Details of Group Head: Seshagiri Rao Ambati

Education:

• Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai (2007).

• M.Tech. - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (2003).

• B.Tech. - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad (2000).

Professional Experience:

• 16-05-2023 to till date: Professor, Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy, Visakhapatnam, India

• 21-01-2022 to 15-05-2023: Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy, Visakhapatnam, India 

• 20-11-2013 to 20-01-2022: Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India

• 08-09-2006 to 19-11-2013: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India 

Research experience: 

• Visiting researcher at Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland, 2023, 2025

• Visiting researcher at BIOMATH Group (Prof. Ingmar Nopens), Ghent University, Belgium, October 2020 - September 2021.

• Visiting researcher to Process Dynamics and Operations Group (Prof. Engell Sebastian), Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, 2019.

• Visiting researcher to School of Chemical Engineering (Prof. Zoltan K. Nagy), Purdue University, USA, 2017.

• Visiting researcher to BIOMATH Group (Prof. Ingmar Nopens), Ghent University, Belgium, 2013.

• Visiting researcher to Environmental Systems Engineering and Management Group (Prof. ChangKyoo Yoo), Kyung Hee University, South Korea, 2009.   

• Visiting researcher to Systems and Control Group (Prof. Joerg Raisch), Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany, 2007.                                      

Research/Academic visits: 

• University of Girona, Spain

• Autonous University of Barcelona, Spain

• ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

• National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore

• Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia

• Otte-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany 

Editorial Activities:

• Associate Editor, Chemical Product and Process Modeling (June 2021 - )

• Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (2023 -  )

• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Control Engineering Journal (2022 -  )

• Guest Editor, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024

• Guest Editor, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2024

As a Member

• Member of IFAC TC 2.1 Control Design (2020 - ) 

• Member, International Water Association (IWA) Digital Water India sub-group (2023 - )

• Member, EAC (Industry-2), Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India (2022 - 2025)

• Executive member, Advanced Control and Dynamic Optimization (ACODS) Society (2020 - 2022)  

Awards/Honors:

• Best Faculty Award from IIPE Visakhapatnam for 2024

• Young Researcher Award from NIT Warangal, 2019

• Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Young Engineer Award, 2014

• Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) Ame Dye-Chem Award for Excellence in Research and Development, 2014

• Best teacher award from NIT, Tiruchirappalli for the year 2009-2010

• Invited workshop organizer at IFAC world congress, South Korea, 2008

• Life member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, since 2008

• Member of International Water Association (IWA) (2012 - )

Administrative Positions:

• Associate Dean (Faculty Affairs) - March 2022 to till date

• Previously :

  • Faculty In-charge: Center for Automation and Instrumentation (CAI) (December 2018 - December 2021)

  • Associate Dean (Students Welfare): March 2016 - May 2018 

  • Associate Dean (Academic - UG) : October 2012 - October 2013