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1 Profile Page DR. SOMNATH NANDI Title: Associate Professor Location: E somnath.nandi@mitpune.edu.in Phone: (Extn 3116) Website: Profile Research interest are Process Modeling, Control and Optimization strategies. Indigenously designed an internal loop Airlift Reactor for Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer studies. Completed 3 Research Projects and 6 Technical Consultancies. Presently working on Green and Clean Energies.. Education: 2010 PhD (Chemical Engg.) National Chemical Laboratory Pune, University of Pune 2004 M E (Chemical Engg.) Nagpur University BTech (Chemical Engg) BSc (Chemistry Hons.) University Department of Chemical Engg., University of Calcutta Asutosh College, University of Calcutta Experience: 2003 Till date: Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune : National Chemical Laboratory, Pune : Mafatlal Industries, Chemical Division, Dewas (M.P.) Awards and Honors: 2011: Ideal Teacher Award, MIT - Pune 1999: Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi 1997: 1994: GATE (All India Rank 73, Percentile: 94.44) in Chemical Engineering National Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies, Govt. of India Courses taught: Advanced Numerical Methods Advanced Instrumentation and Process Control in Petroleum Industry Transport Phenomena Fluidization Engineering Catalysis Science and Technology Computer Applications Applied Hydrocarbon Thermodynamics

2 Process Calculations Renewable Energy Sources Process Modeling and Simulation Process Optimization Numerical Reservoir Modeling and Simulation Recognized PhD Guide: Petroleum Engineering Chemical Engineering University of Pune University of Pune Number of PhDs/ PG Projects: PhD 2014 Study of Asphaltene Precipitation Phenomena of Crude Oils Under Different Reservoir Conditions (Research on-going) PG 2013 Performance Analysis of Sucker Rod Pump through Counter-Balancing 2007 Permeability Prediction Using ANN: Case Study of Uinta Basin Publications: 2014: S. Nandi, Biodesulfurization of Diesel in Internal-loop Airlift Reactor, pp Contributed Chapter on Pollution Abatement and Control Ed. S. N. Kaul et al., Daya Publishing House, New Delhi (ISBN: ) (2014). S. Nandi, S. J. Jaju, Hydrodynamics of Pilot Plant Scale Airlift Reactor in Presence of Organic Alcohol Manuscript under review at Polish J. Chem. Tech. [Ref. No. PJChT16/4/2014]. P. R. Kale, A. D. Kulkarni, S. Nandi, Synthesis of Biodiesel from Low Cost Vegetable oil and Prediction of Fuel Properties of Biodiesel Diesel Mixture, Manuscript under revision at Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. [Manuscript ID: ie ]. 2013: S. Nandi, Biodesulfurization of Petro-based Products, Contributed Chapter on Environmental Education Ed. S. N. Kaul et al., APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, (ISBN: ) India (2013). P. Kale, A. D. Kulkarni, S. Nandi, Prediction of Fuel Properties of Biodiesel Diesel Mixture, Accepted for Oral Presentation in Track 5 of ESMOC 2013 held at NIT Durgapur in 9 11 December V. Mhaske, A. D. Kulkarni, S. Nandi, Effect of Magnetic Field on Viscosity of Diesel as a Component of Crude Oil, Oral Presentation on Track 1 of ESMOC 2013 held at NIT Durgapur in December 9-11, R. Kumar, R. Agarwal, S. Nandi, Hydrodynamic Behavior of Internal Loop Airlift Reactor Presented at CHEMCON 2013 held at UICT Mumbai in December (Ref. No. FMC081). D. Pratap, S. Nandi, P. B. Jadhav, Performance Analysis of Sucker Rod Pump Through Counterbalancing, Presented at ESMOC 2013 at NIT Durgapur held in December, 9-11, 2013.

