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Prof. Anurag Garg |
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Prof. Anurag Garg is currently
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) Chair Professor in
Environmental Science and Engineering Department at IIT Bombay,
Mumbai, India. His broad teaching and research areas include
municipal solid waste and sludge management, industrial wastewater
treatment. He has developed decentralized composting systems based
on passive as well as forced aeration. In addition, he demonstrated
positive impact of hydrothermal pretreatment on resource recovery
from sewage sludge. |
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Prof. Leonid Tartakovsky |
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Prof. Leonid Tartakovsky is a
professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Israel
Institute of Technology, Israel. His areas of research is hydrogen
combustion in internal combustion engines. He has nine patents to
his credit. The Prof. Tartakovsky’s group showed that in the case of
direct-injection hydrogen engines, the transient hydrogen jet
interaction with the lubricated cylinder surface results in a more
intensive lubricant entrainment into the combustion process compared
to gasoline combustion with subsequent enhanced particle formation.
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Prof. K. Srinivas Reddy |
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Prof. K. Srinivas Reddy is a
professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Madras, India, He is a specialist in
renewable energy with special research interests on concentrating
solar power, energy storage, distribution, energy efficiency, and
environment to lead the province to a zero-carbon energy future and
to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Prof. Reddy is
actively involved in the implementation of solar thermal
technologies for power generation and process heat applications
through a “Design-Development-Demonstration-Deployment (4-D)”
approach |
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Prof. Raja Banerjee |
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Prof Raja Banerjee is a faculty in
the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of IIT
Hyderabad. His research interest includes spray & atomization,
combustion and numerical modelling these processes. His group has
developed combustion models for turbulent liquid fired combustors
and are using these models for to study combustion of various
alternative fuels. He is developing computer models to simulate
hydrogen production from biomass through gasification and combustion
of hydrogen and ammonia blends in various combustor configurations. |
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Prof. Sudhir Pratap Singh |
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Dr. Sudhir P. Singh is currently
Professor at Gujarat Biotechnology University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat,
India. He has been working in the area of molecular biology and
agriculture biotechnology. Currently, his main focus of research is
gene mining and biocatalyst engineering for the production of
value-added bioproducts. His group has generated metagenomic
resources from thermal-spring, cold lake, ethnic fermented food
product. |
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Prof. Ganapati Dadasaheb Yadav |
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Prof. G D Yadav, is a
distinguished chemical engineer of international repute. Over
several decades, he has made critical contributions in several areas
of national interest such as Green Chemistry and Technology,
Catalytic Science and Engineering, Chemical Reaction Engineering,
Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, and in the ‘Net Zero Goal’ -
encompassing - Hydrogen economy, Carbon dioxide refineries, Biomass
and Plastics Valorization into Fuels, Chemicals and Materials, and
Sustainability Engineering. |
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Prof. Kamal Kishore Pant |
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Prof. K. K. Pant is currently
serving as the Director at IIT Roorkee (on deputation), following
his previous role as the Dean of Faculty at IIT Delhi. Prof. Pant’s
research contribution involves a wide range of innovative studies
covering heterogeneous green catalysis for hydrocarbon conversion,
CO2 capture, and conversion, biomass and coal to chemicals and
Hydrogen, and waste to energy. A recent study conducted by Stanford
University identified him as one of the top 2% of scientists in the
field. |
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Fellows, 2023 |
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Prof. Antonia Garcia |
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Prof. Antonia Garcia is a Professor
in Department of Thermal Engines and Machines at Universtat
Politecnia de Valencia, Spain. He has authored 120+ peer reviewed
journal papers, 40+ conference papers, has 4500+ Scopus Citations,
and holds 1 patent. He has supervised 9 PhD and 32 research
projects. He is Associated member of Society of Automotive
Engineering (SAE), and UPLC representative, European Automotive
Research Partners Association. He has developed new LTC strategies
for improving premixed combustion characteristics of CI engines. |
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Prof. Sukrut S. Thipse |
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Prof. Sukrut S. Thipse is a
Senior Deputy Director of Automotive Research Association of India
(ARAI), Pune. He has authored 30+ peer reviewed journal papers, 55+
conference papers, has 700+ Scopus Citations, and holds 4 patents.
