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Autorenporträt
Dr. Jatinder Kumar Ratan is currently working as Associate Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering, and Associate Dean (Faculty Welfare) at Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar-144011 (India)-An Institute of National Importance of Government of India. He is a gold medalist in Master of Technology (Chemical Engineering) and holds a Ph.D. degree in the field of photocatalysis. He has almost twenty years of research and teaching experience both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research areas are applied photocatalysis, pollution abatement and computational fluid dynamics. During his academic career, he has published as many as 40 research articles in reputed journals, covering the contemporary developments in applied photocatalysis. He has almost 60 publications to his credit in national and international conferences. In addition, he has authored two books with reputed international publishers, besides three book chapters on different aspects of chemical engineering. He has been granted three IPRs (one Patent; one Design; one Copyright), and two more patents are in pipeline as of now. He has one technology transfer to his credit for manufacture of air purifier, which was launched commercially in November, 2020. He is the recipient of 'Outstanding Young Chemical Engineer' Award by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). He has been conferred with Best Teacher Award in the year 2020. He has served on various administrative positions at National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, viz. Associate Dean (Research and Consultancy), Associate Dean (Faculty Welfare), Deputy Chief Warden, Deputy Registrar (Academics), etc. He is on the editorial board of various Chemical and Environmental Engineering journals. He has also served as Guest Editor to Journal of Indian Chemical Society (Elsevier); Environment Technology and Innovations (Elsevier); Environment Science and Pollution Research (Springer); and Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering (Springer), etc. Dr. Deepak Sahu is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar-144011 (India). He obtained Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, in the field of Chemical Process Safety and Hazard Management. He did M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, in Chemical Engineering with specialization in Computer-Aided Process Plant Design and B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from Jiwaji University Gwalior, MP (India). He has about six years of experience in Research & Development and Education in India. His research interest in the field of chemical process safety, risk assessment, fire and explosion, computational fluid dynamics and waste to energy. He has published several papers and book chapters in the peer-reviewed International journal and conferences in the field of chemical process safety and fire and explosion, computational fluid dynamics. He has received Fellow of Indian Chemical Society-Kolkata (India) and also a life member of Indian Chemical Society-Kolkata (India). Dr. Anjireddy Bhavanam is currently working as Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at NIT Jalandhar, Punjab. He obtained Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from NIT Warangal in 2015, M.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from NIT Warangal in 2009 and B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from Acharya Nagarjuna University in 2007. Prior to joining NIT Jalndhar in 2018, he was National Postdoctoral Fellow in the department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Guwahati, where he was involved in a DST-SERB NPDF project on potential reaction pathways and kinetics of catalytic co-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and waste plastics in producing value added products. At NIT Jalandhar, his research focuses on thermoche