Low Carbon Energy Supply

Dr. Atul Sharma completed his M. Phil. in Energy and Environment (August 1998) and Ph.D. on the topic "Effect on Thermophysical Properties of PCMs due to Thermal Cycles and Their Utilization for Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems" (June 2003) from the School of Energy and Environmental Studies, Devi Ahilya University, Indore (M.P.), India. He has worked as a Scientific Officer at the Regional Testing Centre Cum Technical Backup Unit for Solar Thermal Devices, at the School of Energy and Environmental Studies, Devi Ahilya University, Indore funded by the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources of the Government of India. He also worked as a Research Assistant at the Solar Thermal Research Center, New and Renewable Energy Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejon, South Korea (1 April 2004-31 May 2005) and as a Visiting Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kun Shan University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C. (1 August 2005-30 June 2009). Dr. Sharma is currently an Associate Professor at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), which has been set up by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India through an Act of Parliament (RGIPT Act 54/2007) along the lines of the IITs with an "Institute of National Importance" tag. The institute is co-promoted as an energy domain-specific institute by six leading PSUs-ONGC Ltd., IOCL, OIL, GAIL, BPCL and HPCL in association with OIDB. The mission of the institute is to work towards promoting energy self-sufficiency in the country through its teaching and R&D efforts. Recently, Dr. Sharma published an edited book, "Energy Sustainability Through Green Energy" published by Springer (Pvt.) Limited, India and "Energy Security and Sustainability" published by CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group. Dr. Sharma has published several research papers in various international journals and conferences. He has also published several patents related to the