IISWBM - Dr Chinmoy Jana

ACADEMIC PROFILE

Dr Chinmoy Jana possesses extensive research and professional experience across several interdisciplinary domains, including Fuzzy Optimization, Decision-Making in Inexact Environments, Planning, Rural Development, and Project Evaluation. His doctoral research laid a strong foundation in these areas, enabling him to develop innovative analytical and optimization frameworks for addressing complex socio-economic and developmental challenges.

Driven by a commitment to translating academic research into practical solutions, Dr Jana served as the Principal Investigator of the landmark project “Light-up Sunderban”, sponsored by the West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (WBREDA), Kolkata. Under his leadership, more than 40,000 households were electrified through Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) systems. The project leveraged a proprietary software solution developed by his team, which was applied to evaluate over one lakh applicants across nearly one hundred villages. He also collaborated with Steven Winter Associates Inc., USA, contributing to the development of optimal energy utilization models for commercial buildings.

Dr Jana is a recipient of the prestigious Fast Track Project for Young Scientists awarded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. He successfully implemented the project during his initial years as a faculty member at IISWBM. As part of this initiative, he developed a Fuzzy Optimization software tool for Rural Energy Planning, which was subsequently applied across two districts of West Bengal and received recognition from DST.

Over the years, he has coordinated more than 90 development projects across West Bengal, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh, overseeing pre-funding assessments, mid-term reviews, and post-implementation evaluations. These projects were undertaken by various NGOs and funded by the Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART), Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.

His extensive engagement with development initiatives and policy frameworks has led to significant contributions in the fields of renewable energy policy and planning. Dr Jana played a key role in preparing plans for more than 35 SPV mini-grid power plants across West Bengal under the sponsorship of WBREDA, Government of West Bengal. He was also involved in drafting the Renewable Energy Policy for the state of West Bengal. Additionally, he contributed to Block-Level Energy Planning in the Sundargarh district of Odisha through a project sponsored by the Climate Works Foundation, USA.

CURRENT POSITION

EDUCATION

TEACHING AREA

Field of expertise:

Optimization

Courses Taught:

Quantitative Techniques, Management Science, Advanced Operations
Research, Business Statistics, Multivariate Statistical Analysis

Other Academic Activities:

Examiner of State Level Universities and National Level Govt. Bodies.
2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of 21st Century by 'International Biographical Centre', Cambridge, England.

Reviewer of the Journals -

'Energy - The International Journal', Elsevier, USA
Journal of Community Development, Taylor & Francis
'Journal of Solar Energy', Elsevier, USA
Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, published by National Institute of Science
Communication and Information Resources, CSIR, New Delhi.
Journal of Institutions of Engineers (India) Series C, Springer
Opinion published by Centre for Promotion of Multidisciplinary Research (CPMR).

Reviewer of the Books-

Aczel & Sounderpandian: Complete Business Statistics, Tata McGraw-Hill Education Private Limited.
Srivastava & Rego: Statistics for Management, Tata McGraw-Hill Education Private Limited

WORK EXPERIENCE

Twenty Years of Teaching and Research experiences in IISWBM.

Administrative Experiences:

Faculty member at IISWBM, who always remained involved in various affairs of the Institution as a whole.
Exhibited interest in the development of various course materials, the laboratories and institutional infrastructure and took part as a convener / organizer in several seminars and conferences in national and international level at both the Institute and elsewhere, as an Individual or a representative of the Institute.
Additionally, worked as Financial Advisor (Acting) from July 2017 to November 2018
Head MBA, September 2017 to August 2019

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

RESEARCH INTEREST

Research Projects and Consultancy:

As Principal Investigator:

