Prof. Rajesh Gupta, ?Department of ?of Energy Science & Engineering, along with his academic partner, Prof. Ralph Gottschalg from Loughborough University, UK has won the Research Excellence Award 2016 by the British Council and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) under India-UK collaboration in higher education.
Their joint project “Stability and Performance in Photovoltaics” (STAPP) has been considered for this award. The emphasis of the project was on the long term stability and performance of photovoltaic modules and system. The award has been given on basis of international collaboration and research excellence indicators. This award recognized the best international research collaborations between the institutes of India and UK, as part of the UK-India Year of Education, Research & Innovation 2016.
The award has been given in a ceremony under UK-India Tech Summit, which was held in New Delhi during the recent visit of UK Prime Minister Theresa May with her high level delegation team.