He served on the expert committee on Alternative fuels of the DST
and MNRE. He has supervised 6 PhD students. He has developed
alternative fuel based IC engines for all major OEMs. |
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Prof. Sudipta De |
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Prof. Sudipta De is Professor
in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Jadavpur University,
Kolkata. He has authored 65 peer reviewed journal papers, 9
conference papers, and has 1800+ Scopus Citations. Prof. De has
supervised more than 10 research projects. He has made significant
contribution to teaching, research, industry collaborations and
social outreach, in emerging field of sustainable energy including
energy transition. |
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Prof. Baskar Gurunathan |
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Prof. Baskar Gurunathan is
Professor in Department of Biotechnology at Anna University,
Chennai. He has authored 105 peer reviewed journal papers, 17
conference papers, and has 2400+ Scopus Citations. He has supervised
11 Ph.D. and 4 research projects. He is recipient of Young Scientist
Award 2015 from International Bioprocessing Association, France and
Prof. S. B. Chincholkar Memorial Award 2019 from BRSI for his
outstanding work in the areas of Biofuels and Food Biotechnology |
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Prof. Anil Kumar Patel |
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Prof. Anil Kumar Patel is an
Associate Professor in Department of Marine Environmental
Engineering at National Kaohsiung University of Science and
Technology, Taiwan. He has authored 110+ peer reviewed journal
papers, 2 conference papers, has 5420+ Scopus Citations, and holds 4
patents. He received Prof. Ashok Pandey Research Excellent award
(2022), Excellent Foreign Researcher Korea Society Award (2018),
IBA-IFIBiop Young Scientist Award (2013), DBT- Energy Bioscience
Overseas Fellow (2013) for his scientific and professional
contributions in Microbial Bioprocesses, Biological Carbon Capture
and Microalgae Biorefinery. |
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Prof. Norma A. Alcantar |
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Prof. Norma A. Alcantar is a
Professor in Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering,
University of South Florida, USA. She has authored 35+ peer-reviewed
journal papers, 25+ conference papers, has 1300+ citations, and
holds 23 patents. She is the Board of Director Members of Synapse
Florida and USF Foundation, Inc. She is also a recipient of
Fulbright Scholarship and an Excellence in Innovation Award. She is
known internationally for her stellar work on water decontamination,
global sustainability and advances in biomedical applications for
Alzheimer’s and cancer.
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Prof. Vivek Agrawal |
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Prof. Vivek Agrawal is the
Managing Director and CEO of Kanak Resource Management Ltd., Jaipur.
He has authored 50+ peer reviewed journal papers, and supervised 75+
students in MTech and MBA in Environmental Engineering/Management.
He is a special consultant to UN-ECOSOC and strategic advisor to
many corporates and startups working on sustainability
(Waste/Riverfront/Plant Management). |
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Prof. Onkar Singh |
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Prof. Onkar Singh is a Professor in
Department of Mechanical Engineering at HBTU Kanpur. He was the
founder Vice-Chancellor of MMM University Gorakhpur, and
Vice-Chancellor of Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow. He
has authored 223 research papers in journals and conferences, 88
popular articles, 10 books, and 9 book chapters, and edited 06
conference proceedings. He has supervised 13 PhD, and 25 M.Tech.
students and has completed 7 sponsored research projects. He holds 3
patents, 1 copyright, and two National Records in LIMCA Book of
Records (2014, 2015).
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Prof. Parmjit Singh Panesar |
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Prof. Paramjit Singh Panesar is a
Professor in Department of Food Engineering & Technology at SLIET
Punjab. He has authored 150 scientific research papers, 35 book
chapters, 50 book reviews and 9 books. He has supervised 11 PhD and
30 M.Tech students. He was conferred prestigious INSA Teachers
Award-2020. He was elected as Fellow of The Biotech Research Society
of India (BRSI-2018), Fellow of National Academy of Dairy Sciences,
India (NADSI-2019). He has completed 7 research projects funded by
DBT, CSIR, MHRD, and AICTE.
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Dr. Ramakrishnan Parthasarathi |
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Dr. Ramakrishnan Parthasarathi is a
Principal Scientist, CSIR- IITR, Lucknow. He has authored 116
research articles in journals of high repute (H-Index: 45, Citations
6900+) and holds six patents. He has established a dedicated HPC
facility for toxicology (Toxicology High-Performance Computing &
Software Platform) and translational ecosystem at CSIR-IITR. His
major contributions are in the area of computational bioengineering
and toxico-informatics
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Dr. Reeta Rani Singhania |
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Dr. Reeta Rani Singhania is
Professor in Department of Marine Environmental Engineering at
National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. She
has edited three books and authored 120 research articles, book
chapters and conference communications with 7100+ Google scholar
citations and holds 13 patents. She worked as Post-doctoral fellow
at University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France. She has
received Women Scientist Award from BRSI in 2020, IBA-IFIBiop Young
Scientist Award in 2012, and AU-CBT Excellence Award of BRSI in
2008.
