Staff Profile

General Management, Administration, Establishment, Recruitment, Promotion, Reservation, APAR, Human Resource Management, Training, Safety & Security, Stores & Purchase including Procurement & Inventory Management, GoI Rules, RTI, Vigilance Matters, Public Grievance, Rajbhasha, Finance & Accounts, Parliamentary Questions, VIP References, Legal Matters and Court cases.

More than 25 Years experience in Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies (CAB) of DST, MoEF&CC and MNRE in the following areas: -

• General Administration, Establishment and Service Section including CCS(Conduct), CCS(CCA) Rules, CCS(Leave) Rules, Disciplinary Proceedings related matters, court cases and other legal matters etc
• Recruitment, Reservation Roster, Probation, APAR, Deputation, Lien, Promotion (MFCS, MACP, DPC, MANAS, etc.), Resignation, Voluntary Retirement, Superannuation, Maintenance and updation of Service books, Leave records and Personnel Files
• Administrative Returns, Pay Fixation, Increment, Allowances, Advances, Loans, NPS, Pension, and Gratuity
• Stores and Purchase including E-Procurement, E-Tendering, Government-e-Marketplace (GeM), Inventory Management, E-Office
• Finance & Accounts
• Rajbhasha
• RTI applications, appeals under RTI Act 2005
• Vigilance and public grievances
• Allotment and maintenance of Govt accommodation, Hostel and Guest houses
• Parliamentary Questions, VIP references, administrative correspondence with Ministries, other external Agencies and District Administration, etc
• Authorised Signatory
• Secretary/ Member secretary of the Committees, Faculty meetings and such other bodies constituted within the Institute
• Training, Safety & Security

Masters in Business Administration (Human Resource Management)

• Characterization, analysis & modelling of performance of solar cell and PV module in indoor and outdoor condition.
• Analysis of the reliability of PV module and its quantification.
• Climatic condition-wise accelerated testing condition design for PV module.
• Performance, failure mode & reliability analysis of PV power plants.
• Google_Scholar:https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=REEUyUsAAAAJ&hl=en
• Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Birinchi_Bora2/publications

Power Converters, Off grid and On-grid PV systems, Solar Water Pumping System, Renewable Energy Sources, Distributed Energy Generation, Standalone and Hybrid Energy Generation, Solar power plant reliability.

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=8uEHFysAAAAJ&hl=en
• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamlesh_Yadav11
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamlesh-yadav-981a2046/

Green Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Solar Thermal

His expertise is in several fields of nanotechnology, especially energy harvesting, energy storage, optoelectronics, and water treatment. These works have been performed by the development of Si and perovskites solar cells, wide band-gap semiconducting nanomaterials using cold wall thermal CVD, magnetron sputtering, plasma laser deposition, electro-spinning, vacuum evaporation techniques and different kind of chemical routes. Through these works, He has got experience and expertise in different kind of semiconductors like Si (nanowire and quantum dot solar cell), perovskites, ZnO, TiO2, CNT, Graphene etc.

