Avinash Kumar Agarwal
Indian mechanical engineer and professor (born 1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Avinash Kumar Agarwal (born 22 August 1972) is director of Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur. He is an Indian mechanical engineer, tribologist and a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.[1] He is known for his studies on internal combustion engines, Emissions, alternate fuels and CNG engines[2] and is an elected fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (2013), Society of Automotive Engineers, US (2012), National Academy of Science, Allahabad (2018), Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2018), International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (2016), and Indian National Academy of Engineering (2015).[3] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 2016.[4] Agarwal has been bestowed upon Prestigious J C Bose Fellowship of Science and Engineering Research Board. Government of India (August 2019). Agarwal is among the top ten highly cited researchers (HCR) of 2018 from India, as per Clarivate Analytics, an arm of Web of Science.
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Born | (1972-08-22) 22 August 1972 (age 51) Karauli, Rajasthan, India |
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Known for | Studies on internal combustion engines and CNG engines, Laser diagnostics, Renewable Fuels e.g. Methanol, Emission Control |
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