Profile Summary: Dr. Hemant Kumar Singh

Research/Work Focus

• • Solar PV cell/module manufacturing and yield optimization using data analytics

  • Machine learning models and Data Science in renewable energy

  • PV power plant performance evaluation and related methodologies 

  • PV module characterization and related degradation study

  • Analytics for air pollution and its control

Academic Details

• • Ph.D. Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India, 2016

  • M.Tech Solid State Technology, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India, 2010

  • M.Sc Physics (Electronics), DDU GKP University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2007

  • B.Sc Physics (Major), Mathematics (Major) and Statistics (Minor), DDU Gkp University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2005

Work Experience

• Engineering Manager, EDRC-Renewables SBG (PT&D IC), L&T Construction, Larsen & Toubro, Manapakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2022 -Present

• Founder and Designated Partner (DP), Learning-Riti eLearning LLP, Uttar Pradesh, India, November 2020 - January 2022

• Senior Project Manager, PV Module Reliability Group, NCPRE Phase-II, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra , India, July 2017 – July 2020

• Senior Project Engineer, PV Module Reliability Group, NCPRE Phase-II, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Dec 2016 – July 2017

• Deputy Manager (Process), Euro Multivision Ltd. (SPV division), Bhachau (Kutch), Gujarat, India, July 2016 – Nov 2016

• Teaching Assistant (TAP), NCPRE, Dept. of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, July 2011 – Dec 2015

• Senior Research Assistant (SRA), National Center for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE),  IIT-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, July 2010 - June 2011

• Teaching Assistant (TA), Dept. of Physics and Meteorology, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal,  India, August 2009 – May 2010

Awards and Scholastic Honors

• • Ph.D. fellowship from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) through National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE), IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, July 2011 - December 2015

  • National Eligibility Test (NET) in Physical Sciences, All India Rank 85, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India

  • M.Tech Scholorship from MHRD, Govt. of India, July 2008 - June 2010

  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2008 in Physics, All India Rank 84 and percentile score 98.52, jointly conducted by IIT's and IISC Bangalore, India

  • National  Graduate Physics Examination (NGPE 2004-2005) certificate for getting rank among top 10 % at University center (D.D.U Gkp. University, Gorakhpur), Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT)

National Level Projects Associated

• • National Center for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) Phase-II project funded by MNRE, GoI at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India (Dec 2016-July 2020)

  • Performance, Reliability and Degradation Evaluation for a MW Scale Solar PV Plant project funded by NTPC, India at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India (Dec 2016-Sep 2019)

  • National Center for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) project funded by MNRE, GoI at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India (July 2010-Dec 2015) 

Key Expertise

• • IEC/ASTM standards for photovoltaic modules

  • Degradation modes in PV cells and modules

  • Opto-Electrical performance analysis of PV modules/cells and PV power plants

  • Solar photovoltaic modelling and simulation

  • c-Si solar cells and Modules: Fabrication and Characterization (Experience of working in Class 1000 Clean Room)

  • Software Skills: Python, Django, HTML, Bootstrap, GNU Octave, Latex, Beamer, Image J, PC1D, Kdenlive, OBS Studio, MS Office, Libreoffice, PVSyst,  etc.

Data Analytics

• "Data Science Orientation" certificate/badge issued by Coursera

• "Data Science Foundations - Level 1"  certificate/badge issued by IBM

• "Data Science Foundations - Level 2 (V2)"  certificate/badge issued by IBM    

• "Data Science for Business - Level 1" certificate/badge issued by IBM

• "Data Science for Business - Level 2" certificate/badge issued by IBM

• "Machine Learning by Andrew Ng (Stanford Online)" certificate/badge issued by Coursera (Certificate can be seen at : https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/KBCFR7A24ZQY)

• "Python for Data Science" certificate/badge issued by IBM

• "Applied Data Science with Python - Level 2" certificate/badge issued by IBM

• “Machine Learning with Python” certificate/badge issued by IBM

       Badge/Certification details can be seen at: https://www.youracclaim.com/user/hemantks.analytics

Students/Interns (Internal/External)

As External Guide

(Academic Year 2018-2019): 

• B.Tech/B.E Project: Development of Real Time Data Plotting Tool based on Arduino Open Source Platform Interfaced with Python GUI, Year 2018-2019, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Kurla, Mumbai, India