Journals

• “Lithography-Free Method to Synthesize Quasiperiodic Silicon Inverted-Pyramid Arrays: A Broadband Light Trapper for High-Efficiency Thin Silicon Solar Cells”, A. Kumar, D. Rani, A. Saini, N. Joshi, R. K. Varma, M. Dutta, A. Samanta, Solar RRL, 8, 2400014 (2024). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/solr.202400014
• “Tuning of structural and optical properties of reactively sputtered MoOx films” A Kumar, M Dutta, S Tomer, P Rao, Vandana, SK Srivastava, SN Singh, P Pathi, J. Mater. Sci: Mater. Electron. 35, 612 (2024) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-024-12324-x
• “Interface study of molybdenum oxide thin films on n-and p-type crystalline silicon surface”, A Kumar, Vandana, M Dutta, SK Srivastava, P Pathi, J. Mater. Sci: Mater. Electron. 35, 472 (2024). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-024-12151-0
• “Study of silicon surface passivation by ZnOx/AlOx stack prepared using super-cycle approach in Thermal ALD process”, A Kumar, M Devi, S Tomer, M Dutta, P Pathi, Surfaces and Interfaces, 104127 (2024). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468023024002864
• “Effectual visible-driven photocatalytic performances on brilliant green dye by reduced graphene oxide–zinc oxide nanocomposite”, P Yadav, I Kapil, M Dutta, A Bhaduri, Ionics, 1-11 (2024). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11581-024-05450-3
• “Optical Properties of One Pot Synthesized Porous, Monodisperse, Size-Controlled Silica Particles: Effect of Tetra Alkoxysilane Addition Rate”, A Saini, H Negi, A Srivastava, SK Srivastava, P Pathi, M Dutta, Silicon, 1-12 (2024). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12633-024-02899-9
• “Diameter and gap controlled fabrication of periodic SiMW/SiNW arrays: A broadband absorber for high efficiency silicon solar cell”, D Rani, A Kumar, A Saini, D Singh, N Joshi, RK Verma, M Dutta, A Samanta, Optical Materials 145, 114483 (2023). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925346723010558
• “A novel analytical method for determination of diode parameters from the dark forward I–V characteristics of a silicon solar cell”, A Kumar, SN Singh, S Tomer, SK Srivastava, M Dutta, P Pathi, Physica Scripta 98 (9), 090001 (2023). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1402-4896/ace55d/meta
• “Fabrication of periodic, flexible and porous silicon microwire arrays with controlled diameter and spacing: Effects on optical properties”, A Saini, M Abdelhameed, D Rani, W Jevasuwan, N Fukata, P Kumari, S. K. Srivastava, P. Pathi, A. Samanta, M. Dutta, Optical Materials 134, 113181 (2022) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925346722012186
• “Highly efficient PEDOT: PSS/silicon hybrid solar cells via effective surface microengineering of low-cost solar-grade silicon wafers”, A Srivastava, D Sharma, P Kumari, M Dutta, SK Srivastava, ACS Applied Energy Materials 4 (4), 4181-4198 (2021). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsaem.1c00511
• “TiO2 nanoparticle embedded nitrogen doped electrospun helical carbon nanofiber-carbon nanotube hybrid anode for lithium-ion batteries” L. Thirugnanam, M. Palanisamy , S. Kaveri, S. Ramaprabhu, Vilas G. Pol and M. Dutta Int. J. Hydrogen Energ. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.10.149
• “Fabrication and Characterization of Graphene Nanofibers by Electrospinning Technique and Its Electrochemical Properties” S Jayanthi, T Lavanya, M Dutta, NA Saradha, K Satheesh, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 15 (6), 4339-4346 (2015).
• “Speedy one-pot electrochemical synthesis of giant octahedrons from in situ generated pyrrolidinyl PAMAM dendrimer” A Singhania, M Dutta, S Saha, P Sahoo, B Bora, S Ghosh, D Fujita, Soft Matter 16 (39), 9140-9146.
• “Functionalization of silicon nanostructures for energy-related applications” N. Fukata, T. Subramani, W. Jevasuwan, M. Dutta and Y. Bando, Small 13, 1701713(2017)
• http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.201701713/full
• “Electrospun nanoporous TiO2 nanofibers wrapped with reduced graphene oxide for enhanced and rapid lithium-ion storage” L. Thirugunanam, S. Kaveri, V. Etacheri, S. Ramaprabhua, M. Dutta, Vilas G. Pol, Materials Characterization 131, 64–71 (2017).
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044580317307969
• “Superior photocatalytic performance of graphene wrapped anatase/rutile mixed phase TiO2 nanofibers synthesized by a simple and facile route” L. Thirugnanam, M. Dutta*, S. Ramaprabhu and S. Kaveri, J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 5,494-503 (2017).
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213343716304663
• “A simultaneous one pot synthesis of two fractal structures via swapping two fractal reaction kinetic states” S. Ghosh, M. Dutta, K. Ray, D. Fujita and A. Bandyopadhyay Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 14772 – 14775 (2016).
• http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/cp/c6cp00447d#!divAbstract
• “Graphene wrapped porous tubular rutile TiO2 nanofibers with superior interfacial contact for highly efficient photocatalytic performance for water treatment” L. Thirugnanam, M. Dutta and S. Kaveri, Separation and Purification Technology 168,284–293 (2016).
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383586616305883
• “High efficiency hybrid solar cells using nanocrystalline Si quantum dots and Si nanowires” M. Dutta, L. Thirugnanam, P. V. Trinh, N. Fukata, ACS Nano, 9 (7), 6891–6899 (2015).
• http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.5b03268
• “Low-temperature UV ozone-treated high efficiency radial p-n junction solar cells: n-Si NW arrays embedded in a p-Si matrix” M. Dutta and N. Fukata, Nano Energy 11, 219–225 (2015),
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211285514202448
• “Effect of Shell Growth and Doping Conditions of Core–Shell Homojunction Si Nanowire Solar Cells” M. Dutta and N. Fukata, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 15 (6), 4339-4346 (2015).
• http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jnn/2015/00000015/00000006/art00040?token=003b14337ebd275c277b42573a675476743444453a4a5f592f3f3b2cfc0
• “Nano Molecular-Platform: A Protocol to Write Energy Transmission Program Inside a Molecule for Bio-Inspired Supramolecular Engineering” S. Ghosh, M. Dutta, S. Sahu , D. Fujita, and A. Bandyopadhyay, Adv. Funct. Mater. 24 (10), 1364-1371 (2014). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.201302111/abstract
• “Inorganic/organic hybrid solar cells: Optimal carrier transport in vertically aligned Silicon nanowire arrays” K. Sato, M. Dutta and N. Fukata, Nanoscale 6 (11), 6092-6101 (2014).