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Prof. Saptarshi Basu |
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Prof. Saptarashi Basu is Professor
in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of
Science (IISc), Bangalore. He has authored 170+ peer reviewed
journal articles and conference papers, and holds 8 patents and has
2800+ Google Scholar citations. He has supervised 14 Ph.D. and 11
M.Tech. students. He has received Swarnajayanti Fellowship from DST
India and DRDO Chair Professorship. He is elected as Fellow of INAE,
RSC, ASME, and IE(I). He successfully organized the Second ISEES
International Conference on “Sustainable Energy and Environmental
Challenges (II-SEEC-2017)” from 31st December 2017-3rd January 2018
at IISc Bangalore.
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Prof. Shekhar Bhansali |
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Prof. Shekhar Bhansali is a Director
of the Division of Electrical, Communications, and Cyber Systems at
National Science Foundation. He also serves as an Alcatel-Lucent
Professor and Distinguished University Professor in the Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Florida International
University. He has supervised 25 PhD, 45 MS and 120+ undergraduate
students. He has authored 300+ peer reviewed journal and conference
papers, holds 40 patents and has 8600+ Google Scholar citations. He
has received Outstanding Achievement Award from Electrochemical
Society in 2020. He was elected as Fellow of National Academy of
Inventors- 2016, and AAAS-2018.
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Prof.
Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta |
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Prof.
Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta
is Professor at Department of Civil Engineering, MNIT, Jaipur,
India. The major areas of his research include Biological waste
treatment, Environment and Health, Environmental Modeling, Advance
bio processes for waste treatment, characterization of PM fractions
in air, and developing field kits for biological analysis. He is
working on various aspects of water and air pollution and their
impact on human health- evolved pathophysiologies for fluoride,
nitrate and aluminium toxicities and linkages between air pollution
and human respiratory health; and developed low cost technologies
for removal of fluorides and nitrates from drinking
water/wastewater. |
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Prof. Indu Shekhar Thakur |
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Prof. Indu Shekhar Thakur is Professor and Former Dean at School of
Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He
has contributed in the filed of Isolation, enrichment in the
chemostat (in vivo recruitment of microorganism), identification and
molecular characterization (proteomics and genomics) of microbial
community for bioremediation and bioconversion of recalcitrant
organic compounds, metals and inorganic compounds (Green House
Gases) in the environment for value added products and biofuels.
Molecular probes development through biomarkers for evaluation of
fate and effect of microorganism, and detection of toxicants and
ecoestrogens. Evaluation of toxicity at cellular and molecular level
by animal cell culture based methods. Environmental risk assessment
and Health hazards. |
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Prof. Shishir Sinha |
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Prof. Shishir
Sinha is currently Professor & Head at Department of Chemical
Engineering, IIT Roorkee. His area of specialization are Blended
Polymer Composites , Polymer Surface Modification, Polymer
Composites, Nano Composites, Ion Exchanger, Ion Exchangers.
he finished his Ph.D.
in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
Kanpur in year 2000 and joined as Lecturer at Thapar Institute of
Engineering and Technology, Patiala in year 1999 while pursuing Ph.
D at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur. He joined the
department of Chemical engineering as Assistant Professor in 2006 at
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He has experience of more
than 20 years in teaching, research and consultancy in different
aspects of Chemical engineering. |
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Prof. Sudarshan Kumar |
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Prof. Sudarshan
Kumar is Professor at Department of Aerospace Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. His research interests
include experimental and computational investigations on the
flameless combustion of gaseous fuels, advanced aerothermochemistry,
high temperature air combustion, flameless/mild combustion,
turbulent combustion, modeling of combustion systems, Reduction of
pollutant emissions from combustion systems, combustion in
micro-channels, flame instabilities, pattern formation of flames and
catalytic combustion in micro-channels, high speed flows, supersonic
combustion. Development of micro rockets based on solid propellants. |
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Prof Vinod Kumar Garg |
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Prof Vinod Kumar Garg is Professor at Department of Environmental
Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab. His area of
interest include Water and Wastewater pollution monitoring and
treatment, Solid Waste Management, Pesticide pollution, Heavy Metal
and radionuclide pollution. In his professional career of 25 years ,
he has set benchmarks in teaching and research in the field of
environmental science. He played a key role in establishing
radioecology centre at Guru Jambheshwar University Hisar. He handled
various research projects with research grants more than 10 Crore.
