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HYDROMET SOLUTIONS

ISO 9001:2015; ISO 45001:2018 Certified and NABL Accreditated Analytical Division

Navin Mittal
CEO & Founder

Simon is a highly skilled Extractive Metallurgist with 20 years’ experience providing operational and design consultancy on a diverse range of Australian and International projects. Expertise spans process design, test work, commissioning, production and process improvement. Accustomed to developing and managing work programs, coordinating and leading technical teams and driving exacting standards in terms of quality and safety. Worked with companies like Bulong Nickel, BHP Billiton, Minara Resources and AMEC Foster etc. Currently runs his own company BDB Process in Australia.

Simon Donegan
Advisor - Process Engineering

Shashi worked as a research associate/scientist in Hydro-Electro Metallurgy Department of IMMT for 31 years. She has worked extensively on process development for extraction of metal values from low/off grade ores and waste materials especially for Cu, Ni, Co, Mn and Zn. She was adjunct professor Faculty of Minerals and Energy, Murdoch University, WA (May 2009 to May 2012). She has published 175 papers in various International and National Journals. She has several patents to her credit including an International patent on nickel.

Dr. Shashi Anand
Advisor - R&D

Dr Ashok Basu has over 35 years of experience in the area of extractive metallurgy. He obtained PhD degree from Victoria University of Manchester. He continued his research at Manchester as Stanley Elmore Research Fellow for development of novel processes in collaboration with Tungsten Manufacturing Industries in UK for production of Tungsten Carbide and Copper-Tungsten composite powder. He has worked with numerous organizations in INDIA and retired as Head (R&D), CRDL, Hindustan Zinc Ltd.

Dr. Ashok Basu
Advisor - Hydrometallurgy

Prof. Sukla has more than 39 years of R&D experience in the area of bio-mineral processing, hydrometallurgy and algal biotechnology. He retired as Chief Scientist, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar. Prof. Sukla has published 4 books & 11 patents. He has contributed over 174 papers in International & National Journals in the area of bio Science and other related fields. Prof. Sukla is the National Expert in the Envis Centre on Environmental Biotechnology.

Prof. Lala Behari Sukla
Advisor - Bio Hydrometallurgy

Lakshmi Vaideeswaran got her doctorate from the University of Manchester in Process Integration in 2001. She has worked in organisations such as Engineers India Limited, GE Plastics, Aspentech, Dow Chemical, SABIC and Gyan Data. She has implemented energy optimization, expert systems based technologies in the refining, petrochemcials and plastics industries. She was global head for process technologies awhile at Dow Chemical and in SABIC she headed the Innovative Plastics R&D in Bangalore. Her last stint was as the CEO of a Data Science start up in Chennai.

Dr. Lakshmi Vaideeswaran
Advisor - Corporate Strategy

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