Dr. V.N. Sharma  (Consultant)
Mr.V.N.Sharma is a very prominent personality in the field of chemistry,he is having specialisation in various live fields such as, Environmental Impact Assessment, Water Budgeting & Management in industry & towns , Life Cycle Assessment, Environment Management Systems ISO 14040, Solid Waste Management (incl. In Agglomeration, Soil amendment, Building Materials), Environment Management & Planning.

Dr. V.N. Sharma

Name Dr. V.N. Sharma
Designation Consultant
Address A-100, SAIL Satellite Township, Ranchi-834004,Jharkhand, India.
Tel no 91- 651- 2441524
Fax no NIL
E-mail rch_vnsharma@sancharnet.in
Educational Qualification M.Tech. (Met. Engg., IITK); Ph.D. (Env.Sc. & Engg., ISMD)
Activities & Experience Present Engagement
1
 Environment & Water Management Consultant
2
 Guest Faculty, Environment & Water Management Dept. JN College, Ranchi
Current Areas of Interests:
1
 Life Cycle Assessment, EIA/ EMP studies, Env. Mgt. Systems ISO 14040.
2
 Sustainable Development
3
 Rainwater harvesting, Water Management in Industry & Township.
4
 Waste Management in Integrated Steel Plants, Hospitals and Use of fly ash in soil amendment and as construction material.
5
 Use of blast furnace slag in road and cement making.
6
 Use of steel making slag as soil conditioner, as rail ballast, as road construction material and in cement making.
7
 Fine particle-processing, agglomeration of fine and ultra fines ores and solid waste, Hydrometallurgy, as a part of waste recycling.
Professional Activities:
1
 Chairman, PG Students Academic Affairs Committee (PGSAAC) of IITK in 1977-78.
2
 Member of the Senate Post Graduate Committee (SPGC) of IITK in 1977-78.
3
 Secretary and President of Association of R&D Executives and Association of Steel Executives, Ranchi for a total of six terms.
4
 Vice Chairman and Chairman of Steel Executives' Federation of India (for public sector steel Executives).
5
 Member, Life Cycle Assessment Society of India (ILCAS)
6
 Member, Newtwork of Indian Environment Professionals (NIEP)
Experience
A.
Served the Metallurgical Engineering Dept., of I I T Kanpur, India (1965-79) - last post Research Associate,
1
 Established the Pyro, Extractive and Chemical Laboratories,
2
 Conducted independently the Laboratory classes and
3
 Research in the area of Pyro- and Hydrometallurgy, Fine particle mineral processing, Mineral characterization and Agglomeration.
B.
Served the R&D Centre for Iron & Steel, Steel Authority of India Ltd. Ranchi-834002, Jharkhand, India (1979-2002).
1
 Played key role in building up of organization and facilities for Environment Management and Pollution Control at Plant, Corporate and Unit levels of SAIL.
2
 Developed Technologies for Environment, Waste and Water Management and Transferred to Integrated Steel Plants of SAIL.
3
 Conducted Life Cycle Assessment, Environment Impact Assessment/ Environment Management Planning Studies for SAIL's Integrated Steel Plants.
4
 Worked with Environment Management Systems ISO 14040.
5
 Conducted Rain water harvesting, Treatment, Recycling and Budgeting of Water in Towns/ cities.
6
 Conducted studies on Sustainable Development
7
 Developed Technologies for Utilisation & Recycling of Industrial and Municipal Waste in Agriculture, power generation and as construction material and Transferred to Integrated Steel Plants of SAIL..
8

