Resume

Name: Astik Ramchandra Kulkarni

Date of Birth: 6

th

October 1994 Age: 25 Year

Contact Information

E-mail: adee9x@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: +91-942*******

Permanent Address: C-1/3, Paya Housing Society, Aundh, Pune – 411067 Career Objective: I want to work in chemical process engineering field where I can apply and improve my skills and create safe engineering designs. Education

S.No Examination School/College Board/University Year Class/Grade 1 SSC HHRC Patwardhan

Highschool Sangli

Maharashtra,

India

2010 94.0 %

2 HSC Willingdon College

Sangli

Maharashtra,

India

2012 87.17 %

3 B.Tech with Honours

(Chemical)

BRACT’s V.I.T.

Pune

Pune University,

India

2015 8.44/10

4 M.E.(Chemical) School of Chemical

Engineering

University of

Queensland,

Australia

2019 4.22/7

Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering

Major Courses: Process Safety and Design, HAZOP, LOPA, Bowtie and Acci-Map analysis, Electrochemistry, Nano-materials, Data Modeling, Analysis and Optimization. Projects

• Major

Analysis of multiphase flow patterns inside the vertical pipes using Ansys Fluent The project included analysis and comparison of flow patterns inside the vertical and slant pipes of various sizes to identify transition flow rates, pressures and volume fractions of multiphase fluid using Ansys Fluent Simulation Software.

• Minor

1. Wastewater treatment plant design

2. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production plant design Bachelor of Technology (Honours) in Chemical Engineering Major Courses. – Mass Transfer, Heat transfer, Fluid flow operations, Process equipment design, Chemical reaction engineering, Transport phenomenon, Separation techniques Project economics.

Projects

• Major

Design of 2-ethoxy-phenol (Guaethol) Plant.

The project included detailed experimentation and gathering of pilot data at Alchem Synthon lab, Ambarnath, Mumbai. Using the obtained data, reactor and heat exchangers with plant layout was designed.

• Minor

1. Plant design and process simulation in Aspen Plus and MATLAB Simulink software 2. Synthesis of copper nanoparticles using chemical reduction method 3. Distillation column process for separation of a multicomponent mixture of liquids. In Plant Training: Training program on Unit operations and unit processes with plant visit at RCF, Chembur, Mumbai from 6/7/2015 to 11/7/2015

Work Experience

Organization Position From To Nature of work

Technoforce Solutions

(I) Pvt. Ltd., Nashik,

India

Process

Engineer

13 June 2016 10 January 2017 Details as below

• Worked on projects involving design of process, and process equipment, drawing of P&IDs, selection of pumps and instruments, and managing control philosophies for the entire plant.

• Hands-on experience of working in a pilot plant to get data for large-scale processes and equipment design.

• Acquired customer service skills by communication with clients about the need and specifications of chemical equipment.

• Dealing with customer issues and settling them.

• Worked as a sales support engineer in the sales team.

• Participated in HAZOP meetings in several projects providing valuable feedback. Soft skills

• Proficient in CAD for drawing P&ID

• Proficient in Aspen Plus for heat exchanger design.

• Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications

• MATLAB and R Studio and GAMS modeling software

Conferences:

1. Poster presentation on’ CRISPR gene-editing technology’ at International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICBB) at YASHADA Pune on 5-7 February 2016 2. Poster presentation on’ CRISPR gene-editing technology’ and International Conference in Systems in Medicines and Biology (ICSMB) at IIT Kharagpur on 4-7 January 2016. 3. Poster presentation on Plant design using ASPEN Plus in Interdepartmental conference at VIT Pune

4. Completed short term course study in Sustainable energy for all by Rio+22 UN - Sustainable energy for all India program at VIT Pune. 5. Participated in International Paris Summit climate change program - India at VIT Pune. Extra-Curricular:

1. Student Coordinator for Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2013-14 in VIT, Pune.

2. Event head in Annual College Fest - Mélange 2015 at VIT, Pune. 3. Member of film appreciation club 2012-2016 at VIT Pune 1. Member of Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Australia in 2017-2019

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