Dr. Nilesh Jha is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Petroleum Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. His education and training broadly comprise petroleum/reservoir engineering education, related work experience, and research after a chemical engineering undergraduate degree. He has obtained a collaborative Ph.D. degree in Petroleum Engineering from IIT Madras, India - Curtin University, Australia. His Ph.D. thesis was adjudged excellent and received the Chancellor's Commendation at Curtin. He has several years of experience working on various aspects of oil and gas upstream with cross-domain quality teams from industry/academia. He has been working on academic and commercial projects. He has strong expertise in experimental, analytical, and theoretical petroleum/reservoir/EOR related processes. He has supervised and advised on various undergraduate and master's projects both in petroleum and chemical engineering. He has received numerous prestigious and high valued national/international scholarships and research/other grants on a competitive basis. He is also volunteering as a reviewer and cares for the health, safety, and the environment.