Tiwari, Gopal Nath
Professor Gopal Nath Tiwari, born on July 01, 1951 at Adarsh Nagar, Sagerpali, Ballia (UP), India. He had received postgraduate and doctoral degrees in 1972 and 1976, respectively, from Banaras Hindu University (B.H.U.). Over several years since 1977, He has been actively involved in the teaching programme at Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi. His research interest in the field of Solar Thermal Applications are solar distillation, water/air heating system, greenhouse technology for agriculture as well as for aquaculture, Earth to air heat exchanger, passive building design and hybrid photovoltaic thermal (HPVT) systems. He has guided about 50 Ph.D. students and published over 400 research papers in journals of repute. He has authored eleven books associated with reputed publishers namely Pergaman Press UK, CRC Press USA, Narosa Publishing House etc. He is a co-recipient of 'Hariom Ashram Prerit S.S. Bhatnagar' Award in 1982. Professor Tiwari has been recognized both at national and international levels. His contribution for successful implementation of hot water system in the IIT campus has been highly appreciated. He had been to the University of Papua, New Guinea in 1987-1989 as Energy and Environment Expert. He was also a recipient of European Fellow in 1997 and been to the University of Ulster (U.K.) in 1993. Besides, he had been nominated for IDEA award in the past. He is responsible for development of Solar Energy Park at IIT Delhi and Energy Laboratory at University of Papua, New Guinea, Port Moresby. Dr. Tiwari had visited many countries namely Italy, Canada, USA, UK, Australia, Greece, Thailand, Singapore, PNG and Taiwan etc. for invited talks, chairing international conferences, expert in renewable energy, presenting research papers etc. He has successfully co-coordinated various research projects on Solar distillation, water heating system, Greenhouse technology, hybrid photovoltaic thermal (HPVT) etc. funded by Govt. of India in recent past. Recentl
Dubey, Swapnil
Mr. Swapnil Dubey was born on July 20, 1981 at Indore (M.P.). He had received Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engg. from Institute of Engineering and Technology, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore in 2004. He received post graduation degree (M. Tech.) in Energy Studies from Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 2006. His M. Tech. project was on 'Performance Evaluation of a Symmetrical Double Slope Passive Solar Distillation Unit' under Prof. G. N. Tiwari. Based on M. Tech. project he had presented two papers in international conferences, viz, International Symposium on 'Desalination and Water purification: Water Resources and their Management' held at MNIT Jaipur during March 20-21, 2006 and 3rd International Conference on 'Solar Radiation and Day Lighting' SOLARIS 2007 held at IIT Delhi during February 7-9, 2007. Presently, he is pursuing Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. G. N. Tiwari from Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi. The topic of his research work is 'Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) solar water heater'. Based on his research work he has communicated four papers in international journals, viz, Solar Energy, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Energy Research and Renewable Energy. During Ph.D., he has also worked as an organizing member in 3rd International Conference on 'Solar Radiation and Day Lighting' SOLARIS 2007 held at IIT Delhi during February 7-9, 2007 He is expertise in the field of solar distillation, solar thermal, photovoltaic, exergy analysis and carbon trading.
Professor Gopal Nath Tiwari has been at the Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India since 1977. He gained postgraduate and doctoral degrees from Banaras Hindu University. His research interests in the field of Solar Thermal Applications are solar distillation, water/air heating system, greenhouse technology for agriculture as well as for aquaculture, Earth to air heat exchanger, passive building design and hybrid photovoltaic thermal (HPVT) systems, climate change, energy security, etc. He has successfully co-coordinated various research projects in these areas funded by the Government of India in the recent past. His contribution to the successful implementation of the hot water system in the IIT campus was highly appreciated and he was responsible for the development of the "Solar Energy Park" at IIT Delhi and Energy Laboratory at the University of Papua, New Guinea, Port Moresby. He has published over 400 research papers in prestigious journals and has authored eighteen books associated with reputable publishers namely Pergamon Press UK, CRC Press USA, Narosa Publishing House etc. As an expert in renewable energy, he has attended invited talks worldwide, chaired international conferences and presented research papers. Professor Tiwari is a co-recipient of the 'Hariom Ashram Prerit S.S. Bhatnagar' Award and has been recognized both at national and international levels. He has been offered the post of Associate Editor for the Solar Energy Journal in the area of Solar Distillation and he has also been Editor of the International Journal of Agricultural Engineering. He organized SOLARIS 2007, the third international conference on "Solar Radiation and Day lighting" held at IIT Delhi, India in 2007 and recently, Professor Tiwari has been conferred "Vigyan Ratna" by the Government of U.P., India. Dr Swapnil Dubey is at the Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore in 2003 and gained a postgraduate degree in Energy Studies from the Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 2006. He assisted in the organisation of SOLARIS 2007, the third international conference on "Solar Radiation and Day lighting" held at IIT Delhi, India in 2007. He has also participated in the UK-India-Sri Lanka Young Scientists Networking Conference on 'Towards sustainable energy technologies and low-carbon buildings for climate change mitigation' organized by the British Council in 2007 in New Delhi. He has published twelve research papers in international journals including: Solar Energy, Applied Energy, Energy Research, Energy and Buildings and Renewable Energy and has presented four research papers at international conferences. His areas of research interest are solar thermal, photovoltaics, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, exergy, CO2 mitigation, climate change and carbon trading.
