Department of Energy Science and Engineering

Core Faculty

Anish Modi 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: IC Engines and Combustion, Advanced Low Temperature Combustion, Optical Diagnostics, Exhaust After-treatment, Alternative Fuels in IC Engines, 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)
Dayadeep Monder dmonder@iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering IIT Bombay, Phone: +91 22-2576-7864 Research Interests: Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) modelling at the electrode and cell levels, Flow battery modelling, First principles catalysis and ab–initio thermodynamics, Materials for photoelectrochemistry	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 Assistant 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: Wax deposition, pipeline shut-in and restart processes, Bulk and interfecial rheology, Thermal management of living space, battery, exhaust aftertreatment etc, Water Purification/ Oil-water separation, Population balance modeling	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, 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 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 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 sandeep{dot}kumar{at}iitb.ac.in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400076. , Office Location: Room No. 707, 7th floor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Opposite Kendriya Vidyalaya School 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, Supercapacitors, Electrofabrication of nanostructured materials, Electron Microscopy, Polycrystalline nano dendritic growth, Scanning Electro Chemical Microscopy (SECM)
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 Institute Chair Professor sbkedare(at)iitb(dot)ac(dot)in; sbkedare(at)iitbombay(dot)org Sustainable Development Lab, 6th floor, Dept of Energy Sc & Engg, IIT Bombay, Adi Shankaracharya Marg, Mumbai 400076, INDIA, Ph: +91 22 2576 7835 Research Interests: Concentrating Solar Collectors for process heat and power with thermal storage, Renewable energy technologies , Indian oil and natural gas sector, Context specific participatory integrated rural development	Siddavatam Ravi Prakash Reddy Assistant Professor sraviprakash@iitb.ac.in Room: EN 716, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076, Phone: +91 22 2159 6619 (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 Head of the Department 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: 419, 4th Floor, DESE-ESED Building, Phone: +91 22 2576 7853 (Office) Research Interests: Control and Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) methods for Power Electronic Converters, Wind Energy Conversion, Electric Vehicles , 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: EN 319, 3rd Floor, DESE-ESED Building, Phone: +91-22-2576-7875 (Office) Research Interests: Modelling & simulation of electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems, Model based design and optimisation of Li-ion and other metal-ion batteries, Performance and degradation modelling of Fuel Cells, Large scale energy storage for grid level integration and EV applications, Redox Flow Batteries, Advanced Battery Management Systems, Long term energy models, energy transition models, Battery Recycling	Zakir Hussain Rather zakir.rather@iitb.ac.in Room No. 7, 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.