ROHIT R. SHETTY

Date of Birth: 24 April, 1991

Whereabouts: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Contact: rohitshetty501@gmail.com

9860106501/ 8308737737 .

E M P L O Y M E N T

Dec 2012 – Dec 2015 NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY, COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Pune, Maharashtra, India

Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division

Project Fellow 1. Worked on CSIR – NCL sponsored project entitled “Development of Sustainable

Waste Management Technologies for Chemical and Allied industries” under the

guidance of Dr. S. P. Kamble. Responsible for developing effluent treatment methodology for pharmaceutical

wastewater.

Performed Photo-catalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals wastewater in

simulated and actual wastewater using modified Photo-catalyst with solar

radiation or/and artificial radiation.

Developed N doped TiO2 modified Photo-catalyst for Photo-catalytic degradation

of ciprofloxacin containing wastewater.

Developed BiSO2 , ZnO2 , Fe doped TiO2, Bi- metal oxide, non-metal/ metal

doped visible catalyst and Titanium hydroxide gel visible photo catalyst for

waste water treatment purpose.

Developed a plug flow reactor with capacity of 100 lit for pilot scale working on

natural radiation with the help of parabolic reflectors.

Calculation regarding design of plug flow reactor was done, like size and length

of reactor.

Worked on waste water treatment of Sangvi, Pune ETP.

2. Worked on project entitled “Synthesis of 4’-Hydroxyacetophenone (PHAP)”

(important pharmaceutical intermediate) under the guidance of Dr. P. P. Barve.

Responsible for optimizing the process at pilot scale. Also responsible for plant

troubleshooting especially while handling Hydrogen Fluoride (reactant).

Working hand with CSTR (25 lit capacity), Pumps like positive displacement

pump which we have used for raw material feeding, centrifugal pumps for

discharge line.

In downstream process worked on Reactive packed bed distillation column unit,

Fixing of reflux ratio to improve the purity of product.

Studied operating factors affecting purity of product while reaction such as

heating, cooling, pressure effect.

Studied selection of Material for construction of equipment required for process

based on fluid characteristics.

Responsible for material balance of the process.

3. Worked on project entitled “Synthesis of Tri-butyl Citrate” under the guidance of Dr.

S. P.Kamble.

Developed an eco-friendly and autocatalytic process for synthesizing Tri-butyl

citrate from lab scale to pilot scale.

Responsible for studying the kinetics of the reaction to improve the purity of Tri-

butyl Citrate and material balance of the process.

In this process we have used Packed Bed Distillation column for making it

continuous.

4. Working on Textile waste water treatment.

Development of method for waste water from textile process industries which

contain high COD and TDS.

Effect of different operating parameters on kinetics and conducting pilot

experiment on industrial site.

Use of Advance Oxidation process for Textile waste water treatment.

5. Worked on project entitled “Synthesis of Propionic acid” under the guidance of Dr.

S. P.Kamble.

This project consists of development of process for synthesis of Propionic acid

from waste generated by industry which contents some amount of propionic acid

and other compound.

I have developed process for synthesis propionic acid as well isolate product with

99.5% purity.

6. Worked on project entitled “Synthesis of Methyl acetate with < 1% moistureˮunder

the guidance of Dr. S. P. Kamble.

7. Worked on project entitled “Synthesis of 4′-Methoxyacetophenoneˮ under the

guidance of Dr. S.P. Kamble.

Sep 2012 – Nov 2012 US VITAMINS LTD. Chiplun, Maharashtra, India

Production Engineer.

Responsible for the smooth functioning of the process producing Metformin-

HCl. quality control.

Manpower handling, 18 members were there in team.

P U B L I C A T I O N

1. Rohit Shetty, Gaurav Kothari, Amruta S Tambe, Bhaskar D Kulkarni & Sanjay P

Kamble., “Photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin·HCl using Aeroxide® P-25

TiO2 photocatalyst: Comparative evaluation of solar and artificial radiation” Indian

Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 55A, January 2016, pp. 16-22

2. Rohit Shetty, Bhaskar D Kulkarni & Sanjay P Kamble “Photocatalytic Remediation

of Pharmaceuticals Pollutants Using Nanocomposite, N-doped TiO2 Photocatalyst",

manuscript ID is TICE-2015-0044 is under review.

P O S T E R &

C O N F E R E N C E S

1. Rohit Shetty, Gaurav Kothari, Sanjay Kamble, “Remediation of Pharmaceuticals from

wastewater by Modified Photocatalyst : Influencing Factors, Kinetics, and Mechanism”

Conference paper.

Conference: CAMS-2014, At the University of Sydeny

2. Presented a poster on “Comparative Photocatalytic Degradation of Ciprofloxacin HCl using

Solar and Artificial Radiation in the Presence of Degussa P25 TiO2 Photo-catalyst”, 66th

Annual Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2013),

Institute of chemical technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

3. Presented a paper named “Production of lactic acid by using molasses as raw material by

fermentation process”. Prarambh (National Level Technical Event), Satara college of

engineering

4. Participated in one day workshop on Current Indian Energy Scenario & Energy

Conservation , D.Y. Patil College of engineering, Kolhapur.

E D U C A T I O N

2008 – 2012 BACHELOR OF ENGINEER ING IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING - 68.62 %

2006 – 2008 HIGHER SECONDARY CERTIF ICATE- 64.50 %

2006 SCHOOL SECONDARY CERTIFICATE- 70.53 %

Undergraduate Project Worked on the project entitled “Production of Lactic Acid from Molasses by

fermentation” under the guidance of Prof. J. K. Shinde and Prof. V. J. Pachupute.

TATYASAHEB KORE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY.

Undergraduate

Summer Trainee Vanita Agrochem (INDIA) PVT.LTD, fertilizer plant.

S T R E N G T H S

o Adept in performing HPLC, LCMS, TOC, GC, GCMS, UV-Vis Spectroscopy, FTIR

Spectroscopy, NMR Spectroscopy, SEM, TEM, EDAX, Fluoride Ion Estimation, Karl

Fischer Analysis.

o Proficient with Programming Languages: C, C++.

o Material balance of process.

R E F R E N C E S

1. Dr. P.P. Barve Pr.Scientist

Head of Process Development Division,

National Chemical Laboratory. Pune-

411008

E-Mail: pp.barve@ncl.res.in

2. Dr. S.P. Kamble Sr.Scientist

National Chemical Laboratory,

Pune-411008

E-Mail: sp.kamble@ncl.res.in

3. Dr. S. V. Anekar

Principle,

Tayasaheb Kore Institute of Engineering and Technology Warananager,

Kolhapur.

(Mr. ROHIT R. SHETTY)