has completed both masters and PhD from IIT Madras. Prior to joining PDPU, he worked in fertilizers, propellant processing and petroleum refining sectors.

areaofint:
Value addition to solid wastes (municipal solid waste, plastic waste, e-waste, crop residues), combustion, pyrolysis, heat loss prevention systems development


awards:
Dr. DS Kothari Post-doctoral Fellowship of UGC, Gov. of India, Institute Fellowship of IIT Bombay, Institute Fellowship (JRF) of BIT Mesra Ranchi,  Association of Scientist Developers and Faculties (ASDF) Global Best Scientific Researcher Award 2016 (International) Michigan, USA.

interactiondetail:
Harvard University Cambridge USA, IISc. Bangalore, MNNIT Allahabad, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, BIT Mesra Ranchi and Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University Agra. University of Malaya, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam

bprofile:
Dr. Rohit Srivastava received Master of Philosphy (M.Phil.) from Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University Agra, India in 2010 and after that he worked as Project Fellow on UGC major research project at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad India. He earned his Ph.D. degree from Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra Ranchi, India in 2015. He spent more than 1 year as Dr. DS Kothari Post-doctoral fellow at Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) Bangalore India. During working at IISc., he got an offer for another Post-doctoral position at Harvard University USA, where he spent 2 years working on a research project sponsored by Repsol SA (An global energy company based in Madrid Spain). He is acting as reviewer of more than 5 international journals. He returned to the country and joined as Assistant Professor at School of Petroleum Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Gandhinagar, since August 2018.

areaofint:
In 21st century, the major challenges facing scientific community is to search an alternatives of energy resources. The main objective of my research is to design and developed novel catalysis for energy applications. My areas of research interest includes: Functional Nano-materials, Electro/photo-chemical Technology, Energy Storage & Conversion and Bio-physical Chemistry.


bprofile:
Dr. Dinesh Kumar received his Ph.D Degree from School of Computer and Systems Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in August 2018. He completed his M.Tech in July 2014 from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His research interests include resource provisioning and pricing in the Cloud market and IoT. He has proposed various resource provisioning algorithms and pricing mechanisms for cloud market based on some economy based techniques such as Game theory, Auction, Mechanism Design, Negotiation etc.

areaofint:
Cloud Computing, Auctions, Economics and Computation, Internet of Things, Fog Computing.
I am also willing to focus on creating rigorous solutions based on game theory, mechanism design and optimization to interesting modern problems arising at the interface of computer science and economics such as crowdsourcing mechanisms, social network analysis, Internet Economics, Internet advertising etc.


bprofile:
I have more than seven years of teaching and two years of industrial experience, currently perusing PhD(Structural Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Hyderabad, backed by MS by
Research (Computer Aided Structural Engineering) from International Institute of Information Technology
(IIIT), Hyderabad, Bachelors of Engineering (Civil Engineer) Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad

areaofint:
Numerical Analysis, Earthquake Source Modelling, Seismic Analysis of the offshore Structures  and Pipelines


interactiondetail:
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Brookheaven National Laboratory, Long Island, NY, USA
Yeshiva University, NY, USA
Montana State University, USA
Colorado School of Mines, USA

bprofile:
Dr. Ranjan K. Pati has been working as Senior Scientist at Solar Research & Development Center, PDPU since July 2015 with the aim to establish and develop the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) research facility at PDPU.  Before joining at PDPU, he served as an Assistant Professor at SVNIT, Surat since 2011.  Prior to that he spent almost 11 years at the United States of America both in Academic Institutions and Industries, which include New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, University of Maryland, College Park, Latitude 18, Inc.  Dr. Pati's Research interests include Nanomaterials and their application in Fuel Cell Technology.

areaofint:
Nanomaterials, Renewable Energy, Water-Gas-Shift (WGS) catalysts, Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC), Ionic Conductivity.


areaofint:
His research interests are image processing and computer vision.


bprofile:
Worked at L & T in NDT dept, worked at Anup Engineering as a welding engineer. B.E Metallurgy and M.E Welding Technology, From The M S University, Baroda

areaofint:
Welding Technology, Non Destructive Testing, Non Conventional Machining.


bprofile:
I am Presently working as a senior research fellow in Mechanical Engineering Department,PDPU, Gandhinagar. 
Qualification:- B.Tech (Mechatronics) and M.Tech (Mechanical).

areaofint:
Manufacturing, Production, Welding, Operation and Research Management.


awards:
(i) Qualified the UGC-NET for Mass Communication and Journalism.

(ii) Awarded the ‘Role of Honour’ by Deloitte for outstanding performance on events tracking and developing the process flow and checklist for the Market Calendar on the March 31,
2009.

(iii) Awarded the Vijay Informations Gold Medal for securing the 1st Prize in the 3rd All India Painting Competition in 1997-98.

(iv) Presented a Paper during the ‘4th All India Media Conference – 2019' (AIMC-2019) in Udaipur and Was Conferred with the Best Paper Award. The Title of the Paper Was ‘Identification of Public Sentiment over Comments through Tweets by Digital India over the Period from November 21, 2016 to November 20, 2017’.

bprofile:
An enterprising and focused individual, Dr. Amrita Chakraborty is a UGC-NET qualified scholar. She has a total experience of more than 13 years, which encompasses 4.4 years in academics, 5.2 years in secondary market research and 3 years in marketing, counselling and operations management. She has worked with leading corporate brands such as Deloitte, NIIT and IMS. In the educational domain, she has worked with Ramoji Krian Universe (RKU) in Hyderabad. She has also worked as the Hyderabad correspondent of edInbox, a convergent platform for educational news from across Southeast Asia. She firmly established her credentials in handling research projects across industries and regions. Having directly worked with Lead Client Marketers in the U.S. for handling all project requests, she has also trained her guns in leading teams, managing projects and training and mentoring team members. Coupled with effective communication skills, she has considerably mastered the art of interpersonal relationships. She deeply focusses on client satisfaction and strives for positive feedback. Having completed her Ph.D. thesis in Digital Government Public Relations, she aspires to blend corporate affairs and the art of communication with teaching thereby ensuring the overall development of media students.

areaofint:
Public Relations, Communication Research, Development Communication, International Communication, Advertising, Media History, Cultural Communication, Media Economics, Corporate Communication, Corporate Social Responsibility, Media Laws and Ethics, Consumer Behaviour


awards:
1. Selected for Overseas Research Fellowship to visit University of North Texas, USA during Ph.D.   
                                                                                                                     
2. Received Award for Academic Excellence from Prof. C.N.R. Rao during M.Tech at IIT Hyderabad. 
                   
3. Received 1st prize in poster presentation from M.Tech research work at DMAT-2012 conference in IIT BHU Varanasi.   
                      
4. Qualified GATE-2010 in Mechanical Engineering with 94.43 percentile.   

5.  Received best poster award in Indo-UK workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Safety and Materials for Nuclear Application

interactiondetail:
The Institute of Engineers (India), Indian Institute of Welding, BARC Mumbai, IIT Gandhinagar, University of North Texas, USA,

bprofile:
Dr. Pankaj Sahlot completed his PhD from IIT Gandhinagar and worked on experimental and numerical  study of tool wear during Friction stir welding (FSW). He also visited University of North Texas Denton, USA for six months as a visiting researcher during his Ph.D. His research work has been published in various reputed journals and conferences. He did  M.Tech from IIT Hyderabad and also received award for Academic Excellence from Prof. C.N.R Rao.

areaofint:
Additive manufacturing/3D Printing, Friction Stir Welding and processing, Experimental and numerical modeling of advanced manufacturing processes, Tool Wear, Microstructural and mechanical characterization of materials and Simulation of heat transfer and fluid flow.


bprofile:
Dr Janardhan Completed his BTech from VR Siddartha Engineering College Vijayawada. He pursued MS by research from IIT Madras in the area of unconventional machining and PhD from IIT Hyderabad in the area of Robotics and Multibody dynamics.

areaofint:
Robotics and Multibody Dynamics, Unconventional machining processes


awards:
Best paper award in Session 1-2: Nilay Mehta, Mazad Zaveri, "Investigation of Communication Schemes for ANN Implementation - Multiple Processing nodes (Based on FPGA/u-controller Boards)" in (ISTE, UGC merged scheme funded) International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, and Informatics, held on 25-Feb-2017, at the Dept. of CSE, Maharaja Sayajirao University, pp. 20-26.

interactiondetail:
Member:
(1) International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
(2) IAENG Society of Artificial Intelligence
(3) IAENG Society of Scientific Computing

bprofile:
Mazad Zaveri joined Department of ICT/CE, at School of Technology, PDPU in December 2018.

