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Dr. Madhukar Onkarnath GARG

Present Designation:

President R&D , Reliance Industries Limited

Areas of Interest:

solvent extraction, Pinch Analysis, advanced control, simulation and modelling, petroleum refining and petrochemicals, circular economy, commercialisation of indigenous technologies

Specialisation:

solvent extraction, Pinch Analysis, advanced control, simulation and modelling, petroleum refining and petrochemicals, circular economy, commercialisation of indigenous technologies

Major Professional Contributions:

1st Dec 2017 onwards: President R&D (Refining and Pet Chem), Reliance Industries Limited
4 Jan to 30th Nov 2017 Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay
14 Feb to 30 Sep 2016 Head Automotive Fuels and Lubricants Application Division and Director’s Research Division, IIP Dehradun
Feb to Aug 2015 Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
15th August 2003 Director
to 13th February 2016 CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun.
23rd July 2007 to Director (Additional Charge)
5th August 2009 Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
13th July 1998 to Head, Refining Technology Division
14th August 2003 Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun.
April 1994 to General Manager (Process Systems Services)
July 1998 Kinetics Technology (Technip) India Limited, New Delhi
Duties: Setting up a new Division. Commercialisation & execution of Process Systems Services projects in hydrocarbon industry
1982-94: Manager,Research and Development Department, Engineers India Limited, New Delhi
Duties: R&D for hydrocarbon industry
1981: Full time Tutor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne.
Duties: Teaching and guidance of B.E. students

1978 80: Part time Tutor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Duties: Teaching and demonstration to B.E. students

1976 78: Junior Engineer, Research and Development Department of Engineers India Limited, New Delhi.
(Awarded study leave for higher degree starting 19th November 1978).
Duties: Research & Development for refining industry

1975 76: Research Assistant in the Department of Chemical Eng. at I.I.T., Kanpur.
Duties: Teaching and guidance of B.E. students

Member of Committees / Professional Bodies

1. Advisory Committee on Road Map for Methanol Economy for long term energy Security of the country, DST, New Delhi Member
2. Research Advisory Council, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Member
3. Scientific Advisory Committee, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Member
4. Indian National Academy of Engineers Fellow
5. AICTE-INAE-National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (HP) Distinguished Visiting Professor
6. Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
Distinguished Visiting Professor
7. Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani, Goa Campus
Distinguished Visiting Professor
8. Editorial Board of (Microporous and Mesoporous) Journal Elsevier Member
9. Editorial Board of Journal of Advanced Manufacturing and Processing AIChE and Wiley Member
10. International Advisory Committee of International Solvent Extraction Conference (ISEC) Member
11. Bureau of Indian Standards ( PCD:3) Member
12. Bureau of Indian Standards (PCD:3.5) Chairman
13. Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Life Member
14. Instrument Society of India Life Member
15. Indian Society of Analytical Scientists Life Member
16. Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani Adjunct Professor
17. Research Council of Naval Materials Research Laboratory, Defence Research Organization, Govt of India, Ministry of Defence, Ambernath Member

Consultancy Areas:

Petroleum Refining, Petrochemicals, Process Design, Modelling and Simulation, Process Integration and Advance Control

Sector Associated With:

R&D

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

Industry (Private), Industry (PSUs), R&D Organizations, Government (including funding agencies), Entrepreneurs, Consultancy Firms

Professional Experience

Director-IIP, Dehradun. Honorary Professor of the University of Melbourne, Australia. Director General-CSIR, New Delhi. General Manager, Kinetics Technology India Ltd. New Delhi.

Keywords

Petroleum Refining, Petrochemicals, Process Design, Modelling and Simulation, Process Integration and Advance Control

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Education

B.Tech ( LIT Nagpur), M.Tech (IITK), Ph.D ( Univesity of Melbourne)

Awards and Recognitions

2021                     Jewel of Laxminarayan Institute of Technology (LIT) award 2021

 

2019                     Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award 2019 for innovative technology on Simultaneous Production of Benzene Gasoline from C-6 Heart Cut of FCC gasoline.

