Dr. Pavan Kumar Reddy

• Organic Rankine Cycle Technology
• Sustainable energy
• Polygeneration systems
• Solar-based energy systems and thermal management
• Product development and decentralized renewable energy solutions

• Edited the book ‘Rural Entrepreneurship - Trends, Opportunities and Challenges’. ISBN 978-93-84443-57-3.
• Chapter: Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. (2016), ‘Biomass Briquetting – A step for rural Entrepreneurship’, in Rural Entrepreneurship - Trends, Opportunities and Challenges, pp. 83–93.

• Best Project Award – ‘Development of Universal Tubular Micro Algae Photo Bio Reactor to Meet High Yield’, MERAKI-2017, RRIT, Bengaluru (2017).
• Best Paper Presentation Award – ICETIME-2017 for ‘Development and Fabrication of Universal Tubular Micro Algae Photo Bioreactor’ (2017).
• Best Teacher Award, RRIT, Bengaluru, 2016–17.
• Best Mentor Award, RRIT, Bengaluru, 2017–18.
• Consolation Prize for Spirulina Growing Technology, Ramaiah Innovation Challenge 2019, RUAS (2019).
• Best Project of the Year Award at State Level – KSCST-sponsored ‘Design, fabrication and testing of a heat pipe and trough collector integrated evacuated tube solar water heater’, 43rd series, 2019–20.
• Best Paper Award – International Conference Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation (ICMRI-2020), recognized officially by World Book of Records London (2020).
• Best Project Award of the Year at State Level – KSCST-sponsored ‘Development of personal cooling unit for hospital staff working for Covid 19’, 44th series, 2020–21.
• Best Research Paper Award – NCRIE-2025 for ‘Performance Enhancement of An Evacuated Tube Solar Water Heater Using Heat Pipe And Parabolic Trough Collector’ (2025).
• Jury Member, Ramaiah Hackathon-2024.
• Advisory Committee Member, ICETESM-2019.

National Conference Papers

• J C Indudhar, Pavan Kumar A, Pavan Kumar Reddy and Ananth S Iyengar (2025), ‘Performance Enhancement of an Evacuated Tube Solar Water Heater Using Heat Pipe and Parabolic Trough Collector’, National Conference on Recent Innovations in Engineering (NCRIE-2025), K. S. Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, 4 December 2025.
• Pavan Kumar Reddy and Satheesha V. (2015), ‘Jet impingement effect on curved surface & heat transfer analysis’, National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering (NATCON 15), GCE, Ramanagaram, 21 May 2015.

International Conference Papers

• J C Indudhar, Nithin S D, Shreekanth V Simha, Athul Raj, Pavan Kumar Reddy and Ballapa B U (2026), ‘Passive Cooling with Clay Brick Medium: A Low-Energy Indirect Evaporative Technique for Residential Spaces’, EnRISE 2026, IIT Indore, 7–8 August 2026, accepted for presentation.

National Journal Papers

• Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. (2016), ‘Development of Biomass Briquetting Technology for Northern Regions of Karnataka Using Tamarind Seed Powder as Binder’, Journal of Advances in Science and Technology, 12(25), Special Issue, pp. 353–356.
• Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. (2016), ‘Experimental Study of Slot Jet Flow on Flat and Curved Surfaces’, Elixir International, Elixir Mechanical Engineering, 95, pp. 40787–40789.
• Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. (2016), ‘Study on Awareness of Biomass Briquetting as a Sustainable Source of Energy (a special reference to Vijayapur (Bijapur) Karnataka)’, Indian Journal of Research in Commerce, Management, Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1, pp. 29–35.

International Journal

• Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. (2026), ‘Experimental Investigation of Solar Organic Rankine Cycle Performance Using R601 Working Fluid with Parabolic Trough Collector’, Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Research, Q2, under review.
• Iyengar, A., Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. (2024), ‘Polymer Hollow Fibre Heat Exchanger: Novel Approach to Battery Cooling’, in Lightweight Materials for Electric Vehicles: Sustainable Materials, Production Process, and Modeling Techniques, Routledge and CRC Press, ISBN 9781032975054.
• Iyengar, A.S., Bhat, P., Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. (2024), ‘Experimental Investigation of a Low-Cost Liquid Desiccant based Air Conditioning System for Tropical Climatic Conditions’, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2818, DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2818/1/012011.
• Patel, A.N., Iyengar, A., Bhat, P. and Pavan Kumar Reddy (2023), ‘Production and Characterization of Hydrochar and Biocrude of Yard Waste from Tectona Grandis Using Hydrothermal Carbonization’, Journal of Mines Metals and Fuels, 70(10A), pp. 184–193, DOI: 10.18311/jmmf/2022/31224.
• Bhat, P., Iyengar, A.S., Abhilash N. and Pavan Kumar Reddy (2022), ‘Experimental investigation and validation of solar PV cooling for enhanced energy conversion efficiency for Indian climatic conditions’, Journal of Thermal Engineering, 8(6), September 2022.
• Iyengar, A.S., Bhat, P., Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. (2022), ‘Effect of climatic conditions on performance of ORC using environment friendly working fluids – special reference to India’, Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels, 70(3A), pp. 153–157, DOI: 10.18311/jmmf/2022/30686.
• Pavan Kumar Reddy and Bhagyashekar, M.S. (2021), ‘Experimental testing of Scroll Machine Driven by Compressed Air for Power Generation and Its integration in Small Scale Organic Rankine Cycle’, Journal of Thermal Engineering, 7(8), pp. 1457–1467, DOI: 10.18186/thermal.990826.
• Pavan Kumar Reddy and Bhagyashekar, M.S. (2020), ‘Design and Fabrication of Solar Organic Rankine Cycle Test Rig with Helical Coil Heat Exchangers and working fluid selection strategy’, Test Engineering and Management, 83, pp. 2379–2393.
• Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. (2017), ‘Development and Fabrication of Universal Tubular Micro Algae Photo Bioreactor’, International Journal of Emerging Research in Mechanical and Civil Engineering, 2(5), pp. 987–990.
• Avinash, D.N., Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. (2017), ‘Design and Fabrication of Micro Scale Wind Turbine blades using advanced Lightweight materials based on Rapid Prototyping Technique’, International Journal of Emerging Research in Mechanical and Civil Engineering, 2(5), pp. 1065–1069.
• Sutrway, D., Pavan Kumar Reddy et al. (2016), ‘Investigation of the Performance and Emission Characteristics of CI Engine Using Simarouba Biodiesel as Fuel’, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 3(6), pp. 1942–1946.

• Member of Fluid Power Society of India(FPSI)
• District Resource Person, Bengaluru Urban District, PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme (MoFPI), January 2025.
• Board of Studies Member, R R Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.
• Board of Examiners Member, R R Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.
• Advisor for New Product Development, FUDTECH, Bengaluru.
• Technical Consultant, sustainable energy initiatives, A.A.S Industries, Bengaluru.
• Engaged in capacity-building programmes on livelihood creation, product development and decentralized renewable energy solutions.