Mazad Zaveri previously worked as a faculty member at the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), Ahmedabad University, during Dec 2014 to Nov 2018, and at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT), Gandhinagar, during April 2010 to Nov 2014. 

During 2003 to 2009, he worked as Graduate Research Assistant (under doctoral program), at Oregon Health and Science University, and Portland State University, in Oregon, USA, under funding from NSF and DARPA sponsored projects.
Academic Qualification:
PhD (Electrical and Computer Engg) [Neuromorphic Circuits]- from Portland State University, Oregon, USA (2009)
MSE (Electrical Engineering) [CMOS VLSI Design] from Arizona State University, USA (2003)
BE - Gujarat University (2000)

areaofint:
Digital CMOS VLSI Design: Arithmetic-Logic Circuits and related sub-systems
-Design and investigation of performance, power, and Power-Delay-Product


awards:
Outstanding Associate Editor (AE) 2019, IEEE Access.
1st Rank on Survival Task, Multimodal Brain Tumor Segmentation Challenge 2019: 17th Oct. 2019, Team MARS: Rupal Agravat, Ahmedabad University, Mehul S Raval, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, India. Intel AI Prize.
50 Fabulous Edutech Leaders Award, World Education Congress, Mumbai, 4th July 2019.
Outstanding Associate Editor (AE) 2018, IEEE Access.
Enrolled as Fellow (F-1239879), The Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata from 30th May 2018.

Session Chair, Security in personal communication (SPC),  20th IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC 2017), 18th Dec. 2017. 
Joined as an Associate Editor, IEEE Access, 2017 - 2020. 
NVIDIA Corporation GPU grant 2017 for Quadro K5200 GPU (8 GB), September 2017. 
Best Paper Award at IEEE International Conference On Computing, Analytics and Security Trends (CAST-2016)" at College of Engineering Pune during 19th to 21st December, 2016. 
Argosy Visiting Associate Professor, Fall 2016, Olin College of Engineering, Olin Way, Needham, MA, 02492, US. 
Fellowship under Sakura Exchange Program in Science for Collaborative Research Activity Course B  at Okayama University , Japan, July - August 2016. 
Appreciation Award as guide under Gandhian Young Technological Award (GYTI) - 2016 to CheckIT: A Low cost mobile OMR system. March 2016. 
Distinguished Speaker Computer Society of India, Region III, 2015. 
Appreciation Certificate for "Dedicated leadership and support of the activities for SPS Chapter", IEEE Signal Processing society (SPS), 2014. 
Elected as Senior Member (SM), IEEE, 2013. 
IEEE Region-10 Outstanding Branch Counselor award for 2012. 
Elected as Senior Member, Computer Society of India (CSI), 2009. 
Sardar Patel University and Hari Om Ashram Prerit Best Computer Science and Engineering Paper award, 2008. 
Elected as Fellow for Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, New Delhi, 2008. 
Appreciation certificate from Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology for exemplary service, 2008. 
Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Best Engineering College Teacher award for the State of Gujarat, 2005. 
Young Scientist Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology, GUJCOST, Govt. of Gujarat, 2005. 
Securing Best Chapter award for CSI Surat chapter for Category III, 2004-05. 
Best Paper award at National Conference on Image Processing (NCIP) Bangalore, 2005.

interactiondetail:
Joint Secretary, IEEE Gujarat Section
Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA-Senior Member
Computer Society of India (CSI): Senior Member
The Institution of Engineers (India): Fellow
The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE): Fellow
The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE): Life Member

others:
The grant fetched does not include projects where I participated as Co Investigator.

bprofile:
Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/mehul-s-raval
Dr Raval is an alumnus of College of Engineering Pune. He served Ahmedabad University, DA-IICT Gandhinagar and SCET Surat. He has published extensively in peer reviewed research journals and conferences. He visited Okayama University, Japan as a visiting Researcher in 2016 and Olin College of Engineering, USA as an Argosy Visiting Associate Professor in 2016. He serves as Associate Editor of IEEE Access and Technical Program committees of many conferences. He is senior member of IEEE and currently serves IEEE Gujarat Section.

areaofint:
Computer Vision, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Signal Processing


awards:
Radiological Safety Officer by AERB-Mumbai

interactiondetail:
BARC, ISM-Dhanbad, IIT-Bombay,
IPR-Gandhinagar, AERB-mumbai

areaofint:
Nuclear Power Plant Engineering, Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics, Nuclear Safety and Security, Smart Grid


awards:
SERB NPDF
CSIR UGC SRF
CSIR UGC JRF
GATE

others:
All India Rank 39 in Chemistry in JAM 2008 for IIT
Received Merit Cum Means Fellowship from IIT Bombay
Project assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 2010

bprofile:
Tapan Pal is currently working as a Assistant Professor in the Department of Science, School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. His research interest is supramolecular chemistry and designing of fluorescence materials and their sensing application.

areaofint:
Supramolecular chemistry and designing of fluorescence materials and their sensing application.


bprofile:
Dr. Ankush Raje obtained Masters degree in Mathematics in 2014 from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, Maharashtra. Thereafter, He worked under a research project sponsored by National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India, for around 3.5 years at VNIT Nagpur. Ankush joined PDPU in January 2019 and he has been awarded with doctoral degree by VNIT in July 2019. He is currently working on the analytical and numerical treatment of non-Newtonian fluid flows in presence of heat transfer through various geometries.

areaofint:
Fluid Mechanics, Mathematical Modelling, non-Newtonian Fluids, Heat Transfer


awards:
1) Best Paper award at the Springer-1st International Conference on Innovations in Clean Energy Technologies (ICET-2020)”, August 2020, MANIT Bhopal.
2)	Best Paper award at the IEEE-2nd International Conference on "Power Energy, Environment and Intelligent Control”, October 2019.
                                                                                                                                                
3)	Best Paper award at the Springer International Conference on "Innovative Technologies in Mechanical Engineering (ITME -2019)”, October 2019.

4)	Nominated for the Young Energy Researcher Award 2016 and 2018 at World Sustainable Energy days, Austria

5)	DST (SERB) – International Travel Grant, 2014 & 2018.

6)	Travel and Registration Fee Grants, SocProS 2017, SCRS, India.

7)	Research scholar fellowship, MHRD, India, 2012 – 16.

8)	University Medal, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2012.

9)	PG Scholarship (GATE Fellowship), MHRD, India, 2010 – 12.

10)	Scholarship from Bharatiya Jeevandhaara Educational and Charitable Trust, 2001.

interactiondetail:
1. Member, Institute of Doctors Engineers and Scientists (IDES), India.
2. Member, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and air-conditioning engineers (ASHRAE), U.S.A., 2013-14.
3. Member, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), U.K.
4. Student Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), U.S.A. (93918820), 2013-14.
5. Student member, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS), India.

others:
INDUSTRIAL EXPOSURE 
1)	Project trainee, UNIDO, 2014. 
1.1	Regular monitoring of a ULH-MHP system performance installed at pilot level at the IRI campus, Bahadrabad. 

2)    Industrial trainee, Siemens Ltd., New Delhi, 2008. 
2.1  Signalling, telecommunication and power supply for Delhi – MRTS. 

SITE VISITS  
1.	UJVNL developed Chilla Hydroelectric Project, 4 x 36 MW, Kaplan.
2.	UJVNL developed Pathari Hydroelectric Project, 20.4 MW.
3.	UJVNL developed Mohmadpur Hydroelectric Project, 9.3 MW.
4.	Galogi Hydroelectric Project, 2 x 1.5 MW, Pelton turbine.

