Dr. Rahul Dev



Dr. Rahul Dev

Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: rahuldsurya[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532-227-1526(O) +91-8004757265(R) +91-8004757265(M)

Other Academic Achievements


Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:

An invited talk on “Solar Energy: Thermal Applications” is delivered at International Conference on "Energy and Environmental Technologies For Sustainable Development" CHEM-CONFLUX20, Chemical Engineering Department, MNNIT Allahabad on 15/02/2020.
An invited talk on “Solar Distillation Systems” is delivered at Solaris 2020-A national Conference on Sustainable Environment and Climate, Sri Ram Swaroop Memorial University, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India on 09/02/2020.
An invited talk on "Solar Distillation" delivered on date 08.02.17 in a National Conference on Renewable Energy Sources for Sustainable Climate (SOLARIS 2017), February 07-09, 2017, IIT-BHU, Varanasi.

Chair in Conferences:

Co-Chair (Online) in Technical Session I4 ( RE-6) in 2nd International Conference on "Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (RAME-2020)" organized by Department of Mechanical & Production Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi held during September 18-19, 2020.
Chair (Online) in Technical Session "Renewable Energy and Green Processes-1" of International Conference "Technological Interventions for Sustainability" (CHEM-CONFLUX22) " organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India together with School of Chemical Engineering, USM, Engineering Campus, Penang, Malaysia held during April 14-16, 2022.
Co-Chair (Online) in Technical Session "Thermal, RAC, and IC Engine (T-4)" of "3rd International Conference on “Recent Advances in Materials Manufacturing and Thermal Engineering (RAMMTE-2022)” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Delhi Technological University (Formerly Delhi College of Engineering), Delhi, India held during July 8-9, 2022.
Session chair in Technical session Energy and Environment in international conference on Innovations in Mechanical and Materials Engineering - 2022 (IMME-2022) organized at Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad during November 04 - 06, 2022.
Session chair in Technical session (TS-18) in 5th international conference on Energy, Power, and Environment (ICEPE 2023) organized at the Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, Meghalaya, India during June 15 - 17, 2023.

Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:

4th International Conference on Solar Radiation and Daylighting (Solaris 2008), City university of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Dec 4-6, 2008 for presenting a paper on "Instantaneous efficiency of an active solar still".
Renewable Energy Asia-2008 - An International Conference, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, Dec 11-13, 2008 for presenting a paper on "Performance study of double slope passive solar still through Characteristic Curve".
4th International Solar Energy Society Conference-Asia Pacific Region, Renewable Energy-2010, Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, Jun 27-Jul 2, 2010 for presenting a paper on "Single slope solar still integrated with evacuated tubular collector".
International conference "SOLARIS-2012", Varanasi, India for presenting papers on (i) Theoretical Parametric Study of Evacuated Tubes Integrated Single Slope Solar Still, (ii) Evaluation and Validation of Daylighting Model for Inverted V-Shape Roof Type Mud House, and (iii) Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermal (HPVT) Solar Water Heating System: An Experimental Study, in February, 2012.
International conference "ICONCE 2014" for presenting paper on "Theoretical Analysis of In-built Heat Extraction Mechanism to Maintain Electrical Efficiency of a Single Solar Cell (SSC) of Glass-Glass Type Photovoltaic (PV) Panel" during Jan 16-17, 2014 at Kalyani, Kolkata, West Bengal.
International Conference on "Advanced and Agile Manufacturing" for presenting paper on "Fabrication of Modified Solar Greenhouse Dryer using Fibre Reinforced Plastic and Acrylic Sheets" during December 28-29, 2015, in KNIT Sultanpur.
ICEESD 2016 : 18th International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development for presenting paper on "Performance Analysis of Modified Solar Water Heating System for Climatic Condition of Allahabad, India" held in Paris, France during January, 21-22, 2016.
17th International Conference on Researches in Science & Technology (ICRST) for presenting paper on "Theoretical Analysis of a proposed Solar Water Heating System Made of Non-Metallic Materials" held in Bangkok, Thailand during 21-22 July 2017.
3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (3rd SEEC) for presenting paper on "Design, Construction, Thermal Performance of a Solar House" held in IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, during December 18-21, 2018.
International conference on Energy and Environmental Technologies For Sustainable Development (CHEM-CONFLUX20) for presenting paper on "Performance analysis of Solar Energy Operated Crop Cutting Machine" held in Chemical Engineering Department, MNNIT Allahabad during February, 2020.

