1. Expert Member,
Peer Team, National Assessment and Accreditation
Council (NAAC),
Bangalore.
2. Member,
Board of Studies (BOS),
Banasthali University, Banasthali, 2008-2011.
3.
Expert Member, Curriculum Development, MNIT Jaipur, 2008.
4. Member,
Peer Review Committee,
The Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC),
Canada.
5.
Member, Peer Review Committee,
National Research Foundation (NRF),
International Research Grants, South Africa.
6. Expert
Reviewer,
Extra Mural Research Division (EMR-II), Human Resource
Development Group (HRDG), Council of Scientific & Industrial
Research (CSIR),
New Delhi.
7. Expert
Member,
Research
group evaluation and selection, King Fahd University of
Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM),
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
8.
Expert Member, Selection
Committee for Faculty Recruitment (SCFR),
Banasthali University, Banasthali.
9.
Expert Member, Selection
Committee for Faculty Recruitment (SCFR),
SVNIT, Surat.
10.
Our paper entitled "Convective and Radiative Heat Transfer
in Pyrolysis of a Biomass Particle" authored by A S Chaurasia,
B V Babu, Amanpreet Kaur, and V Thiruchitrambalam,
published in Indian Chemical Engineer Journal, Vol. 47 (No.
2), pp. 75-80, April-June, 2005 earned the
Kuloor
Memorial Award-2006
awarded for the
Best Technical Paper
published in the Institute’s Journal “Indian Chemical
Engineer” in its issues for 2005.
11.
National Technology
Day (11th May, 2003) Award obtained in recognition
of the research work done in the area of ‘A New Concept in
Differential Evolution (DE) –
Nested
DE
’.
12.
Technical
Paper entitled “Evolutionary Computation for
Scenario-Integrated Optimization of Dynamic Systems” was
adjudged the
SECOND BEST
PAPER
presented in the
‘Modeling Simulation and Control Session’ at International
Symposium & 54th Annual Session of IIChE
(CHEMCON-2001), CLRI, Chennai, December 19-22, 2001.
13.
Technical
Paper entitled “Adaptive networks for Fault Diagnosis and
Process Control”, was adjudged the
BEST
PAPER
presented in the Technical Session
(Miscellaneous) at International Symposium & 53rd
Annual Session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2000), Science City,
Calcutta, December 18-21, 2000.
14.
Nine of my
following Research Papers have been included as
Successful Applications of Differential Evolution
(Application Nos. 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19)
on
Homepage of Differential Evolution, the URL
of which is:
http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~storn/code.html: 1.
Heat transfer parameter
estimation in a trickle bed reactor; 2.
Evolutionary
Computation for Scenario-Integrated Optimization of Dynamic
Systems; 3. Optimal
Design of Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers using Different
Strategies of Differential Evolution; 4.
Evolutionary
Computation strategy for optimization of an Alkylation
Reaction; 5.
Optimization
of Thermal Cracker Operation using Differential Evolution; 6.
Optimization
of Non-linear Chemical Processes; 7.
Optimization
of Water Pumping System; 8.
Optimal
Design of Gas Transmission Network; 9.
Differential
Evolution for Multi-Objective Optimization.
15.
Stood
FIRST
among the
students of
SRGJ
College, Tuni in the Intermediate Public Examination conducted by
Board of Intermediate Education, Hyderabad (AP), 1978.
NAAC Visits
as Expert Peer Team Member
1. Assessors
Interaction Meeting, NAAC, Bangalore, October 23-24, 2008.
2. University
of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, Gurugaon,
and Rajahmundry, November 10-15, 2008.
3. Maharaj
Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj (MVGR) College of Engineering,
Vizianagaram, April 20-22, 2009.
4. Bannari
Amman Institute of Technology (BIT), Sathyamangalam,
Coimbatore, June 5-7, 2009.
5. University of Calcutta,
Kolkata, December 7-10, 2009.
6. Annamacharya Institute of
Technology and Sciences (AITS), Rajampet (Kadapa Dist.),
February 6-7, 2010.
7. Chaitanya Bharathi
Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad, March 08-10,
2010.
8. Maharshi Dayand University
(MDU), Rohtak, April 27-29, 2010.
Scholarships/Fellowships
1.
Ministry
of Human Resources Development, Government of India,
New Delhi, Research Scholarship for Doctorate (1989-93).
2.