• http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/nr/c4nr00733f#!divAbstract
• “Superior photocatalytic performance of reduced graphene oxide wrapped electrospun anatase mesoporous TiO2 nanofibers” L. Thirugnanam, S. Kaveri, M. Dutta*, N. V. Jaya and N. Fukata, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 615, 643-650 (2014).
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925838814011633
• “SERS substrates of doped germanium nanowires decorated with silver nanoparticles” M.E. Koleva, M. Dutta and N. Fukata, Mater. Sci. Eng. B 187, 102-107 (2014).
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921510714001287
• “Interaction of Boron and Phosphorus Impurities in Silicon Nanowires During Low Temperature Ozone Oxidation” N. Fukata, J. Kaminaga, R. Takiguchi, R. Rurali, M. Dutta, and K. Murakam, J. Phys. Chem. C 117 (39), 20300-203307 (2013).
• http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp406713p
• “Diameter-controlled growth and impurity doping of silver colloid-seeded silicon microwires to nanowires for the realization of solar cell materials” M. Dutta*, L. Thirugnanam, K. Sato, and N. Fukata, Mater. Express, 3 (1), 85-91, (2013).
• http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/me/2013/00000003/00000001/art00011
• “ZnO/Graphene Quantum Dot Solid-State Solar Cell” M. Dutta, S. Sarkar, T. Ghosh, and D. Basak, J. Phys. Chem. C 116 (38), 20127-20131(2012).
• http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp302992k
• “Synthesis of Micrometer Length Indium Sulfide Nanosheets and Study of Their Dopant Induced Photoresponse Properties” S. Acharya, M. Dutta, S. Sarkar, D. Basak, S. Chakraborty, and N. Pradhan, Chem. Mat. 24 (10), 1779-1785 (2012).
• http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cm3003063
• "Thiourea assisted one-pot easy synthesis of CdS/rGO composite by the wet chemical method: Structural,optical, and photocatalytic properties” S. Kaveri, L.Thirugnanam, M. Dutta, J. Ramasamy and N. Fukata, Ceramics Int., 39 (8), 9207–9214 (2013).
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884213005361
• “Porous Tubular Rutile TiO2 Nanofibers: Synthesis, Characterization and Photocatalytic Properties” L. Thirugnanam, S. Kaveri, M. Dutta, V. Jaya, and N. Fukata, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol.14 (4), 3034-3040 (2014).
• http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jnn/2014/00000014/00000004/art00051?crawler=true
• “Effect of nanowire length on the performance of silicon nanowires based solar cell” V. T. Pham, M. Dutta, H. T. Bui and N. Fukata, Adv. Nat. Sci: Nanosci. Nanotechnol.5, 045014 (2014).
• http://iopscience.iop.org/2043-6262/5/4/045014
• “Is dye mixture more suitable rather than single dye to fabricate dye sensitized solar cell?” S. Bhattacharya, G. Mandal, M. Dutta, D. Basak and T. Ganguly, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 11 (9), 7735-7743 (2011). http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jnn/2011/00000011/00000009/art00025?token=162be1532a437a63736a6f3547744c58766c242e2a7b6f642f4642b1df888c98d
• “Photosensitization of multiwalled carbon nanotube scaffolds with ZnO quantum dots for photovoltic applications” M. Dutta and D. Basak, J. Nanoparticle Res. 13 (10), 5311-5319 (2011).
• http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11051-011-0517-6
• “Current transport mechanism in p-ZnO/n-6H-SiC heterojunction” M. Dutta and D. Basak, Electrochem. Solid State Lett., 14 (9), H389-H391(2011).
• http://esl.ecsdl.org/content/14/9/H389.full.pdf
• “Effect of substrate-induced strain on the morphological, electrical, optical and photoconductive properties of RF magnetron sputtered ZnO thin films” T. Ghosh, M. Dutta and D. Basak, Mater. Res. Bull. 46 (7), 1039-1044 (2011).
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025540811001255
• “Quenching of photoluminescence in ZnO Quantum Dots decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes” M. Dutta, S. Jana and D. Basak, Chem Phys Chem 11 (8), 1774-1779 (2010).
• http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cphc.200900960/abstract
• “ZnO based heterojunctions and nanostructures: Electrical transport mechanism and superior photocatalytic properties” M Dutta and D Basak, Physics Teacher, 52, 19 (2010).
• http://mahendra.iacs.res.in/ips/03%20M%20Dutta.pdf
• “Photoresponse of n-ZnO/ p-Si heterojunction towards ultraviolet/visible lights: thickness dependent behavior” S. Mridha, M. Dutta and D. Basak, J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron. 20 (1), 376-379(2009).
• http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-008-9628-y
• “Effects of Cu Doping in the Structural, Electrical, Optical, and Optoelectronic properties of Sol-Gel ZnO thin Films” T. Ghosh, M. Dutta, S. Mridha and D. Basak, J. Electrochem. Soc. 156 (4), H285-H289(2009).
• http://jes.ecsdl.org/content/156/4/H285.full.pdf+html
• “Multiwalled carbon nanotubes/ZnO nanowires composite structure with enhanced ultraviolet emission ultraviolet emission and faster ultraviolet response” M. Dutta and D. Basak, Chem. Phys. Lett. 480 (4), 253-257 (2009).
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009261409011142
• “N doping and Al-N co-doping in sol-gel ZnO films: Studies of their structural, electrical, optical and photoconductive properties” M. Dutta, T. Ghosh and D. Basak, J. Electron. Mater. 38 (11), 2335-2342 (2009).
• http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-009-0908-y
• “A novel and simple method to grow beaded nanochains of ZnO with superior photocatalytic activity” M. Dutta and D. Basak, Nanotechnology 20 (47), 475602 (2009).
• http://iopscience.iop.org/0957-4484/20/47/475602/pdf/nano9_47_475602.pdf
• “Effect of Sol concentration on the properties of ZnO thin films prepared by sol-gel technique” M. Dutta , S. Mridha and D. basak, Appl. Surf. Sci. 254 (9), 2743-2747 (2008).
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016943320701450X
• “p-ZnO/ n-Si heterojunction : Sol-gel fabrication, photoresponse properties, and transport mechanism” M. Dutta and D. Basak, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92 (21), 212112 (2008).
• http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/92/21/10.1063/1.2937124
• “Self-seeded growth and ultraviolet photo response properties of ZnO nanowire arrays” R. Ghosh, M. Dutta and D. Basak, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 (7), 073108 (2007). DOI:10.1063/1.2771533
• http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/91/7/10.1063/1.2771533

