Advisor
Dr. Satyanarayana V. Nandury obtained PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from llT Kharagpur, and MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur. Presently, he is working as Adviser, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad. He worked for 13 years at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) for more than 13 years till his superannuation in October 2021. He worked for close to 20 years in CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (CSIR-NML), Jamshedpur, before joining CSIR-IICT in 2008.
At CSIR-NML he was heading the Super Computer Facility for Process Simulation, Modelling & Automation, which he established for Blast furnace modelling studies. The real-time process simulators developed by him and his group at CSIR-NML were successfully commissioned in Iron & steel and Ferroalloy industries like Tata Steel, Bokaro Steel Plant, Nav Bharat Ventures etc. One of the technologies developed by his group in material characterization at CSIR-NML, has received the CSIR Best Technology and Dr. Altekar Best Technology awards in 2009.
At CSIR-IICT, Dr. Satyanarayana, was heading the Department of Energy & Environment. Under his leadership, the Department was earning about 30 to 35 % of the total revenues earned by CSIR-IICT. In association with his Departmental colleagues, he coordinated and lead several industry and government sponsored projects related to clean coal technologies and waste valorisation technologies worth over Rs. 15-20 Cr. annum. In 2021 the technology “Anearobic Gas-lift Reactor for Bio-methanation of Organic Waste” developed by one of his Group scientists received the CSIR Best Technology Award 2021: Certificate of Merit.
Dr. Satyanarayana is a member of several committees of CSIR, CII, DIPP, Nanotechnology Mission, DST, Central Paper & Pulp Research Institute, MSME Development Institute, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology *MiETy), DST-KIRAN, DST-INSPIRE, etc. He was actively involved in the preparation of several technical reports for these bodies.
For over 10 years Dr. Satyanarayana has been working towards nurturing start-ups and incubation centers. He served as the Secretary of the Society for Biotechnology Incubation Centre (an incubation centre established by the Department of BioTechnology) for over 8 years. During this period, he established the Advanced Analytical & Characterization Resource Facility for the biotech industry in Genome Valley, Hyderabad.
Dr. Satyanarayana was actively involved in academic activities of AcSIR, a University created by CSIR through an act of parliament activities, during its inception stage and played a key role in preparing the draft documents and policy guidelines for AcSIR. He is a professor in two faculties viz. i) Engineering Sciences and ii) Mathematical & Information Sciences, of AcSIR.
Dr. Satyanarayana participated in the Indian Scientific Expedition team to Antarctica in 1997, to commission the computer interface gadgets designed & developed by him to automate the upper atmosphere studies. He is a visiting faculty to several institutions like ASCI, ESCI, NITs, etc. He is also an advisor to few educational Institutes.
Four of Dr. Satyanarayana’s research publications received best paper awards. His present area of research includes Wireless sensor networks, IoTs, Bigdata analytics, smart cities and development of sustainable technologies for Energy & Environment eco-systems.
CONTACT
Dr. N V Satyanarayana
Advisor
Centre for Innovation and Technology
nvs@asci.org.in