SMVDU 28th April 2023: DST-SERB sponsored 2 days workshop was organized by the school of Mechanical Engineering at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. The workshop was attended by more than 30 participants across India. The workshop was graced by Padma Shri RK.Sinha Vice Chancellor, SMVDU & Dr. Mansa Ram Nouni Ex. Adviser, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, GOI and Dr. AJAY Koul, Dean FoE. The workshop is a step towards spreading awareness about harnessing hydrogen as an energy source & applying it for the benefit of the society. The event was convened by Prof. M. Eswaramoorthy, Head,SOME & Dr. Yathesth Anand, Asst Prof. SoME and Dr. Sanjeev Anand, Asst Prof, SoEM, being the organising secretary. The workshop had speakers from the diverse fields sufficing the aim of the workshop. Dr. Mansa Ram Nouni, Dr Ravail Singh. Senior Scientist, CSIR, IIIM Jammu, Dr. B Satya Sekhar, IIT JAMMU, Prof. Kannan Iyer, IIT JAMMU and Dr. Ravi Kumar Arun, IIT Jammu. The speakers deliberated on the various techniques for utilizing hydrogen from different sources and also the ways to utilize it. They also appraised the participants about the various government policies in action and ways to get involved with the hydrogen mission. The participants were also briefed about the alternate sources of hydrogen than the conventional ones and the limitations on the ways towards the green hydrogen mission. Dr. R.K. Mishra presented the vote of thanks where he thanked the DST SRB, GOI, all the participants, the university administration and the faculty and staff of the SoME for their sincere efforts towards the success of the event.
