Anurag Mehra
Core Faculty
Professor
Location
222, Chemical Engineering
Background
Professional Appointments
- Associate Faculty, Center for Policy Studies
- Head Computer Center IIT Bombay (2003-2008)
- Head Department of Chemical Engineering (2008-2011)
- Visiting Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge (Spring 2007)
- Professor In Charge Administrative Planning & Services (2009-2012)
- 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)
- Dean Planning & Dean School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Ahmedabad University (February - September 2016)
- Adjunct Faculty Ahmedabad University (October 2016 - September 2017 )
- Associate Faculty Center for Policy Studies IIT Bombay (May 2017 - )
- Institute Chair Professor (2016-2019; 2019-2021)
- Professor-in-Charge, Center for Liberal Education (2021 - )
- Science & Society Faculty Fellow, Vassar College, New York (Spring 2023)
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.