Ranjana Jha

Biography

Dr. Ranjana Jha is presently working as an Associate Professor. She has joined the Institute in 1992. Her area of research interest is Solar Energy Materials and Solar Energy Utilization, Development of Nano-structured thin film Solar cells, Dye-sensitized solar cells, Quantum dot solar cells , Theoretical modeling and simulations of materials for efficient utilization of Solar Energy, Solar building Architecture, Solar Air and Water Heater, Synthesis and Characterization of Energy Materials for Device Applications and Green Technologies. She has 52 publications in international journals and conferences in these fields. She has undertaken several research projects from AICTE, DST, PCRA and MNRE. She is the life member of Solar Energy Society of India and Indian Chapter of International Centre of theoretical Physics, Italy. She is in the governing council of Solar Energy Society of India for the last three years. She has attended and presented her papers in various national and international conferences in various countries like U.S., U.K., Australia, Switzerland and Nepal. She has been the reviewer of many papers for many conferences in U.S. and Germany and Solar Energy Journal by Elsevier. She has been awarded “Certificate of outstanding contribution in Reviewing” by Solar Energy Journal, Elsevier in 2014.

Research Interest

Solar Energy Utilization, Solar Air and Water Heater, Solar Passive Architecture, Synthesis and Characterization of Solar Energy Materials, Solar Cells and Green Technology