Mr. Avinash Shaligram works as HVACR Advisor with DroneVionics Pvt. Ltd. – an IIT Bombay startup. He has more than two decades of industrial experience in the HVAC&R field, having worked in R&D, design, and manufacturing. His special interests are chillers, compressors, heat exchangers, alternate refrigerants, etc. Coming from an engineering background, Mr. Avinash is M. Tech and has teaching experience of more than a decade at the PG level. He was also a former professor of mechanical engineering. Mr. Avinash was the past President of the ISHRAE Thane Chapter and is currently Chair – Of the technical Group: Refrigerants.