 

2019                     TDB National Technology Day Award 2019 for successful commercialization of Process for Simultaneous Production of US Grade Gasoline and High Purity Benzene from FCC Gasoline at Reliance Refinery and Petrochemical Complex Jamnagar

 

2018                     VASVIK 2017 Award in the category of Chemical Sciences and Technology for Development and Commercialization of large-scale Technologies

2018                     Reliance Innovation Game Changer Award for commercialization of the Benzene Recovery Unit.

2017                     ICC award for excellence in Process Design and Engineering (including Process Intensification) for Developing and Commercialization of Technology to Produce high quality low benzene gasoline.

2017                     TDB National Technology Day Award 2017 for successful commercialization of Wax De-oiling Technology at Numaligarh Refineries Limited.

2016                     CSIR Technology Award 2016 for Developing Wax De-Oiling Technology and its Commercialization at Numaligarh Refinery

2016                     Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Best Innovation Award in R&D on Technology for Simultaneous Production of US Grade Gasoline and High Purity Benzene from unprocessed C6 Heart Cut of FCC Gasoline

 

2015                     Most significant CSIR Technology Award of the Five-Year Plan Period “Technology Development of Novel Catalyst Thoxcat ES” 

2015                     Special Invitee by Society for the Advancement of Chemical Sciences and Education (SACE) and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) to deliver the 2015 Acharya P C Ray Memorial Lecture at IGCAR;

2014                     CSIR Technology (Innovation) Award for “a Process for simultaneous production of US grade gasoline and high purity benzene from C6 heart cut of FCC gasoline”

2013                     ICC D.M. Trivedi Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Indian Chemical Industry (Education & Research) by Indian Chemical Council, Mumbai

2013                     3rd National Award for Technology Innovation of Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastics Processing Industry by Min of Chemicals & Fertilizers, GOI, New Delhi

2013                     Most Admired Organization in Oil & Gas sector” at National Energy Excellence Awards at National Energy Excellence Awards

2013                     Letter of Award for the Progressive Development of International Relations in Global Industrial Safety Issues by GCE Group, Russia

2013                     Prof R A Rajadhyaksha Memorial Lecture Award by ICT, Mumbai 2013

2012                     C K Murthy Memorial Lecture Speaker Award during CHEMCON 2012 by IIChE

2012                     OceanTEX 2012 Award for Excellence in Research & Development in the Downstream Oil Sector

2011                     CSIR Technology Award for Business Development and Technology Marketing

2009                     CSIR Technology Award for Physical Sciences including Engineering

2009                     Member, Board of Governors of National Council for Cement and Building Materials for the year 2009

2009                     Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee for Molecular Aspects of Catalysis Sulfides (MACS-V) Conference held in Denmark from May 30-June 3, 2010.

2008                     Alkyl Amines Professor B D Tilak Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award 2008 by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers

2008                     OCCEANTEX Leadership and Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in R&D and Innovation

2007                     CSIR Technology Award for Innovation for the year 2007

2004                     Uttaranchal Ratan-2004’ award

2001                             CSIR Technology Award for “Development of Technology for Production of Food Grade Hexane using NMP as solvent” for year 2001.

2000                     CSIR Technology Shield for development of NMP Based Refining Technology for simultaneous production of quality Lube Oil Base Stocks (LOBS) and high BMCI extract.

2000                     Invitee to Gordon Conference on “Separation and Purification” held at New London, USA, Aug. 6-11, 2000.

1999                     CSIR Technology Award for development of Propane Deasphalting Technology.

1981                     Adjudged Best Ph.D. student by University of Melbourne and was appointed as a full-time faculty.

1973-74               MAHADEO DAJIBA MEMORIAL SILVER MEDAL for securing highest marks in Chemical Engineering.

1973‑74               NELP GOLD MEDAL for topping the list of successful students in the final B. Tech. examination.

1972‑73               L.I.T. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRIZE for standing first in 4th year of B. Tech. course.

1970,71,72,73     Institute Studentship for standing First in the class.

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INAE Section Affiliated

IV: Chemical Engineering

Year of Election to Fellowship

2009

Year of Birth

1954

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