GUEST LECTURES DELIVERED
1.	Guest Lecture on “Small Hydro Power Planning and Management”, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, Aug 2018.
2.	Guest Lecture for “Post graduate diploma course in Smart Grid Technologies” by National Power Training Institute at NPTI, Faridabad, Mar 2018.
3.	Guest Lecture for “National Workshop on Battery Energy Storage & Microgrids in India” by National Power Training Institute at NPTI, Faridabad, Mar 2018.
4.	2-day Guest Lectures for “Entrepreneurship development program on Solar Energy based business models", sponsored by National Science & Technology entrepreneurship development board, DST, GoI at ABES, Ghaziabad, Feb 2018. 
5.	Speaker at Faculty Development Programme on "Power Electronics & its Applications” at ABES, Ghaziabad, March, 2017.
6.	Guest faculty for UGC-Diploma in Renewable Energy at UGC Community College, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur. (M.P.), 2016.
7.	Guest faculty (small hydro) for Advanced PG Diploma (Renewable Energy) at TERI University, Delhi, 2016.
8.	Guest lecture on Solar Energy for NPTI-organized training programme on “Latest trends and Modern practices in Power sector” during 14-16 Nov. 2016 at ABES, Ghaziabad.
9.	Short term training programme for NABARD engineers/officers on “Energy Efficient Buildings”, Nov 6 – 7, 2015 at AHEC, IIT Roorkee.

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Dr. V.S.K.V. Harish has worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow (Aug'16 - Aug'18) at TERI School of Advanced Studies, Delhi under a Netherlands government-sponsored project titled "Developing and implementing smart grids in India" led by TU/e, Netherlands. Dr. Harish received his Ph.D. (Building Energy systems) from IIT Roorkee in Feb 2017, M.E. (Power Engg. with a GOLD medal) from Jadavpur University in 2012, B.E. (EEE) from MDU Rohtak in 2009. He has received the International Travel Award from DST India in 2014 and 2018, and from SCRS India in 2017.

areaofint:
Building Energy Systems, Rural Electrification, Microgrids, optimal planning and energy management


areaofint:
Power Quality, Power Electronics & Drives, Renewable energy generation


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Khalifa University, Universiti Technologi PETRONAS, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

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Dr. Achinta Bera is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering at School of Petroleum Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, India. He received his Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad in 2014. After that, he worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta, Canada in EOGRRC Group from 2014-2015. Thereafter, he moved to the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi (Currently known as Khalifa University) to work as Postdoctoral Research Associate and spent 3 years working on a project related to carbonate reservoir characterization and modeling funded by ADNOC. He has published several articles in refereed international journals in the area of petroleum engineering. He serves as an active reviewer for several reputable international journals like Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Energy & Fuels, SPE Journal, Applied Energy, Fuel, Chemical Engineering Science etc. He is an active professional SPE member since 2014.

areaofint:
Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Unconventional Energy Resources, Colloids & Interface Science, Ionic Liquids, Nanotechnology in Oil and Gas, Drilling Fluids & Cementing, CO2 Sequestration, Polymer Gel Systems for Water Shut-off, Flow Assurance


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Dr. Vivek is an Assistant Professor at SPT in PDPU. He received his M.Tech and Ph.D in upstream Petroleum Engineering from IIT Madras. His Ph.D thesis is on "Numerical Investigations on Accelerating Trapping Mechanisms of CO2 Sequestration in Deep Subsurface Formations". In brief, his Ph.D thesis focuses on developing a numerical simulation model conceptualizing multiphase fluid flow in porous media. His Master's research is on "Seismic Multi-Attribute Analysis of Porosity Prediction on Gas Field in Hammerfest Basin, Norway and Krishna Godavari Gas Hydrate Zones, India". He has also secured a research internship at University of Tromso, Norway. His present research interest is in investigating the coupled consequences of various forces in governing the dynamics of multiphase fluid flow and trapping mechanisms in porous media. The outcome of his research interest intends to investigate the critical problems in porous media pertaining to sustainable energy production from fossil fuels, such as; sweeping the trapped fraction of non-wetting oil/gas in case of conventional reservoirs, overcoming the wettability effects in case of mixed wet or oil wet reservoirs and investigating the feasibility of carbon capture and storage in enhancing the recovery of declining oil/gas fields in the country. He is an active member of SPE and IEAGHG.

areaofint:
Reservoir Engineering and Simulation; Multiphase Fluid Flow in Porous Media; Hysteresis Relative Permeability Modeling;


awards:
1. Young Scientist Award for the Best Poster, 6th International Conference on Functional Electroceramics and Polymers (ICEP-2017), Feb. 20-22 (2017) IIT Kharagpur, India
2. Best Oral Presentation Award, International Conference on Frontiers at the Chemistry – Allied Sciences Interface (FCASI-2016), 25-26 April (2016) at University of Rajasthan in Department of Chemistry, Jaipur, India
3. Dean’s list Award for being in top 2% of the UG Batch in terms of academic performance during the II year (2008-2009) of the four year B.Tech. Degree Programme (SASTRA University)
4. Best Oral Presentation - CRMSC 2021 (Manipal University, Jaipur)

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Member - American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Dr. Abhishek has completed his Ph.D. from Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Macromolecular modeling and simulation lab under Prof. Upendra Natarajan. Prior to this, he has completed his M.E. and B.Tech. from Jadavpur University and SASTRA University respectively. His area of specialization is Molecular Simulations Studies of Soft Materials. His research interests are Molecular Dynamics Simulations, structure and dynamics of water-soluble polymers, Block copolymers, counterion-polyelectrolyte interactions, Statistical Mechanics

areaofint:
Molecular Simulations, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Soft Materials, Polyelectrolytes, Water-Soluble Polymers, Amorphous Polymers, Block copolymers, Polymer Surfactants


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Dr. Rahul Saha is an Assistant Professor in the School of Petroleum Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India (2019). His research was focused on various chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) schemes. He did his masters in Chemical Engineering (Specialization - Petroleum Science & Technology) from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati working in the area of biodiesel production from non-edible oil using ultrasonication method. His bachelor is in Chemical Engineering from Pune University, India. So far, he has published research articles in internationally reputed journals and has reviewed numerous technical articles.

areaofint:
Chemical EOR, Adsorption, Rheology, Nanoparticles, Reservoir Engineering, Biodiesel


awards:
•	Outreach Lecture Fund (OLF) from Institute of International Education (IIE), USA. 
•	Fulbright-Nehru Post doctoral fellowship from USIEF (2017-18)
•	Inspire Faculty Fellowship, 2012: (From DST, Govt. of India).
•	Young Scientist in Materials Processing, Venus International Research Awards-17
•	International Travel Grant: (From DST, Govt. of India)
•	Research Fellowship: (From CSIR through National Eligibility Test): June’08

others:
Membership of Distinguished Body:

•	Full Member of the American Nano Society with Membership ID 114878 Webpage: http://members.nanosociety.us/kalisadhan.
•	Life Member of Indian Science Congress Association with Membership ID L22569
•	Life Member of Materials Research Society of India with Membership ID LMB2205
•	Regular Member of American Chemical Society with Membership No. 31180940

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Dr. Kalisadhan Mukherjee joined Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, India on February 28, 2019. He did Ph. D from Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2012. He completed M.Sc in Chemistry from University of Burdwan, India in 2006 and qualified for the CSIR-National Eligibility Test (CSIR-NET). He is the recipient of prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral fellowship from United States India Educational Foundation (USIEF); Inspire Faculty fellowship and International travel grant from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India; Outreach Lecture funding from Institute of International Education, USA; Young Scientist in Materials Processing-2017 from Venus International Foundation. He has more than one year industrial exposure at Chembiotek Research Int. Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata, India. Dr. Mukherjee has played the role of Principal and Co-Principal leader of 5 nos of S &T projects funded by CSIR, DST and published more than 35 well renowned peer reviewed journal articles mostly as first or lead author. He has supervised two Ph.D theses and also filed two patents. Dr. Mukherjee has also transferred one technology of domestic water filter for defluoridation of water. He is playing the role of reviewer of various journals published by ACS, RSC, Elsevier, IOP, AIP, ECS etc. and also acting as Associate Editor, Journal of Frontiers in Materials.

