Group Photo (55th Convocation)



Current PhD Students



Manish Raj


He is working on field optimization for central receiver towers.



Manmeet Singh


He is working on solar thermal energy storage and optimization.



Manoj Kumar Sharma


He is working on concentrated photovoltaic systems and their performance optimization.



Deepti Sachan


She is working on thermal energy storage systems utilizing nano-embedded PCM.



Pavan Kumar Shakya


He is working on membrane based solar desalination.



Charles Divyateja


He is working on photovoltaic-thermal systems of solar energy conversion.



Vijay Kumar Chauhan


He is working on thermal management of EV battery packs through experimental route.




Current MSR Students



Nagamalli Reddy


He is working on generalized metric for comparing thermal management systems.



Vineesh V.


He is working on optimal layout of fixed angle PV fields.




Current MTech Students



Mukul Lawas


He is working on agglomeration in PCM based storage.



Mohit Patle


He is working on optimization of operational parameters in thermal management systems of battery packs.



Amit Kumar


He is working on multi-effect solar deslination systems.



Abhishek Kumar


He is working on layout optimization of PV fields in hilly terrain.



Ayog Rastogi


He is working on thermal management of fast charging EV batteries.



Abhinav Praveen


He is working on Fresnel lens based solar concentrator design.




Current BT-MT Dual Degree Students



Sahil Ranjan


He is working towards thermal conductivity enhancement of PCM based storage systems.




Group Alumni



Arihant Bhandari


He was a PhD student working in the area of Li-ion battery materials. He is currently doing a postdoc in University of Southampton.



Sudhanshu Tandon


He was a BT-MT student working in the area of Li-ion battery materials.



Saransh Agarwal


He was an MSR student working in the area of solar potential estimation for distributed rooftops.



Deependra Deep


He was an Mtech student working in the area of thermal energy piles.



Saurav Gairola


He was an Mtech student working in the area of loss estimation in PV panels due to partial shading.



Banoth Sravan Kumar


He was an Mtech student working in the area of simulation of thermal runaway behavior in heavy duty Li-ion batteries.



Vaibhav Ranmode


He was an Mtech student working in the area of simulation of energy storage mechanisms.



Naman Agarwal


He was a BT-MT student working in the area of estimating solar potential in undulated terrain. He is currently pursuing MBA from IIM, Lucknow. Prior to his current position he also worked in JP Morgan Chase as an analyst.


Naveenswamy Chintapalli


He was an Mtech student working on the local effects on spectral factor.


Arpita Rawat


She was an Mtech student working in the area of solar desalination.


Vivek Kumar Singh


He was a BT-MT student who employed MD simulation for estimating thermal conductivity of nano-fluids.


Raunak Katiyar


He was a PhD student who worked in the area of thermal management of batteries.


Puneet Jindal


He was a PhD student who worked in the area of estimation of heat generation in EV batteries. He is currently working in Energy Systems R&D, Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited, Bengaluru.


Rajveer Baveja


He was an Mtech student working in the area of battery thermal management systems.


Prateek Kumar Singh


He was an Mtech student who worked on defects in parabolic trough collectors.


Akshat Pal


He was an Mtech student working on loss minimization from the receiver of parabolic trough collectors.