Solar Cell R&D - India's Emerging Innovation Base

More than 36 years professional experience (including last 29 years in International Photo Voltaic (PV) industries Solar PV Power Plant: Successfully installed more than 1500 MW module in ACME, Orange Renewable Power (Greenko Group) & Juniper Green Energy Core competency in Wafer, Solar Cell & Module: Technology, manufacturing, process, quality, product, reliability & R & D PV manufacturing: Successfully installed more than 800 MW cell & module manufacturing facilities in India Websol, Central Electronics Ltd (A Govt. of India Enterprise under DSIR) & Moser Baer-MBPV (Founder member of MBPV-Employee No 2) Audited more than 25 PV cell & module manufacturing facilities in India & China on behalf of Électricité de France (EDF) Auditor of Électricité de France (EDF) in South-east Asia Had in-depth training under guidance of Prof. Giuliano Martinelli, University of Ferara, Italy on crystal growth, ingot, wafer, cell & module manufacturing (at Helios Technology Srl, Padova, Italy) in 1994 Inter-University Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), Belgium: Worked with Dr. Jozef Szlufci & implemented Screen Printed Diffusion Technology at Central Electronics Ltd (Govt of India & Govt of Belgium project) in 1998 Sunpower Corporation, San Jose: Interacted with Prof Dr. Richard Swanson, CTO of Sunpower Corporation & also Dr. Charlie Gay, Board of Directors Sunpower Corporation, US for technical due-diligence on IBC (Inter-digitated Back Contact) Solar Cell Technology in 2004

Lejo Joseph Koduvelikulathu, Head of Department R&D Solar Cells holds a M.S in Electronics and Nano-Micro systems. He is working with ISC Konstanz since 2010. His research encompasses device simulation and metallisation losses in solar cells. He is an expert for cell process integration, and has been actively involved and part of ISC's technology transfers and production cell ramp-up support to projects in India ( nPERT, PERC, TOPCOn) and China ( IBC-ZEBRA). He is currently leading the R&D Solar cell department.

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·     Gained PhD in Materials Science in 2023 from Anna University, Chennai ·         Results-driven Solar PV professional with 23+ years of global experience in GW-scale mono-and multi- crystalline silicon (c-Si) value stream - Process & ProductDevelopment, Process Integration to mass production ramp-up ·      >100 GW of Ingot and Wafer (mono & multi- Si) ·      20 GW of Cells & Modules (BSF, PERC)   ·      Worked in overseas (USA, China, Norway, Germany, Singapore) for about 16+ years @ Academics, Industrial R&D and GW-scale Manufacturing Factories    ·      Skilled at integrating manufacturing process technology/engineering solutions to achieve reliable and repeatable processes in mass-scale production for better metrics meeting industrial standards and customer demands. ·      Strong cross-functional leadership in managing CapEx projects, and collaborating with global equipments and materials suppliers.