Doctor of Philosophy (PhD),

Applied Science

Master in Technology

(M Tech), Microelectronics

Bachelor of Engineering

S.G.S Institute of Science

(BE) Electronics and

and Technology, Indore, India

Telecommunication

S.G.S Institute of Science and

Technology, Indore, India

Dr. CHETAN SINGH SOLANKI

Date of Birthday: 21st May 1975

Gender: Male

Nationality: Indian

Principle Investigator-National Centre for

Photovoltaic Research & Education (NCPRE)

Principle Investigator – Solar Urja Through

Localization for Sustainability (SoULS)

Contact

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EDUCATION

Indian Institute Of Technology,

Bombay www.iitb.ac.in

Interuniversity Micro-Electronics

Centre (IMEC), Belgium

www.imec.be

Part time diploma in Industrial

Management Course (IMC)

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PATENTS: TOP

1. Method for making thin film devices intended for solar cell or SOI applications, C. S. Solanki, R. R.

BIlyalov, J. Poortmans (US Patent #: 7022585).

2. Method and apparatus for continuous formation and lift-off of porous silicon layers, C. S. Solanki, R.

R. BIlyalov, J. Poortmans (US patent #6964732)

3. Method for formation and separation of porous silicon layers, C. S. Solanki, R. R. Bilyalov, J.

Poortmans, G. Beaucarne, (US patent # 6649485)

4. Sun tracking mechanism with automated cleaning arrangement for solar panel, Ravi Tejwani,

Chetan S Solanki (Indian Patent Application No 1838/MUM/2010) and approved (US Patent #

8650693)

5. A solar cell having three dimensional junctions and a method of forming the same

(3467/MUM/2010) C. S. Solanki and Som Mondal filed on 21st Dec 2010. (US Patent Application No.

13/996,672, June 21, 2013)

6. A technique using GSM Voice Channel for Remote Monitoring in Solar Photovoltaic Systems, Ravi

Tejwani, Girish Kumar, Chetan S Solanki (Indian patent application no. 1959/MUM/2013), filed on

June 2013.

7. A module for extracting water from air for drinking and cleaning purposes (2048/MUM/2011) C. S.

Solanki and Anil Kottantharayil, Mehul Raval, Jim John Joseph, filed on September 2011.

8. Fabrication of Quantum Dot Solar cell on spin coating Si Quantum dots embedded in Flowable

Oxide Inventors: Paresh Kale, Prof. C.S.Solanki, Application Number: (1627/MUM/2011) Filed on: 2nd

July, 2011

9. Method for forming metal contact on a surface of a solar cell covered by an anti-reflective

coating (ARC) layer (3506/MUM/2010) C. S. Solanki and Vikrant Choudhary filed on 22nd Dec 2010.

10. Novel front metal contact patterning scheme for c-Si solar cells (1787/MUM/2010), C. S.Solanki, filed

on June 2010.

11. An Improved Solar photovoltaic module-(Indian Patent # 250604) C. S. Sangani, C.S. Solanki.

Professor, Department of Energy Science and

Engineering, IIT Bombay

December 2015 – Current

Associate Professor, Department of Energy Science

and Engineering, IIT Bombay

June 2009 – December

2015

Assistant Professor, Department of Energy Science

and Engineering, IIT Bombay

May 2004 – June 2009

ASIC chip designer, Texas Instruments India Ltd.

Bangalore

Feb-Sep 1999

WORK EXPERIENCE TOP

Books: TOP 1. Solar Photovoltaics: Fundamental, technologies and applications, 3rd Edition published by Prentice

Hall of India, 2015 (ISBN -978-81-203-5111-0), 506 pages. 1st Edition was published in 2009, 2nd Edition

was published in 2011.

2. Solar Photovoltaic Systems and Technologies: A manual for Technicians, Trainers and Engineers,

published by Prentice Hall of India, 2013 (ISBN: 978-81-203-4711-3), 320 pages. Book is translated in

Hindi, Gujrati, Marathi, Malyalam and Tamil

3. Solar Photovoltaic – A Lab Training Manual, Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd., 2013 (ISBN:

978-93-8226-459-0), co-authored by B.M. Arora, J. Vasi and M. B. Patil

4. “Renewable Energy Technologies: A practical guide for beginners” published by Prentice Hall of

India, 2007 (ISBN: 978-81-203-4386-3), 154 pages.

5. “Renewable Energy Technologies: A practical guide for beginners” (in HINDI) Prentice Hall of India,

April 2009.

6. “Punctuations: A photographic journey through the campus of IIT Bombay”, Narosa Publications,

2009.

DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING MATERIAL TOP

1. Recorded 2 Video courses on renewable energy and solar PV technologies. These full courses are now

available online for public. The videos are available on following link

2. Developed Course Planning on Solar PV Technology for National Mission Project on Education through

ICT Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (under a project)

3. Developed part of solar PV laboratory kit for conducting characterization experiments on solar PV

modules and Solar PV Systems. The corresponding laboratory manual has also been developed. These

laboratory kits are now being used by about 200 Engineering Colleges.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS: TOP

1. Dharmendra Kumar R Rai and Chetan Singh Solanki, ”Growth of silicon nitride by nitration of

amorphous silicon at low temperature in hot-wire CVD”, Materials Science in Semiconductor

Processing, 15-May-2017, DOI information: 10.1016/j.mssp.2017.05.015

2. Bandana Singha and Chetan Singh Solanki, “Comparison of Boron diffused emitters from BN, BSoD and

H3BO3 dopants”, Materials Research Express, 5 December 2016, DOI

3. Bandana Singha and Chetan S Solanki, N-type solar cells: Advantages, issues and current scenarios

(accepted), Mater. Res. Express (2017)

4. Bandana Singha and Chetan Singh Solanki, Comparison of Boron diffused emitters from BN, BSoD and

H3BO3dopants, Mater. Res. Express 3 (2016) 125902

5. Som Mondal, Chetan Singh Solanki, “Deep Diffusion of Phosphorus in Silicon using Microsecond-pulsed

Laser Doping”, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, November 2016, DOI:

10.1016/j.mssp.2016.11.011

6. Som Mondal, Chetan Singh Solanki, “Deep Diffusion of Phosphorus in Silicon using Microsecond-pulsed

Laser Doping”, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, November 2016, DOI:

10.1016/j.mssp.2016.11.011

7. Bandana Singha, Chetan Singh Solanki, “Boron-rich layer properties formed by boron spin on dopant

diffusion in n-type silicon”, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing (2017), pp. 83-89, October

2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2016.09.034, (2016)

8. M.C. Raval, Sandeep S. Saseendran, S. Suckow, S. Saravanan, C.S. Solanki, A. Kottantharayil, "N2O

plasma treatment for minimization of background plating in silicon solar cells with Ni-Cu front side

metallization", Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol. 144, Jan 2016, Pages 671-677, DOI:

10.1016/j.solmat.2015.10.002, (2016).

9. Hemant Kumar Singh, Balraj A, Sandeep K, Pratibha Sharma, C.S. Solanki, “Opto-electrical

performance improvement of mono c-Si solar cells using dielectric-metal-dielectric (D-M-D)

sandwiched structure based plasmonic anti-reflector” Plasmonics, August. 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s11468-

015-0049-5 (2015)

10. Mehul C. Raval, Amruta Joshi, Sandeep S. Saseendran, Stephan Suckow, S. Saravanan, Chetan S.

Solanki and Anil Kottantharayil, “Study of nickel silicide formation and associated fill-factor loss analysis

for silicon solar cells with plated Ni-Cu based metallization”, in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, DOI

10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2463741 (2015).

11. Paresh Govind Kale, Chetan Singh Solanki, "Silicon quantum dot solar cell using top-down approach",

International Nano Letters, June 2015, Volume 5, Issue 2, pp 61-65, DOI: 10.1007/s40089-014-0137-0,

(2015).

12. Hemant Kumar Singh, Pratibha Sharma, C.S. Solanki, “Broadband Reflection Minimization Using Silver

Ultra Thin Film Sandwiched Between Silicon Nitride Layers for c-Si Solar Cell Application,” in “Plasmonics,

vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 1409–1416, Jul, 2014", DOI: 10.1007/s11468-014-9757-5 (2014)

13. Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Rajiv Dubey, Vivek Kuthanazhi, Jim Joseph John, Chetan Singh

Solanki, Anil Kottantharayil, Brij M. Arora, K.L. Narasimhan, Vaman Kuber, Juzer Vasi, Arun

Kumar, O.S. Sastry, “Visual Degradation in Field-Aged Crystalline Silicon PV Modules in India and

Correlation With Electrical Degradation”, in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics Vol. 4 Issue 6, Pp. 1470-1476,

DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2356717 (2014)

14. D. K. Rai, C. S. Solanki and K. R .Balasubramaniam,"Ultra-thin SiNx in superlattice via nitridation of a-Si in-

situ Hot Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition”, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 565, pp. 101–104 ., (2014) (DOI:

10.1016/j.tsf.2014.07.003)

15. D. K. Rai, D. S. Sutar, C. S. Solanki and K. R .Balasubramaniam, "Ultra-Thin SiNx on a-Si in-situ Hot-wire

CVD by Decomposing NH3 Gas”, Advanced Materials Research Vol. 894, pp.

