Shijo Thomas is an Associate Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering and adjunct faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Calicut. He earned his Master’s degree in Thermal Engineering from IIT Madras and PhD from NIT Calicut. He completed his B.Tech in Mechanical(Automobile) Engineering from University of Kerala securing First Rank. His major areas of research are Solar Thermal Recovery and Storage, Solar Desalination, Thermal management of systems, applications of nanofluids, adsorption of refrigerants and CO2 in nanomaterials. He has co-authored around 25 articles in international journals, conferences and 3 book chapters. He has co-authored a book on Internal Combustion Engines published by Oxford University Press, UK.