One of the many achievements of Prof. Garg is that his own
self-developed MOOCs course on SWAYAM 'Solid and Hazardous Waste
Management' has been rated amongst the 10 outstanding online course
in the world in the year 2020. |
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Prof. Yogesh C. Sharma |
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Prof. Yogesh C. Sharma
is Professor at Department of Chemistry, IIT-BHU. His area of
interest include Renewable Energy and Bio-fuels, Development and
characterization of heterogenous catalysts, Synthesis of
nanoadsorbents; River health Science; Monotoring of River Ganga. He
has listed on the panel of reviewers of more than 50 international
and national journals including the journals from Royal Society of
Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis,
Wiley, etc. |
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Dr. Rakesh Kumar |
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Dr. Rakesh Kumar is Director at
CSIR-NEERI since May 2016. He has significant contribution in the
field of environmental science and engineering which has wide
spectrum such as Air Pollution Control and Management, Water and
Wastewater Treatment, Hazardous & Municipal Waste Management,
Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Audit, Modelling,
Health and Climate Change. He has 12 patents on pollution control
devices. He has published more than 100 papers in national and
international journals and many in national and international
conferences. He has authored three Self Learning Books on various
topics of Environmental Science and Engineering, one of them for
Commonwealth of Learning, Canada. He has membership of many
professional societies and is providing advisory as Chairman and
member of various national committees in MOEF&CC, CPCB, BIS, MDWS,
MPCB and many other Government Institutions and also for Court and
NGT matters. He is also worked on various assignments with many
international agencies. |
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Prof. Mohamad (Hameed) Metghalchi |
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Prof.
Mohamad (Hameed) Metghalchi
joined department of
Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University in 1979. He
served as the Chair of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Department from 2004 to 2012. He has also served as Senior Associate
Dean and Interim Dean of College of Engineering in 2006-07. He is
currently Director of Master of Science program in Energy Systems
Engineering. His areas of interest include Fundamentals of
combustion such as burning speed and onset of auto ignition
measurement and flame stability analysis; development of chemistry
reduction such as rate-controlled constrained-equilibrium method;
non-equilibrium thermodynamics. |
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Prof. Amit Agarwal |
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Prof. Amit Agrawal is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. Prof. Amit Agrawal received his bachelor degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and doctoral degree from University of Delaware, USA. He worked as engineer in the Tata Motors (Telco). He received prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology-2018 from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research. He holds 12 patents, authored 125 journal articles, and has 3700+ Google Scholar citations. He has developed micro-devices for bloodplasma separation; three-dimensional hydrodynamic focusing, and for maintaining constant wall temperature. He has provided the first analytical solution of the Burnett equation (a higher-order continuum transport equation) for any configuration. |
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Dr. S. Saravanamurugan |
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Dr. S. Saravanamurugan is a scientist E at the Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), Mohali, Punjab. Dr. S. Saravanamurugan obtained his PhD in heterogeneous catalysis from Anna University, India in 2005. He has worked as research scientist/post-doctoral in KAIST/ Inha University, South Korea and as a Senior Researcher at Centre for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark. He received a DST-DAAD Fellowship during his doctoral studies in 2004 and Early Career Research Award (SERB-DST) in 2017. He was a visiting professor at Guizhou University, China. He has authored 60+ peer-reviewed journal publications, has 3000+ citations and holds 9 patents. |
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Dr. D. B. Sahoo |
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Dr. Dinabandhu Sahoo is currently in University of Delhi, and the Former Director of Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal Manipur. He is a recipient of National Environmental Science Academy's Fellowship of the Year Award-2009. He was given M.P. Purohit Memorial award for popularization of plant science in the state of Orissa; and International Training Fellowship by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) for Marine Management and Good Governance 2009. He received Zahoor Qasim Gold medal in 1997 and Aus-Aid Young Scientist award in 1998. He is elected as a Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) in 2019, National Academy of Sciences (NASI), Allahabad in 2017, and Honorary Fellow of Biotechnology Research Society of India in 2017. He was conferred Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) Honoris Causa by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneswar in 2018. |
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Prof. Rajendra Bordia |
