Dr. Vinod Kumar Sharma
ENEA - National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and
Sustainable Economic Development
Type of sector Research sector: Bioenergy, Biorefinery and Green Chemistry, Solar Thermal
Researcher (permanent staff)
Main activities and
responsibilities
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES, CONVENTIONAL (AIR GASIFICATION,
PYROLYSIS) AND AEROBIC/ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF URBAN SOLID
FOR WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORISATION
PROCESS
DEVELOPMENT AT PILOT SCALE FOR THE BIOMASS GASIFICATION FOR
BOTH THERMAL AND ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION AND BIOFUEL .
DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN STANDARDS SERIES EN ISO 9806,
EN12976 AND EN 12977 FOR SOLAR THERMAL PRODUCTS
REFERENCE PERSON FROM ENEA FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF R&D
ACTIVITIES FORESEEN IN THE FRAMEWORK OF NUMEROUS
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ((MOUS) FOR SCIENTIFIC
COLLABORATION IN THE FILED OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
RESPONSIBLE OF THE CONTARCT TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY
FOR THE REALIZATION OF A COMMERCIAL SCALE BIOMASS GASIFIER
POWER PLANT USING WOODCHIPS AND EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH (EFB), IN
MALAYSIA”, SIGNED BY AVI RENEWABLES SDN BHD (MALAYSIA) AND
ENEA.
Post-doc fellow IN THE FRAMEWORK OF ENEA/ICTP joint
programme.
Research sector: solar thermal , European standards for solar
thermal products, Bioenergy and biorefinery and green chemistry.
Post-Doctoral Fellow (fixed-term staff)
Main activities and responsibilities
Theoretical investigation of a solar powered reverse-osmosis
sea water desalination system. .
Plot-Scale pyrolysis plant for material and energy recovery
from used rubber tyres.
Pilot-scale plug-flow type anaerobic digestion reactor for
treatment of semi-solid organic waste.
Investigation of air gasification process with a bubbling
fluidized bed gasifier for electricity generation
Optimization of the process layout for the production of
bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass: mass and energy
balance”.
Investigation on short Bioenergy chains for the production
and direct use of vegetable oil. Indo-Italian
Feasibility study on the transfer of technical know-how,
experimentation of steam injected biomass gasification plant
for power generation.
VISITING SCIENTIST AT EURATOM; JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE
(JRC)- ISPRA,Department of non-Nuclear Energy
Research sector: Energy conservation measures in building and
plant systems.
Visiting Scientist
Main activities and responsibilities
Development of a dynamic simulation program (SPIEL-CCR) for
the assessment of energy conservation measures in building and
plant systems.
POST-DOC FELLOW IN THE FRAMEWORK OF ENEA/ICTP JOINT
PROGRAMME AT ENEA ISPRA LABORATORY
RESEARCH SECTOR: R&D on the application of solar energy at low medium temperature in both domestic and industrial sectors
Occupation or position
held
POST-DOC FELLOW
Main activities and
responsibilities
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR COELLCTOR CUM STORAGE AIR
HEATING SYSTEM FOR A SCHOOL BUILDING AT CIVIGLIO IN COMO
Dates (from - to) From 16/07/1981 – 18/02/1988
Name ad address of
the employer
INDIAN INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI (INDIA)
Type of business or
sector
Research sector: R&D ON SOLAR ENERGY AT LOW-MEDIUM
TEMPERATURE IN BOTH DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS
Senior Scientific officer . Grade 1
Main activities and responsibilities CO-Investigator for the research project:
Design and development of an inexpensive augmented integrated
rock system (AIRS) for agricultural requirements
Mathematical modelling and simulation of solar drying systems
Development and demonstration of shallow solar ponds for
industrial process heat.
Development and demonstration of solar energy concentrator for
photovoltaic panels.
Design and development of an advanced flat plate collector.
Co-guide(unofficial) to PHD students at CES IIT Delhi.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training
Indian institute of technology Delhi (IITD), Centre of Energy Studies,
Dept. of Physics, New Delhi (India)
Principal
subjects/occupational
skills covered
Design Analysis and Studies on Some Solar Air Heaters
Title of qualification awarded
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHD) IN SOLAR ENERGY
Dates (from - to) From 01/06/1978 – 30/06/1980
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
Indian institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) Department of Physics,
New Delhi (India)
Title of qualification awarded
MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY (MTECH) IN SOLID STATE MATERIALS
Punjabi University Patiala, Department of Physics, Patiala (India)
Title of qualification MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.SC) IN PURE PHYSICS WITH awarded SPECIALIZATION IN ELECTRONICS
Punjab university Chandigarh, JCDAV college Dasuya
Title of qualification awarded
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.SC.)
Punjab School Education Board Chandigarh
Title of qualification awarded
SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, SCIENCE GROUP
PERSONAL SKILLS AND
COMPETENCES
MOTHER TONGUE HINDI AND PUNJABI
OTHER LANGUAGES ENGLISH AND ITALIAN (READING, WRITING AND
SPEAKING), SPANISH (VERY LITTLE)
SCIENTIFIC SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in Books/Chapters Published in Books
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Innovative renewable Energy
Technologies, Higher Technical Education, Biomass gasification for
power generation, Biofuels, Waste management Energy and
material recovery from used rubber tyres through pyrolysis. Norms
for solar thermal products. Solar thermal and solar photovoltaic,
etc.)
