RajeevMehta IITG Dec 2009

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Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Application for Academic Appointment

Advertisement Date: November 10 2009

Post Applied for: Professor

Discipline: Chemical Engineering

1. Name:

First Name Last Name Middle Name

Rajeev Mehta

2. Personal Details:

a) Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy): 01/02/66

b) Age (in years): 43

c)Gender: Male

d)Marital Status: Married

e)Nationality: Indian

3. Please tick the appropriate box (Please attach a certificate from the authority prescribed under government

rules for SC/ST/OBC)

4. (a) Contact Address:

Department of Chemical Engineering

Thapar University

Patiala (Pb.) 147004

(b) Permanent Address:

Street-B, M.I.G. Flat No. 11-B,

Mayapuri

New Delhi 110064

5. Contact Details (with STD/ISD code):

a. Phone (Office): 0175-2393440

b. Phone (Res): 0175-2393273

c. Mobile: 919815623714

d. Fax:

____________________________

e. E-mail ID:[email protected],mail.thapar.edu

6. Academic record starting with graduation (Please attach photocopies of degree certificates):

7. Areas of specialization: Polymers, Modeling and Simulation

8. Current Area of research: Polymers (including nanocomposites), Solar Energy, Environment

9. I hereby declare that I have carefully read and understood the instructions and particulars supplied to me,

and that the entries in this form as well as in attached sheets are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

There are __16_________ sheets attached along with this form.

Date: 3 December 2009

Place:Patiala (Signature of Applicant)

General SC ST OBC

DegreeSpecialization /

DisciplineCollege/University/Institute

Year of

joining

Year of

leaving

Percentage

/ CGPA

B.TechChemical

EngineeringIIT Delhi 1983 1987 8.07

MSChemical

EngineeringVirginia Tech, USA 1987 1989

3.70/4.00

(First in

class)

PhD

Chemical

Engineering Thapar University, Patiala (Pb.) 2002 2006 NA


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10. Present Employment:

11.Basic Pay expected at IITGN as per advertisement, Rs. 18,600 500 - 22,400

12.Information of three Referees (at least one of them should be familiar with your recent work):

Referee 1 Referee 2 Referee 3

Name Dr. S.N. Upadhyay Dr. Charles Y.C Lee Dr. Vineet Kumar

Designation Director Civ AFRL/AFOSR Associate Professor

Organization/

InstituteIT-BHU US Government IIT Roorkee

Address Line

1Varanasi (UP)-221005

875 N.Randolph Street,

Suite 325, Room 3112Roorkee

Address Line

2

Arlington, VA 22203,

USA

Address Line

3

Telephone 1 0542-2307071 01332-285601

Telephone 2 0542-2317179 01332-285028

Fax 0542-2368092

E-mail [email protected]

[email protected] [email protected]

13.Please write your career objectives, including how you propose to contribute to IIT Gandhinagar, in less

than 300 words. (Use an additional sheet)

My career objectives are:

1. To impart quality education to students and to help them in becoming a better

engineer / scientist and a better citizen.

2. To contribute in a very significant in my area of research and have a good standing

and respect among my peers.

I see my role at IIT Gandhinagar as a Professor/Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering. The task will

not be easy, but I see my role as establishing and coordinating the department and also setting research facilities

at a fast pace.

I also envision solving industrial problems at IIT Gandhinagar. This is quite an important element missing in

my present job primarily because of the very few polymer/chemical industries in Punjab.

Designation Associate Professor

Organization Thapar University

Date of joining (dd/mm/yyyy) 03-07-2000

Scale of Pay in Rs. 43,250

Pay in Rs.

Total Emoluments (per month) in Rs. 80,102


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I currently am supervising five PhD and one M.Tech students (ongoing). After joining IIT Gandinagar, I will

continue giving full support and advice to these students. I envisage taking more students as a supervisor at IIT

Gandhinagar and try to get a number of research projects from funding agencies (something which is quite

difficult to get at Thapar University, being a private institute).


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PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WITH THE APPLICATION:

Note:

i. Use separate sheet for each sub-heading in the format indicated.

ii. All annexures must bear your name.

a) Employment History

Sl. No. Position Organization/InstitutionDate of

joining

Date of

leavingDuration

1.Associate

ProfessorThapar University, Patiala 06/2006 Present 3 yrs.5mths

2.Assistant

ProfessorThapar University, Patiala 07/2000 06/2006 6 yrs.

3.Scientist

CNCL 04/1997 03/1997 2 yrs.

