Solar energy expert brings laurels to Himachal

Shimla, November 11

Solar energy technology expert from Himachal Dr Shyam Singh Chandel has earned a rare honour for the state with a rank among two per cent World Scientists as per the Stanford University USA Ranking.

Working as the Director, Centre of Excellence in Energy Science and Technology, Shoolini University, Solan, Chandel has bagged rank 2,890, C-score: 3.13240616 /Top percentage 1.5536465 in the World Ranking in Energy based on his research publications up to May 6.

Stanford University scientists have created a database of over 1,00,000 top scientists of the world on the basis of standardised citation indicators such as information on citations, H-index, co-authorship and a composite indicator. All these scientists were classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields for analysis of the citations and the composite indicators and SCOPUS — data provided by Elsevier, was used with data up to May 6, 2020.

Dr SS Chandel is a former Professor and Founder head of Centre for Energy and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur.

He was Principal Scientist at Himachal Pradesh State Council for Science, Technology and Environment and did pioneering work in formulating the HP Government Policy on Solar Passive Housing technology.

He is also the first to formulate Geographical Indications Policy for HP under which Kullu shawl, Kangra tea, Chamba rumal and Kinnauri shawl were registered under the GI Act which protected and gave international recognition to these products. — TNS