Department of Energy Science and Engineering

Core Faculty

Anish Modi anishmodi@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering; IIT Bombay, Powai; Mumbai 400076; India, Phone: +91-22-2576-9340 Research Interests: Solar thermal energy, Concentrating solar power, Power cycles and multigeneration plants, Energy sustainability	Balasubramaniam Kavaipatti bala.ramanathan@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai 400076, (Internal(O)) : (0091 22) - 2576-7808 Research Interests: Cheap and abundant materials for Photovoltaic applications, Defect chemistry of transparent conductors, Bandgap engineering of materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion, Solid oxide fuel cell cathode materials to study surface processes
Chetan Singh Solanki chetanss@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, (Internal(O)) : (0091 22) - 2576-7895, +91-22-2576 7895 Research Interests: Solar Photovoltaic, Thin-film silicon solar cells, PV solar concentrator, PV module cleaning, Carbon nano tubes (CNT)	Dayadeep Monder dmonder@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering IIT Bombay, Phone: +91 22-2576-7864 Research Interests: Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), Detailed reaction models for SOFC electrochemistry , Sulfur poisoning of SOFCs, First principles catalysis and ab–initio thermodynamics
J. K. Nayak jknayak@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, (Internal(O)) : (0091 22) - 2576-7881 Research Interests: Solar thermal energy, Passive solar architecture	Lalit Kumar lalit.kumar[at]iitb.ac.in Room No. 321, Transit Building, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400076 , (0091 22) - 2576-7886 Research Interests: Wax deposition and pipeline shut-in and restart processes, Bulk and interfecial rheology, Population balance modeling in fluidized bed , Thermochemical heat storage system design , Water Purification/ Oil-water separation, Oil-rock interaction , Multiphase flow and complex fluid flow
Manaswita Bose manaswita.bose@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India. Office: Room. No-5, Old Stationery Block, Opp. CSRE Building,, Ph-:+91-22-2576-7847 Research Interests: Flow of Granular Materials , Complex Fluid Dynamics & Multiphase Flows, Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Particulate Flows , Coal Gasification and Combustion	Manoj Neergat Professor nmanoj@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400 076, India, Phone (Internal(O)) : (0091 22) - 2576-7893 Research Interests: Fuel cells - Direct Methanol Fuel cells, and Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells, Precious metal and Non-precious metal catalysts, Flow batteries , Supercapacitors, Electrochemistry of layered materials, Electrodeposition (CZTS and Cu), Impedance and dielectric spectroscopy, Conducting polymer electrolyte membranes
Prakash Chandra Ghosh pcghosh@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400 076, India,, Phone (Internal(O)) : (0091 22) - 2576-7896 Research Interests: Hydrogen production from renewable sources, Development of low temperature hybrid fuel cells, Optimum design of fuel cells systems , CFD modelling of fuel cells to optimised the flow field pattern , Development of non-destructive methodologies for testing fuel cells, Development of membrane based humidifier to design compact fuel cells, Development of HT-PEFC	Pratibha Sharma pratibha_sharma@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400 076, India,, Phone (Internal(O)) : (0091 22) - 2576-7898 Research Interests: Solid State Hydrogen Storage Materials, Fluorescent Core shelled Nano structures for Photovoltaics , Materials for Photovoltaic Applications, Ion Irradiation
Rajesh Gupta rajeshgupta@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400 076, India, Tel: +91-22-25767837 (Off.) Research Interests: Characterization, modeling and simulation of solar cells and modules, Performance and Reliability of Photovoltaic, Photovoltaic Instrumentation, Infrared Thermography	Rangan Banerjee Head of the Department rangan@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, +91-22-2576 7883 Research Interests: Energy Management & Energy Efficiency, Demand Side Management , Energy Modelling , Power Systems Planning, Energy Planning and Policy , Cogeneration , Fuel cell / Hydrogen storage
Sagar Mitra sagar.mitra@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400 076, India Office: ME G-19 (ground Floor) Phone: +9122 2576 7849, +91-22-25767849(Off.) Research Interests: Lithium ion Battery, electrode materials, electrolyte, fabrication, Na-ion batteries, electrode materials, fabrication, Metal Sulphur Batteries for large scale storage, Hybrid Ionic electrolyte , Commercial scale battery research, Lithium ion battery analysis	Sandeep Kumar sandeep{dot}kumar{at}iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076. , Office Location: Room No. - 319, New CSE Building Research Interests: Biomass Gasification, Solid Combustion, Alternate fuels in IC Engines, Solid Waste Management , Renewable Energy Systems
