Ph.D (Chemical-Environmental Engg.), IIT Madras

M.S (Chemical-Environmental Engg.), IIT Madras

B.Tech (Chemical-Bio chemical Engg.), HBTI, Kanpur

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Group, BITS Pilani (Since June 2006)Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Group, BITS Pilani (2004 – 2006)

Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras (1997 - 2002)

Senior Project Officer, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras (1990 – 1992)

Junior Research Fellow, College of Technology, GBPUAT, Pantnagar (1986 – 1987)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Group Leader, Chemical Engineering Group, BITS Pilani (Since Jan 2007)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Environmental Engineering

• Fluidization

• Adsorption

• Biochemical Engineering

PROJECTS

• Projects (Research Work) are focused on understanding various physical, chemical and biological systems for the treatment of wastewater in particular and, for environmental engineering in general.

PUBLICATIONS

•  Sharma, A. K., C. A. Sastry and T. K. Ramanujam, “Studies on Treatment of Wastewater in a Reserved Jet Loop Reactor: Part I - Hydrodynamics and Residence Time Distribution Studies”, Indian J. Environmental Protection, 12 (12), 903-911 (1992).

CONFERENCES

• Sharma, A. K., T. K. Ramanujam and C. A. Sastry, “Treatment of Sago Mill Wastewater using RJLR”, DAAD Follow-up Seminar, 18-21 Feb. 1993, New Delhi, India.

• Pawan, U. L., A. K. Sharma and K. Krishnaiah, “Batch Kinetic Studies on Colour Removal from Dyes and Modelling of Adsorption Kinetics”, CHEMCON ’94, 13-17 Dec. 1994, Kharagpur, India.

• Sharma, A. K. and K. Krishnaiah, “Colour Removal of Industrial Effluents using Fluidized Bed – Hydrodynamics and Kinetic & Equilibrium Studies”, National Seminar on Better Word Environment through Engineering, Education and Management, 18–20 Nov 1998, Chennai, India.

•  Sharma, A. K. and K. Krishnaiah, "Removal of Colour from Wastewater using Fluidized Bed - A Review", 14th National Convention of Chemical Engineers, 26-27 March 1999, Chennai, India.

•  Sharma, A. K. and K. Krishnaiah, "Studies on Fluidized Bed for the Removal of Colour from Wastewater", Enviro VISION '99, 14–15 May 1999, Mumbai, India.

•  Sharma, A. K. and K. Krishnaiah, "Studies on Removal of Colour from Wastewater using Fluidized Bed", CARESS'99, 27 May 1999, Rehovot, Israel.

•  Sharma, A. K. and K. Krishnaiah, "Adsorption of Dyes in Fluidized Bed", International Conference on Hazardous Waste Management, 27-29 Jan. 2000, Chennai, India.

•  Sharma, A. K. and K. Krishnaiah, “Studies on Fluidized Bed Adsorption for the Removal of Colour from Wastewater”, CHEMCON 2001, 19–22 Dec. 2001, Chennai, India

• Sharma, A. K. and Y. Ravi Chandra, "Removal of Toxic Metalloid from Water: Future Perspectives", National Conference on Environmental Conservation, 1-3 Sep. 2006, Pilani, India.

• Ravi Chandra, Y. and A. K. Sharma, "Removal of Toxic Metalloid from Water: Future Perspectives", National Conference on Environmental Conservation, 1-3 Sep. 2006, Pilani, India.

• Prakash, N. and A. K. Sharma, “Mathematical Modeling in Metallocene Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization”, APA International Conference on Advances in Polymer Science & Technology, 28 – 31 Jan. 2008, New Delhi, India. (Under preparation)