        Winner of DBIT's INNOVEX 2019 Award for best project work performance 

(Academic Year 2019-2020):

•  B.Tech/B.E Project: Development of Real Time Solar Spectrum Measurement Tool using Optoelectronic Sensors, Year 2019-2020, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Don Bosco Institute of Technology (DBIT), Kurla, Mumbai, India

Publications List

Google Scholar Page: Google Scholar Page 

Books

• • "Anti-reflection and Light Trapping in c-Si Solar Cells" by C.S. Solanki and Hemant K. Singh ", eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-4771-8; Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-4770-1, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4771-8, Springer Singapore; Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., Springer-Series: Green Energy and Technology, Series ISSN: 1865-3529 [More Information: Click Here]

Reports

• • “All-India Survey of Photovoltaic Module Reliability: 2018” by Yogeswara Rao Golive, Sachin Zachariah, Sonali Bhaduri, Rajiv Dubey, Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Pratik Joshi, Nilesh Kusher, Arpit Nandi, Amey Chindarkar, Devan P Vasudevan, Pratik Mundle, Sugguna Rambabu, Ajeesh M.V, Ritesh Ingle, Ali Asger Khattab, Hemant Kumar Singh, Brij Mohan Arora, K. L. Narasimhan, Anil Kottantharayil, Juzer Vasi and Narendra Shiradkar (NCPRE, IIT-B, Mumbai, India) and Yogesh Kumar Singh, Ramayan Singh, Sahan Raghava, Manander Bangar, Gowri Ganesh, Avinash Kumar Haldkar, Birinchi Bora, Sanjay Kumar, Rajesh Kumar and A.K. Tripathi (NISE, Gurugram, India), published by NCPRE, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, December, 2019 (2019)

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• • "All-India Survey of Photovoltaic Module Reliability: 2016" by Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Rajiv Dubey, Vivek Kuthanazhi, Sachin Zachariah, Sonali Bhaduri, Chiranjibi Mahapatra, Sugguna Rambabu, Firoz Ansari, Amey Chindarkar, Archana Sinha, Hemant Kumar Singh, Narendra Shiradkar, Brij Mohan Arora, Anil Kottantharayil, K. L. Narasimhan, Sanjeev Sabnis and Juzer Vasi (NCPRE, IIT-B, Mumbai, India) and Birinchi Bora, Gopal Kumar, Yogesh Kumar Singh, Manander Bangar, Mithilesh Kumar, Avinash Kumar Haldkar, Ramayan Singh, Sahan Raghava, Manoj Morampudi, Gowri Ganesh, Rajesh Kumar and O. S. Sastry (NISE, Gurugram, India) , published by NCPRE, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, December, 2017 (2017) [More Information: Click Here]

International Journals

• • Yogeswara Rao Golive, Sachin Zachariah, Rajiv Dubey, Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Sonali Bhaduri, Hemant K. Singh, Birinchi Bora, Sanjay Kumar, A.K. Tripathi, Anil Kottantharayil, Juzer Vasi, Narendra Shiradkar, "Analysis of Field Degradation Rates Observed in the All India Survey of PV Module Reliability 2018", IEEE J. Photovoltaics, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, March. 2020, pp. 560-567, 2020 [Online first: 10 December 2019], [DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2954777]

  • S. Chattopadhyay, R. Dubey, S. Bhaduri, S. Zachariah, Hemant K. Singh, C. S. Solanki, A. Kottantharayil, N. Shiradkar, B. M. Arora, K. L. Narasimhan, and J. Vasi, “Correlating Infrared Thermography With Electrical Degradation of PV Modules Inspected in All-India Survey of Photovoltaic Module Reliability 2016,” "IEEE J. Photovoltaics, Volume: 8, Issue: 6, Nov. 2018, pp. 1800 - 1808, 2018", [Online first: 22 August 2018], [DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2859780]

  • Hemant Kumar Singh, Som Mondal, Balraj Arunachalam, Anishkumar Soman, Pratibha Sharma, C.S. Solanki, “D-M-D Plasmonic Anti-Reflector for Next-Generation Thin c-Si Solar Cell Applications,” in “Plasmonics, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 705-714, April, 2018", [online first: 14 March, 2017] (2017-2018), [DOI: 10.1007/s11468-017-0563-8] 

