DR. V. R. RENJITH. Education qualification

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1 DR. V. R. RENJITH Official address Associate Professor Division of Safety and Fire Engineering School of Engineering Cochin University of Science and Technology Kochi , Kerala, India. Mobile No E- Education qualification Sl. Degree University Year Specialization Percentage No. 1. B.Tech CET 1996 Mechanical Engg Kerala University 2. DISE Directorate of Technical 2000 Industrial Safety Engg Education, Kerala State 3. M.Tech NIT Trichy 2005 Industrial Safety Engg. 9.55(CGPA) 4. PhD Cochin University of 2011 Consequence modelling, Science and Technology Vulnerability analysis and (CUSAT) Kochi Fuzzy Fault tree analysis of hazardous storage in an Industrial area Teaching experience Research Experience : 18 Years : 8 Years Administrative experience : 2 Years Areas of interest Fire modelling, explosion modelling, dispersion modelling, Fault tree analysis, Fuzzy Fault tree analysis, Event tree analysis, Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Fuzzy LOPA, HAZOP, FETI, Risk Matrix, Disaster management, Vulnerability analysis, Safety audit, What If analysis, FMEA,FMECA, Fuzzy FMECA, BBS, Occupational health and Hygiene, Fire Engineering and Safety in on & offshore drilling, Domino effect analysis, Dynamic risk modeling, Risk analysis of cross country pipe lines. Countries visited: - USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Oman, and UAE

2 Publications International journals : 2 National journals : 1 International/National Conferences : 25 Awards and Professional recognition 1. First rank in M.Tech Industrial Safety Engineering. 2. Best Outgoing student award among Mech. PG from NIT Trichy in the Year Consultant for various organizations in the field of Safety. 4. Member Board of studies (Safety & Fire Engineering), CUSAT. 5. Quiz Master for Safety quiz for National Safety Council (India) and many other organizations. 6. Resources person for various SDP and STTP organized by engineering college in south India. 7. Resources person for statutory training program organized by FACT. 8. Resource person for Supervisory Development Centre. 9. Resource Person for Indian Rare Earths Ltd. 10. Resource Person for SITTTR. 11. Resource person, IEI(Kerala chapter). 12. Resource person, ICheM ( Cochin chapter) 13. Resource person, Institution of Plant Engineers. 14. Resources person for Dept. Factories & Boilers 15. NBA accreditation co-ordinator ( ), for B. Tech Safety and Fire Engg department, CUSAT. 16. Member Curriculum development committee, KTU. 17. Chairman (Board of examinations) CUSAT. 18. Member Selection committee (TIST). 19. Member Editorial advisory board of Two journals. 20. Reviewer Journal of hazardous materials Elsevier. 21. Reviewer Journal of Process Safety Progress- Wiley Blackwell. No. of Ph. D Scholars - 4 No. of M.Tech thesis Guided - 7 No. of M. Tech dissertation (ongoing) - 5

3 Consultancies under taken/completed Sl. No. Nature of Work Organization 1. Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) study of KMML,Kollam KMML, Chavara Kollam. 2. Risk Assessment and HAZOP analysis LPG HP Gas, HPCL Kochi bottling Plant 3. Consequence analysis of ammonia storage FACT Cochin Division 4. Risk analysis of storage tanks Ruchi petroleum, Kochi 5. Risk Analysis of storage tanks ABC petroleum, Kochi Hindustan Latex- Main plant Trivandrum 6. Safety Audit 7. Safety Audit Hindustan Latex- Blood bag Plant, Trivandrum. Research Projects Completed Sl. Title Funding Amount Role No. organization 1. MODROBS-Industrial Hygiene Lab AICTE Rs Project Lakhs preparation and implementation International Journals [1] V.R. Renjith, G. Madhu, V. Lakshmana Gomathi Nayagam, A.B. Bhasi. Two dimensional fuzzy fault tree analysis for chlorine release from a chlor-alkali industry using expert elicitation, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Elsevier publication.vol 183 (2010) pp (Impact factor over 4 with more than 35 citations) [2] V.R. Renjith, G. Madhu, Individual and societal risk analysis and mapping of human vulnerability to chemical accidents in the vicinity of an industrial area, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Integrated Publication Association. Vol. 1 (2) pp )2010. (More than 8 citations) National Journal. [3] V.R.Renjith,G.madhu Consequenceymappinganalysis,andFuzzyFaulttree vulnerabianalysis for a better Disaster management in and around Safety Engineering, Vol 1. Issue 1pp

