[Supervisor Series] Meet Prof Mohammad Israr

Prof. Mohammad Israr

Prof. (Dr.) Mohammad Israr is currently working as a President at Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano State, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Prior to his current status, he worked as a Vice Chancellor at Mewar International University, Nasarawa State, Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was the Head IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Cell, Editor-in-Chief of PCE-International Journal of Engineering & Technology, and Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He also worked as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sur University College, Sur, Sultanate of Oman, a Principal at Dungarpur College of Engineering and Technology, Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India, and a Principal at Balaji Engineering College, Junagadh, Gujarat, India.

He has been appointed an Ambassador of War against Drug Abuse in Nigeria by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Nigeria. He was at the same time appointed an Honorary Adjunct Professor of Lovely Professional University, India, for a period of 5 years until March 2028, and an Honorary Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow of Scientific Innovation Research Group (SIRG), Egypt, for a period of 3 years until January 2027. He was the first faculty member in the history of Sur University College in Sur, Sultanate of Oman, to register and publish the Patent. He has been Granted 08 Patents in Intellectual Property Australia (Australian Government), 01 in the German and Trade Mark Office (Germany), 03 Design Patent in the Intellectual Property Office (UK), 11 Design Patent in Intellectual Property India (Indian Government), 01 copyright registered with the Nigerian Copyright Commission, Nigeria and 42 registered & published patents in Intellectual Property India (Indian Government). He signed 51 MoU’s with National and International Institutions, research labs, and renowned Industries. He has published 105 research papers in various reputed national, international journals and conferences like Taylor and Francis, Springer, Elsevier, IEEE, ASME, etc. He has published 16 books, edited a book for CRC Press, and had one article published in Infraline Energy Magazine. He is a Fellow Member of the International Institute of Organized Research (I2OR) and the Independent Perception and Research Hub (IRPH). He has obtained many prestigious awards like the “Young Scientist Award-2018”, “Outstanding Researcher Award in Mechanical Engineering-2019”, “Outstanding Engineering Services to Society Awards-2021”, “Lifetime Achievement Award-2021”, Best Researcher Award-2022”, “Edu-Leaders Excellence Award-2022”, “Outstanding Teacher Award-2022”, “Global Business Education Award 2022/2023”, “Star Education Awards-2023” and “Education Excellence Award-2024”. He supervised 10 candidates for their doctoral (Ph.D.) degree and also supervised 3 candidates for their master's degree. So far, He has reviewed 21 Ph.D. thesis, 03 Master thesis and 250 research papers. He was an associate on Editorial Board Member of more than 300 national and International Journals. He has served as a Session Chair, Speaker, and Member of the International Technical Committee at many national or International Conferences. He is also a member of various technical and professional bodies such as SCIEI-USA, IAENG-Hong Kong, AAIR-USA, IFERP-India, IETA-India, and ISTE- India. He was appointed as an Assessor for Promotions at the Management and Science University, Malaysia, for the QS World University Rankings 2021.

Recent Impactful Publications

• Maximization of biodiesel production from sunflower and soybean oils and prediction of diesel engine performance and emission characteristics through response surface methodology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117072

• Effect of fin configuration parameters on performance of solar still: A review

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2019.100289

Google Scholar Link

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Scopus Link

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