Sukumar Devotta

Dr. Devotta completed his education (B.Tech., M.Tech., and Ph.D.) of University of Madras, with consistent I Class, and was as a Lecturer at ACTech, Chennai (1977-79) followed by PDF in Salford University, UK (1979-84). Dr. Devotta began his scientific research at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune in 1984 and rose to the position of Director Grade Scientist 1999. Later he was the Director, CSIR National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur during 2003-08. He has immensely contributed to the field of Energy, Environment and Green Technologies.

Dr. Devotta has served and continues to serve in many prestigious National & International Committees, including UNEP TEAP & RTOC, DST, CPCB, IPCC, NABET, World Bank. He was/is an active consultant to many national and international agencies including CEMCOT (Chennai), European Commission, GIZ, Infras (Zurich), MOEFCC, Proklean (Chennai), SDC (New Delhi), UNEP, UNDP and World Bank.

Dr. Devotta was awarded the US EPA "Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award" in 1997. As a member of IPCC, he also received the citations from IPCC, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He was awarded Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award by Salford University, UK in 2017 and AC Tech Distinguished Alumni Award in 2021.

Dr. Devotta has guided 25 research students for Ph.D. and M.E./M. Tech. in Chemical/ Mechanical/ Environmental Engineering. He has co-authored many books and Chapters and also published more than 220 research papers in international referred journals. He was in the Editorial Boards of Applied Thermal Engineering and Int. J. Refrigeration. He was listed in the Stanford University Top 2% World Most-cited Scientists in Environmental Science consecutively in 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023.