A week’s long virtual faculty development programme has been concluded at SMVDU Sponsored by ATAL AICTE on ‘Green Hydrogen Generation and Opportunities in India’. The programme was registered by 215 participants across 21 states in India. The valedictory ceremony was started with the welcome address by Prof (Dr.) Eswaramoorthy Muthusamy, coordinator of the programme. The valedictory ceremony was graced by Prof. R. Velraj , Former Vice Chancellor, Anna University, Chennai. Prof. Velraj emphasized on solar hydrogen as future fuel and big competition to electric vehicles (EV). Prof. Mamdud Hossain from Robert Gordon University, U.K. were the guest of honor during the event. Prof. Hossain emphasized the green hydrogen has global market to meet the sustainable development goals on climate action and clean energy, also he expressed his interest for the collaborative research work in this domain . Prof. R.K. Mishra, Dean Students Welfare and Prof. Balbir Singh, Dean Academic Affairs were also present during the ceremony and congratulated the organizing team for successfully organizing the week long programme.
The Faculty development programme was coordinated by Prof. (Dr.) Eswaramoorthy Muthusamy and co-coordinated by Dr.Rajiv Kumar, Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, SMVDU. There were 11 speakers from India and one international experts from U.K. in the programme. There were a total of 13 technical sessions by different experts during the programme. All the speakers had praised the initiative and congratulated the participants for the successful completion of the programme. The speakers also highlighted the importance of such courses in capacity building of the country’s energy sector. Ms. Parasu Pravallika anchored the valedictory ceremony. The valedictory ceremony ended with the vote of thanks from Dr. Rajiv Kumar Co-coordinator of the programme.
