Ankita Gaur

Ankita Gaur

Ankita Gaur

Ramanujan Fellow, SERB/DST Govt. of India Ph.D

91 361 2583134    ankitagaur[AT*]iitg.ac.in

Key Research Areas: Bio-inspired multi regulation, Heat and mass transfer, Development and integration of advanced solar energy devices, Solar photovoltaics, Solar Photovoltaic thermal, Organic solar cells, exergy, CO2 mitigation climate change and carbon trading.
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Bio-inspired multi regulation, Heat and mass transfer, Development and integration of advanced solar energy devices, Solar photovoltaics, Solar Photovoltaic thermal, Organic solar cells, exergy, CO2 mitigation climate change and carbon trading.

Education

  • Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, 2014
  • M.Sc. M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India, 2008
  • B.Sc. M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India, 2006

  • 2019-Present: Ramanujan Fellow, Centre for Energy, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.

  • 2016-2018: Research Scientist, Optimization Laboratory of Design and Environmental Engineering (LOCIE) UMR CNRS 5271, University of Savoie Mont-Blanc, Campus scientific, Le Bourget du Lac, France

  • 2015-2016: Research Scientist, Centre of Energy and Thermal of Lyon (CETHIL) UMR CNRS 5008, National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) Lyon, France.

  • 2014-2015: Research Associate, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.

  • 2009-2010: Lecturer, Government Polytechnic college Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Awards

  • Ramanujan Fellowship Award, Aug. 2018; Science and Engineering Research Board Govt. of India. This is meant for brilliant Indian scientists and engineers from all over the world to take up scientific research positions in India.
  • Shrimati Vijay Usha Sodha Research Award, Oct 2015; for best publications in Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.
  • DST INSPIRE Fellowship (SRF 2012 and JRF 2010) which is awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India to the 1st rank holders at university level examination in Post graduate level examination in Basic/Applied Sciences.
  • Gold Medalist in Physics, Feb 2008;for topping the M.J.P Rohilkhand University in post-graduation.

List of research publications in journals:

  • A. Gaur, C. Menezo, “Numerical studies on thermal and electrical performance of a fully wetted absorber PVT collector with PCM as a storage medium”. Renewable Energy 109 (2017) 168-187. Impact Factor: 4.357
  • A. Gaur, G.N. Tiwari, C. Menezo, I. M. Al-Helal, “Numerical and experimental studies on a Building Integrated Semi-transparent Photovoltaic Thermal (BiSPVT) system: Model validation with a prototype test setup”. Energy conversion and management 129 (2016) 329–343. Impact Factor: 5.589
  • A. Gaur, G. N. Tiwari, “Analytical expressions for the temperature dependent electrical efficiencies of thin film BIOPVT systems”. Applied Energy 146 (2015) 442–452. Impact factor: 7.78
  • A. Gaur, P. Kumar, “An improved circuit model for polymer solar cells”. Progress in Photovoltaic: Res. Appl. 22 (2014) 937–948. Impact factor: 6.726
  • A. Gaur, G. N. Tiwari, “Performance of a-Si thin film PV modules with and without water flow: An experimental validation”. Applied Energy 128 (2014) 184-191. Impact Factor: 7.78
  • A. Gaur, G. N. Tiwari, “Exergoeconomic and enviroeconomic analysis of photovoltaic modules of different solar cells”. J. Sol. Energy (2014) (Article ID 719424) http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/719424.
  • R. Lamba, A. Gaur, G.N. Tiwari, “Life cycle cost assessment and enviroeconomic analysis of thin film amorphous silicon photovoltaic system”. International journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications 4:2 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2090-4541.1000140.
  • G.N. Tiwari, A. Gaur; “Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) systems and its Applications”. International Conference on Green Energy and Technology (ICGET), Dhaka, Bangladesh 5-6 Sept. IEEE (2014) 132-138.
  • A. Gaur, G. N. Tiwari, “Performance of Photovoltaic Modules of Different Solar Cells”. J. Sol. Energy (2013). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/734581). Impact Factor: 2.71
  • A. Gaur, P. Kumar, “Effect of degradation on electronic properties of polymer solar cells”. Polymer Advanced Technology 24 (2013) 630. Impact Factor: 1.964
  • A. Gaur, P. Kumar, “Studies on stability of bi-functional P3HT:PCBM: rubrene optoelectronic devices”. Applied Physics A 111 (2013) 877. Impact Factor: 1.694
  • P. Kumar, A. Gaur, “Model for the J-V characteristics of degraded polymer solar cells”. Journal of Applied Physics 113 (2013) 94505. Impact Factor: 2.259
  • P. Kumar, A. Gaur, “Model for the J-V characteristics of degraded polymer solar cells”. Journal of Applied Physics 113 (2013) 94505. Impact Factor: 2.259

Research presented in national/international conferences:

  • A. Gaur, C. Menezo, M. Woloszyn , G. Fraisse, Gérard MERLIN “ Biomimicry as an approach for bio-inspired solar building envelope”. 27-29 June, International conference on Solar Energy, JNES 2018, Villeurbanne, France.
  • A. Gaur, B. Stutz, F. Boudehenn, “Performance evaluation of solar assisted absorption machine”. 27-29 June, International conference on Solar Energy, JNES 2018, Villeurbanne, France.
  • A. Gaur, C. Menezo, S. GIROUX, “Etude de capteurs solaires hybrides photovoltaïques intégrant des materi aux a changement de phase”. 13-15 June International conference on Solar Energy, JNES 2017, Perpignan, France.
  • A. Gaur, S. GIROUX, C. Menezo, “Performance evaluation of different generation solar cells integrated on building”. 28-30 June, International conference on Solar Energy, JNES 2016, Perpignan, France.
  • A. Gaur, C. Menezo, “Efficiency improvement of photovoltaic thermal water collector with PCM, International conference on Solar Energy”. 28-30 June, International conference on Solar Energy, JNES 2016, Perpignan, France.
  • A. Gaur, C. Menezo, “Reduction of PV module operating temperature through hybridization of solar collectors”. 6th Asia - Pacific Forum on Renewable Energy. AFORE 2016, Nov. 9 - 12 Guangzhou, China
  • A Gaur, C. Menezo, G.N. Tiwari, “Different cooling techniques for photovolatic modules- application for integrated PV on greenhouse”. 1-3 July, International conference on Solar Energy, JNES 2015, Perpignan, France.
  • A. Gaur, C. Menezo, “A new design of Building Integrated Photovoltaic Thermal (BiPVT) system for space heating and cooling”. International conference on solar Energy, 1-3 July, JNES 2015, Perpignan, France.
  • A. Gaur, P. Kumar, R. Bhardwaj, G. D. Sharma, S. Chand, “Improved stability of P3HT:PCBM solar cells with doping of Rubrene”. National Symposium on Recent Advances in Materials and Devices for Solar Energy Applications, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi from 1-3 Sept. 2011.

 

Name of the Project: “Bio- Inspired Adaptive Advance Solar Building Envelope”: 2019-2024

Principle Investigator: Dr. Ankita Gaur

Sponsoring Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India.

Phd Students

Puja Hazarika

Roll No: 196151008


MS(R) Students

Mouli Karmakar

Roll No: 194351006