Message from the Head
Welcome to the Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering
The Department came into existence in December 2020 and has association of more than twenty faculty members drawing from various disciplines who are active in various thematic areas related to the Department. More details of research activities and associated faculty profiles can be found here. The department is committed to excellence in teaching, research & development and outreach related to science, engineering, technology development and policy matters related to energy sustainability.
Obituary to Prof. Kanwar Singh Nalwa
Latest Event
Dr. Dhawal Shah Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at Nazarbayev University (NU), Kazakhstan Title: "Bridging the Gap from Regional Air Quality to Molecular Mitigation Strategies"
10th Mar 2026 (Tuesday), 03:30 PM, LH-13. Poster Link | Picture Link
News
SEE, IIT Kanpur is excited to host the Orientation Programme for our new PG & PhD students on July 25.
We are pleased to inform you that Mr. Sanjay Khare joined our department on 08 July 2025 as a Visiting Professor of Practice.
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Sayan Kar joined our department on 30 April 2025 as an Assistant Professor.
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Vivek Verma joined our department on 25 April 2025 as an Assistant Professor.
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Departmental Events
25
Feb
Prof. Vikram Jayaram Honorary Professor at Indian Institute of Science
Title: "Digital image correlation (DIC) for high-throughput mechanical property evaluation through cantilever bending and for very high temperature mechanical testing" 25th Feb 2026 (Wednesday), 11:00-12:00 Noon, LH-08. Poster Link
19
Jan
š Advancing the energy transition through global collaborationā”The IndoāAustralian Short-term Lecture Series on the Theme of āThe Energy Transition and Renewable Integration Challengesā under Scheme for Promotion of Academic & Research Collaboration at IIT K brings together experts from the University of Queensland, IIT Kanpur, & IIT Kharagpur to address real-world challenges in renewable integration, grid stability, microgrids, and power systems. Poster
27
Nov
One-day workshop on NetZero Dialogue 5th Edition "Rationalizing Production Within Planetary Boundaries" on 27 November 2025 at CST (near FSID) @ Indian Institute of Science.
Workshop Poster | Website Link
Selected Publications
A Mondal, D Kastha, AR Hota, P Bajpai, "Modeling and Control of a Three-Phase Five-Port Partially Isolated DC-DC Converter for DC-Powered Commercial Buildings" IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2025
SS Rauth, D Kastha, P Bajpai, "BESS assisted off-grid wind energy conversion system operated under adverse battery-SoC conditions" IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 2025
Vishwa Deepak Kumar, Laltu Chandra, Rajiv Shekhar, "Solar Convective Furnace: System Dynamics and Operations Strategy", February 2025
P. Kumar, V. K. Yadav, A. Edpuganti, P. Bajpai, and R. P. Priya, "Powertrain Architecture and Control System Design for Overhead Line and Battery Powered Railway Tower Car", 2025 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)- Asia, Presented.
A. Pandey, M. Donkena, S. Samanta and A. Edpuganti, "Precise Analytical Model Assisted Machine Learning Framework for Parameter Estimation of Litz-Wire and Ferrite Core-based Rectangular WPT Coils with Lateral Misalignment", 2025 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)- Asia, Presented.
M Budaniya, AK Mishra, AC Rai, MS Dasgupta 2025 Indoor plants' effect on occupants' performance, perceived comfort, and affect in an open-plan space in composite climatic regions, India Building and Environment 274, 112785
Jana, A.; Li, Z.; Kini, A. R.; Yadav, V.; Nair, A. S.; Campos Mata, A.; Wu, J.; Machacek, J.; Base, T.; Pathak, B.; Roy, S.; Pradeep, T.A Silver-Chalcogenide Nanomaterial Enveloped with a Carborane-Thiolate Shell for the Electroreduction of CO2 to CO ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2025
Li, Z.; Wang, P.; Han, G.; Yang, S.; Roy, S.; Xiang, S.; Jimenez, J. D.; Kondapalli, V. K. R.; Lyu, X.; Li, J.; Serov, A.; Li, R.; Shanov, V.; Senanayake, S. D.; Frenkel, A. I.; Ajayan, P. M.; Sun, Y.; Senftle, T. P.; Wu J. Ampere-level co-electrosynthesis of formate from CO2 reduction paired with formaldehyde dehydrogenation reactions Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 4850
Tikadar, B. & Swami, D. (2025). Understanding the variability of residential energy poverty in India. Utilities Policy, 93, 101878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2024.101878
Tikadar, B., Swami, D., & Chowdhary, V. (2025). Process-level emission analysis and decarbonization pathway for BF-BOF route in Indian iron and steel industry. Journal of Environmental Management, 373, 123483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123483
A. A. Yahaya, A. Edpuganti, V. Khadkikar and H. Zeineldin, "A Novel Simultaneous AC and DC Charging Scheme for Electric Vehicles," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, doi: 10.1109/TEC.2024.3381280. Impact factor: 4.877. 2024
K Brajesh, R Bhunia, S Gupta, R Gupta, A Dixit, A Garg, Low temperature magnetic and dielectric properties correlation in Fe-doped copper (II) oxide ceramics for potential device application, 2024.
A. Sharma, A. De, S. Kumar. Investigation of injector-coupled combustion dynamics in a methane-oxygen combustor using large eddy simulation and dynamic mode decomposition. Physics of Fluids, 2024, 36, 065116, 2024.
Yugesh Kumar, Lokesh Yadav, Anand Singh, Raju Kumar Gupta, Kanwar Singh Nalwa, Ashish Garg, "Waste-derived carbon quantum dots for improving the photostability of perovskite solar cells to > 1,000 h". Read full article