Energy Conservation and Waste Heat Recovery

Prof. Prasanta Kumar Das is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and presently the Dean Post Graduate Studies and Research at IIT Kharagpur. He possesses a vast experience in teaching and research. His research interests lie in the broad area of thermal engineering with a special emphasis on two phase flow. Apart from teaching many fundamental subjects he offered applied courses like Power Plant Engineering, Thermal System Design, Waste Heat Recovery etc. He has also conducted tailor-made courses for industries. He contributed actively in sponsored research and offered consultancy to different Government and private industries. He contributed more than 190 publications in international journals, a vast number of publications in national and international conferences and 10 patents. He has supervised more than 20 scholars for their doctoral degree. He is fellows of Indian National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences India.

Prof. Anandaroop Bhattacharya is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. His research interests lie in the areas of electronics cooling, transport in porous media and gas turbine heat transfer. Prior to joining IIT, Anandaroop spent 12 years in the industry in USA and India working at Intel, General Motors and General Electric Research Centers.