BRIEF INTRODUCTION
I'm Suraj P, a PhD student in the Chemical engineering department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Currently in the third year of my work with the title ' Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin derived biomass'. My research is being supervised by Dr Sonali Sengupta at IIT Kharagpur. I joined the institute on 2nd January 2020 with an institute fellowship and currently, I'm receiving Prime ministers research fellowship from January-2021 to the present.
PhD Coursework
CHEMICAL REACTOR ANALYSIS
ENGLISH FOR TECHNICAL WRITING
FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOENERGY
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS
OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES IN PROCESS DESIGN
TA WORKS
NPTEL Principles and practices of process equipment and plant design -noc 22-Ch-48
Conducted live session by solving previous year assignment questions
(link of playlist of recorded videos:-https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgMoFipWoWQpEaYs_gwT1ab2dUoIFDfkg)
Tutorials on mass transfer operations were conducted at GEC Calicut .
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Calicut University (2012-2016)
M.Tech,Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raipur (2016-2018)
Qualified GATE 2016, 2018 and 2019
PUBLICATIONS
1) P Suraj, Vijyendra Kumar, C Thakur and Prabir Ghosh, “Taguchi optimization of COD removal by heterogeneous Fenton process using copper ferro spinel catalyst in a fixed bed reactor—RTD, kinetic and thermodynamic study” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 7, Issue 1,2019.
2) Vijyendra Kumar, P Suraj and Prabir Ghosh, “ Optimization of COD Removal by Advanced Oxidation Process through Response Surface Methodology from Pulp & Paper Industry Wastewater” Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (JSIR), Volume 78, Issue 6, 2019.
3) P Suraj, Damodhar Ghime, Titikshya Mohapatra, C Thakur and Prabir Ghosh, “Fixed Bed Reactor for Removal of Methylene Blue Dye Using Heterogeneous Fenton Catalyst” Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, Volume 24, Issue 4,2020.
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
1) Presented paper "Fixed Bed Reactor for Removal of Methylene Blue Dye Using Heterogeneous Fenton Catalyst" in First International Conference on Energy and Environment: Global Challenges (ICEE - 2018) March 9 & 10 , 2018
2) Presented paper ''Hydrodeoxygenation of model bio-oil compound using novel mesoporous geopolymer supported catalyst'' in International Conference on Chemical Engineering Innovation and Sustainability (ICEIS 2023) February 26 & 27,2023
WORK EXPERIENCE
1) Guest Lecturer in Government engineering college Calicut for 4 months
2) Operator in BPCL Kochi refinery for 1 year. (Units: NHT-ISOM, Naptha Splitting Unit, Kerosene Hydrodesulphurisation unit )
Google scholar profile : https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=pdaEVM4AAAAJ
Research gate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suraj-Punathil