Scholarships/Awards/Membership in Professional Societies

Ø  Fellowship of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India

ØTeam member of the “Best Division Award” for R&D performance for three consecutive years in 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010

Ø  Member of a committee for Management Plan for Chemical Disasters of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India

Ø  Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi

Ø  Worked as a team member in design and development of rapid composting facility for CSIR - NEERI residential colony

Ø  Prepared Disaster Management Plan (DMP) for CSIR – NEERI, Nagpur

ØWorked as a member of Institute Safety Committee for CSIR – NEERI, Nagpur

Ø  Organized CPCB sponsored training programme on “Accidental Spill – Emergency Response and Environmental Impact Assessment – Future Prospectives” during September 25 – 27, 2018

Ø  Working as a member in fact-finding committee of National Green Tribunal (NGT) for chemical industrial disasters

       Ø  Working as a reviewer for international journals like Chemosphere, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Water Process Engineering and Science of The Total Environment

National / International Collaborations

Ø  Collaborations with Gexcon Private Limited, Norway, to promote cooperative research, develop programs in Masters and PhD courses and exchange ideas in the field of process safety and loss prevention

Ø  Collaborative research work with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Roorkee to study IOCL Jaipur storage terminal accident. One research scholar awarded PhD degree based on this collaborative research work and three papers in international journals were published

Invited Talks

Ø  An invited talk entitled “Catalytic Ozonation - Advanced Oxidation Process for Industrial Wastewater Treatment” was delivered in Short Term Training Programme on “Advanced Industrial Waste Management Techniques” during May 14-19, 2018 at Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon

Ø  An invited talk entitled “Risk Assessment for Process Industries“ was given on 16^th September, 2017 at Government Polytechnic, Arvi, Wardha 

Ø  An invited talk entitled “Process Risk Modelling for Chemical Industries” was delivered on 23^rd August, 2013 at Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology (PIET), Nagpur

Ø  Delivered a key note address in RACE-2012 conference at Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University (NMU), Jalgaon on 4^th February, 2012