Department of

Energy Science & Engineering

thinking outside the barrel

www.ese.iitb.ac.in
VISION
To develop sustainable
energy systems and
solutions for the future

20 core
faculty
The Department of Energy Science and
Engineering (DESE) is a leading inter-
disciplinary energy education and research
hub. DESE has developed several novel
education programmes focussing on the

30 associate
faculty
application of science and engineering to
problems in energy. Recent highlights in
research and development include a grid
connected MW scale solar thermal power
plant and test facility, self cleaning solar

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PV modules, high efficiency PV cells based
project on new materials, novel Li ion batteries,
staff improved flow fields for fuel cells, and
biofuel based rural electrification. DESE has
cutting edge fabrication, characterisation,

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testing and demonstration facilities with
students strong industrial linkages and international
collaborations. We welcome you to
partner with us to help design and build
sustainable energy systems for the future.

March 2016
ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
PhD BTech-MTech
A programme that aims to develop researchers Interdisciplinary programme designed to
who can provide fundamental inputs required train specialist engineers who can tackle the
to meet the challenges of a sustainable energy challenges of the energy sector with cross cutting
future analytical skills
Duration: 3-5 yrs Duration: 5 yrs
Admissions: May & Dec; written test/interview Admissions: Summer; JEE
Student intake: 20 Student intake: 30

37.5%
40%

7.5% 15%

MSc-PhD MTech
Students with a BSc take science and A programme designed to enhance the
engineering courses relevant to energy fundamental engineering education for a
preparing them to tackle fundamental research career in energy systems engineering
problems in sustainable energy Duration: 2 yrs
Duration: 5+ yrs Admissions: Summer; GATE score
Admissions: Summer; JAM score & written test/
Student intake: 25
interview
Student intake: 15

*MINOR
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: Students majoring in other disciplines can take courses towards a minor in Energy Engineering

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COURSES

• Thermodynamics and Energy

Conversion
• Thermo-Fluid Devices
• Mechanics of Materials
• Numerical Analysis • Thermodynamics and
• Mathematical Foundation for Statistical Mechanics
Energy Science • Quantum Mechanics
• Energy Systems Modelling and • Modern Optics
Analysis
MECHANICAL

MATHEMATICS PHYSICS

ENERGY

CHEMICAL ELECTRICAL

• Transport Phenomena
• Electrical Machines
• Reaction Engineering and CHEMISTRY
• Power Electronics
Combustion
• Electrical Systems Analysis
• Electrochemistry

• Chemistry for Energy Science

• Methods in Analytical Techniques
• Molecular Spectroscopy

ENERGY
• Energy Management • Wind Energy Conversion Systems
• Renewable Enrgy Technologies • Materials and Devices for Energy
• Energy Resources, Economics and Conversion
Environment • Solar Photovoltaics: Fundamentals,
• Hydrogen Energy Technology and Applications
• Waste to Energy • Power Generations and System Planning
• Nuclear Reactor Theory • Energy and Climate
FACULTY
Balasubramaniam Kavaipatti
Cheap and abundant materials for
photovoltaic applications, transparent
conductors
Dayadeep Monder
Multiscale modelling of fuel cells, first
principles (electro)catalysis
Manaswita Bose
Flow of granular materials, multiphase
fluid dynamics, coal gasification &
combustion
Prakash Chandra Ghosh
Hydrogen production from renewables,
low temperature fuel cells
Rajesh Gupta
Reliability and degradation of PV cells and
modules - characterization and modelling
Sagar Mitra
Nanostructured materials, Li-ion, Na-ion
batteries, battery electrode design/fabrication engineering, polycrystalline nano dendritic
Santanu Bandyopadhyay
Process Integration, pinch analysis,
industrial energy conversion, energy
systems modelling
Shireesh B. Kedare
Concentrating solar collector, industrial
thermal systems, wind machines
Suneet Singh
Numerical methods for neutron diffusion
and fluid flow, stability of nuclear reactors
Venkatasailanathan Ramadesigan
Modelling & numerical simulation of
electrochemical energy storage systems
Chetan Solanki
Thin-film silicon solar cells, module cleaning,
concentrators, carbon nano tubes
J.K. Nayak
Solar thermal energy, passive solar
architecture
Manoj Neergat
Fuel cells, precious & non-precious metal
catalysts, microbial fuel cells
Pratibha Sharma
Solid state hydrogen storage materials,
fluoroscent core shelled nano structures for
PV
Rangan Banerjee (Head)
Energy management & efficiency, energy
systems modelling, planning & policy
Sankara Sarma V. Tatiparti
Hydrogen storage, nano-interface
growth
Shaibal K. Sarkar
Sensitized solar cells, photoelectrochemistry,
nanocrystalline materials for PV
Srinivas Seethamraju
Gasification, fischer-tropsch synthesis,
reactive distillation, waste to energy
Suryanarayana Doolla
Smartgrids, microgrids, power systems
operation & control, grid integration of
renewables
Zakir Hussain Rather
Grid Integration of renewables, Power
system dynamics & control, smartgrid &
microgrid, demand side response
LABS AND FACILITIES

