Chemical Engineering Food Safety

PAVAN KUMAR I B

# Masur Road, Rattihalli Taluk, Nagavanda, Hirekerur, Haveri, Karnataka (581210) ***************@*****.*** 963-***-****

EDUCATION:

B.E in Chemical Engineering

Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology (BIET), Davangere CGPA – 8.19*/10.00 Jul 2020*

12th grade, K.S.C.P.U.C, Shikaripura 76%

Apr 2016

10th grade, GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL, Honnali 64.64% Apr 2014

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, Energy, Environment and Sustainability Biomedical and Biotechnology, Advanced Separation Processes, Material Property estimations, Material Economics Industrial Grade Material Synthesis and Processing, Bio Polymers. COURSE WORK TAKEN: Momentum Transfer, Chemical Process Calculation, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Material Science, Mechanical Operations, Chemical Technology, Technical Chemistry, Mass Transfer, Reaction Engineering, Petrochemicals, Energy and Environment, Chemical Equipment Design and Drawing, Process Heat Transfer, Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis, Transport Phenomena Bio Chemical Engineering, Chemical Process Integration, Process Control and Instrumentation,Novel Separation Techniques, Process Industry Management, Total Quality Management. INTERNSHIPS

Process Technology Intern, Mangalore Refiners and Petrochemicals Ltd Jan 2020

• Learnt the Manufacturing process simulation & cost structure analysis of Petroleum production in the plant using their software; Conducted market analysis & drafted business plan for simulated product in post- experimentation phase.

• Learnt the Aggregative production techniques involved in the refining of crude oil to extract products ranging from petrol diesel through Merox to kerosene using standardized industrial technique of distillation and hydrocracking units.

Process Technology Intern, Cargill India Pvt. Ltd Jul 2019 – Aug 2019

• Learnt starch manufacturing process simulation & cost structure analysis of starch production in the plant using their software

• Learnt the utilization of locally sourced raw material to be processed to a global standard of packaged food incorporating all the food safety and standards regulations at the processing site. HR Management and Process Tech Intern, MSIPL Pvt. Ltd Jan 2019 – Feb 2019

• Studied grievance mechanism of the firm, and its effects on employees & employers by conducting a survey of ~50 employees; proposed a solution as per problem-statements

• Studied the process of manufacture of Soaps and Detergents on an industrial scale including its pre and post processing techniques with insights towards marketing and consumer involvement. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Production of Value-Added Products (zeolite) from coal fly ash Aug 2019-till date

(Received funding worth INR 180k from Govt. of Karnataka through New-age Incubation Network) Extracted ~70% Silica from coal fly ash by alkaline extraction followed by acidic precipitation at 100 C

& produced value-added products like Detergents, Silica gel, Zeolite, Cement Binder, Water filtration, etc., and the project will be completed before march 2020.

• Production of ETHANOL from cellulose (Team size – 2): Made sustainable utilization of waste newspapers for extraction of cellulose eventually giving rise to manufacturing technique for production of ethanol to be used as a bio fuel. Feb 2018 – Apr 2018

• Hexavalent Chromium Cr (VI) Reduction (Team size - 4): Reduced carcinogen in Cr (VI) using culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (82% efficiency) &Pseudomonas fluoresces (72% efficiency), Jun 2018 – Nov 2018

• Carbon Capture using Graphene as an Adsorptive Material (Team size – 2): Conducted a research project on the particle application of graphene to be used as an adsorbent in an axially stacked manner aiding in the adsorptive property instillation for carbon capture. Jun 2019 – Nov 2019.

• Production of Cellulose Nano Crystals and Fibers using Ball Milling Technology (Team size – 2): Utilized bamboo shoots as principle raw material to be subjected to calculated amounts of milling in order to extract cellulose nano crystals and fibers finding range of application in composite material production, sanitation products and biomedical applications. Jan 2019 – Dec 2019.

• Areca drying using Biofuels and Insolation as a Source of Energy (Team size – 4): Design and Fabrication of Low cost, low impact areca drying apparatus targeted at local farming populace Dec 2019-present.

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES

• Presented a paper on “Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Bacteria in Column Experiment” at

“Chemovation” (national-level student symposium), Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering, Apr 2019

• Presented paper on “Carbon Capture using Graphene as an Adsorptive Material” at “BIOCHESS” (national- level chemical engineer’s forum), SIT TUMKUR, Mar 2019

• Presented paper on “Production of ETHANOL from cellulose” at “Chemignite” (national-level chemical engineer’s forum), Manipal Institute of Technology, Oct 2018

• Presented & won Best Paper Award among 20 entries on “Production of Cellulose Nano Crystals and Fibers using Ball Milling Technology” at “Advitiya” (national symposium), KLEIT Hubli, Sep 2019 CERTIFICATIONS and MOOC:

• Material Science Certification test (Aug 2019) conducted by Sanfoundry and Scored in the top 99.99th percentile.

• Mass Transfer Certification test (Jul 2019) conducted by Sanfoundry and secured Grade A.

• Heat Transfer Certification test (Jul 2019) conducted by Sanfoundry and secured Grade A.

• Pursued a course in THE SCIENCE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY by open learn hosted by The Open University.

• Took an introductory course in Process modeling on the ASPEN HYSYS PLATFORM certified by Udemy on Sep 2018.

• Pursued a course in AN INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN ENGINEERING by open learn hosted by The Open University.

• Pursued an introductory course in mass transfer on Sep 2018 by open learn hosted and certified by Udemy on Sep 2018.

• Pursued a course in BIOFUELS by open learn hosted by The Open University.

• Enrolled at MITOpenCourseware’s platform to pursue Polymer Engineering (2020). WORKSHOPS

• Attended E-Step Bootcamp, an entrepreneurship awareness camp organized by Govt. of Karnataka - Developed an Idea, Product Development Canvas, Business Model Canvas, BIET Davangere, Aug 2019.

• Attended “Business Analytics” organized by Kirloskar Institute of Advanced management studies Harihar, 31st August 2019.

AWARDS AND EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

• Anchored in Collage Cultural Festival, BIET, Apr 2019.

• Secured Runner up among 10 teams in BASKETBALL Championship, GJC, Honnali. MEMBERSHIPS:

• Member, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) - Raised funds worth ~ INR 5k for Chemexcel from ISTE, Aug 2018.

• Member, AIChE 2019- present.

• Member, International Association of Engineers -present. POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

• Executive member, Student Academic Council, BIET – Organized 05 events & 02 industrial visits for 76 people, (Aug 2019 - till date).

• Council Representative, “Chemexcel”, BIET - Designed poster & website for marketing the event; scrutinized and selected papers for presentation as a part of the technical team, (Mar2019) SCHOLARSHIPS: Secured Vidhya Siri Merit based scholarship worth INR 19K annual bursary for academic excellence from Govt. of Karnataka, (Aug 2016- till date). LANGUAGES: English, Kannada, Hindi. (Read/Write/Speak).

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