For more details please visit
https://mukherjeekalisadha.wixsite.com/kali

areaofint:
1. Chemiresistive and electrochemical sensor for the detection of gas and liquid phase analytes.
2. Adsorbents for water purification.
3. Organic/ Inorganic photo-sensitizer based solar cells.


awards:
President of India
Vice President Of India
CMD, ONGC
Director, ONGC

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ISM-IIT Dhabad
MIT, Pune
MS University, Baroda
Dibrugarh University
RGIPT, Rae-Bareli
SPE, USA
Kentucky University, USA
IIM, Bangalore
MDI, Gurgaon
ASCI, Hydrebad

others:
Master Black Belt of Six Sigma
E-mentor 
Associated with Mc'kinsey, BCG

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Dr. Rakesh Kumar Vij have 39 years of E&P Industry experience mainly in Reservoir Engineering, Sub-surface Earth Sciences, Research and Asset Management. His last posting in ONGC was Executive Director and Asset Manager of Jorhat Asset, Asam.He worked in various geographical locations in India and was responsible for Oil and Gas production management from Onshore, Offshore and implementation of EOR processes. He was mainly responsible for designing, first miscible EOR in Gandhar field of ONGC and immiscible gas injection EOR in Borholla field in Assam. Both the projects paying rich dividend to the company. He visited various countries across globe and have international exposure of MNC`s, International service providers and management institutes. He was first sub asset manager in ONGC and awarded for managing best oil mines from Honorable President of India. He has keen interest in academics, was faculty in ONGC academy, IIT ISM Dhanbad, MIIT Pune, MS University, Baroda and Dibrugarh University. He has published around 40 technical papers and attended/organized around 15 international conferences and was session chair person for many workshops. Key note speakers in various conferences in Malaysia, UAE, Bangkok, USA etc. He is founder SPE member in India since 1984 and responsible for SPE activities in India.

areaofint:
Petroleum Engineering, Reservoir Management, Enhanced Oil Recovery and Asset Management


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Masters in Petroleum Engineering from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil & Gas
Research in Laser Drilling at Petron University of Technology
Former Process Engineer at Gujarat Alkalies and chemicals Limited (GACL)

areaofint:
Laser Drilling, Reservoir Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing, Multi Disciplinary Innovations, Drilling


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Dr. Asit B. Acharya is an Adjunct Professor in Finance Dept. of SPM-PDPU. Dr. Acharya is an Ex-IRS Officer with 33+ years of industry experience in Revenue department and a nationalized bank including 17+ years' experience in training/teaching. He is a Fellow in Management with Top rank from I.I.M., Indore. Moreover, he possesses bachelors/Masters/PGD/Professional qualifications in the areas of commerce, law, banking, management, finance, journalism & mass communication, training, strategic management & Entrepreneurship etc. He is/was affiliated with many Govt. departments (including CBI, CE&C, GST, All India Radio, ISRO, PRL, DDK, Airport Authority, GSACS, KVIC, RARISD, RPFO, PEC, WIRC-ICWA, NADT, DTRTIs etc.) across India as well as many academic institutions (including IMNU, IIPM, SLIMS, EDII, KSSM, NRIM etc.) His research paper presentations were appreciated in SMS and ANZAM conferences/workshops at Australia. He has few papers and book publications in his name. He holds certification in the area of training from the Civil Service College, Singapore as well as from DoPT & Thames Valley University, UK. He has provided his services to CBI, DDK as regional news reader, AIR for numerous programme recordings, GUDM, Govt.of Gujarat as interview panelist and Guj. State Aids Control Society as external observer. He is also colligated with many NGOs viz. Unnati, SEWA, BPA, etc.

areaofint:
Dr. Asit B. Acharya has training/teaching expertise in Management, Direct and Indirect taxation, Corporate & Allied Laws, Legal Aspects of Business, Soft Skills, Training & Development etc. His area of interest in research ranges from Institutional Intervention, Delegitimation / Deinstitutionalization to Corporate Performance, Organizational Stigma/Stigmatization and Effectuation entrepreneurship.


awards:
Completed a funded project: The Sahapedia-UNESCO Fellowship 2018, awarded by Sahapedia in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Government of India and UNESCO. The work done in the project is reflected in the module published on Sahapedia.

interactiondetail:
Invited Speaker at Winter Institute in Digital Humanities, 8th - 22nd December 2019, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Co-organized by IIT Gandhinagar and University of Saskatchewan

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Annie Rachel Royson has completed her PhD in translation studies and comparative literature from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar. She is currently working on the idea of "cultural translation" through a study of Christian texts composed in colonial India. Her research on Kristapurana has been presented at Indian and international conferences and published in journals such as Church History and Religious Culture, Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies, and South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (SAMAJ).

areaofint:
Translation studies, comparative literature, Bible translation, religious studies, South Asian literature, travel writings


areaofint:
Pavement condition evaluation, pavement management systems, non-destructive testing, multi-criteria decision making


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A prominent media academic, Mr Mukund Shukla is on the faculty of Media and Communication area. His experience and achievements include Newspaper launches and innovations in media promotion. He has also participated in  a special programme  in Media Marketing and Planning at MICA
Prior to joining SLS at PDPU full time, he has worked in The Times of India, Business Standard, MINT and The Indian Express.

areaofint:
Newspaper Launches and innovations in media promotion.


awards:
1) CSIR-JRF & SRF from Govt of India

2) HHMI Janelia Research Campus travel grant 

3) Harvard University Origins of Life Initiative postdoctoral research fellowship

4) University of Massachusetts Boston postdoctoral research fellowship

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Balanagulu Busupalli had completed his PhD from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory and MSc from Sri Venkateswara University in Chemistry. He has gained postdoctoral experience from Harvard University for two years and from the University of Massachusetts Boston for six months, during which he had worked on origins of life through realization of self-replication in artificial cells. During his PhD he had worked on less studied structural features of two-dimensional layered materials such as palladium thiolates and utilized them as precursors for the preparation of magnetically active metal sulfide nanosheets. Later, these were utilized as efficient catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen generation.

areaofint:
Energy harvesting from soft materials such as polymer and lipid-based vesicular systems forms the core research interest. Electricity generation from shape fluctuations induced in such soft material systems through external agents such as temperature and osmotic pressure. Electrochemical hydrogen generation from metal-based layered and molecular materials. Chemical modifications of such metal-based molecular materials for energy applications.


awards:
1. DST SERB International Travel Support Scheme-Young Scientist (Feb, 2020) 2. CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (2012), 3.	Best poster award in the 62nd DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAE SSPS-2017), BARC, Mumbai (Dec, 2017).
4.	Best Poster award in the TEQIP symposium to celebrate the 2015 International Year of Light organized by the Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati (Oct, 2015)

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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, SPIE- The International Society for Optics and Photonics, Life member of Plasma Science Society of India

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Prahlad Kumar Baruah joined Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar on April 4, 2019. He has completed his Ph.D. from the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati in 2019. He did his Bachelor's, B.Sc. (Hons) Physics from Hindu College, University of Delhi and then went on to complete his Master's, M.Sc. in Physics from the department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi. He has also qualified the CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET). His research work mainly focuses on the interaction of high power laser with matter. He has worked on the synthesis of plasmonic nanoparticles using the technique of pulsed laser ablation in liquid. Apart from the application of the synthesized nanoparticles as efficient surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates and antibacterial agents, he has also studied the dynamics of the processes of cavitation bubbles and shock waves in liquid both analytically and experimentally.

areaofint:
Laser-matter interaction, Laser produced plasma, Pulsed laser ablation in liquid, Nanoparticle synthesis, Laser micro-machining, Cavitation bubbles and Shock waves, Plasmonics, Surface enhanced Raman scattering, Applications of metal nanoparticles


awards:
University Rank Holder - B.A., M.A., M.Phil

interactiondetail:
Guest Lecture - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Guest Lecture - Teachers' Training Programme - Kendriya Vidayalay, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad

others:
Faculty Advisor - BA/BBA - SLS
Faculty Mentor - NPTEL Online Courses

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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Language, Literature and Aesthetics. I have worked for 8 years in S. G. M. English Medium College of Commerce and Management, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat teaching Communication Skills during which time I have actively taken part in accreditation processes and mentoring students. I joined Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University in May 2016. I have a strong academic record holding University Ranks in B.A., M.A., and M.Phil degree courses.

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Currently my focus is on enhancing the communication skills of engineering students with a greater thrust on developing the four basic skills to make them competent in combating the challenges of the modern world.


