I am a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. My thesis work is titled “Design, Development and Performance Investigations of High-Temperature Latent Heat Storage Systems”. I have gained hands-on experience on the design and development of TES devices. We have successfully developed a high-temperature (~400 ºC) TES facility to carry out experimental investigations and analyse the performance of latent heat storage (LHS) systems. My research work involves the numerical modelling and design of phase change material (PCM) based heat exchangers, and their experimental analysis. Additionally, I have also collaborated in research projects on the experimental investigations of cast-steel and concrete based sensible heat storage systems. Through the collaborative research, I gained knowledge of real-time modelling tools such as Dymola used for monitoring, optimization and capacity upscaling of TES systems. My experience as a visiting Queen Elizabeth Scholar at Simon Fraser University, Canada during the course of Ph.D. led to my working on applications such as thermal management of battery chargers and development of composite-PCMs (c-PCMs) for thermal conductivity enhancement.AREA OF INTEREST:Solar Thermal Technologies: Concentrated Solar Power, Steam GenerationThermal modeling of PCMs and sensible heat storage mediumsCFD/ Heat Transfer and Fluid FlowApplication Softwares and Language: AutoCAD, Solid Works, COMSOL Multiphysics, Dymola, Programming Basics in MATLAB and Modelica