Dr. Chinmoy Jana

Profile

During the course of my research for PhD, I had acquired a distinct experience in the field of various key areas of inter-disciplinary subjects on science, technology and management like Fuzzy Optimization, Decision making in In-exact Environment, Energy Planning, Rural Development, Evaluation of Projects, etc. I worked as a resource person in the Projects sponsored by The Ford Foundation, USA; Christan Children Fund (CCF), USA.

I am the recipient of the 'Fast Track Project for Young Scientist' from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. I facilitated as coordinator for more than 90 projects in West Bengal, Odisha and Chatisgarh of its pre-funding, mid-term and post implementation evaluation, which were proposed and executed by different NGOs and sponsored by CAPART, Ministry of Rural Development, GoI. I worked as a Principal Investigator of the Project 'Light-up Sunderban' sponsored by WBREDA, Kolkata in which more than Forty Thousand households were electrified by SPV systems selected through our own developed software applied on more than one lakh applicants of hundred villages. Presently supervising Five research scholars towards their Ph D under University of Calcutta.

Educational Qualifications

Teaching Interest

Areas of Expertise / 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 Sponsored by 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)
Setting up of State Level Technical Back up Unit (TBU) for IREP, West Bengal, sponsored by MNES, Govt. of India. (Design fabrication and testing of various energy conservation/conversion devices, Block level energy survey and planning, organising training and workshop).
Development of Energy Park at RDC premises, sponsored by MNES, Govt. of India.
Participatory Forest Management Project sponsored by The Ford Foundation (Ecological Study, Technology Transfer and Skill formation in NTFP based activities, Awareness creation and Livelihood generation among forest dependent people).
Tribal Development Programme, Project sponsored by Jhargram Development Board at the instance of Development and Planning Department, Govt. of West Bengal.
Agro-Climatic Regional Planning (ACRP) for an environmentally handicapped area in Kashipur, Purulia District of West Bengal, sponsored by the Planning Commission, Govt. of India and Zilla Parishad, Purulia.
Evaluation of Child-cum-Family-cum-Community Development Project, Balia Gram Unayan Samity, Balia, Hooghly, funded by Christan Children Fund, USA.

Publications

I have 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.
'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 Costal 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.
"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.
"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.
"Fuzzy Optimization for Energy Allocation in Shops and Establishments of Rural Areas", in the 'ISFUMIP Conference on Fuzzy Logic and its application in Technology and Management FLATeM - 2004.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.

Books

Monographs

Administrative Experiences

Other Academic Activities

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

Reviewer of the Journal -

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

Ph D Scholars Presently Working:

Preeta Varma on 'Equity Mutual Funds in India - A Multivariate Approach'
Sandipan Ghosal on 'Traffic Management with Road Clustering based Rerouting System'
Sushanta Sengupta on 'Mathematical Relation among Macro level Financial parameters with Agricultural Productions'.
Indranil Paul on 'Socio-economic Impact on Sustainable Tourism'
Abhisek Saha on 'Financial Marketing'

Life Member of Academic Societies:

Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi
AEE - India Chapter,
Solar energy Society of India (SESI)
Operation Research Society of India (ORSI)