■ Dr. Pradeep Deshpande, President, SAC

■ Additional Affiliation:
...◘ Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
...◘ University of Louisville
...◘ University of Kentucky
...◘ Business & Economic College -Visiting Professor

■ Experience:
35 years of academic and full time industrial experience

■ Consulting Assignments:
....◘ DuPont.....................◘ Exxon
....◘ Mobil .......................◘ Madras Refineries, Ltd.
....◘ HPCL ........................◘ Pidilite Industries, Ltd
....◘ KPC ..........................◘ ONGC

■ Short Courses Conducted:
....◘ Exxon .......................◘ Kuwait
....◘ Saudia Arabia ........◘ Occidental Chemical ISA
....◘ Brazil ........................◘ Brussels-Belgium
....◘ Betchel ....................◘ Indian Corporates

■ Six textbooks published

■ Published/presented over 100 papers in international journals

Pradeep B. Deshpande

► Control Technologies Developed:

◘ [ONLINE]®: A Constrained Model Predictive Controller Software
◘ [BATCHOPTC]®: Batch-to-Batch Optimization Software
◘ [SMPC]™: Constrained Model Predictive Control Simulation Software

► Awards & Recognition:

◘ Alumini Research Scholar, University of Louisville, 1994-1997
◘ Donald P. Eckman Award in Process Control Education, ISA 1990
◘ Member, High-level delegation for scientific meetings with Government of India and the late Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi
◘ 150th Anniversary Distinguished Engineering Fellow, University of Alabama,1988.
Fellow, ISA