Research Group Leader
To mitigate the environmental impact of traditional mining and ensure the future availability of critical minerals, urban mining is essential. Our focus is to germinate sustainable waste recycling and mineral recovery processes, with an emphasis on adding value to products for economic viability. Our approach integrates climate change considerations at every stage of process development. Starting with a deep understanding of the fundamentals, we analyze reaction kinetics, identify rate-limiting steps, and determine the optimal downstream processes to create a closed-loop system with zero discharge, all while ensuring scalability for the future.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
July 2018- Sep 2022
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
July 2016 - May 2018
University College of Technology, Osmania University
August 2012 - April 2016
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Department of Chemical Enginnering
University of Illinois Chicago
Climate engineering for global warming (CHE 150- Elective for UG 1 st and 2 nd year students)
Project: Cement High throughput testing strategies for process and concrete optimization and direct air capture.
Atonarp Microsystems
Project: Analyzed molecular ion trajectories within specific electric fields using SIMION software for quadruple mass spectroscopy.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Department of Chemical Engineering
Offered hands-on training as an instructor for the doctoral research scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, during the workshop organized by MECHANICA 2022, CHEMPLUS 2021. Instructed in STP (Student Training Program) course virtually on Process Modeling and Simulation using SCILAB organized by Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University between 21st - 23rd September 2020.
Technoforce Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Contributed to activities in the pilot plant, conducting experiments involving distillation and evaporation, and performing mass balance analyses.
LKMT best PhD thesis award for the year 2022: Award ( INR 50000 Cash and Certificate) is given to two best scholars from all the institutions in India.
Best paper presentation award (2nd prize) for the study titled “Continuous Synthesis of Stable Copper Nanoparticles using Polyol Process in ChemPlus 2021, held between March 27th - 29th, 2021 in IIT Madras, Chennai.
Best poster award (1st prize) for the work titled “Sequential Extraction of Metals from Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) using Nitric Acid” in the 4th Indo-German workshop on advances in Materials, Reaction & Separation Processes, held between February 23rd to 26th, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
Recipient of OUCT Alumni Scholarship: I was awarded a scholarship of Rs. 15000/- for demonstrating excellence in academics and extra-curricular activities by the Osmania University College of Technology Alumni Association in March 2015.
Recipient of the Prime-Minister Scholarship: I received a scholarship of Rs. 24000/- per year for a period of four years (2012 – 16) for maintaining excellent academic record among children of armed force person.