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Dr RK Bhogra is currently working as Consultant with BHEL on Solar Energy after superannuating as General Manager & Head of BHEL's Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell Plant (ASSCP), Gurgaon, which is basically an away centre of Corporate R&D Division of BHEL, Hyderabad and dedicated to R&D activities in the area of Solar PV.

With an excellent academic background at school and college level and throughout a merit scholar, after obtaining Masters and Doctorate degrees in Physics from IIT Delhi, Dr. Bhogra joined BHEL Corp. R&D Hyderabad in the year 1978 and pursued R&D activities in the area of non conventional energy sources, which included solar thermal, solar PV products & systems design, testing and their field evaluation. Dr Bhogra had also undergone 15 weeks training at University of Florida, USA, in Alternative Energy Technologies.

After active R&D activities for over a decade, Dr. Bhogra joined BHEL's Corporate Office, New Delhi and had been actively involved with R&D Management function, including corporate issues in the area of non-conventional energy systems. Some of his major assignments were networking with academia, other research institutions & and Govt. agencies & ministries, formulation of new R&D management system, R&D projects review and monitoring etc. From January 2004, he headed the solar PV R&D Centre, ASSCP, wherein he has taken numerous new initiatives, especially converting this facility into a full-fledged Industrial Research & Development Centre for Solar PV, including establishment of various processing, testing & characterization facilities for development of various solar PV technologies & products.

He has over 30 research publications in reputed journals & conferences and about 16 patents to his credit and is a member on various committees in DST, IIT, DIT and other Government agencies.