• Gender: Male
• Age: 55
• Designation: Executive
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 29.1 Year(s)

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry (Thesis Modification of Coir for Composite Application)From Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (Utkal University, BBSR) in 1996

M.Sc. in Chemistry From Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (Utkal University, BBSR) in 1992 with 70%

B.Sc.in Chemistry (Hons.) Phy, Math, Eng & Oriya From Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (Utkal University, BBSR) in 1990 with 65%

H.S.C From Bhadrak College, Bhadrak (CHSE, Orissa) in 1987 with 53%

S.S.C. From Capital High School (BSE, Orissa) in 1985 with 70%

Skill Sets

Experience in materials dissolution using Aquaregia and/or tri acids to find out the chemical composition of various ores and minerals.
Experience in analytical equipment’s like AAS, ICP-OES and XRF for analyzing various metal ions in ppm and ppb level.
Direct hands on experiencein characterization using XRD, SEM, EDAX, TEM, optical microscopy, hardness andsurface roughness
Conducted Experiments on permeability, selectivity and their performance for gas separation.
Fabricated different categories of membrane for CO2 separation like polymeric flat, composite, hollow fiber membrane.
The fabricated gas separation module was tested in NTPC, Kania, Odisha

Work Experience

Professor and Head - Chemistry
Since March 2012
Company Profile: Leading engineering college.
Job Profile:
Besides teaching profession in B.Tech.and M.Tech. (Nano Technology), involved in different projects work

Asst.Prof.: Jul 2007 to Feb 2012
Sr Lecturer: Dec 2004 to Jun 2007
Lecturer in Chemistry: Jan 1998 to Dec 2004
Company Profile: Leading Engineering School

Quality Control Chemist
Sept 1997 to Nov 1997
Company Name: Vivimed Labs Ltd.

Chemist
Oct 1996 to Sept 1997
Company Name: Kalinga Chemical Industries

Key Area Of Research: Composite Materials, Nano Science and Nanotechnology

Professional Experience:
Ph.D.in Chemistry (Polymer Chemistry).
Experience in synthesis of different polymeric and natural membrane for CO2 separation.
Proficient in making polymeric and metal matrix Nano composite materials. 
Expertise in metallurgical characterization techniques.
Experience in material modeling by CFD (Ansys V-12).

Research Guidance:
Guided three M.Tech.Student
Synthesis of dye Sensitized Solar cell by Novel Technique.
Physical modification of zeolite for CO2Separation.
Synthesis of dye Sensitized Solar cell by using pomegranate dye.

Projects Undertaken:
Title: Designing and Development of Industrial Exhaust CO2Recycling Using Computer aided Nano Technology.
Supporting Organization: Ministry of Environment and Earth Science (MOEF)
Sanction Letter Number (Date & Year): F.No.19-17/2008-RE, 27.09.2010
Principal Investigator: Dr. Payodhar Padhi
Co- Investigator: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Rout

Title: Development of Low Cost water filter.
Supporting Organization: Ministry of Small Medium Enterprise (MSME).
Sanction Letter Number (Date & Year): 6 (19)/NMCP (Incubator)/Konark/2010, dt-20.03.2014.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Rout

Title: Green Synthesis of Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles for the treatment of Psoriasis.
Supporting Organization: Ministry of Small Medium Enterprise (MSME)
Sanction Letter Number (Date & Year): No.3(5)/2015/Inc./15th Meeting, dt-15.06.2015

Principal Investigator: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Rout 
Title: “Multi scale modeling and prediction of Microstructure for processing of Al-Li alloys for structural applications” Research Project Submitted to NALCO, Bhubaneswar, (IIT, khargpur and KIST), Applied

Title: “Fabrication of Water Filters to provide Chorium and Arsenic free Potable Water, (MSME). Applied.