Conference Papers

• “Enhancing the light absorption property of the next generation solar Cells using silicon nanowires”, P. V. Trinh, M. Dutta, N. Fukata, Proceeding of the 4th International Workshop on Nanotechnology and Application 558-560 (2013). Vung Tau, Vietnam, 14-16 Nov. 2013
• “A simple and facile route to synthesize anatase/rutile mixed phase TiO2 nanofibers with superior photocatalytic performance” L. Thirugnanam, S. Kaveri, N. V. Jaya, M. Dutta*, Int.J. ChemTech Res. 6 (3), 1681-1683 (2014). ICMCT-2014, VIT University, Vellore, India, 10th – 12th March 2014.
• “Optical properties of Ag-ZnO nanostructures”, M. E. Koleva, N. N. Nedyalkov, P. A. Atanasov, N. Fukata and M. Dutta, Proceedings of the SPIE, id-94470E, vol- 9447, January 01, 2015), DOI: 10.1117/12.2087769, 18th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications, 29 September- 3 October 2014, Sozopol, Black Sea, Bulgaria.
• “Performance limitation of Si Nanowire solar cells: Effects of nanowire length, surface Defects and light trapping”, D. Bora, S. Bhattacharya, N. Kumar, A. Basu Mallick, A. Srivastava, M. Dutta, S. K. Srivastava, P. Prathap and C.M.S. Rauthan, AIP conference proceedings, 2162, 020115 (2019).
• “Growth of SiO2 microparticles by using modified Stὂber method: Effect of ammonia solution concentration and TEOS concentration”, S. Bhattacharya, A. Basu Malick, M. Dutta, S. K. Srivastava, P. Prathap and C.M.S. Rauthan, AIP conference proceedings 2265 (1), 030072 (2020).
• “Estimation of Potential Induced Degradation in Solar Mini-modules”, V. Kumari, N. Kumar, K.M.K Srivatsa, R.P Aloysius, M. Datta, S.K. Srivastava, Vandana, C.M.S. Rauthan and P. Prathap, Materials Today Proceedings, 30 (2020) 229–233.
• “Synthesis of Monosized Silica Microparticles and Fabrication of Size-Controlled Silicon Microwires”, A Saini, P Kumari, SK Srivastava, M Dutta, International Conference on Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges, 79-88 (2022).