University
Grants Commission, New Delhi, Junior Research Fellowship for Master's
Degree (1983-85).
Professional
Membership
1.
Life
Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
(LM-15527).
2.
Life
Member of Indian Institute
of Chemical Engineers
(IIChE)
(LM-12583).
3.
Corporate
Life Member of Institution of Engineers (India) [IE(I)]
(M-109374/0).
4.
Fellow of International Congress of Chemistry and Environment
(FICCE)
(FL/B-5009).
5.
Life Member of Indian Environmental Association
(IEA)
(LM-148).
6.
Life Member of Society of Operations Management (SOM)
(LM-96/004).
7.
Associate
Member of the International
Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (AMISSMO).
8.
Member of International Institute of Informatics
and Systemics (IIIS)
(M-333298).
9.
Member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
(M-61741).
10. Member of Society of
Plastics Engineers (SPE)
Europe.
Editorial
Board Member
1.
Energy Education Science and
Technology, 2003 onwards.
2.
Research
Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 2005
onwards.
3.
International
Journal of Computer, Mathematical Sciences and Applications,
2006 onwards.
4.
Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 2007
onwards.
5.
International Journal of Applied Evolutionary Computation,
2008 onwards.
6.
Innovative Energy Policies,
2010 onwards.
Editorial &
Cover Design
1. Babu B V, Conservation of
Natural Resources, Editorial & Cover Design for December
2006 Issue of International Research Journal of Chemistry &
Environment.
2. Babu
B V, Materials Engineering//Fluids Engineering/Advanced
Technologies in Materials Science, Editorial for
August-October 2008 Issue of Journal of Future Engineering
and Technology.
Journal
Reviewer
1. AIChE Journal (American Institute of Chemical Engineers).
2. Chemical
Engineering Science (Elsevier).
3. Computers
and Chemical Engineering (Elsevier).
4. International
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier).
5. Heat Transfer Engineering
(Taylor & Francis).
6. Chemical
Engineering Journal (Elsevier).
7. IEEE
Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE).
8. European
Journal of Operational Research (Elsevier).
9. Chemical Engineering Communications (Taylor & Francis).
10. IEEE
Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (IEEE).
11. Industrial
& Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS).
12. Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier).
13. Chemical Product
and Process Modeling (BEP).
14.
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (Elsevier).
15. International
Journal of Systems Science (Taylor & Francis).
16. Journal of Petroleum
Science and Engineering (Elsevier).
17.
IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (IEEE/ASME).
18. Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier).
19. International Journal of
Chemical Reactor Engineering (BEP).
20.
ASME
Journal of Electronic Packaging (ASME).
21.
Bioresource Technology (Elsevier).
22.
Energy & Fuels (ACS).
23.
Applied
Mathematical Modelling (Elsevier).
24. Journal
of Environmental Management (Elsevier).
25. Waste
Management (Elsevier).
26. International
Journal of Environment and Pollution (Inderscience).
27. Progress
in Energy and Combustion Science (Elsevier).
28. Journal
of The Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
29.
Materials
and Manufacturing Processes (Taylor & Francis).
30.
Transactions on
Internet Research (IPSI BgD).
31.
The Proceedings of the
Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS).
32. Environmental
Engineering Science (Mary Ann Liebert Inc).
33. Fuel (Elsevier).
34. Quantitative Finance (Taylor & Francis).
35. International Journal of Neural Systems (World
Scientific).
36. Indian Chemical
Engineer (Taylor & Francis).
37. Institution
of Engineering (India) [IE(I)].
38. Current
Science (Indian Academy of Sciences).
39. International Journal of Environment and Waste
Management (Inderscience).
40. Journal of The
Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (Elsevier).
41.
Bioresources
(NCSU).
42.
International Journal of Physical Sciences (Academic).
43.
Environmental Science & Technology (ACS).
44. Fuel
Processing Technology (Elsevier).
45. Chemical Industry
& Chemical Engineering Quaterly (AChE).
46.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier).
47. African
Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (Academic).
48.
Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining (Wiley).
49. Chemical and
Biochemical Engineering Quarterly (CSCE).
50. Journal of Information Science and Engineering (CEPS).
51.
International Journal of Applied Evolutionary Computation
(IGI-Global).
52. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (Wiley).
53. Information
Sciences (Elsevier).
54. Applied Soft
Computing (Elsevier).
55.
