Education Qualification

PhD, Chemical Engineering

Research Areas

Model Predictive Control; Approximate Dynamic Programming; Artificial Lift Optimization in Natural Gas Reservoirs; Catalytic Combustion in Micro-Reactors; Multi-Scale Modeling

Awards and Honors

• Extra Miler Award for contributions in “Integrated Engineering” at ABB, 2013
• Young Engineer Award, given by Indian National Academy of Engineer’s (INAE), 2011
• Young Faculty Recognition Award for excellence in teaching & research, IIT-Madras, 2010
• Elected by the Academic Reforms Group at IIT-Madras as one of the teachers to have “Inspired the undergraduate students and made a mark in their lives,” 2009
• Outstanding graduate student award, Georgia Tech, April 2003
• Andrews Research Fellow, Purdue University, August 1999 - 2000
• Best undergraduate research assistantship project, Summer 1997