Personal Information

Marital status: Married

§  Nationality: Indian

§  Age: 53 years. (D.o.B: 07^th May 1955)

Education

1976 - 1977                   Panjab University, Chandigarh                            

Master of Science (Honors school) in  Physical Chemistry

§  Thesis Title: Adsorption Studies on Charcoal

§  First Class

Professional experience

1979 - 1985                     National Defence Academy, Pune, India

Lecturer in Chemistry

§  Teaching at Graduate Level

§  Administrative Position as Class I Civilian Gazetted Officer under Ministry of Defence.

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1985 – To Date        Department of Geology, University of Pune, India

Chemical Analyst

·         Technical Position involving laboratory work with research scholars

       (Post Graduate and PhD students) and industry experts.

·         Analysis of Water, Soil and Rock samples.

·         Working on instruments like, XRF, UV-VISIBLE spectrophotometer, pH & EC meters, Flame Photometer, AtomicAbsorption Spectrophotometer. Basic knowledge of HPIC.

·         Comfortable with equipment like, electronic balances, distillation plants, pressure bombs.

·         Position involves procurement of chemicals and glassware, servicing and maintenance of all equipment.

·         Comfortable with routine computer operation.

·         Involvement with environmental pollution studies.

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2006- date                                          IITians Pratishthan, Pune, Mahrashtra

Part Time Faculty

Publications

·         M.Sc. Dissertation on “Adsorption of Ethylene Glycol by Microcrystaline Carbons in relation to their surface areas.” In 1977

·         Uma Nagpal & K.B. Powar “Infra-red spectroscopic studies of laterites from Panhala, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra” The Indian Mineralogist

Computer Skills

Comfortable with Microsoft Windows, Linux  and MS Office.