Annals of Operations Research (Springer).
56. Desalination and
Water Treatment (Desalination).
57.
Environmental Technology (Taylor & Francis).
58. Applied Energy (Elsevier).
59. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering (Wiley).
60. Journal
of Engineering and Technology Research (Academic).
61. ASME-Journal of Heat Transfer (ASME).
62. Computers & Mathematics with Applications (Elsevier).
63. International Journal of
Computer Applications in Technology (Inderscience).
64. Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier).
65. Chemical Engineering Research and Design (Elsevier).
66.
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
(Elsevier).
67. Journal of
Chemical & Engineering Data (ACS).
68.
Bioremediation (Taylor & Francis).
69. Engineering Optimization (Taylor & Francis).
70.
Journal of Polymer Research (Springer).
Reviewer
for
Conferences
1.
Reviewer
for the Technical Papers submitted for presentation at 4th
Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution And Learning (
SEAL-2002),
organized by School of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Orchid Country Club,
Singapore, November 18-22, 2002.
2.
Reviewer
for the Technical Papers submitted for presentation at the
“Genetic Algorithms track” of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation COnference (
GECCO–2003), Chicago, Illinois, USA,
July 12-16, 2003.
3.
Reviewer
for the Special Session on “Evolutionary Computation”, The
Second International Conference on Computational
Intelligence, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems (
CIRAS-2003),
National University of Singapore, Singapore, December 15-17,
2003.
4.
Reviewer
for the Technical Papers submitted for presentation at the
“Genetic Algorithms track” of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation COnference (
GECCO–2004), Seattle,
Washington, USA,
June 26-30, 2004.
5.
Reviewer
for the Invited Session on “Engineering Applications of
Evolutionary Computation Techniques”, The Eighth
World Multi-Conference on Systemics,
Cybernetics
and Informatics (
SCI-2004), Orlando, Florida,
USA,
July
18-21, 2004.
6.
Reviewer
for the Technical Papers submitted for presentation at 2004
IEEE Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent
Systems (
CIS-2004), jointly organized by the
IEEE SMC Society Singapore Chapter and IEEE R&A Society
Singapore Chapter, Singapore, December 1-3, 2004.
7.
Reviewer
for the Technical papers submitted for presentation at 2nd
International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents (
ICARA
2004),
Palmerston North, New Zealand, December 13–15, 2004.
8.
Reviewer
for the Technical papers submitted for presentation at International
Conference on Computing, Communications, and Control
Technologies (
CCCT-2004), Sponsored by The University of
Texas at Austin and The International Institute of Informatics
and Systemics (IIIS), Austin, Texas, USA, August 14-17, 2004.
9.
Reviewer
for the Technical papers submitted for presentation at Genetic
and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2005),
Washington
DC, USA,
June 25-29, 2005.
10.
Reviewer
for the Technical papers submitted for presentation at Heat
Transfer in Components and Systems for Sustainable Energy
Technologies (Heat-SET
2005), Grenoble,
France, April 5-7, 2005.
11.
Reviewer
for the Technical papers submitted for presentation at The
9th
World Multi-Conference on Systemics,
Cybernetics
and Informatics (SCI-2005), Orlando,
Florida,
USA, July
10-13, 2005.
1
2.
Reviewer for the Technical papers submitted for
presentation at International Conference on Management Engineering and Informatics (MEI-2005),
Texas,
Austin, USA, July 24-27, 2005.
13.
Reviewer for the Technical papers submitted for presentation at The
3rd International Conference on Computing, Communications, and
Control Technologies (CCCT-2005),
Texas, Austin, USA, July 24-27, 2005.
14.
Reviewer for the Technical papers submitted for
presentation at The Third International Conference on Computational
Intelligence, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems (CIRAS-2005),
National University of Singapore, Singapore, December 13-16, 2005.
15.
Reviewer for the Technical papers submitted for
presentation at The 2nd Indian International Conference
on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-2005),
Pune, India, December 20-22, 2005.
16.
Reviewer for the Technical papers submitted for
presentation at The
2006 IEEE International Conferences on Cybernetics & Intelligent
Systems (CIS
2006),
jointly organized by IEEE
R&A and SMC Singapore Chapters, Bangkok,
Thailand, June 7-9, 2006.
17.
Reviewer for the Technical
papers submitted for presentation at 19th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization,
Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS-2006),
Crete
,
Greece
, July 12-14, 2006.