Thermal Evaporator PECVD Metal Sputtering

XRD FE-SEM

VMP3
 ALD Reactor Reel to Reel Coater Sievert Apparatus

FTIR I-V Measurement Module Imaging

Battery Cycling System Solar Simulator Environmental Chamber

Vaccuum Pyrolysis Plant Thermocline thermal storage Biodiesel generation plant

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Green
Process Buildings
Integration &
Optimisation
Microgrid

Energy ENERGY
Efficiency SYSTEMS
ANALYSIS

Energy Policy
& Management

Clean Coal
Technologies

Nuclear
Engineering

Solar PV
 Batteries
Fuel Cells

ENERGY
CONVERSION
Hydrogen
& STORAGE

Combustion
& IC Engines

Biofuels

RENEWABLES

Solar
Thermal Wind &
Hydro
RESEARCH INITIATIVES
National Solar Thermal
Power Plant
• 1 MW grid connected solar thermal power plant
designed, developed and implemented by IITB led
consortium at Gurgaon
• Unique feature: Integration of two different solar
fields (Parabolic Trough & Linear Fresnel)
India and the United States (SERIIUS)
Solar Energy Research Institute for
• Indo-US research initiative to develop and ready
emerging and revolutionary solar technologies
• SERIIUS will accelerate the development of solar
electric technologies by lowering the cost per Watt
of photovoltaics and concentrated solar power
National Centre for Photovoltaic
Research and Education
• A interdisciplinary research centre focusing on solar
PV cells, modules, and associated power electronics
• State of the art facilities for fabrication and
characterization - sponsored by MNRE
Stability and Performance of
Photovoltaic (STAPP)
• A joint Indo-UK research initiative to address the sta-
bility and long-term performance of PV modules and
systems
• Understanding and predicting the generation and
growth of defects, effective lifetimes of modules,
PV rating in different climates
PUBLICATIONS & PATENT

Journals with faculty on the editorial board

ELECTRIC POWER
COMPONENTS and SYSTEMS

Journals where we publish Books by faculty members

• ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces • Engineering Education in India
• Applied Energy • Handbook on Energy Conscious Buildings
• Chemical Engineering Science • Renewable Energy Technology for the new
• Current Science Millenia
• Renewable Energy Technologies
• Electrochimica Acta
• Solar Energy - Principles of thermal
• Energy and Fuels collection and storage
• Energy Policy • Solar Photovolatics
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics/
Power Delivery/Smart Grids
• Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
• International Journal of Heat and Mass Annual Data (2014)
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Journal of Physical Chemistry B/C
Journal of Power Sources
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Nanoscale
101 Journal
Publications
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Philosophical Magazine
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Renewable Energy
17.5 Crores
Funding
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RSC Advances
Solar Energy
The Journal of Physical Chemical Letters 16 Patents
(last 5 years)
 PLACEMENTS

Services Analytics
Finance 7%
10%
3%
IT/Software
Consulting
8%
Education 15%
2%

Sector wise placement 2015

Engineering & Technology

55%

Priyanka Desouza
UN Environment Programme, Nairobi
Sameer Maithel
Director, GreenTech Solutions
Ravi Gehlot
Sony Energy Devices Corporation
Japan
Winning the Oxford Rhodes Scholarship was a dream and I can only
ascribe my winning it to the freedom [the department] gave me in
developing my interests”
A wide variety of courses covering renewable energy generation, energy
management and energy systems modelling, provided me with a robust
foundation to develop a career in research and consulting”
One of the prominent factors that got me into Sony Energy Devices was the
diverse curriculum of the department. The curriculum equips students with
analytical and problem solving skills, which are essential for different jobs
across the sectors”
COLLABORATIONS

ARUN SOLAR (with CLIQUE developments limited)

Strong
linkages with 50+
partner companies
(Industry Partnership
Scheme)

CUMMINS village electrification programme

CUMMINS engine laboratory FORBES MARSHALL energy efficiency laboratory

OUTREACH

1 MW SOLAR PV Plant, ENERGY DAY, a platform

setup at campus building for the young researchers
of the department to
rooftops has an annual
showcase their work to
electricity production of industry
1.4 million kWh

CEPs (continuing
education programmes)
offered in fields of energy
management & solar
thermal systems assist
industry professionals in
improving their skills

ICAER, an international MILLION SOUL (Solar

conference for taking Urja Lamp) project, aims
stock of current status of at distributing 1 million
research in energy while solar lamps to students
also setting guidelines across India (sposored
for future directions in by MNRE)
research
 Project on portable power

STUDENT ACTIVITIES
generation by students
won first prize in Global
Tech Energy Challenge,
organized by Global
alliance of Technological
Universities in July 2013

TEAM SHUNYA, first Indian

team to get selected in
Solar Decathlon Europe,
aims to change meaning of
comfortable and
affordable living for middle
class Indian households

HELIOS, annual student

fest of department,
comprises of
competitions, events and
workshops on a theme
relevant to energy

ENERGY CLUB, a group

of energy conscious stu-
dents aiming to spread
energy awareness on
campus
IIT Bombay

Department of Energy Science and Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai, INDIA - 400 076
Phone: +91-22-2576-7890 (office), 8890 (head)
Fax: +91-22-2572-4890
office.ese@iitb.ac.in, head.ese@iitb.ac.in
http://www.ese.iitb.ac.in

Designed by: Anisha Bajaj, Ankit Jotwani, Suraj Naik (students, DESE)