Books: Assistant-editor for two volumes Books published by D.
Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht (Holland) with the titles as :
- •"Physics and Technology of Solar Energy", Vol. 1: Solar
Thermal Applications.
- •"Physics and Technology of Solar Energy", Vol. 2:
Photovoltaic and Solar Energy Materials
- CHAPTER in the book, "The Current Practices in Energy
Technologies, 1987
- CHAPTER in the book; “Energy Security Through Green
Energy, 2016. ISBN 978-81-322-2336-8
- CHAPTER in the book; “Energy Security and Sustainability,
2016. ISBN 978—1-4987-5443-9
- CHAPTER in the book, “Energy Security and Sustainability,
2016, ISBN 978—1-4987-5443-9
- CHAPTER in the book, “Solar Drying Technology, 2017. ISBN
978-981-10-3832-7
- LECTURER at UNIDO; UNESCO and University of Camerino
- GUEST LECTURE Madan Mohan Malaviya University of
Technology, Gorakhpur (India).
- GUEST LECTURE Lovely Professional University
Phagwara,(India).
Member of Scientific
Societies
Reviewer for the
Scientific Journals
NOMINATION/
DISTINCTIONS
- GUEST LECTURE Rajiv Gandhi Technological University
Bhopal,(India).
- GUEST LECTURE Maulana Azad National institute of
Technology (MANIT) Bhopal,(India).
- GUEST LECTURER at The Energy and Resources Institute
(TERI) India
- Delivered LECTURES AT DESIRE - NET PROJECT Development
and Sustainability with International Renewable Energies
Network
- Member International Solar Energy Society (MISES) : (1983/84)
- Member International Energy Foundation (MIEF) : (since 1988)
- Senior TRIL Fellow from ICTP, Trieste, Italy : (since 1988)
- Member Biogas Society of India : (1982/83)
- Member Institution of Engineer, India (MIE) : (1982/83)
- Life Member Scientific Panel R’02/R’05/R’07/R’09, Davos :(since 2000)
- Fellow member of EDUCATION IN Societal Mission (FESM) :(since 2022)
Academy of Environmental Biology, Lucknow (India)
- Referee for the Int. J. Energy Conversion and Management : (since 1982)
- Referee for the Int. J. Applied Energy : (since 1983)
- Referee for the Int. J. Energy Research : (since 1997)
- Referee for the Int. J. Waste Management : (since 2002)
- Referee for the Int. J. Renewable Energy : (since 2004)
- Referee for the Int. J. Energy Research : (since 2004)
- Referee for the Open Environmental Journal : (since 2008)
- Referee Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers: (since2006)
- Referee for the Int. J. Thermal Science : (since2008)
- Former Member Indo-Italian Scientific Cooperation :since 2007)
- Italian expert for CEN/TC 312 WG1 - WG4 :(since2009)
- Coordinator CEN/TC 312 WG2 : (since2013)
- Guest Editor: Processes] special issue: Biomass to : (since2020)
Renewable Energy Processes
Nomination for the “INTERNATIONAL MAN OF THE YEAR” Oxford
University, U.K. (2001)
Distinction for the inclusion in WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD, U.S.A.,
1997/98/99/2000/2001.
Distinction for the inclusion in WHO’S WHO IN SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING, June 2002.
Member of scientific committee of international conferences.
TUTOR of numerous Research fellow in the framework of ENEA/ICTP
joint programme. research fellowships
CO-SUPERVISED 6PhD students at Centre for energy Studies, Indian
Institute of Technology Delhi (India).
FOREIGN EVALUATOR for evaluation of PhD thesis of students from
Various universities from India and abroad.
PROJECT EVALUATOR for research projects submitted to QRNF Kuwait
PROJECT EVALUATOR for research projects submitted to MIUR, Italy.
RELEVANT ROLES
AND COMPETENCES Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in voluntary work (for example culture and sports) and at home, etc. PUBLICATION INDEX
- COORDINATOR (2013-2019) FOR EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR
STANDARISATION OF SOLAR THERMAL PRODUCTS WG2 (CEN/TC
312 WG2) TO REVISE SUCCESSFULLY THE EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 12976 AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARD EN
ISO 9806.
- MEMBER OF TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON SOLAR THERMAL
PRESO COMMITATO TERMOTECNICO ITALIANO (CTI), MILANO
WITH MAIN OBJECTIVE TO THE STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES
RELATED TO TERMINOLOGY, REQUIREMENTS, CHARACTERISTICS,
PROOF TESTS, CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT AND LABELING OF
SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR COMPONENTS. AND
FORWARD SUGGESTIONS/REQUIREMNTS FROM ITALIAN SOLAR
THERMAL INDUSTRY TO THE EUROPEAN SOLAR THERMAL INDUSTRY
FEDERATION (ESTIF)
- RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
CONTRACT TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE
REALIZATION OF A COMMERCIAL SCALE BIOMASS GASIFIER POWER
PLANT USING WOODCHIPS AND EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH (EFB), IN
MALAYSIA”, SIGNED BY AVI RENEWABLES SDN BHD (MALAYSIA)
AND ENEA.
- RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NUMEROUS
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) FOR SCIENTIFIC
COLLABORATION BETWEEN ENEA AND INDIA..
-
MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (SOLAR
THERMAL ENERGY, ELECTRICITY FROM BIOMASS. PRODUCTION OF
ETHANOL AND BIODIESEL, PRECIOUS MATERIALS RECOVER. (RENEWAL
UNDER CONSIDERATION AT ENEA);
THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE_TERI (RENEWABLES, SMART
GRIDS, GENERATION II AND III BIOFUEL, ENERGY EFFICIENCY
MATERIALS, 2018); IN FACT, ON TEH SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF
THE EARLIER MOU SIGNED BETWEEN BOTH THE INSTITUTIONS, IT WAS
ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF RESPONSIEBLE FROM BOTH ENEA AND
TERI, MOU WAS RENEWED FOR PERIOD OF ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY PHAGWARA (RENEWABLES,
HYDROGEN AND ETHANOL PRODUCTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
CONSERVATION, NEW MATERIALS, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
TECHNOLOGIES, 2020-2025);
RAJIV GANDHI PROUDYOGIKI VISHWAVIDYALAY - STATE
TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF MP (ENGINEERING &
TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (ENERGY
EFFICIENCY & CONSERVATION, BIOENERGY) BIOMASS GASIFICATION
FOR BOTH THERMAL AND ELECTRIC COLLABORATED FOR THE
PREPARATION OF VARIOUS RESEARCH PROJECTS (LIST GIVEN BELOW)
SUBMITTED TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND IN THE
FRAMEWORK OF INDO-ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC AGREEMENTS POWER
GENERATION, 2020-2025).
Google Scholar:
- TOTAL NUMBER OF CITATIONS 12310
- H-INDEX 51
- i10-index :275
PUBLICATIONS ON SCOPUS
- PUBLICATION : 87
H INDEX: : 26
Research Gate
Research Interest Score : 1,370
Citations : 2,490
h-index : 24
SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLARSHIP
State Merit Govt. Scholarship: March 1971 - 1978
Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from Dept. of
Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
(India)- 1978-1980
Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) Indian Institute
of Technology, Delhi (India); 1980 – 1981.
AWARDS AWARDS
LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTION AND RECOGNITION IN THE FIELD OF
EXCELLENCE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ON
THE OCCASION OF 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
STRATEGIES AND CHALLANGES IN AGRICULTURAL AND
LIFE SCINECE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE
ENVIRONMWENT (SCALFE -2023) HELD AT SHIMLA IN
INDIA.
FELLOW OF EDUCATION IN SOCIETAL MISSION
(FESM) AWARD by THE ACADEMY OF
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY, Lucknow (India) on
Nov. 14, 2022.
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT FOUNDATION GLOBAL
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD: 2014 (GOLD CATEGORY)”.
World Renewable Energy Technology Congress”
2014 (WRETC 2014) held at New Delhi, India.
THIRD (3RD) GOLD MEDAL AWARD for outstanding
contributions towards the advancement of
renewable energy in Africa by University of Nigeria
Nsukka on the occasion of 2nd International
Workshop “Renewable Energy for Sustainable
Development in Africa” held at Abuja (Nigeria)
during 27th July-29th July 2010.
MERIT AWARD in recognition of outstanding
contribution towards renewable Energy R&D for
sustainable development in developing countries”
by University of Nigeria Nsukka on the occasion of
International Workshop “Renewable Energy for
Sustainable Development in Africa” held at
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (Nigeria) during 29th
July-1st August 2007
BEST RESEARCH PAPER AWARD (2nd place) on the
occasion of R’2000 held at Toronto (Canada)
shared jointly with co-authors from ENEA Research
Centre Trisaia, Italy
NOMINATION AND
DISTINCTION
SECOND (2ND) GOLD MEDAL FOR THE BEST
RESEARCH PAPER AWARD on the occasion of 7th
International Energy Conference (ENERGEX’98)
shared jointly with co-authors from ENEA Research
Centre Trisaia, Italy, 1998.
FIRST (IST) GOLD MEDAL FOR THE BEST RESEARCH
PAPER AWARD presented at the 7th International
Energy Conference (ENERGEX’98) shared jointly
with co-authors from ENEA Research Centre Trisaia,
Italy, 1998.
BEST RESEARCH PAPER AWARD FROM THE
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEER (INDIA), shared jointly
with co-authors Prof. H.P. Garg and Dr. B.
Bandyopadhyay from Centre for Energy Studies;
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (India), 1981.
NOMINATION AND DISTINCTION
Nomination for the “International Man of the
Year” Oxford University, U.K. (2001)
Distinction for the inclusion in Who’s Who in the
World, U.S.A., 1997/98/99/2000/2001.
Distinction for the inclusion in Who’s Who in
Science and Engineering, June 2002.