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Research Associate for Suzlon Energy Ltd.

areaofint:
Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Resource Assessment, Geospatial Techniques, Climate Change


awards:
•	Gold medal from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology for being the topper of M.Tech (Production Engineering)
•	Ratan Prakash Memorial Gold Medal for standing first at M.Tech. (Production Engineering) Examination 2013.
•	Qualified Graduate Aptitude test in Engineering (GATE) in the year 2011.
•	MHRD fellowship during Ph.D., Government of India July 2013-Present
•	MHRD fellowship during M.Tech, Government of India July 2011-July 2013

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Dr. Pawan Sharma completed his B.Tech. degree from Uttar Pradesh Technical University in 2008 securing the first position and got a master’s degree from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad in 2013 in Production Engineering specialization. He completed his Ph.D. in the area of Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing from IIT Delhi in 2019. The key highlight of his research career includes the development of rapid tooling process using 3D printing and pressureless microwave sintering, development of an ultrasonic assisted pressureless sintering process and development of topologically ordered iron scaffolds. He has approximately 5 years of teaching experience as an Assistant Professor with approximately 3 years in Sharda Group of Institution and 2 years at GLA University respectively. Dr. Sharma diversified his research areas in the field of digital manufacturing, advanced machining, powder metallurgy and also continued working in the area of 3D Printing. He has approximately 6 international journal papers and 4 international/national refereed conference papers to his credit. He has also filed 2 Indian patent applications. He is a recipient of a gold medal from MNNIT Allahabad for being the topper of M.Tech (Production Engineering). Dr. Sharma has attended various faculty development programs and also participated in 45 days QIP-CEP Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Program at IIT Delhi in 2015.

areaofint:
Additive Manufacturing, Next generation bioimplants, Digital manufacturing, 4D Printing, Rapid tooling, Powder Metallurgy


awards:
Institute Research Award-2019 for Quality and Quantity of Research done in Ph.D.  
•	M.H. Shukla 2nd Prize for IIChE Best technical presentation award in CHEMCON-15 (out of 1000 presentations).
Stood in top 7% in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) -2016.
Best poster award in Research Symposium-2016 at IIT Madras. 
University topper in B.Tech. at SVUCE.
Stood first among all the State-level Government and aided colleges. 
Stood 2nd and 3rd position in District level talent tests.

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Rajasekhar Reddy has done B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from SV University, Tirupathi in 2014. He stood in top 3 of his batch. Afterward, he joined in IIT Madras for Ph.D. He completed Ph.D. in 2019 in Chemical engineering under Dr. R. Vinu. His dissertation is titled "Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of coal and biomass for valuable chemicals and nano-materials". He received the "Institute Research Award" for the quality and quantity of research done during his Ph.D. He also received M.H. Shukla Best Paper Presentation Award out of 1000 presentations in CHEMCON-2015.

areaofint:
Thermochemical Conversion of Non-Renewable and Renewable Materials via Catalytic Pyrolysis, Microwave-Assisted Processing of Materials, Designing of Nano-structured Materials for Specific Applications, Characterization of Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Fuels, Valorization of Low-Rank Indonesian Coals, CO2 to Chemicals and Fuels, Process Intensification of Coke Making, Deconstruction of Lignin, Cellulose and Hemicellulose, Coal and Biomass to Chemicals and Drop in Fuels.


awards:
Best Poster Award at the Research Scholars  Symposium on “Modeling and Optimization of Micro-photosynthetic Power Cells (RSD 2K17)”,  Chennai, 2017.

Gold Medal in B.Tech. Chemical Engineering at Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering in 2006-10 batch, Tirupathi.

Visweswaraiah Prathibha Puraskar award in B.Tech. Chemical Engineering at Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering in Tirupathi, 2009.

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Dr. Hemanh Kumar Tanneru is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deen Dayal Petroleum University, Gujarat, India.

His research interests are Mathematical modeling of Process systems for control and state estimation, Microscale Renewable energy harvesting, Applications of Data analytics and artificial l intelligence for process monitoring and control.

He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Prior to this, he worked as a consultant in Gyan Data Pvt. Ltd. at IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai.

Dr. Hemanth has obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras in 2017.  He pursued his doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. Raghunathan Rengaswamy on "Modeling and optimization of micro photosynthetic power cells.

He has obtained his B.Tech. from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering.

He has attended and presented his research in various National and International conferences.

areaofint:
Systems Engineering

 Energy Systems Engineering

    Mathematical modeling and development of energy 
    harvesting and energy conversion systems
. 
   Energy harvesting from renewable energy resources
   Microscale energy harvesting devices development, 
   performance enhancement.

Process Systems Engineering

Mathematical modeling of process systems for control and state estimation

Data analytics


 Data analysis and artificial intelligence for the process 
 monitoring and control

 Application of machine and deep learning concepts for 
 process systems engineering: process  monitoring and 
 control


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Dr. Pawan Gupta is Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from IIT Madras, Chennai. He did his Masters in Petroleum Engineering from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. His research work was on "Phase Equilibrium, Thermodynamic Modeling, and Kinetics of Methane Hydrate Using Chemical Inhibitors". The conclusions from his research work have applications in the area involving mitigation of hydrate deposit in oil and gas facilities, in offshore drilling operations, methane recovery from hydrate reservoirs, gas hydrate based methane storage and transportation. He has published 9 peer reviewed research articles in journal of repute, have one patent, and presented his work at various national and international conferences. He was also involved in a brief eight month project jointly executed between TOTAL oil company and IIT Madras on "Effect of Nano and Ester Lubricants on Rheology and Foaming Properties of Water Based Drilling Fluids.

areaofint:
Methane Recovery from Gas Hydrates, Hydrate Based Storage and Transportation, Drilling Fluids, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Unconventional Energy Resources, Flow Assurance.


awards:
1.	Institute research award IIT Madras for best academic research.
2.	DST foreign travel grants (ITS/2018/002119) for attending international conference in Paris,
France (THERMEC-2018)
3.	Recipient of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) scholarship at IIT Madras, Chennai, India, 2013-to-2018.
4.	Recipient of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) scholarship at NIT Rourkela, India, 2009-2011.

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Dr. Biranchi Narayan Sahoo has been working as Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Technology since June 2019.He has completed his PhD from IIT Madras in April 2019. His main research area focus on development of materials and characterization, deformation behavior analysis, tribology study, machinability study and workebility analysis.

areaofint:
Development of in-situ metal matrix composite and study its structure-properties correlation.
Texture and anisotropy study of magnesium alloys and composite.
High temperature deformation behavior of materials through processing map.
Severe plastic deformation behavior of magnesium and aluminium alloys and composite.
Development of materials by casting and study its various aspects as per the industrial requirement such as mechanical properties, formability, casting modification, homogenization, microstructural refinement, surface modification etc.
Machinability study of metal matrix composite
Tribology behavior of metal matrix composite


awards:
1. Gold Medal from NIT Kurukshetra for being the best graduating student in M. Tech. Mechanical Engineering (Machine Design) in the academic year 2012-13.
2. Best Paper award in 2nd International on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (RAME-2020) held online at DTU Delhi on 18-19th September 2020.
3. Best Paper award in 43rd National Systems Conference on Innovative and Emerging Trends in Engineering Systems held at IIT Roorkee on 6-8th December 2019.
4. Best Paper award in a conference on Technological Developments in Mechanical Engineering (TDME-2013) held at
SRMSCET, Bareilly on 20th May 2013.
5. MHRD fellowship for pursuing M. Tech from NIT Kurukshetra in lieu of clearing GATE 2011 exam.

