Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy and Power Storage Devices

Prof K.R.V. Subramanian is a professor and HOD in the Mechanical Engineering department and Head of Research and Development at Ramaiah Institute of Technology, India. His research interests are in nanocomposites, nanofluids, nanotechnology, energy storage nanomaterials, nanofabrication, nanodevices, nanothermoelectrics and graphene-based sensors. He earned his PhD from Cambridge University in 2006 specialising in nanotechnology. He has over 30 years of academic and industrial work experience, has published over 160 journal and conference papers, and is the editor of two books published by CRC Press and a book published by IOP. He is a Marquis Who's Who of the World and an IBC Top 100 professional. He has been a principal investigator for many government-funded research projects.

Prof N Sriraam is a professor of Medical Electronics at Ramaiah Institute of Technology, India. He received his Ph.D. in Information Technology from the Multimedia University in Malaysia in 2007. He is the author or co-author of 150 published articles and has been involved in several sponsored research projects. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Engineering and a reviewer for journals including IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing Communications and IEEE Electronics Letters. He is a senior member of the IEEE and IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) and the Signal Processing Society.

Dr Aravinda C.L. Rao is an Associate Vice President at the Product Application & Research Centre, Reliance Industries Ltd., India. After completing his PhD at Bangalore University in 2001, he pursued his post-doctoral work at IISc., Bangalore, as an Alexander Humboldt fellow at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Technical University of Munich and University of California at Riverside. His research interests include nanotechnology, graphene-based advanced materials, polymer composites, biosensors, thin films and coatings for electronics. He has a rich and varied academic history as well as over 18 years of R&D experience in multinational companies. He has authored more than 25 papers in reputed journals, a book chapter and several conference papers.

Prof T. Nageswara Rao was a HOD and professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at GITAM University in Bangalore, India. He earned his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai in 2001 specializing in thermal engineering. He has over 25 years of academic and industrial work experience and has published over 30 journal and conference papers.