Debjani Ghosh (born 30 October 1988) is a Bangladeshi-born researcher of the

University of Ulm Ulm University (german: Universität Ulm) is a public university in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1967 and focuses on natural sciences, medicine, engineering sciences, mathematics, economics and computer sci ...

. Currently she is researching on how to create a new hybrid system of

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of electric airliners. She is also working on the power generation management of the next generation of HY4. aircraft. She is the Asst. Lecturer of Power Electronics in University of Ulm in Germany. As fundamental research is very rare in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

, her research work is highly appreciated in a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...

leading news portal

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Early life and education

She was born to Dipok Kumar Ghosh and Indira Ghosh in October 30, 1988. She went to Aparnacharan school and Chittagong Cantonment Public College. She completed her B.Sc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) from

Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), commonly referred to as CUET ( bn, চুয়েট), is a ...

and MSc in Electrical Power Engineering from

RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...

Career

She started her career as a lecturer in

Premier University, Chittagong Premier University ( bn, প্রিমিয়ার বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), also known as PU, is a private university in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was established in 2002. History The ex-mayor of Chittagong City Corpo ...

. Then go to Germany and did internship in

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. From the very beginning, her intention was to work with environment-friendly technology and renewable energy. So after completing M.Sc. from

RWTH RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...

she joined the research team of Hy-4 project. Josef Kallo . is the chief researcher of this project. On 29 September 2016, the HY4 aircraft took off its first official flight. from

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. The HY4 is the world's first four-seat passenger aircraft powered solely by a hydrogen fuel cell system. A successful flight of a four-seat passenger plane, at the Stuttgart Airport in Germany, was completed on that day. Being a member of this research team she became part of the history of civil aviation in the world. She also runs a web portal ''German Probashe''. She is the Vice-President (Culture), Editor of ''German Probashe''. This portal win

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Award, Peoples Choice Winner of User Award Bengali. in 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Debjani Academic staff of the University of Ulm RWTH Aachen University alumni Bangladeshi academics Sustainable technologies Environmental engineers Electrical engineering academics 1988 births Living people Bangladeshi emigrants to Germany