Biography:
Akash completed his B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from VIT Pune. After graduation he joined CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. to work with Prof. P. N. Joshi and Dr. U. K. Kharul on catalyst development and scale-up studies. In 2019, he began a dual M.Tech + PhD program at IIT Bombay under Prof. Sanjay Mahajni in Chemical Engineering. His research has resulted in three international publications and an Indian patent. Currently, he focuses on process development for fine chemicals, which includes studying reaction mechanisms, developing reaction kinetics, generating vapor-liquid equilibrium data for separation design, and optimizing overall experimental processes.
Title : Process intensification for the production of 2, 2-dimethoxypropane using Fixed BED Chromatographic Reactor (FBCR)