BACKGROUND
Dr.V.N.Sharma is a prominent personality in the field of Environment, Waste and Water Management. He has specialisation in various live fields such as, Environmental Impact Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment, Environment Management Systems ISO 14040, Environment Management & Planning, Disaster Management Planning, Water Budgeting & Management in industry & towns, Rain Water Harvesting, Water Resource Management, Industrial, Municipal & Hospital Waste Management through Agglomeration, Soil amendment, Building Materials, Energy generation.
He has Academic association as a Guest Faculty and Subject Expert with Ranchi and Birsa Agricultural Universities in the area of Environment and Water Management. During his stay with SAIL/RDCIS he also supervised B.Sc and M.Sc. Project Work for Env. Science degrees of Magadh & Ranchi Universities.
He also takes keen interest in Movements for Social Change, Science popularization and Peoples Science Movement.
QUALIFICATION
M. Tech.(Met.Engg., IIT Kanpur)
Ph. D.(Env.Sc.& Engg., ISM, Dhanbad)
EXPERIENCE
Dr. Sharma served the Dept. of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in various capacities (1965-1979) where he conducted Laboratory Management and Research in the area of Pyro- and Hydrometallurgy, Fine particle mineral processing, Mineral characterization and Agglomeration.
This was followed up by his employment with Mineral Processing & Environment Management Divisions of the R&D Centre for Iron & Steel, Steel Authority of India Ltd.(SAIL/RDCIS), Ranchi, India (1979-2002). His major contribution was setting up of Corporate Environment Management Division for SAIL and Plant Environment Control Departments for its plants and conducting Management and Technology Development programmes in all aspects of Environment Management.
Presently he is teaching UGC sponsored regular Environment & Water Management B.Sc. (Hons course) in J.N.College, Ranchi and is paper setter and Examiner for Ranchi & Birsa Agr. Universities for over 5 years.
PROFESSIONAL & VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES
In addition, Dr. Sharma has been playing leading role in various professional, social and voluntary activities.
PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Sharma has over 40 publications in national and international journals and proceedings of various conferences and seminars. He has also edited proceedings of two International conferences and two teaching and Seminar publications. He has also visited foreign countries and participated in conferences and seminars and presented technical papers.
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST:
I. Life Cycle Assessment, EIA/ EMP studies, Env. Mgt. Systems ISO 14040.
II. Sustainable Development
III. Rainwater harvesting, Water Management in Industry & Township.
IV. Waste Management in Integrated Steel Plants, Hospitals and Use of fly ash in soil amendment and as construction material.
V. Use of blast furnace slag in road and cement making.
VI. Use of steel making slag as soil conditioner, as rail ballast, as road construction material and in cement making.
VII. Fine particle-processing, agglomeration of fine and ultra fines ores and solid waste, Hydrometallurgy, as a part of waste recycling.
AS OF NOW
a) Environment & Water Management Consultant
b) Guest Faculty, Environment & Water Management Dept.
JN College, Ranchi University, Ranchi, India.
c) Principal Consultant, Chirag Naksha Ghar (Building Designers & Consultants), Ranchi, India.
Weblog : http://canvas.nowpos.com/chirag.naksha.ghar
d) Panel Expert & Member, Discussion Board, chemicalhouse Web: http://www.chemicalhouse.com/vnsharma/
e) Chairman, Jharkhand Vigyan Manch (Regd.), Ranchi, Jharkhand India.
Web: http://www.jvmjkd.blogspot.com/
f) President, SAIL Ex-Employees Association, Ranchi.
Weblog: http://canvas.nowpos.com/sailex
g) Academic Association with Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, India.
h) Moderator, IIT-Global-Discussion and - SaveIITForum Groups.
Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IIT-Global-DiscussionGroup/
and
Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IIT-Global-SaveIITForum/
i) Leader, Ecology & Environment, IITGlobalForum.Org
Web: http://www.host-india.net/IITGlobalForum/index.asp
CONTACT:
Office & Residence: A-100, SAIL Satellite Township, Ranchi-834004
Phone: 91-651-2441524
or
Mobile : 919431102680
or
vnsh44@gmail.com
For Further Details please click on http://www.chemicalhouse.com/vnsharma
