Anurag Mehra
Retired Faculty
Professor
Background
Professional Appointments
- Associate Faculty Center for Policy Studies IIT Bombay (May 2017 - December 2024 )
- Visiting Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge (Spring 2007)
- Visiting Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge (Fall 2013-Spring 2014)
- Center for Advanced Study of India (CASI) Summer Fellow University of Pennsylvania (Summer 2014)
- Adjunct Faculty Ahmedabad University (October 2016 - September 2017 )
- Science & Society Faculty Fellow, Vassar College, New York (Spring 2023)
- Head Computer Center (2003-2008)
- Head Department of Chemical Engineering (2008-2011)
- Professor In Charge Administrative Planning & Services (2009-2012)
- Dean Planning & Dean School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Ahmedabad University (February 2016 - September 2016)
- Professor-in-Charge, Center for Liberal Education (September 2021 - September 2024)
- Institute Chair Professor (2016-2019; 2019-2021)
Awards & Fellowships
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INSA Medal for Young Scientists (1989)
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Associate Indian Academy of Sciences (1989-1994)
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IIChE Amar Dye Chem Award (1994)
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EC Marie Curie Fellowship (1995)
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Excellence in Teaching (2002)
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Manudhane Excellence Award (2005) [consulting]
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Fellow Indian National Academy of Engineering (2009)
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Fellow National Academy of Sciences India (2011)
Carbon sequestration
We study the absorption of carbon dioxide into slurries of minerals such as Forsterite and Basalts, and also in industrial slags from steel plants. The objective is to assess the capacity and rates of absorption in batch slurries as well as concentrated pastes, as a function of mineral type, particles size, temperature and pressure.