Qualification :
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering from Osmania University 1991
M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University 1985
Awards and Honors :
Sisir Kumar Mitra Memorial Award from Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers for the year 2000.
Award of Prolog to Discovery Programme of IICT in the year 2000
CSIR listed top research paper in Chemical Engineering Science under Engineering Sciences for the year 2001.
Best Performance Award of IICT for the year 2002.
First prize for the technical paper presentation on “Neural Network Based Model Predictive Control of Unstable Systems”, 57 th.
Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, Mumbai, December 2004.
Associate Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences, February, 2005
CSIR listed top research paper in Chemical Engineering Science under Engineering Sciences for the year 2005.
Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences, March 2006
Membership of Professional Bodies
Life Member, Indian Institution of Chemical Engineers, Calcutta
Academic Profile :
Member, Board of Studies Department of Chemical Engineering JNTU College of Engineering (autonomous), Ananthpur.
Ph. D guidance: Currently guiding 3 students of chemical engineering.
M. Tech project guidance: Guided 7 PG students.
B. Tech project guidance: Guided 30 students of chemical engineering from BITS, IITs, OU and JNTU.
Faculty of MS program of BITS, Pilani (off-campus): Undertaken several subjects of chemical engineering.
Faculty for Heavy Water Board (BARC) training school at NFC, Hyderabad.
Examination papers and evaluation: Regularly involved in setting and evaluation of examination papers for Pre-Ph.D, PG and graduate chemical engineering courses of JNTU, Hyderabad, OU, Hyderabad and BITS, Pilani, and IIChemE, Calcutta.
Question bank preparation-Involved in the preparation and moderation of question bank for B. Tech chemical engineering courses of JNTU, Hyderabad.
Member of academic planning board-Associated with the academic planning board of Loyola Acedamy, OU, Hyderabad.
Thesis evaluation-Involved in the evaluation of M. Tech and Ph. D Theses.
Profession concerned activities :
Reviewer for research papers of International chemical engineering journals
Reviewer for research papers of Indian chemical engineering journals
Reviewer for DST funded Project proposals
Reviewer for certain award proposals
Chairing technical sessions at conferences
Basic Research :
Significant scientific contributions are made to the activity of advanced process control through the development of novel control strategies which include nonlinear controllers, model predictive controllers, fuzzy learning and predictive controllers, neural network and radial basis function network controllers. Novel methods are developed for process fault diagnosis involving quantitative, qualitative, hybrid, neural network, fuzzy reasoning and principle component analysis techniques. Significantly contributed to the activity of optimal state estimation in the way developing new state and parameter estimation strategies based on linear and nonlinear Kalman filters, linear and nonlinear observers, and stochastic techniques. The performance of such novel methods are evaluated by applying to the process systems like distillation columns, reactive distillation columns, catalytic reactors, unstable and chaotic chemical reactors, pH processes, bioreactors and pulping digesters. These fundamental/theoretical contributions have resulted publications in various chemical engineering journals of international repute.
Applied Research :
Involved in developing efficient dynamic models and advanced process control strategies for real time operation of nonlinear chemical processes. Actively worked with various sponsored research projects in different capacities such as principal investigator for a project on “advanced real time process control technology for batch reactors” sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, activity leader for the process control part of a project on “automation of chemical reactors in pharmaceutical industries” sponsored by DCSSI, Ministry of Industry, Govt. of India under UPTECH program for pharmaceutical industries in A.P., principle investigator for a project on “intelligent hybrid control system for complex processes” awarded as prolog to discovery program of IICT, CSIR under new idea fund scheme and team member for a sponsored project of “benzaldehyde production”.
Research papers presented at Conferences :
20
Invited lectures delivered
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25
Publications
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40
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