SEMINAR SCHEDULE

th
(28 April, 2022)

REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 8:30 am

• Inaugural Session
• Welcome by Shri. Jitendra J Jadhav, Director, CSIR-NAL (5 min)
9:30 -10:15 • Why this workshop, by Dr. Kota Harinarayana, DD, AeSI (10 min)
• Global scenario on electrical aircraft and technologies, Dr. Abhay Pashilkar (30 min)

• TEA BREAK
10:15 – 10:30

• Electric Aircraft Studies: Chair person : Shri. Jitendra J Jadhav – Director, CSIR-NAL
• Electric Hansa – NG : Battery and Hybrid (Fuel cell + Battery ) , Dr. A.C.Pankaj, CSIR-NAL (20
min)
10:30 – 11:30 • Electric Powered Hang Glider, Dr. B.R.Pai, (20 min)
• Electric RTA-90, Dr. Kota Harinarayana, Chairman, Design Division, AeSI (20 min)

• Electric Utility Systems: Chair person : Shri. Yogesh Kumar– Advisor, CSIR-NAL
• Electro-mechanical actuation for Landing Gear Operations, Shri Diwakaran, Infosys. (25 min)
• Electric Environmental control system for RTA – 90, Shri Jaidev Vyas and Yogesh Kumar,
CSIR-NAL. (25 min)
11:30 – 13:00 • Electric Brakes, Shri Venugopal / Neeraj, HAL (Lucknow Division). (20 min)
• More Electric Flight Control System, Dr. Amitabh Saraf & Nagesh, ADA. (20 min)

• LUNCH BREAK
13:00 – 14:00

• Electric Motor and Powertrain : Chair person : Dr. B N Suresh - Chancellor IIST
• Power Electronics and Electric Drives for Electric Regional Transportation Aircraft, IIST (Prof.
Sudharshan Kaarthik and team) (30 min)
• Electric Motor and Power Train Technologies, Shri. Biju Prasad, VSSC. (20 min)
• Electric Motor and Power Train Technologies, Dr. Kartik Sitapati, Vita Technology Pvt. Ltd. (20
14:00 – 15:30 min)
• Electric Motor and Power Train Technologies, Shri. K.Y. Narasimham, Quanteon World Pvt.
Ltd. (20 min)

• Propellers : Chair person : Dr. B R Pai – Former Director CSIR-NAL

• Design and Manufacture of Propellers, Shri R Prathapanayaka, CSIR-NAL. (30 min)
15:30 - 16:30
• Design and Manufacture of Propellers, Prof. Abhishek – IIT Kanpur. (30 min)

• TEA BREAK
16:30

17:00 to 18:00 hrs VISIT TO GOLDEN JUBILEE HANGAR FOR HANSA

 SEMINAR SCHEDULE
th
(29 April, 2022)

• Brief of First Day Proceedings by Dr. Kota Harinarayana

9:30 - • ADDRESS BY Dr. V.K. SARASWAT, MEMBER, NITI - AAYOG
10:00

• TEA BREAK
10:00 –
10:15

• Energy Management, Battery Cells, Packaging and Battery Management System

• Chair person : Shri M Sankaran – Director, U R Rao Satellite Centre
• Control and Energy management of Electric Vehicles, Dr. Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay, IIT
Kharagpur. (30 min)
• Battery Cells, Dr. Ilangovan S A (PCM-VSSC), (20 min)
10:15 -
• Battery Packaging, Characterization and Management Systems, Shri Ananda S (URSC) for
12:30
battery packaging and BMS. (20 min)
• Battery Packaging and Management Systems, Dr. C.M. Ananda, CSIR-NAL, Bangalore. (20 min)
• Development of Battery Management Systems, Dr. R.K. Singh, IIT (BHU), Varanasi. (15 min)
• Li-ion Battery Degradation Studies, Dr. Abir Ghosh, IIT (BHU), Varanasi (15 min)
• Battery Development, Dr. A. S. Prakash, CECRI, Karaikudi. (15 min)

12:30 – • LUNCH BREAK

13:30

• Fuel cells and management Systems:

• Chair person : Dr. P S Goel - Dr. RajaRamanna Chair Professor at NIAS
• Fuel cell and Management Systems, Dr. Ramakrishna Sonde, IIT Delhi + Dr. Atul Bharagava, IIT
Gandhinagar. (30 min)
13:30 –
• Fuel cell and Management Systems, Dr. Ravi Pandit, Chairman, KPIT - Technologies. (15 min)
15:30
• Fuel cell and Management Systems, Renuka Thota / E. Sreejith, Cummins. (15 min)
• Fuel cell and Management Systems, Dr. Dadasaheb Shendge, h2e POWER. (15 min)
• Development of Reformer for Fuel cell systems, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay, IIT (BHU) (15 min)
• Urban Air Mobility: Engineering the Future, Rajendra Dongale, Siemens. (15 min)
• Fuel cell-based electric propulsion system for aircraft applications: S.Senthil Kumar, CSIR-NAL,
Bangalore. (15 min)

15:30 – • TEA BREAK

15:45

• Panel Discussions : Chair person : Dr. V.K. SARASWAT, Member, NITI -Aayog.
• Dr. Kota Harinarayanana – Chairman, Design Division, AeSI
• Dr. P S Goel - Dr. RajaRamanna Chair Professor at NIAS
15:45 – • Dr. B N Suresh - Chancellor IIST
17:15 • Shri M Sankaran – Director, U R Rao Satellite Centre
• Shri. Jitendra J Jadhav – Director, CSIR-NAL
• Shri. Yogesh Kumar – Advisor, CSIR-NAL
• Dr. B R Pai – Former Director, CSIR-NAL
• Dr. Abhay Pashilkar – Chief Scientist and Program Director – Civil Aircraft Programs (CAP), CSIR-NAL
• Shri. K.Y. Narasimham, Quanteon World Pvt Ltd.
• Dr. Dadasaheb Shendge, h2e POWER.