  • Hemant Kumar Singh, Balraj Arunachalam, Sandeep Kumbhar, Pratibha Sharma, C.S. Solanki, “Opto-Electrical Performance Improvement of Mono c-Si Solar Cells Using Dielectric–Metal–Dielectric (D-M-D) Sandwiched Structure-Based Plasmonic Anti-Reflector,” in “Plasmonics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 323-336, Feb, 2016", [online first: 18 Aug, 2015] (2016), [DOI: 10.1007/s11468-015-0049-5] 

  • Hemant Kumar Singh, Pratibha Sharma, C.S. Solanki, “Broadband Reflection Minimization Using Silver Ultra Thin Film Sandwiched Between Silicon Nitride Layers for c-Si Solar Cell Application,” in “Plasmonics, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 1409–1416, Dec, 2014", [online first: 22 Jul, 2014] (2014), [DOI: 10.1007/s11468-014-9757-5] 

International Conference Proceedings

• • Ruchita D.Korgaonkar, Subhasree Mondal, Hemant K.Singh, Anil Kottantharayil, Juzer M.Vasi, Narendra Shiradkar, "Role of Cloud Movement in Generation of Anomalous Data in SCADA Systems of PV Power Plants", 47th IEEE PVSC (IEEE PVSC 2020), PVSC VIRTUAL MEETING, June 15-August 21, 2020, pp. NA, [DOI: NA] (2020)

  • Yogeswara Rao Golive, Sachin Zachariah, Sonali Bhaduri, Rajiv Dubey, Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Hemant K Singh, Anil Kottantharayil, Narendra Shiradkar, Juzer Vasi, "Analysis and Failure Modes of Highly Degraded PV Modules Inspected during the 2018 All India Survey of PV Module Reliability", 4th IEEE Electron Devices Technology & Manufacturing Conference (EDTM), Penang, Malaysia, 6-21 April 2020, [DOI: 10.1109/EDTM47692.2020.9117930] (2020)

  • Yogeswara Rao Golive, Hemant K. Singh, Anil Kottantharayil, Juzer Vasi, Narendra Shiradkar, "Investigation of Accuracy of various STC Correction Procedures for I-V Characteristics of PV Modules Measured at Different Temperature and Irradiances", 46th IEEE PVSC (IEEE PVSC 2019), Chicago, IL, USA, June 16-21, 2019, pp. NA, [DOI: 10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980557] (2019)

  • Sachin Zachariah, Rajiv Dubey, Yogeswara Rao Golive, Sonali Bhaduri, Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Chetan Singh Solanki, Anil Kottantharayil, Brij M. Arora, K. L. Narasimhan, Hemant Kumar Singh, Juzer Vasi, Narendra Shiradkar, "Electroluminescence Study of over 700 Fielded PV Modules in All India Survey 2018 by Sachin Zachariah", 46th IEEE PVSC (IEEE PVSC 2019), Chicago, IL, USA, June 16-21, 2019, pp. NA, [DOI: 10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8981208] (2019) 

  • Sonali Bhaduri, Sachin Zachariah, Yogeswara Rao Golive, Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Rajiv Dubey, Ritesh Ingle, Ali Asger Khattab, Hemant Kumar Singh, Sudhanshu Mallick, Anil Kottantharayil, Juzer Vasi, Narendra Shiradkar, "Correlating the Hot Spots and Power Degradation seen in crystalline Silicon Modules in All India Survey of PV Module Reliability 2018", 46th IEEE-PVSC (IEEE PVSC 2019), Chicago, IL, USA , June 16-21, 2019, pp. NA, DOI: [10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980514] (2019)

  • Rajiv Dubey, Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Sachin Zachariah, Sugguna Rambabu, Hemant K Singh, Anil Kottantharayil, Brij M. Arora, K. L. Narasimhan, Narendra Shiradkar, Juzer Vasi, “On-Site Electroluminescence Study of Field-Aged PV Modules”, 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7)/45th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference 2018 (IEEE PVSC 2018), Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, June 10-15, 2018, pp. NA (2018),  [DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548080]

  • Rajiv Dubey, Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Sachin Zachariah, Vivek Kuthanazhi, Sugguna Rambabu, Sonali Bhaduri, Hemant K Singh, Anil Kottantharayil, Chetan S. Solanki, Brij M. Arora, K. L. Narasimhan, Birinchi Bora, O.S. Sastry, Narendra Shiradkar, Juzer Vasi, “Investigation of Poor Performing PV Modules Observed in All-India Survey of PV Module Reliability 2016”, 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7)/45th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference 2018 (IEEE PVSC 2018), Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, June 10-15, 2018, pp. NA (2018), [DOI:  10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548000]

