Professor Shireesh Kedare was on Friday appointed as director of the Indian Institute of Expertise (IIT) Bombay. Institute Chair Professor from the Power Science and Engineering division of the IIT Bombay, Kedare is professor-in-charge at Centre of Excellence in Oil, Fuel and Power on the institute since 2019.
At the same time as Prof Subhasis Chaudhari’s time period as director of IIT Bombay ended on April 17, he was requested to proceed till the brand new appointment. On Friday, the IIT Council introduced the appointment of Kedare.
Kedare holds B. Tech diploma in mechanical engineering from IIT Bombay in 1985, adopted by a Ph.D. in 1992 from the identical establishment. His analysis pursuits embrace photo voltaic applied sciences with thermal power storage for industrial processes, renewable power applied sciences and power transition pathways.
Through the years, he has been essential in numerous roles at IIT Bombay and was a member of the Board of Governors at IIT Madras. He was additionally nominated member of the Council of IITs, Ministry of Training.