More than 90 Projects are evaluated as Coordinating Institutional Monitoring System for CAPART's sponsored Project during Pre-funding, Mid-term funding and Post evaluation, Sponsored by CAPART, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India
“Computer Assisted Integrated Energy Planning for Rural Development using Fuzzy Logic”, Sponsored by SERC-DST, Govt. of India, under Fast Track Projects for Young Scientists.
“Information Building and Monitoring the Programme - Light-up Sundarban”, Sponsored by WBREDA, Kolkata. For more than 40 Thousand Households
Physical Verification and Evaluation of Solar Photo Voltaic Home Lighting System installed in West Bengal, Sponsored by WBREDA, Kolkata.
Information Collection and Analysis with Mapping for Project of Master Plan Preparation in Off-Grid Islands of Indian Sunderbans”, Sponsored by The Energy Resource Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
Block Level Energy Mapping in Sundergarh, Odisha, Sponsored by 'Climate Works Foundation', USA
Preparation of Draft Renewable Energy Policy for the State of West Bengal, Sponsored by WBREDA.
DPR for Hybrid Renewable Energy Power Plants in Five Villages of Indian Sunderban, Sponsored by WBREDA

As Co-Investigator / Resource Person:

Energy and Green House Gas Accounting”, Sponsored by Energy Wise India, A USAID Project.
Solar PhotoVoltaic load survey project at 50 Mouzas (local land-marking units) of isolated islands at Sundarbans, sponsored by West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (WBREDA).
Data Analysis and Optimization for Energy Utilization in Commercial Buildings of US, Sponsored by Steven Winter Inc, USA.
Detail Energy Audit in LaOpala RG Ltd.
Detail Energy Audit in ISPAT Industries, Maharashtra.
Detail Energy Study and Assessment of CDM Opportunity in WBSEDCL
Energy Audit on Pilot Basis in several urban local bodies - Chandannagar, Bally, Baranagar, Kamarhati, Kalyani, Madhyamgram Municipalities, Kolkata Urban Service for the Poor (KUSP)

RESEARCH WORK

Prominent Publications

Dr Chinmoy Jana has completed a number of high-quality research, more than 30 both theoretical and empirical, in the areas of planning and management. A few of them have been published in national and international journals of repute like 'Energy' by Elsevier, 'Energy for Sustainable Development', by Elsevier, 'Asian Journal of Energy and Environment', 'Journal of Physical Sciences', 'Indian Journal of Regional Science', 'Environment, Development and Sustainability', by Springer etc, and some of them are in edited books published by 'Allied Publishers', 'Narosa Publishing House', 'Springer' etc and in proceedings of national and international seminars / conferences.

Some Publications with highly cited are as:

Renewable energy in India: historical developments and prospect”, Energy, Elsevier, 34, 2009, Pp- 981-991.
Developing ecotourism sustainability maximization (ESM) model: a safe minimum standard for climate change mitigation in the Indian Himalayas, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022;194(12):914. doi:10.1007/s10661-022-10548-0.
Demographic Influence and Role of Microfinance towards Familial Empowerment of Women - An Empirical Study, Indian Journal of Finance and Economics Vol. 3, No. 1, 2022 : pp. 43-53.
Economic Empowerment Analysis of Women in West Bengal Using Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Rural Development, 2021, Vol 40 (4) pp. 548-562.
Production Forecast in MSME using Macroeconomic input - An ANFIS Model, Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical Sciences, ISSN (Online) : 2454 -7190 Vol.-21, No.-05, May (2026) pp 91-108 ISSN (Print) 0973-8975.
Role of Microfinance towards Personal Empowerment of Women: An Empirical Study, Indian Journal of Economics and Development, Vol. 16 (2), 2020, PP: 301-306. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED/20012.
Retail Investors' Investment Patterns in Mutual Funds, Bimaquest, The Journal of Insurance and Management, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, Pp. 68-94.
Performance of Mutual Funds in India Using Multivariate Analysis, Paradigm: A Management Research Journal, 2025, 29(1), Pp. 44-60.
Efficiency analysis of Large-cap & ELSS funds in India-DEA Approach, MUDRA: Journal of Finance and Accounting. 2025, 12(2), Pp. 51-69.
'Sustainable cooking energy options for rural poor people in India: an empirical study', Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol 16, No. 2, 2016, ISSN 1387-585X, DOI 10.1007/s10668-016-9774-y.
Sustainable domestic lighting options for poor people—an empirical study, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol 17, No. 4, 2015. ISSN 1387-585X, DOI 10.1007/s10668-015-9702-6.
A Comparative Evaluation of Household Preferences for Solar Photovoltaic Stand-Alone and Min-Grid Systems: An Empirical Study in a Coastal Village of Indian Sundarban, Renewable Energy, Elsevier, 2010, Vol 35, Pp 2835 - 2838.
Energy Allocation in Rural Transport Using Fuzzy Optimization Techniques, Journal of Physical Sciences, Vol. 10, 2006, Pp. 70 - 84.
Direct Energy Optimization for Sustainable Agricultural Operation - A Fuzzy Linear Programming Approach”, 'Energy for Sustainable Development', Elsevier, 2005, Vol 9, No. 3, Pp. 5-12.
“Block Level Energy Planning for Domestic Lighting - A Multi Objective Fuzzy Linear Programming Approach”, 'Energy', Elsevier, 2004, Vol 29, No.11, Pp.1819-1829.
"Planning for Rural Energy Allocation in the Cooking Sector - A Multiple Objective Fuzzy Linear Programming Approach", 'Indian Journal of Regional Science', Vol.-XXXIII, No.-2, 2001, Pp. 74-82.
“SPV System with Concentrator at IISWBM, India”, Technical Digest, Bangkok, Thailand, 2004, LP3-012, Pp-955-956.
“An Optimized Mobile Animal Health Service using Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithms”, in the Proceedings of International Conference of Operations Research 'ICORD-V', 2005.
“Bio-diesel - A Viable Option for Remote Village Electrification”, in Proceedings of All India Seminar on Rural Electrification at The Institute of Engineers (India), Kolkata, 2005.
“Energy Planning and Management for Rural Development using Neuro-Fuzzy Logic” in the National Seminar on 'Recent Advances in Applied Mathematics' 2004 Pp-184-189.
“Optimal Mix of Energy in Rural Sector using Multi Objective Fuzzy Linear Programming for Industries, Shops and Establishments”, Proceedings of XVI Indian Engineering Congress, The Institute of Engineers, 2001.
"A multi-Objective Fuzzy Linear Programming Approach for Extending Mobile Animal Health Service Facility for Rural Areas", National Seminar on 'Recent Advances on Operations Research', 2001.
"A Multi Objective Fuzzy Linear Programming Approach to Energy Resource Allocation for Domestic Lighting", International Conference on 'Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurs', Organized by XXXII ORSI Annual Convention 1999.
“Optimal Mix of Rural Energy using Fuzzy Logic for Shops and Establishments”, 'Asian Journal of Energy and Environment', 2005, Vol 6, Issue 3 Pp. 29-44.
An Automated Morphological System for Vehicle-Pedestrian Classification and Inference of Traffic Congestion Metrics, Best Paper Award in the IEEE INDISCON-2023, organized by IEEE Mysore Subsection at GSSS Institute of Engineering & Technology for Women, during 5thAugust -7thAugust 2023 in association with IEEE India Council and IEEE Bangalore Section.

Monographs:

Integrated Rural Energy Planning for Labour Block, Birbhum, West Bengal, National Pilot Project, Sponsored by Rural Energy Division, Planning Commission, Govt. of India and State IREP Cell, Development and Planning Department, Govt. of West Bengal.

BOOKS

NOTABLE BOOK CHAPTERS

Fuzzy Optimization for Energy Allocation in Shops and Establishments of Rural Areas, 'Fuzzy Logic and its Application in Technology and Management', Narosa Publishing House, 2004, ISBN -13: 978-81-7319-733-8, ISBN-10: 81-7319-733-4, Pp. 228-236.
“Efficient Allocation of Energy for Rural Development: Case Study for Irrigation System in a Fuzzy Environment”, Energy Efficient & Environment Friendly Technologies for Rural Development, Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2005, ISBN: 81-7764-796-2, Pp- 148-156.
Energy Allocation for Irrigation System using Fuzzy Optimization, 'Vision 2020 - The strategic role of Operational Research', Allied Publishers, 2006, ISBN: 81-8424-108-9, Pp- 286-297.
Factual Achievement of MGNREGA Calls for an Optimal Planning Using Fuzzy Logic, in Microfinance, Risk-taking Behaviour and Rural Livelihood, Springer India, 2013, ISBN: 978-81-322-1283-6.

Faculty

Prof (Dr) Chinmoy Jana

M.Sc., M.Tech, PhD

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