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CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
¨ Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Industrial Pollution control from Department of Chemical Engineering of Karnataka Regional Engineering College with 68% (First Class), 2002, Ranked 6th best Engineering College in India (Source "India Today" May 13, 2002)
¨ Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Chemical Engineering from Gulbarga University with 78.56 % (First class with distinction), 1999
Work experience
¨ Presently working as Senior Research Fellow at Biochemical and Environmental Engineering Center of Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad, India, part of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 25th June 2003 to till date.
¨ Worked as Research Assistant for a period of 7 months at University College of Technology, Osmania University Hyderabad, India, on a Project Entitled "Biosorption of Heavy Metals Using Phanerocheate Chrysosporium in Bioreactors" under UGC-SAP-DRS Programme of Development of Eco-Friendly Technologies, 2nd December-2002 to 24th June 2003.
¨ Worked as Trainee Engineer for a period of one year in M/s Libra Plast Private Limited, Warangal, a leading company involved in production and export of PVC leather cloth, 5th October 1999 to 4th October 2000.
Training Undergone
¨ One Year and Three months of student training programme at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR), Hyderabad, September-2001 to November-2002,
¨ One month Inplant training at Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited, Mangalore, July, 2nd to August 3rd 2001.
Elective Subjects
Post Graduate
¨ Biochemical Engineering and Bioreactor Design
¨ Industrial and Domestic waste water treatment
¨ Risk and Safety management in Process Industries
Under Graduate
¨ Biochemical Engineering
¨ Fluidization Engineering
¨ Petroleum Refinery Engineering
Project Work
Senior Research Fellow
* "Biological oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds and production of elemental sulfur from waste water using Sulfur oxidizing bacteria in aerobic bioreactors"
* "Anaerobic treatment of high sulfate containing waste water in anaerobic fixed film, fluidized bed and UASB reactors"
Post Graduate
"Studies on Biological Oxidation of H2S in Bioreactor and Biofilter"
Hydrogen sulfide is odorous gas comes from various Industrial activities and anaerobic decomposition of Waste. Isolation of Thiobacillus thiooxidans from sulfur storage yard soil. Oxidation of sulfur compounds in bioreactor using Thiobacillus thiooxidans Bacteria. Similarly removal of H2S gas in a biofilter with coconut coir pith as filter media and aerobic sludge as inoculum. Work done in a laboratory scale setup at Biochemical and Environmental Engineering center of Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad.
Under Graduate
"Extraction of Wax from Press Mud"
Press Mud is a waste product from sugar industry, which contains some amount of valuable Wax. Extraction of Wax using solvents like Benzene, MEK etc in laboratory scale Soxhlet extraction apparatus.
Papers Presented
¨ "Importance of Humidification of waste air in biofilter process for the removal of H2S" at National Conference "Biological Treatment of Waste water and waste Air" BTWWA-2003 at Regional Research Laboratory, Trivendrum, India 28-29 August 2003.
¨ "Studies on Isolation of Thiobacillus thiooxidans and its sulfide oxidizing capacity" at CHEMCON-2002 18-21 December 2002, Hyderabad.
¨ "Optimization of Pilot scale biofilter for the removal of H2S" at CHEMCON-2002, 18-21 December 2002, Hyderabad.
¨ "Studies on Algae growth and its control in raw water storage tanks" given at MCF, Mangalore, 2001.
¨ "Removal of Gas and Dust using Droplet Columns", KREC, 2001.
¨ "ISO-14000 series and its implementation", KREC, 2001.
¨ "Personnel Protection Equipment", KREC, 2000.
Papers Published
Ravichandra P, A.Gangagni Rao and Annapurna Jetty, "Importance of humidification waste air in biofilter process for the removal of H2S" Proceedings of National Conference on "Biological Treatment of Wastewater and Waste Air", 2003, 31-37
Two other articles are in communication to international journals
Professional Participation
¨ National Conference on "Biological Treatment of Wastewater and Waste Air", BTWWA-2003, Regional Research Laboratory, Trivendrum, August 28-29, 2003.
¨ National Conference on "Emerging Trends in Food Technology", Hyderabad, Feb-28 and 1st March, 2003
¨ Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, CHEMCON-2002, Hyderabad, December 19-22, 2002.
Professional Membership
¨ Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
Computer Knowledge
¨ Operating Systems:
All Versions of WINDOWS
¨ Languages Known:
BASIC, FORTRAN, C.
¨ Packages Known:
MS-Office, MATLAB, AXUM, WINGRAPHER, KALEIDAGRAPH.
Achievements
* Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from "Council of Scientific and Industrial Research" (CSIR), Govt. of India, on National level selection (April 2003)
Personnel Information
Date of Birth: 5th October 1974
Nationality: Indian
Sex: Male
Martial Status: Single
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada and Telugu
Known (To Read, Write and Speak)
Extra Curricular Activities
¨ Team Member, IICT-CSIR, Cricket team – A, 2003
¨ Executive Committee member "KREC Recreation Club"2000-2001
¨ Captain, Cricket "CHEMICAL XI" 1998-99
¨ General Secretary "CHEMTECH" Association 1998-99
¨ Joint Secretary "CHEMTECH" Association 1997-98
¨ Sports Secretary "CHEMTECH" Association 1996-97
¨ Active participant of various events held at Department of Chemical Engineering, KREC, Surathkal.
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