Green Energy

Biography

Sunita Mahavar is working as Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, India since 2013. She is actively engaged in the Solar Thermal Energy research area since her Ph.D. duration; she has guided graduate, post-graduate and M.Tech. projects. She has also supervised projects funded by national scientific organizations and presently working on project “solar paraboloid collector systems” funded by Department of Science and Technology, India. Her research is recognized with more than 35 research papers in reputed national and international journals and conferences. She also has international participations supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of India, DST. She was awarded Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics in the year 2013 from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. She completed her B.Sc. degree in 2006 from Maharani’s college, Jaipur, India and M.Sc. degree (2008) in Physics from Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.

Research Interest

Modelling, Design development and Testing of Solar Thermal Appliances viz. solar water heater, solar cooker, solar still, solar concentrator etc.; Synthesis of nanoparticles and their use in solar absorber materials.