• हिमाचल प्रदेश विश्वविद्यालय
  • Himachal Pradesh University
  • Himachal Pradesh University
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Dr. Manish Kumar

Dr. Manish Kumar

 Deputy Director

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), Summerhill, Shimla-5, India

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SWeDNNoAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manish-Kumar-149

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manish-kumar-ph-d-b297b277/

E-mail: naik.manish17@gmail.com, manishnaik@uithpu.ac.in

 

 PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: Sept 11, 1991 Gender: Male

Native Place: Mandi, Himachal Pradesh Nationality: Indian Correspondence Address: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University Institute of Technology, Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), Summer Hill, Shimla, India - 171001

 KEY AREA OF INTEREST AND FIELD OF WORK

· Integrated solar PV systems applications (Floating solar PV, Agriculture Based solar PV, etc.)

· Performance and reliability analysis of solar photovoltaic technologies

· Modeling of PV modules

· Environmental accelerated testing of PV modules

· PV modules’ defects characterization using spatial and non-spatial techniques

· Optimization and sizing of PV systems

  EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Degree Specialization / Department Institution Thesis Title Year Result
Ph.D. Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India Performance assessment of different photovoltaic technologies on water bodies October 2019 CGPA: 7.86 / 10
M.Tech Energy Technology National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India Modeling and output power prediction of PV Systems in real outdoor conditions July 2015 CGPA: 8.28 / 10
(1st Division, Gold Medalist)
B.Tech Electronics and Communication Engineering Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India — June 2012 70.91%
(1st Division)
Diploma Electronics and Communication Engineering Government Polytechnic Rohroo, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India — June 2009 74.39%
(1st Division)

EXPERIENCE DETAILS

Designation Organization From To Period
Visiting Scientist Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany September 2025 Ongoing 1 month
Deputy Director Centre for Green Energy and Nanotechnology (C-GENT), Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), Shimla, India August 2025 Ongoing 2 months
Member, Board of Governors National Skill Development Forum (NSDF), The Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI) June 2025 Ongoing 4 months
Assistant Professor (Regular) Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), Shimla, India May 2022 Ongoing 3.3 years
Scientist (Regular) Solar Power System Department, Institute of Energy Technology (IFE), Kjeller, Norway October 2021 May 2022 8 months
Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India December 2019 September 2021 1 year 9 months

 

  • Project Name: Development of a Solar Tree-Based Agro-PV System with AI Optimization to Improve Performance, Reliability, and Crop Yield for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture
    • Funding Organization: Anusandhan National Research Foundation, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India under ANRF PMECRG
    • Budget: ≈ ₹58 Lakh
  • Project Name: Long-Term Stability, Performance, and Reliability Analysis of Perovskite Solar Cells Under Real-World Environmental Conditions
    • Funding Organization: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), Government of India under ANRF PAIR
    • Budget: ₹10 crores (Total Project Budget); Approx. ₹1.3 crores allocated to Co-PI
  • Project Name: Performance assessment of different PV technologies for Floating PV systems
    • Funding Organization: Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Govt of Brunei
    • Budget: ≈ ₹30 Lakh
  • Consultancy Project Name: Site Performance Acceptance Testing of 5 MT Solar Cold Storage System at Bajaura, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh
    • Sponsoring Agency: CoolCrop Technologies, in collaboration with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) and Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Department
    • Amount: ₹1,10,000

 

 PUBLICATIONS

Published Journal Articles:

  1. V. S. Nysted, L. E. S. Stieng, M. Kumar, N. Roosloot, G. Otnes, T. Kjeldstad, and J. Selj, 2025. Modelling wave induced losses for floating photovoltaics: Impact of design parameters and environmental conditions. Solar Energy, vol. 293, p. 113439 (I.F. = 6.0)
  2. A. Pareek, H.M. Niyaz, M. Kumar, and R. Gupta, 2024. Categorizing Indian states based on operating condition of photovoltaic system. Solar Energy Advances, vol. 4, p.100052. (I.F. = NA)
  3. M. Kumar, P. Malik, R. Chandel, and S. S. Chandel, 2023. Development of a novel solar PV module model for reliable power prediction under real outdoor conditions. Renewable Energy, vol. 217, p.119224. (I.F. = 9.0)
  4. P. Malik, M. Awasthi, S. Upadhyay, P. Agrawal, G. Raina, S. Sharma, M. Kumar, S. Sinha. Planning and optimization of sustainable grid integrated hybrid energy system in India. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol. 56, pp. 103115 (I.F. = 7.1)
  5. *R. Meena, *M. Kumar, *S. Kumar, R. Gupta, 2022. Comparative degradation analysis of accelerated-aged and field-aged crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules under Indian subtropical climatic conditions. Results in Engineering, vol. 16, pp. 100674.
    Authors marked with * have contributed equally and are also first authors (I.F. = 6.0)
  6. R. Meena, M. Kumar, R. Gupta, 2022. Investigation of dominant degradation mode in field-aged photovoltaic modules using novel differential current-voltage analysis approach. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 30, pp. 1312-1324 (I.F. = 8.0)
  7. T. Kjeldstad, V. S. Nysted, M. Kumar, S. Oliveira-Pinto, G. Otnes, D. Lindholm, J. Selj, 2022. The performance and amphibious operation potential of a new floating photovoltaic technology. Solar Energy, vol. 239, pp. 242-252 (I.F. = 6.0)
  8. M. Kumar, H. M. Niyaz, R. Gupta, 2021. Challenges and opportunities towards the development of floating photovoltaic systems. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 233, pp. 1-43 (I.F. = 6.3)
  9. H. Mohammed, M. Kumar, R. Gupta, 2021. Estimation of module temperature for water-based photovoltaic systems. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy - AIP, vol. 13, pp. 053705 (I.F. = 2.1)
  10. M. Kumar, A. Kumar, R. Gupta, 2021. Comparative degradation analysis of different photovoltaic technologies on experimentally simulated water bodies and estimation of evaporation loss reduction. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, pp. 357-378 (I.F. = 8.0)
  11. H. Mohammed, M. Kumar, R. Gupta, 2021. Mapping of Most Frequent Operating Condition of Photovoltaic Module Across India. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 47, p.101369 (I.F. = 7.1)
  12. M. Kumar, S.S. Chandel, A. Kumar, 2020. Performance analysis of a 10 MWp utility scale grid-connected canal-top photovoltaic power plant under Indian climatic conditions. Energy, 204, p.117903 (I.F. = 9.0)
  13. H. Mohammed, M. Kumar, R. Gupta, 2020. Bypass diode effect on temperature distribution in crystalline silicon photovoltaic module under partial shading. Solar Energy, 208, pp. 182-194 (I.F. = 6.0)
  14. M. Kumar, A. Kumar, 2020. Experimental Characterization of the Performance of Different Photovoltaic Technologies on Water-bodies. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 28, pp. 25-48 (I.F. = 8.0)
  15. M. Kumar, A. Kumar, 2019. Performance Assessment of Different Photovoltaic Technologies for Canal-Top and Reservoir Applications in Subtropical Humid Climate. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 722-732 (I.F. = 2.5)
  16. M. Kumar, A. Kumar, 2019. Experimental validation of performance and degradation study of canal-top photovoltaic system. Applied Energy, 243, pp. 102-118 (I.F. = 10.1)
  17. M. Kumar, A. Kumar, 2017. Performance assessment and degradation analysis of solar photovoltaic technologies: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 78, pp. 554-587 (I.F. = 16.3)
  18. M. Kumar, A. Kumar, 2017. An efficient parameters extraction technique of photovoltaic models for performance assessment. Solar Energy, 158, pp. 192-206 (I.F. = 6.0)
  19. A. Kumar, M. Kumar, 2017. Solar energy in irrigation. Journal of Indian Water Resources Society, 37, pp. 13-20

