Dibakar Rakshit

71. Invited for an expert lecture by Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur, for a High-End Workshop on "Battery Thermal Management in Electric Vehicles: Issues and Opportunities" from 17th -21st November 2022..

70. Invited as an expert on Energy Storage for workshop on “Development of National Scheme for Advanced grid-scale energy storage technologies” on 5th September, 2022 being organised by IIT Roorkee.

69. Invited as a speaker in the International conference on Sustainable Energy and Clean Technologies (IC-SECT-2022) from 2nd – 4th September 2022 at Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gujarat.

68. Invited as an expert on Energy Storage for a roundtable discussion on climate technologies and potential areas for Indo-U.S. collaboration, being organized jointly by the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) on 5th August, 2022.

67. Invited as a speaker for Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) Technology on ‘RE-Search 2022’ Workshop organised by ReNew Power Centre of Excellence, 7th July, 2022.

66. Invited as a keynote speaker for an international conference on "Sustainable Materials, Manufacturing & Energy Technologies (SMMET-22)” at RKGIT, Ghaziabad from June 24th – 25th, 2022.

65. Invited as an expert of building energy conservation for a workshop on "Building Envelope for Thermally Comfortable Housing" organised by The Centre for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE), CEPT University and Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (GKSPL) with Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation (SSEF) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on 24th June 2022 at India Habitat Centre, Delhi.

64. Invited for an expert lecture for one-week Professional development program (PDP) on “Recent Development in Renewable Energy" by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amity University Noida from June 20th – 24th, 2022.

63. Invited for an expert lecture on a workshop on “Modern Trends in Developing a Sustainable and Ecologically-Conscious City” by Parul University on 10th June 2022.

62. Invited as an expert on Energy Storage at a ‘Workshop & B2B Meetings: India -Sweden Innovations’ Accelerator Program organised by CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Swedish Energy Agency and Business Sweden on 13th May 2022.

61. Invited to deliver a lecture on building energy conservation as part of a Training Program for recruited Engineers and Scientists by Delhi Pollution Control Board on 12th May, 2022.

60. Invited for a panel discussion as an expert of energy storage to the Roundtable discussion being organized under the ‘Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies in Buildings in India (BEEP-RE Project)’ by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Embassy of Switzerland, New Delhi on 20th April, 2022.

59. Invited as a moderator for the event ‘Sustainability for a Better Tomorrow’, organized during Tryst 2022, Annual Technical Festival, IIT Delhi, India on 17th April 2022.

58. Invited speaker to deliver a talk on ‘High-Temperature Latent Heat Storage Integrated with Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle’ in an AICTE-RGPV Teachers Training Program (TTP) on "Novel Technological Approaches for Waste to Energy” from 11th to 17th March 2022, by School of Energy & Environment Management, UTD, RGPV, Bhopal.

57. Invited speaker to deliver a talk on “High-Temperature Thermal Storage Device Integrated with Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle” in a Faculty Development Program workshop on Controller design and implementation for renewable power generation systems (Hydro, Wind and Solar System) at NIT Meghalaya from 7th – 11th March 2022.

56. Invited speaker to deliver a talk on “Innovations in Building Energy Conservation in Post Pandemic Era” in a one-week short term course on “Energy Conservation for Sustainable Society: Innovation and Entrepreneurial Opportunity” from 27th February to 4th March 2022 at NIT Silchar.

55. Invited speaker to deliver a talk on "Innovations in Building Energy Conservation in Post Pandemic Era" at National institute of Technology, Uttarakhand in a one-week workshop on "Challenges & Opportunities towards Sustainable Energy & Environmental Technology in India” through online mode during 21st – 25th February, 2022.

54. Invited for an expert lecture by St. Thomas' College of Engg & Tech, Kolkata, as part of 'Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) Webinar on “India's contribution to energy conservation and innovation steps to become an energy-efficient nation” as part of Celebration of “National Energy Conservation Day (India)" on 25th January 2022.

53. Invited speaker to deliver a talk on “Advancement and Research on Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings” on the National Workshop on Energy Efficiency in the Indian Residential Sector, conducted by BEE on 10th December 2021.

52. Invited to deliver a talk in the International Workshop on Solar Thermal Energy Storage organized by Department of Hydro and Renewable energy, IIT Roorkee, India, on Dec. 14, 2021.

51. Invited to deliver a talk on December 27-29, 2021 in area "Sustainable Energy from Carbon Neutral" for VI International Conference on “Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges” (VI SEEC).

50. Invited to deliver a talk in a National Workshop on Energy Efficiency in the Indian Residential Sector, on 10th December 2021 commemorating India's 75th Year of independence "Bharat ki Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav" being organised by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) with Indo-Swiss Collaborations.

49. Invited to deliver an expert lecture in the Faculty Development Program on ‘Recent Advances in Heat Transfer and Combustion Engineering’, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, India, from 8th – 12th November 2021.

