Dr. Chinta Sankar Rao

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
Srinivasanagar P.O.
Mangalore – 575025
Karnataka, INDIA
 
Contact details
Telephone: (+91) 824-2473639
 
Date of Joining at NITK: May 30, 2016
 
Professional Experience: 
6 years of Professional experience out of which 4 years at NITK
May 2016 – present : Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, NITK, Surathkal
July 2015 – May 2016 : Temporary Faculty, Department of Chemical Engineering, NITT, Tamilnadu
July 2008 – May 2009 : Ad-hoc Faculty, Department of Chemical Engineering, IGIT, Sarang, Odisha
 
Academic Background
Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai & 2015
M.Tech. - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal & 2011
B.Tech.- Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang & 2008
 
Area of interest
- Process Dynamics and Control
- Process Modeling and Simulation
- System Identification
- Process Optimization
- Model based control
- Model Predictive Control
- Crystallization Systems Engineering
- Wastewater Treatment
 
Book(s)
1.  M. Chidambaram and C. Sankar Rao, Subspace identification of dynamic systems, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, ISBN 978-81-8487-596-6.
 
Journal Publications:
  1. Gourav Yadav, G. Uday Kiran and C. Sankar Rao, Robust optimal centralized PI controller for a uid catalytic cracking Unit, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2020-0019
  2. Sanjith S. Anchan and C. Sankar Rao, Robust Decentralized PID controller design for an Activated Sludge Process, Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/apj.2531
  3. Abhishek, Indraneel Pulidindi and C. Sankar Rao, Novel strategies for glucose production from biomass using heteropoly acid catalyst, Renewable energy, 159, 215-220, 2020.
  4. M. Satya Narayana, G. Arthanareeswaran and C. Sankar Rao, Dynamic performance comparison of two configurations of middle vessel batch distillation column for the separation of ethanol/propanol/butanol mixture, Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/apj.2421
  5. Prabhu Teja Y and C. Sankar Rao, Design of Robust PI Controller with Decoupler for a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58, 45, 20722-20733 (Oct, 2019), DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04770
  6. Purushottam Patil and C. Sankar Rao, Enhanced PID Controller for Non-Minimum Phase Second Order Plus Time Delay System, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, 14 (3) (March, 2019)
  7. V. Dhanya Ram and C. Sankar Rao. Identification and Control of an Unstable SOPTD system with positive zero, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 44, 757-762, 2019
  8. A. Sahoo, T. K. Radhakrishnan and C. Sankar Rao. Modeling and control of a real time shell and tube heat exchanger, Resource-Efficient Technologies, 3, 124-132, 2017. 
  9. C. Sankar Rao and M. Chidambaram. Subspace Identification of Unstable Transfer Function Models, Indian Chemical Engineer, 57, 1-20, 2015.
  10. C. Sankar Rao and M. Chidambaram. Experimental application of subspace identification of an unstable system, International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, 7, 70-76, 2015.
  11. C. Sankar Rao and M. Chidambaram. Subspace identification of transfer function models for an unstable bioreactor. Chemical Engineering Communication, 202(10), 1296-1303, 2015
  12. S. Mohanta, C. S. Rao, A. B. Daram, S. Chakraborty and B. C. Meicap, Air Dense Medium Fluidized Bed for Dry Beneficiation of Coal: Technological Challenges for Future, Particulate Science and Technology, 31: pp. 16-27, 2013 
  13. C. S. Rao and K. Barik, Modelling, Simulation and Control of Middle Vessel Batch Distillation Column, Procedia Engineering, vol. 38, pp. 2383-2397, 2012. 
  14. Sanjith S. Anchan and C. Sankar Rao, Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Plant: State of the art, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Under review).
 