Used PC extensively for Word and Data processing in Windows, MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Information & Communication through Internet etc.
Teaching Experience and Courses taught:
1
 Process, Extractive (Ferrous & Non-ferrous) & Chemical Metallurgy Laboratory courses including QIP courses at IIT Kanpur (1965 - 79)
2
 Environment & Water Management courses on part-time basis in colleges of Ranchi University.
3
 Technology Dissemination courses and Hands on Training to Executives & Non Executives of SAIL under Technology Awareness programmes on
4
 Agglomeration of Iron Ores, Fly ash and Slags,
5
 Characterisation and processing of minerals and ores, and
6
 Environment Management, Pollution Monitoring & Control, Waste and Water Management.
Thesis Supervision
No.
Name
Degree/ University
 Completion
Title of Thesis (No Co-guides)
1
 Sachchidanand Jha M.Sc. Env. Sc. / Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya 1992 Physico-Chemical Characterisation of fly ash of Bokaro Steel Plant and its Utilisation, 188 pages
2
 Sanjay Kr. Gupta
-Do-
 1992 Studies on Utilisation of Slag and Metallic Sludges of Bokaro Steel Plant, 98 pages
3
 Manoj Kumar
-Do-
 1993 A Study on Collection, Characterisation and Utilisation Aspects of fly ash of Bokaro & Rourkela Steel Plants, 214 pages
4.
 Sri Deepak Kr.Sah
-Do-
 1994 A Study on Characterisation and Utilisation of fly ash, BF and SM slag of Rourkela Steel Plant, 200 pages
5
 RK Keshari
-Do-
 1994 A Study on Characterisation and Utilisation of fly ash, BF and SM slag of Bhilai Steel Plant, 169 pages
6
 Vijendra Kumar
-Do-
 1997 A Study On Growth of Vegetables in fly ash Amended Soil, 93 pages
7
 Jawed Iqbal B.Sc. Hons. (Env. & Water Mgt.)/Ranchi University 1998 Theoretical and practical aspects of Env. & Water Management techniques and handling of equipment, 23 pages
8
 Kamlesh Kumar
-Do-
 2001 Bio - Medical waste generation and disposal facilities at Ranchi, 31 pages
9
 Ms Arti kumari B.Sc. Hons. (Bio-Technology)/Ranchi University 2002 Studies on the mechanism of trace metal uptake by and their contribution to growth of different Horticultural plants and tree species, 35 pages
Corporate Assignments of SAIL
1
Prepared A Note on " Integrated Environment Management in SAIL Steel Plants" and presentation of the same in Chief Executives' Meeting (Approved) in Aug. 1987 at Ranchi .
2
 Prepared Technical and Tender documents for World Bank funding of Environmental Management and Pollution Control in SAIL integrated steel plants and short listing of foreign parties, 1987-88.
3
 Prepared Feasibility Report on setting up a Two million tonne Slag Cement Plant at Bokaro and its submission and presentation to the Chief Executives, 1987-88.
4
 Supervised preparation and evaluation of EIA/ EMP Reports under preparation by M/s M.N.Dastur & Co. for IISCO & RSP for Govt. clearance, 1987-90. - As Member - Secretary of Task Force
5
 Supervised preparation and evaluation of EIA/ EMP Reports under preparation by MECON for BSL & DSP for Govt. clearance, 1987-90. - As Member - Secretary of Task Force
6
 Co-ordinator, Solid By-Product Development & Management, SAIL Plants and Units, EMD and BHP - Kinhill JV, 1988-1991.
7
 Prepared " An Approach Note on Major Solid By-product Management in SAIL Integrated Steel Plants" and submitted to Chairman, SAIL, Oct 1993.
8
 Solid Waste Management Planning in SAIL Steel Plants, Report submitted to SAIL, March,1994. - Principal contributor
9
 Utilisation of LD slag of SAIL Steel Plants as Rail Ballast - Joint Technical & Commercial Evaluation with RDSO, Lucknow, Ministry of Railways 1994. - T F Member
10
 Steel Slag Utilisation for Cement Manufacture (with ACC-RDC, Bombay) 1994-1997. - T F Member
11
 Preparation of Report on Handling & Disposal of Hazardous Wastes generated in the SAIL Steel Plants, April 1995. - T.F. Member
12
 To set up a Pilot Cement Plant using LD slag at Bokaro, March 1996, - Committee Member
13
 'First Inter-Steel Plant Interaction on Water Mgt.' held at Bhilai on May 28-29,1996. - Convenor of the Organising Committee
14
 Preparation of a report on 'Audit and Cost Reduction in the area of Water Management of SAIL's Integrated Steel Plants.' Submitted in March 1999. - Convenor
Foreign Tours, Visits & Training Foreign Tours, Visits & Training
i)