Book Chapters

• "Si nanowire solar cells: Principles, Device types, Future aspects and Challenges" M. Dutta, L. Thirugnanam and N. Fukata (Advances in Silicon Solar Cells Ed. Shadia Ikhmayies, Springer, Cham 2018, 299-329). http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319697024
• “Si quantum dots for next generation solar energy harvester” M. Dutta, Advances in Energy Materials, Ed. Shadia Ikhmayies, Springer, Cham 2020, 135-157). https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-50108-2
• “Progress in growth and development of perovskite single crystals and their potential use in future devices” M. Dutta and A. B. Mallick, Advances in Energy Materials, Ed. Shadia Ikhmayies, Springer, Cham 2020, 159-179).https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-50108-2

• “Silicon surface passivation method and surface passivation treated silicon” N. Fukata and M. Dutta, Japanese Patent, Patent No. JP 2016-72351 A (Application no. 2014-198340, Filling date 9/29/2014, Published date May 9, 2016) http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319697024
• “Solar cell composite utilizing molecular-terminated silicon nanoparticles”N. Fukata and M. Dutta, US Patent No. US2018/0122961 A1 (Published date May 3, 2018).

• DST (SERB)-Ramanujan Fellowship project

Membership

• Lifetime member of Indian Physical Society (IPS)
• Regular member of Japanese Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)
• Renewable Energy Advisory Board Member of Cambridge Scholar Publishing

Highlighted Research Articles

• rticle published in Nanotechnology 20, 475602 (2009) highlighted in Nature India, doi: 10.1038 /nindia.2009.321 https://www.natureasia.com/en/nindia/article/10.1038/nindia.2009.321
• Cover page for the article published in Adv. Funct. Mater. 24, 1364-1371
• Cover page for the article published in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 14772-14775 (2016)

• Clean energy transitions
• Co-Poly Generation
• Solar cooling and heating
• Thermal energy storage
• Hybrid solar power generation
• Desalination (Clean Water)
• Quality assurance

Previous Positions

Journals

• U.Sahoo, R.Kumar, S.K.Singh, A.K.Tripathi. Energy, Exergy, Economic Analysis and Optimization of Polygeneration Hybrid Solar-Biomass System. Applied Thermal Engineering 2018; 145: 685-692
• U.Sahoo, R.Kumar, P.C.Pant, R. Chaudhary. Development of an innovative polygeneration process in hybrid solar-biomass system for combined power, cooling and desalination. Applied Thermal Engineering 2017; 120: 560-567
• U.Sahoo, R.Kumar, P.C.Pant, R. Chaudhary. Resource assessment for hybrid Solar-Biomass power plant and its thermodynamic evaluation in India. Solar Energy 2016; 139:47-57
• Yogendra Singh, Vikrant Yadav, Umakanta Sahoo, Anish Malan, Senthil Kumar, Arun Kumar Tripathi, Rajesh Kumar, Pushpendra Singh & Chandan Banerjee (2023) Experimental investigation of an innovative solar dryer integrated with the thermal energy storage system, International Journal of Ambient Energy
• Nikhil P G, S.K. Singh, J. Prakash, U. Sahoo , M. Ravi, C. Banerjee. A Mathematical Model of Threshold Solar Irradiance for Computing the Quality Hours of Sunshine. International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, Vol.13, No.1, March 2023
• U.Sahoo, R.Kumar, P.C.Pant, R. Chaudhary. Scope and sustainability of hybrid solar-biomass power plant with cooling, desalination in polygeneration process in India. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review 2015; 51:304-316
• U. Sahoo, S.K. Singh, R.Kumar, P.C.Pant, I.Barbate. Experimental study of an inclined Flat Plate type Solar Water Distillation System. Renewable: wind, water and solar 2016;3:2-5
• S. Kumar, V.Yadav, U.Sahoo, S.K.Singh. Experimental investigation of 16 square meter Scheffler concentrator system and its performance assessments for various regions of India. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2019; 10: 103-111