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Prof. Rajendra Bordia is a Professor and Chair, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Clemson University, SC, USA. Prof. Rajendra Bordia obtained his Bachelor degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, MS and PhD degrees from Cornell University, in Material Science & Engineering, Ithaca, NY. Prof. Bordia has served as guest co-editor for five special sections/ issues of archival journals and two Ceramic Transactions; co-authored four featured articles in archival journals; co-authored six invited book chapters; authored or co-authored 120+ archival journal publications; co-authored 27 refereed conference proceedings; and co-authored five patents. His work has been cited over 5,250+ times. |
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Prof. Tarun Gupta |
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Prof. Tarun Gupta is a Professor in Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Prof. Gupta holds a Doctor of Science (2004) in environmental health from Harvard University, USA, and Master of Technology (2000) in environmental science and engineering from IIT Bombay. He was conferred INAE Entrepreneur and Innovator Award-2018, PK Kelkar Research Fellowship by IIT Kanpur, NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award- 2015, INSA Young Scientist Award-2011, INAE Young Engineer Award-2009 and IEI Young Engineer Award-2008. He has developed several low-flowrate and high-flow-rate impaction-based samplers and a non-selective membrane-based diffusion denuder. A submicron aerosol sampler developed by Prof. Gupta has been commercialized by Envirotech, Delhi, while another technology has been transferred to BARC, Mumbai. He has authored 125+ peer reviewed journal articles, 8 chapters, edited 4 books, has 3000+ Google Scholar citations and holds 8 patents. |
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Dr. Amitava Datta |
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Prof. Amitava Datta is Professor in Department of Power Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He worked as engineer in the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). He received Shiksha Ratna Award from Government of West Bengal for outstanding teaching, Fellowship from Humboldt Foundation, and he is also a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology. Prof. Datta is a life member of the Combustion Institute, IE(I), IIE, ISHMT and ISEES. He has supervised 14 doctoral students. He has authored 92 international peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and has 1300+ Scopus citations. He has authored a text book on "Combustion". He was involved in 16 sponsored research projects. |
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Dr. Binod Parmeswaran |
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Dr. Binod Parameswaran is a Scientist at Microbial Process and Technology Division, CSIR-NIIST Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He has authored more than 95 peer reviewed international journal and conference papers, 37 book chapters and has 2100+ Scopus citations. He is a member and CEO of Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI). He received Young Scientist Award from International forum on Industrial Bioprocesses (IFIBiop) in 2011 and Kerala State Young Scientist Award in 2014 from Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment. He is also the recipient of Elsevier Renewable Energy Best Paper Award and Elsevier Impactful Research Award in 2018. |
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Dr. Edgard Gnansounou |
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Prof. Edgard Gnansounou is the Director of Bioenergy and Energy Planning Research Group. He has led research projects in several countries such as China, Brazil, and South Africa. He has published 84 peer reviewed international journal and conference papers and has 2400+ Scopus citations. He has developed novel methods for allocation of common GHG emissions among joint products of a bio-refinery, subject to policy requirements. He was a visiting researcher at the Thayer College, Dartmouth School of Engineering (USA), Polytech of Clermont-Ferrand, University Blaise Pascal (France) and Center of Biofuels, NIIST Thiruvananthapuram (India). He was also a visiting Professor to the African University of Science of Technology (Abuja, Nigeria). |
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Prof. Vijayanand S. Moholkar |
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Prof. Vijayanand S. Moholkar is a Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. He is a Fellow of Institution of Chemical Engineers, London and Royal Society of Chemistry, London. He is a chartered member of Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK, and is registered as Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council, UK. He has supervised 15 Ph.D. and 30 M.Tech. students. He has authored 130 papers in peer reviewed international journals and conferences, 15 book chapter, 3 US patents and has 3600+ Scopus citations. He is recipient of 7th National Award for Technology Innovation from Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India (March 2017) in 'Innovation in Polymeric Materials' category in recognition for his seminal work on synthesis of bio-polymers from invasive weeds. |
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Dr. P.A. Lakshminarayanan |
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Dr. P.A. Lakshminarayanan is currently an Advisor to Simpson Engines, Chennai. He developed models for heat release and emissions for diesel engines based on study of fuel-air mixing at the wall in turbulent sprays having multiple injections. He also studied wear of liners having a general surface texture, and tribology of valves, cams, pistons and rings. He is credited to have designed 28 efficient and emission compliant diesel and CNG engines for off- and on-road applications, in addition to eight diesel and CNG engine platforms and 150 types of engines, which are commercially successful for their efficiency and cost effectiveness. He is a fellow of SAE international, and INAE. He received Arch T. Colwell award (1984) from SAE international and AVL awards for conference papers (2005, 2008, and 2010). He has authored 45 peer reviewed international journal and conference papers has 9 patents to his credit. |