Conferences:
  1. Gourav Yadav and C. Sankar Rao, Design of a centralized PI controller for a non-square system with application to reverse osmosis process,  CHEMCON 2019, IIT Delhi
  2. G. Uday Kiran and C. Sankar Rao, Tuning of centralized controller for industrial scale polymerization reactor, CHEMCON 2019, IIT Delhi
  3. Sanjith S. Anchan and C. Sankar Rao, Design of decoupler for wastewater treatment plant, CHEMCON 2019, IIT Delhi.
  4. Abhishek, Indraneel Pulidindi, C. Sankar Rao,  Supported hydropoly acid for the production of fermentable sugar from cellulosic biomass, International conference on multifunctional and hybrid composite materials for energy, environment and medical applications, NIT Trichy, 9-11 September, 2019.
  5. Sanjith S. Anchan and C. Sankar Rao, Simulation and Control of a Biological Wastewater Treatment Process, International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS 2019), N.M.A.M.I.T., Nitte, Mangalore (May 23 – 24).
  6. Abhishek, Indra Neel Pulidindi and C. Sankar Rao, Novel strategies for glucose production from switchgrass using solid acid catalysts, CHEMCON 2018, NIT Jalandhar.
  7. Prabhuteja Y. and C. Sankar Rao, Optimal Control of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process, CHEMCON 2018, NIT Jalandhar.
  8. Purushottam Patil, Prabhuteja Y. and C. Sankar Rao, Tuning of PID Controller for an Unstable Non-Minimum Phase SOPTD System, CHEMCON 2018, NIT Jalandhar (27-30, December)
  9. Vura Chaitanya and C. Sankar Rao, Modeling and Simulation of CO2 Capture Using Alkanolamines, First International Conference on Energy and Environment: Global Challenges, NIT Calicut, 2018, (9-10, March)
  10. Purushottam Patil and C. Sankar Rao, Design of PID controller for non-minimum phase system, Chemcon 2017, HIT, Haldia (27-30 Dec)
  11. Yashas Mohan Kumar, Sai Dinesh B. and C. Sankar Rao. Simulation and control continuous crystallization process, IES 2017, Japan. (1-3 March, 2017)
  12. A. Sahoo, T. K. Radhakrishnan and C. S. Rao. Real-time implementation of two PID tuning methods for temperature control of shell and tube heat exchanger, Technoscape 2016, VIT, Vellore. (20-21 Oct, 2016)
  13. C. Sankar Rao and M. Chidambaram. Experimental application of subspace identification of an unstable system, International Conference on Modelling and Computer Simulation, 2014, IIT Madras, 2014. (Dec, 8-9, 2014)
  14. C. Sankar Rao and M. Chidambaram. Subspace Identification of Unstable Transfer Function Model for a Magnetic Levitation System, Third International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems, 2014, pp. 394-399, IIT Kanpur. (Mar 13-15, 2014) 
  15.  P. Nagarjuna Reddy and C. S. Rao. Modelling and Simulation of Batch Distillation Column, ICMOC 2014, Noorul Islam College, Tamilnadu.
  16. C. Sankar Rao and M. Chidambaram. Subspace identification of unstable systems by MON4SID algorithm, 10th IFAC International Symposium on Dynamics and Control Process Systems, 2013, pp. 666-671, IIT Bombay. (Dec 18-20, 2013) 
  17. C. Sankar Rao and K. Barik, Modeling, Simulation and Control of Middle Vessel Batch Distillation Column, ICMOC 2012, Noorul Islam College, Tamilnadu 
 
Workshop/Seminars:
  1. Coordinated and conducted a Scilab Workshop on 10th April, 2013 at IIT Madras.
  2. Attended the two days’ workshop on “Model Predictive Control” conducted by Dr. John Bagterp Jørgensen of the department of Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark.
  3. Delivered a talk on “Subspace Identification Methods” in AICTE sponsored short term course on Process Control at IIT Madras (15th to 19th Dec, 2014).
  4. Coordinated and conducted “Aspen Plus Workshop” on 3rd July,2015 at Shaastra 2015, IIT Madras
  5. Coordinated and conducted Aspen plus and Aspen Dynamics workshop on 14th March, 2015 at ChemClave 2015, IIT Madras.
  6. Attended 1stIndian Control Conference 2015 at IIT Madras during 5-7 Jan, 2015
  7. Attended the workshop on Symbolic Computing and Numerical Programming using Mathematica/Matlab (SCNPMM) during 10th – 12th July, 2015 at NIT Warangal
  8. Attended the workshop on Industrial Automation (IA-2015) from 17th to 19th August, 2015 at NIT Tiruchirappalli
  9. Attended the workshop on Advanced Process Control (ACE 2015) from 9th to 10th Oct, 2015 at NIT Tiruchirappalli
  10. Participated in three-day workshop on Parallel Computing with GPUs conducted by GPU Centre of Excellence (GCOE), IIT Bombay organized by National Institute of Technology, Trichy. (Mar 8-10, 2016).
  11. Attended short term course on Recent developments in waste water treatment technologies, organized by Chemical Engineering Department, NIT Trichy during 6th -7th May, 2016 under sponsorship of TEQIP – II, Govt of India
  12. Participated in one week GIAN course on Crystallization Systems Engineering organized by Chemical Engineering Department, NIT Warangal during 5th – 9th September, 2016. (Foreign Expert: Prof. Zoltan K. Nagy, Purdue University, USA)

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