Book Chapters

• Anil Kumar, Umakanta Sahoo, BK Jayasimha Rathod. Solar Thermal Power Plant with Thermal Energy Storage. Energy Storage, John Wiley & Sons 2021, pg. 33-77
• K Sahoo, V Yadav, Y Singh, U Sahoo, A K Tripathi, C Banerjee, S Mukhopadhyay, N Goyal, S Kumar. Experimental Investigation of Solar Photovoltaic Cold Storage With Thermal Energy Storage, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, John Wiley & Sons 2021, pg. 135-167.
• Pradeep Kumar Sahu, Satyaranjan Jena, Umakanta Sahoo., Techno-Economic Analysis of Hybrid Renewable Energy System with Energy Storage for Rural Electrification. Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, John Wiley & Sons 2021, pg.63-96
• Nasir ul Rasheed Rather, Umakanta Sahoo., Hybrid Solar-Biomass Gasifier System for Electricity and Cold Storage Applications for Rural Areas of India, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, John Wiley & Sons 2021, pg.229-276
• K.Sahoo, B. Bandhyopadhyay, S. Mukhopadhyay, U. Sahoo, T. S. Kumar, V. Yadav, Y. Singh., Cold Storage with Backup Thermal Energy Storage System. Advances in Renewable Energy: Progress in Solar Energy Technologies and Applications, John Wiley & Sons 2019, pg.181-232
• U. Sahoo, S. K. Singh., Resources Assessments & Thermodynamics analysis of Hybrid Biomass-Solar Thermal Power Plant in India. Advances in Solar Energy Science and Engineering 2016; 2: 235-263. (ISBN No.: 81-7019-574-4)
• U. Sahoo, R. Kumar, P. C. Pant, S. K. Singh and P. Saxena., Evaluation of Solar Thermal Technologies and Applications in India. Advances in Energy Research 2015, vol.21, Nova Publisher, Hauppauge NY 11788-3619, U.S.A. (ISBN No: 978-1-63463-833-3)

Book

• Umakanta Sahoo, Energy Storage, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 9781119555667, 2021 http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319697024
• Umakanta Sahoo, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 978-1- 119-55557-5, 2021
• Umakanta Sahoo, Progress in Solar Energy Technologies and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 978-1-119-55560-5, 2019
• Umakanta Sahoo, A Polygeneration Process Concept for Hybrid Solar and Biomass Power Plant: Simulation, Modelling and Optimization, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 978-1-119- 53609-3, 2018

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At present, Dr. Umakanta Sahoo is attached to the PM-KUSUM Scheme, SPV Division of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India.

• Concentrating Solar Technology (CST), Heating and Cooling, Geothermal Energy

• High Efficiency Solar Water Pumping Project: Planning, Design, Development, Supply, Execution, and Commissioning of the test set up for ‘High Efficiency Solar Water Pumping Systems’ up to 50HP
• R&D Project: Effect of impeller material and water quality on different technologies of the solar water pumping system
• Planning, Design, Development, Enhancement in the testing capacity of Solar Inverters from 1 KVA to 50 KVA (got outstanding performance award for the up-gradation of laboratory)
• The framework of policies for various technologies of Solar Water Pumps (Induction motors, BLDC, PMDC etc.) from micro to higher capacities of pumps (0.1 HP to 25 HP)
• Performance Analysis of Solar Water Pumping System Using Bi-facial PV panels: Joint Research study by NISE and Industry. Study and evaluate the performance of the Solar Water Pumping System using bifacial modules developed by Industry and compare it with the water pumping system using standard mono facial modules
• Performance analysis of solar water micro-pumps at different heads with different climatic conditions: Working in a Project from MNRE for the development of ‘Low-Cost High Efficiency Solar Water Pumping Systems’ to increase the overall ‘Wire to Water Efficiency’ to develop a specialized Controller for Grid Connected Solar Pumping Systems

