b"S.A.KISHORE KUMAR\nPG Specialization: Chemical Engineering\n\nMale\nM.Tech.\n\nIndian Institute of Technology, Bombay\nkishore.s@iitb.ac.in\nkishore.ananth83@gmail.com\n\nDOB: 01-10-1983\n\nExamination\n\nUniversity\n\nInstitute\n\nCompletion Year\n\nPost Graduation\nIIT Bombay\nUG Specialization: Chemical Engineering\nGraduation\nAndhra University\nCollege of Engineering\n\nAndhra University\nCollege of Engineering\n\n2006\n\nIntermediate/+2\nMatriculation\n\nSri Chaityana Junior College\nZ.P.High School\n\n2002\n2000\n\nB.I.E., A.P.\nB.S.E., A.P.\n\nIIT Bombay\n\n+91-9920239798\n\nJune -2009\n\nCPI / %\n8.75\n80.50\n\n92.20\n73.00\n\nINDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE\n\nNagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited, Kakinada\nDesignation: Executive Trainee\n[June 06 \xe2\x80\x93Feb 07]\n\xef\x82\xb7 Main objective of the training program was to acquaint with different operations involved in\nAmmonia plant.\nDesignation: Assistant Manager \xe2\x80\x93Production\n[Feb 07\xe2\x80\x93 July 07]\nResponsibility:\n\xef\x82\xb7 Assist the plant manager with the development of operative strategies\n\xef\x82\xb7 Scheduling and controlling of production processes and preparing production documents\n\xef\x82\xb7 Handling plant in shifts\n\xef\x82\xb7 Handling and properly utilizing the manpower of 30 operators\n\xef\x82\xb7 Trained 15 operators\n\xef\x82\xb7 One among the ten member monitoring committee appointed for conducting the maintenance\nactivities during plant\xe2\x80\x99s annual turnaround\n\xef\x82\xb7 Increased the effectiveness of the equipments handled in the production plant\nEquipments Handled:\n\xef\x82\xb7 Heat Exchangers and Furnaces\n\xef\x82\xb7 Pumps and Compressors\n\xef\x82\xb7 Absorption columns and strippers\n\xef\x82\xb7 Reactors\n\xef\x82\xb7 Distillation columns\nHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Visakh Refinery, Visakhapatnam\nAttended 15 day\xe2\x80\x99s industrial training program in visakh refinery, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation\nLimited, Visakhapatnam and submitted a report on different operations involved in the Refinery.\nEXTRA -CURRICULAR ACTIVITIE S AND AWARDS\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\nMember of the Gold medal winning IITB cricket team in the 44th Inter IIT Sports meet held at IIT\nMadras (\xe2\x80\x9808)\nMember, Andhra University cricket team which secured 6th position at Inter-university Sports Meet\nheld at Manipal University which saw about 40 universities all over India (\xe2\x80\x9805)\nCaptain, A.U.C.E cricket team for the year (\xe2\x80\x9806): Nominated out of 3000 students. Led a team of\n16 players to 2nd position in Inter-collegiate games and was man of the match in semi finals.\nCaptain, District Kabaddi team (U -15) Led a team of 10 players to 5 position in Regional meet\nheld at KV Picket Hyderabad which saw about 20 team from all over the district (\xe2\x80\x9897)\nCaptain, cricket team which represented Chemical engineering Dept and secured 4th Position out of\n25 Teams in PG sports held at IITB (\xe2\x80\x9808)\nSecured 1st position in 200 meters and 2nd position in long jump in the main GC held at AUCE (\xe2\x80\x9803)\nMember, Hostel Cricket team which secured 2nd position out of 12 teams in inter-hostel Main General\nChampionship held at IITB (\xe2\x80\x9808)\nHostel \xe2\x80\x98Sports Colour\xe2\x80\x99 for excellence in Cricket (\xe2\x80\x9807)\nMember, Badminton team which represented Chemical Engg Dept in PG sports held at IITB (\xe2\x80\x9807,\xe2\x80\x9908)\n-1-\n\n\x0cACADEMIC PROJECTS\n\nPost Graduation Project: \xe2\x80\x9cAlkane Aromatization Process Modelling\xe2\x80\x9d under the guidance of Prof.\nA.S.Moharir, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (Jan\xe2\x80\x9908- present)\nDetails:\n\xef\x82\xb7 BTX hydrocarbons (Benzene, Toluene and Xylenes) are mainly obtained by catalytic reforming of\nNaphthas and Naphtha feedstock represents about 80% of the production cost of BTX. Therefore it is\nnecessary to substitute a less expensive material for Naphtha\n\xef\x82\xb7 Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) which is produced in excess and has high transportation costs can be\nused as an alternative feed for the production of aromatics. Cyclar process which is developed\nrecently by UOP and BP uses a Gallium loaded zeolite catalyst for converting LPG into aromatic\nproducts\nThe main achievements of this project are,\n\xef\x82\xb7 Proposed a mechanism for the aromatization of alkanes on HZSM-5 and GaHZSM-5 catalysts\n\xef\x82\xb7 Developed a simulation model for the aromatization of both Propane and n-Butane over GaHZSM-5\n\xef\x82\xb7 Performed simulations and obtain concentration profiles of various components along the PFR\n\xef\x82\xb7 Extended the model to an Adiabatic plug flow reactor and Obtained the temperature profile along the\nPFR which will optimize the selectivity of the aromatics\n\xef\x82\xb7 Determine the reactor configuration which gives better yield of aromatics\nGraduation Project: \xe2\x80\x9cProcess Development Studies on Biodiesels\xe2\x80\x9d\nDetails:\n\xef\x82\xb7 Biodiesels consists of short chain alkyl esters which are produced from renewable resources like\nanimal fats and plant seeds. Biodiesels are not only eco-friendly but also biodegradable and non-toxic\n\xef\x82\xb7 Biodiesels are produced by transesterification reaction in which vegetable oil is chemically reacted\nwith an alcohol (mainly methanol) in presence of catalyst like KOH and NaOH.