4. Executive Cosmo Films Ltd., Aurangabad 08/1997 03/1997 8 mths.

5. PoolOfficer SRI, Delhi 06/1993 12/1994 1.5 yrs.

6.Visiting

Scientist

US Air Force Materials Laboratory,

WPAFB, Dayton, Ohio, USA09/1989 06/1992

2 yrs. 10

mths.


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b) Teaching Experience, New Courses or Laboratories

Sl. No. Title of course taught Postgraduate/

Undergraduate

Sole instructor or with

others

1. Fluid Mechanics UG With other instructors

2. Energy Technology UG Sole instructor 3. Polymer Technology UG Sole instructor

4. Petroleum Technology UG Sole instructor

5. Advanced Fluid Mechanics PG Sole instructor

6. Process Equipment & Plant

Design

UG Sole instructor

7. Mechanical Operations UG Sole instructor

8. Polymer Science PG Sole instructor

Indicate any special work done towards developing new course or laboratories

1. Member of BOS (board of studies) in formulation and revision of UG and PG courses and schemes.

2. UG and PG in charge.

3. Incharge of Energy Technology Laboratory

4. Developed syllabus of several courses including Polymer Technology, Process Fluid Mechanics,

Polymer Nanocomposites, Polymer Reaction Engineering etc.


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d) Contributions (teaching) to Continuing Education Programmes: Pl. see (e)

e) Short-term Course/Workshop/Seminars etc. Organized

S.No. CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS ORGANIZ

ED

EXPERT

LECTUR

E

DATE

1. Seminar: Modeling and Simulation in Process

Industries

-- 26-08-2004

2. Workshop: Modeling and Simulation 20-10-20043. Seminar: Processing of NLO polymers 31-01-20054. Seminar: Polymers 28-02-20055. National Conference: Recent trends in Polymer

Science and Technology

-- 6th & 7th May 2005

6. Training Program: Cleaner Production

Technologies- Concepts and Practices

Attended &

Partly

Organized

-- 7th 9th Feb 2006

7 Training Program: Petroleum Refining &

Petrochemicals

Attended 23rd --28th June,

2008

8 ISTE-AICTE Short Term Course:

Applications of Modelling & Simulation in

Chemical Engineering

16th--20thMarch, 2009

9. AICTE Staff Development Program: Basics

and Applications of CFD

10th 23rd July,2009

10. Conference: Recent Trends in Polymer

Science and Technology

26th-27thFeb 2010


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f) Post Graduate Thesis Supervision

Sl. No.Name of student/ research

scholarTitle of Thesis

Doctorate/

Masters

Year of

Completion

Co-guide (If

any)

1. Pankil Singla

Organic

modification ofclay

Masters 2009 N0

2. Ranpreet Singh

Modeling and

simulation of bulk

liquid membrane

system for

simultaneous

removal of copper,

nickel and zinc

metal ions

Doctroate Ongoing

Dr. Vineet

Kumar

IIT R

3. Paramjeet Kaur

Synthesis of PLA

with new catalysts

and modeling &

simulation of its

polymerization

kinetics.

Doctorate Ongoing

Dr. S.N.

UpadhyayIT-BHU

4. Pooja PuriPolyurethane nano-

compositesDoctorate Ongoing

Dr. Anita

Rattan

Amity Univ.

5. Pankil SinglaPLA

nanocompositesDoctorate Ongoing -----

6. Amit Gupta

Modeling and

Simulation of solar

PV and thermal

based power plant

in India

Doctorate Ongoing

Dr. Susheel

Mittal

Thapar Univ.


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g) Sponsored Projects Undertaken

Sl. No. Sponsoring Agency Title of Project Amount of

grant

Period Co-investigator (If

any)

1. Naval ResearchBoard (NRB) SYNTHESISOF POLY

(LACTIC

ACID) USING

NEW

CATALYSTS

AND ITS

KINETICS

STUDY

USING

MODELING

AND

SIMULATION

Rs. 21.57 lacs 2007-2010 Dr. Vineet Kumar

2. Thapar University BATCHSTUDIES FOR

SIMULTANEO

US REMOVAL

OF COPPER,

NICKEL AND

ZINC

METAL IONS

BY BULK

LIQUID

MEMBRANE

TECHNIQUE

Rs. 1.0 lac 2008-2009 No


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h) Consultancy Work Done

Sl. No. Organization Title of Project Amount of grant Period Co-investigator

(If any)

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i) Industrial Experience Interaction

We have a system of project semester of one semester duration wherein faculty members are assigned to

monitor progress and work done by the UG final year students. Under this scheme I have visited many

organizations including IOCL, Faridabad; EIL, New Delhi; NPL, New Delhi; Ranbaxy, Gurgaon;

Purshuram Acrylics Industries, Kashipur etc.