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Dr. Simran Jeet Singh received bachelor degree from Kurukshetra University in Mechanical Engineering and Master Degree from NIT Kurukshetra. He is a recipient of Gold Medal for being the best graduating student in M. Tech of the year 2013. He did his PhD from IIT Roorkee. His research interests includes nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of structures, study of perfect and imperfect smart structures, semi-analytical methods etc. He has published in more than 12 peer reviewed international journals and conference proceedings. He is also a recipient of best paper award from the conference. He has 4.5 years of teaching experience and also involved in consultancy project work from different government agencies such as THDC-Tehri, BHEL-Haridwar, RDSO-Lucknow.

areaofint:
Plates and Structures
Computational Mechanics
Structural dynamics
Smart materials
Functionally Graded Materials
Sandwich Structures
Semi-analytical methods


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Dr. Vivek Kumar has completed his B.E in Mechanical Engineering from C.R. State College of Engineering Murthal Sonipat in 2007. He has worked as Design Engineer in Machine Building (MBD) of ISGEC Yamunanagar from 2007 to 2010. There his primary responsibilities was design of transmission system and structural frame of Mechanical presses. He has done Masters degree (M.Tech) in Design of Mechanical Equipment/Machine design from IIT Delhi  during 2011-2013. After Completing his Masters, Mr. Kumar has worked as Assistant  Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering, Galgotias University Greater Noida from 2013 to 2015. He has completed his Ph.D. from Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee, during 2015-2019 .

areaofint:
Tribology,
Fluid film bearings,
Non-Newtonian Lubricant,
Textured surface bearings,
Smart Lubricants,
Finite Element Method.


awards:
1. POSOCO Award 2017 (Master's Thesis)
2. MyCEB Student Support Grant, 2018, Malaysia
3. Institute silver Medal for best academic performance at the Master's level (EE) at IIT KGP(2014-2016 Batch)

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Avirup Maulik received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2009 from Bengal Engineering and Science Univerisity (IIEST) Shibpur, Howrah, India, and the M.Tech degree in power and energy systems in 2016 from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has also pursued doctoral studies from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and obtained PhD in 2019. He has authored several research papers in leading international peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He is a recipient of Institute silver medal for best academic performance in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT KGP at the masters level, POSOCO award 2017 for Master's thesis, and a myCEB grant from the Govt. of Malaysia.

areaofint:
His current research interests are in the field of the power distribution system, microgrid optimal performance, DCMG performance enhancement, and soft computing.


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I have completed Engineering in Electrical subject with 8.01 CGPA. Participated training program on BASIC AC DC DRIVE at siemens.

areaofint:
Electrical Power, High Voltage, Electrical Innovation


awards:
Best Paper award at the 7th International and 28th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference 2018 (AIMTDR 2018), December 13-15, 2018; Performance recognition award from Rolls-Royce and QuEST for outstanding performance; 3 times C-SAT  champion of the month award from QuEST.

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Mr. Vipindas has completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Calicut in 2000. He has done his Masters degree (M.Tech) in Manufacturing Technology from NIT Calicut in 2005 and completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering Department NIT Calicut. He has got almost 7 years of industrial experience in various industries such as SFO Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore; QuEST Global Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore; Rolls-Royce, UK. His industrial experience includes Inspection planning, PFMEA,Control plan for combustion camber and casings of various aero engines. He has also worked in academic field for about 2.5 years.

areaofint:
Micro machining, Machining of metals and composites, Conventional and non-conventional manufacturing methods, Sustainable machining, Laser assisted machining


awards:
1.	Cairo University Prize for the best paper in developing countries presented at 15th World Conference for Transportation Studies at IIT Bombay (2019)
2.	Ministry of Human Resource Development (Govt. of India) fellowship for Philosophy of Doctoral Research (from Jan 2016)
3.	Topper in the Batch of 64 students in Bachelor Degree
4.	Best outgoing student from Department of Civil Engineering, Sree Buddha College of Engineering, (Batch 2008 to 2012)
5.	Merit scholarship from Army Welfare Education Society
6.	Selected for Prime Minister’s Merit scholarship.
7.	Best Student and Proficiency winner in 11th class (2007).
8.	Secured 2nd position during 12th CBSE Board Exam in 2008.
9.	Secured 2nd position during 10th CBSE Board Exam in 2006

bprofile:
G.R. Bivina is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Technology, PDPU. She is pursued  Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Her doctoral research is Pedestrian Level of Service Assessment of Sidewalks Based on Qualitative Evaluation. She holds her Masters Degree from Visveswaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, Maharastra. She has published around 6 journal publications in high-quality international journals like Transportation Research Part D, Transport, etc. She has participated and presented 12 papers at various National/International conferences in the field of transportation planning and public transport. She has presented her research work in world-class Transportation Engineering conferences such as TRB (Transport Research Board) and WCTR (World Conference for Transport Research). Her research paper received Cairo University Prize for the best paper presented at 15th WCTR held at IIT Bombay (2019). She has worked as a lecturer at Sri Vellappally Natesan College of Engineering, Kerala for 1.5 years after her Masters. She was involved in the teaching of courses such as Transportation Engineering-I, Transportation Engineering-II, Introduction to Civil Engineering, Building Drawing. During her  Ph.D., she has worked for a chapter on qualitative analysis of pedestrian facilities in developing Indo-Highway Capacity Manual executed by CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).

areaofint:
Transportation Planning, Pedestrians, Walking, Travel Behaviour, Attitudes, Travel Psychology, Public transportation


bprofile:
Mr. Raunak is an ardent energy soldier and has completed his graduation in Petroleum Engineering from SPT, PDPU & M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering from IIT Madras with his research area in high-density completion fluids in collaboration with ONGC. He is pursuing Ph.D. from SPT, PDPU. He had been widely associated with the renowned Petroleum Engineering coaching institutes preparing aspirants for GATE.

areaofint:
Drilling Engineering, Production Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Well Testing Analysis, Offshore Drilling and Production Practices, Surface Production Operations, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Well Logging, Unconventional Hydrocarbon and Energy Resources, Petroleum Exploration, Health Safety and Environment in Petroleum Industry with special focus on Oil Spills, Engineering Mathematics.


bprofile:
Ms. Gurwinder Kaur has completed her graduation from Punjabi University Patiala and M.Sc.(Hons. School) in Economics from Punjab School of Economics, Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar. She has qualified UGC(NET-JRF) in Economics. Currently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. She has good knowledge of Stata, SPSS and R softwares. Her areas of interest include productivity and efficiency analysis in agriculture, industry and services sector; and behavioral economics.

areaofint:
Productivity and Efficiency Analysis, Environmental Economics,  Behavioral Economics, Monetary Economics, Econometrics.


awards:
[1] Winner of Faculty Research Review Symposium (Jan 2021), by PDPU, India.

[2] 2nd Prize at IISF2020 (Dec 2020), Jointly by ICMR, CSIR, DST, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

[3] Korea University Graduate Achievement Award (February 2016), Korea University, South Korea.

[4] Best Researcher Award (Dec. 2015), by NBPL, Korea University, South Korea.

[5] IEEE Student Paper Award (Dec. 2014), by IEEE, Seoul section, Seoul, South Korea.

[6] Best Researcher Award (Dec. 2014), by NBPL, Korea University, South Korea.

[7] Outstanding Paper Award (Oct. 2014), by Biochip 2014 fall Conference, The Korean Biochip Society, Osong, South Korea.

[8] Brain Korea 21 Scholarship (2013 - 2016)

[9] Gold medal (Dec. 2008) by Tezpur University.

interactiondetail:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE) member since 2016, Korean Biochip Society, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society

others:
Invited Talks: 
[1] North-Eastern Hill University (Central University), Invited talk on "Recent Trends in Science and Technology” on 26th February 2021.



[2] Centre for Nanoscience & NanoTech, Dept of Physics, Punjab University (central university), Chandigarh on 7th Nov 2020. For a talk on "Artificial Intelligence in material Science "



[3] Birjhora Mahavidyalaya, Assam, Invitation as a Resource Person in the webinar on “Industry 4.0 and its Impact”, 31st July 2020



[4] Jorhat Institute of Science and Technology (JIST), Assam, for Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme(TEQIP) of MHRD, Government of India, Invited as a resource person for a talk on “Opportunities in AI and ML”, on 11 July 2020.



[5] North East Centre for Technology Application & Reach (NECTAR), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, invited as an expert for a brainstorming session to develop North East India, on 20 Nov 2019.

bprofile:
Mohendra Roy received his Ph.D. in Electronics and Information Engineering from Korea University, South Korea in the year of 2016. He did his masters in BioElectronics as well as physics from Tezpur University, India in the year of 2008 and 2006 respectively.  Prior to his Ph.D., he worked in Indian Oil Corporation Limited as an Engineering Assistant.  He received the Korea University achievement award, IEEE student paper award, the Best paper award from the Korean BioChip Society and Gold Medal from Tezpur University. Prior to joining PDPU, he was associated with Delta-NTU corporate Lab of Nanyang Technological University Singapore. He is also playing the role of a reviewer of many reputed journals, such as Scientific Reports(by Nature), IEEE Sensors, Proceedings of IEEE, Optics Express, Journal of Tissue and cells, Biomedical Optics Express, Journal of mobile network and applications, MDPI Algorithms, MDPI Sensors.