421-426, (2014).

16. S. Mondal, P. Thakur, C. S. Solanki, Diffused bulk channels instead of laser drilled via-holes in emitter

wrap-through solar cell structure: A simulation study, Solar Energy 96 (2013) pp. 119-127.

17. P. S. Akella, S. Sarvanan, S.S. Joshi, C. S. Solanki, Pre-metallization processes for c-Si solar cells, Solar

Energy 97 (2013) pp. 388-397, (DoI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2013.08.026)

18. Mavilla, N.R., Solanki, C.S., Vasi, J., Optical Bandgap Tunability of Silicon Nanocrystals Fabricated by

Inductively Coupled Plasma CVD for Next Generation Photovoltaics, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 3,

1279 (2013).

19. N. R. Mavilla, C. S. Solanki, and J. Vasi, “Raman spectroscopy of silicon-nanocrystals fabricated by

inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition,” Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and

Nanostructures, 52 (2013) pp. 59. (DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2013.03.019).

20. P. G. Kale, P. Sharma and C. S. Solanki “Synthesis and Characterization of Si Nanoparticles Obtained on

Sonication of Porous Silicon Multilayer Films,” Journal of Nano Research, 17 (2012) pp. 13-25.

21. Kashinath N. Patil, Sanjay M. Mahajani and Chetan S. Solanki "Optimization of Catalyst Loading for

Effective Utilization of Feed Stock For carbon Nanotubes Synthesis Process” International Journal of

Nanoscience, 10 (2011) 707 – 711.

22. A.K. Panchal, D. K. Rai, M. Mathew, C. S. Solanki, “a–Si/SiNx multilayered light absorber for solar cell”,

Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 13 (2011), pp. 2469-2473(5).

23. A.K. Panchal, D. K. Rai, C. S. Solanki, “Annealing effects on capacitance-voltage characteristics of a-

Si/SiNX multilayer prepared using hot-wire chemical vapour deposition”, Journal of Nanoscience and

Nanotechnology, Volume 11, Number 4, April 2011 , pp. 3414-3417(4).

24. Vikrant A. Chaudhari, Chetan S. Solanki “A novel two step metallization of Ni/Cu for low concentrator

c-Si solar cells”,Solar Energy Materials and Solar CellsVolume 94, ssue 12, December 2010, Pages 2094-

2101

25. Kashinath N. Patil, M. Eswara Rao, Sanjay M. Mahajani, C. S. Solanki, “Modeling and experimental study

of Carbon Nanotubes in comparison with Decomposed Carbon”, Journal of Nano Research Vol. 6

(2009) pp 75-87Online available since 2009/Jun/30 at www.scientific.net© (2009) Trans Tech

Publications, Switzerlanddoi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.6.75

26. V. Choudhary, C.S. Solanki, “From 1 Sun to 10 sun crystalline Si cell by optimizing metal grid, metal

resistance and junction depth” Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 827402, 11

pagesdoi:10.1155/2009/827402.

27. A.K. Panchal, D. K. Rai, M. Mathew, C. S. Solanki, “Silicon quantum dots growth in SiNx dielectric–a

review”, Journal of NANO: Brief Reports and Reviews Vol. 4 No. 5, pp. 265–279 (2009).

28. K. N. Patil and C. S. Solanki “Precursor to high purity carbon nanotubes: A step by step evaluation of

carbon yield, doi 10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.6.75, June, 2009.

29. A. K. Panchal, C.S. Solanki, Fabrication of Si quantum dots in SiNx multilayer using hot wire CVD, Journal

of Crystal Growth, 311 (9) (2009) pp. 2659-2663 (available online: doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2009.03.013).

30. K.N. Patil, C. S. Solanki., Aspect ratio evaluation of carbon nanotubes grown on a calcium carbonates

substrate for varying time and temperature, Journal of Nano Research, vol:4 (2009) pp:127-133.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2013.08.026http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2013.03.019http://iitb.library.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/nanohttp://iitb.library.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jnn;jsessionid=53bqhtja1gt38.victoriahttp://iitb.library.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jnn;jsessionid=53bqhtja1gt38.victoriahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09270248http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09270248http://www.scientific.net/

31. A. K. Panchal, C. S. Solanki, Post deposition annealing temperature effect on Si QD embedded in SiN

dielectric multilayer prepared by HWCVD, accepted for publication in Thin Solid Films, 2009 (available

online: doi10.1016/j.tsf.2009.01.080)

32. C.S. Solanki, C. S. Sangani; D. Gunashekar; G. Antony, Enhanced heat dissipation of V-trough PV

modules for better performance, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 92 (2008) 38 - 44.

33. C. S. Solanki, C. S. Sangani, Estimation of monthly averaged direct normal solar radiation using

elevation angle for any location, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 92 (2008) 38-44.

34. C. S. Solanki, G. Beaucarne, Advanced solar cell concepts, accepted for publication in Energy for

Sustainable Development, Vol. XI, No.3, 2007.

35. C. S. Sangani, C. S. Solanki, Experimental evaluation of V-trough (2 suns) PV concentrator system using

commercial PV modules, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 91 (2007), 453-457.

36. C. S. Solanki, L. Carnel, K. Van Nieuwenhuysen, A. Ulyashin, N. E. Posthuma, G. Beaucarne, J.

Poortmans, Thin-film freestanding monocrystalline Si solar cells with heterojunction emitter, Progress in

Photovoltaics: Research and applications, 13 (2005) 201-208.

37. C.S. Solanki,R.R. Bilyalov, J.-P. Celis, J. Poortmans, and J. Nijs, Formation and Separation of Thin Porous

Silicon Films in One Step by Electrochemical Etching, Journal of Electrochemical Society, 151(5) (2004)

C307-314.

38. C. S. Solanki, R. R. Bilyalov, J. Poortmans, J. Nijs. R. Mertens, Porous Silicon Layer Transfer Processes for

Solar Cells, Solar Energy Material and Solar Cells, 83 (2004) 101-113.

39. C.S. Solanki,R.R. Bilyalov, J. Poortmans, J. Nijs and R. Mertens, Characterization of free-standing thin

crystalline films on porous silicon for solar cells, Thin Solid Films, 451-452 (2004) 649-654.

40. R.R. Bilyalov, C.S. Solanki, J. Poortmans, O. Richard, H. Bender, M. Kummer, H. von Känel, Crystalline

silicon thin films with porous Si backside reflector, Solar Energy Material and Solar Cells, 72 (2002) 221.

41. R.R. Bilyalov, C.S. Solanki, J. Poortmans, A. Ulyashin, R. Job, W. Fahrner, Role of hydrogen in separation

of porous Si layer in layer transfer process, accepted for publication in Physica Status Solidi (a), 197

(2003) 128-131.

42. C.S. Solanki, R.R. Bilyalov, J. Poortmans, J. -P. Celis and J. Nijs,Effect of composition of electrolyte on

separation of porous silicon film by electrochemical etching, accepted for publication in Physica Status

Solidi (a), 197 (2003) 507-511.

43. R.R. Bilyalov, C.S. Solanki, J. Poortmans, O. Richard, H. Bender, M. Kummer, H. von Känel, Crystalline

silicon thin films with porous Si backside reflector, Thin Solid Films, 403-404 (2002) 170-174.

44. C.S. Solanki, R.R. Bilyalov, J. Poortmans and J. Nijs, Transfer of a thin silicon film on to a ceramic

substrate, Thin Solid Films, 403-404 (2002) 34-38.

45. C. S Solanki. R. Bilyalov, H. Bender and J Poortmans, New approach for the formation and separation of

a thin porous silicon layer. Physica Status Solidi (a), 182 (2000) 97-101.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS: TOP

1. Bandana Singha and Chetan Singh Solanki, Boric acid solution concentration influencing p-type

emitter formation in n-type crystalline Si solar cells, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering

149 (2016) 012174

2.

3. Bandana Singha and Chetan Singh Solanki, Impact of dopant concentrations on emitter formation

with spin on dopant source in n-type crystalline silicon solar cells, AIP Conf. Proc. 1728, 020673 (2016)

4. Bandana Singha and Chetan Singh Solanki, Effect of low temperature oxidation (LTO) in reducing

boron skin in boron spin on dopant diffused emitter, AIP Conf. Proc. 1728, 020674 (2016)

5. Bandana Singha and Chetan Singh Solanki, Study of defect formation from process step anomalies in

limited boron source diffusion in crystalline silicon, AIP Conf. Proc. 1728, 020584 (2016)

6. Dharmendra Kumar Rai, Ashish K Panchal, Dayanand S Sutar, Chetan S Solanki, KR Balasubramaniam,

“Mechanism for formation of ultra-thin SiNx on a-Si-XPS and FTIR studies,” in Proceedings of the 42nd

IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, New Orleans, 2015, pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355805

7. Nikita Arora, Lalita Joshi, Ravi Tejwani, Abhilasha Chauhan, Jayendran Venkateswaran, NC

Narayanan, Chetan Singh Solanki, “A model of Localization of solar energy for providing ‘right to clean

light’ to rural school-going children”. ICAER (2015).

