Department of Energy Science and Engineering

Core Faculty

Anish Modi Associate Professor anishmodi@iitb.ac.in Room 617, 6th Floor; Department of Energy Science and Engineering; IIT Bombay, Powai; Mumbai 400076; Maharashtra, India, Phone: +91-22-2576-9340 Research Interests: Thermal energy systems, Solar thermal energy, Power cycles and polygeneration plants, Refrigeration and heat pump systems, Energy sustainability	Asish Kumar Sarangi asish.sarangi@iitb.ac.in Room Number: 615, 6th Floor; Department of Energy Science and Engineering; IIT Bombay; Powai, Mumbai-400076, Internal: 7881 (Office) Research Interests: Alternative Fuels in IC Engines, Advanced Low Temperature Combustion, Exhaust After-treatment and Catalysis, Engine combustion and after-treatment reaction modeling, Engine Performance and Emissions
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)
D Venkatramanan Assistant Professor dvenkat@iitb.ac.in Office Location: Room No: EN423, 4th Floor, DESE-ESED Building, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076., Phone (O): +9122-2576-7824 Research Interests: Power Electronics---modeling, design, control & operation, Ultracapacitor & Battery energy storage systems (BESS), Solar PV grid integration, Next-gen inverter-based resources (IBRs) with Grid-forming controls , High-performance chargers for EVs, EV to Grid applications, For more, see---Personal Webpage	Dayadeep Monder dmonder@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering IIT Bombay, Phone: +91 22-2576-7864 Research Interests: Modelling reversible solid oxide cells and systems , Modelling at the electrode and cell levels: structure - properties - performance , Materials for photoelectrochemistry, Flow battery modelling, First principles catalysis and ab–initio thermodynamics
Gurubalan Annadurai Assistant Professor guru.a@iitb.ac.in 2nd Floor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai 400076, (0091 22) - 2576 7874 Research Interests: Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning Systems , Energy recovery exchangers, Desiccant Humidity Control, Heat and Mass Transfer	J. K. Nayak Professor Emeritus jknayak@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, Research Interests: Solar thermal energy, Passive solar architecture
Karthik Sasihithlu Associate Professor ksasihithlu@ese.iitb.ac.in 7th floor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering Opposite Kendriya Vidyalaya School IIT Powai, (0091 22) - 2576 9347 Research Interests: Light-matter interaction, metamaterials, hyperbolic materials, Thin film solar photovoltaics, Energy transport in photosynthesis, Long range dipole-dipole interactions in biological molecules	Lalit Kumar lalit.kumar[at]iitb.ac.in #712, 7th floor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering Opposite Kendriya Vidyalaya School, IIT Bombay Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400076 , (0091 22) - 2576-7886 Research Interests: Bulk and interfecial rheology, Complex multi-phase flow , Thermal management of battery, living space, exhaust aftertreatment etc, Wax deposition, pipeline shut-in and restart processes, Water Purification/ Oil-water separation, Population balance modeling
Manaswita Bose Professor and Head of the Department 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, Flow Batteries , Impedance and Dielectric Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry of Silicon, Precious Metal and Non-precious Metal Catalysts, Electrochemistry of Layered Materials, Electrodeposition (Cu and CZTS), Conducting Polymer Electrolyte Membranes, Supercapacitors
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 Professor 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, Hydrogen Storage Systems, Materials for Photovoltaic Applications
Rajesh Gupta Professor rajeshgupta@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India, Tel: +91-22-25767837 (Off.) Research Interests: Solar Photovoltaic Cell and Module Diagnostic, Reliability and Performance	Rangan Banerjee Director, IIT Delhi (on lien) 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 Professor sagar.mitra@iitb.ac.in; sagar.mitra@ese.iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400 076, India Office: DESE-ESED Building (7th Floor, Room No 705) , +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, Solid-State Batteries; Hybrid Ionic electrolyte , Commercial scale battery research, Lithium ion battery analysis	Sandeep Kumar Associate Professor sandeep dot kumar at iitb dot ac dot in Room 707, 7th Floor, New DESE-CESE building, IIT Bombay, Powai, 09972252089 Research Interests: Biomass Gasification, Hydrogen Production through Oxy-Steam Gasification of Biomass, Solid Combustion/Incineration, Alternate fuels in IC Engines, Solid Waste Management , Renewable Energy Systems