Dr. Roy also chaired the session for Computation Intelligence in Feature Analysis, Selection, and Learning in Pattern Recognition tracks at the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence 2018.
For more details please follow http://sites.google.com/view/mohendraroylab/home

areaofint:
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Physics of BioInspired Systems, BioPhotonics, Biomedical Imaging and processing


awards:
(1) Recipient of International Travel Support (ITS) from DST-SERB New Delhi (June 2017, Not Availed)

(2) Recipient of the prestigious DAAD scholarship (IIT Master Sandwich Programme) for the M.Tech. thesis work in TU Darmstadt, Germany (Sept 1, 2011- May 31,2012).








(3) Recipient of Prof. LVKV Sarma prize (USA) (Silver Medal) from IIT Madras (12th April 2012).

(4) Recipient of Institute Merit prize (Silver Medal) for the best academic record in the first two
semesters of M.Tech.(IMSC) (12th April 2012).

(5) Recipient of Prof. Helmut Neunzert Endowment prize (Germany) (Silver Medal) for the best
academic record in the M.Tech. (IMSC) (20th July, 2012).

interactiondetail:
Life member of Indian Society Of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM) with L.M. NO. L/973

others:
Qualified Joint Admission Test to M.Sc. (JAM) 2007 with All India Rank 187th.
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2010, with All India Rank 162th .
Selected for joint IITB (India)/Monash University (Australia) fellowship in 2014 (not availed).
Recipient of International Travel Support (ITS) from SERB-DST New Delhi, India in 2017 (not availed).

bprofile:
Dr. Chandra Shekhar Nishad is working as Assistant Professor at PDPU Gandhinagar since August 01, 2019. Prior to joining PDPU, he has done his PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics from IIT Kharagpur. His main area of research is Boundary Element Method for viscous flows involving free flows and flow through porous media. He has two years of teaching experience at NIT Silchar and Meerut College, Meerut respectively. He has received prestigious DAAD scholarship (IIT Master Sandwich Programme) during his M.Tech. programme at IIT Madras. He has done his Master thesis at Institute of Nano-and Microfluidics, Center of Smart Interfaces, TU Darmstadt, Germany. He has secured 1st position in M.Tech. (Industrial Mathematics and Scientific Computing) programme. He has received Prof. Helmut Neunzert Endowment prize for the best academic record in the M.Tech. He has also received Institute Merit Prize and Prof. LVKV Sarma (USA) Prize during M.Tech. Programme at IIT Madras.

areaofint:
Dual BEM, Boundary Element Method, Fluid Dynamics, Wave Hydrodynamics, Coastal Engineering, Dual Reciprocity Boundary Element Method, Finite Element Method for Fluid Dynamics


bprofile:
Dr. Payal Chaudhari has received her Ph.D. degree from DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, India in 2018. She is with PDPU from 2019. Before joining PDPU, she had worked as an Assistant Professor, Lecturer at LDRP-ITR, Gandhinagar. She has published a number of papers in various national and International conferences and in International journal. Currently she is working in the area of cloud security and security in IoT.

areaofint:
Information Security, Network Security, Cryptography, Web Technology, Java programming,


bprofile:
Dr. Rudresh Dwivedi is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering department at school of Technology (SOT), PDPU.

areaofint:
Biometrics, Computer vision and Image processing


awards:
1. Smt. Shyam Piyari Nanda Memorial Prize, Delhi University - 2008
2. Sh. Ram Labhai Nanda Memorial Prize, Delhi University - 2009
3. Academic prize for B.Sc. (H) Mathematics - 2010
3. AIR-17 JAM 2011 
4. AIR-110 GATE 2013

bprofile:
Dr. Neelam Singha is working as an Assistant Professor at PDPU, since August 2019.  She has obtained her Ph.D. in Mathematics from IIT Kharagpur in October 2018. She has also obtained her M.Sc. from Department of Mathematics, IIT Kharagpur. She has pursued B.Sc. (H) Mathematics from Delhi University. Dr. Neelam specializes in Fractional Calculus and its applications to Optimization Problems.

areaofint:
Fractional Calculus, Fractional Variational and Optimal Control problems, Convex functions


bprofile:
Dr. Parnika Shrivastava is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Institute. She obtained her Ph.D. and M.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering at PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur. She has done B.Tech. in mechanical engineering from Government Engineering College Bikaner. She has a special research interest in the domain of dieless manufacturing and metallurgical analyses of the sheet metals. During doctoral research, she has worked in BRNS and IMPRINT-India funded projects on sheet metal forming.  She has also been selected by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) for visiting Japan under Japan East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths.

areaofint:
Advanced Sheet Metal Forming 
Dieless Manufacturing
Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
Rapid Prototyping
Plastic Deformation and Fracture Mechanism
Metal Forming


areaofint:
Manufacturing and Foundry Technology; Metal Matrix Nano Composites; Surface Alloying; Corrosion


bprofile:
Dr. Ravi has completed his Ph.D degree from IIT Gandhinagar in Jan 2020, in the area of active fluid flow control. His research interests are broadly Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Advance fluid mechanics, Aerial Robotics, Control theory, Fluid flow control, Flow instability, Numerical methods for thermo-fluid problems, Hydrodynamics, Transitional flows and Turbulent flows.
He has received his bachelor's degree from IIT Madras in aerospace engineering in 2008. He served as a design engineer in Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Limited (TAAL tech, bangalore) in 2009. He has completed his M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur in mechanical systems design in 2012. His master's thesis work was on design, dynamics and control of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). He later worked as an assistant manager in Pinnacle Infotech Solutions, durgapur (CAD-CAM solution).

areaofint:
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Advance fluid mechanics, Aerial Robotics, Control theory, Fluid flow control, Flow Instability, Hydrodynamics and Numerical methods in thermo-fluid problems.


bprofile:
Dr. Ojas Satbhai has completed his master's and doctoral studies from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP).    . Satbhai has published five research publications in international peer-reviewed journals and numerous other papers in different international conference proceedings. Dr. Satbhai has diverse research interest and is competent in handling interdisciplinary research projects by applying the fundamental knowledge of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD,  solidification processing, process modelling, manufacturing processes,  energy conservation and management,  etc. on the industrial and fundamental problems in engineering sciences.

areaofint:
Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD, multi-scale solidification modeling, melting heat transfer, direct numerical simulation, grain-structure modeling, Rayleigh-Bénard convection, natural convection, turbulence, thermal energy storage system, laser and electron beam based material processing, experimental and numerical investigation of material processing processes with melting and/or solidification.


bprofile:
Prof. Ramesh obtained his bachelor's and masters' degrees from IIT Roorkee and IIT Madras, respectively. Following that he obtained his PhD from NC State University (USA) in Nanomaterials research. He has completed his postdoc at a navy base in Monterey Bay, California, and then University of Arkansas. Following that he worked at University of Michigan as a Scientist and then became an entrepreneur and started a company "CSquared Innovations LLC" in partnership with his colleagues and sold it off by 2014. He then joined Texas State University - Lamar University as a full time tenure track faculty in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. In 2019 July, he moved back to India and joined SOT - PDPU. He has more than 60+ articles published in journals and conference proceedings. He holds four international patents. He is in the process of submitting two more patent applications on - Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Heat Shields. 
He has guided/graduated more than 20 students for their PhD and MS. Currently he is running research programs with B. Tech Mechanical and Chemical Engineering students. 
He is the convener/lead of the newly formed Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Group at PDPU.

areaofint:
CORROSION
ENERGY STORAGE (BATTERIES AND SUPERCAPACITORS) 
NANOMATERIALS 
SPRAY COATINGS 
MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS
SENSORS
CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE


interactiondetail:
IIT Kanpur, IIT BHU, IIT Khargpur, Thapar University

bprofile:
I did B.Tech (Hons.) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from UPTU, Lucknow, India in 2010 and Master of Engineering degree in Power Systems from Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India and I did my Ph.D. in Power Systems- Smart grid from IIT BHU Varanasi.

areaofint:
Power Systems, smart grid, smart metering, micro grid, power quality, distributed generation, and renewable energy.


bprofile:
Dr. Abhijit Das joined the Department of Mathematics,SOT, PDPU as an Assistant Professor on August 08, 2019. He has obtained his PhD Degree in Computational Fluid Dynamics from NIT Rourkela. He has a Masters degree in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Guwahati. Prior to joining PDPU, he has worked as an Assistant Professor in ASET, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior.

areaofint:
Fluid Dynamics, Non-Newtonian fluid flows, Boundary layer flows, Numerical Methods


awards:
2017: Pedagogical Innovation Award, GTU

As Mentor:                                     
February 2017: Ranked 1st in the Greenovation 2017 competition under the theme of "IT for Solid Waste Management" at GTU Sankul level.

