2022 Fall online meeting of BRICS NU
International Thematic Group on Energy was held on MPEI Cisco Webex platform on
November 02, 2022. The meeting was arranged by National Research University
“Moscow Power Engineering Institute”, Russia. The meeting was chaired by Prof.
Igor. Zhelbakov. The following BRICS NU coordinators took part in the ITG
Energy meeting:
- Prof. Igor. Zhelbakov and Dr. Shirinskii,
National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute”, Russia
- Prof. Anna Popkova, Peoples' Friendship University
of Russia
- Prof. Irina Obukhova, Moscow Institute of
Physics and Technology (National Research University), Russia
- Prof. Yonghui Sun, Hohai University, China
- Prof. Rajiv O. Dusane, Indian Institute of
Technology Bombay, India
- Prof. Richard Stephan, Federal University
of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Prof. Sachin Gunthe, Indian Institute of
Technology Madras, India
1. Prof. Sachin Gunthe presented the
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, which joined BRICS Network University in
the field of Energy in 2021. One of the most interesting thing among various
cooperation projects if IIT Madras is a number of Joint Supervision Programs.
This form of cooperation should be discussed additionally at one of the next
meetings.
2. Prof. Rajiv O. Dusane informs
that the date for submission of research proposal within the framework of
Indo-Russian Science and Technology Cooperation is extended to 14th November,
2022. For more details please visit the below link https://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/DST-MSHE%20call%202022.pdf.
Contact person pratibha.ydv@iitb.ac.in.
3. At May online meeting, we decided
to exchange information about research fields and professors who are ready to
accept foreign interns. To enhance that exchange the ITG energy web site (http://itgenergy.mpei.ru/)
now includes a field “Departments” for each partner university within the list
of participants. It has complete information about departments of National
Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute” as an example (http://itgenergy.mpei.ru/Pages/departments.aspx).
The information contains MPEI structure (Institutes and Departments) with links
to web-pages describing each department in English language and contact details
of head of the department.
MPEI invites all partner
universities to provide information about departments and research fields in
the same manner by completing Data collection form. The data collection form
will be sent to all ITG Energy university coordinators. MPEI will place this
information at the ITG Energy web site and make it available to all partners.
4. Prof. Rajiv O. Dusane reminds to
organize online conference for researchers and PhD students. Prof. Igor.
Zhelbakov suggests to use available opportunities. For example, in March 2023
MPEI will organize the 5th International Youth Conference on Radio Electronics,
Electrical and Power Engineering, which has a large number of sections in
various fields. This conference is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Industry
Applications Society (IEEE IAS). Accepted and presented papers will be
submitted to the IEEE Xplore, then will also be indexed by Scopus.
The Call for papers is send to all
ITG Energy university coordinators. After registering a number of papers from
ITG Energy universities, we may ask for a separate section within this
conference to be held online in appropriate time slot.
5. Prof. Sachin Gunthe asked about
financial support for BRICS NU exchange mobility. At present, while there is no
special fund for this purpose, we can use domestic resources aimed at international
students support. For example, in Russia there is national state scholarship
for incoming foreign students, including PhD students. Chinese Scholarship
Council provides support for both foreign students and Chinese students
studying abroad. Usually such scholarships are provided for full-scale studies,
but in some cases, it could be used for academic mobility support.
6. The ITG web site (http://itgenergy.mpei.ru/)
contains some information about partner universities, which take part in
communication, and coordinators from these universities. Now it’s time to add
the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the Indian Institute of
Technology Madras, India. So we ask prof. Richard Stephan and prof. Sachin
Gunthe to provide MPEI with some information about the university, including
links to web page in English.