Rangan Banerjee
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Rangan Banerjee currently holds the position of Director at IIT Delhi. As of February 2022, he is on lien from IIT Bombay, where he was the Forbes Marshall Chair Professor in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, a department he contributed to founding in 2007. His expertise encompasses energy management, system modeling, energy planning, policy, hydrogen energy, and fuel cells.{{Cite web |last=DELHI |first=IIT |title=Prof. Rangan Banerjee Takes Charge as New Director of IIT Delhi |url=https://home.iitd.ac.in/show.php?id=154&in_sections=News |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=home.iitd.ac.in |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2023-08-13 |title=IIT Delhi drops one set of mid-semester exams to reduce student stress: Director Rangan Banerjee |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/iit-delhi-drops-one-set-of-mid-semester-exams-to-reduce-student-stress-director-rangan-banerjee/articleshow/102695222.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-09-18 |issn=0013-0389}}
Academic career
Prof Banerjee is an editorial board member for several international journals, including the International Journal of Sustainable Energy and International Journal of Thermodynamics. He played a pivotal role in establishing a megawatt-scale Solar Thermal Power Testing and Research Facility funded by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).{{Cite web |title=PROF. RANGAN BANERJEE |url=https://icemf.niti.gov.in/prof-rangan-banerjee}} He also advises Team Shunya, the first Indian student team to reach the Solar Decathlon Europe finals. Prof. Banerjee has provided counsel to city and state energy entities, Niti Aayog, and MNRE on energy topics and has collaborated with various national and international companies.{{Cite web |title=Vidwan {{!}} Profile Page |url=https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/51998 |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-09 |title=UAE: Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi to open its Abu Dhabi campus in January 2024 |url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/education/uae-indian-institute-of-technology-delhi-to-open-its-abu-dhabi-campus-in-january-2024-1.98012651 |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=gulfnews.com |language=en}}
In the past, he served as the Dean (R&D) at IIT Bombay, where he received the Excellence in Teaching Award and is recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. Additionally, Prof. Banerjee holds an honorary adjunct faculty position in the Department of Engineering & Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.{{Cite web |last=University |first=Carnegie Mellon |title=Adjunct Faculty - Engineering and Public Policy - College of Engineering - Carnegie Mellon University |url=http://www.cmu.edu/epp/people/adjunct-faculty/index.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.cmu.edu |language=en}}{{Cite web |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37602695800|title=Rangan Banerjee |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=IEEE}}
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