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Dr. Gangagni Rao Anupoju

CSIR-IICT, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Board of Secondary Education, Board of Secondary and Intermediate Education, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology

ORCID iD 0000-0002-7911-6748
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• Presently working as a Chief Scientist, Chair and Professor (Engineering Sciences) in CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad in Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Division
• Twenty nine years of experience in reputed industries, consultancies and R & D organizations and handled variety of projects related to the treatment of wastewater, sewage, MSW, food waste, poultry litter, cattle manure, biogas purification, industrial emissions etc.
• Specialized in the field of biomethanation (anaerobic digestion) and biological gas purification. Developed indigenous novel high rate anaerobic wastewater treatment processes such as UASB and AFFR applicable for Indian industrial complex organic liquid effluents and executed full scale high rate biomethanation plants based on UASB technology for the generation of biogas based power from spent wash (distillery effluent), Pre-hydrolysate liquor (rayon grade pulp mill effluent), spent wash, maize effluents, bulk drub wastewaters, pharma effluents, composite wastewaters etc.
• Retrofitted dormant full-scale anaerobic plants by incorporating novel sulfide inhibition control mechanism and CO2 based acidification system
• Extensively worked on high rate biomethanation of organic waste and patented two high rate biomethanation technologies for the treatment of organic solid waste known as self mixed anaerobic digester (SMAD) and anaerobic gas lift reactor (AGR) and commercial plants (about 15) based on these patents are working near Hyderabad, Ahmadabad, Bellary and Hubli in India for the treatment of food waste, market & vegetable waste, OFMSW, landfill leachate etc.
• Developed & patented a technology called “BIOFILTER” for the purification of waste and off gases emanating from industry that could cause odour and affect the health of the people working in and living around the industrial clusters. A full-scale plants based on BIOFILTER are working at M/s SAA Tannery at Erode, TN, M/s Flemings Labs, Hyderabad and M/s Kondapally CETP, Vijayawada for the deodorization of off gases
• Also working on lake cleaning activity by removing the water hyacinth filled in the lakes followed by the conversion of water hyacinth to organic manure through “Accelerated Anaerobic Composting (AAC)”
• Served as International Consultant- Bioenergy by UNDP-Egypt
• Advisory consultant-biogas generation and purification for major companies such as M/s Ahuja Engineering Services, Secunderabad, M/s Fenix Process Technologies, Pune and M/s Rhodia Energy Services, France
• Member -Expert group for undertaking a scoping study of DISTILLERY INDUSTRY under GREEN CHEMISTRY initiatives Constituted by Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India
• Member of important committees such as “Consent for Establishment (CFE), Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB), Amaravathi, Environmental Audit and Research Advisory Group, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB), Amaravathi, Technical Committee on Biogas, “Bioenergy Advisory Committee (BAC)” constituted by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India (GoI), Member, Research advisory group, MNRE, GoI
• Carried out advanced research in ERI, UCC, Cork, Ireland for the generation, up-gradation of biogas from grass for using as transportation fuel; Post Doc fellowship of EPA-Ireland in Bio-fuels, ERI, UCC, Cork, Ireland – 2008
• Published 60 research and review papers in peer reviewed SCI national and international Journals, 4 book chapters and has four patents credit
• Far-reaching skills – conceptualization, process development, scale up, commissioning and project management.
• Proficient in creating new ideas, writing and executing R&D projects in the area of anaerobic digestion and biological gas purification
• Well versed with development of process know-how, process flow sheets and basic engineering in the area of anaerobic wastewater treatment and anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste
• Bestowed with numerous national and International awards in the area of waste management and renewable energy. And Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, Fellow, AP Academy of Sciences and life member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) and also awarded with BHARAT RATNA SIR M VISVESVARYA AWARD for the year 2019, IIChE “Hindustan Dorr-Oliver-2014, IIChE ICI Award-2017, BRSI Industrial Medal Award-2015, CSIR-IICT Platinum Jubilee Innovation and Creativity Award Fund (PJ-ICAF)-2016 and SKOCH Order-of-Merit Award-2017, Awarded as BRSI- Fellow for the year 2019 and Indian Green Energy Award-2019 for “Outstanding renewable energy Technology Developers-Biomasss/Biofuel”.
• Invited for lectures and presented research work in national / international conferences & seminars

Employment

  • CSIR-IICT Chief Scientist and Chair
    2015 - 2027
  • Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Senior principal Scientist
    2010 - 2014
  • Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Principal Scientist
    2005 - 2010
  • National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Senior Scientist
    1997 - 2005
  • Western Paques India Manager (Anaerobic digestion Technology)
    1995 - 1997
  • The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Research Associate (Bio methanation)
    1993 - 1995
  • National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) Engineer (Chemical)
    1990 - 1993

Education

  • Board of Secondary Education SSC
  • Board of Secondary and Intermediate Education Intermediate
  • JNTU College of Engineering Ph.D
  • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Department of Chemistry M.Tech
  • Andhra University College of Engineering B.Tech
  • University College Cork National University of Ireland PDF

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