8. Nikita Arora, Ravi Tejwani, Jayendran Venkateswaran, NC Narayanan, Chetan Singh Solanki,

“Localization of Solar Energy through Local Assembly, Sale and Usage of 1 Million Solar Study

Lamps”.ICAER (2015).

9. Debanjan Sannigrahi, Sushil Rajagopalan, Chetan Singh Solanki, “Light Intensity for Study Purpose: A

Critical Insight from Rural Households”. ICAER (2015).

10. S.Chattopadhyay, R. Dubey, Vivek K., J. John, C. S. Solanki, A. Kottantharayil, B. M. Arora, K.L.

Narasimhan, J. Vasi, B. Bora, Y. K. Singh, O.S. Sastry, “All India Survey of Photovoltaic Module

Degradation 2014: Survey Methodology and Statistics,” in Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photovoltaics

Specialists Conference, New Orleans, 2015, pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355712

11. Hemant Kumar Singh, Sandeep K, Mallikarjuna Chary, Balraj A, Pratibha Sharma, C.S. Solanki,

“Investigation on silver nanoparticles based plasmonic antireflection and its impact on electrical

performance of mono c-Si solar cells”, 2’nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics

(ICEE), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, December 3-6, 2014, DOI: 10.1109/ICEmElec.2014.7151167, (2014)

12. Hemant Kumar Singh, Pratibha Sharma, C.S. Solanki, " Sandwiched ultra thin silver instead of

nanoparticles as an alternative broadband anti-reflection coating for c-Si solar cell applications" in

Proceedings of the "29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition" (EUPVSEC-

2014), Amsterdam, The Netherland, September 22-26, 2014, pp. 1036-1040, DOI:

10.4229/EUPVSEC20142014-2AV.3.29 (2014)

13. Som Mondal and Chetan Singh Solanki, " Deep Diffusion of Phosphorous in Silicon using 1070 nm Laser"

in Proceedings of the "29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition" (EUPVSEC-

2014), Amsterdam, The Netherland, September 22-26, 2014, pp. 911-914, (2014)

14. D. K. Rai, B. Ranjan, A. K. Panchal, K. R. Balasubramaniam and Chetan S. Solanki,"Effect of Hydrogen

Passivation on Optical Properties of a-Si/SiNx Multilayered Films with Si-QDs and

without Si-QDs”, Proceeding of 40th IEEE photovoltaic Specialists Conference ( PVSC), (2014)

15. Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Rajiv Dubey, Vivek Kuthanazhi, Jim Joseph John, Chetan Singh Solanki,

Anil Kottantharayil, Brij M. Arora, K.L. Narasimhan, Juzer Vasi, Arun Kumar, O.S. Sastry, “Visual

Degradation in Field Aged Crystalline Silicon PV Modules and Correlation with Electrical Degradation”,

accepted in 40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, June (2014).

16. Rajiv Dubey, Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Vivek Kuthanazhi, Jim Joseph John, Chetan Singh Solanki,

Anil Kottantharayil, Brij M. Arora, K.L. Narasimhan, Juzer Vasi, Arun Kumar, O.S. Sastry, “Performance

Degradation in Field Aged Crystalline Silicon PV Modules in different Indian Climatic Conditions”,

accepted in 40th IEEE PVSC, Denver, June (2014).

17. Vivek Kuthanazhi, Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Rajiv Dubey, Jim Joseph John, Chetan Singh Solanki,

Anil Kottantharayil, Brij M. Arora, K.L. Narasimhan, Juzer Vasi, Arun Kumar, O.S. Sastry, “Linking

Performance of PV Systems in India with Socio-economic aspects of Installation”, accepted in 40th IEEE

PVSC, Denver, June (2014)

18. Som Mondal, Hemant K. Singh, Vishnu K. Bajpai, Mehul Raval, Bandana Singha, Sandeep S.S.

, “Advances in c-Si Cell Processes Suitable for Near Future Commercialization”, International

Conference on Energy Efficient LED Lighting and Solar Photovoltaic Systems from 26th-29th March

(2014), IIT Kanpur

19. Ravi Tejwani, Debanjan Sannigrahi, B. K. Chakravarthy, N.C. Narayanan, Chetan S. Solanki, “Solar

Lamp for Study Purposes: Design Perspectives”, 4th International Conference on Advances in Energy

Research 2013, ICAER (2013)

20. Ashish Kumar Singha, Vishnu Kant Bajpaia and Chetan Singh Solanki Effect of Light on Electroless Nickel

Deposition for Solar Cell Applications, 4th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research

2013, ICAER (2013)

21. B Singha and C S Solanki, Study of boron precipitates formed during front side emitter formation with

boron spin on dopant (BSOD) diffusion in n- type c- Si solar cells, presented at CANCUN MEXICO,

(2013), Paper no-749

22. Ravi Tejwani, Girish Kumar , Chetan Solanki, A new technique of using GSM voice channel in remote

monitoring of solar photovoltaic systems, presented at CANCUN MEXICO, (2013), paper no. 228

23. J. J. John, M. C. Raval, A. Kottantharayil, C. S. Solanki, Novel PV Module Cleaning System using

ambient moisture and self-cleaning coating, presented at 39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, USA, (2013)

24. S. Mondal, V. K. Bajpai and C. S. Solanki, Junction Depth Estimation using Wet Chemical Etching for

Deep Junction Fabricated by Laser Doping, presented at 39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, USA, (2013)

25. A. P. Joshi, M. C. Raval, A. Kottantharayil, C. S. Solanki,Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission

Spectroscopy: A bulk analysis technique for monitoring silicon solar cell fabrication, presented at 39th

IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, USA, (2013)

26. M. C. Raval, A. Joshi and C. S. Solanki, Analyzing Impact of Background Plating from Alkaline Ni bath

for Ni-Cu metallization, presented at 39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, USA, (2013)

27. Panchal, A.K., Rai, D.K.R., Solanki, C.S., Red emission from nano-silicon nitride multilayer films prepared

using hotwire chemical vapor deposition, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part

N: Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems 227 (2) (2013), pp. 101-104

28. Mehul C. Raval, Amruta Joshi and Chetan S. Solanki, Analyzing Impact of Background Plating from

Alkaline Ni bath for Ni-Cu metallization, presented at 39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, USA,2013

29. Amruta P. Joshi, Mehul C. Raval, Anil Kottantharayil, Chetan S. Solanki, Inductively Coupled Plasma

Atomic Emission Spectroscopy: A bulk analysis technique for monitoring silicon solar cell fabrication,

presented at 39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa, FL, USA,2013

30. Som Mondal, Vishnu Kant Bajpai and Chetan Singh Solanki, Junction Depth Estimation using Wet

Chemical Etching for Deep Junction Fabricated by Laser Doping, presented at 39th IEEE PVSC, Tampa,

FL, USA,2013

31. N. R. Mavilla, C. S. Solanki, and J. Vasi, “Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Silicon

Nanocrystals Fabricated by ICPCVD for Next Generation Photovoltaics,” in 39th IEEE Photovoltaic

Specialists Conference (Accepted for publication), 2013.

32. Narasimha Rao Mavilla, Dharmendra K. R. Rajdeo, Chetan Singh Solanki, Juzer Vasi, “Optical Bandgap

Tuning of ICPCVD-Made Silicon Nanocrystals for Next Generation Photovoltaics,” in 38th IEEE

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Austin, Texas, June 3-8, 2012. (DOI:10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317726 )

33. Narasimha Rao Mavilla, Hemant Kumar Singh, Chetan Singh Solanki, Juzer Vasi, “Structural Properties of

ICPCVD Fabricated SiO2/SiOx Superlattice for use in Beyond Shockley-Queisser-Limit Solar Cells,” in 27th

European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany, September 24-28,

2012. (DOI: 10.4229/27thEUPVSEC2012-1BV.8.10)

34. Dharmendra K. R. Rai, Narasimha Rao Mavilla, Ashish K. Panchal and Chetan S. Solanki, “Improvement

in Short Circuit Current of p-i-n Solar Cell with Silicon Quantum Dot Superlattice Structure by Optimizing

SiNX Thickness,” in 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Austin, Texas, June 3-8, 2012. (DOI:

10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317727 )

35. H. K. Singh, M. Mathew, A. Kottantharayil, C. S. Solanki, Plasmonic effect of silver nanoparticles

sandwiched in silicon nitride and oxide structures for solar cell application, 27th European Photovoltaic

Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC-2012), Frankfurt, Germany, September 24-28, 2012,

(2012).

36. Mehul C. Raval and C. S. Solanki, “Surface and Lifetime Studies for Unintended Deposition on Solar

Cells during Ni-Cu Plating”, by, 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU

PVSEC-2012), Frankfurt, Germany, September 24-28, 2012, (2012).