Published Conference Articles:

  1. D. Sharma, M. Sharma, C. Kumar, and M. Kumar, "Evaluating the Performance of Temporal Fusion Transformer for Accurate Solar PV Power Prediction," IEEE 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET 2025), MNIT Jaipur, 2025, Jaipur, India (Accepted)
  2. A. Sharma, J. Kaur, and M. Kumar, "A Technical Review on Emerging Li-Fi Technology," Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation in Clean Energy Technologies (ICET) 2023, MNIT Bhopal, 2023.
  3. M. Kumar, V. S. Nysted, G. Otnes, T. Kjeldstad, N. Roosloot, J. Selj. Impact of Water Waves on the Output Power of Floating PV Systems on Water Bodies. In 2022 8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 50th IEEE PVSC, 32th PVSEC & 39th EU PVSEC), Sep 26–30, Milan, Italy.
  4. M. Kumar, H. Mohammed, R. Gupta. Analysis of Partial Shading Effect on the Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Module Temperature Distribution. In 2021 4th International Conference on Recent Developments in Control Automation and Power Engineering (RDCAPE 2021). IEEE, 7th–8th October 2021, India.
  5. M. Kumar, H. Mohammed, R. Gupta. Comparative Performance Evaluation of Multi-crystalline and Thin-film PV Technologies on the Water Surface. In 2021 4th International Conference on Recent Developments in Control Automation and Power Engineering (RDCAPE 2021). IEEE, 7th–8th October 2021, India.
  6. M. Kumar, A. Kumar, 2020, Dec. Performance of Solar Photovoltaic systems under the influence of climatic parameters and carbon emission reduction. In 2020 International Conference on Challenges and Applications in Clean Energy (ICCACE-2020). Dec 25–26, NIT Kurukshetra, India.
  7. M. Kumar, A. Kumar, 2018, June. Power Estimation of Photovoltaic System using 4 and 5-parameter Solar Cell Models under Real Outdoor Conditions. In 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC) (pp. 0721–0726). IEEE. June 10–15, Hawaii, USA.
  8. M. Kumar, A. Kumar, 2018, Jan. Effect of environmental parameters on the performance of Solar Photovoltaic systems. In 2018 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Computers, Communication, Mechanical and Computing (IEEE-EECCMC), Jan 28–29, Tamil Nadu, India.
  9. M. Kumar, N. Kumar, S.S. Chandel, 2015. Power prediction of photovoltaic system using four parameter model. In 2015 SARC-International Conference on Industrial Electronics and Computer Science (ICIECS-2015), 29 March 2015, Pune.

Book Chapters:

  1. Manish Kumar, Roopmati Meena, Rajesh Gupta, 2021. Floating photovoltaic systems: an emerging PV technology. Enabling Methodologies for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
  2. Roopmati Meena, Manish Kumar, Rajesh Gupta, 2021. Reliability and degradation analysis of crystalline silicon photovoltaic module. Advancements in Renewable Energy Development, River Press, Denmark and IEEE Digital Xplore.
  3. Ravi Kumar, Manish Kumar, Rajesh Gupta, 2021. Leakage current in solar photovoltaic modules. Advancements in Renewable Energy Development, River Press, Denmark and IEEE Digital Xplore.

 

SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS (AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS)

International

  1. International Fellowship awarded under Paired Early Career Fellowship in Applied Research (PECFAR) 2025 by Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) for two months (Aug 2025 – Oct 2025) research stay at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Germany.
  2. Scholarship awarded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan to attend a nine-day training program on Renewable Energy at National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
  3. Scholarship under PROM Programme “International scholarship exchange of PhD candidates and academic staff”, by Polish National Agency of Academic Exchange & EU Social Fund for research stay at Lodz University of Technology (TUL), Poland.
  4. International Travel Support (ITS) to attend WCPEC-7 conference awarded by Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India.

