Advisory Board
Advisory Board of Chemical Market Forecast comprises of individuals across Institutions, Organizations and Trade Bodies.
“The advisory board of Chemical Market Forecast is selected to ensure a balance of industry, trade body and institutional involvement across all our business segments. We would encourage individuals who would like to contribute to the Chemical Industry to be a part of our advisory board.”
Dr. C. J. Paul
Dr. Anand Gupta Chakinala is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering in School of Civil and Chemical Engineering (SCCE). He has a rich and versatile, research, industrial and teaching experience of several years in Europe. He has done his bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Karnatak University, Dharwad and then he did his Masters in Advanced Process Engineering from Loughborough University, England. He started his career as a research assistant at the University of Abertay Dundee on an EPSRC funded project on Industrial Wastewater treatment using Advanced Fenton Process which led to several publications for which he was also awarded the MPhil by the University. He then worked as a Research Engineer at Brownell Ltd., London jointly with the University of Reading on the development of novel continuous moisture removal technologies from large shipping containers. After PhD at the University of Twente on Supercritical Water Gasification of Biomass he worked as Process Engineer at Veolia Water Solutions – Oil & Gas Division at Ede, The Netherlands where he worked on several international projects particularly related to produced water treatment. He later worked as an Oxo Process Development Engineer at ExxonMobil Chemical Europe Inc., at Brussels, Belgium. His areas of interest in teaching and research include Catalysis, reaction engineering, process plant design, industrial/produced water treatment and biofuels.
He had 13 journal publications in very high impact journals and attended several international conferences. His research interests include, wastewater treatment, catalysis, biomass liquefaction and bio-oil upgrading and process design and development.
Dr. Anand Gupta Chakinala
Dr. Abhishek Sharma is currently working as Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering in Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ). He is also holding Dr. Ramdas Pai Research Chair position in the Organization. He has over 13 years of experience in field of Process Engineering with research interests in waste valorization, alternate energy, and multi-scale processes. He has worked in Process Design and Development Department in Engineers India Limited after completing his Bachelor’s in Chemical Engg. from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. He has achieved his PhD from Curtin University, Australia and worked for Australia-India Strategic Research Funding and Australia Research Council Projects. He has published several journal articles with conference and invited talks. He has provided consultancy to Industries such as Saint Gobain and Price Waterhouse Coopers. He has established the Chemical Engineering Department in MUJ as Founder Head and initiated MoU/NDAs with Universities/R&Ds/Industries to work collaboratively in certain areas of interest. He is a Life Member of IIChE and Associate Member of IChemE.
Dr. Abhishek Sharma