Hare Krishna Mohanta

B.E (Chemical), R.E.C, Rourkela

M.Tech (Chemical), IIT Kanpur

Ph. D, B.I.T.S., Pilani

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Assistant Professor in BITS-Pilani, June, 2006 – till date

Lecturer in BITS-Pilani, January, 2000 – May, 2006

Assistant Lecturer in BITS-Pilani, June, 1998 - December, 1999

Senior Project Associate in Petroleum lab of IIT Kanpur, April-May, 1998

Graduate Engineer Trainee in Indian Rare Earths Limited, November, 1995 - June, 1996

Part time lecturer in I.G Institute of Technology, Sarang, Talcher, August - October, 1995

Vocational Trainee in Rourkela Steel Plant (SAIL), May, 1994

Vocational Trainee in NALCO, Angul (Orissa), May, 1993

Worked as a local organizing committee member for the Seminar and Intensive Course on Environmental Pollution and Its Control, BITS-Pilani, March 10-13, 1999.

Worked as a local organizing committee member for the Seminar-cum-Intensive Course on Novel Separation Techniques and Their Applications to Indian Chemical Industries, BITS-Pilani, during March 20-23, 2001.

Worked as a local organizing committee member for National Conference on Environmental Conservation (NCEC - 2006), BITS-Pilani, September 1-3, 2006.

CONSULTANCY

Acted as one of the experts in a two-day Training/Workshop on “Process Equipment Design” for the employees of Engineers India Limited, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi during October 30 -31, 2007.

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Advanced Process control

Process Identification

Applied Wavelet Analysis

Petroleum Refinery Engineering

Process Plant Safety

Consciousness studies

 

PROJECTS

Modeling, Simulation and Control of the pH Neutralization Process

Wavelet-based Identification and Control of Chemical Processes

 

TALKS / PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Presented a paper in the International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Intelligent System and Control (EISCO 2005) during January 5-7, 2005 in Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore.

Presented a paper in the 58th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON 2005) during December 14-17, 2005 in Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Attended a National Conference on Issues Related to IPR: Opportunity and Challenges and National Workshop on Patent Search, Documentation, Drafting and Infringement Analysis during March 3-4, 2006.

Presented a talk on Technology, Religion and Human Values for the employees of National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Damanjodi on June 14, 2006.

Presented a talk on Technology, Religion and Human Values in the Sociology Department of Hyderabad University on June 26, 2006.

Industry-Academia Interface in the 7th International oil and gas conference and Exhibition (PETROTECH – 2007) held at Hall 18, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 17th to 18th January, 2007.

Summer School Programme on “Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals” held at Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon organized by Petrotech Society, New Delhi from June 25 to June 30, 2007.

Delivered a talk on “Strengthening PS-I programme through knowledge sharing” in the Seminar on University-Industry Linkages during March 9-11, 2007, Organized by Practice School Division, BITS, Pilani, Supported by UGC, New Delhi and CEL & TBI, BITS, Pilani.
  

 

PUBLICATIONS

Hare Krishna Mohanta and R.K. Gupta, “Wavelet-Based Blocking and Condensing Design Methodology in Dynamic Matrix Control of a Heat Exchanger”, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Intelligent System and Control (EISCO – 2005), Vol-1, pp. 283-288, Ed. V. Gunaraj, Allied Publishers, New Delhi (2005).

Hare Krishna Mohanta and R.K.Gupta, “Application of Wavelet Transform in Controls: A Review”, Icfai Journal of Science and Technology (Vol. 1, No. 1, pp 7-26, March 2005).

Hare Krishna Mohanta and R.K.Gupta, “Online Tuning of a Wavelet-based Dynamic Matrix Controller”, in Proceedings of the 58th Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON 2005) held in New Delhi during 14-17 December 2005.

Hare Krishna Mohanta and D. Kunzru, “Magnesium-Aluminate Catalyzed Pyrolysis of n-Heptane”, Indian Chemical Engineer: Section A, (Communicated).

Part – IX “Industrial Safety” in Lecture Notes for Chemical Engineering", compiled by B V Babu, Academic Refresher Course Programme–III for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur, Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, November 06-December 05, 2006, pp. 219-229.

Part - VIII “Industrial Safety” in “Lecture Notes for Chemical Engineering”, compiled by B V Babu for Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur, Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, December 08, 2006-Janaury 09, 2007, pp. 219-229.

Part - VIII “Industrial Safety” in “Lecture Notes for Chemical Engineering”, compiled by B V Babu for Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur, Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, January 12 - February 13, 2007, pp. 219-229.

B V Babu, H K Mohanta, Basudeb Munshi, Rakesh Angira, Madhusree Kundu, A K Jana, Suresh Gupta, Pratik N Sheth, Smita Raghuvanshi, and Priya C Sande, Chemical Engineering Laboratory Manual, Educational Development Division, BITS-Pilani, 2006.

R. K. Gupta, A. K. Ghoshal, P. Sandilya, H. K. Mohanta and K. U. Reddy, Chemical Engineering Laboratory Manual, Educational Development Division, BITS-Pilani, 2002.

ARTICLE

Mohanta, H.K., "Harnessing Cattle Power", PHENOMENON, Annual Magazine of Chemical Engineering Association, BITS, Pilani, pp. 13-15, 2007.