Vishal Garg is Associate Professor and Head, Center for IT in Building Science at IIIT Hyderabad. His current research interests are in the areas of energy simulation and cool roofs. He teaches Building Automation & Controls, Green Buildings, Energy Simulation and Lighting Design & Technology. He has conducted several national and international workshops on Intelligent Buildings, Green Buildings and Energy Simulation. He holds a B.Tech. (Hons.) degree in Civil Engineering from MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur and a Ph.D. from the IIT Delhi. Dr. Garg is actively involved with green building movement, development of e-tools and educational platforms for advancing energy efficiency in buildings, energy efficiency building code and its implementation. He was the founding present for Indian chapter of International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) and currently chairing the organizing committee of international conference for Building Simulation -2015.
Dr.-Ing. Jyotirmay Mathur is the Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Head of Centre for Energy and Environment at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur (India). He has done post-graduation in energy studies from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (India) and doctorate in energy systems from University of Essen (Germany). Dr. Mathur has published 52 research papers in referred international journals and has presented more than 100 papers/talks international seminars/conference, besides authoring 5 books. Dr. Mathur works in the field of energy modeling, codes and standards, energy conservation in buildings, passive cooling, adaptive thermal comfort and building integrated Photovoltaic systems.
Aviruch Bhatia is an Energy Engineer. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. from International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad. He holds a M.Tech. in Energy Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur and M.Sc. and M.Phil. in Physics from University of Rajasthan. His area of interest lies in the field of building physics, calibrated energy simulation and fault detection and diagnostics HVAC systems. Prior to joining IIITH, he worked for three years as Assistant Manager at Sustainability Group of Spectral Consultant Pvt. Ltd. (An AECOM Company)