37. Dharmendra K. R. Rai, Narasimha Rao Mavilla, Ashish K. Panchal and Chetan S. Solanki, “Improvement

in Short Circuit Current of p-i-n Solar Cell with Silicon Quantum Dot Superlattice Structure by Optimizing

SiNX Thickness,” in 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Austin, Texas, June 3-8, 2012. (DOI:

10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317727 )

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317726http://dx.doi.org/10.4229/27thEUPVSEC2012-1BV.8.10http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317727http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317727

38. Narasimha Rao Mavilla, Chetan Singh Solanki, Juzer Vasi, “Silicon Nanocrystals for Next Generation

Photovoltaics,” at 1st International Workshop on Nanotechnology in Solar and Energy Storage

Applications, Nanosolar2012, Amrita Centre for Nanosiences Kochi, Feb 24 - 2012.

39. Narasimha Rao Mavilla, Chetan Singh Solanki, Juzer Vasi, “Silicon Nanocrystals for Next Generation

Photovoltaics,” in 82nd Annual Session and National Symposium on “Nano-science & Technology for

Mankind”, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India, Nov 29 to Dec 01, 2012

40. Paresh Kale, C. S. Solanki "Synthesis of Si Nanoparticles from Freestanding Porous Silicon (Ps) Film Using

Ultrasonication” paper published in 35th IEEE PVSC during 20-25 June 2010 in Hawaii.

41. Sen, S., Sharma, P., Solanki, C.S., Bandyopadhyaya, R. Fluorescent manganese-doped zinc sulphide

nanoparticles for spectral shifting (2010) Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists

Conference, art.no. 5615962, pp. 1854-1858.

42. A. K. Panchal SVNIT, C. S. Solanki “Co-relation between capacitance-voltage, conductance-voltage

and photoconductive properties of the as-deposited and annealed a-Si/SiNx multilayer films prepared

using hot-wire CVD" paper published in 35th IEEE PVSC during 20-25 June 2010 in Hawaii.

43. Vikrant Choudhary, C. S. Solanki “Two Step Ni/Cu Metallization for Commercial c-Si Solar Cells: 1 to 10

Suns” ‘paper published in 35th IEEE PVSC during 20-25 June 2010 in Hawaii.

44. Ravi Tejwani, C. S. Solanki "360o Sun tracking with automated cleaning system for solar PV modules"

paper published in 35th IEEE PVSC during 20-25 June 2010 in Hawaii.

45. Siddharth M, C. S. Solanki “Strategies to target rural PV market in developing countries – A perspective”

paper published in 35th IEEE PVSC during 20-25 June 2010 in Hawaii.

46. A. P. Sastry, C. S. Solanki "Novel Front Metal Contact Patterning Scheme for c-Si Solar Cells" paper

published in 35th IEEE PVSC during 20-25 June 2010 in Hawaii.

47. A.K. Panchal, D. K. Rai, M. Mathew, C. S. Solanki, “Effects of substrate temperature and SiH4 cracking

time on the properties of a-Si/SiNx multilayer films prepared using hot-wire CVD”, this paper was

selected for poster presentation at XV International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor

Devices, New Delhi, December 15–19, 2009.

48. V. A. Chowdhary, C. S. Solanki, “Study on VOC and contact resistance of the Ni/Cu front contact for c-

Si solar cells to be used at low concentration levels” paper presented at PVSEC18 International

Conference Kolkata, 19-23 January 2009.

49. A. K. Panchal, D. K. Rai, C. S. Solanki, “Electrical chcracterization of Si-QD/SiNx multilayer prepared

using HWCVD” paper presented at PVSEC18 Internantional Conference Kolkata, 19-23 January 2009.

50. C. S. Solanki, “Silicon quantum dots for solar cell applications” Invited talk delivered at PVSEC 18

International Conference Kolkata, 19-23 January 2009.

51. C. S. Solanki; Vikrant A Choudhary ‘Review of Low Concentrator PV Cells and System’, Presented at IC

SOLACE 2008 hosted by Cochin University of science & Technology, Kerala from 21st to 23rd of January.

52. A. K. Panchal, C. S. Solanki, S. N. Ghosh, ‘Energy analysis of thin film crystalline silicon solar cell

technologies’, Presented at EMRS 2007 Symposia, Strasbourg, France (May-June, 2007).

53. Somnath Ghosh, A. Kumar, A. K. Panchal, S. H. Deulkar, V. L. Dalal, C. S. Solanki, ‘Epitaxial thickening of

high quality AIC Si-seed layer using solid phase epitaxy’, Presented at EMRS 2007 Symposia, Strasbourg,

France (May-June, 2007).

54. Somnath Ghosh, C. Biswas, A.K. Panchal, C. S. Solanki ,’High quality AIC Si-seed layer for epitaxial solar

cell’, Presented at EMRS 2007 Symposia, Strasbourg, France (May-June, 2007).

55. C.S. Solanki, C.S. Sangani, a new simple method to estimate direct normal solar radiation, Proceedings

of SOLARIS 2007: 2007, 3rd International Conference on Solar Radiation and Day Lighting February 7-9,

2007, New Delhi, India.

56. C. S. Solanki, P. Pimpalkar, J.V. Bhandari, PV Concentrator Systems – A Database, in Conf. Proceedings

of International conference on solar concentrators for Generation of electricity or hydrogen, ,

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, May 2005.

57. C. S. Solanki, P. Pimpalkar, Solar Irradiation Potential for PV Concentrator Systems in India, in Conf.

Proceedings of International conference on solar concentrators for Generation of electricity or

hydrogen, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, (May 2005).

58. L. Carnel, G. Agostinelli, A. Ulyashin, C. S. Solanki, H. Kim, S. De Wolf, G. Beaucarne, J. Poortmans,

Perspectives for a-Si/c-Si heterojunction solar cells with p or n type base, Conference record of the 31st

IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Orlando, FL, USA (3-7 Jan. 2005) 1157-1160.

59. C.S. Solanki, R.R. Bilyalov, G. Beaucarne, J. Poortmans, J. Nijs, R. Mertens , Development of solar cell

processes for free-standing thin silicon films, Proc. Of International Workshop on Physics and

Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), Chennai, India, (Dec. 2003) 1145 -1147.

60. C.S. Solanki, R.R. Bilyalov, G. Beaucarne, J. Poortmans, Thin monocrystalline silicon films for solar cells,

Proc. of 3rd World Conf. On Photovolt. Energy Conversion, Osaka, Japan (May 2003)

61. C. S. Solanki, R. R. Bilyalov, J. Poortmans, W. Laureys, J. Nijs, Freestanding thin-film monocrystalline silicon

(FMS) solar cells, ‘PV in Europe-From PV technology to Energy Solutions Conf. and Exhi., Rome, Itly. (Oct.

2002) 387-392.

62. R.R. Bilyalov, C.S. Solanki, J. Poortmans and J. Nijs, Thin silicon films for solar cells based on porous silicon,

16th European photovoltaic solar energy conference, Glasgow, UK (May-2000) 1536-1540.

NATIONAL CONFERENFCE PUBLICATIONS: TOP

1. Ranjan Vikash; Chetan S. Solanki, R. K. Lal, ‘Minority carrier lifetime, measurement of solar cell’, IEEE

Conference Proc. of 2nd National Workshop on Advanced Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

(AOMD), Dec. 2008. pages: 299 – 306, 2008.

2. Paresh Kale, A Panchal; C. S. Solanki ‘Generation of Nano-Sized Si Particle with Porous Silicon (PS) Film

using’ Ultrasonication, Proc. of National Conference on the Emerging Trends in the Photovoltaic Energy

Generation and Utilization (NCETPEGU), IIT Kanpur March 27-29, 2008.

3. Vikrant A. Choudhary;C. S. Solanki ‘Metal deposition on Silicon Solar Cell front and back metal

contacts using electroplating to reduce series resistance and testing their performance at low

Concentration level’s, Proc. of National Conference on the Emerging Trends in the Photovoltaic

energy Generation and Utilization (NCETPEGU), IIT Kanpur, March 27-29, 2008.

4. K.N. Patil, C.S. Solanki, Growth of Carbon nanotubes (CNT’s) on CACO3 substrate, 1st National

Conference in Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 480-485.

5. P.V. Suresh and C.S. Solanki, Series resistance measurement of PV modules, 1st National Conference in

Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 262-267.

6. C.S. Solanki and G. Beaucarne, Advanced solar cell concepts, 1st National Conference in Advances in

Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 256-261.

7. V.A. Chaudhari and C.S. Solanki, Study of different top metal contact designs for concentration solar

cells, 1st National Conference in Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 250-255.

8. A. Maheshwari, C.S. Solanki and V. Agarwal, Field Measurements of PV Module Performance using a

handy tool, 1st National Conference in Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 222-

227.

9. C.S. Sangani and C.S. Solanki, Evaluation of V-Trough Designs for PV Concentrator System, 1st National

Conference in Advances in Energy Research 2006, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 211-216.