Visited Aberdeen University, U.K. and participated in the 8 th 2-week International Conference on Environmental Impact Assessment, July 12-25, 1987.
ii) Visited Trondheim, Norway and participated in 3rd (5-day) International Conference on fly ash, Fume slag and Natural Pozollans, June 18-23,1989.
iii) Participated in 2-day Indo-Russian bilateral symposium in Moscow on Oct. 9-10, 1995 and visited different Steel Plants and Laboratories in Russia during Oct. 8-18, 1995.
Research Output: Research Output
1
 Hydrometallurgical Treatment of Complex Ores, Project Report submitted to SERC, DST, Govt. of India, 1979, IITK -Investigator
2
 Utilisation of fly ash from SAIL Plants, R&D Project Report No.525604, March 1986. - Spokesperson.
3
 Utilisation of fly ash from Rourkela Steel Plant, R&D Project Report No. 525606, March 1987. - Spokesperson.
4
 Beneficiation of the Kiriburu Slimes by Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separation, R&D Project No.82.02.842.87,Oct.1987. -Member, Task Force
5
 Developments of Additives to Enhance Grindability of Steel Making Slag and their potential values at Soil conditioner, Project No. 525605, June 1990. -Spokesperson.
6
 Assessment of Generation and Utilisation of Solid Wastes in SAIL Steel Plant, May 1991 - Spokesperson.
7
 Studies on Utilisation of Steel Making slag for Cement Making (Proj. No. 655622) submitted in Aug. 1994. - Spokesperson.
8
 Development of Appropriate Technology for Quality Roads using Steel Plant Solid Wastes (ICAR, Proj.No. 655623), submitted in Jan 96, -Spokesperson.
9
 Studies on Use of fly ash on the Growth of certain plant species (BSR, Proj. No. 654919), submitted in March, 1996 -Spokesperson.
10
 Investigation Into and Improvement in Water Management techniques at RSP (ICAP Proj. No. 655628), submitted in March, 1997. -Spokesperson.
11
 Studies for optimisation of water consumption and cost control in the BOF shop of DSP under different process conditions (Proj. No. 654949) Report submitted in Sept. 1999. - Convenor
12
 Life Cycle Assessment of blast furnace iron making and Steel making process of Bokaro Steel Plant at RDCIS - Convenor

Top
Publications A. Papers in Referred Journals (Published and accepted)
S.No
 Author(s) Year Title Complete Reference of Journal
1
 H.S. Ray & V.N.Sharma 1978 High Temperatures Science Reporter, October 1978, pp. 656 onwards
2
 S.Chander & V.N.Sharma 1981 Reduction Roast/ Ammonia Leaching of Nickeliferous Laterites Hydrometallurgy. Vol. 7, 1981 pp 315 - 327

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V.Anila, R.M. Singru, V.N.Sharma & S.Chander

1981

 

Mossbauer studies of the treatment of Nickelferous Laterite ores in Argon and Hydrogen / Water Mixtures

