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Faculty

Prof. Amit Arora Professor

Research Interests:

Bioenergy, Bioprocessing, Downstream Processing, Food Processing, Membrane separations, Process Design and Development, Microwave Technology, Paper and Pulp Engineering

Prof. Anand B. Rao Professor and Head

Research Interests:

Energy and Environment, Technology Assessment, Climate Change Mitigation, Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS), Renewables and Energy Efficiency, Waste Management, Energy Policy and Planning, Rural Energy Consumption, Rural Livelihoods, NTFPs, S

Prof. Bakul Rao Professor

Research Interests:

Environmental impact framework for rural areas, State of environment studies, Field assessments & remediation, Matrix characterization, Climate change

Prof. Chaaruchandra Korde Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

Sustainable Infrastructure for Rural, Agricultural, Irrigation, Forest, Costal, Tourism, Energy and Urban Landscape ranging from Housing, Animal Husbandry, Silos, Warehouses, Tanks, Bridges, Tunnels, etc.; Prefab and Precast Constructions; Bamboo

Prof. G N Hariharan Professor of Practice

Research Interests:

Rural Community Empowerment: Leading grassroots initiatives in mangrove restoration, livelihood development, and Nutrition Security

Prof. Kuru Dindi Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

Digital interventions in public health, Health system strengthening, Health policy, Low resource setting community driven solutions for sustainable healthcare., Health disparities and ageing., Sustainable livelihood and health interlinkages, Non-c

Prof. Pankaj Sekhsaria Associate Professor

Research Interests:

Science and Technology Studies; S&T visioning and policy making;  Technology, Society and Development; History of Technology; Environment and development; Citizen Science, Wildlife conservation, Island studies, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Prof. Parmeshwar D. Udmale Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
  • Agriculture Water Management
  • Hydrometeorological Extremes and Hazards in the Changing Climate
  • Disaster Risk Assessment, and Management at the local level through a Transdisciplinary Approach
  • Droughts, Food Security and

Prof. Pennan Chinnasamy Associate Professor

Research Interests:

Surface water and groundwater modeling, water accounting and budgeting, remote sensing and climate change impact on water resources.

Prof. Priya Jadhav Assistant Professor

Research Interests:

Rural Electrification, Energy for irrigation:Technology and Farmer behavior, Solar Photovoltaics, Energy efficiency, Education

 

Prof. Rupal Dalal Associate Professor (Adjunct)

Research Interests:

Maternal, infant & young nutrition,early childhood outcomes,importance of correct breastfeeding techniques, behaviour change of caregiver through counselling and training

 

Prof. Sanjay Chahande Visiting Professor

Research Interests:

Rural Development, Education, Health, Water, Public Policy, Biometric identity-Aadhaar

Prof. Satish B. Agnihotri Visiting Professor

Research Interests:

Child malnutrition, Renewable Energy and Energy Policy, Gender, Rural development and technology scale up, Use of Mapping Techniques in social Sector planning, Public Policy

Prof. Shambu Prasad C Visiting Professor

Research Interests:

Managing sustainable transition (in agriculture), Social innovation and entrepreneurship, Public policy research and analysis, Strengthening the developmental university in Indian context, Interdisciplinary research programme on technology and dev

Prof. Subodh Wagle Professor (Adjunct)

Research Interests:

Analysis of On-Ground Performance of Public Policies, Policy and Institutional Dimensions of Solar Technology Dissemination, Analysis of Regulatory Governance in India, Urban Water Issues

 

Prof. Vishal R. Sardeshpande Associate Professor (Adjunct)

Research Interests:

Thermal engineering and heat transfer, Product development, Energy efficiency and benchmarking, Solar energy, Social enterprise, Technology for rural MSME (Micro small medium enterprises), Biogas / biomass systems 

Affiliate Faculty

Prof. N. C. Narayanan Professor

Research Interests:

Water Policy and Governance, Development Theory, Transdisciplinary Research, Scaling up decentralised PV Solutions, Environment and development (political ecology) 

Previous Heads of C-TARA

Prof. A. W. Date Professor (Adjunct)

Research Interests:

Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion, Energy Systems, Appropriate Technology

 

Prof. Milind A. Sohoni Professor

Research Interests:

Combinatorial Optimization, Mathematical Programming, Algorithms, Drinking Water for Rural Areas

Prof. Satish B. Agnihotri Visiting Professor

Research Interests:

Child malnutrition, Renewable Energy and Energy Policy, Gender, Rural development and technology scale up, Use of Mapping Techniques in social Sector planning, Public Policy

Prof. Uday N. Gaitonde Professor

Research Interests:

Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Energy Conversion

Rangan Banerjee Professor and Head

Research Interests:

Energy Management & Energy Efficiency, Demand Side Management, Energy Modelling, Power Systems Planning, Energy Planning and Policy, Cogeneration, Fuel cell / Hydrogen storage

Retired Faculty

Prof. Narendra Shah Professor

Research Interests:

Food Process Engineering, Food-Nutrition Connect, Small Scale Bio-Energy Applications, Agro-based Industrial Development