10. C. Biswas, S.N. Ghosh, C.S. Solanki, Aluminium Induced crystallization of Hot-wire CVD deposited

amorphous silicon, 1st National Conference in Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai,

(2006) 491-496.

Article in Magazine/News Paper/TV Interviews: TOP

Articles into AKSHAY URJA - The complete energy magazine by MNRE, June 2015 (Title)

Keep LEDs on Marine Drive, coat them yellow IIT Bombay prof - Mumbai Mirror, March 5, 2015

PV Laboratory Kit for Training Solar Engineers, Akshay Urja (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

publication), December 2012, Vol-6, Issue-3.

“A Financial Perspective to Success of Solar Energy in India”, Energy Future (TERI press), Vol.-1, Issue-

3, April-June 2013.

(Cover Story) A Beginners’ guide to energy security: Is India Secure? Energy Future: The Complete

Energy Magazine (TERI press) - Vol1-1, July 2012.

(series of 12 articles) A column on Renewable Energies for Hindi Daily Naidunia, From Jan. 2012

onwards. It gets published every Sunday in Nai Dunia Hindi Daily.

“Education Park- a Zero Energy Campus”, Solar Quarterly Magazine, published by TERI, Oct. 2011.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION TOP

2017

Solar Urja Lamp project implemented in Rajasthan, received Prime Minister’s award

from Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in April-2017 under innovative

project category.

2015

Award for best R&D project to NCPRE for contribution towards technology

development and demonstration in solar photovoltaics’, Association of Renewable

Energy Agencies of States (AREAS), GOI

2015 Felicitate as “Eminent Engineering Personality” by Institution of Engineers, Bhopal,

2015

2012

Best poster award in IEEE PVSC 2012, Austin, USA for “Teach 1 1000 teachers – A

methodology for the rapid ramp-up of photovoltaics manpower required for India’s

National Solar Mission”.

2012 Award of Appreciation by Applied Material’s for outstanding contribution for year

2011-12.

2010 First Prize given by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of

India for Book “Akshay Urja Prodhyogiki” (in Hindi).

2010 Best poster award in IEEE PVSC 2010, Hawaii, USA “Strategies to target solar PV

market in developing countries: A perspective”.

2009 Young Investigator Award of IIT Bombay for 2009.

2009

Certificate of Appreciation Awarded by applied materials for outstanding

contribution to Applied Materials sponsored project “Nano Crystals for Photovoltaic

Applications”.

2009

Certificate of appreciation for participating in Essay category in NKC Online Contest

by National Knowledge Commission, Govt. of India.

2009

Certificate of appreciation for participating in Film category in NKC Online Contest

by National Knowledge Commission, Govt. of India.

2009

Best poster award in 18th PV Science and Engineering (PVSEC) conference for paper

titled as Electrical Characterization of Si QD/SiNx multi-layers prepared using HWCVD

in the category of Photovoltaic with nano-composites and other new concepts,

Kolkata.

2008 2nd best poster award, titled in Nano-sized Si particle with Porous Si film using

ultrasonication, NCETPEGU, IIT Kanpur.

2003 Young Scientist Award from European Material Research Society (EMRS), France.

2002 2nd best talk award at the 3rd International conference on Porous Semiconductors

Science and Technology, Spain.

1999 – 2004 Scholarship for doctoral study from Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium.

1997 – 1999 Scholarship for postgraduate study from Union Grant Commission, India.

INVITED SEMINARS DELIVERED TOP

Title Location Date

Current status and possibility of using solar

photovoltaic technology within India and

across world

Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy

(IGNFA), Dehradun 19th Oct, 2017

Latest Solar Photo-Voltaic Technologies Air India, Old Airport (OAP) premises 9th June, 2017

Solar Urja through Localization for

Sustainability (SoULS)

Cummins India office campus. survey

number 21, Balewadi, pune 18th May, 2017

Times Renewable Energy Expo Pune 2017 to

propagate renewable energy initiatives

Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of

Development Administration (YASHADA),

Raj Bhavan Complex, Baner Road, Pune 18th May, 2017

Sustainable rural development through CSR CSR Fair 2017, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi 5th May, 2017

Power of a just society TEDx Somaiya Vidyavihar 4th March,

2017

Sustainable solar electricity solutions through

horizontal and vertical expansions in rural

areas

IWSA Conference, IWSA campus, Vashi,

Navi Mumbai 2nd Dec, 2016

Advances in Solar Cell Technology Corporate R&D Centre, HPCL, Bengaluru 15th Oct, 2016

Entrepreneurship opportunities in Solar PV

sector Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur 19th Sept, 2016

Solar PV Technologies The Tata Power Company Limited,

Mumbai (Chembur) 30th July 2016

Solar PV: Technology, Challenges and Grid

Integration

R&D for Energy Sustainability, NTPC,

Greater NOIDA

31st March –

1st April, 2016.

Introduction of Solar PV Technologies SGSITS, Indore July 3rd, 2015

Solar PV Technologies VNIT, Nagpur July 8th, 2015

Renewable Energy Source for Sustainable

Development: Need, Technologies and

Policies.

Mechanical Engg Dept Seminar Hall, First

Floor, VJTI, Matunga, Mumbai.

December.

2014

Training and Education Intersolar India 2014 Conference in

Mumbai

November

2014

Solar Electricity - Journey so far and path

ahead Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore July 2014

Advance in C-Si Solar Cell Technologies Pt Ravishankar Shukla University

,Raipur(CG) 492010 India March 2014

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Technologies:

Introduction and current status

ASM International-India Chapter

Astron Apartment, Andheri(E) Mumbai

400 059

Jan. 2014

Basics and Current status of solar cell

technologies

Chamber of Marathawada Industry and

Agriculture (CMIA) Energy Conclave, Sept. 2013

Aurangabad

Losses and way to overcome them in c-Si

solar cells CEP Course, IIT Bombay Sept. 2013

Solar PV Solutions from mW to MW range

(Festival of Engineers, Administrators,

Scientists, and Technocrats, FEAST) 2013,

SSBT College, Jalgaon

Aug. 2013

Basics of Solar PV Technologies &

Solar PV System Design Solar Con 2013, Bangalore Aug. 2013

Introduction to solar PV technologies (via

skype) Karunya University, Coimbatore Aug. 2013

Solar PV Solutions from mW to MW range Bhabha Atomic Research Center, BARC,

Mumbai July 2013

Introductory lectures on solar energy and

One Child One Light program for more than

10,000 students at various schools and

colleges

About 15 colleges and 5 schools across

MP

Oct – Dec.

2012

Concepts of Solar radiation- Monitoring and

PV applications

CEP course on Off-grid PV systems, IIT

Bombay Oct. 2012

Basics of solar cells and PV modules CEP course on Off-grid PV course, IIT

Bombay Oct. 2012

Difference between crystalline Silicon and

thin film solar cell technologies SolarCon, 2012, Bangalore Sept. 2012

Si-Nano structure for solar cell Applications INUP CEP IIT Bombay April 2012

Losses in Solar Cells and strategies Three Days CEP course, by NCPRE, IIT

Bombay April 2012

Si-Nano structure for solar cell Applications INUP workshop IIT Bombay April 2012

Technology selection for PV power plants GERMI, Gandhinagar February 2012

National Center for Photovoltaic Research

and Education (NCPRE) and its activities MANIT, Bhopal January 2012

Technology selection for PV power plants SolarCon conference November

2011,Hydrabad

November

2011

Difference in thin film and crystalline Si cell

technologies Thin film solar cell workshops

September

2011

Introduction to Solar PV Technologies Solar Photovoltaic Energy, Vijaywada November

2011

Introduction to Solar PV Technologies

Konkan Gyanpeeth College of

Engineering Karjat Raigad Maharashtra

India

November

2011

Solar PV Power Systems: Concepts,

Operation & Applications Jaipur, Rajasthan August 2011

CEP course on Defining Energy Futures in

India and Canada

‘ Solar Photovoltaic’

Institute Guest House, Seminar Hall

Ground Floor

IIT Bombay

16 May 2011

“Solar Photovoltaic solution for Indian

electricity demands” IET, Alwar Rajasthan

7 October

2010

Route to high efficiency crystalline Si solar

cells IIT Bombay April 2010

Nano-materials and Devices for Energy

Applications IIT Bombay.

17-21 February

2010

Si QDs for solar cell applications

International Conference on Nano

Science and Technology (ICONSAT),

Nanomaterials and Devices for Energy

Applications.