3 S. Sirsikar, S. Ingawale, P. R. Kale, A. D. Kulkarni, S. Nandi, Synthesis and Blendabilty of Biodiesel from Palmolein Oil, Presented at CHEMCON 2013 held at UICT Mumbai in December (Ref. No. FNA002). A. D. Kulkarni, V. S. Mhaske, S. Nandi, K. S. Wani, Effect of Magnetic Field on the Viscosity of Individual Hydrocarbons, Presented at CHEMCON 2013 held at UICT Mumbai in December (Ref. No. FNA035). 2012: S. Nandi, Modeling and Simulation of Phthalic Anhydride Production in a Structured Metallic Monolith Reactor, Proc. Engg. Vol. 38, pp (2012). S. Nandi, Modeling and Simulation of Airlift Bioreactor for Scale-Up Studies of L-Lactic Acid Production, (Ref. Paper 409) 11 th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE 2012), Singapore on July U. Shaikh, S. Nandi, A. K. Das, M. Patil, I. Rahman, Furfural from Biomass, Presented at CHEMCON 2012 (Ref. P-402) in Proc. of IIChE Congress, NIT Jalandhar (2012). S. Sirsikar, S. P. Ingawale and S. Nandi, A Detailed Study on Synthesis, Characterization and Blendability of Biodiesel, Presented at CHEMCON 2012 (Ref. P-796) and available in Proc. of IIChE Congress, NIT Jalandhar (2012). 2011: P. R. Kale and S. Nandi, Prediction of Important Fuel Properties of Biodiesel Diesel Fuel Blends, Oral presentation at CHEMCON 2011 (Ref. Paper 633) and available in Proceedings of Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (Vol. 1), pp (2011). M. Kumar, S. Razdan and S. Nandi, Modeling and Simulation of Catalytic Naphtha Reformer, Presented at CHEMCON 2011 (Ref. Paper 605) and available in Proceedings of Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (Vol. 2), pp (2011). Other Important Publications: S. Nandi, Bio-desulfurization of Hydro-desulfurized Diesel in AirLift Reactor Jour. of Sci. & Ind. Res., Vol. 69, pp (2010) (Citations Received = 6). S. Nandi and K. N. Deotare, Simulating an Industrial Scale Trickle Bed Reactor for Hydrodesulfurization of Diesel, pp in Modeling and Simulation (Vol. I), Ed. S. R. K. Prasad et al., Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Chennai (ISBN13: ) (2007). S. Nandi, L. K. Kshirsagar, Residue Upgradation Technologies for Indian Refineries, Presentated in PETROTECH 2007 (Paper ID 810), New Delhi, India S. Nandi, Y. Badhe, J. B. Lonari, U. Sridevi, B. S. Rao, S. S. Tambe, B. D. Kulkarni, Hybrid Process Modeling and Optimization Strategies Integrating Neural Networks/Support Vector Regression and Genetic algorithms: Study of Benzene Isopropylation on HBeta Catalyst, Chem. Engg. Jour. Vol. 97, pp (2004) (Citations Received = 52). S. G. Kulkarni, A. K. Chaudhary, S. Nandi, S. S. Tambe, B. D. Kulkarni, Modeling and Monitoring of Batch Processes Using Principal Component Assisted Generalized Neural Networks, Biochem. Engg. Jour. Vol. 18, No. 5, pp (2004) (Citations Received = 36). R. Kalgaonkar, S. Nandi, S. S. Tambe, J. Jog Analysis of Viscoelastic Behavior and Dynamic Mechanical Relaxation of Copolyester based Layered Silicate Nanocomposites using