Award and Honors:

International Travel Support Grant (partial) from CSIR, New Delhi for attending international conference SOLARIS-2008.
International Travel Support Grant (partial) from IIT Delhi, New Delhi for attending international conference SOLARIS-2008.
International Travel Support Grant (full) from DST, New Delhi for attending international conference RE-2010.
Session Best Paper Award in 5th International Conference on Advance Trends in Engineering, Technology and Research (ICATETR-2015) in BKIT, Kota.
Best Paper Award for paper titled as Effects of Active Cooling Techniques to Improve The Overall Efficiency Of Photovoltaic Module- An Updated Review in International Conference on Smart Engineering for Renewable Energy Technologies - 2023 (ICSERET - 2023) organized by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam on 24 & 25 March 2023.

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:

One Week TEQIP-II Sponsored Short Term Course on "Alternative Sources of Energy for Sustainable Development (ASESD-2017)" during March 27-31, 2017.
One week Self-Sponsored Short Term Course on "Emerging Trends in Thermal Engineering (ETTE-2018)" during March 01- 05, 2019.
परिचर्चा "मातृभाषा में तकनीकी शिक्षा ", दिनांक: २८-०९-२०२१ (मंगलवार), यांत्रिकी अभियंत्रण विभाग |
Online Self-Financed One-week Short Term Course (STC) on "Emerging Trends in Renewable Energy Technologies (ETRET-2022)" during June 20th - 24th, 2022.

Expert Lectures:

A lecture on "Solar Energy Technologies" delivered on date 14.09.16 in a Faculty Development Programme on "Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies and Smart Microgrid" held during September 13-17, 2016 at Electrical Engineering Department, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur, U.P., India .
A lecture on "Thermal Power Generation Using Solar Energy" delivered on date 23.02.17 in a Short Term Course on "Thermal Power Plants: Past & Present", held during February 20-25, 2017, at Mechanical Engineering Department, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur, U.P., India .
A lecture on "Solar Energy & Its applications" delivered on date 01.03.17 in Short Term Course on "Emerging Trends in Thermal Engineering (ETITE-2017)" during February 27-March 03, 2017, at Mechanical Engineering Department, Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, U.P., India.
A lecture on "Modified Basin Type Double Slope Multi-wick Solar Still" delivered on date 27.02.2018 in a TEQIP-II Sponsored workshop on "Renewable Energy & Environment (REE-2018)" organized at I.E.T., Lucknow.
A lecture on "Solar Energy : A Renewable Source of Energy" delivered on date 11.10.2018 in Short term course "Industrial Applications of Heat Transfer Operations (IAHTO-I: 2018)" during October 10-14, 2018 at Chemical Engineering Department, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
A lecture on "NanoFluids in Solar Energy Applications" delivered in Short term course "Advances and Applications of NanoFluids (NanoFluids-2018)" during October 23-28, 2018, Applied Mechanics Department, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
A lecture on "Nanofluids in Solar Energy Applications" delivered on date 22.12.2018 in TEQIP-III sponsored Short Term Course on "Renewable Energy and Applications-2018 (REA-2018)" organized during December 19-23, 2018 at Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Patna, Bihar, India.
Lectures on “Evaluation and Assessment of Solar Energy” and “Solar Energy Technologies: Solar Photovoltaic and other” are delivered at One week TEQIP-III sponsored FDP/STC on "Sustainable Environmental Management & Renewable Energy Technologies for Future", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India on 15/05/2019.
A lecture on “Solar Energy Technologies” is delivered at Faculty Development Program on “Advances in Energy Management Systems” during July 15-19, 2019 in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain (M.P.) on 16/07/2019.
A lecture on “New Trend of Solar Energy Concept” is delivered at Short term course: "Evolution in the Field of Sustainable Energy Sciences & Technologies (EFSEST-2019)" during September 24-28, 2019,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jhansi (U.P.) on 25/09/2019.
A lecture on “Advances in Solar Energy: Measurement and Applications” is delivered at TEQIP-III Sponsored One week Faculty Development Program on “Advances in Renewable and Bioenergy (ARB-2019)” during October 19th-23rd, 2019,Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Engineering & Technology, Sitapur Road Lucknow-226021, Uttar Pradesh, India on 22/10/2019.
A lecture on “Advances in Thermal Applications of Solar Energy” is delivered at one-week e-Faculty Development Program on “Solar Energy Utilization - 2020” from September 14-18, 2020 in Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Patna on 15.09.2020.
A lecture on “Solar Energy Technologies for Sustainable Future” is delivered at ATAL sponsored 5 Day FDP (Online) on "Green Technology and Sustainability Engineering" “Bio-hydrogen Production & Technology Development: A future renewable energy source" Jan 11-15, 21 in Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad on 12/01/2021.
A lecture on “Solar Energy Technologies for Sustainability” is delivered at TEQIP-III sponsored One Week Online Short Term Course on "Renewable Energy & Effluent Treatment (REET-2021)" during 01-05 March, 2021 in Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Engineering & Technology Lucknow, Sitapur Road, Lucknow on 02/03/2021.
A lecture on “Solar Thermal Applications” is delivered at One Week Online Faculty Development Program on "Recent Innovative Developments in Thermal Engineering (RIDTE-2021)" (28th June – 3rd July, 2021) in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malla Reddy Engineering College Maisammaguda, Dhulapally, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Telangana on 28/06/2021.
A Motivational and Professional Talk (Online) at "Tarunotsav" (June 26-30, 2021) for class X in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Aliganj, Lucknow on 30/06/2021.
A lecture on “Recent Advancement & Research Opportunities in the Solar Energy Sector” is delivered in five-day virtual mode Faculty Development Program (FDP) from November 29- December 03, 2021 in Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Aditya Engineering College (A), Surampalem, Andhra Pradesh, India on 01/12/2021.
A lecture on “Climate Change and the Importance of Solar Energy” is delivered in AICTE-ISTE sponsored one week online Induction/Refresher Programme on “Solar Energy in the Present Era” from 24th-31st December 2021, in Mechanical Engineering Department , Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, Chhattisgarh India-491001 on 30/12/2021.
A lecture on “सौर ऊर्जा: विभिन्न अनुप्रयोगों के लिए एक वैकल्पिक और स्थायी तरीका / Solar Energy: An Alternate and Sustainable Way for Various Applications” is delivered in Two weeks Short Term Training Program (STTP) on “Alternative Energy Sources for Sustainable Development” during January 3-14, 2022 through online mode, in Department of Mechanical, Production & Industrial and Automobile Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi on 06/01/2022.

Overseas Assignments:

Performance Study of Inverted Absorber Solar Still (IASS) and Single Slope Solar Still (SSSS) in Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman (During Ph.D. Thesis work, in June-July 2009).

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

International Journal: Solar Energy, Energy, Applied Energy, Energy Conversion and Management. International/National Conferences: NCPDM-2015, CHEM-CONFLUX20, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, Desalination

Other Significant Achievements:

