Personal

Educational Background

*    PhD: Process Control, University of Aston, Birmingham, UK

*    M Tech: Process control, Chemical engineering, I.I.T. Madras

*    B Tech: Chemical engineering , I.I.T. Madras

Post Doctoral Experience

*    Chemical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, USA (1988 - '89).

*    Chemical Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK (1980 - '83).

Honors and Awards

*     Editorial Board of open Enzyme Inhibition Journal(2008-)
*     Editorial Board of open Petroleum Engineering Journal(2008-)
*     Editorial Board of Chemical Engineering, McGraw Hill Publ, USA (2003-)
*     Indian Institute of Chemical engineers 'Herdilla award' for Excellence in Basic
       research in Chemical engineering (1995).
*     Prof Kane visiting fellowship, UICT, Bombay (2003-2004)
*     Lupin India visiting fellowship, UICT, Bombay (2002)
*     Dai Ichi Karkaria Fellowship, UICT, Bombay (2000)
*     Chinnamaul prize for best technical paper presented, IIChE Annual conf (1994).
*     Commonwealth scholarship for doing PhD at UK

Carreer Profile

*    Professor, Dept of Biotechnology, IIT Madras, Chennai (19^th May 2006-present)

*    Associate Professor, Dept of Biotechnology, IIT Madras, Chennai (15^th Apr 2004-18^th May 2006)

*    Faculty at Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai (July 2003-Mar 2004)

*    Program Leader, Chemical engineering modelling group, GE India Technology centre, Bangalore (Jan 
      2000 - Jun, 2003 )

*    Group Manager, ICI India R&T centre , Bombay (Sept, 1989-Dec, 1999)

*    Senior Scientist, ICI India R&T centre , Bombay (Sept, 1983-Dec, 1988)

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