Dr. Vandit Vijay





Name: Dr. Vandit Vijay
Qualification: Ph.D
Designation : Ph.D (Degree Awarded), Worked as Sr. Project Scientist after Ph.D
Department: Centre for Rural Development and Technology
institute name : Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
College address : Centre for Rural Development and Technology,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,
Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016
Award for : Research Excellence Award
Publication title: Journal
Paper Title : Identification of potential waste seeds of wildly growing tree species for the production of biogas
Journal Name : Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ESPR)
Volume : 27
Month of publication : February
Year : 2020
Page no. : 14515-14528
ISSN : 1614-7499


About Dr. Vandit Vijay

Dr. Vandit Vijay is currently working as an outstation post-doctoral research scientist
with TU Delft, Netherlands. He did his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Delhi, in 2019. His doctoral research work is inspired from Gandhi ji’s vision of
Gram Swaraj and he focussed on the energy aspect of it for rural energy self-reliance
i.e. Gram Urja Swaraj. His research centres around making rural areas self-sufficient
for energy needs using locally available resources and exploring technological and
policy based options for fuelling a circular bio-economy. He has presented his work at
several national and international platforms and was awarded the prestigious student
award at the international conference EUBCE-2018 in Denmark for his work. He has
a Mechanical Engineering background with a B.Tech. from Indraprastha University
(GGSIPU) Delhi. Prior to joining PhD he has worked at the Society of Indian
Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) which is the apex national body for making policies
and regulations related to automobile sector in the country. He takes keen interest in
the issues related to Bioenergy, Rural Development and Environment Protection.