• Testing, Standardization, and certification: She required experience and competence in the area of Testing, Standardization, and certification. She is part of the team involved in NABL & BIS accreditation of Solar Photovoltaic Test Facility lab and Lab is accredited from NABL & BIS for the improvement of testing and measurement accuracy and also responsible for setting facilities for other components and systems
• Research and Development (specialization: “Performance and Reliability”): Her research experience in R&D of Solar Photovoltaics. This includes solar inverters/converters, controllers, PV modules, efficiency, reliability, and development of instrumentation for SPV. So far published papers in international journals, and papers presented in International conferences, and also published a few technical reports and articles
• Training, Human Resource Development: Coordinated several training programs for different target groups. These include Testing laboratories groups, Charted Engineers, and International Participants from African and Latin American countries. The latest among the training programs for PM’s skill development program in SPV, named Suryamitras, Advanced Solar, and Varun Mitra
• Work allocated for NABL & BIS Accreditation: She worked for the establishment of Inter lab test accuracy comparison program (ILC Test) and calculate the uncertainty of inverters as per NABL 141. Review and Maintain internal documents as Quality Manual, Executive, Technical & Operating Procedure according to ISO17025:2017. Implementation and Up-gradation of Quality Assurance/Quality Control Documents and formats of Lab. Looking forward to calibration of equipment of the lab. Looking forward to the training of Lab Personals for improvement and development in the quality of the lab. Responsibility for conducting Internal Audit and management review meetings as per NABL Requirements

• Richa Parmar, Dr. Chandan Banerjee, Dr. Arun K. Tripathi, “Performance Analysis of Cost-Effective Portable Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping System,” Current Photovoltaic Research 9(2) (2021).
• Richa Parmar, Chandan Banerjee, Ganesh Gowri, “New Concept Note on Affordable Efficient Utilization with Right Selection of Reliable Solar Power Converters for Household Loads”, published in Preprints.
• Richa Parmar, Dr. Chandan Banerjee and Dr, Arun K. Tripathi, “Performance and Economic Assessment of Portable Solar Water Pumping System at Different Heads”, The 30th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-30) & Global Photovoltaic Conference 2020 (GPVC 2020).
• Richa Parmar, Arun K Tripathi, Sanjay Kumar, Chandan Banerjee, “Solar photovoltaic power converters: Technologies and their testing protocols for Indian inevitability”, paper published in IEEE conference ICPECA 2019.
• Kamlesh Yadav, O.S. Sastry , B.Bora , M.kumar, R.Singh , Richa Parmar , Atul Kumar, B.prasad,“Weighted efficiency of SPV power converters/inverters in Indian composite climate” EUPVSEC 32nd European PV Solar Energy Conference.
• Mithilesh Kumar, O.S. Sastry, Kamlesh Yadav, Richa Parmar, Rashmi Singh, Birinchi Bora, “Performance Comparison of three Inverters with different Transformer topology” EUPVSEC 32nd European PV Solar Energy Conference.
• Himanshu Doraya, Richa Parmar, Mal Chand Sharma, Bipul Kumar, “Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation: A Technique to Mitigate the Total Harmonic Distortion” IJAREEIE, Vol. 3, Issue 11, November 2014.
• Himanshu Doraya, Richa Parmar, Bipul Kumar, Mal Chand Sharma, “Performance Comparison between PWM Based Inverter and SVPWM Based Inverter”, IJAREEIE, Vol. 3, Issue 10, October 2014.
• Richa Parmar, Vinay Gupta, Bipul kumar , “Performance comparison between PWM & SVPWM techniques in Induction Motor Drive”, 13th IRF International Conference, 20th July 2014, Pune, India, IR-EECEPUN-13074-110.

M.tech research work focused on Comparative analysis between Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) & Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) Techniques in the Control of Induction Motor drives using MATLAB/SIMULINK. Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation Technique in this project to improve the performance of Induction Motor. We can use the SVPWM technique with Direct Torque Control method in Induction Motor Drive; it can decouple torque & flux and can be used for Hybrid Vehicles, Hybrid Inverters/Converters, Solar Photovoltaic Inverters, and Solar Photovoltaic Pump Controllers, etc.

• Solar Thermal, Renewable Heating and Cooling, Green Hydrogen

• Deputy Director (Technical) – Solar Thermal, Hydrogen & ALMM - National Institute of Solar Energy - 25/02/2020 to Present
• Assistant Director (Technical) – Solar Thermal, Hydrogen & ALMM - National Institute of Solar Energy - 25/02/2020 to 29/04/2024
• Project Engineer Gr-II – Solar Thermal Division, National Institute of Solar Energy - 01/02/2019 to 25/02/2020
• Junior Research Scientist - UNDP GEF Project on CSHP, National Institute of Solar Energy - 23/01/2016 to 31/01/2019

• M.Tech. (Thermal Engineering) from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (NIT K); Batch of 2015.
• B. Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) from University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kurukshetra University; Batch of 2011.