48. Invited for a panel discussion in the workshop "Integration of Building Heat Transfer in Engineering Curriculum" at IIT Bhilai on 29th August 2021 under BEEP Curriculum of Indo-Swiss Collaborations.

47. Chaired a session and delivered a talk at the 2nd National and 1st International Conference on Advances in Fluid Flow and Thermal Sciences being organized during 24th to 25th September 2021, under Diamond Jubilee Celebration of SVNIT Surat.

46. Delivered a talk titled “Evolution of Heat Transfer Course/Curriculum in Engineering over decades and need of the hour” in a workshop on "Integration of Building Heat Transfer in Engineering Curriculum" at IIT Bhilai on 29th August 2021 under BEEP Curriculum of Indo-Swiss Collaborations.

45. Delivered lectures on “Investigation of Thermal Retrofitting Options for Improving Building Energy Performance in a Post Covid Hospital Ward- A Parametric Study” and “Assessment of PCMs for thermal management of buildings” at IIT Indore on 27.07.2021 in a SERB sponsored short-term course on ‘Introduction to CFD with applications in Energy Research’.

44. Delivered lectures on Engineering Thermodynamics, Organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Knowledge Institute of Technology, being sponsored by Anna University, Chennai in an online Six Days Faculty Development Training Programme (FDTP) for affiliated Engineering college faculty members on 14 July 2021.

43. Delivered a talk titled "Assessment of PCMs for thermal management of buildings", Organized by National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), for Faculty Development Program on 5 July, 2021.

42. Conducted a session on “How to write project proposals for sponsoring agency” in Research Promotion/Research Skill development workshop, Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, GLA University, Mathura, on 26 June 2021.

41. Delivered a talk titled “Battery Thermal Management Systems of EVs” at School of Energy & Environment Management (SoEEM), Rajiv Gandhi Technological University (RGPV), Bhopal(MP)-India at an online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Green Technology & Sustainability Engineering” from 15th - 19th March. 2021 Under AICTE - ATAL Scheme.

40. Delivered talks titled “Application of CFD in Battery Thermal Management Systems of EVs” and “Application of CFD in Building Energy Conservation” for the FDP on "Computational Fluid Dynamics for Heat and Fluid Flow Applications" during 22nd - 26th February 2021 organized by the Mechanical Engineering Department, RKGIT Ghaziabad.

39. Delivered a talk titled “Recent advances in adsorption technology for non-conventional sustainable cooling” at School of Energy & Environment Management (SoEEM), Rajiv Gandhi Technological University (RGPV), Bhopal(MP)-India at an online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Energy Engineering” from 08th - 12th Feb. 2021 Under AICTE - ATAL Scheme.

38. Delivered a talk titled “Assessment of PCMs for Thermal Management of Buildings”as a part of SERB – Accelerate Vigyan sponsored “KARYASHALA – A HIGHEND WORKSHOP ON THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE FOR BUILDING APPLICATIONS” at National Institute of Technology Rourkela on 28.01.2021.

37. Delivered a talk titled “Smart and Sustainable Constructions - An impact on HVAC designs in the era of Industry 4.0” at Faculty Development Program on "Demand and need of Industry 4.0 in current pandemic scenario" 22nd & 23rd January 2021

36. Delivered a talk titled “Recent advances in adsorption technology for non-conventional sustainable cooling” at QIP-STC programme of IIT-BHU during the period 17th to 23rd January 2021

35. Delivered a talk titled “Recent advances in adsorption technology for non-conventional sustainable cooling” at International conference "FSAET-2020" during 18th -19th December 2020.

34. Delivered a talk titled “Heat Transfer Studies of Latent Heat Storage Systems- An application oriented study for sustainable air-conditioning (passive/active)” in the FDP titled "Renewable Energy intervention in industry, domestic and commercial applications" at RGM College of Engineering & Technology Nandyal, on 14th December 2020.

33. Delivered a talk related to “Thermal characterization of nano enhanced PCM for sustainable cooling applications in TEQIP sponsored short term course on “Sustainable energy technologies: synthesis of alternative fuels, characterization, and molecular simulations" at Department of Chemistry and Mechanical & Industrial Engg., IIT Roorkee on 7th December 2020.

32. “Induction Program for M. Tech 2020” for delivering an Expert lecture on "Energy Conservation and its contribution towards sustainable development" on 4th November 2020, PDPU Gandhinagar.

31. One Week short term training program on “Thermal Management: An overview, Challenges, and Solutions” during November 2nd-7th, 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SVNIT, Surat on Thermal Energy Storage Applications for Sustainable Cooling”

30. FDP on "Green Technology towards Sustainable Future" conducted during 26-30th October 2020, Department of Chemical Engineering, SVNIT, Surat.

29. Guest lecture on ‘Heat transfer studies of medium temperature latent heat storage systems’ at UIT Group of Institutions Prayagraj 23 July 2020.