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Dr. S.L. Soni |
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Prof. S.L. Soni is Director at NIT Uttarakhand. He served Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur in various capacities including Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dean (Research and Consultancy), Faculty Coordinator (Training and Placement), Chairperson (Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations), Chief Vigilance Officer, and Registrar. Prof. Soni has 32 publications in peer reviewed international journals and conferences, 370+ Scopus citation, 3 patents and 4 books to his credit. He is a Fellow of Institute of Engineers, Member of SAE, Associate member of ASHRAE, Member of BIS sectional committee of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, life member of ISEES, ISTE, Indian Association for Air Pollution Control, and Combustion Institute(I). |
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Dr. Shantanu Bhattacharya |
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Prof Shantanu Bhattacharya is currently a chair professor at the department of mechanical engineering and HOD of Design Programme at IIT Kanpur. He also spent a year at Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow. Prof Bhattacharya has developed technology for printing super capacitors on paper substrates. His research has strong thrusts spanning from nucleic acid analysis, surface-electrophoresis, micro-mixers for micro-fluidics, cell-trap devices, and photo-catalytic solutions for water remediation. He holds 5 US and 6 Indian patents and has authored 67 peer reviewed international journal and conference papers, having 1000+ Scopus citations.Dr. Bhattacharya is recipient of Young Engineers Award from the IE(I), ISSS Young Scientist Award-2013, NDRF Best Mechanical Engineering Design Award-2014, and Boeing Outstanding Leadership Award-2011. |
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Prof. V. Ganesan |
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Prof. V Ganeshan is a Professor Emeritus in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
He
is a Fellow of SAE, INAE, National Environmental Science Academy and IE(I). He is a life member of the Combustion Institute, ISTE and Aeronautical Society of India. He has authored 440 papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences and three books on IC Engines, Engine Simulation and Gas Turbines. He has supervised 40 doctoral students. Prof. Ganesan has received numerous prestigious award including Tamilnadu Scientist Award-2003, Automobile Engineer of the Year-2003, Khosla National Award-2004, Environmental Engineering Design Award-2006, SAE Cliff Garrett Turbomachinery Engineering Award-2007, and SAE Excellence in Engineering Education (Triple “E”) Award. |
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Prof. Franz Winter |
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Prof. Franz Winter is a Professor in Institute of Chemical, Environmental & Biological Engineering, Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
He
is a member of the Combustion Institute, Association of German Engineers VDI, DECHEMA, and life member of International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability. His research interests are in the areas of Chemical Kinetics, Waste Combustion, Thermo-chemical Energy Storage, and Energy and Environmental Technologies. He has authored 95 peer-reviewed journal publications,190 peer-reviewed international conference papers, and 35 book chapters, and has delivered 90 invited lectures world-over. He has also been granted 8 patents.Prof. Winter has received several prestigious award including Arnold Eucken Award-2008 from the Association of German Engineers, Georgius Agricola Award-2014 from TU Ostrava, and Medal of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of CTU Prague-2014. |
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Dr. Nitin Labhsetwar |
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Dr. Nitin Labhasetwar is a Senior Principal Scientist & Head of Energy and Resource Management Division, CSIR-NEERI Nagpur.
He
has research interest in the areas of Energy and Environmental Materials, Air Pollution Control, Cleaner Energy Generation, Indoor Emission Control, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, and Waste Water Treatment. He has authored 153 peer reviewed journal and conference papers, and 9 book chapters. He has filed/ granted 23 international and 18 national patents. Dr. Labhasetwar has received several prestigious award including Hindustan Platinum Award-2003 and 2005 by Catalysis Society of India, NEERI Golden Jubilee Outstanding Performance Award-2007, Dr. Arvind Kumar Memorial Award-2009 by Indian Council of Chemists, and CSIR-NEERI Outstanding Senior Scientist Award-2013. |
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Prof. Achintya Mukhopadhyay |
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Prof. Achintya Mukhopadhyay is a Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
He
has research interest in the areas of Combustion, Multi-phase Flows, Micro-scale Flows, and Dynamics of Thermal Systems. He is a Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology. He has received several prestigious fellowships including Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers-2010 and Deutsche Forschingsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Science Foundation) Metström Visiting Fellowship-2012. He has authored more than 95 peer reviewed journal publications, 176 international conference papers, 13 book chapters, and 3 edited books and has 1 patent. |
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Prof. Gautam Kalghatgi |
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Prof. Gautam Kalghatgi is a Principal Professional at Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia.