Journals

• Yadav, Vikrant; Malakar, Santanu; Arora, Vinkel Kumar; Nema, Prabhat K; Recent trends and applications of evacuated tube solar collector in food processing and air heating: a review Environmental Science and Pollution Research Jan-24 2023 Springer
• Kumar, S; Yadav, V; Sahoo, U; Singh, SK; Experimental investigation of 16 square meter Scheffler concentrator system and its performance assessments for various regions of India Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 10 103-11 2019 Elsevier
• Tiwari, Gaurav; Malan, Anish; Yadav, Vikrant; Gakkhar, Nikhil; Numerical Investigation on Charging of Thermal Energy Storage for Medium Temperature Applications Emerging Trends in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICETMIE 2022, 277-286, 2023, Springer Nature Singapore Singapore
• Yadav V. and Yadav A., 2014, “Experimental investigation of novel design of solar cooker with dual thermal storage unit based on parabolic dish type collector”, International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment (Begell House Publications), vol.14 (4); pp. 295-310
• Yadav V., Kumar Y., Agrawal H., Yadav A., 2015, “Thermal performance evaluation of solar cooker with latent and sensible heat storage unit for evening cooking”, Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering (Taylor and Francis publications), Volume 15 (2), 93-102
• Yadav V. and Yadav A., 2015, “Thermal performance evaluation of solar cooker integrated with dual heat storage unit for evening cooking”, Journal of Basic and Applied Engineering Research, vol.2 (4); pp. 235-239

Book Chapters

• Experimental Investigation of Solar Photovoltaic Cold Storage with Thermal Energy Storage; Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems; John Wiley & Sons Publication
• Cold storage with backup thermal energy storage system; Progress in Solar Energy Technologies and Applications; John Wiley & Sons Publication

• Solar dryer cum space heating system; Indian Patent No. 201811013091
• Solar Powered Cooking System; Indian Patent No. 201811013090

• UNDP- GEF Project on Concentrated Solar Heat Application
• Design, Development and Implementation of Solar Dryer cum Space Heating System in Ladakh
• Green Hydrogen Production, Storage and Dispensing Project at NISE

• Concentrating Solar Technology (CST), Heating and Cooling, Geothermal Energy

• Deputy Director (Technical) – Hydrogen and Solar Thermal - National Institute of Solar Energy – 25.04.2024 to Present
• Assistant Director (Technical) – Solar Thermal R&D and ALMM - National Institute of Solar Energy – 25.02.2020 to 24.04.2024
• Project Engineer Gr-II – Solar Thermal Division, National Institute of Solar Energy - 01.02.2019 to 25.02.2020
• Junior Research Scientist - UNDP GEF Project on CSHP, National Institute of Solar Energy – 21.01.2016 to 31.01.2019
• Junior Technical Analyst- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) – 26.05.2014 – 20.01.2016

• M.Tech. (Engineering Physics) from University School of Basic and Applied Sciences, GGS Indraprastha University; Batch of 2011
• B. Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) from Amity School of Engineering & Technology, GGS Indraprastha University; Batch of 2007

Journals

• Y Singh, V Yadav, U Sahoo, A Malan, S Kumar, AK Tripathi, R Kumar ; “Experimental investigation of an innovative solar dryer integrated with the thermal energy storage system” International Journal of Ambient Energy 44 (1), 1969-1979

Conference

• S Kumar, V Yadav, Y Singh, Sk Singh “Design and Development of Solar Air dryer for drying of Apricot for Ladhak Region”. Kerala Renewable Energy Congress,2018
• Kumar, V Yadav, Y Singh, Sk Singh “Solar Based Indoor Kitchen Cooking Chulha for Household”. Kerala Renewable Energy Congress, 2018

Book Chapters

• Chapters on Geothermal Energy and solar collectors in E-Pathasala, an e-content knowledge pool developed by UGC under an MHRD Project -NME-ICT
• Cold storage with backup thermal energy storage system; Progress in Solar Energy Technologies and Applications; John Wiley & Sons Publication

• Solar dryer cum space heating system; Indian Patent No. 470844
• Solar Powered Cooking System; Indian Patent No. 491539

• UNDP- GEF Project on Concentrated Solar Heat Application
• Design, Development and Implementation of Solar Dryer cum Space Heating System in Ladakh
• Green Hydrogen Production, Storage and Dispensing Project at NISE

Team Member in Solar Dryer Project implemented in Ladakh for which NISE has won “DL Shah Platinum Quality Award 2020” given by Quality Council of India (QCI)