Sankara Sarma V Tatiparti Professor sankara[AT]iitb.ac.in Materials for Hydrogen and Electrochemical Energy Lab, Room 618, 6th Floor, New DESE Bldg., Opp. KV School, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076 INDIA, Phone (Internal(O)) : (0091 22) – 2576 7672 Research Interests: Hydrogen Storage, Hybrid Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices, Electrofabrication of Nanostructured Materials for Energy Applications, Electron Microscopy	Santanu Bandyopadhyay Praj Industries Chair Professor santanub@iitb.ac.in Sustainability and Process Integration (SPrInt) Lab 3rd Floor, EN 318, Department of Energy Science Engineering IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra., +912225767894 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 Professor 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: Perovskite Solar Cells, Transparent Conducting Oxides, Atomic Layer Deposition	Shireesh B Kedare Professor and Director (IIT Bombay) director(at)iitb(dot)ac(dot)in; Web : www(dot)iitb(dot)ac(dot)in Nandan Nilekani Main Building, IIT Bombay, Adi Shankaracharya Marg, Powai, Mumbai 400076, INDIA, Ph (Office): +91 22 2572 3488 Research Interests: Concentrating and other solar technologies with thermal energy storage, Renewable energy technologies for decarbonization of Indian process industries, Understanding energy transition pathways through systems approach, System integrated context specific participative development
Siddavatam Ravi Prakash Reddy Assistant Professor sraviprakash@iitb.ac.in Room: EN 419B, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076, Phone: +91 22 2576 7891 (O) Research Interests: High-performance control of motor drives for electric vehicles, Charging of electric vehicles, Design, modulation and control of power electronic converters	Srinivas Seethamraju s.srinivas@iitb.ac.in Room No. EN 602, 6th Floor, DESE-ESED Building, Opposite K.V.School, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, Phone: +91 22-2576-7396 (O) Research Interests: Conceptual Design of Processes and Process Simulation, Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Reactive distillation, Gasification , Integration of renewable energy (biomass) and fossil energy resources, Waste to Energy
Suneet Singh Professor suneet.singh@iitb.ac.in Department Of Energy Science and Engineering EN422, Floor DESE-CSE Building, 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 and two phase flows, Solar thermal, Analytical solution of multilayer heat conduction problems	Suryanarayana Doolla suryad@iitb.ac.in Room. No-421, DESE-CESE Building, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, +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: Room No: 419A, 4th Floor, DESE-ESED Building, Phone: +91 22 2576 7853 (Office) Research Interests: Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Industrial Drives Application Areas: Wind Turbine Generators, Magnetic Gears, Railway Power System, Micro-Energy Harvesting, Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Research Lab : Electrical Machines and Power Electronics Systems (EMPES) Lab	Venkatasailanathan Ramadesigan venkatr@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, Maharashtra India. Office Location: EN 319, 3rd Floor, DESE-ESED Building, Phone: +91-22-2576-7875 (Office) Research Interests: Model based design and optimisation of Li/Metal-ion batteries, Performance and degradation modelling of Fuel Cells and Redox Flow Batteries, Large scale energy storage for grid level integration and EV applications, Advanced Battery Management Systems, Long term energy models, energy transition models, Battery Recycling
Zakir Hussain Rather zakir.rather@iitb.ac.in Room No. 417, 4th floor, Energy Science and Engineering building (opp. KV School), 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, Electric vehicle grid integration, Wide Area Measurement Systems (WAMS), Wide Area Monitoring Control and Protection (WAMPAC), Smart Grid and microgrid, and Demand Side Response/Management., LAB HOME PAGE: https://www.ese.iitb.ac.in/~gil/