Advances in Energy Technology

Wafer based technology.- Materials Science and Engineering.- Crystalline and non-crystalline Si solar cell.- Poly Crystalline & Amorphous Materials.- Nano sciences and nanotechnologies.- Nano-materials and Nano-composites.- Nanotube Silicon Solar cell.- Thin Film Solar Cell Technology.- Organic-Inorganic Solar Cell.- Single or Multijunction Solar Cell.- Polymer Based Solar Cell.- Perovskite Solar Cell.

Prof. Ramesh C. Bansal has more than 25 years of diversified experience of research, scholarship of teaching and learning, accreditation, industrial, and academic leadership in several countries. Currently he is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at University of Sharjah. Previously he was Professor and Group Head (Power) in the ECE Department at University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa. Prior to his appointment at UP, he was employed by the University of Queensland, Australia; University of the South Pacific, Fiji; BITS Pilani, India; and Civil Construction Wing, All India Radio. Professor Bansal has published over 300 journal articles, presented papers at conferences, books and chapters in books. He has Google citations of over 9000 and h-index of 43. He has supervised 20 Ph.D. theses, four Post Doctortes and currently supervising 5 Ph.D. students. His diversified research interests are in the areas of Renewable Energy (Wind, PV, DG, Micro Grid) and Smart Grid. Professor Bansal is an editor of several highly regarded journals, IET-RPG and IEEE Systems Journals. He is a Fellow and Chartered Engineer IET-UK, Fellow Engineers Australia, Fellow Institution of Engineers (India), Fellow SAIEE, and Senior Member of IEEE-USA. Dr. Anshul Agarwal graduated from the Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India, with B.Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2007 and completed his M.Tech (Gold Medalist) in Power Electronics and ASIC Design in July 2009 and Ph.D. in 2013 at MNNIT, Allahabad. He is currently the faculty in Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department at NIT Delhi. He has served as Assistant Professor in the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, HP. His research interests include power electronic devices, modelling of converters/ inverters, AC to AC power conversion, renewable energy, integration of grids, hybrid vehicles, FPGA based converters design, solar and wind energy integration. Dr. Anshul Agarwal