Dr. V P Sethi joined as Assistant Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering in July 1993 and completed his Ph D in Solar Thermal Engineering from Panjab University Chandigarh in 2004. His Ph D thesis was nominated amongst the top 10 best theses at the National level by Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE). Dr Sethi has handled five research projects as PI including i) ICAR funded extramural project; Design & Development of forced draft paddy straw bale combustor technology for water and greenhouse heating. During the last three decades, Dr Sethi has contributed significantly in research at National and International level in the areas of solar thermal, greenhouse engineering and biomass combustor design using thermal and heat transfer modeling. He has also developed indigenous pot based substrate hydroponics technologies patented by PAU. In recognition of his research contributions, the Institution of Engineers (India) has awarded him two National awards He was invited by North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo, USA twice in the years 2011 and 2012 as Visiting Research Faculty and as Guest faculty by University of Guelph, 2015. Stanford University, USA has included his name in the top 2% best scientists list at Global level since 2019 till date. He was conferred with “International Fellow Award” for outstanding contributions organized by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut in August 2019. He has published one international book “Greenhouse Engineering: Software-driven Design and Modelling for Optimal Microclimate Control (ISBN No. 9781003481126, CRC Press, USA) and more than 100 research and review papers in international and national journals and presented 25 research papers and invited talks at National and International conferences in India and Abroad.