AMIT JAIN

Lecturer
Chemical Engineering Group
Faculty Division-I, Vidya Vihar Campus
Birla Institute of Technology & Science
Pilani (Raj.) 333 031
Phone: 01596-245073 Extn. 215 (O)
Fax: 01596-244183
Email: aj.bits@gmail.com, amitjain@bits-pilani.ac.in

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

•  Lecturer, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, October 2006 – onwards.

•  Lecturer, Nirma University of Science & Technology, Ahmedabad, June 2003 – October 2006.

•  Trainee, Grasim Industries Limited, Nagda (M.P), January 2003 – June 2003.

•  Trainee, SriRam Fibers Limited, Malanpur, Bhind (M.P) –One month.

 

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. (pursuing) on "Simultaneous Design and Control of Non-linear Chemical Processes through Optimization" under Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (Raj) since Jan 2007

• M.E.(Chemical Engineering) under Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (Raj) in June 2003

• B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal (M.P) in June 2001

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Biochemical Engineering
• Process and Plant Safety
• Process Design and Control
• Modeling, Simulation and Optimization

 

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

• Three weeks of UGC refresher course on “Industrial Biotechnology” at Annamalai University , Chidambaram (Tamilnadu) during 19/12/2005 to 08/01/2006.

• Two weeks of Short Term Staff Development Programme entitled “Effective Teaching and Knowledge Management” at Laxmi Narain Institute of Technology, Bhopal held between June 13-25, 2005, under the sponsorship of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.

• Participated in a One week Short Term Training Programme on “Recent Advances in Catalysis and Its Applications” at Institute of Technology , Nirma University , Ahmedabad held between 25/11/2004 to 01/12/2004 under the sponsorship of All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Gujarat Chapter.

• National Seminar on "Disaster Management" at D.D.I.T, Nadiad

• Academia Industry Interface" organised by Petrotech Society, held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India, January 13-14, 2009.

• 4th Summer School on "Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals", held at IIPM, Gurgaon, India, June 01-06, 2009.

• Indo-German Workshop on "Green Manufacturing", Jointly Organized by Technische Universität (TU) Braunschweig, Germany and Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India, September 21, 2009.

• Jain, Amit and B.V.Babu , "Simultaneous Design and Control of Nonlinear Chemical Processes: A State-of-art Review". Proceedings of International Symposium & 62nd Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2009), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, December 27-30, 2009.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

1. Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) (LM-38815).