Dr. Amit Rai

Basic Details

Name

Dr. Amit Rai

Designation

Assistant Professor

Department

Chemical Engineering

Contact

Phone (O)

09465603090

Phone(R)

09465603090

Mobile

09465603090

e-mail

mit.rai123456@gmail.com

Educational Details

Educational Qualification

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

Master of Technology in Chemical Engineering with specialization in Environmental Management from Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Institute of Engineering, Jiwaji University, Gwalior

Experience

Experience

National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (November, 2014- November, 2016)
Working as Lecturer (on contract) at Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur and share a teaching load of undergraduate program.

Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited, New Delhi (May 2008- December 2008)
Worked as Assistant Manager-Consultancy for “Waste minimization in Basic Chrome Manufacturing Units (MoEF Project)”, “Feasibility study for Acid and Metal recovery from Stainless steel pickling unit in Jodhpur Industrial area (MoEF Project)”, and “Energy Audit of Street lighting system at Dimapur, Itanagar, and Deharadun (BEE Project)”.

GRASIM Industries Limited, Nagda (May 2007- May 2008)
Worked as Graduate Engineer Trainee in Production and Quality Control of Staple fiber and further, worked for scale-up of a pilot plant to semi-commercial plant.

Rama Phosphate Limited, Indore (July 2004- August 2004)
Carried out an overview study project on production of sulphuric acid and single super phosphate in chemical division.

Publications

Publications

Research Publications

Amit Rai, Bikash Mohanty, Ravindra Bhargava, “Optimization of parameters for supercritical extraction of watermelon seed oil”, Separation Science and Technology 53 (2018) 671-682. (Impact Factor: 1.200)

Amit Rai, Bikash Mohanty, Ravindra Bhargava, “Experimental modeling and simulation of supercritical fluid extraction of moringa oleifera seed oil by carbon dioxide”, Chemical Engineering Communications 204 (2017) 957-964.(Impact Factor: 1.282)

Amit Rai, Ravindra Bhargava, Bikash Mohanty, “Simulation of Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Essential Oil from Natural Products”, Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 5 (2017) 1-9. (Impact Factor: 2.30)

Amit Rai, Bikash Mohanty, Ravindra Bhargava, “Fitting of Broken and Intact Cell model to supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) of sunflower oil”, Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies 38 (2016) 33-40. (Impact Factor: 3.706)

Abhik Banargee, Amit Rai, Bikash Mohanty, Varun, “Simulation of combustion space heat transfer of glass melting furnace”, Heat Transfer – Asian Research 46 (2017) 569-584. (Impact Factor: 0.58)

Amit Rai, Bikash Mohanty, Ravindra Bhargava, “Supercritical Extraction of Sunflower Oil : A CCD for Extraction variables”, Food Chemistry 192 (2016) 647-659. (Impact Factor: 4.879)
Amit Rai, Bikash Mohanty, Ravindra Bhargava “Modeling and Response Surface Analysis of Supercritical Extraction of Watermelon Seed Oil using Carbon Dioxide”, Separation and Purification Technology 141 (2015) 354-365. (Impact Factor: 4.202)

Amit Rai, Kumargauro Punase, Bikash Mohanty, Ravindra Bhargava, “Model Evaluation of Supercritical Fluid Extraction Process”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 72 (2014) 274-287. (Impact Factor: 3.950)

Amit Rai, Pankaj Jain, Ravindra Bhargava, Bikash Mohanty, “Simulation of Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Essential Oil from Rosemary & Basil leaves as well as Vetiver Roots”, International conference ACE-2013, February 22-24,2013, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, page No. 113.

Amit Rai, Ashish Baurasi, “Removal of heavy metal Cr (VI) from waste water sample with the help of Sugar Cane Bagasses”, National level Technical symposium “Tech-Zephyr2006”, January 21-22,2006, Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain (M.P.)

Abhik Banargee, Amit Rai, Bikash Mohanty, “Interpretation of flow pattern in Glass Tank using statistical analysis”  (Poster paper),  International conference ACE-2013,  February 22-24,2013, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Page No. 193.
Participation in Conference/Workshop
As a Coordinator, organise a two day workshop entitled “MATLAB and Simulink for process Engineers” under TEQIP-III for undergraduate student (150 participants) at department of Chemical Engineering, SLIET Longowal during 25-26 April 2019.
Delivered an expert lecture on “Application of MATLAB to study the heat and mass transfer processes” at Short Term Course organised by Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur sponsored by TEQIP-II during September 05-10, 2016.
Expert talks
 Delivered an expert lecture on “Case Study on Risk Assessment and Safety Audit” at Short Term Course organised by Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur under Skill India on program entitle “Industrial Safety and Hazard Management” during January 15-20, 2018.
 Delivered an expert lecture on “Application of MATLAB to study the heat and mass transfer processes” at Short Term Course organised by Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur sponsored by TEQIP-II during September 05-10, 2016.
 Participation in Conference/Workshop
 Participate in short term training program on “Waste Management Practices for Environmental Sustainability (WMPES-2018)” organised by Department of Chemical Engineering, SLIET Longowal during September 10-14, 2018.
 Participate in short term training program on “Mathematical Modelling and Statistical Techniques (MMST-2018)” organised by Department of Mathematics, SLIET Longowal during July 30-Auguat 03, 2018.
 Participate in Workshop on “Industry Institute Interaction Programme” organised by Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Hamirpur during October 21-22, 2016.
 Participate in the GIAN course entitled “Advanced Nanomaterials: Application in Disease Diagnosis and Imaging” organised by NIT Hamirpur during May29 – June 03, 2016. 
 Participate in the International Conference entitled “Advances in Chemical Engineering (ACE-2013)” organised by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee during February 22-24, 2013.    
Participate in the workshop entitled “Future Trends in Chemical Engineering” organised by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee on August 18, 2012. 

Research/Projects

Research

   As a principal investigator, a project has been granted for up-gradation of Lab under AQIS scheme (MODROBS-Modernization and Removal of Obsolescence) by AICTE, New Delhi of worth 14.0 Lakh during 2017-18.
As a principal investigator, a research project has been granted by SLIET under TEQIP-III, of worth 1.48 Lakh during 2017-18.