18.
Reviewer for the Technical papers submitted for
presentation at 10th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI-2006),
Orlando, Florida, USA, July 16-19, 2006.
Book
Reviews
1.
Heat
Transfer by Ghoshdastidar P S,
Oxford
University
Press
India, March 2004.
2.
McCabe/Unit
Operations of Chemical Engineering 7e CR2006,
McGraw Hill,
New York, July 2004.
3.
Fundamentals
of Chemical Engineering & Technology,
Tata McGraw Hill,
India, July 2004.
4.
Fundamentals
of Chemical Engineering and Technology,
Elsevier,
Singapore, July 2007.
5.
Differential Evolution-Fundamentals, Parametric Study, and
Applications in Electrical Engineering by Anyong
Qing, John Wiley & Sons, Singapore, December 2007.
PhD
Thesis Examiner
1. Ms
Jigisha Soni (Parikh), “Studies in Low Temperature Pyrolysis
of Biomass Materials”, S V National Institute of Technology,
South Gujarat University, Surat, 2004; Supervisor: Dr S A
Channiwala (Viva-Voce Examination held on May 17, 2005).
2. S
V Prakash, “Mathematical Modeling and Experimental
Investigations of Combustion of Biomass based Slurry Fuels
in Oil Fired Furnaces”, BITS Pilani, 2006; Supervisor: Dr S
R Shankapal (Viva-Voce Examination held on April 24, 2007).
3. Ms
Dipti, “Hybrid Genetic Algorithms and Their Applications”,
IIT Roorkee, 2007; Supervisor: Dr Kusum Deep (Viva-Voce
Examination held on October 23, 2007).
4. Subhrangshu
Moitra, “Applications of Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms
in Hot Rolling of Steel Strips”, IIT Kharagpur, 2007;
Supervisor: Dr N Chakraborty (Viva-Voce Examination held on
December 05, 2007).
5. I
Sreedhar, “Kinetics and Engineering of Solid Acid Catalyzed
Mononitration of Toluene”, BITS Pilani, 2007; Supervisor: Dr
K V Raghavan (Viva-Voce Examination held on March 19, 2008).
6.
Vijay
Kumar Lamba, “Simulation & Modeling of Charge Transport in
Nano MOSFETs”, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 2008;
Supervisor: Dr Derick Engles (Viva-Voce Examination held on
October 23,
2009).
7. Kishalay
Mitra, “Midterm Supply Chain Planning under Uncertainty”,
IIT Bombay, 2009; Supervisor: Dr Ravindra D Gudi (Viva-Voce
Examination held on November 04, 2009).
8.
Radha T, “Nature Inspired Algorithms and their
Applications”, IIT Roorkee, 2009; Supervisor: Dr Millie Pant
(Viva-Voce Examination held on January 11, 2010).
9. Anjana
Kamra, “Algal hydrogen production: Optimisation and
feasibility studies”, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science
and Technology, Hisar, 2010; Supervisor: Dr Anubha Kaushik
PhD
Thesis Reviewer
1. Sampat
D Manjare, “Studies on Adsorption of Ethyl Acetate Vapor in
Molecular Sieves”, BITS Pilani, 2003; Supervisor: Dr A K
Ghoshal.
2. Raj
Kumar Agrawal, “Solid and Hazardous Waste Management and
Utilisation in Iron and Steel Making”, BITS Pilani, 2004;
Supervisor: Dr P K Pandey.
3. A
Vasan, “Studies on Advance Modeling Techniques for Optimal
Reservoir Operation and Performance Evaluation of an
Irrigation System, BITS Pilani, 2005; Supervisor: Dr K S
Raju.
4. S
V Prakash, “Mathematical Modeling and Experimental
Investigations of Combustion of Biomass based Slurry Fuels
in Oil Fired Furnaces”, BITS Pilani, 2006; Supervisor: Dr S
R Shankapal.
5. I
Sreedhar, “Kinetics and Engineering of Solid Acid Catalyzed
Mononitration of Toluene”, BITS Pilani, 2007; Supervisor: Dr
K V Raghavan.
6. Samir
Ramdas Kale, “Design of Occupational Health and Safety
Management Systems for Viscose Staple Fibre Division, Grasim
Industries Limited”, BITS Pilani, 2009; Supervisor: Dr Arun
Maity.
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