Academic Activities
  • Developed 12-week NPTEL-MOOCS course on Solar Energy Engineering and Technology .
  • Developed 12-week NPTEL-MOOCS course on Sustainable Power Generation Systems .
  • Organized six Short Term Courses (one-week duration) on various engineering disciplines.
  • Organized two International/National Conferences.
  • Organized 1-week GIAN course with Prof. Y. Iteya, Gifu University, Japan.
  • Organized 1-week GIAN course with Prof. Ménézo Christophe, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, France.
Five-day TEQIP-sponsored Short Term Course Organized
  • Combustion, Emission and Power Technology at IIT, Guwahati, 22-26 February, 2021. .
  • Advanced Solar Collectors at IIT Guwahati, 14-18 December, 2020 .
  • Clean Energy Technology at IIT Guwahati,10-14 June, 2019.
  • Energy Management and Energy Efficiency at IIT Guwahati, 23-27 May, 2016.
  • Solar Energy Conversion and Management” at IIT Guwahati, 23-27 November, 2015
Conference Organized
  • 8th SAENIS TTTMS International Conference, 6th-8th Nov 2025 (Co-convener)
  • International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Solutions for Energy Transitions (ASSET-2025), 2nd-4th January 2025 (Co-convener) .
  • International Conference on Recent Trends in Developments of Thermo-fluids and renewable energy (TFRE-2020) under TEQIP III during November 26-28, 2020, at NIT Arunachal Pradesh. (Coordinators: Dr. Pankaj Kalita, Prof. P. Mahanta and Prof. A.Paul .
  • National Conference on Waste to Energy Conversion under TEQIP III during December 28-29, 2018, at NIT Mizoram (coordinators: Dr. Pankaj Kalita and Dr. H. Lalhmingsanga).
Experimental Setups Developed
  • Integrated renewable energy package for decentralized power generation.
  • PV/T module and testing unit.
  • Bio-oil extraction and biochar extraction device.
  • Battery testing facility.
  • Fluidized bed paddy dryer.
  • Rotating fluidized bed dryer with static geometry.
  • Developed two models (cold and hot bed) of lab-scale pressurized circulating fluidized bed unit.
  • Developed an efficient absorber plate for solar distillation unit.
  • Developed a loose biomass feeding system.
  • Associated with development of two models of biogas digester.
  • Developed an experimental setup for gasification of loose biomass in cyclone gasifier.
  • Associated with development of an energy-efficient machine for leaf plate manufacturing from arecanut leaf sheath.
  • Development of a fluidized bed paddy dryer.
  • Associated with development of 50 kWe biomass gasifier.