April 2017: Secured a place in top 10 for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the Smart India Hackathon 2017 organized by Govt. of India.

April 2017: Secured first prize under the category of Design Engineering in the Project and Design Fair 2K17 organized by SVMIT, Bharuch. 

April 2018: Runners up under the category of Design Engineering in the Project and Design Fair 2K18 organized by SVMIT, Bharuch.

interactiondetail:
Senior Member, IEEE (SMIEEE)
Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)


Present Member, International Association of Engineers (IAENG)

Present Member, Institute of Doctors Engineers and Scientists (IDES)

Associate Member, Institute of Research Engineers and Doctors (IRED)

Member, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT)

Member, The Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (ICST)


Member, IEEE Software Defined Networks Community

bprofile:
He has 18+ years of teaching experience at UG/PG level. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree in 2016, he conducted his postdoctoral research at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Jun 2018-Aug 2019). He pursued his Master's from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat and B.E. from Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya, V.V. Nagar. He published several papers in reputed journals and conferences. He serves as associate editor/reviewer in several journals of international repute. In 2017, he received Pedagogical Innovation Award from GTU, India. He also served as a committee member in Smart Village project of Govt. of Gujarat. Link: sites.google.com/site/rutvijhjhaveri

areaofint:
Software Defined Networking for Network Resilience, Network Security
(Currently I am looking for self-motivated Ph.D. students)


interactiondetail:
Society of Petroleum Engineers (Since 2013)

bprofile:
Mr. Hazarika graduated as B.Tech Petroleum Engineer followed by M.Tech in Petroleum Exploration and Production. He worked in Ishan Vikas Programme of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India during his B.Tech. He has undergone training in ONGC, OIL, Selan Exploration Technology Limited and Assam Petroleum Limited. He has carried out many research in the field of EOR at IIT-Guwahati.

areaofint:
Drilling Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Enhanced oil Recovery, Petroleum Production Engineering, Matrix Acidization, Well Testing Analysis


bprofile:
Received BE from Andhra University in 2009, M Tech from (NIT Kurukshetra) in 2011 with GOLD MEDAL for best academic performance and PhD from (IIT Roorkee) in 2019. Worked as Assistant Professor in NIT Kurukshetra from 2013-2014. Authored 18 peer reviewed international journals and conferences.

areaofint:
Grid Tied Inverters, EV/HEVs, Improved Power Factor Converters, Battery Chargers, Reduced Device Count MLCs.


awards:
1. Research fellowship at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) and MINES ParisTech fully funded by a consortium of TOTAL, CGG and Schlumberger.

2. Research fellowship at Indian Institute of Technology Madras fully funded by MHRD, GoI.

interactiondetail:
1. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

2. Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)

3. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)

4. European Geosciences Union (EGU)

5. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

bprofile:
Dr. Shanker Krishna is currently working as Assistant Professor in the School of Petroleum Technology at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. He received his B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Kerala (India) in 2012, M.Res. degree in Exploration Geophysics from Paris Diderot University (France) in 2014 and M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (India) in 2019. He is actively involved in teaching as well as research in the domains of Non-Destructive Evaluation, Petroleum Geomechanics and Rock Physics. His research has immense potential within the scope of hydrocarbon exploration and production related studies.

areaofint:
Anisotropy and Fractures in Materials, Exploration Geophysics, Geomechanics, Non-Destructive Evaluation, Pipeline Engineering, Drilling and Production Engineering, Reservoir Engineering and Management, Rock Physics


bprofile:
Dr Sandesh is a filmmaker and academician with more than 10 years of total experience in the audio-visual industry and academia. He is a UGC-NET, SLET qualified scholar. He completed his graduation and post-graduation from EMRC (Indore) in E-media along with TV    production specialisation. His PhD doctoral degree focussed on Marketing Strategies in the Film Industry. His core areas are audio-visual communication, film appreciation, photography. Other then academics, Dr Mahajan produces videos for nationally and internationally recognised organisation. 

Dr Sandesh stepped into teaching when he started offering guest lectures at GSIMR, Indore. He also held the position as head of the department for International Fine Art Academy. Dr Sandesh worked as an assistant professor at Amity University for six years where he successfully carried out various responsibilities as cultural faculty coordinator, member of the board of studies, faculty coordinator for AUMP unit of NSS etc to name a few. 

In addition to teaching, Dr Sandesh has conducted workshops, seminars and faculty development programs of various nature, including scriptwriting, photography, audio-visual as a teaching aid, science communication etc. Additionally, he has worked with several renowned individuals and organisations such as Padma Shree recipient Dr Janak Palta Mcgilligan, Doordarshan, All India Radio, SVD India. He has also worked on numerous sponsored national and international fiction/ documentary projects.

He has directed and written several skits, street plays and audio-visual dramas for various platforms. Furthermore being a stage artist himself he has supervised countless dance and band performances along with managing innumerable fashion shows.

areaofint:
Films and Audio Visual Communication. Film appreciation, Photography, Journalism and Mass Communication


interactiondetail:
Life Member of Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda, MELUS-MELOW Chandigarh, RASE, Rajasthan.

bprofile:
Dr. Vaibhav Shah is Associate Professor of English at the School of Liberal Studies, PDPU. He was awarded PhD in 2010 for his thesis on "The Fictional World of Orhan Pamuk: A Thematic Study of Selected Novels" by the Department of English, Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan. His current research interest is in the semantic study of the concepts that populate the Indian intellectual tradition. His other academic interest is to develop the fresh pedagogical approaches to enhance the teaching-learning process in humanities.

areaofint:
Indian Intellectual Tradition, Bhakti Tradition, Semantics of Happiness, Classics, Contemporary Literature, Ethics, Pedagogy in Higher Education.


awards:
Institute Gold Medal, Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, SVNIT, Surat, May, 2013
Scholar, Kishore Vigyanik Protsahan Yojana, Mar 2007

interactiondetail:
B.Tech Research project-L&T Hydrocarbon, Vadodara

bprofile:
Dr. Uma Chaduvula joined as an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department of PDPU Gandhinagar in November 2019. She pursued her Ph.D. jointly from IIT Bombay and Monash University, Australia on Desiccation cracking of fiber-reinforced expansive clay. She is an experimentalist and enjoys science in daily tasks.

areaofint:
Fiber-reinforced soil, Desiccation cracking of soil, Image analysis, Geo-environmental engineering, Application of geosynthetics in civil engineering,


awards:
CSIR JRF (Chemical Sciences) 
CSIR SRF (Chemical Science)

interactiondetail:
CSIR National Chemical Laboratory Pune
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
UCL IMCN Belgium

bprofile:
Dr. Prakash Chandra is with PDPU Gandhinagar SOT since December 2019. Prior to joining PDPU, he worked as Research associate at PPISR Bengaluru, IIT Indore and UCL IMCN Belgium. He has more than 3 years of research experience in the field of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis for selective organic transformation. Previously, he did his Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. Shubhangi Umbarkar on the synthesis and application of molybdenum based homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts for oxidation of organic compounds. He has also experience the field of application heterogeneous catalysts for the waste water treatment.

areaofint:
Homogeneous, Heterogeneous catalysis and Nanomaterials in catalysis. Synthesis of the first row of the transition metal-based nanocatalysts using single-source molecular precursors and applications in catalytic organic transformations. Synthesis of organic-inorganic hybrid materials and their applications in aerobic alcohol oxidation.


