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Dr. Atul Sharma did M. Phil. In Energy & Environment (August-1998) and Ph.D. from School of Energy and Environmental Studies, Devi Ahilya University, Indore (M.P.), India. Afterwards he worked as a Scientific Officer at Regional Testing Centre Cum Technical Backup Unit for Solar Thermal Devices, at the School of Energy & Environmental Studies, Devi Ahilya University, Indore funded by Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi, Govt. of India and later aa Research Assistant at Solar Thermal Research Center, New & Renewable Energy Research Department at Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejon, South Korea (1st April 2004 - 31st May 2005). Dr. Sharma also worked as a Visiting Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kun Shan University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C (1st August 2005 -- 30th June 2009).

Dr. Sharma is currently working as an Associate Professor at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) which has been set up by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India. He has published forty four research papers in various International Journals. Sixty-seven research papers published in various International and National conferences. He also published several patents related to the PCMs technology in Taiwan region only. He is working on the developments and applications of Phase Change Materials, Green Building, Solar Water Heating System, Solar Air Heating System, Solar Drying Systems etc. Dr. Sharma is conducting research at the Non-Conventional Energy Laboratory (NCEL), RGIPT and currently engaged with three Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi sponsored projects at his lab. Further, he served as an editorial board member and reviewer for many national and international journals, project reports and book chapters.