Curriculum Vitae NISHANT N. PARIKH ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information Permanent Address Office Address 3, Ganesh Apartment, Nehrunagar Circle Electrical Engineering Department, Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Institute of Technology Sheth S.M. Road, Ahmedabad - 380015, Vasan Village, Gandhinagar -Mansa Highway, Gujarat, India. Gandhinagar -382650 , Gujarat, India Tel. No. : 079-65210391, Mb: 9825549973 Mb. +91 9825549973 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Address of Communication C201, Radhe Arcade and Residency, Opposite Pratik Mall, Near City Pulse Theatre, Besides SBI Kudasan Branch, Koba-Gandhinagar Road, Kudasan, Gandhinagar-382421, Gujarat, India Education Degree/ Institution Studied Board/Uni. Year Percent Subject/Branch Exam /CPI Passed S.S.C. Shree Damubhai Shukla Gujarat Secondary 1996 81.57 % - Madhyamik Shala, Paldi, Education Board Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India H.S.C. Shree Damubhai Shukla Gujarat Secondary 1998 71.69 % Science Madhyamik Shala, Paldi, Education Board Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India B.E. Shantilal Shah College of Bhavnagar Uni., 2002 71.75 % Instrumentation Engineering, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India and Control Gujarat, India M.Tech Indian Institute of Indian Institute of 2008 9.0 CPI Systems & Technology, Bombay Technology, India out of 10 Control Ph. D. Course Work performance at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay - 8.5 CPI out of 10 Major Subjects Studied Process Modeling and system Identification, Advanced Process Control, Digital Control, Modeling of a dynamical Systems, Multivariable Control System, Control Systems Page 1 of 11 Work Experience Name and address of employer Designati Employme Job Duration Pay on nt Type Descript ion Electrical Engineering Department, Assistant Contract Teaching January 01, Consolidated Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Institute of Professor and 2014 to till (80000/- Technology, Vasan Village, Research date INR per Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India month) Electrical Engineering Department, Lecturer Contract Teaching September Consolidated School of Technology, Pandit and 01, 2008 to (64000/- Deendayal Petroleum University, Research December INR per Raisan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India 10, 2013 month Plus Incentives) Instrumentation and Control Lecturer Permanent Teaching August 06, Scale of pay: Department, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 2003 to 8000-275- Institute of Technology, Vasad, Gujarat, June 30, 13500 India 2006 (23941/- INR per month) Instrumentation and Control Visiting Contract Teaching July 01, Consolidated Department, L.D. Engineering College, Lecturer 2002 to (5000/- INR Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India July 18, per month) 2003 Current Engagements Assistant Professor at Electrical Engineering Department, Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Institute of Technology, Vasan Village, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India Joining Date: January 01, 2014 Core Courses Taught at Undergraduate and Post Graduate Level Process Dynamics and Control, Advanced Instrumentation and Control, Feedback Control Systems, Modeling and Simulation, System Identification, Modern Control System Other Courses Taught Signals and Systems, Industrial Instrumentation/Transducers, Electronic Measurement and Measuring Instruments, Engineering Mathematics-I Research Interests Advanced Process Control, Mathematical Modeling and System Identification, Nuclear Steam Generator Modeling and Control, Managed Pressure Drilling Techniques, Applications of control for various interdisciplinary projects Country Visited - Visited Singapore for publishing a research paper at International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes during July 10-13, 2012. Page 2 of 11 Consultancy Project Title: Question Bank Development Project Funding Agency: Core Projects and Technologies Ltd., Lotus Business Park, 10th Floor, C-21, Dalia Industrial Estate, Opp SAB TV, Andheri-West, Mumbai - 400053 Year: November 2010 Project Amount: 52, 245/- Rs. Funded Research Projects 1. Title: Partial Identification Framework for Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) System Identification Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India Funding Scheme : Young Scientists Scheme Duration - 3.5 years (starting date: 27/12/2012) Status: Sanctioned as on December 27, 2012 (on going) Sanctioned Amount - 13, 44, 000/- Rs. 2. Title: State-of-the-art Experiment Manual Development for the Process Control Laboratory Status: Submitted to National Instruments for Approval Funding Agency Target: National Instruments Company Duration: 15 Months Proposed Budget: 1,02,300/- Rs. 3. Title: Mathematical Modeling and Model based Controller Design for Suppressing Stick-slip