GIRIDHAR MADRAS
SENIOR PROFESSOR
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
HYDERABAD
Giridhar at che.iith.ac.in
Giridhar.madras at gmail.com
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EDUCATION:
1988 B.E. in Chemical Engineering Annamalai University
1990 M.Tech in Chemical Engineering IIT, Madras (9.43/10)
1994 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Texas A&M University, (4.0/4.0)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1998 –2020 Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
1994 - 1998 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Davis, USA
FELLOWSHIPS:
· Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Delhi, 2014
· Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Delhi, 2014
· Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bangalore, 2014
· Fellow, National Academy of Science of India (NASI), Allahabad, 2014
MAJOR AWARDS:
q Santappa Memorial award for excellence in polymer research, 2017
q IISc excellence award in teaching and research, 2015
q J.C. Bose National Fellow, 2015-2020
q Top 100 scientists in chemical engineering by Shanghai rankings, 2015-2019
q S.S. Bhatnagar Prize awarded by CSIR, 2009
q Swarnajayanthi Fellowship awarded by DST, 2006
q Top 1% of scientists by ISI Web of Knowledge
q Top 3 scientists in chemical engineering in India in Stanford list.
EDITORIAL DUTIES:
· Editor, Advanced Powder Technology, 2013-2023
· Editor, Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2019-2023
· Associate Editor, RSC advances, 2015-2017
· Associate Editor, Current Science, 2012-2019
· Associate Editor, Bulletin of Material Science, 2012-2016
· Associate Editor, International J of Polymer Science, 2011-2014
PUBLICATION AND CITATION PROFILE
Number of papers published | 580 |
Number of citations | 25555 |
h-index | 80 |
Number of papers published with more than 100 citations | 50 |
Number of papers published with more than 80 citations | 80 |
Number of papers published with more than 50 citations | 160 |
Number of papers published with more than 10 citations | 470 |
Number of papers published with more than 5 citations | 520 |
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PUZ8qcgAAAAJ&hl=en
STUDENTS GRADUATED
Degree | TOTAL |
Ph.D. | 53 |
M.Sc.(Engg.) | 11 |
M.E | 32 |
Many have won the best thesis award from the department/Institute. 18 of the graduated students are now faculty in IITs/IISERs/NITs/BITS.
PROJECTS:
38 sponsored projects totaling 22 crores.
TEACHING DUTIES
Course | Taught from | |
CH 202 | Numerical Methods | 1998-2009;2012-2018 |
CH 207 | Applied Statistics | 2012-2018 |
CH 236 | Separation Processes | 1999-2004 |
CH 237 | Polymer Science and Engineering | 1999-2018 |
The courses CH 202 and CH 237 are taken by around 50 graduate students every year. I taught CH 201 for two years (2010 and 2011).
ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
The brief description of my administrative work is given here.