Sl. No. Organization Nature of Work Period


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j) Other Academic And Corporate Activities

PG and Ex-UG coordinator

Ex-SUGC, SPGC and SENATE member

BOS member

Job applications screening committee member

PhD and M.Tech committee member

Teaching load distribution coordinator

Institute rate contract committee member

Institute committee for selection of major research instruments to be purchased

Department library representative

Ex-Nodal person for Chemical Abstract Online searches

Member of first BE MBA feasibility team

President, IICHE Student Chapter


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k) List Of Publications

List those PUBLISHED and ACCEPTED separately

a. Papers in refereed journals

1. Third order non-linear optical properties of poly p- phenylene benzobisthiozole (PBZT) and its novelcomposite with zytel processed via methane sulphonic acid solution extrusion, Charles Y-C Lee, J.

Swiatkiewicz, P.N. Prasad, R. Mehta and S. J. Bai; Polymer, 32 (1991).

2. Synthesis, processing and characterization of non-linear optical thiophene-poly-p-phenylenebenzobisthiozole (T-PBT) polymers, M. Dotrong, R. Mehta, G.A. Balchin, R.C. Tomlinson, M. Sinsky,

C.Y-C. Lee and R.C. Evers; Journal of Polymer Science:Part A- Polymer Chemistry, 31, 723-729 (1993)

3. Characterization and analysis of defects in non-linear optical molecular composites , R. Mehta andCharles Y-C Lee; Polymer & Engineering Science, 33 (12), 764-771, 1993

4. Waveguiding in substrate supported and freestanding films of insoluble conjugated polymers, S.Mitler-Nehar, A.Otomo, G.I. Stegmen, Charles Y-C Lee, R. Mehta, A.K.Agrawal, S.A. Jehneke; AppliedPhysics Letters, 62(2), 115-117,1993.

5. Graphitic open-celled carbon foams: processing and characterization, R. Mehta, D. Anderson and J.Hagger; Carbon, 41/11, 2174-2176, 2003.

6. Synthesis of poly(lactic acid): A review, R. Mehta, V. Kumar, H. Bhunia and S.N. Upadhyay; Journal ofMacromolecular Science Polymer Reviews, 45(4), 325-349, 2005.

7. Mathematical modeling of the poly(lactic acid) ring-opening polymerisation kinetics , R. Mehta, V.Kumar, S.N. Upadhyay; Polymer-Plastic Technology & Engineering, 46(3), 257-264, 2007.

8. Mathematical modeling of the poly(lactic acid) ring-opening polymerisation using Stannous Octoateas a Catalyst, R. Mehta, V. Kumar, S.N. Upadhyay; Polymer-Plastic Technology & Engineering, 46(10),933-937, 2007.


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c. Papers presented in conferences but not published

d. Books

Please enclose reprints of the best papers (about three) in your judgment

l) Awards And Recognitions:

Scholar Badge (highschool); RA (Virginia Tech.)


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m) Professional Training Received

Sl. No. Name of TrainingOrganization where training was

receivedYear Duration

1. Petroleum Refining &Petrochemicals IIPM Gurgaon 2008 One week

2.

Cleaner Production

Technologies- Concepts and

Practices

Thapar University 2006 3 days

3. Chemical Abstracts Searching BITS Pilani 2004 1 day


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n) Membership Of Professional Bodies/Organizations

o) Important Conferences/Seminars Attended: Pl. refer to k (b)

p) Any Other Relevant Information You May Like To Furnish

The following technical reports were prepared:

1. Manufacture of Poly(lactic acid) from renewable resources, R. Mehta,

DAS (R & D Project) Thapar Centre For Industrial Research and Development, Patiala (Pb.), India.

2. Characterization and analysis of defects in non-linear optical molecular composite films , R. Mehta and

Charles Y-C Lee, WL-TR-92-4004, Wright - Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, U.S.A.

3. Graphitic foam processing, R. Mehta, Contributive R & D, Vol. 34, Systran Corporation, Dayton, Ohio,

U.S.A.

APPLICATION TO BE SENT IN DUPLICATE TO:

Faculty Affairs Unit

Directorate Office

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Vishwakarma Govt Engg College Complex,Chandkheda, Visat-Gandhinagar Highway,

Ahmedabad,

India - 382424

Phone: +91 79 2397 2622 / 2324

Fax: +91 79 2397 2622

A soft copy in PDF format should also be forwarded to: [email protected]

Sl. No. Name of the Professional BodyMembership Status

(Life/Annual)

1. Indian Plastic Institute (IPI) Life

2. Asian Polymer Association (APA) Life

3. Punjab Science Congress Life

4. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Life

Sl. No. Conference/Seminar Title of paper read (if any) Year
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