VG

Venkatesh Govindarajan

Also known as: G Venkatesh

ORCID iD 0000-0003-3347-7262
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RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 Academics (Europe)


• Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden
(from September 2015)
SENIOR LECTURER in the Environmental and Energy Systems group, Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology
1. A part of the IMTRIS project team – wood-based innovation in Scandinavia, as communicator, information-disseminator and researcher.
2. Associated with the Bio-economy research group as a steering committee member
3. Research, supervision, teaching and publications
a. Lectures in Sustainable Development course (2nd year engineering)
b. Lectures in PhD module – Sustainable Development (2-day workshop)
c. Lectures in Energy and Environment course



• Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
(2013 to 2015)
RESEARCHER
1. Fruitfully associated with the EU-TRUST project, for which I developed the Dynamic Metabolism Model, and wrote associated journal papers and reports
2. Successfully tutored Master’s students and supervised their theses.
3. Gave lectures in Master’s courses in the department; appreciated by students
4. Represented the department / group in international conferences and workshops etc. (A sample video from a TRUST-session at Valencia, Spain http://vimeo.com/cursosagua/review/98120156/f1384401c0)

• NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
(2011 to 2013)
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER
1. Closely associated with high-end research work for an EU project titled – Transition to Sustainable Urban Water Systems of Tomorrow (TRUST). Worked as part of team of researchers from NTNU, in close collaboration with the Oslo water and wastewater authority.
2. Published numerous journal papers in several high-ranked scientific journals – both related to the TRUST project and otherwise.
3. Supervised Master’s theses and reports of students.
4. Contributed to the drafting of research funding proposals

• NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
(2006 – 2010)
PhD RESEARCHER
1. The topic of research was ‘Systems Performance of Oslo’s water and wastewater system.’
2. Responsibilities in addition to research and publication of journal papers (a dozen in all), included tutoring students of the Master’s course in Industrial Ecology/ assistance to staff members in the Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering and Industrial Ecology Programme and some administrative duties. The tutoring work included lecturing, supervising work, assessing assignments and examination papers etc.

• Papiertechnische Stiftung, Heidenau, Germany
(2005 to 2006)
RESEARCH INTERN
1. Part of the Joint Masters Programme in Industrial Ecology.
2. Worked on a project on ‘Residual COD in process water used in paper mills’, and this resulted in a Master’s Thesis; which primarily included laboratory work, in an all-German setting

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

1. PhD in Industrial Ecology – Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Topic: Systems Performance Analysis of Oslo’s water and wastewater system. Part of the thesis is accessible online:
• <http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-12664>

2. MSc in Industrial Ecology – a joint Masters course offered by Nanyang Technological University (www.ntu.edu.sg, Singapore) and Technische Universitaet Muenchen (www.tum.de, Germany); with an A+ grade. (Sustainable Development, Environmental Management, Environmental Economics, Energy Efficiency)

3. ME in Mechanical Engineering from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (formerly Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute) with 69% marks. (Automobile engineering subjects)

4. BE in Mechanical Engineering from Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai with 56% marks. (Mechanical Engineering subjects)

5. Diploma in Mass Communication from the All India Institute of Management Studies, Chennai (Journalism skills)

6. Diploma in Industrial Management from Principal Welingkar’s Institute of Management Studies (Management-related subjects; marketing inclusive)

7. Masters Diploma in Software Engineering from Aptech Computer Education, Mumbai. (Software and Project Management)





PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth 13/01/1972
Current office address: 9B212, Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden - 65188

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