Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India

Dr. Ajay Kumar Kaviti holds the position of Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology in Hyderabad, India. He possesses a diverse range of research interests across multiple disciplines, including Solar Energy Materials, Solar Desalination, Mechanics and characterization of Composite Materials, and Finite Element Analysis. He has provided guidance for over 25 master’s degree projects and supervised two doctoral students. He was awarded research grants over 113.439 lakhs from esteemed research funding agencies such as the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), and the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). He has a prolific publication record, with over 100 research papers to his credit. Among these, 39 have been published in journals indexed by the Science Citation Index (SCI), while 47 have been published in journals indexed by Scopus. Furthermore, his work has garnered significant attention, with over 2658 citations. This is reflected in his 28-h index and 48-i10 index.