 Hydrometallurgy, Vol. 7 1981, pp 329 - 337
4
 V.N.Sharma 1984 Particle - Environment Interactions in Processing of a Fine Laterite Ore Ind. J. Tech. Vol. 22, Feb. 1984 pp. 46 - 51
5
 S. Mathur, AVSR Murthy, V.N.Sharma and Praveen Kumar 1997 Application of Steel Plant by-products to Road Works Highway Research Bulletin No. 57, Dec.1997, pp 35-53
6
 Arvind Kumar, A.K.Sarkar, R.P.Singh and V.N.Sharma 1998 Yield and trace metal levels in rice (Oryza sativa) as influenced by fly ash, fertiliser and FYM application Ind. J. Ag. Sciences , 68(9) Sept.1998, pp 590-592
7
 Arvind Kumar, A.K.Sarkar, R.P.Singh and V.N.Sharma 1998 Characterisation of fly ash from Steel Plants in Eastern India (Short Communication) J. Ind. Soc.Soil Sc.,Vol.46,No. 3 Sept.1998, pp 459-461
8
 Arvind Kumar, A.K.Sarkar, R.P.Singh and V.N.Sharma 1999 Effect of fly ash and Fertiliser levels on Yield and Trace Metal Uptake by Soybean and Wheat Crops J. Ind. Soc.Soil Sc., vol.47(4) (1999), pp 744-748.
9
 V.N.Sharma & Om Prakash 1996 The Greening of SAIL SCAN, Vol.7, No.4, 1996, pp 26-33.
B. Papers published in Conference Proceedings
S.No
 Author(s) Year Title Name and Place of Conference
1
 V. Seshadri, N.A. Ramaiah, Y.Bahadur & V.N.Sharma 1968 Studies on the uses of Carbonation Press mud in Sintering & Pelletising of Iron Ore Fines in Steel Industry Proceedings of 36th Convention of Sugar Technologists Assn. of India, Article No. 43 pp. 1-21 (Awarded Gold Cup for Best Paper)
2
 S. Chander & V.N.Sharma 1980 Characterisation of Fine Particles in Complex Ore Processing Fine Particles Processing Ed. P. Somasundaram, SME-AIME, 1980, Chap. 27
3
 V.N.Sharma 1986 Mechanism of Bond Formation in Cold Bonding of Iron Ore Pellets Advances in Particulate Tech. Ed. M.Ramanujan, IIT Madras, 1986, Chap. 24.
4
 Manoj Kumar, S.N. Jha and V.N.Sharma 1992 A study on Problems of solid wastes in SAIL Steels Plants and the solution based on R&D Efforts" (in Hindi) Proc. 3rd All India Rajbhasha Tech. Seminar on Solid Waste Mgt., MECON, Ranchi,Dec.1992,ppIII/1-7
5
 S.Chaudhuri, V.N.Sharma & Sachchidanand Jha   The prospects of using fly ash as soil conditioner Proc. Mgt. of Ecology & Env. for Growth of Steel Industry, Bhilai, Jan. 1993, pp. III - 44 - 49.
6
 Manoj Kumar & V.N.Sharma 1993 A Study on Physico-Chemical Characterisation and Utilisation of fly ash of Bokaro and Rourkela Steel Plants Proc. Seminar on Pollution Control in Steel Industries, CET, Ranchi , Aug. 1993, pp 80-93.
7