Sankara Sarma V Tatiparti sankara@iitb.ac.in Room 308, Transit Bldg., Opp. Power House, Dept. of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076 India, Phone (Internal(O)) : (0091 22) – 2576 7672 Research Interests: Hydrogen storage, Electrofabrication of nanostructured materials, Electron Microscopy, Nano-interface (Grain Boundary) engineering for stable energy materials , Scanning Electro Chemical Microscopy (SECM), Polarization Behaviour of End plates and Bimetallic plates under Thin Electrolyte Layers in PEM-FCs, Polycrystalline nano dendritic growth	Santanu Bandyopadhyay Institute Chair Professor santanub@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering , IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400 076, India, Office room no: 1 (ESE Office Complex) Fax: (0091 22) 2576 4890, (Internal(O)) : (0091 22) - 2576 7894 Research Interests: Process Integration, Pinch Analysis, Industrial Energy Conservation, Modeling and Simulation of Energy Systems, Energy Integration of Distillation Processes, Renewable Energy Systems
Shaibal K Sarkar shaibal.sarkar@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400 076, +91 22 2576 7846 (office) Research Interests: Sensitized Solar cells , Photoelectrochemistry, Nanocrystalline Materials for Photovoltaic applications, Transparent Conducting Oxides, Atomic Layer Deposition	Shireesh B Kedare Professor @ IIT B; Independent Director @ ONGC Ltd. sbkedare@iitb.ac.in; sbkedare@gmail.com Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), Adi Shankaracharya Marg, Powai, Mumbai 400076, INDIA, Phone (Internal(O)) : +91 22 2576 7835 Research Interests: Concentrating Solar Collectors optics, receivers, tracking, testing and integration for industrial process heat and power with thermal storage, Renewable energy technologies for centralized and decentralized applications, Context specific participative development by enabling voluntary agencies in rural areas : Assessing needs, designing technology and dissemination
Srinivas Seethamraju s.srinivas@iitb.ac.in Room No. 317, Transit Building, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, Phone: +91 22-2576-7396 (O) Research Interests: Computer aided design and simulation, Conceptual Design of processes , Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Thermodynamics of phase equilibria, Gasification , Reactive distillation, Integration of renewable energy and fossil energy resources, Waste to Energy	Suneet Singh suneet.singh@iitb.ac.in Department Of Energy Science and Engineering Room No. 309A, Mechanical Engg. IIT Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076, INDIA , Phone :+91-22-2576-7843(office) Research Interests: Advanced Numerical Methods for neutron diffusion and fluid flow, Stability Analysis of Nuclear Reactors, Solar thermal, Analytical solution of multilayer heat conduction problems
Suryanarayana Doolla suryad@iitb.ac.in Room. No-4, Old Stationery Block, Opp. CSRE Building, +91 22- 2576- 7872 Research Interests: Smartgrids , Microgrids, Converter topologies and control, Communication protocol for power systems, Grid integration of distributed energy resources, Power systems operation and control, Energy efficiency	V. S. S. Pavan Kumar Hari pavanhari@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076. Office Location: 305 CSE Building, Phone: +91 22 2576 7853 (Office) Research Interests: Control and Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) methods for Power Electronic Converters, Wind Energy Conversion, AC Motor Drives , Photovoltaic (PV) Inverters , Application of Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Devices in Power Electronic Systems
Venkatasailanathan Ramadesigan venkatr@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, Maharashtra India. Office location: Room. No-5, Old Stationery Block, Opp. CSRE Building, +91-22-2576-7875 Research Interests: Modelling & numerical simulation of electrochemical energy storage systems, Model based design and optimisation of Li-ion batteries, Solar-PV- battery integrated performance models, Large scale energy storage for grid level and EV applications	Zakir Hussain Rather zakir.rather@iitb.ac.in Room No. 318, Transit Building, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400076 , Phone: +91 22-2576-9341 (O) Research Interests: Grid Integration of Renewables (Wind and Solar PV power plants) , System Integration of Renewables, Power system dynamics and control, Smartgrid and microgrid, Demand Side Response/Management and Electric Vehicle Integration, Wide Area Measurement Systems (WAMS), Wide Area Monitoring Control and Protection (WAMPAC)