4 Conferences [4] V.R. Renjith, P.Haresh Kumar and Manoj Kalathil, Fuzzy failure mode effect criticality analysis (Fuzzy FMECA) of LNG regasification plant, 2016 Global Summit on Process Safety, Centre for Chemical Process Safety of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Saudi Arabia, 4-5 December (Paper accepted). [5] V R Renjith, Meenu Vijayan, G. Madhu, Risk assessment of LPG cross country pipeleins using two-dimenional fuzzy fault tree analysis,19 th Annual international symposium. MKOPSC Process Safety Centre, Texas A&M University, USA. October 2016 (Paper accepted.) [6] Renjith V. Ravindran, Risk Assessment of LNG storages using LOPA and FTA: An integrated approach. 18 th Annual international symposium. MKOPSC Process Safety Centre, Texas A&M University, USA. October [7] Meenu Vijayan V.R. Renjith, G.Madhu, Risk assessment of LPG pipelines using Fault tree analysis, International conference on Recent advances in civil Engineering, January 2016, Kochi [8] Amal S.George, V.R. Renjith, Govind Mishra, Application of fuzzy logic in layer of protection analysis (FUZZYLOPA) - A new tool for industrial risk assessment. International conference on Recent advances in civil Engineering, January 2016, Kochi. [9] V.R. Renjith, Subuhanh Yaqoot, Impact of Domino effect analysis in estimating the individual and Societal risk. International conference on Recent advances in civil Engineering, January 2016, Kochi. [10] Ravi K Sharma,V.R. Renjith, Amal S. George, Meenu Vijayan, Post accident analysis of vapour cloud explosions in fuel storage terminal. International conference on Recent advances in civil Engineering, January 2016, Kochi [11] V.R. Renjith, Amal S. Geroge, Combining FTA and LOPA for improving risk analysing studies; A novel approach., International conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering, December 2015, Kochi. [12] V.R. Renjith, G. Madhu, Risk assessment and Vulnerability mapping for a better disaster management in and around chemical industrial areas. International conference on Ergonomics and Safety, Malaysia, December,2010 [13] V.R. Renjith, G. Madhu, Risk identification and quantification of hazardous storages in industrial areas using QRA and vulnerability mapping. International conference on recent advance in chemical engineering and technology, March, 2011, Kochi. [14] V.R. Renjith, G. Madhu, V. Lakshmana Gomathi Nayagam, Quantitative Risk assessment of chlor alkali industry using Fuzzy logic and Expert elicitation, International Conference on disaster management and mitigation. (16-18 December, 2009), Dindigal, India.

5 [15] V.R. Renjith, G. Madhu, Explosion modelling hazardous materials for a better industrial disaster management plan, International Conference on disaster management and mitigation.(16-18 December 2009), Dindigal, India. [16] V.R. Renjith, G. Madhu, V. Lakshmana Gomathi Nayagam, Application of fuzzy logic and expert elicitation in fault tree analysis, National conference on Recent trends in Fuzzy and discrete Mathematics (19-21 November 2009), Aluva, India. [17] V.R. Renjith, G. Madhu, Quantitative risk assessment of chlorine release from a chlor-alkali industry, Twenty fifth National Convention of Chemical Engineers (9-10 October 2009), Kochi, India [18] V.R.Renjith, G. Madhu, V. Lakshmana Gomathi Nayagam Fault tree analysis from a major accident Nationalindustryconference onusingfuzzytheory fuzzyand applications (22-24 January 2009), St. Xavier s College, Tirunelveli. [19] V.R. Renjith, G. Madhu, Explosion modelling of hazardous materials stored in Udyogamandal industrial area, PETROSAFE 2007, National conference on hydrocarbon safety (23-25 April 2007), Kochi, India. [20] V.R. Renjith,And Ravishankar Hazard and operability study (HAZOP) of mercury cell plant- A case study, National conference NIT Trichy (04-06 June 2004).