About me

Dr. Utkarsh Maheshwari

I am an academician and researcher by profession and a photographer by passion. I am presently working as Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, D. Y. Patil Institute of Engineering, Management & Research, Akurdi, Pune. I formally worked as a technical consultant to a thermoplastic manufacturing unit in Jaipur and as a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. 

Career Summary

• Teaching experience of 11+ years at the graduate and postgraduate level of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering curriculum.

• Doctorate (Ph.D.): Removal of Metal Ions from Wastewater using Adsorption - Experimental and Theoretical Studies; Masters (M.E.) in Chemical Engineering; Bachelors (B.Tech.) in Petrochemical Engineering.

• Headed the Department of Chemical Engineering at Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Engineering, Management and Research, Pune for approx 1.4 years.

• Research interests: Wastewater treatment, Petrochemical, and Biochemical engineering, Modeling, Simulation & Optimization, Residue up-gradation, Enhanced oil recovery, Alternate energy sources.

• Analytical equipment used: Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, UV-VIS Spectrophotometer, Volume Trace Analyzer, FTIR Spectrophotometer, and others.

• Technical and Management Consultant for a thermoplastic paint manufacturing company since 2015.

• Member of 12 International associations and reviewer for 9 journals of International repute.

• Published 10 journal papers and 59 conference proceeding papers individually and collectively with project students.

My Resume is available HERE