  • Hemant K. Singh, R. Dubey, S. Zachariah, K. L. Narasimhan, B. M. Arora, A. Kottantharayil, J. Vasi, “Modified STC Correction Procedure for Assessing PV Module Degradation in Field Surveys”, 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference 2017 (IEEE PVSC 2017), Washington, D.C., USA, June 25-30, 2017, 2017, pp. NA (2017), [DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2017.8520933]

  • Rajiv Dubey, Sachin Zachariah, Shashwata Chattopadhyay, Vivek Kuthanazhi, Sugguna Rambabu, Sonali Bhaduri, Hemant K. Singh, Archana Sinha, Chetan S. Solanki, Anil Kottantharayil, Brij M. Arora, K. L. Narasimhan, Juzer Vasi, Birinchi Bora, Rajesh Kumar, O. S. Sastry, “Performance of Field-Aged PV Modules in India: Results from 2016 All India Survey of PV Module Reliability”, 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference 2017 (IEEE PVSC 2017), Washington, D.C., USA, June 25-30, 2017, pp. NA (2017), [DOI:  10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366143]

  • S. Saravanan, A. Balraj, Sandeep. K, Mehul C. Raval, Sandeep. S. S, Anzar. G, Hemant K. Singh, Gurappa. B, A. K. Sharma, K. L. Narasimhan, B. M. Arora, C. S. Solanki, A. Kottantharayil, " Development of Baseline Fabrication Process for Large Area Silicon Solar Cells and Associated Novel Structures" in 18'th International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD 2015), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India , December 7-10, 2015, pp. NA (2015), [DOI: NA]

  • Hemant Kumar Singh, Sandeep K, Mallikarjuna Chary, Balraj A, Pratibha Sharma, C.S. Solanki, " Investigation on silver nanoparticles based plasmonic antireflection and its impact on electrical performance of mono c-Si solar cells" in Proceedings of the "2’nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics (ICEE), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India , December 3-6, 2014, pp. NA (2014), [DOI: 10.1109/ICEmElec.2014.7151167]

  • Hemant Kumar Singh, Pratibha Sharma, C.S. Solanki, " Sandwiched ultra thin silver instead of nanoparticles as an alternative broadband anti-reflection coating for c-Si solar cell applications" in Proceedings of the "29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition" (EUPVSEC-2014), Amsterdam, The Netherland, September 22-26, 2014, pp. 1036-1040 (2014), [DOI: 10.4229/EUPVSEC20142014-2AV.3.29]

  • S. Mondal, H. K. Singh, V. K. Bajpai, M. Raval, B. Singha, Sandeep. S. S, M. Bhaisare, Anil. K, and C. S. Solanki, “Advances in c-Si Cell Processes Suitable for Near Future Commercialization,” in “International Conference on Energy Efficient LED Lighting and Solar Photovoltaic Systems”, March, 26-29  2014, IIT Kanpur, India, (2014), [DOI: Review Abstract]

  • N.R Mavilla, H.K Singh, C.S. Solanki, J. Vasi, " Structural properties of ICPCVD fabricated SiO2/SiOx superlattice for use in beyond Shockley- Queisser-limit solar cells" in Proceedings of the "27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition" (EUPVSEC-2012), Frankfurt, Germany, September 24-28, 2012, pp. 379-381 (2012), [DOI: 10.4229/27thEUPVSEC2012-1BV.8.10]

  • H.K Singh, M. Mathew, A. Kottantharayil, C.S. Solanki, "Plasmonic effect of silver nanoparticles sandwiched in silicon nitride and oxide structures for solar cell application" in Proceedings of the "27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition" (EUPVSEC-2012), Frankfurt, Germany, September 24-28, 2012, pp. 1524-1527. (2012), [DOI: 10.4229/27thEUPVSEC2012-2BV.6.15]                                                                                         

  • H.K Singh, A. Kottantharayil, C.S. Solanki, M. Mathew,"Plasmonic resonance tuning in RF sputtered silver nanoparticles for photovoltaic applcation", International Conference on Advances in Energy Research” (ICAER - 2011), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, December 9-11, 2011, (2011), [DOI: 10.13140/2.1.5191.1686]