News

Prof. Debendra Chandra Baruah inked an MoA with State Innovation and Transformation Aayog (SITA), Govt. of Assam to develop a smart platform for promotion of renewable energy (RE) in Assam, as the leader of the SITA funded project along with Dr Nabin Sarmah on 12/6/2020
Dr. Vikas Verma has received funding from DST to present the research work in an International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology, Malaysia during 11 to 14 December, 2018
Research work of Dr. Vikas Verma on space heating application through Solar Assisted Ground Source Heat Pump (SAGSHP) system, has got media coverage in India Today , Times of India, The Education Times, Edex Live in 2018

Achievements

Tezpur University is granted Indian Patent (no.444178)for an innovation of Biswajit Gogoi and Prof. Debendra Chandra Baruah tilted as Multifunctional multiple pot solid fuelled stove with combustion air preheating and flue gas heat extraction on 10/08/2023
Tezpur University is granted Indian Patent (no.325837)for an innovation of Dr. Pradyumna Kr. Choudhury tilted as Digital occupancy meter for commercial passenger vehicle on 26/11/2019
Dr. Vikas Verma is selected as one of the 30 selected Indian candidates, (funded by DST, India) in the 3rd Brics Young Scientist Forum, held at Durban, South Africa during 25 to 29 June, 2018

Students' Achievements

Avik Ghosh, an alumnus (2019-21) of the MTech in Energy Technology Program at the Department, is currently pursuing his PhD at IIT Hyderabad. He has been selected for the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship, which is the most prestigious fellowship in India for PhD students.
Vivek Prasad, an alumnus (2020-22) of the MTech in Energy Technology Program at the Department, is currently pursuing his PhD at IIT Guwahati. He has been selected for the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship, which is the most prestigious fellowship in India for PhD students.
Ujjiban Kakati, Alumnus (2018-20) of MTech in Energy Technology of the Department, who is pursuing PhD at IIT Delhi has been selected for the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship. This is the most prestigious fellowship in India for PhD Students.
Adity Bora, PhD Student and Alumna (2016-2018) has been selected SERB-Purdue Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship for the year 2021. She is working with Prof Jay P Gore, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, USA. The fellowship duration is for 12 months. Dr Sadhan Mahapatra is the PhD supervisior of Ms Adity Bora
Angsu Plavan Nath, Alumnus (2017-19) of MTech in Energy Technology of the Department, who is pursuing PhD at IIT Bombay selected as Prime Minister's Research Fellow. This is the most prestigious fellowship in India for PhD Students. He will receive Rs 70,000/- per month as a fellowship and Rs 2 lakhs per year as a research grant.
Most Cited Paper Award to Phosphorus recovery as struvite: Recent concerns for use of seed, alternative Mg source, nitrogen conservation and fertilizer potential, Sampriti Kataki, Helen West, Michele Clarke, D.C.Baruah. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 107, 142-156, 2016
Valentina Das (a PhD student) is awarded Nehru-Fullbright Fellowship at University of Oklahama, USA during 2018-19.
Mr. Chandan Kumar, ENE17017, M.Tech 3rd semester student has secured 31st position in all India ranking in GATE examination 2018.
Rumi Narzari (a PhD student) received the best poster award in in the 27th National Conference of Soil Conservation Society of India on Sustainable Management of Soil and Water Resources for Doubling Farmers' income, AAU, Jorhat, October 25-27, 2018.
Bhaskar Ranjan Tamuli (a MTech student) received the best poster award in the International Conference on Energy Options for Tomorrow: Technology to Sustainability (ICEOT 2017), 17 - 19 April 2017, Kolkata, India.
Debasish Sut (a PhD student) received the best poster award in the National Conference on Renewable Energy Technology Utilization for Rural Development (NCRETURD-2017), organised by Department Of Energy Engineering, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, February 27 - March 1, 2017.
Debajeet Gogoi (a MTech student) received the best poster award in the International Conference on Current Trends in Biotechnology (ICCB-2016), organized by VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, December 8-10, 2016.
Sampriti Kataki (PhD Student) got best paper award in ICONSWM, 2015 held in IISc, Bangalore, 24-27 November, 2015
Moonmoon Hiloidhari awarded Nehru-Fullbright Fellowship at UC Davis, USA during 2013-14.
Lakhya Jyoti Konwar awarded Research Grant (CIMO Fellowship) at Abo-Akademi University, Finland, 2013
Moonmoon Hiloidhari (PhD Student), Sampriti Kataki (PhD Student) and Dipam Patowary (MTech Student) visited University of Nottingham for collaborative research under Global Exchange Research Programme between UoN and TU during 10-22 February, 2013.
Golap Kalita, (MTech alumni: 2003) joined as Assistant Professor at Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, 2012
Samrat Paul (MTech alumni: 2005 and PhD alumni 2012) received Young Scientist Award in Engineering Science section of 99th Indian Science Congress, Bhubaneshwar 2012.
Ranjith G Nair (PhD alumni 2013) received Indo-French Sandwich PhD fellowship to work at CNRS, University de Montepellier, France
Samrat Paul (MTech alumni: 2005 and PhD alumni 2012) received the Swaran Jayanti Puraskar for the Best Paper in the Physical Science section of the Annual Session of National Academy of Sciences, Jaipur, 2010
Samrat Paul (MTech alumni: 2005 and PhD alumni 2012) received the best paper award in the poster section of Engineering Section of 96th Indian Science Congress, Shillong 2009