Kumargaurao Dnyaneshwar Punase

Assistant Professor - Selection Grade (DOJ - 01.08.2009, Regular)

B.Tech (Chemical Engg.), Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur University

M.Tech (Chemical Engg.), IIT, Roorkee

Ph.D (Chemical Engg.), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

Career Graph:

Graduate Engineer Trainee at Jubilant Organosys Ltd., Nira (July 2006 – July 2007)
Assistant Professor at UPES, Dehradun (August 2009 – June 2013)
Assistant Professor – Senior Scale at UPES, Dehradun (July 2013 – December 2016)
Assistant Professor – Selection Grade at UPES, Dehradun (January 2017 – Till Date)

Area of Specialization:

Process Design, Modelling and Simulation, Heat Transfer, Engineering Economics, Renewable Energy

Research:

Contribution: I have worked in both industry and academia having more than 13 years of experience. I have taught several Chemical Engineering subjects and labs during these years. I have performed various administrative duties including Course coordinator, Activity coordinator, Placement and Internship coordinator, Lab In-charge. I have successfully led NAAC audit from Chemical Engineering department and have also participated in NBA audits of two programs from Energy Cluster. I have delivered the ‘Plant Design Economics’ course for Diploma Engineers at Finolex Industry Ltd., Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
Interest: I am involved in the R&D activities in the areas of Process Modelling, Simulation and Optimization. I am also working on the hydrogen production methods and its applications to fuel cell technology.

Research & Publications:

Rai A., Punase K.D., Bhargav R. and Mohanty B. (2014) Evaluation of Models for Supercritical Fluid Extraction. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 72, 274–287.
Punase K.D., Rao N. and Vijay P. (2019)A review on mechanistic kinetic models of ethanol steam reforming for hydrogen production using a fixed bed reactor. Chemical Papers, Vol. 73, No. 5, 1027-1042.
Punase K.D., Rao N., Vijay P. and Gupta S.K. (2019)Simulation and multi‐objective optimization of a fixed bed catalytic reactor to produce hydrogen using ethanol steam reforming. International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 43. No. 9, 4580-4591.

Honours and Achievements:

UPES Research Reward – 2019 for International Journal Publication.
UPES Long Service Award – 2019.
UPES R&D C3 Award – 2014 for International Journal Publication.
UPES - ‘Dedicated Service Award’ – 2014.
President (2007-2008), Chemical Engineers Students’ Society (ChESS), IIT Roorkee.
All India Rank-511 in GATE-2006

Projects or Ph.D.’s guided:

05 (M. Tech) and 15 (B. Tech)

Personal interests

Reading spiritual and self-motivating books, Listening Music