28. One Week International Faculty Development Program (online) on ‘Advances in Energy and Materials Applications (AEMA-2020)”, organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, GLA University, Mathura, from 21 – 26 September 2020.

27. One-week Short-term Staff Training Program on “Recent Trends in Energy Conversion Technologies” from July 13-20, 2020, Curtin University Malaysia.

26. Panellist for stakeholder consultation webinar on the subject ‘Integration of Renewable Energy in Buildings’, by IIEC, 23 June 2020.

25. Facilitated a short-term training programme (STTP) under the aegis of TEQIP III on ‘Green Building, Energy Efficiency and Energy Policy for Sustainable Future’ at Assam Science and Technology University, Assam, from 8 – 13 June 2020.

24. Invitation as Speaker in the Research Opportunities in Petroleum, Energy and Natural Gas (ReOPEN 2020)

23. Invitation as Speaker in the International Conference “Renewable Energy - Innovation, Research and Applications” 27 and 28 December 2019, RGV Bhopal.

22. 50. Invited as moderator for the panel discussion on ‘Gas Turbines in Industrial and Land use Applications- Operational Flexibility for the 2022 Energy Demand’ during ASME 2019 GT India Conference, IIT Madras, India, 5th – 6th December 2019.

21. Facilitator of 5-day short term course on ‘Solar Energy & its Applications’ at Department of Mechanical Engineering GLA University Mathura from 11 Oct 2019 to 15 Oct 2019

20. Facilitator of 5-day FDP on ‘Foundations on Fluid and Thermal Engineering’ under TEQIP-III, CSVTU at IIT Bhilai from 17-21 September 2019.

19 Led a panel discussion on ‘Small-scale Biomass, Wind and Hydro Energy Systems’ under the theme of Sustainable Energy at Tech4Seva at IIT Delhi from 10-12 August 2019.

18. Workshop on “Sustainable Energy for Better Tomorrow”, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT), Gorakhopur, Uttar Pradesh, India, 9 August 2019 (Guest Lecture)

17. (TEQIP) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, 7 April, 2019 (Guest Lecture)

16. Five Day National Workshop at Mechanical Engineering Department, Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 5 – 9 March 2019 (Guest Lecture)

15. “Application of PCM for cooling load abatement and other passive energy saving techniques through efficient Heat Exchanger designs”, India - South Africa Renewable Energy Workshop, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), New Delhi, India, 22 March 2019 (Guest Lecture).

14. “Renewable Energy”, QIP Workshop on Frontiers in Solar Technologies (FST-2018), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar, Silchar, Assam, India, 24 – 28 September 2018 (Guest Lecture).

13. World Congress on Modern Research in Envirotech, Cleantech, Greentech, Nanotech and Water Resources for Global Sustainability (Earth Summit- 2017), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 5 June 2017 (Keynote Speaker).

12. International Conference on Innovative Product Design & Development - ICIPROD-2017, Al-Falah University, Faridabad, Haryana, India, 20 April 2017 (Keynote Speaker)

11. Recent trends in Utilisation of Renewable and Sustainable Energy in Engineering Applications (QIP Workshop), Thangal Kunju Musaliar (TKM) College of Engineering, Kerala, India, March 2017 (Keynote Speaker).

10. “Passive means of attaining energy saving in Buildings of tropical countries”, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 2016-2017 (Guest Lecture).

09. “Multiphase Flow”, QIP Workshop on Chemical Micro Process Engineering: Flow Modeling and Applications, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, 21 June 2016 (Keynote Speaker).

08. “Control Volume Method and Volume of Fluid Model”, QIP Workshop on Chemical Micro Process Engineering: Flow Modeling and Applications, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, 21 June 2016 (Keynote Speaker).

07. “Energy Conservation in Buildings Through Utilization of Solar Energy”, Informatics, Management and Technology of Solar energy - Issues and Opportunities, Management Education & Research Institute (MERI) College, New Delhi, India, 1 March 2016 (Keynote Speaker).

06. “The State of the Art of Solar Energy Technologies”, QIP Workshop on Building Energy Conservation, College of Engineering, Adoor, Kerala, India, 22 – 26 February 2016 (Expert).

05. “Recent Development of Power Plant Engineering”, Short term QIP course, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 23 January 2016 (Guest Lecture).

04. “Green Multiple Effect Evaporator for Water Purification”, Global Energy Technology Summit (GETS 2015), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), New Delhi, India, November 2015) (Keynote Speaker).

03. International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Communication & Sciences - ICICCS 2015, Regional College for Education Research & Technology (RCERT), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, 10-11 April 2015 (Keynote Speaker).

02. Numerical Heat Transfer and Gas Dynamics”, at Institute Industry Interaction Facility (IIIF) New Delhi of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad (Guest Lecture).

01. “Energy Audit, Building Energy Conservation and Power plant design”, Thermal Power Plant Engineering, National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Badarpur, New Delhi, India.