Dr. R. Velraj

About

Dr. R. Velraj, Professor, Institute for Energy Studies specialized in Thermal Energy Storage, Solar Energy, Desalination, Energy efficient buildings, Energy Auditing and Management, and fundamental studies of Heat Transfer & Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Biography

Administrative Experience (14 Years)

• Administrative position as Deputy Director, Centre for Engineering Partnership (renamed as Centre for affiliation of Institutions) for 6 years from 2004 to 2010.
• Director, AU – FRG Institute for CAD/CAM for 3 years from 2010 to 2013.
• Director, Institute for Energy Studies for 5 years from 2013 to 2018.
• Attended LEAP training for a period of 2 weeks in IIT-BHU Dt: 8.12.2019 to 21.12.2019 and 10 days in Cambridge University, U.K Dt: 19.12.2020 to 26.01.2020.

Education

• Ph.D. at Anna University and part of the doctoral research he carried out in Solar Institute
• Juelich, Germany for a period of 20 months (1995 - 1997) under DAAD Fellowship by Germany
• Masters on Energy Engineering (Anna University)
• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical- Annamalai University)