FACULTY - ACADEMIC

K Kesava Rao Professor B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras (1977) M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston (1979) Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston (1982) Phone : +91-80-2293-2341    Fax: +91-80-2360-8121 Email : kesava[AT]chemeng.iisc.ernet.in For more details, visit the Personal Homepage

Research Interests          Defluoridation of drinking water (current)          Flow of granular materials (former)  Honors          Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences  Selected Publications Balakrishnan, R., Sankannavar, R., and Rao, K.K. (2011). A mechanism for the occurrence of ions in distilled water, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 50, 13202-13209. Rohit, Kanwar, L., and Rao, K.K. (2010). Development of a low-cost portable colorimeter for the estimation of fluoride in drinking water, Sensors and Actuators , B 149, 245-251. Rao, K.K. and Nott, P.R., An introduction to granular flow, Cambridge University Press (2008). Dhoriyani, M L, Jonnalagadda, K K, Kandikatla, R K, and Rao, K K (2006). Silo music: Sound emission during the flow of granular materials through tubes. Powder Technol. 167, 55-71. Muite B K, Quinn S F, Sundaresan S, and Rao K K (2004). Silo music and silo quake: granular flow-induced vibration. Powder Technol. 145, 190-202.