 Deepak Kr. Shah, R.K.Keshari & V.N.Sharma 1994 A Study on Characterisation and Pelletisation of fly ash and their uses as Building Materials Proc. East. Reg. Conf. on Prev. & Control of Waste, Effluent & Accident in Industries, Bhubaneshwar, Dec.1994, pp 17-25
8
 V.N.Sharma 1995 R&D Efforts in Solid By-Product Management in SAIL Steel Plants Proc. Env. & Dev. of Process Industries, Baroda, INAE, Jan 1995 pp. 161-188
9
 V.N.Sharma, DK Sah and RK Keshari 1995 Development of fly ash brick making Technologies at RDCIS Proc. National Seminar AMPT- 95, Ranchi, Sept'95 pp. 71-96
10
 V.N. Sharma 1995 Strategies for Waste Management in Iron & Steel Industries Proc. VIII th Indo-Russian Bilateral Symposium, Moscow, Oct 1995, pp. 112-140
11
 ON Pandey, AK Sarkar & V.N.Sharma 1996 Growth of certain tree species in fly ash amended soil Proc. Env. & Waste Mgt. in Metallurgical Industries, Jamshedpur, Feb.1996. pp. 183-191
12
 AK Singh, RP Singh, AK Sarkar & V.N.Sharma 1996 Fly Ash - Its impact on yield and trace metal uptake by crops grown in acid soil Proc. Env. & Waste Mgt. in Metallurgical Industries, Jamshedpur, Feb.1996. pp. 192-198
13
 S.Bhattacharya & V.N.Sharma 1996 Technological Considerations in Effective Water Management in Steel Industry Proc. First Inter - Steel Plant Interaction on Water Management, Bhilai, May 1996 , Pages 8,
14
 V.N.Sharma 1996 Conversion of BOF Slag into Construction and Liming Materials - Strategies and Potential Technologies Proc. Adv. in low and no waste technologies. Jamshedpur, Dec. 1996, pp T 56-T 74
15
 V.N.Sharma 1998 R & D Efforts for Utilisation of fly ash in Agricultural Sector Proc. Nat. Safety Seminar, Visakhapatnam, May 1998 pp 90-100.
16
 Sachchindanand Jha, Sulochona Chaudhuri and V.N.Sharma 1999 Growth Studies of Vegetable Species in fly ash amended soil Proc Int Seminar on Env. & Waste Management in Iron & Steel Industries, Jamshedpur, Dec. 1999, pp 163-176.
17
 Manoj Kumar, Sulochona Chaudhuri and V.N.Sharma 2000 Growth Studies Of Horticultural Species in soil amended With fly ash From Different Steel Plants Proc. 'International Conference on Environmental Management In Metallurgical Industries (EMMI)' at BHU, Varanasi on Dec. 14-16, 2000, pp 117-124.
18
 V.N.Sharma & Om Prakash 2000 A New Approach to Data Processing for Water Management in an Integrated Steel Plant Proc. 'International Conference on Environmental Management In Metallurgical Industries (EMMI)' at BHU, Varanasi on Dec. 14-16, 2000, pp 239-246

