Facilities for undertaking Doctoral studies in "Renewable and Hydro Energy" and "Environmental Management of Rivers and Lakes" are available at the department. Full-time and part-time candidates are accepted for this programme as per the rules of the Institute.

Hydro Power: Investigations, Planning, Designs, Economic and Financial Analysis Policy, Cost optimisation, tariff analysis. Planning, Investigation and Designs of HP, Planning, Design & Analysis of Civil Works of HP & related Software Development, Small Hydro turbine design and performance testing, Silt erosion in hydro turbines, Optimal selection of SHP equipment. Solar Energy: Solar photovoltaics, Solar thermal energy storage & utilization, performance enhancement of solar air heaters, packed bed sensible heat storage system, rural electrification . Bio-energy: Biomass conversion processes such as torrefaction, gasfication, pyrolysis, biomethanation, bioethanol and biodiesel production, algal biomass processing to value added products, Waste to Energy Green Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: PEM Fuel Cells, Electrolysers, Stack Development, Contact Resistance Management, Cylindrical Fuel Cells Grid Integration: Grid reliability and resilience under very-high variable renewable energy penetration, Blackstart of bulk power and distribution systems using inverter-based generation resources, Modeling and simulation of utility-scale transmission, distribution, and integrated systems Other areas: Cavitation, Multiphase Flows, Experimental Fluid Dynamics (EFD), Numerical Methods (CFD and FEM), Bubble Dynamics, Power electronics, Electrical Machines, Power Converters for Renewable Energy, Energy storage, Wind Power

Environmental Management of Water Bodies, Project Management, Cumulative Environment Impact Assessment, GHG Emissions from Hydropower Reservoir, MSW Dump Sites/ landfill gas sites, Rivers Water Quality Mapping, Ecological Health & carrying capacity of rivers, Waste Water Treatment, Cumulative Environment Impact Assessment.