10th World Congress on Renewable Energy

July 11- Dr. Yogender Kumar Yadav, Head of Department ofAgricultural Processing and Energy, Chaudhary Charan Singh HaryanaAgricultural University, Hisar has been selected by World RenewableEnergy Council as invited speaker to the 10th world congress onrenewable energy to be held at Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. from July19-25. Representatives of more than 100 countries are likely toparticipate in the congress.Dr. Yadav will be presenting a paper on thermal design studies andthermodynamic modelling of double-absorption open cycle hybrid solarspace-conditioning system in the congress.This is second time that Dr. Yadav has been invited by the WorldRenewable Energy Council. Earlier in 1996, he had chaired a technicalsession on solar thermal in the 4th world renewable energy congressheld in USA.Dr. Yadav has contributed significantly in the field of renewableenergy in general and environment-friendly solar space-conditioningsystems in particular, which has been published in the Internationaljournals of repute. On the basis of research contributions andsignificant achievements he has made in the field of renewable energy,the Planning Commission, Government of India also designated him asthe Project Coordinator of State Level Technical Backup Unit ofIntegrated Rural Energy Programme. Presently, Dr. Yadav is the Head ofthe Department of Agricultural Processing & Energy and TechnicalMember of the Working Group on the implementation of Haryana EnergyConservation Action Plan 2007-2012. Membership of International SolarEnergy Society and ISAE Award for energy in agriculture are otherfeathers in his cap.