Samir Ramdas Kale

Lecturer

Department of Chemical Engineering,

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani

Pilani - 333031 (Rajasthan) INDIA

BITS, Practice School, Station: Grasim, Nagda

Email:   shammu_us@yahoo.com; bits@aditybirla.com; kalesr@bits-pilani.ac.in

 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master of Engineering (M.E.) in Chemical Engineering , BITS, Pilani

• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Amravati University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Asst Lecturer at BITS, Pilani from Jan 2001 to July 2002

• Lecturer from July 2002 till date

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Process Plant Safety

• Design of Process technologies

• Mass and Heat Integration

PROJECTS

Overall 140-150 Projects Guided for PS, BS and MS Program in Collaboration with Grasim Industries Limited, Nagda

• PS ( Practice School- Students of BITS, Pilani)

• BS (Process Engineering) Students of Grasim Industries Limited, Nagda; Chambal Fertilizers Ltd, Gadepan, Kota

Major Projects at Grasim

• Design of Acid Absorption Crystallizer for Auxiliary Process

• Computational Fluid Dynamic modeling for Rotary Dryer

• Design and Simulation of Solvent Spinning Process

• Design of OHSMS at Grasim, Nagda

 

Ph.D. THESIS (Ongoing)

Design of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems for Viscose Staple Fiber Division, Grasim Industries Limited.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal/Newspaper Publications

• “A Framework for Occupational Health and Safety Management systems in Process Industry” published in UDYOG PRAGATI JOURNAL, Vol 3, Dec 2003

• “Symbiosis of Maintenance and Safety in Process Industry”, published in M-News:

• WebLink: www.plantmaintenance.com/a r ticles/maintenance_safety_p r ocess_industy.html

• An article “Disasters: Future course of action” with reference to Tsunami published in Free Press, Indore dated 17.05.2005

• “Lean Manufacturing Tools and Techniques in the Process Industry: A Case Study at Grasim Industries”, published in Curie Journal, Vol 1, Issue 2, Article-10, Prerna Mishra, Soujanya. A, Narendra Kumar. B, Samir R. Kale and Bagri S.K .

• “A New Approach to Design an Acid Absorption Crystallizer to Minimize Steam Consumption”, published in Curie Journal, Vol 1, Issue 4, Article-5, Shravan Kumar Yadav, Dhanalakshmi Katta and Samir R. Kale

Conference Publications

• Paper Presented on “ Reliability and Safety Aspects of Fibre Drum Dryer ” at International Conference of Reliability and Safety Engineering Organized by Reliability Centre, IIT Kharagpur at Bhuvaneshwar on 21-23 rd Dec, 2005

• Paper Presented on “Challenges for Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) for Year 2020 ” on the eve of XXI Convention of Chemical Engineers on Indian Chemical Industry Vision-2020 held at Udaipur on 2-4 th Sep 2005

• Paper Presented on “Energy conservation by reusing Bottom Ash in Boilers of Thermal Power plant ” presented at BITS, Pilani at EMBCS Conference on 1 st -3 rd Sept 2006

• Paper Presented on “Workplace Environment Analysis of an Fiber Industry” at National Conference of Environment Conservation: 1 st -3 rd Sep 2006 at BITS,Pilani

• Paper presented on “Ergonomic and Workplace Assessment of an Integrated fiber industry using quantitative methods” at National Conference on Chemical Engineering and Environment: Current Trends and Issues: 3 rd -4 th Nov 2006

WORKSHOP/CONFERENCES ATTENDED

• International Conference on 20 th Anniversary of Bhopal Gas Tragedy held at IIT, Kanpur from 1 st -3 rd December 2004

• University- Industry Linkage Workshop held at BITS, Pilani during September, 2006

• Workshop on “Case-Based Method for teaching in B-Schools”, held by IIITM from 04.12.2010 to 06.12.2010 by Omprakash Gupta-Professor of Management at Houston University-Downtown, USA

INVITED LECTURES / TALK DELIVERED:

• IPS Academy- Invited talk on Computational Fluid Dynamics as part of Faculty Development Program held on Fluid Dynamics, 23-28 July 2007

• Govt Engineering College, Ujjain-Invited talk on Environment, Health and Safety at Grasim Industries Limited on 23 rd Nov 2010 as part of Two Week Short Term Training Program on Integrated Approach to Industrial Safety, health and Environment held from 22.11.2010 to 03.12.2010 –AICTE funded

• Govt Engineering College , Ujjain -Invited talk on Mass integration as part of Two Week Short Term Training Program on 24 th Dec 2010 Environmental Modeling and pollution control equipment design" during 20.12.2010 to 31.12.2010- AICTE funded

• ITM ( Institute of Technology and Management) Gwalior -Invited talk on Computational Fluid Dynamics as part of Faculty Development Program on Innovative Teaching Techniques for Transport Phenomena held on July12-17, 2010

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• Consultant Member for Consultancy Development Center

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Life Associate Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). LM 27662

• External Examiner for Chemical Engineering in the List of Rajiv Gandhi Prod yogi University, Bhopal

• Two-NCFM Certifications from National Stock exchange

• BSE Certification from Bombay Stock Exchange