ISUW 2025 Speaker

Prof. Mohammad Rihan is serving as Director General of National Institute of Solar Energy. In this position he is leading the research and development, and capacity building initiatives in the area of solar energy in line with the national requirements. He is serving as Chairperson of sectional committee on Solar PV of Bureau of Indian Standards, and Chairperson of Technology Advisory Group Solar Energy, ARCI. Before joining as DG, NISE on deputation Dr. Mohammad Rihan worked as a Professor of Electrical Engineering at AMU for about 22 years with significant contributions in the areas of smart grid and Solar Energy. He has led the integration of 6.5MWp solar PV plants in the campus distribution grid; one of the the largest such installation in any academic institution in the country. Two of the PhD works under his guidance have been awarded the Prime Minister Research Fellowship. Dr. Rihan has authored a textbook on ‘Green Energy and Sustainable Development’ to be published by Cambridge University Press (UK). He has also completed sponsored research projects of UPCST, MNRE and UGC. He has provided technical consultancy to various projects of smart city, Agra, Aligarh and Bareilly and to the UP-Power Transmission Corporation Limited and has delivered keynote and invited talks on climate change, solar energy and smart grid at numerous organizations, industry, and institutes. He is a recipient of Gold Medal for securing first position in B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering). He is an elected Fellow of the IET(UK), IE(India), and IETE and Senior Member of IEEE . At present he is chair-elect of IEEE UP section and elected vice chair of executive committee of Delhi local network of IET(UK).