4 Havriliak-Negami Model, Jour. of Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys. Vol. 42, pp (2004) (Citations Received = 6). S. Nandi, P. Mukherjee, S. S. Tambe, R. Kumar, B. D. Kulkarni, Reaction Modeling and Optimization Using Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms: Case Study Involving TS-1 Catalyzed Hydroxylation of Benzene, Ind. Engg. Chem. Res., Vol. 41, pp (2002) (Citations Received = 21). S. Nandi, S. Ghosh, S. S. Tambe, B. D. Kulkarni, Artificial Neural Network Assisted Stochastic Process Optimization Strategies, AIChE J, Vol. 47, pp (2001) (Citation Received = 26). S. Nandi, I. Rahman, S. S. Tambe, R. L. Sonolikar and B. D. Kulkarni Process Identification Using Genetic Programming: A Case Study Involving Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Unit, pp in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Based Industries in Eastern India Ed. R. K. Saha et al., Allied Publishers Ltd., New Delhi (2000). Research Grants received: Amount, Agency and Project details in brief 2006 Rs. 3 Lakh BCUD, University of Pune 2007 Rs Lakh AICTE, New Delhi (Co-PI of the Project) 2012 Rs Lakh BCUD, University of Pune (Co-PI of the Project) Professional Activities: 2014: Reviewed a paper of International Journal of Chemical Engineering, USA Reviewing couple of papers of 6 th Intl. Conf. on Chem. Bio and Environ. Engg., to be held in Paris, Member of Editorial Team of the journal Trends in Chemical Engineering Technical Committee Member of ICECS 2014 to be held in France, September (2014). Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Petroleum Engineering and Technology. 2013: Reviewed a paper of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, Croatia Reviewed a paper of Intl. Journal of Environmental Science & Development, Singapore Technical Committee of 5th Intl. Conf. on Chemical, Biological & Environ. Engg., New Delhi Member of National Organizing Committee ESMOC held at NIT Durgapur, December International Scientific Committee of 2nd Asian Academic Society International Conference (AASIC) held at Bangkok, November 4 5, : Reviewed a paper of Intl. Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, Singapore Reviewed a paper of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, Croatioa Reviewed three papers for IFAC CHAOS held at Mexico in June Reviewer of 2 nd Intl. Conf. on Biotech & Environmental Management, Phuket, Thailand Editorial Board & Scientific Committee Member of World Academy of Science Engineering and Technology

5 Professional Memberships: Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Kolkata; Membership No. LM Associate Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi; Membership No. LM Senior Member of Asia Pacific Chemical Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (ABCEES), Hong Kong; Member No Senior Member of International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore; Member No Member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong; Membership No Member of Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) UK; Membership No: Member International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Austria, ID 5641 Member of Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB), Korea, Membership No. IN00542 University and Other Academic Service: Subject Expert and Chairman of Process Calculations, Process Dynamics and Control, Transport Phenomena, Process Modeling & Simulation, Chemical Process Optimization, Advanced Numerical Techniques, Catalyst Science & Technology and Fluidization Engineering for Chemical Engineering Board under University of Pune. Subject Expert and Paper Setter for Examinations of Anna University, Chennai, JNTU, Hyderabad, Bharti Vidyapeeth, Pune, I 2 IT Pune etc. Special Invitee in Board of Studies in Petroleum Engineering, University of Pune Sinhagad Engineering College, Pune conducted a short-term refresher course on Optimization for Process Industries funded by ISTE, New Delhi in November Delivered lecture and case studies on Novel Optimization Formalisms: Introduction to Stochastic Optimization and its Merits and Demerits Genetic Algorithms and their Advantages Differential Evolution Techniques and their Efficacy Particle Swarm Methodologies and its Applications Resource Person for National Level Workshop on Process Modeling and Simulation held at MIT-Pune in December 18 21, 2012 Expert Lecture on a Week Long Course on Fundamentals of Neural Networks and Digital Image Processing held at MIT-Pune in between 29 th May and 2 nd June, Special Lecture and hands on at Weeklong Data Mining Workshop at MIT Pune, 27 th Jan 1 st Feb 2014 Subject Expert for Chemical Engineering Optimization, Advanced Numerical Methods etc. of PG level course at Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering at Pune Delivered a special lecture on Computational Intelligence Based Methodologies for Modeling and Optimization at Centre for Modeling and Simulation, University of Pune in Subject Expert of Biochemical Engineering and Industrial Biotechnology for Masters Level Course in the Department of Biotechnology at University of Pune. Resource Person of Optimization Techniques for Department of Technology, University of Pune.

6 Conducted Tutorial on Neural Networks for Energy Systems at NIT Durgapur during International Conference of ESMOC 2013 in December 9 11 (2013). Interaction with Industry Houses: Helium Consulting Pune COMSOL Bangalore Aker Solutions Pune NALCO ECOLAB Pune Community Service: Active Supporter of CRY (Ref ) Support and other activities related to Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Kolkata Ex-Member of Managing Committee of Elite Empire Housing Society Ltd., Balewadi, Pune Joint Secretary of Paschim Pune Bangiya Parishad, Aundh, Pune