Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani
Hyderabad Campus; Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Medchal District - 500 078; Telangana, INDIA.
Tel: +91-40-66303-554 (office)
ABOUT THE FACULTY:
Aug. 2010 - till date: Working at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (since March. 2023 as Professor)
Feb. 2008 – Jan. 2010: Post-doctoral fellow, Switzerland; Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures Laboratory; EMPA (ETH Zurich)
Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2007: Ph.D. in Cellulose Fibre Reinforced Composites; University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria; Title of Thesis: Characterisation of Cellulose Fibres & Composites
Sep. 2002 - Sep. 2004: Post-graduate Research Assistant, Germany; Institute for Composite Materials, TU Chemnitz
Sep. 2000 – Feb. 2002: Master of Science in Biobased Materials; University of Applied Sciences, Reutlingen, Germany
1996 - 2000: Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering, C.B.I.T College (Affiliated to Osmania University) Hyderabad, India
PUBLICATIONS:
1. SCOPUS Indexed Journals - 34
2. Book Chapters - 02
4. Conference Proceedings - 21
AWARDS:
1. Received Outstanding Alumni-2018 award from Chairman, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT-Autonomous, Osmania University), 25th Dec. 2018, Hyderabad, India.
2. Received the 2nd Runner up Award for the paper << Processing of packaging material using recycled fibers and unbleached subabul sapwood pulp through Nanotechnology>> presented at IPPTA Workshop cum Seminar, Hyderabad, 17-18th March, 2023.
3. Received the Best Oral Presentation Award for the paper << Tensile testing of Single Fibres>> presented at Second International Conference on Structural Integrity and Exhibition (SICE 2018, 25-27.07.2018, Hyderabad) under the category "delegates"
ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES:
1. Faculty-in-Charge: Centralized Purchases Unit (CPU) & Central Stores (Aug. 2018 - )
2. Head of the Department: Aug. 2014 - Sept. 2016
3. Organizing secretary – AMDA 2014: National Conference on Advanced Materials for Defence and Aerospace Applications, Dec. 22, 2014 was organised at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus. Bharat Ratna awardee Prof. C.N. R Rao was the Keynote Speaker.
4. Convener – ICE 2013 : National conference on Innovations in Chemical Engineering ICE 2013, Nov. 15-16, 2013 was organised as Convener at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus. Total 180 participants were attended from 8 different states. Proceedings with ISBN number (978-81-7800-329-0) was published by BSP Books Pvt. Ltd., India
5. Organizing secretary – WEMEP 2012: Indo-Danish International Conference on Wind Energy: Materials, Engineering and Policies, WEMEP 2012, Nov. 22-23, 2012 was organised at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus. Total 150 delegates were participated. Selected articles were published by International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation (Inderscience, UK), cite score 1.3; ISSN: 1757-2762