National

  1. Gold medalist in M.Tech, National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, India.
  2. Best Paper Award at International Conference on Innovation in Clean Energy Technologies, MNIT Bhopal, 2023.
  3. Student Career Development Fund (SCDF) awarded by IIT Roorkee Alumni Association.
  4. Editor for book on Sustainable Distribution Systems: Integrated Planning of Renewable Energy Resources, Electric Vehicle, and Green Energy Storage, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (2025).
  5. Appointed Review Editor in Frontiers in Energy Research (SCI/SCIE; I.F. 2.746).
  6. MHRD scholarship awarded by Government of India for Doctoral Studies (2015–present).
  7. MHRD scholarship for Postgraduate studies (2013–2015).
  8. GATE qualified 2013 in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
  9. Mukhya Mantri Protsahan Yojna (MMPY) Scholarship awarded by Govt. of Himachal Pradesh.
  10. Reviewer for journals including Nature Sustainability, Solar Energy, Renewable Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Science & Engineering, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, etc.

STUDENTS MENTORSHIP / TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP

Student Mentorship

During Assistant Professorship at HPU

  1. Guiding Ph.D. student Dheeraj Sharma on developing an AI framework for assessing performance & reliability of floating PV systems.

During Postdoc at IIT Bombay

  • Partially guided Ph.D. student Humaid Mohammed Niyaz on PV performance analysis and temperature estimation under varying conditions.
  • Partially guided Ph.D. student Roopmati Meena on characterization & degradation analysis of field-aged PV modules.
  • Guided two M.Tech and one B.Tech students on PID studies & PV module parameter extraction.

During Ph.D. at IIT Roorkee

  • Guided M.Tech students on PV module modeling & performance under environmental variations; supported differently-abled students; served as department coordinator for PG research concerns.

Teaching Assistantship

During Postdoc at IIT Bombay

  • Demonstrated experiments to PG/PhD students in PV reliability & NDT laboratory.

During Ph.D at IIT Roorkee

  • Demonstrated experiments to UG/PG students in solar energy laboratory.

SKILLS

Equipment Handled

  • Environmental chamber for PV modules
  • I-V curve simulators
  • Infrared Thermography
  • PV curve analyzer
  • Dark lock-in Thermography (DLIT)
  • Electroluminescence (EL) Imaging technique
  • Insulation resistance measurement

Tools

  • HOMER, MATLAB, PVsyst, RETScreen, Origin, etc.

Languages Known

  • English (S/R/W) ,Hindi (S/R/W)

Countries Visited

United States, China, Taiwan, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, etc.

OTHER ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Institution Coordinator – Responsible for coordinating the signing and execution of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) among various institutions.
  • Faculty In-Charge, Basic Electronics Laboratory – Oversight and management of laboratory operations and academic activities
  • Additional In-Charge, Training and Placement Cell – Assisting in coordinating training sessions and placement activities for students.
  • Institution Coordinator, Innovation Club – Leading and managing innovation-related initiatives and events at the institutional level.
  • Joint Secretary, NIT Hamirpur Alumni Association – Assisting in the administration and coordination of alumni affairs and events.
  • Committee Member, University-Level Collaboration and Community Engagement Committee – Contributing to initiatives and partnerships related to community outreach and institutional collaboration.

