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R. Anand, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering in National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. He earned his Ph.D. in Internal Combustion Engines from Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his master's degree in Energy from Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India. He pursued his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli. He joined as an Assistant professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli in 2007 and now has been working here as an Associate Professor. He is a recipient of Endeavour fellowship from the Australian Government in 2015 at Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. He has achieved many awards from various reputed organizations since 2009, which are Outstanding Reviewer Award in Elsevier (2018), Dr Radhakrishnan Excellence award (2018), Outstanding Scientist in Mechanical Engineering (2017), Endeavour Executive Fellowship (2015), ASME Session Organizer (2012) and N.K. Iyengar Memorial Prize (2009). His current research comprises of Alternative Fuels, Internal Combustion Engines, Fuel Cell and Waste to Energy Conversion. He has received many projects from national and international funding agencies such as DST-India, IEI-India, MHRD-SPARC, DST-UKERI and GTRE-DRDO. He is a principal investigator of various research projects in collaboration with several countries, including Brazil, the United Kingdom and Russia. He has published more than 50 publications which include 35 research papers, 7 patents, 1 book and 12 book chapters. He has established sophisticated Fuel Testing Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He is an honorary consultant to various academic's institutions and industries in the field of Alternate Fuels and Internal Combustion Engines. He is a journal reviewer in