Oscillations in Oil Well drillstrings Status: Draft Ready, In discussion with Ontario based Canadian Industry, Quanser Inc . It is tentatively decided to submit this project in collaboration with Prof. Nitin Padhiyar at IIT Gandhinagar and Prof. Ketan Detroja at IIT Hyderabad. Discussion with both the co-investigators is already initiated. Funding Agency Target: Oil India Development Board, India Development Projects 1. Principal Project Coordinator for the development of various laboratories at Nuclear Engineering Department, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University under the Nuclear Engineering Laboratory Development initiative funded by PDPU during 2010-2011. (Internal Funding Amount: Rupees 10 million) 2. Principal Project Coordinator for the development of various research laboratories at Electrical Engineering Department, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University under the research infrastructure development project funded by GETCO & GSECL during the year 2012-2013 (Funding Amount: Rupees 50 million) Page 3 of 11 Funding Received for other academic assignment/activities Sr. Grant Details No. 1 Title: Workshop on “Process Dynamics, Control and Automation using LabVIEW” Duration: August 09-11, 2013 Funding Agency: Gujarat Council on Science and Technology Sanctioned Letter No.: GUJCOST/2013-14/416 Date of Sanction: July 18, 2013 Funding Amount: 70,000/ - Rs. 2 Title: Workshop on “Mathematical Modeling, Control and Simulation using MATLAB” Duration: June 20-21, 2014 Funding Agency: Gujarat Council on Science and Technology Sanctioned Letter No.:GUJCOST/Sem-SyM/2013-14/1813 Date of Sanction: March 31, 2014 Funding Amount: 50,000/- Rs. Utilization Certificate Reference No.: BGKV/SVBIT/Principal/40/2014 Utilization Certificate Date: August 01, 2014 3 Title: Workshop on “Tools and Trends for Research in Electrical Engineering” Duration: November 24-26, 2014 Funding Agency: Gujarat Council on Science and Technology Sanctioned Letter No.: GUJCOST/Sem-Sym/2014-15/891 Date of Sanction: October 07, 2014 Funding Amount: 15,000/- Rs. Utilization Certificate Reference No.: SVBIT/EE/RL/2014/59 Utilization Certificate Date: December 12, 2014 4 Title: Workshop on “Control Design and Simulation using LabVIEW” Duration: October 08-09, 2015 Funding Agency: Gujarat Council on Science and Technology Sanctioned Letter No.: GUJCOST/2013-14/416 Date of Sanction: July 18, 2013 Funding Amount: 15,000/- Rs. Utilization Certificate Reference No.: BGKV/SVBIT/Principal/GUJCOST/189-1/2015 Utilization certificate Date: October 10, 2015 5 Title: Workshop on “An Art of Writing Successful Research Project Proposal to Obtain Funding from Funding Agencies” Duration: Two Days Funding Agency: Gujarat Council on Science and Technology Sanctioned Letter No.: GUJCOST/Sem-Sym 1151/2015-16/1987 Date of Sanction: February 04, 2016 Funding Amount: 25,000/- Rs. Utilization Certificate Reference No.: -Not Applicable - Page 4 of 11 Key Academic Projects Modeling and Control of a Nuclear Steam Generator Linear Quadratic Optimal Controller for a coupled tank system Adaptive pole placement controller with offset removal for a coupled tank system Generalized Predictive Controller for a coupled tank system PID controller for a hybrid tank system Pole placement controller for an inverted pendulum Discrete PI controller for a coupled tank system using 8051 microcontroller Adaptive LQG design for a quadruple tank system Responsibilities taken other than teaching Developed State-of-the-art “Process Dynamics and Control Laboratory” at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) Student Counseling Branch Counselor of IEEE Student Branch, PDPU Branch Chapter Advisor of IEEE Industry Application Society, Student Branch Chapter, PDPU IEEE Student Chapter Activities Coordinator of Board of Studies at Electrical Engineering Department, PDPU Coordinator to organize industrial visit, industrial training and expert lecture at Electrical Department, PDPU Member of the departmental committee for “ National Assessment and Accreditation Council ” (NAAC) at PDPU Development of multi-purpose state-of-the-art “Control and Computing laboratory ” and PG Research Laboratory at Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Institute of Technology Coordinator of “ Faculty Development Program ” at Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Institute of Technology Convener of “ Industrial-Institute Interaction Cell ” at Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Institute of Technology during the year 2014 Chief Operation Officer for the Office of Sponsored Research Cell at Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Institute of Technology from January 2016 Coordinator of “Bapugkv Incubation Centre for Start-ups” Coordinator of promotional committee during GTU Cultural Festival “ XITIJ 2015 ” Coordinator of promotional committee during GTU TechFest 2016 STTP/Workshop /Seminar/Symposia Attended written in reverse