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Address for correspondence: C.S. No. **91, ‘Advait’, Opposite R. M.

High school, Bramhanpuri, Miraj 416410

Pranav Prakash Kulkarni

M.E. CHEMICAL, Dip. in Plastic Engg.

BITS Pilani

: +91-937*******

acvekp@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF PROFILE:

Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from BITS Pilani and Diploma in Plastic Engineering seeking a challenging role in any of Chemical, Petroleum, Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, Polymer, Fertilizer, Projects Engineering, Process Design industries. Interested in departments as Process Engineering, Project Engineering, R&D and Product development etc.

Currently, since Aug 2014 (1 yr 11 months) working as a “Product Development Executive” in Process Engineering and R&D Department of Suru Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., Tarapur MIDC, Boisar, Maharashtra.

Experience of working on research projects for 17 months as a Teaching Assistant in Academics Research Division, BITS, Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa.

Experience of working as a Project Engineer in Shri Venkateshwara Associates, Sangli for 9 months

Experience in the field of process design, modelling, momentum transfer and reaction kinetics while working on various academic projects and Industrial internships.

Worked as a principal investigator and main author in couple of projects, research papers and presented them orally in national and international conferences. OBJECTIVE:

Interested in responsible position in Process Design engineering, Project Engineering or Research and Development Division.

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS:

Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering CGPA – 6.88/10 July 2012-May 2014 Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani

Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering Percentage/ Grade – 62.37% (First Class) Shivaji University, Kolhapur June 2008-May 2011

Diploma in Plastic Engineering Percentage/ Grade – 65% (First Class) June 2005-May 2008 MSBTE, Mumbai

EXPERIENCE:

Product Development Executive Aug 2014-Till date Name of Company: Suru Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. Company Profile: Manufacturers, Suppliers & Exporters of Lanolin Anhydrous, its derivatives and different derivatives of Oils and fats

Total Experience: 1 yr & 11 months still going on

Responsibilities:

Product & Process Development and R&D: Prediction of quantities of raw materials to be utilised for product manufacturing with better Yield and better physical & Chemical Properties based on experiments carried out with different trials for development of process and process design, Calibration of pumps, and of instruments and equipment like Isokinetic probe, Pressure transmitters, temperature transmitters etc.

Process Design & Engineering: Calculation & prediction of process streams’ flow rates, Temperatures and pressures, Compositions of feed and other streams, Energy and mass

(material) balances, Reading P&IDs, PFDs, GADs/Fabrication Drawings, Isometric drawings, Chiller load calculations, Heat load calculations etc., Design of Heat exchanger, pressure vessel,

Plant & Production: Manpower Handling, Daily Production Report, Issue Slips, Batch Manufacturing Record, Batch Manufacturing Summary, Calculation of yield, EFD

Experimentation&Lab tests: AV, PV, LOD, Colour Gardner, 10% MTO, Iodine Value, Melting Point, Saponification Value etc., Standardisation of Solutions, Maintaining Experiments & Tests Record

Faced internal as well as external audits form different companies & organisations like Castrol, VHB Life Sciences ltd, ISO, WHO GMP and FDA etc.

Working as a Safety Committee member in Safety division. 2 P a g e

Address for correspondence: C.S. No. 4191, ‘Advait’, Opposite R. M. High school, Bramhanpuri, Miraj 416410

Teaching Assistant (Stipendiary) Jan 2013 – May 2014 Name of Institute: Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani Institute Profile: Academic and research institute & university of Engineering, Technology and Science Total Experience: 17 months

Responsibilities:

Conducting Lectures, Tutorials & Labs, Handling sponsored research projects and Invigilation for examinations

Project Engineer Aug 2011 – Apr 2012

Name of Company: Shri Venkateshwara Associates, Sangli Company Profile: Manufacturers & Suppliers of Educational Equipments & Instruments required for experimental purpose in Heat transfer, Mass transfer, Fluid Mechanics & Theory of machines laboratories in engineering colleges

Total Experience: 9 months

Responsibilities:

Project Planning, Management, Manpower Handling

Demonstrations of Equipments & Experiments

Erection, Installation & Commissioning of equipments INTERNSHIPS:

ELCOM International Pvt. Ltd.

Details: Training involved Injection moulding of electronic components, Report preparation on the training, Industrial safety approaches, Basics of PLC applied to plastic processing equipment.

Aundh Vocational Training System (AVTS), Aundh, Pune Title of Certificate: Plastic Processing Technology Details: This training included Injection, Extrusion, and Blow moulding machines working (Practical), Basics of PLC applied to plastic processing equipment, Theoretical basics of Plastic & its Processing PROJECTS:

Studies on Viscosity and Surface Tension and their correlation for Liquids and their mixtures Jan 2014 to Dec 2014

Description: Experiments on different liquids and their mixtures for measurement of their surface tension and viscosities & to find out the theoretical correlation between them.

Distillation of Multicomponent Mixture: Performance analysis using equilibrium based method Jan 2013 to Nov 2013

Description: Modelling (MESH Equations’ analysis) & simulation of Distillation column using rigorous Bubble Point method with degrees of freedom analysis & computerized C++ program

Performance Analysis of Multicomponent Absorption System using Sum – Rates method Jan 2013 to Nov 2013

Description: Modelling (MESH Equations’ analysis) & simulation of Absorption column using rigorous Sum-Rates method with degrees of freedom analysis & computerized C++ program

Mathematical Methods Applicable to the general multistage design model of Distillation Jan 2013 to Apr 2013

Description: Development of a mathematical model for multistage distillation & its theoretical solution technique using mathematical methods in chemical engineering

Design of Evaporators Unit for Disposition of Bio-Methanated Waste Jun 2010 to Apr 2011 Description: The project involved evaporator, compressor & pumps designs, and Theoretical simulation of hypothetical problem

Design of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers Jun 2010 to Oct 2010 Description: Theoretical study of the different types of air cooled heat exchangers & their generalized description of construction, working & Design

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Address for correspondence: C.S. No. 4191, ‘Advait’, Opposite R. M. High school, Bramhanpuri, Miraj 416410

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Pranav Kulkarni, Manjare S. D. and Amey Avhad, “Distillation of Multicomponent Mixture: Performance analysis using equilibrium based method” presented orally in “International conference on frontiers in chemical Engineering 2013”

Pranav Kulkarni, Manjare S. D. and Amey Avhad, “Performance Analysis of Multicomponent Absorption System using Sum – Rates method” presented orally in the national conference namely, “Innovations in Chemical Engineering 2013”

COMPUTATIONAL KNOWLEDGE:

Computer languages: C (Certified), C++

Chemical Engineering Software: CHEMCAD, COMSOL

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

Worked as a ‘Teaching Assistant’ in “Academics and Research Division” under Student Fellowship Scheme for 17 months at BITS Pilani.

Worked as a ‘main author’ & as a ‘principal investigator’ in above mentioned conference papers.

Worked as a secretary of CHESA for year 2010-11 in PVPIT Sangli. AREAS OF INTEREST:

Modelling, Process Design & Simulation of -- Design Systems, Plants, Processes and Equipments, Energy and Mass (Material) Balances, Process Calculations

Separation Techniques and its Process as well as Equipment Design: Distillation, Extraction, Absorption, Desorption, Stripping, Leaching, Drying, VLE

Momentum, Energy/Heat Transfer and stoichiometric Studies i.e. process calculations

Reaction Kinetics and Engineering

Petroleum formation, refineries & its processing

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