Dr. Jagannath Hirkude

Dr. Jagannath Hirkude completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering in 1995， M.Tech in Energy Systems Engineering from IIT Bombay and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Pune， India. His PhD research topic was “Investigations on Energy Conversion from Kitchen waste”. He is also certified Energy Auditor by Bureau of Energy Efficiency. He is having 19 years of teaching experience with 2 years of Industrial Experience. He is presently working as Head Mechanical Engineering Department at Padre Conceicao College of Engineering， Goa， India. He has published more than 30 papers in different International conferences and International Journals. His published work is published in reputed referred Elsevier Journals like Applied Energy， Fuel， Fuel Processing Technology， Energy， Energy Procedia etc. He is also in Editorial member and reviewer of different International Journals. He is areas of Interests are Thermal Engineering， Energy Systems Engineering， Alternate fuels and Energy Management.