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Vaishakh Nair
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS, CHENNAI, 600036
08939069757, [email protected]
EDUCATION
Program Institution %/CGPA Year of completion
PhD in
Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 7.76 2015*
M Tech in
Nanotechnology
National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut 8.89 2010
B Tech in
Chemical Engineering
Government Engineering College, Calicut 73.45
2008
XII
Placid Vidhya Vihar Sr. Sec. School,
Kottayam
78.6
2004
X
*Thesis to be submitted
by December 2015
Placid Vidhya Vihar Sr. Sec. School,
Kottayam
80.6
2002
OBJECTIVE
To serve in an environment that is progressive and application oriented where I can apply my research
aptitude in solving problems and which provides professional development, versatile exposure and personal
growth.
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Research Award 2015 instituted by Indian Institute of technology , Madras
Third Prize for the best poster presentation International Workshop on Sustainable Energy, Power
and Propulsion, Jan. 5-7, 2015, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Best oral presentation National Conference on Application of the Derivatives of Chitin and
Chitosan (ADCC)-2014, 22-23 Aug. 2014, The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Tamil
Nadu, India.
Gold Medal in the 40th All India Students Design Competition 2009 instituted by the National Design
and Research Forum, Institution of Engineers (India) for the work entitled “Comparative Degradation
Study of Polyethylene using TiO2 Nanoparticles and Design of a Degradation Chamber ".
MHRD Scholarship (Qualified GATE 2008).
COURSE WORK
Chemical Reactor Theory
Combustion and Nanoparticle Fuel-Additives
Physics of Materials
Chemical and Catalytic Reaction Engineering
Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Mathematical methods in Chemical Engineering
LABS
Nanoscience and Technology lab
Advanced Chemical Engineering Lab
Advanced Materials Characterization Lab
SKILLS
Catalyst preparation and characterization.
Experience in handling analytical instruments like GC-MS, X-ray Diffractometer, TGA, UV-Vis
Spectrophotometer, HPLC, GPC and ATR-FTIR/FTIR Spectrometer.
Experience in carrying out chemical reactions in Pyrolyzer, Photo-reactors, Batch reactors.
Applied software packages like CHEMSKETCH, ORIGIN and Microsoft Office in research work.
TRAINING/WORKSHOPS
International Workshop on Sustainable Energy, Power And Propulsion,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata.-2015 (3 days)
Summer School on Development and Characterization of Advanced Materials,
Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.-2013. (3 weeks)
Industrial Training in Binani Zinc LTD. Kochi, Kerala -2008. ( 2 months)
Industrial Training in Travancore-Cochin Chemicals LTD. Kochi, Kerala -2007. (1 week)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Synthesis and characterization of different nanoparticles, nanocomposites (2008-2010)
o Synthesis of gold, silver, titanium oxide nanoparticle using chemical methods like sol-gel method.
o The nanoparticles where characterized using UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Scanning
electron microscopy.
o TiO2 nanoparticles were dispersed in polyethelyene matrix and characterized using FT- IR
spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy.
o Designing of a photoreactor and studying the effect of light source on the photocatalytic degradation
TiO2 polyethylene films.
o The photodegradation was studied using weight loss analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy
Development of biomaterial for adsorption of pollutants from wastewater (2011-2015)
o Chitosan–lignin composites with enhanced surface and chemical properties were developed.
o Activation energy studies using KAS method.
o Adsorption of Remazol Brilliant Blue R and Cr(VI) was studied.
Catalytic conversion of lignin (biomass) using thermochemical and Photochemical reaction (2011-2015)
o Synthesis and characterization of semiconductor catalyst like TiO2, ZrO2, CeO2. Characterization
using X-ray diffraction, ATR-FTIR/FTIR Spectrometer, UV-Vis Spectrophotometer.
o Thermal Studies carried out in pyrolyzer GC-MS.
o Photocatalytic studies carried out in photo-reactor and product identification using MALDI-TOF and GC-MS
techniques.
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Adhoc Lecturer at National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India (June 2010-December 2010)
o Taught Petroleum Engineering, Environmental Engineering Course
o Conducted Heat transfer lab
PUBLICATIONS/ CONFERENCES
B. Debalina, Vaishakh Nair, R.Vinu, Prathap Haridoss, S.R. Bakshi, Effect of carbon nanotube
diameter on mechanical and photocatalytic properties of TiO2 matrix composites, Scripta Materilia,
2015, under review.
B. Debalina, N.Vaishakh, M. Jagannathan, K. Vasanthakumar, N.S. Karthiselva, R. Vinu, Prathap
Haridoss, Srinivasa R. Bakshi, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2015, under review.
Vaishakh Nair, R. Vinu, Production of Phenolics via Photocatalysis of Ball Milled Lignin-TiO2
Mixtures in Aqueous Suspension, RSC Advances, 2015, under review.
Vaishakh Nair, R. Vinu, High Yield of Primary Phenolics from Lignin via In Situ Catalytic Fast
Pyrolysis using Semiconductor Oxides, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2015, under review
Vaishakh Nair, Ajithesh Panigrahy, R. Vinu, Development of novel chitosan-lignin composites for
adsorption of dyes and metal ions from wastewater, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2014, 254, 491-
502.
Reny Thankam Thomas, Vaishakh Nair, N. Sandhyarani, TiO2 nanoparticle assisted solid phase
photocatalytic degradation of polythene film: A mechanistic investigation, Colloids and Surfaces A:
Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2013, 422, 1-9.
Vaishakh Nair, R. Vinu. In-situ catalytic fast pyrolysis of lignin for the production of phenols using
oxide catalysts, 249th
ACS National Meeting, 22-26 Mar. 2015, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Vaishakh Nair, R. Vinu. Novel chitosan-alkali lignin composites for adsorption of industrial effluents
from waste water, National Conference on Application of the Derivatives of Chitin and Chitosan
(ADCC)-2014, 22-23 Aug. 2014, The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu, India.
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Student Editor of “TechNanoS” Newsletter of School of Nano Science and Technology, National Institute
of Technology Calicut
Event manager at Colloid’s 06 National Symposium at Government Engineering College, Calicut
Association Secretary, Chemical Engineering Association, Government Engineering College, Calicut
AFFILIATION
International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability
REFERENCE
1) Dr. R. Vinu
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering Lab, CHL - 201A
Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai - 600036
Phone: +91-44-2257 4187
E-mail: [email protected]
2) Dr. R. Ravi Krishna
Associate Professor
Mechanical Science Block, Room No.352
Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai - 600036
Phone: +91-44-2257 4175
E-mail: [email protected]
3) Dr. N. Sandhyarani
Associate Professor
School of Nano Science and Technology
National Institute of Technology, Calicut
NIT Campus P.O
Kozhikode, Kerala 673601
Ph: +91 – 495 - 2286537
Email: [email protected]
