Dr. Vinod Kumar Sharma
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Italy

Biography:

Dr. Vinod Kumar Sharma is a Senior Scientist from ENEA Research Centre Trisaia, in Italy. Dr. Sharma got his MSc (Physics) with specialization in electronics from Punjabi University Patiala (India) in 1978. Received Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Physics with specialization in Solid State Materials from Department of Physics, Indian institute of Technology, Delhi in June 1980 and was awarded PhD in Solar Energy from Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (India) in January 1983. Worked as Senior Scientific Officer (Grade 1) at IIT Delhi during the period July 1981 - Feb.1988. Subsequently, migrated to Italy to avail Post-Doctoral Fellowship from International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, in Italy. Since then I've been working at various scientific institutions of international prestige; especially, JRC, ENEA, ICTP, UNESCO, etc. Have already acquired vast working experience of more than 39 years (with more than twenty-eight years working experience abroad) focusing on research and development activities pertaining to engineering & technology issues w.r.t. biomass gasification for energy production, second generation biofuels, energy efficiency & conservation, ecology and environment, energy and material recovery from used rubber tyres through pyrolysis, semi-solid organic waste for biogas production, development of European standards for solar thermal products, etc. Have already published more than 175 research papers, three books, four chapters in three different books, won numerous awards (inclusive of three gold medals), etc. Presently, while working as senior scientist at ENEA, also, serve as National Consultant (UNIDO), Italian expert at CTI, CEN/TC312 and Coordinator for CEN/TC312 WG2, etc. Dr. Sharma, is the reference person for the recently signed MoU for scientific collaboration between ENEA and MMMUT Gorakhpur. He is very keen to establish contacts for scientific collaboration in the topics of mutual interest, especially, in the field of Science, Engineering & Technology, Higher Education & Technical Education, Energy, Ecology and Environment, Solar Energy & Energy Efficiency & Conservation, with universities / technical institutions /Industries, from around the globe.