Ankit Agrawal
Research Scientist
Vadodara-Petrochemicals, Reliance Industries Limited
About
MY BACKGROUND
Experienced researcher in heterogeneous catalysis and material science with proven skills in handling lab-scale microreactors to pilot-plants scale reactors. Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of material science, heterogeneous catalysis and reaction engineering. Skilled at handling sophisticated state of the art instruments. Excelled in handling XRD, SEM, NMR, GC-TCD/FID (RGA), and TGA.
Education
WHAT I’VE LEARNED
2017-2022
CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun; Class of 2022
Doctor of Philosophy, Chemical Science
GPA: 9.0/10.0
2010-2015
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali; Class of 2015
BS-MS, Chemical Science
CGPA: 7.4/10
Experience
WHERE I’VE WORKED
Nov. 2022–Present
Research Scientist,
Vadodara-Petrochemicals, Reliance Industries Limited
Sep. 2022–Nov. 2022
Postdoctoral Fellow
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Aug. 2017–Sep. 2022
Research Scholar
CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
Jun. 2016–Aug. 2017
Project Associate
Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Centre, Bengaluru
Skills & Languages
WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE
Independent research
Literature review
Research article & Patent writing
Analytical experience
Reactor modelling
Computational chemistry
Graphs & Design Tools
Hindi
English
Awards
WHERE I SHINE
DST-INSPIRE Fellowship - 2017-2022
DST-INSPIRE Scholarship - 2010-2015
Interests
OUT OF THE LAB
Photography
Travel
Driving
Computing