Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur (June 2003- December 2007)
Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, UICT Mumbai (June 1987 - December 1989)
Associate Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, UICT Mumbai (January 1987 - June 1987)

Subjects Taught
Chemical Engineering Operations, Experimental Design and Analysis

• Consultant to resin manufacturers for new products' development
  
• 9 years of Industrial experience in the fields of Process Engineering, Research & Development, Projects, Quality Assurance, Product & Process Standardisation
  
• Experienced in benzaldehyde, benzyl chloride, benzyl acetate, acetic acid, acetic anhydride plants; design and operation of waste solvent recovery systems, filtration upgradation, and improvements for resins, erection, and commissioning of alkyd resin and emulsion production facilities, etc.
  
• Experienced in basic engineering and process standardisation and implementation (bench, pilot, and full scale), production, procurement, statistical techniques (including 6-sigma), FMEA, and other process improvement techniques, HAZOP, etc.

• Research Fellowship at Chemical Engineering Department, UMIST, Manchester, UK (1989?1991): awarded by Science & Engineering Research Council, UK.
   
  
• Research Fellowship at Chemical Engineering Department, University of Nottingham, UK (1991?1994): awarded by the Atomic Energy Authority, Harwell, UK.

Current Research Areas
• Green Technology (utilisation of nonedible oils, CO2, and H2S)
• Gas Separation, Membrane Synthesis, Membrane Reactors
• Heterogeneous Reactions
• Steam Reforming of Petroleum Feedstock and Biofuels
• Flue Gas Conditioning
   
  Current and Past Technical / Research Activities

• Development of value-added chemicals from vegetable oils

• Development of Carbon dioxide based greener processes

• Process development and engineering analysis of greener routes for commercially important organic diisocyanates, and epoxidised non-edible oils (2004-07): research project sponsored by Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy, IIT Kharagpur.

• Reforming in microreactor for production of H2 (2004-07), and In-situ reaction and separation of steam reforming product mixtures in a membrane reactor (2005-08): both research projects sponsored by Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, at IIT Kharagpur.

• NH3 production from urea for flue gas conditioning (2005-08): research project sponsored by National Thermal Power Corporation, at IIT Kharagpur.

• Utilisation of H2S for the production of value-added chemicals (2006-09): research project sponsored by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, at IIT Kharagpur

• Life member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers