B.Tech Chemical Engg., Beant college of Engg., Punjab

M.E Chemical, BITS-Pilani

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Worked as Assistant Lecturer, BITS-Pilani from July,2003 - May, 2004.

• Presently working as Lecturer, BITS-Pilani

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Environmental Engineering (Biofiltration : A technique for removal of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's)).

• Related to Polymer Science like Biopolymers and Molecular Weight Distribution of Polymers.

PROJECTS

• M.E Dissertation on "Studies on Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds using Biofiltration".

• Ongoing PhD thesis entitled “Modeling and Simulation of Biofiltration for Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds ”

• Supervised ME students for the course project on various topics related to polymer technology like Biopolymers, Liquid crystals, nanopolymers.

PUBLICATIONS

Babu, B.V. and Smita Raghuvanshi “Biofiltration: A State of the are review” Proceedings of International Symposium & 57th Annual Session of IIChE in association with AIChE (CHEMCON-2004), Mumbai, December 27-30, 2004

Raghuvanshi, Smita and B.V.Babu, "Modeling and Simulation of Biofilters Operated in Periodic Mode", Proceedings of International Congress Chemistry and Environment (ICCE-2005), Indore, December 24-26, 2005, pp. 387-390, 2005

Raghuvanshi, Smita and B.V.Babu, "Modeling and Simulation of Trickle Bed Air Biofilter for Removal of VOCs", Proceedings of International Symposium & 58th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2005), New Delhi, December 14-17, 2005

Babu, B.V., Smita Raghuvanshi, "Simulation Studies on Transient Model for Biofilter operated in Periodic Mode". Journal on Engineering and Technology, Vol. 1 (No. 4), pp. 72-76, May-July, 2006

Raghuvanshi, Smita and B.V.Babu, "Removal of Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) using Biofiltration", Proceedings of National Conference on Energy Conservation (NCEC-2006) BITS Pilani, September 01-03, 2006

Raghuvanshi, Smita and B.V. Babu, “Biofiltration for the Removal of Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (MIBK)”, Proceedings of International Symposium & 59th Annual Session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2006), Bharuch, December 27-30, 2006.

BOOKS/ BOOK CHAPTERS

B V Babu, H K Mohanta, Basu Deb 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.  

WORKSHOP/CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Chemical Engineering Congress- 2004 (CHEMCON-2004), Mumbai, December 27-30, 2004

Advanced Summer Programme on “Synergy in Petroleum Exploration: Emerging Trends” organized by Petrotech Society, New Delhi conducted at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun from 20th June 2005 to 1st July 2005.

International Congress on Renewable Energy (ICORE-2005), Pune, January 20-22, 2005.

Chemical Engineering Congress- 2005 (CHEMCON-2005), New Delhi, December 14-17, 2005.

International Congress on Chemistry and Environment –2005 (ICCE-05), Indore, December 24-26, 2005, pp. 356-360, 2005.

Summer School Programme on “Advance in Petroleum Refining Industry” held at Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon organized by Petrotech society, New Delhi from 3rd to 8th July 2006.

Chemical Engineering Congress- 2005 (CHEMCON-2006), Bharuch, December 27-30, 2006.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

            Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE).

            Fellow of International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (FICCE)

AWARDS AND HONOURS

Won 1st Prize in the paper presentation on “Removal of Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) using Biofiltration” in National Conference on  Environmental Conservation (NCEC-2006), held at BITS-Pilani, September 1-3, 2006.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

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

LIST OF PROJECTS

Modeling and Simulation of Biofilters

Modeling and Simulation of Periodic Biofilter

Experimental Studies on Adsorption and Biofiltration

Immobilization of Metal Ions on Membrane Surface

Polymerization of aniline

Modeling of Diffusion Effects on Step Growth Polymerization for two Bifunctional monomers

Modeling of Diffusion Effects on Step Growth Polymerization for two Bifunctional monomers