Instrument used for Fabrication: High Energy Ball Mills,Tube and Muffle furnace, Glove box, 

Laboratory Instruments used for characterization: X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Electron Microscopy (SEM, EDAX, TEM), Optical Microscopy, Vickers Hardness, UTS tensile testing, Metallographic sample preparation, Surface profilometry, Particle size analysis by Dynamic Laser Scattering (DLS), UV-Vis Spectroscopy, and pH measurement 

Programs: CFD (Ansys v-12), PANalytical X’pert High Score Plus, ImageJ, and OriginLab, C, C++

Conferences/Symposia Attended:
National Symposium on Recent Advances in New Polymeric Materials (POLYMAT-95) held on the Department of Chemistry, Ravenshaw College, and Cuttack during May 14-15, 1995.
International Symposium on Energy & Environment (ENRON-2010) held on NM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar. During Jan 15-16.
National Seminar on Emerging Trends of Technical Education in India held on IDICOL auditorium, Odisha on behalf of Rajiv Gandhi Forum Orissa on August-20.

Programme Attended:
AICTE sponsored staff development program on Environment and Waste Management held from 25th May 2011 to 7th June 2011 organized by Department of Chemistry, Ajay Binay Institute of Technology, Cuttack, Odisha.

Conferences Organized:
Coordinators in National conference on Carbon Dioxide Capture, Storage and Recycling (CCSR-2013), 27th& 28thFebruary, organized by AMRC, Konark Institute of Science and Technology, Bhubaneswar,Odisha

List Of Publication:
Effect of Chemical modification on FTIR Spectra. I. Physical and Chemical Behaviour of Coir, R.K. Samal, B.B.Panda, M. Mohanty, J.Appl.Polym. Sci., 58, 745 – 752 (1995).

Effect of Chemical modification on FTIR Spectra; Physical and Chemical Behaviour of Coir-II; R.K. Samal, B.B. Panda and M. Mohanty, J. Polym. Matter, 12, 229-234 (1995).

Effect of Chemical modification on FTIR Spectra; Physical and Chemical Behaviour of Coir-III; R.K. Samal, B.B. Panda, M. Mohanty, Macromolecules: Current Trends Vol -1, S.Venkatachalam et al. Ed., 1995, pp. 36-41. 

Vinyl-ester-participated Transesterification and Curing on the Physicochemical Behaviour of Coir –IV,R.K. Samal, B.B. Panda and B.K.Senapati, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 64, 2283-2291 (1997). 

Chemical modification of Jute: Part –I Effect of alkali treatment cyanoethylation, acetylation and benzoylation on FTIR Spectra and Physico-Chemical behaviour of Jute-R.K. Samal, M. Mohanty, B.B. Panda, Ind J.fiber Textile Res. 22, 195-201 (1997).

A Review: The Heavy Metal Lead in Plant and Soil Water Environment, PP-38 to 43 proceeding of International Symposium on Energy and Envoirment, January 15 -16,2010 held in NM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.

Commercialization of Layered Clay Polymer Nano Composites, Techno sight, Volume-I, August 2009, PP 30-32.

Composition, Special Types and Technical Application of Lignocelluloses Natural Fiber Reinforce Composite, PP 57-61, Plasticon-2011, National Conference on Plastics and Composites.

P Padhi, D Panda “Effect of Modification of Zeolite A using Sodium Carboxy Methyl Cellulose (CMC)”, Bulgarian chemical communications, Volume 46, Number 4 (pp.777-783), 2014.

B. R. Kar, P. Padhi, B.C. Tripathy and K. G. Mishra “A Review on Synthesis, Antimicrobial Effects and Toxicology Considerations of Silver Nanoparticles, International Journal of Modern Sciences and Engineering Technology (IJMSET), Volume 2, Issue 11,(pp.6-21), 2015.  

P Padhi, D Panda “surface modification of zeolite using poly vinyl Alcohol”. Bulgarian chemical communications,Communicated.

P Padhi, D Panda, “Recent techniques for CO2 separation” published in the souvenir in the Conference name Carbon dioxide Capture, Storage and Recycling (CCSR-2013), KIST.

P Padhi, Thermal Properties of Butylacrylate (BA) transesterified and Benzoyl Peroxide (BPO) Cured Coir Fiber, Bulletion of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia, Communicated.

P Padhi, Surface Morphology Study of Silver nanoparticles Coated Coir Fiber: Part - I , Polymer Testing.

Membership:
Annual member of Indian Science congress Association
Life time member of International Association of Engineers
Members of Industry institute Partnership Cell, AICTE, Govt. of India

Future Goals

Growth