Dr. Gautam Kalghatgi
Dr Gautam Kalghatgi worked for 31 years at Shell Research, UK, followed by eight years in Saudi Aramco before retiring in June 2018. He has been a Visiting Professor at Oxford University, Imperial College, London, KTH Stockholm, TU Eindhoven and Sheffield University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, SAE, I.Mech.E. and Combustion Institute and an Honorary Fellow of the International Society for Energy Environment and Sustainability (ISEES). He is on the International Board of Directors of the Combustion Institute and the editorial boards of several journals. He has published around 140 papers and a book on combustion, fuel and engine research, and transport energy.
He has received several awards for his work, including the 2021 ASME Internal Combustion Engines award, the Huw Edwards Award of the Institute of Physics, the SAE Horning Award, and the Sugden Award of the Combustion Institute. He has a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (1972) and a PhD from Bristol University (1975) in Aeronautical Engineering.
Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal
Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal obtained his Undergraduate Degree in Mechanical Engineering (1994) from Malviya Regional Engineering College, Jaipur and his MTech (Energy, 1996) and PhD (Energy, 1999) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. After his Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1999 – 2001) at the ERC, UW, Madison, USA, he returned to India in 2001 and joined IIT Kanpur. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Loughborough, UK; Photonics Institute, University of Vienna, Austria; Hanyang University and KAIST, South Korea.
Prof. Agarwal is interested in research in IC engines, combustion, conventional and alternative fuels, Methanol/ DME/ Hydrogen/ HCNG fuelled engine development, LCA and TCO analyses, Fuel sprays, Lubricating oil tribology, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, HCCI, particulates and emission control, and large bore engines. Prof. Agarwal is developing Methanol and DME-fuelled engines/ vehicles for the automotive/ agricultural sectors. Prof. Agarwal has published over 520 peer-reviewed international journal and conference papers, 63 edited books, and 129 book chapters, attracting 16000+ Scopus and 24000+ Google Scholar citations.