Anil KumarDr. Anil Kumar presently works as Assistant Professor in Department of Energy, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, India. Before joining MANIT, Bhopal, he was working as Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering in Dpartment of Mechanical Enggineering, University Institute of Technology, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal (MP State Technological University). He has more than ten years of research and teaching experience in higher technical education. He holds bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering followed by M.Tech. in Energy Technology and Ph.D. degree in solar thermal technologies from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Dr. Kumar's main area of interest is solar thermal technology, distribution of energy generation, clean energy technologies and application in buildings. He has published several books like, 'Energy Environment Ecology and Society', 'Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering', Environmental Science: Fundamental, Ethics and Laws and 'Advanced Internal Combustion Engines'. Dr. Kumar has published more than 46 research articles in journals and at International conferences and also 01 patent in his credit. Presently Dr. Kumar serves as reviewer to various international journals. In his tenure at MANIT, he has supervised ten M.Tech. students and is supervising six PhD. students. Dr. Kumar has carried various experimental projects in the area of solar water heating, solar drying for different crops, active and passive greenhouse dryer, solar collector assisted greenhouse dryers, and ground heat exchangers. Read More Read Less