• Dr. Channiwala has been the Ph.D. advisor and mentor for the founder of Cyra Engines, Dr. Rajesh Iyer.
• Dr. Channiwala is an alumni of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, and he was the Ex Director and presently Professor in Mechanical Engineering . Dept. at India’s prestigious and premier NIT, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat.
• He is also the recipient of the Prestigious Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award.
• His area of research has been Internal Combustion Engines, Renewable Energy, and thermal systems, and is a consultant for various big Industries across India.
• He was the first person to develop the prototype for an electric vehicle during the 1980s in India and has also received numerous research grants from DSIR etc.
• In 2003, Dr Channiwala had designed India’s first Municipal corporation, maintaining its STP with bio-gas energy for Anjana STP plant for the municipal corporation, Surat.
• He has designed 50 TPD agricultural waste Biogas Plant for APMC market, Surat.
• He has also designed another 60 TPD bio CNG plant at Kamrej, Surat and the gas is sold to IOCL under SATAT Scheme.
• He has designed India’s one-of-a-kind Plasma Gasification system for a client in Morbi.
• He is also presently developing MSW Waste to Energy using a Plasma Gasification system funded by GOI.