Dr A Valan Arasu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India, with over 18 years of teaching experience. He obtained his Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India and both Master in Thermal Engineering and PhD from Anna University, Chennai, India. He earned first rank in master’s degree programme at Anna University. He also completed PDF in the area of energy storage with phase change materials at NUS, Singapore under BOYSCAST fellowship from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Dr Arasu’s area of research is solar energy engineering. He has authored three books, contributed many technical papers to refereed international journals and conferences, and has carried out several sponsored research project works and consultancy works. He is listed in Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World 2009.