Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal is Director at IIT Jodhpur. He 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. Prof. Agarwal has established a state-of-the-art "Engine Research Laboratory" at IIT Kanpur. Prof. Agarwal is interested in researching IC engines, combustion, conventional and alternative fuels, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, HCCI, particulates and emission control, and large bore engines. Prof. Agarwal has published over 550+ peer-reviewed international journal and conference papers, 65 edited books, and 129 book chapters, attracting 18300+ Scopus and 27400+ Google Scholar citations. For his outstanding contributions, Prof. Agarwal is conferred upon Sir J C Bose National Fellowship (2019) by SERB, Prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (2016) in Engineering Sciences, Rajib Goyal Prize in Physical Sciences (2015); NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award (2012); INAE Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award (2012); INSA Young Scientist Award (2007); UICT Young Scientist Award (2007); INAE Young Engineer Award (2005); Devendra Shukla Research Fellowship (2009-12), Poonam and Prabhu Goyal Endowed Chair Professorship (2013-16), SBI Endowed Chair Professorship (2018-21, 2022-25) at IIT Kanpur. He is an elected Fellow of TWAS, SAE, ASME, INAE, ISEES, RSC, NASI, WSSET, AAAS and Combustion Institute USA.
Dr. Srijit Biswas is Senior Research Associate (SRA) under the Scientists’ Pool Scheme of CSIR at the Engine Research Laboratory of the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur, India. He received his PhD degree from Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Agartala in 2022 and M-Tech degree in 2016 and B-Tech degree in 2014 from the same institution. After completion of his Ph.D. work, he joined as an Assistant Professor at the University Centre for Research and Development of Chandigarh University in 2022. He joined the Engine Research Laboratory of IIT Kanpur as a Project Scientist and joined the team the LCA team for the project entitled “Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of HEV, BEV and ICEV in India” and completed that project in a record time. For three years, he was awarded the Senior Research Associateship under the Scientists’ Pool Scheme of CSIR, India, and joined the same Lab for further research. His areas of interest include two broader aspects: (a) Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Assessment of Transportation industries, including the Well-to-Pump (WTP) for the various fuels and also Cradle-to-Grave (CTG) for vehicles; (b) Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition Strategies with biofuels and Diesel/Biodiesel. He has published 17 high-impact factor journal papers, which have 223 citations. With an h-index of 10 and an i10-index of 10, his research underscores his significant and influential contributions to the field.