February 2010

Si nanoparticles for solar PV applications INUP workshop, IIT Bombay 2009

Advances in Solar PV Technologies ITM Expo 09, Mumbai Oct 2009

Si quantum dots for Solar Cell applications Invited lecture, 18th PV Science and

Engineering Conference, Kolkata Jan 2009

Si quantum dots for solar cell applications

Sungkyunkwan Advanced Institute of

Nanotechnology, Sungkyunkwan

University, South Korea

Aug. 2008

Impact of Energy Generation and

Conservation on Environment

a) Key. note speech

b) Solar PV Fundamentals

NITK, Suratkal Mangalore 21st July 2008

Applications of solar energy Rotary Club, Hiranandiani, Mumbai June, 2008

Application of Si nanostructures Jodhpur Dec. 2007

Solar PV technologies Fr.C.R.institute of Technology, Vashi,

Mumbai Sep. 2007

Solar Photovoltaics

National Workshop on Power Electronics,

Electrical Engineering. Department,

IIT Bombay

Sep. 2007

Overview of solar PV technologies

Maulana Aazad National Institute of

Technology, Bhopal

Aug. 2007

World energy scenario Maulana Aazad National Institute of

Technology, Bhopal Aug. 2007

Energy, renewable energy and solar

photovoltaics

Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Kurla,

Mumbai Aug. 2007

Fundamental of solar cells and solar cell

technologies

(3 lectures)

Mechanical Engg. Dept,

Government College of Engineering,

Aurangabad

Aug. 2007

Solar PV technologies Shri Dadaji Institute of Technology and

Science, Khandwa, MP May, 2007

Challenges in Photovoltaic Research Energy Systems Engg., Seminar series, IIT

Bombay March, 2007

3rd generation solar cells Walchand Institute of Technology,

Solapur Feb., 2007

Challenges in Photovoltaic Research Energy Systems Engg., Seminar series, IIT

Bombay March, 2007

3rd generation solar cells Walchand Institute of Technology,

Solapur Feb., 2007

Use of nano-sized structures in solar PV: An

introduction to 3rd generation concept

Nanotechnology Colloquium, Electrical

Engg., IIT Bombay Nov. 2006

Effect of solar cell processing parameters on

cost Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore Nov. 2006

Use of nano-sized structures in solar PV Maulana Aazad National Institute of

Technology, Bhopal Oct. 2006

Thin film silicon solar cell technologies RENET workshop, IIT Chennai Sep. 2006

Solar PV technologies for rural development Shri S.G.S. Institute of Technology and

Science, Indore Mar. 2006

Prospects of renewable energy

technologies

Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology,

Khargone Feb. 2006

Prospects of Renewable Energy in India Polytechnic University of Hong Kong,

Hong Kong Dec. 2005

Solar PV technologies TataBP, Pune Oct. 2005

Material aspects of Si based solar PV

technology

Maulana Aazad National Institute of

Technology, Bhopal Aug. 2005

Thin Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Electrical Engg., IIT Bombay July, 2005

Solar Concentrators Photovoltaic Systems Mech. Engg. Department, IIT Bombay May, 2005

Solar PV technologies and system design CEP course for ONGC 2005

Solar cell basics, technologies and systems MITCON, Mumbai May, 2005

PROJECT UNDERTAKEN TOP Sponsored Research projects

Sponsoring agency Title of project Role Amount of

grant Period Remarks

Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy

(MNRE), Govt. of

India,

Localization of Solar

Energy

Through

Local Assembly, Sale

and Usage of 70

Lakh Solar Study

Lamps

PI Rs.494 cr 2017-18 Ongoing

Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy

(MNRE), Govt. of India

National Centre for

Photovoltaic

Research and

Education (NCPRE)

PI Rs. 62.5 Cr 2016-21 Ongoing

Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy

(MNRE), Govt. of

India,

Localization of Solar

Energy Through

Local Assembly, Sale

and Usage of 5 Lakh

Solar Study Lamps

PI Rs. 32 Cr 2016-18 Ongoing

Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy

(MNRE), Govt. of

India, State Govt of

MH, RH, MP, and Sir

Dorabji Tata Trust

Localization of Solar

Energy Through

Local Assembly, Sale

and Usage of 1

Million Solar Study

Lamps

PI Rs. 50 Cr 2013-15 Ongoing

Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy

(MNRE), Govt. of India

National Centre for

Photovoltaic

Research and

Education (NCPRE)

PI Rs. 47.5 Cr 2010-2015 Ongoing

AMAT, USA

Thin film crystalline Si

solar cells using

HWCVD

PI Rs. 60 Lakhs 2011 Ongoing

Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy

(MNRE), Govt. of India

Solar PV lab kits for

165 colleges PI Rs. 86 Lakhs 2012 Completed

Dept. of Science and

Technology, Govt. of

India

Improved efficiency

c-Si Cells-Fabrication

and characterization

with industry

collaboration

PI Rs. 54 Lakhs Ongoing

IRCC, IIT Bombay

Young Investigator

Award of IIT Bombay

for 2009.

PI Rs. 5 Lakh 2010 Ongoing

IIT Bombay

Development of low

concentration PV

systems

PI Rs. 5 Lakhs 2004-06

A V-trough flat

plate module

have been

developed,

patent filling is in

process

AMAT, USA

Solar Cells using

poly-Si and epi-Si

films

PI Rs. 64 Lakhs 2006 – 2009

Completed

(Process for

fabrication of

large gain thin

film poly Si solar

cell is being

developed)

Department of

Information

Technology

MCIT,

Government of India

Centers of

Excellence in

Nanoelectronics

(IIT Bombay and IISc

Bangalore),

Inves

tigat

or

Rs. 98 Cr 2006 -2010

Department of

Information

Technology

MCIT, Government of

India

Indian

Nanoelectronics

Users Program (INUP)

Inves

tigat

or

Rs. 11 Cr 2007-11

MNRE

Design &

Development of V-

Trough(2 Sun)

Concentrator System

PI Rs. 16.78 Lakh 2008-2010

Field demo of V-

trough modules.

1kW modules

will be installed

at IITB and SEC-

Gurgaon.

DSIR

Cost-effective

integrated V-trough

flat Photovoltaic (PV)

modules

PI Rs. 9 Lakh

V-trough

technology

development

Development projects TOP

Sponsoring agency Title of project Role Amount of

grant Period Remarks

IIT Bombay with

Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy

Feasibility, design and

Installation of 1 MW solar

PV power plant at IIT

Bombay

PI Rs. 8.40 Cr 2012-1013 Ongoing

Consultancy projects TOP

Agency Title of project Period

Nagpur Metro Rail

Corporation Limited

Feasibility study of combined solar PV and windmill generation

scheme 2016

Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy

(MNRE), GoI

Increased RE Deployment for Greening the

Islands in Andaman & Nicobar 2015

Municipal Corporation

of Greater Mumbai

(MCGM)

DPR for Bhandup Complex Water Treatment Plant 2014-15

Fomento Pvt. Ltd. Feasibility, design and implementation support for solar power

plants 2013

New Age Reality Solar PV system design 2013

Sumer Energy Ltd. Thin Film Solar PV Technology evaluation 2012

CRISIL Risk and

Infrastructure Solutions

Limited

Validation exercise for 50 MW solar PV project Sep.-Oct.

2012

Mahagenco, TUV SuD Principle Consultant for India’s largest 125+25 MWp Solar PV

plant being set up in Sakari, Maharastra ongoing

Birla Surya Limited Technical evaluation of solar PV technologies 2011

TATA Capital Technology evaluation: Thin film monocrystalline Si cell

technology 2011

Indu Projects Limited Request for technical validation services 2010

Mahagenco Expert Advice for energy generation from various PV

technologies 2010

Birla Surya Limited

Technical Evaluation of proposal on

on Integrated solar PV cell manufacturing and polysilicon

wafer fabrication project.

2009

DRDO, Pune Feasibility study of setting up a solar PV plant in Pune and

Ladhak 2009

Electrics Solutions,

Mumbai

Transfer of concentrator V-trough technology and production

of V-trough PV modules 2008

Electrics Solutions,

Mumbai Design of solar PV street lighting 2007

Inter-connected Stock

Exchange of India Ltd.,

Mumbai

Solar PV systems for the company premises 2006

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS, SEMINARS ETC. TOP

Name of Event Period

International Workshop on ‘Trends in Solar Power Generation

and Energy Harvesting’, Dubai

27-29 March, 2017

Visited Nederlands as part of MNRE, GoI Delegation for Institutional

and research collaborations, Nederlands

23-25 June 2015

Solar Decathlon Europe 2014, first workshop, Paris, France March 2013

Plenary Session Chairman & Panelist, Europe-Asia PV forum

27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition,

Germany

23-28 Sept. 2012

Talk on "Energy Scenario and Renewable Energy Policy of India"

in IIR mini-symposium at Institute of Innovation Research

Hitosubhshi University, Japan

27th March 2012

Indo-US Clean Energy Center Proposal workshop, National Renewable

Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA. April 2011

India Spain Workshop on Renewable Energies’, Spain March 1-3,2011

Invited in International Conference on “Green Energy Technologies:

Challenges in Research and Human Resource Development” in Pondicherry

University,India. 23-25th March 2010

Invited in Conference on “Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission-The Way

Ahead” at World Trade Centre, Mumbai, India March 4-5, 2010.