Organized an Expert lecture delivered by Mr. Prithvi Datta, HVAC & R on his patents of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning on date 21.02.2017 at Mechanical Engineering Department, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad, U.P., India.
Attended STC on "Applications of Solar Energy and Photovoltaics" (12/12/12-18/12/12, Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi).
Briefing outside school students about "Solar cells and their uses" in “Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA)" organized by Centre for Promoting Innovation (CPI), Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad and MHRD, Govt of India on 14.08.2015.
Attended STC on "Optimization Techniques & Their Applications" (05/06/13-11/06/13), Dppt. of Mathematics, MNNIT Allahabad).
Attended STC on "Solar Energy & Its applications (SEA-2013)" (24/06/13-28/06/13, Dptt of Energy & Dptt. of Mechanical Engg., MANIT Bhopal).
Attended STC on "Energy Conversion System-Fundamentals and Applications" (26/05/14-30/05/14, Dptt. of Energy, MANIT Bhopal).
Attended STC on "Energy Management and Energy Efficiency" (23/05/16-27/05/16, Centre for Energy, IIT Guwahati).
Attended STC on "Recent Trends in Thermo-fluids (RTTF-2021)" (22/02/21-26/02/21, Dptt. of Mechanical Engg., NIT Sikkim, Online).
Attended STC on "Role of Renewable Energy Sources in Indian Energy Security (RORES-2021)" (05/07/21-10/07/21, Dptt. of Mechanical Engg., DTU, Delhi, Online).
Attended Workshop "Integration of Building Heat Transfer in Engineering Curriculum" (28/08/21-29/08/21, Dptt. of Mechanical Engg., IIT Bhilai, Online).
Organized an Expert lecture by Prof. Amitava Datta, Department of Power Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, on “Biomass Gasification as an Alternative Energy Resource for Distributed Power Generation” in TEQIP-II sponsored STC on “Alternative sources of Energy for sustainable development” on March 27, 2017.
Organized an Expert lecture by Dr. Amrita Ranjan, Women Scientist NASI Allahabad, on “Biomass as an alternative source of energy for liquid biofuel production” in TEQIP-II sponsored STC on “Alternative sources of Energy for sustainable development” on March 27, 2017.
Organized an Expert lecture by Dr. Dhananjay Singh, Department of Chemical Engineering, I.E.T. Lucknow, on “Sustainable Techniques to Save Energy and Environment” in TEQIP-II sponsored STC on “Alternative sources of Energy for sustainable development” on March 29, 2017.
Organized an Expert lecture by Prof. G. N. Tiwari, Retd., Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi, on “Photovoltaic (PV) Modules and Its applications” in TEQIP-II sponsored STC on “Alternative sources of Energy for sustainable development” on March 30, 2017.
Organized an Expert lecture by Prof. Om Prakash, Profesor and Ex. Head, Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Patna, on “Solar Drying: Indian Perspective” in TEQIP-II sponsored STC on “Alternative sources of Energy for sustainable development” on March 31, 2017.
Organized an Expert lecture by Prof. Siraj Ahmed, Professor & Former Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, on “Potential of Wind Energy” in TEQIP-II sponsored STC on “Alternative sources of Energy for sustainable development” on March 31, 2017.
Organized an Expert lecture by Sri Bholanath Mishra, General Manager, NTPC Limited, Unchahar, Raebareily, U.P., on "Power generation in thermal power plants” in Self-Sponsored Short Term Course on "Emerging Trends in Thermal Engineering (ETTE-2018)" on March 1, 2019.
Organized an Expert lecture by Prof. Amit Pal, Dept. of Mech. Engg., Delhi Technological University, Delhi, on “Advanced Biodiesel Production Techniques” in Self-Sponsored Short Term Course on "Emerging Trends in Thermal Engineering (ETTE-2018)" on March 5, 2019.
Organized an Expert lecture by Prof. Amit Pal, Dept. of Mech. Engg., Delhi Technological University, Delhi, on “Sustainable energy sources for the transportation applications” in Self-Sponsored Short Term Course on "Emerging Trends in Thermal Engineering (ETTE-2018)" on March 5, 2019.
Organized an Expert lecture by Prof. Anil Kumar, Dept. of Mech. Engg., Delhi Technological University, Delhi, on “Advancement in Solar Drying” in Mechanical Engineering Department on March 27, 2023.