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Dr. Shiladri Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay. His primary area of expertise is power electronics, which is a field of technology that uses electronic (semiconductor-based) switches for the efficient conversion and control of electrical power in applications such as renewable energy systems, transportation electrification, and data centers.

Dr. Chakraborty’s prior research experience in power electronics packaging includes a highly cited journal paper (Y. Park et al., 2022, IEEE TTE) that received the First Prize Paper Award. He currently leads an India-wide faculty team under the Indian Design, Semiconductor, Packaging, Systems program associated with India’s Semiconductor Mission, which is focused on integrated power electronics. He also serves as Principal Investigator for two ANRF MAHA-EV funded SiC power packaging projects, one on heterogeneously integrated multichip 2D power modules and another on PCB embedded half-bridge.

As a Fulbright-Nehru scholar, Dr. Chakraborty is pursuing a transformative approach to the design of advanced power semiconductor packages for next-generation electric vehicle power electronics. The project aims to develop SiC multi-chip power modules with reduced parasitic inductances and capacitances, double-sided cooling and sintering, wire-bondless interconnections, and high-temperature substrates. Following design and simulations at IIT Bombay, the visit to National Lab of the Rockies will be leveraged for fabrication and testing. The work is expected to strengthen domestic capabilities in advanced power packaging, foster global innovations in that field and aid the development of compact, efficient converters for a sustainable future.

Dr. Ruchi Agrawal is working as an associate fellow in the Sustainable Agriculture Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Gurugram. She is affiliated with Deakin University, Australia, and TERI-SAS University, New Delhi, as adjunct faculty. She has 15 years of R&D experience in nature-based solutions and sustainable agriculture research. She has expertise in developing sustainable agri-input nanoproducts, biopolymers, and green-biochemicals using biomass in an Integrated Biorefinery Platform. She has been honored with the prestigious ‘Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research’ (INSPIRE) fellowship, and the ‘Young Scientist Governor Award’ by the Government of India. She is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the University of Tennessee, and the ÅboAkademi University in Finland. She has demonstrated an impressive publication record with 15 patents in the U.S., Europe, and Australia, and 65 research articles in international journals. She serves as an editorial board member of high impact journals and is recognized as a coveted speaker in international forums.

During her Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship for Academic and Professional Excellence, Dr. Agarwal is developing high-value bioproducts to demonstrate novel approaches to meet Net-Zero targets set for India and combat climate change issues. This project will develop a novel single-pot process to valorize biorefinery-waste-lignin & produce jet-fuel by rapid catalytic hydrodeoxygenation driven by synergistic Lewis acids and metal catalysts. The process will be optimized for catalyst concentration, temperature, and time. Selected agents will be investigated to inhibit side reactions, thereby improving yields. Finally, life cycle and techno-economic analysis will be done to assess environmental and economic sustainability. This study will serve the dual purpose of reducing carbon emissions and developing carbon-negative jet-fuel.