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HunteKelly Outstanding Paper Award (2008) both from AIST (Association for Iron &
Steel Technology, USA), Nishiyama Commemorative Prize (2015) and Tawara (The
Best Year’s Paper) Award (2015), both from ISIJ (The Iron and Steel Institute of
Japan) and the Japan Institute of Energy Award for Progress (2006).

Vinod Kumar Saxena is a professor, Department of Fuel and Mineral Engineering
and former head, Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of
Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India. He obtained his BE degree in chemical engineer-
ing from R.E.C, Srinagar (NIT Srinagar), and his DISM and MTech degrees in fuel
engineering from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. He received his PhD
in the field of Spontaneous Combustion characteristics of Indian Coal Seams from
Indian School of Mines, India. He had over 34 years’ experience and guided 9 PhD
degrees and 45 MTech degrees in the area of coal characterization, coal combustion,
coal carbonization, enhance oil recovery, rheology, etc. He is currently guiding eight
research scholars in the field of coal and biomass gasification, carbonization, chemical
looping combustion, rheology of drilling fluid, etc. for their PhD. He has published
over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals/conferences/seminars. He has carried out
the research project in the various areas as coordinator and co-coordinator. He has
contributed as editor in four conferences volumes. He was conferred with the Institu-
tion of Engineers (India) Gold Medal for the best paper in chemical engineering in
1987e88.