Education

• Ph.D. (Process Integration), University of Manchester, U.K. (2002)
• M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (1999)
• B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India (1997)

 

Research Interest

Ongoing Research

Experimental

• Process Engineering - Solar pumps
• Process-Product Engineering – Rice husk based nano/micro silica and carbon for rural concrete applications
• Product Design – Turmeric milk-extract formulations; Dry Ayurvedic Milk & Kwath extract formulations; Potassium carbonate impregnated zeolites for CO₂ seperation; Functional tea product development; Bio-char for pesticide mitigation in north-east India

Computational Research

AI & ML Applications: Prediction and forecasting of greenhouse gas and particular matters emissions; Applications of AI & ML in Food Science and Technology 

Indian Knowledge Systems

IKS based Internal Security studies; Spirituality & Digital Media studies; IKS and Environmental Ethics; Yoga and Theism; Consciousness Studies; Vedanta and Science; Value-education 

 

Past Research

• Process Engineering – Bio-mass Pyrolysis
• Process-product Engineering – Elephant grass-based bio-ethanol, cellulose, and lignin based value-added product development; Multi-heavy removal from waste streams using chitosan-based derivatives; Jeevamrutha bio-fertilizer; Refractance Window Drying based turmeric powder products; Ultrasound-assisted extraction based horticultural extracts; Ceramic membrane-based vegetable processing applications; Chitosan derivative and activated charcoal-based Pd adsorption from synthetic electroless plating solutions; Microfiltration of oil-water emulsions and fruit juices using low-cost ceramic membranes; Mass transfer enhanced electroless plating processes; Surfactant Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Product Design – Ready to Cook Mixed vegetable Soup formulations; Ready to eat Papaya based Cookies; Catechins based functional tea product; Ready to eat Squash, Pumpkin and Papaya based Chips; Pt-V and Ru-V catalysis for green production of bio-energy products; Low cost ceramic and polymer-ceramic membranes; PVA-Starch based wound dressing films; Electroless plating based silver composite membranes; Electroless plating based Pd composite membranes; Polymer-natural fiber composites
• Computational - Machine learning applications for large scale municipal solid waste management, Modeling, and Optimization of hole cleaning process in oil/gas drilling operations; Differential evolution based optimization of MSF, RO and hybrid MSF-RO processes; Inverse analysis of transient conduction-radiation phenomena; Virtual Labs

Experience

 Professor (Equivalent to Higher Academic Grade), IIT Guwahati, India (19^th Jan 2022 onwards)
 Professor, IIT Guwahati, India (5^th Jan 2013 onwards)
 Associate Professor, IIT Guwahati, India (4^th Nov 2008 - 4^th Jan 2013)
 Assistant Professor, IIT Guwahati, India (Aug 2004 - Oct 2008)
Research Fellow, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland (Jul 2002 – Jul 2004)

Courses Taught

Theory	Laboratory
Research methodology & Scientific Writing Design Thinking & Scientific Writing Research Methodology & Quantitative Techniques for Rural Developement Advanced Process Design Petrochemicals Natural gas Engineering Refinery Process design Engineering Optimization Chemical process Technology Chemical process Calculations Indian Knowledge Systems (Ayurveda)	Practical Exercises in Food Science and Technology Global Internship & Seminar Technical Communication and Writing Engineering Drawing Petroleum lab Thermodynamics lab Heat and Mass transfer lab