GUEST TALKS DELIVERED

  •  Acted as a resource person on floating PV systems at international forum which is jointly organized by IEEE Lahore section and Institute if IT Experts on 5th October 2020.
  •  Acted as a resource person on FDP program at Vivekananda Institute of Technology (VIT), Jaipur which is jointly organized by VIT Jaipur and RTU Kota on 22 Sep 2020.
  • Acted as a resource person on FDP program at JNTUA College of Engineering, Chittoor which is sponsored by Faculty Development Cell, AICTE, under Technical Teachers Training scheme of AICTE, New Delhi on 2nd - 7th November 2020.
  •  Acted as a resource person in DST sponsored six-week Solar Technology based online Entrepreneurship program at Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (SVSU) (India’s first government skill university) Haryana from 15th March to 28th April 2021.
  • Acted as a resource person on FDP program "Advances in Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Integration" at Amity University Noida from 31th May to 04th June 2021.
  •  Acted as a resource person on FDP program " “Role of Renewable Energy Sources in Power System” at Government Engineering College, Patan held on 8th July 2021.
  •  Acted as a resource person on FDP program "Recent trends on green technologies" at GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Andhra Pradesh from 12th July to 17th July 2021.
  •  Acted as a resource person on PVQAT Series at international forum in International PV Quality Assurance Task Force on December 14, 2022.
  •  Acted as a resource person on FDP program at VIT Vellore on 26th May, 2023.
  •  Acted as a resource person on FDP program at NIT Jalandhar on 5th June, 2023.
  •  Acted as a resource person on FDP program on “Futuristic Trends in Clean Energy and Manufacturing Technologies” at HBTU Kanpur on Jan 02 2025
  •  Invited Expert Lecture on STC program on “Opportunities and Challenges in Green Energy Transition” at NIT Patna from 29th July 2024 to 2nd August 2024

TRAINING / WORKSHOP

  • One-week FDP program on “Energy Engineering” September 26-30, 2020, organised by AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy at National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India
  •  One-week short term training program on “Application of Artificial Intelligence in Electrical Energy System” August 17-21, 2020, organised by National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, India
  •  Online international short term course on “Microgrid Opportunity: Renewable Energy Resources and Buildings”, June 16-20, 2020, organised by Faculty of Engineering, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, India,
  •  Workshop on “Thin Film Solar Cells”, April 16 - 17, 2018, organized by Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
  •  APEC Workshop on “Promoting Community Empowerment in APEC’s Rural Area”, July 14 - 15, 2016, organized by Feng Chia University, Taiwan and supported by Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
  •  Southeast Asia International Joint-Research and Training Program for Green Energy Technologies: Biofuel and Renewable Energy Technologies in June 8-June 16, 2016, Taiwan, organized and funded by MOST Taiwan.
  •  Workshop on “National Workshop on Renewable Energy (NWRE-2014)” held at Sundernagar, India, on November 22, 2014, Organized by Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College and centre for sustainable development, Sundernagar, India.
  •  Two months training on “Solar Radiation Forecast and Correlation with Other Weather Parameters, May 27 - July 21, 2014, Solar Energy centre, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi, India.
  •  Training on “Operation and Maintenance”, June 28- July 25 2010, Vodafone Essar Spacetel Ltd, India.
  •  Training on “Telecommunication” four week industrial training in June 2005, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Mandi, India.

EXTRA CURRICULARS

  • District level Taekwondo Player.
  •  Participated in 21 km half marathon event, organised by, IIT Roorkee.
  •  Participated two times in Sangram (annual sports event), organised by, IIT Roorkee.
  •  Two times coordinator in the annual cultural event of IIT Roorkee
  • Centre’s Academic Programme Council Representative.
  •  Central election committee member at IIT Roorkee for conducting election for student representatives.
  •  Founding member of Institute Medical Emergency Fund at IIT Roorkee.

REFERENCES

Dr. Arun Kumar
Professor, Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy,
IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand – 247667
Email: aheciitr.ak@gmail.com

Dr. Rajesh Gupta
Professor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering,
IIT Bombay, Mumbai – 400076
Email: rajeshgupta@iitb.ac.in

Dr. S.S. Chandel
Director & Professor (Former NIT Hamirpur),
Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Shoolini University,
Solan – 173229, Himachal Pradesh
Email: chandel_shyam@yahoo.com

 

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