Bio sketch

Dr. Yamuna Prasad Yadav is Professor at the Department of Physics, NIT Jamshedpur. He was born at village Chandpura in Saran District of Bihar. His schooling is from Hariji High School Apahar, pre-University and Intermediate in Science from P.N.College, Parsa. He did his B.Sc. with Honours (1972-74) and M.Sc. (1974-76) in Physics from Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. For his PhD thesis he worked (1984-87) in the field of Solar Energy at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi supported by a Doctoral Fellowship from the University Grants Commission Delhi. He was Senior Scientific Officer at IIT Delhi (1988- 1990). In 1990 he was awarded the Leverhulme Commonwealth Visiting Fellowship and joined PROBE, University of Ulster, UK to work on Line-axis Concentrating Solar Energy Collectors. He is recipient of University Grants Commission Career Award in Science 1993. He has been the chairperson as well as invited speaker at international conferences including World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC) at Reading University, U.K. and Denver, USA. His major R&D Projects include (a)“Inverted Absorber Asymmetric Line-Axis Compound Parabolic Concentrating Solar Energy Collectors: Derivation and Development of a Validated Simulation Model and its Use for Parametric Analysis” (1993-1996), supported by European Union, Brussels, under International Scientific Cooperation initiative, in collaboration with University of Ulster, U.K.,(b)“Optimization of Robust Low Cost Solar Heat Collectors for Rural Technology Applications in India” (1994-1997), supported by the University Grants Commission Delhi and (c) “Development of Centre for Advanced Energy Studies” (2001- 2003), supported by MHRD under thrust area of technical education. He has supervised and guided fifteen research students leading to award of PhD degree. He has about fifty six research papers published in the following peer reviewed journals, Energy Conversion and Management, Desalination, Energy, Solar and Wind Technology (incorporated into Renewable Energy), International Journal of Solar Energy (renamed as international journal of sustainable energy from 2003), Desalination and Water Treatment, Renewable Energy, RERIC International Energy Journal, Building and Environment, Renewable Energy Review Journal (now REIRC international energy journal), Regional Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and J. Energy Opportunities, in addition to several conference papers. He has attended and presented research papers abroad in international conferences organized in U.K., USA, Zimbabwe and Italy. Professor Yadav has membership to professional bodies including International Solar Energy Society (ISES), Solar Energy Society of India (SESI), the Indian Association of Physics Teachers and the Indian Science Congress Association. Professor Yadav is reviewer of the following Elsevier’s journals, Solar Energy, Applied Energy and Desalination and has been on the panel of experts of IIT Delhi for evaluation of doctoral thesis. His reesearch interest includes experimental and theoretical studies of the applications of Solar Energy, more particularly, concentrating solar energy collectors entailing symmetric and asymmetric compound parabolic concentrators integrated solar energy system,PVT Collectors.

Pursuant to appointment by the MHRD, Govt. of India Professor Yamuna Prasad Yadav has been Director (I/c) and the Chairman BoG & Senate of NIT Jamshedpur as well as mentor Director of IIIT Ranchi (2017). Additional administrative responsibilities of Professor Yadav at the NIT Jamshedpur include chairman of ACoFAR (2017), Coordinator, Technical Education Quality Improvement Program Phase-II(June07, 2013- May17,2016), Dean, Industry & Alumni Relations, Research & Consultancy, Head, Department of Physics (2018- onwards), (2009-2015), (2000-2004), Chemistry as well as Mathematics and Humanities (2009-2015). His administrative assignments beyond NIT Jamshedpur include Chairman, Bihar State University (Constituent Colleges) Service Commission, Patna (2004-2007) and member, Syndicate, KSDS University, Darbhanga (1995-1998).