Professor, Division of Safety & Fire Engineering and Professor & Head, Division of Chemical Engineering, at School of Engineering. Serving as Professor, School of Engineering, CUSAT since 1 July 2004. Obtained B.Tech and M.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Calicut and IIT Madras respectively. Started professional career with FACT Ltd, Kochi in January 1986. Obtained PhD in Environmental Engineering (1994) from CUSAT while working in Industry. More than 18 years of industrial experience in plant operation, process design, environment protection and process safety. Served as Principal of School of Engineering and Dean, Faculty of Engineering. Research interests include Wastewater Engineering, Process Safety Engineering and Bioprocess Engineering.

Environmental Management, Process Safety Engineering, Separation Processes, Wastewater Engineering

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Investigations on Surface Modification of Coconut Cake and Adsorption of Dyes from Aqueous Media, Indian Journal of Environment Protection, Vol. 42, 2022

Covariate model-based fault tree analysis for risk assessment in chemical process industries: A case study of a chlorine manufacturing facility , Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, Elsevier Vol. 99, 2022

A comprehensive review on dynamic risk analysis methodologies, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Elsevier Vol. 76, 2022

Removal of Mefenamic Acid from Aqueous Solution by Fenton Process: Optimization Using Response Surface Methodology with Central Composite Design, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Technoscience Publications Vol. 20, 2021

Influence of different alumina phases on the catalytic properties of palladium-alumina catalysts for selective hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, Springer Vol. 134, 2021

Factors influencing Electrical Occupational Accidents A Statistical Analysis of Kerala, India, Disaster Advances, World Researchers Association Vol. 14, 2021

A path model approach to safety compliance and personal factors among electrical workers in India, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS (JOSE), Taylor & Francis 2021

Upflow Anaerobic Filter for the Treatment of Wastewater from a Natural Rubber Latex Concentration Unit, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Technoscience Publications Vol. 20, 2021

Occupational electrical accidents: Assessing the role of personal and safety climate factors, Safety Science, Elsevier Vol. 139, 2021

Modeling of packed bed column studies for the removal of Cu(II) using polypyrrole alumina iron oxide nanocomposite, Desalination and Water Treatment, Desalination Publications Vol. 227, 2021

Treatment of Vehiclewash wastewater by Fenton process and its recycling, International Conference on Green Chemistry and Engineering towards Sustainable Development - An Industrial Perspective, 2022

Adaptive neuro fuzzy-based prediction of safety participation from the personal factors of the workers, International Conference on Maintenance and Intelligent Asset Management 2021 (ICMIAM 2021), 2021

Dynamic thermal modeling and simulation of electronics cooling system with latent heat storage encapsulation, ICHMT International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, Napoli, Italy, 2017

Studies on Zinc (II) Adsorption using Alisma plantago aquatica, 4th International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications ICEEA 2013, Singapore, 2013

Influence of organic loading rates on aerobic granulation process for the treatment of waste water, 3rd International Conference on Future Environment and Energy – ICFEE 2013, Rome, Italy, 2013

Removal of phenol and sulphides using Oscillatoria acuminata isolated from refinery effluents in batch and continuous photobioreactor, International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering and Technology(RACET 2011), 2011

Risk identification and quantification of hazardous storages in industrial areas using QRA and vulnerability mapping, International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering and Technology(RACET 2011), 2011

Drought hazard mapping in Chinnar wild hazard sanctuary using GIS and remote sensing, Disaster, Risk and Vulnerability Conference 2011, Kottayam, India, 2011

Removal of non biodegradable compounds from wastewater using Fenton process – a review, Second International Conference on Materials for the Future (ICMF 2011), 2011

Design and analysis of zero clogging brushless DC motor for spacecraft applications, ECTI – CON 2010, Chaiang Mai, Thailand, 2010

Young Scientist Award for Ecology and Environment from State Committee on Science, Technology and Environment, in the year 1994

Platinum Jubilee Award from The Institution of Engineers (India) - Karnataka State Centre, in the year 2010

Prof. K M Bahauddin Award to the Distinguished Engineering Teacher of Kerala from NIT Calicut Alumni Association, in the year 2018

RESEARCH PROJECTS

"Modernisation of Industrial Hygiene Laboratory" (AICTE- 2006 -2008 , Total outlay Rs.1350000)

"Development of a treatment system for the removal of emerging contaminants from water based on advanced oxidation process" (KSCSTE- 2019 -2021 , Total outlay Rs.535000)

PATENT

Method of Recycling lead oxide flakes and electrochemical cells made there of - Applied,0000