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Sreekar Gundumalla

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Chemical engineer driving process optimization and waste-heat recovery.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role applying process engineering, simulation, and data-driven optimization to reduce energy use and emissions, deliver measurable cost savings, and lead cross-functional implementation in an impact-driven engineering team.

I am a Chemical Engineer with an M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur and over three years of industrial experience at Tata Steel Limited, focused on process energy, emissions, and waste-heat recovery. I combine fundamentals with data-driven modeling to deliver measurable operational improvements.

At Tata Steel I led cross-site technical solutions for waste heat recovery, coke oven by-product plants, biological oxygen dephenolization, and zero liquid discharge systems, delivering projects that improved yields and reduced emissions. I implemented a fixed-ammonia prediction model with 97% accuracy and integrated it into real-time caustic dosing.

My work blends process simulation (ASPEN), CFD (ANSYS Fluent), and machine learning/data analysis in Python to identify inefficiencies and propose engineering fixes — for example, improving BTX yield by 25% and executing conveyor image-based ore sizing solutions. I am currently leading a sinter-cooler WHR project projected to save ₹9.5 Cr annually.

I contribute academically and professionally as a teaching assistant and conference organizer, and I pursue endurance sports and outdoor challenges that reflect my persistence and discipline. I seek roles where I can apply process engineering, modeling, and optimization to scale operational impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Technologist, Process Energy

Tata Steel Limited

Led process optimization and waste-heat recovery initiatives across three Tata Steel sites, delivering projects that improved BTX yield by 25%, reduced emissions by 26%, and implemented a WHR project projected to save ₹9.5 Cr annually.

Process Optimization Python Data Modeling

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Master of Technology, Chemical Engineering

2020 - 2022

Grade: 9.34 / 10

Activities and societies: Teaching Assistant; PG Secretary, Chemical Engineering Association; Organized ICSP conference; workshops and courses in process intensification and optimization.

Completed M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering with focus on modeling, simulation, and process optimization, achieving a CPI of 9.34/10 and conducting a thesis on hybrid extractive dividing wall distillation for ethanol-water separation.

SASTRA University

Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering

2016 - 2020

Grade: 7.15 / 10

Activities and societies: Organizer, Conference on Advances in Process Engineering (CAPE); industrial trainings and internships.

Completed B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering with a CPI of 7.15/10, undertaking an experimental project on phase change nano-emulsion based compact heat exchanger.