Invited in UK-India 2 days workshop on “Engineering Challenges of Deploying

new Solar Energy Capacity in India Workshop in UK. Sep 28-29 2009

Participated in “24 European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference” from at

Hamburg, Germany 21st to 25th Sep. 2009

Delivered a lecture in 18th PV Science and Engineering Conference, Kolkata Jan. 2009

Invited to give a seminar at Sungkyunkwan Advanced Institute of

Nanotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea Aug. 2008

Education workshop, sponsored by Total University, Paris, France April 2008

6th Si Solar conference and photovoltaic technology show, Munich, Germany March 2008

International conference IC SOLACE 2008 hosted by Cochin University of

Science & Technology, Kerala Jan. 2008

Building Science and Engineering department,

Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, (as visiting faculty)

Hong Kong

Dec. 2005

International conference on solar concentrators for

Generation of electricity or hydrogen,

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

May 2005

‘Asha(hope): for education’ Europe-wide conference

Zurich, Switzerland April 2004

International Workshop on Physics and Semiconductor

Devices (IWPSD), Chennai, India, Dec. 2003

3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy

Conversion, Osaka, Japan May 2003

7th college on thin film technology, Dar Es Salam, Tanzania, July 2002

International conference on Porous Silicon Science and

Technology, Canary Island, Spain, March 2002

‘PV in Europe-From PV technology to Energy Solutions

Conference and Exhibition, Rome, Italy Oct. 2002

International conference on Porous Silicon Science and Technology

Madrid, Spain

March 2000

16th European photovoltaic solar energy conference, Glasgow, UK May 2000

COMMITTEES/MEMBERSHIP TOP

Innovative solutions for development of Solar Chulha challenge using Solar power, Oil and Natural

Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Gov. of India initiative, Delhi in January 2018

Committee member of Mission Innovation (MI), a global initiative of 22 countries and the European

Union to accelerate global clean energy innovation.

Committee member of National Steering Committee (NSC) for renewable sector, 2017

Reviewer of projects submitted under IMPRINT, MHRD program, 2016

Member of Renewable Energy Sector Expert Panel: Parivartan Sustainability Leadership Awards,

2015

Member of Mumbai Solar Mission, 2014

Member, Advisory Board, Inter Solar India, 2013.

Editorial board of " Journal of Advance Research in Alternative Energy, Environment and Ecology,

2013

Member of Review Committee of Technology and Products for Solar Energy Utilization through

Networking (TAPSUN), a project of CSIR labs, having budget of over 300 Cr wherein more than 150

CSIR scientist are working.

Member National Technical Committee on Special Incentive Package Scheme (SIPS), Govt. of

India, for technical evaluation of solar PV project of more than 1000 Crore.

2011-12- Member, Editorial Board Team, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews Journal,

Published by Elsevier.

Green Campus Committee of IIT Indore, working on net positive energy campus.

Member of Advisory Board of SEMI India (SEMI is the global industry association serving the

manufacturing supply chain for the micro- and nano-electronics industries).

Green Campus Initiative of IIT Bombay

Lead person for design and installation of proposed 1 MW PV power plant at IIT Bombay

Lead person proposing 2 MW solar PV power plant on the pipeline going through IIT Bombay

Member Board of Studies, Department of Energy - Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology,

Bhopal (MP)

Member Board of Studies, Green Energy M.Tech. Program – Pondichery University, Pondichery.

Editorial board member to the “Journal of Advance Research in Alternative Energy, Environment

and Ecology”.

Editorial board member of "Journal of Alternate Energy Sources & Technology".

PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL MEETINGS, SEMINARS, ETC. TOP

Participated as Panelists in INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE FORUM AT THE WORLD FUTURE

ENERGY SUMMIT (WFES) 2018 in Abu Dhabi on 17 January 2018

Participated as Panelists in International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER-

2017), IIT Bombay on 13th-14th Dec, 2017. “Attaining Electricity Access: Is the Role of Off-Grid

Electricity Solution Critical?”

International Symposium to Promote Innovation & Research in Energy Efficiency 2017 (INSPIRE-

2017), organized by EESL, The World Bank & Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE), in

Jaipur India on 27th Nov – 1st Dec, 2017

Participated in International conference “EUPVSEC 2014” from 22nd to 26th September 2014 in

Amsterdam.

Participated in International conference “SOLARCON INDIA 2009” from 9-11thNovember 2009 in

Hyderabad.

Member of Special Incentive Package Scheme (SIPS) for technical evaluation of proposal on Solar

PV.

International conference IC SOLACE 2008 hosted by Cochin University of Science& Technology,

Kerala

Participated in “Indian nano-electronics users program” meeting at IISc Bangalore, 9-10 April,

2007.

Participated in “Indian Energy Congress” organized by World Energy Council, Indian Member

Chapter in New Delhi, 31st Jan. 2007.

Participated in a meeting organized by MNES to discuss seventh five-year plan for solar PV

technologies, July, 2006.

Participated in the "Expert committee meeting on thin film solar cells for technology mapping"

organized by Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES) and National Physical

Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, Feb. 2005.

Participated in meeting organized by Solar Energy Society of India (SESI) for standardization of

solar photovoltaic systems in India, Bangalore, July 2004.

SHORT TERM COURSES TOP

Title of the Course Location / Organization Year

Solar PV Training for Technicians IIT Bombay March, 2015

Grid connected rooftop PV power plants: From Basics to

installation with hands-on experience IIT Bombay Feb, 2014

Grid connected rooftop PV power plants: From Basics to

installation with hands-on experience IIT Bombay Nov. 2013

Master Technician’s Training program on Solar PV

Technologies IIT Bombay March 2013

”Teach a 1000 Teachers” Training Programme NCPRE, IIT Bombay 12th to 22nd

December, 2011

Coordinators workshop, 1000 Teachers Training

Programme (Lab Course) IIT Bombay September 2011

Coordinators workshop, 1000 Teachers Training

Programme (Theory Course) IIT Bombay 11-15th, April 2011

Solar PV Power Conditionings Components and Systems

Basic Design and Integration

Seminar Hall, 3rd Floor

KRESIT Building

IIT Bombay

24-26Feb. 2011

Solar Photovoltaics Technologies: Introduction to

entrepreneurs

EE Girish Gaitonde Seminar

Hall, IIT Bombay 16-18 Sep. 2010

Solar Photovoltaics Technologies: Introduction to

entrepreneurs

Guest House Conference

Hall, IIT Bombay 21-22 Aug 2010

Solar Photovoltaics Technologies: Introduction to

entrepreneurs EE Seminar Hall, IIT Bombay 11-12 Jun 2009

Solar Photovoltaics Technologies Tata BP Solar, Bangalore 16-17 Jan. 2009

Solar Photovoltaic Technologies: An Introduction for

Entrepreneurs, Investors and Policy makers Guest House, IIT Bombay 3-4 Nov. 2008

Solar Photovoltaics - Fundamentals, Technologies and

Applications

Applied Materials India Ltd.

(AMAT), Bangalore 27-29 Nov. 2008

Solar Photovoltaics - Fundamentals, Technologies and

Applications

Applied Materials India Ltd.

(AMAT), Bangalore 28-30 Aug. 2008

Renewable Energy Technologies (Trainers training

program).

Malhar-Asharam H.Sc.

School, Indore, MP 25-27th May, 2007

Solar Photovoltaic Technologies Bharat Electronics Limited

(BEL), Bangalore 17-18Sep. 2007

Solar Photovoltaic Technologies Guest House, IIT Bombay 1-3 Sep. 2006

Photovoltaic Technologies - Present and future Guest House, IIT Bombay 21-23 April, 2005

Series of seminars on solar photovoltaic in 7th college on

thin film technology workshop, University of Dar Es Salam,

Dar Es Salam, Tanzania

July 2002

COURSE WORK TOP

Sr. No. Title of course taught

1 Direct energy conversion

2 Foundation for energy engineering

3 Solar Photovoltaics: Fundamentals, Technologies and Applications

4 Materials and devices for energy applications

5 Introduction to Energy Systems Engineering

6 Energy Resources and Utilization

7 Advanced Solar Photovoltaic Technologies

LAB TEACHING TOP Sr. No. Title of course taught

1 Direct energy conversion

2 Foundation for energy engineering

3 Energy Innovation lab

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE/INTERACTION TOP

Organization Nature of work Period

Central Electronics Limited Improved efficiency c-Si Cells- Fabrication and

characterization with industry collaboration

2011-ongoing

Applied Materials India Ltd. Thin film monocrystalline Si cell development using

HWCVD

2011-onging

MoserBaer and Central

Electronics Limited

Improved efficiency c-Si Cells- Fabrication and

characterization with industry collaboration

2011-ongoing

Bharat Electronics Limited,

Bangalore

Concentrator solar cell development 2006-2008

Applied Material, USA Si quantum dots for solar cell applications 2005-2010

Photovoltaic, Belgium Pilot line for development of solar cell technology 2000-2004

VITO, Belgium Layer transfer on ceramic substrate using flow able

oxide

2003-2004

Dow Corning, Belgium Layer transfer on ceramic substrate using flow able

oxide

2003-2004

Texas Instruments India Ltd. ASIC design engineer 1999

OTHER ACADEMIC AND CORPORATE ACTIVITIES TOP

Invited to be a speaker on Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies (ARET- 2017), Key. note

speech at V.P.M's Polytechnic, Thane on 22 December 2017.

