R. B. Anand is a Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India where he has been a faculty member in this institution since 2007. He also worked as an Assistant Director at National Power Training Institute (NPTI), New Delhi, India from 2002 to 2007. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2002 from IIT, Delhi, and M.Tech. in 1999 from IIT Madras, India. His areas of research include Computational Fluid Dynamics, Internal combustion engines, Alternative fuels, Emission control, Renewable energy. He has published more than sixty international journals and participated in more than fifty National/International conferences. Dr. R. B. Anand has successfully guided seven Ph.D. scholars to his credit..