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S. Kumar, J.P.Sharma, Arvind Kumar, A.K.Sarkar and V.N.Sharma

 

2001

 

 

 

Yield, quality attributes and pseudomonas bulb rot as influenced by nitrogen, boron, potassium and fly ash application in acid soil

 

 Recent trends in Horticultural Research, Eds. Mathura Roy, S.Kumar, Ranvir Singh and V.S.R.Krishna Prasad, Horticultural Society of Chhotanagpur, Ranchi, 2001, pp 270-275.
20
 Rajesh Kumar, R.P.Singh, Arvind Kumar, A.K. Sarkar, and V.N.Sharma

2002

 

 

Effect on growth tuber yield and quality of potato in flyash amended soil

 

 Potato, Global Research and Development Vol. II, Ed. S.M. Paul Khurana et al, Published by Indian Potat Association, Shimla. 2002 pp 872-876.

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Arvind Kumar,Rajesh Kumar, A.K.Sarkar, R.P.Singh and V.N.Sharma,

 

2001

 

 

 

Yield and Trace metal levels of vegetable crops as influenced by fly ash

 

 

 Recent trends in Horticultural Research, Eds. Mathura Roy, S.Kumar, Ranvir Singh and V.S.R.Krishna Prasad, Horticultural Society of Chhotanagpur, Ranchi, 2001, pp 279-283.
22
 Rajesh Kumar, A.K.Sarkar, V.N.Sharma & Arvind Kumar 2001 Use of fly ash in cultivation of Vegetable crops Proc. National Seminar on fly ash Utilisation in Agriculture and for Value added products (ISBN-81-7525-184-0), Dhanbad, March 2001, pp 24-31.
23
 A.K.Sarkar, O.N.Pandey, Arvind Kumar & V.N.Sharma 2001 "Fly ash as soil conditioner for tree growth Proc. National Seminar on fly ash Utilisation in Agriculture and for Value added products (ISBN-81-7525-184-0), Dhanbad, March 2001, pp 149-155.
24
 A.K.Sarkar, Arvind Kumar, R.P.Singh & V.N.Sharma   Fly ash-Effect on crop yields and uptake of trace metals Proc. National Seminar on fly ash Utilisation in Agriculture and for Value added products (ISBN-81-7525-184-0), Dhanbad, March 2001, pp 181-196.
C. Papers Presented in Conferences But Not Published
S.No Author(s) Year Title Publisher
1
 V. Anila, V.N.Sharma, S. Chander & R.M. Singru 1979 Phase Changes in the Reduction of Laterite Ore Samples by Mossbauer Spectroscopic Studies Nuclear Physics & Solid State Physics Symposium at Madras, 1979 (Ref : 134)
2
 Rajesh Kumar, Arvind Kumar, A. K. Sarkar, R. P. Singh and V. N. Sharma. 2000 Effect on growth, yield & quality of Colocasia (C. esculenta Var. Esculenta) in fly ash amended soil International Symposium on Tropical Tuber crops - III at Trivendrum, Kerala on 19-22nd Jan. 2000
D. Books (Published)
S.No
Name
Year of Completion
Title
Co-authors (if any)
1
 V.N.Sharma 1976 Experiments in Chemical Metallurgy (Chaps. 37 - 41) QIP, Govt. of India, IIT Kanpur, (Monograph) Dec. 1976
2
 V.N.Sharma 1987 Physico - Chemical Characterisation in Mineral Processing Raw Materials Benefication and Agglomeration SAIL / RDCIS, Ranchi, Dec. 1987, pp 21 - 37.
3
 V.N.Sharma 1987 Introduction to Pelletising Raw Materials Benefication and Agglomeration SAIL / RDCIS, Ranchi, Dec. 1987, pp 74-80
4
 V.N. Sharma 1988 Integrated Environment Management In SAIL Steel Plants Course Manual, A 2-week Course and Hands On Training in Air & Water Quality Monitoring , June-July 1988
5
 S.Bhattacharya & V.N.Sharma 1989 Utilisation of fly ash and Cinder Ash Workshop Manual on Cost Reduction through Waste Management, MTI Ranchi,July1989
6
 V.N.Sharma & N.M. Basu 1989 Utilisation of Waste from the Existing Dumps Workshop Manual on Cost Reduction through Waste Management, MTI Ranchi,July1989
7
 V.N.Sharma 1994 Emerging and Potential Technologies for Solid Waste Utilisation in SAIL Plants Technology Awareness Programme on Env.Mgt. & Poll. Control, RDCIS, Oct.1994, Pages 21
Other Relevant Information
A.
 Edited the following
1
 Course Mannual for Hands-on training on Air and Water Quality Monitoring for participants (Executives) from SAIL Steel Plants, June -July 1988, Rourkela.
2
 Proceedings of the First Inter-Steel Plant Interaction on Water Management, May 1996
3
 Proceedings International Conference on Raw Materials and Sintering, (CORAS 97), Sept. 1997, Ranchi.
4
 Proceedings International Conference on Raw Materials and Sintering, (CORAS 2001), Sept. 2001, Ranchi.
Foreign Tours & Awards

B Foreign Tours, Visits & Training

1
 Visited Aberdeen University, U.K. and participated in the 8th 2-week International Conference on Environmental Impact Assessment, July 12-25, 1987.
2
 Visited Trondheim, Norway and participated in 3rd (5-day) International Conference on fly ash, Fume slag and Natural Pozollans, June 18-23,1989.
3
 Participated in 2-day Indo-Russian bilateral symposium in Moscow on Oct. 9-10, 1995 and visited different Steel Plants and Laboratories in Russia during Oct. 8-18, 1995.
Awards & Recognitions
1
 As Man of the Year 2000 - The International Board of Research of the American Biographical Institute also nominated him for his overall accomplishments and contributions to the society.
2
 As Distinguished Leader - Biographical inclusion in the Tenth Edition of the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership of American Biographical Institute for commemoration of my international recognition.
3
 As Key Environmentalist - in the Database prepared by Centre for Science & Environment, New Delhi.