\nThe main achievements of this project are,\n\xef\x82\xb7 Developed a process to produce Biodiesel in the lab\n\xef\x82\xb7 Experimentally produced biodiesels using Jatropha, Niger and Mustard oils.\n\xef\x82\xb7 Determined the effect catalyst concentrations and mole ratio of oil to methonal on the yield of\nbiodeisels\n\xef\x82\xb7 Evaluated the physical properties of obtained Biodiesel samples\n\xef\x82\xb7 Got 2nd prize for presenting a paper on \xe2\x80\x98The Growing Importance of Biodiesels\xe2\x80\x99 in Ripples (2005)\nNational level students\xe2\x80\x99 symposium at AUCE.\nSeminar: \xe2\x80\x9cPolymer Synthesis in Ionic Liquids\xe2\x80\x9d\nDetails: Carried out literature survey on the topic and determined the various advantages of conducting\npolymerization in Ionic liquids\nCourse project: \xe2\x80\x9cDesign of Petluyk Distillation Column\xe2\x80\x9d\nDetails:\n\xef\x82\xb7 Designed a Petluyk Distillation Column for separating Toluene, Benzene and Xylene using Aspen\nPlus.\n\xef\x82\xb7 Designed the Direct Sequence of two Distillation columns using Aspen Plus\n\xef\x82\xb7 Compared the energy efficiency of Petluyk distillation columns and direct sequence\nCourse project \xe2\x80\x9cCFD Modelling of a Liquid-Solid Fluidized Bed\xe2\x80\x9d\nDetails:\n\xef\x82\xb7 Simulations were performed for water fluidization of glass spheres using Fluent software.\n\xef\x82\xb7 The effect of mesh size, time step and convergence criteria on the hydrodynamics of the fluidized\nBeds are investigated.\nAttended a 5 day program on \xe2\x80\x9cTomography and Velocity Imaging in Multiphase Reactors\xe2\x80\x9d, at IIT Delhi\nCHEMICAL ENGINEERING EXPERTISE\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\nSimulation Packages : ASPEN PLUS, FLUENT, GAMBIT, MATLAB\nProgramming Languages : C\nKey Courses: Process plant Simulation, Advanced process synthesis, Advanced process\noptimization, Computational flow modelling etc.\n-2-\n\n\x0cPOSITIONS OF RESPONS IBILITY\n\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\n\xef\x82\xb7\n\nCore group member of the \xe2\x80\x9cBiosynth\xe2\x80\x9d team consisting of 30 students formed to set up a bio-diesel\nplant in IIT Bombay with a capacity of 150 L per batch and run all campus vehicles\nWork includes:\n\xef\x82\xb7\nPerform laboratory runs and provide data for plant design\n\xef\x82\xb7\nInteraction with faculty on technical aspects\n\xef\x82\xb7\nQuality control: Standardize the analytical methods, document them and train other students\n\xef\x82\xb7\nResearch on possible improvement in the process\nDepartmental Nominee for P.G. Sports 2008-present: Nominated out of 80 students. Work involves\nconducting camps for PGs and organizing PG Sports. Brought up the students participation by 40%\ncompared to the previous year\nOne of the Organizers of the event RIPPLES-2005, National level student\xe2\x80\x99s symposium in department\nof chemical engineering A.U, in which 350 students from 40 colleges all over India participated. Led\na team of 20 students and raised Rs. 2.5 lakhs from sponsorships\nOne of the Organizers of the event Azeotropy-2008, National level students symposium in\ndepartment of chemical engineering, IIT Bombay in which 400 people from 50 colleges participated.\nConducted \xe2\x80\x9cPerry's Scope\xe2\x80\x9d Chemical Engineering Quiz for 100 teams\n\nOTHER DETAILS\n\nI am very ambitious person always on the urge of learning something new. In my one year of industrial\nexperience I learnt how to handle Furnace, Heat Exchangers, Pumps, Compressors, Reactors, Absorbers and\nStrippers other than this I learnt how to handle people which is more difficult than handling machines\nbecause machines don\xe2\x80\x99t have brain.\nI am a sports enthusiast right from my childhood love to play all kind of sports. Recently I have learnt\nSwimming, Table Tennis and Attended Shooting champ conducted in IITB.I maintain a right balance\nbetween sports and academics.\nOther than games I love travelling which gives me scope to learn something new by interact with different\npeople.\nI constantly derive motivation from my surroundings. For me the strongest motivation has been my friends\nwhat ever I have achieved till now is because of them.\nCONTACT DETAILS\n\nPresent Address :\nRoom No.201,\nA wing, Hostel 12,\nIIT Bombay\nPowai, Mumbai-400076\n\nPermanent Address :\n3-57/1, Chandranagar\nYellapuvanipalem,\nGopalapatnam (Po.),\nVishakapatnam, A.P-530027\n\n-3-"