He
is a visiting Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering of Imperial College London and Department of Engineering Science of Oxford University. He has authored 140 international peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and a recent book on Fuel-Engine Interactions. He holds 11 patents. His extensive body of work on fuel effects in spark ignition and compression ignition engines could potentially bring fundamental changes to future fuels and engines worldwide. He is a Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, Society of Automotive Engineers, USA, and Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK. He is a member of the Combustion Institute. |
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Dr. Ajay Mathur |
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Dr. Ajay Mathur is a Director General of The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI).
He
was Director General at the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (2006-16) where he initiated programs such as ‘Star Labelling Programme for Electrical Appliances’, ‘Energy Conservation Building Code’, and ‘Perform, Achieve and Trade programme’ for energy-intensive industries. Dr. Mathur is a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change since 2007. He has received several prestigious awards including Knight of the National Order of Merit-2015 from Republic of France, Energy Efficiency Global Visionary Award-2010 from the Alliance to Save Energy, Washington DC, Outstanding Alumni Award-2002 from University of Illinois |
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Prof. Probir Kumar Bose |
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Prof. Probir Kumar Bose is Director of NSHM Knowledge Campus,
Durgapur, West Bengal, India. He has exceptional scientific and
professional contributions in the areas of thermal engineering,
internal combustion engines, alternate fuels, and automotive
engineering. Prof. Bose is an elected Fellow of Institute of
Engineers, India and member of Combustion Institute, Indian
Institute of Welding, Indian Society of Technical Education, Indian
Society of Engineers, and Indian Institute of Metals. Prof. Bose has
published more than 100 peer reviewed journal papers and has several
patents to his credit. |
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Dr. Ramesh Agarwal |
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Dr. Ramesh Agarwal
is Professor in
School of Engineering & Applied Science, Washington University, St.
Louis, USA. He has received numerous prestigious awards including
SAE International Medal of Honor (2015), AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award
(2015), SAE Aerospace Engineering Leadership Award (2013), SAE
Clarence Kelly Johnson Award (2009), AIAA Aerodynamics Award (2008),
Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Award (2007), and ASME Fluids
Engineering Award (2001) to name a few. He has published more than
500 peer reviewed journal/ conference papers and edited several
books/ book chapters. |
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Dr. Bhola R. Gurjar |
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Dr. Bhola R. Gurjar is Professor in Department of Civil
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India . He has
exceptional scientific and professional contributions in the areas
of Environment, Air and Water Pollution, Urban Transport, and
Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment. Prof. Gurjar has received
several prestigious awards including IE(I) Nawab Zain Yar Jung
Bahadur Memorial Medal-1995, START Young Scientist Award-2004, IE(I)
National Design Award in Environmental Engineering-2011, and IE(I)
Eminent Environmental Engineer Award-2015. |
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Dr. Swarnendu Sen |
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Dr. Swarnendu Sen
is professor in
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata,
India. He has exceptional scientific and professional contributions
in the areas of heat transfer, combustion, and multiphase flows.
Prof. Sen is an elected Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science
and Technology. He has received several prestigious fellowships
including DAAD Research Fellowship-2011 and 2013, Visiting Research
Fellowships to University of Illinois, Chicago-2002, Virginia
Polytechnic and State University, Virginia-2006. He has authored
more than 90 peer reviewed journal publications.
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Dr. Thallada Bhaskar |
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Dr. Thallada Bhaskar is Principal Scientist
in
CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India. He has received
several prestigious awards including NESA Scientist of the Year
Award-2016, CSIR-Raman Research Fellow- 2013, AIST-Distinguished
Researcher Award-2013, and JSPS-Visiting Scientist Award-2009. Dr.
Bhaskar has published more than 100 peer reviewed journal papers and
edited several books.
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Dr. Anirudh Gautam |
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Dr. Anirudh Gautam is General Manager in Rolling Stock Design
Division, RITES, Ministry of Railways, India. Dr. Gautam has worked
extensively on combustion, performance and emissions of locomotive
engines, development of emission control systems and engine
structural optimization. He has received prestigious awards such as
Outstanding National Service Award by Ministry of Railways, Chief
Mechanical Engineer Award, General Manager Award, Director General
Award, and Railway Ministers Award. |
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Dr. V. K. Saraswat |
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Dr. V. K. Saraswat is Member of NITI Ayog, Government of India.
He
has led research on indigenous development of Liquid Propulsion
Rocket Engines and missiles namely Prithvi, Dhanush, and Prahaar. He
is the principal architect of the Ballistic Missile Defense program,
which included major technology breakthroughs. Dr. Saraswat is an
elected Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering,
Institution of Engineers, India, Aeronautical Society of India,
Institute of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers, Systems
Society of India, and Society for Shock Wave Research, India. Dr.
Saraswat has been bestowed with several prestigious awards such as
Padmabhushan, Padmashri and Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award. |
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Prof.
Avinash Kumar Agarwal |
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Prof.
Agarwal has carried out both fundamental as well as innovative,
industrially relevant applied research in the area of IC engines,
alternative fuels and emission control. He has developed a low cost
biodiesel pilot plant and tested biodiesel fuelled car to motivate
Indian automotive industries for biodiesel applications. Prof.
Agarwal has developed first prototype of the EFI system for the
ALCO-DLW locomotives, For social benefits, Prof. Agarwal has
developed a low cost biodiesel pilot plant which is installed in
rural areas by KVIC, Mumbai. Prof. Agarwal has published several
books and more than150 papers in his credit. He has been elected for
Fellow of INAE (2015), ASME (2013) and SAE International (2012).
Presently he is working as Poonam and Prabhu Goyal Endowed Chair
Professor. He has been awarded for NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum
Jubilee Award-2012, Dr. C. V. Raman Young Teachers Award-2011, Ralph
R. Teetor Educational Award-2008. |
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Dr. S. Venkata Mohan |
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Dr.Mohan made outstanding contributions laid a new found path for
waste remediation and environment protection. He established a link
between waste remediation and renewable biofuel generation,
accounting for a paradigm shift from ‘waste as an environmental
pollutant’ to ‘waste as wealth’ encompassing sustained circular
bioeconomy, which establishes a new vista in the context of “Waste
Biorefinery”. Dr. Mohan has published 250+ journal papers, 8 cover
page articles, 29 chapters contributed for books and 9 review
articles. He also holds 8 patents in his area. Dr. Mohan has been
awarded by Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize , National Bioscience
Award (2012), ProSPER.NET-Scopus Young Researcher Award in
Sustainable Development (2010), NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award
(2010). Dr. Mohan has been elected as Fellow of INAE, FIEI, Andhra
Pradesh/ Telengana Academy of Sciences, Alexander Von Humboldt
Foundation. |
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Prof. Ernst Wintner |
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Prof.
Wintner was professor for laser technology at Photonics Institute of
TU Vienna and promoted honorary full professor within his
university. He founded one of the first research groups in the field
of laser ignition worldwide in 1999. The efforts toward the
development and implementation of laser ignition in internal
combustion engine technology are remarkable and are demonstrated by
many citations in the scientific community. He has submitted a
number of patents with respect to a laser source for ignition, the
laser window and multipoint ignition. Prof. Wintner served as editor
of several journals and the European Quantum Electronics Division of
the EPS. His efforts have resulted in over 250 technical papers and
4 book chapters. He received Dr. Wolfgang Houska Award (2015), Dr.
Wolfgang Houska Award (2008), The largest award of the Austrian
Industry AMA Price (2013), BMW Award (2007). |
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Dr. Satish Kumar |
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Dr. Kumar is a
distinguished Aerospace scientist of national repute with
outstanding contribution to the missiles and strategic systems. He
has the unique distinction of leading important strategic
establishments over a decade and laying the foundation for
futuristic technological growth in critical areas. Dr. Kumar
contributed to Development of Liquid propellant rocket engines for
Prithvi missile, Productionization of highly complex LP engines at
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Development of Propellant
transfer systems and Storage facilities at various forward Army
locations. He has more than 40 research papers to his credit and two
patents obtained in US, China, Russia, Germany and India. Dr. Satish
Kumar honored with the Technology Award by Ministry of Defence,
Prime Minister’s Special Award for Development of Strategic Weapons
and Performance Excellence award by DRDO. He has been elected as
Fellow of Aeronautical Society of India, Fellow of Society for Shock
Wave Research, India, Life member of Astronautical Society of India
and Combustion Institute of Indian
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Prof. Ryo Amano |
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Prof. Amano has been
very active in the development of next generation of novel advanced
energy systems in both gas turbines based conventional and renewable
energy production systems. Dr. Amano has contributed to enhancing
energy production from wind, biomass, hydro, and propulsion energy.
He has contributed to the development of turbulence theories,
combustion, heat transfer, propulsion, aerodynamics and applications
to gas turbine and aerospace related projects. He also has been
engaged in aerospace research in NASA, US Air Force, industrial gas
turbines, steam turbines, and cooling technology. Prof. Amano has
been elected for Fellow of ASME (2001), Associate Fellow of American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2002). His efforts have
resulted in over 600 technical papers, 4 books and 24 book chapters. |
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Ashok Pandey
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S. R. Gollahalli
Dr.
R. K. Malhotra