Name & Designation:
Brief CV of Dr. Sridhara Acharya
Dr. Sridhara Acharya, Chief Scientist
Date & Place of Birth:
17th Oct. 1955, Jeypore, Koraput Dt., Odisha
Institution with address:
Institute of Minerals and Material
Technology (CSIR-IMMT, Formerly RRL),
Council if Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR), Bhubaneswar 751 013, Odisha, India
Address for Communication: Dr. Sridhara Acharya, Chief Scientist, Hydro- & ElectroMetallurgy Department, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar 751 013,
Odisha, India, Email: sacharya@immt.res.in,
sriacharya@yahoo.com
Telephone No. (with STD Code) 0674-237-9302(O)/258-2640(R),
Fax: 0674-2581637, 2379229, 2581750.
Educational Qualifications:
Degree
University
Year
Subjects/ Spl. Paper(s)
B.Sc. (Honours)
Berhampur University
1977
Chem. Honours
M.Sc. (Chemistry)
Berhampur University
1979
Spl: Analytical Chem.
Ph.D. (Chemistry)
Berhampur University
1984
Physical Inorganic
C. Sys. Mgt.
ICCPI, Hyderabad
1991
Spl: AI & ES
MBA (Part Time)
Utkal University
1997
Spl: Sys. & Fin.
Academic Awards/Fellowships: 3: National Scholarship 1977-79, UGC PRF 1979-81,
CSIR JRF & SRF Feb 1981- July 1984
Professional Positions Held
Post/Designation
Institute/Orgamisation
Period
Scientist B
CSIR-RRL, Bhubaneswar
1984-1989
Scientist C
CSIR-RRL, Bhubaneswar
1989-1991
Scientist EI
CSIR-RRL, Bhubaneswar
1991-1996
Scientist EII
CSIR-RRL, Bhubaneswar
1996-2003
Scientist F/Sr. Pr. Sct
CSIR-IMMT/RRL, Bhubaneswar
2003-2012
Chief Scientist
CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar
2012-Cont.
Experience: 32 Years: Basic & Applied Research, R&D Related to Aqueous Processing
of Minerals-Metals-Materials, Hydro- & Electro-Non-ferrous Metallurgy,
Computer Application in R&D, Water Technologies, R&D Project
Management, HRD, etc
Expertise: Chemical kinetics, thermodynamics and reaction mechanism, Hydro- &
Electro-Metallurgy: Aqueous processing of minerals-metals-materials,
Processing of Precious, Rare, Non-ferrous metal resources including
secondaries and wastes to wealth, Water treatment & purification, Computer
application in R&D.
Research
Interests:
Aqueous
processing
of
minerals-metals-materials,
Hydrometallurgical Process/ Technology development for Processing of
Precious, Rare, Non-ferrous metal resources, environmental remediation,
etc.
Current Interests: Chemical thermodynamics, kinetics, catalysis and mechanism of
inorganic and hydrometallurgical reactions/ processes: Identification/
characterisation, thermodynamics (stability and solubility) of quasi-/metastable species/ transient species-reaction kinetic intermediates; Solubility of
non-/less-polar gases in aqueous electrolytes; High temperature activityactivity diagrams of multi-component systems related to metal and material
processing; Thermodynamic, kinetic and mechanism modeling of metal
dissolution/ precipitation and adsorption/ desorption in the presence of
promoters/ additives; Metal extraction from wastes and lean and nonconventional sources; Precious/ valuable metal recovery from industrial
wastes/ residues/ by-products; Metal solution purification and impurity
control, Water management: surface and waste water treatment for suitable
application, EIA & pollution abatement (prevention/ remediation),
Hydrometallurgical process flow sheet selection and optimisation,
Development of new materials/ reagents (synthesis/ characteriasation,
testing/ evaluation, application / quality control) and analytical methods.
Publications: Internat./ Nat. Journals:
55
Publications in Proceedings: Internat./ Nat. Sem/Symp.:
30
Internat./ Nat. Seminar/ Conference Papers/ Abstracts:
60
Internal Reports:
10
Reports for sponsors:
7
Indian Patents:
5
Technology Transfer: Technology Proving Plant Trial:
1
Ph.D. Students Already Guided/ Supervised:
3
Ph.D. Students Currently Guiding/ Supervising:
3
Membership of Professional Societies
5
Member of Int./ Nat. Conf./ Sem./ Exbn./ Event Committees:
12
Professional Trainings Received:
4
Countries Visited:
4: Belgium, Germany, Australia, Thailand