Invited to deliver a TEDx talk at TEDx Somaiya Vidyavihar on the theme “Power of a just Society”

Acting as jury member for Mahindra Rise Prize, 2014-15.

Invited to be a speaker in Intersolar India 2014.

Participated in Indo-UK workshop on Solar PV technologies, New Delhi, April 2009.

Invited to be a mentor for "Intel Science Talent Discovery Fair" to guide children to represent India in

international competition, 26-27th Jan. 2006, Nehru Science Center, Mumbai.

Participated in one day India-Canada Fuel cell workshop held during Dec. 2004.

Participated in meeting organized by Solar Energy Society of India (SESI) in Bangalore for

standardization of solar photovoltaic systems in India during July 2004.

Invited to be a judge for "Intel Science Talent Discovery Fair" for the selection of school children to

represent India in international competition. It was held in Nehru Science Center, Mumbai from 10th

to 12th January, 2005.

Reviewer TOP

Solar Energy Materials for Solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Science

MEMBER IN CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION TOP

Member Event

Conference Program

Committee

SOLARCON India 2011, Hyderabad International Convention Center,

Hyderabad , Nov. 2011, 2012 and 2013

Conference Program

Committee

SOLARCON India 2010, Hyderabad International Convention Center,

Hyderabad , 28-30 July 2010

Workshop Workshop on “Nanomaterials and Devices for Energy Applications” in

International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT), Feb.

2010

Member of Publication

committee

National Conference on the Emerging Trends in the Photovoltaic energy

Generation and Utilization, March 27-29, 2008, IIT Kanpur.

Member of advisory

committee

International conference on solar cells, IC-SOLACE 08, 21-23 January, 2008,

Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin.

Member of organizing

committee (Exhibition)

National Conference on Advances in Energy Research (AER 2006), IIT Bombay,

December 4-5, 2006.

THESIS SUPERVISION TOP

M.TECH. THESIS

Name of student/Roll

No. /Research scholar Title of thesis

Year of completion/

in progress

Co-guide(s) if

any

S S Sriram Somanchi

Adaptive Droop Control

Methodology in Solar PV DC

Microgrids

2015 Prof. S. Doolla

Biswakesan Sahoo

(07307502)

Feasibility study of generating 100%

solar electricity for the distribution

transformer of CAD substation at IIT

Bombay

2012

Ningthoujam Sunil Kumar

Singh (09307413)

Al2O3 Surface passivation of p-type

c-Si by physical vapour deposition for

solar cells

2011

C U Maheshwararao

(08317006)

Characterization Of Solar Cells For

Low Level Concentration 2010

Chandra Kumar Singh

(08317018)

Design And Field Implementation Of

The Renewable Energy Systems 2010

Chandrakant Solar PV lighting systems 2009

Rajesh Concentrator solar cells 2009

Harathi Nanda

(07317013)

Design, Development and Evaluation

of Solar PV based LED lighting system 2009

Vinu Thomas (06317807) Evaluation Of Concentrator Pv

Systems Up To 200x 2008

Paresh Kale (06317806) Si nanodots using porous silicon

formation 2008

Poluru Anil Kumar

(06317804)

Analysis of Characterization

Techniques for Nanostructure

Materials

2008

Antisen A Maliekal

(06317018)

Fabrication of Silicon Nanocrystals

Embedded in Silicon Nitride Matrix 2008

Hari Kiran Prasad. D.N

(05317404)

Catalyst Deposition on Powder

Substrate for Carbon Nanotubes

Growth

2007

Ashutosh Maheshwari

(05317813)

Field Measurements of PV Module

Parameters 2007

Prof. V.

Agrawal

Pallapothu V S Kumar

(05317807)

Low level (2x) concentrator PV

Systems 2007

C.S. Sangani

(VIT Pune)

Design and development of V-trough

concentrator systems 2006

Kashinath Nimba Patil

(04317404)

Mass production of Carbon

Nanotubes (CNTs) 2006

P. Pimpalkar

(VIT, Pune)

Design of heat sink for solar cell

cooling under light concentration (20

Sun)

2005

DUAL DEGREE THESIS TOP

Name of

student/Roll

No./Research

scholar

Title of thesis Year of completion

(or in progress) Co-guide(s) if any

Smruti Mirani

(10D170001)

Development and Testing of ICT

– based self – learning method

for training of SoUL assembly

2015 Prof. Sahana Murthy

Arora Harpreet Singh

(09D17002)

Theoretical analysis of electron

transport through quantum

heterostructures for energy

efficient devices

2014

Jain Nikhil Ashok

(7D26002)

Designing of Solar Concentrator

for Solar Co-Generation System 2013

Thakur Prasad Ashok

(06D07015)

Simulation of a Novel Solar Cell

Structure with 3D Junctions 2011

Bhamare Jitendra

Dilipkumar

(06D07019)

Comparison of N-type and P-

type Silicon Solar Cells 2011

Siddhartha Chadha

(04D10003)

Novel Solar Electric Conversion

System 2009

Ankur Gahlot

(04D10010)

Construction of a solar unit for

multipurpose rural applications

like drying, cooling and

ventilation

2009 Bhalchandra Puranik

(Supervisor)

PH.D. THESIS SUPERVISION TOP

Name of

student/Research

scholar

Title of thesis

Year of

completion (or in

progress)

Ashish Panchal Nanosized Si particles for solar cell application 2010

Vikrant Choudhary Development of Si solar cell for 20x concentration using

electroplated contacts

2011

Kashinath Patil Relating physical properties of CNT with its growth

parameters

2011

Paresh Kale Porous Silicon based quantum dots 2013

M. N. Rao Silicon Nanocrystals Fabricated by Inductively Coupled

Plasma CVD for Photovoltaic Application

2015

A.P. Sastry Novel Front Contact Patterning for Metallization of

Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell

2016

Mehul Raval Characterization of Nickel Silicide Formation and

Background Plating with Associated Process Optimization

for Silicon Solar Cells based on Ni-Cu-Sn metallization

2016

Ravi Tejwani Remote Monitoring System For Solar Photovoltaics In progress

Hemant Kumar Singh Plasmonics based Light-Trapping Structures for c-Si Solar

Cell Applications

2016

Som Mondal Laser Assisted Processes for Silicon Solar Cell on Low

Quality Substrate'

2016

Bandana Singha Impact of Boron rich layer on p-type emitter formation

and improvement of device performance for n-type

crystalline Si solar cells.

Thesis submitted

Amruta Joshi Analyzing and minimizing impact of nickel and copper

impurities in silicon solar cells.

In progress

Vishnu kant Bajpai Barriers in Commercial Implementation of Copper-plated

Contacts for c-Si Solar Cells

In progress

Shashwata

Chattopadhyay

Reliability of PV modules in different climatic zones of

India

In progress

Dharmendra kumar R.

Rai

Demand Side Management: Energy efficient plan for

rural areas

In progress

ONE CHILD ONE LIGHT TOP

Efforts are being made to fulfill the ambition of providing one solar lamp to every child. During sabbatical

leave (2012) a pilot project 21000 solar lamps have been provided to as many students through

Localization of Solar Energy model in which solar lamps are assembled by local people, used by local

people and repaired by local people (www.ocol.edupark.org). Currently same project is extended for

providing light to 1 Million students (www.millionsoul.iitb.ac.in), with the objective to extend it for 100 Million

students.

COMPANY INCUBATION TOP

Successfully incubated a company called kWatt Solutions Private Limited in Society for Innovation and

Entrepreneurship (SINE) of IIT Bombay. The company provides integrated renewable energy solutions for

power requirement in the range of few kW to several kW (www.kwattsolutions.com ).

MISCELLANEOUS TOP

Won second prize (USD 2000) in International photography contest organized by International Society

of Photography, Washington DC, 2003.

Won consolation prize in National Science photography contest on Lights and Shades of Science

organized by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, 2006.

Represented IITB Staff Cricket team in 2005-06 and 2006-07.

SOCIAL INITIATIVES TOP

Founder member and Chairman of New Energy Foundation (www.nenf.org). This organization is

working for promoting renewable energy in rural India.

Funder member of Education Park (www.edupark.org), an organization that is working to provide

high quality education and training at affordable cost in rural areas.

Initiated One Child One Light program (www.ocol.edupark.org) which aims to provide one solar light

to every child in India.

Founder member of ROSE (Rose an Organization for Supporting Education, (www.rosevzw.org). The

organization is registered in Belgium.

http://www.ocol.edupark.org/http://www.millionsoul.iitb.ac.in/http://www.kwattsolutions.com/http://www.nenf.org/http://www.edupark.org/http://www.ocol.edupark.org/http://www.rosevzw.org/