Palak Pawan
Reliance Trainee | Engineers India Ltd | IIT Bombay ’26
Mumbai
1+ year of work experience
Jun 20253 mosAug 2025
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Received an "Excellent" performance certification for professional excellence and exceptional problem-solving by EIL's Executive Director
Approach:
• Performed line sizing for 150+ utility lines across 6 systems (steam, cooling water, condensate, DM water, BFW, instrument air) on a live refinery integration business case
• Consolidated utility demand across 10+ process units (CDU/VDU, DHDS, DHDT, OHCU, DCU, EB) into a single integrated utility balance master sheet
• Mapped material and mass balance across a refinery-to-petrochemical value chain spanning 10+ process units, constructing the PFD from scratch
• Built financial models for 3 competing petrochemical plants (₹1,500–2,900 Cr capex range), computing NPV, IRR, ROI, and payback
• Built a self-authored Excel tool automating Darcy-Weisbach line-sizing calculations across 4+ fluid parameters
Impact:
• Line-sizing calculations were used in project screening and forwarded for further engineering on a live refinery business case in the oil & gas / refining industry.
• Surfaced a key investment trade-off invisible in a single-metric view: highest-profit plant (₹987 Cr PAT) had the slowest capital recovery, while the fastest-payback plant (2.43 yrs, 54% ROI) had lower absolute profit
May 20252 mosJun 2025
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Diagnosed a live plant optimization problem (HF acid purity in a 125,000 TPA LAB plant) and built an Aspen Plus simulation to test operating trade-offs before a plant trial
• Designed a multi-objective optimization framework balancing 4 competing constraints (acid purity, HF loss, energy use, product quality) instead of optimizing a single variable in isolation
• Structured a 5-phase DOE framework (screening → response surface → constraint check → optimization → verification) across 7 process variables to convert empirical trends into a validated recommendation
• Built a data validation discipline- separated verified plant data from unconfirmed assumptions, flagging undefined composition categories rather than filling gaps with invented numbers
Nov 20246 mosApr 2025
Gujarat, India
• Explored and evaluated plant operations at 30+ facilities within 16+ chemical sector industries in Gujarat
• Simulated a 2500+ MTPD capacity Ammonia Syngas plant process in DWSIM to achieve 98% pure Ammonia
• Gained insights into energy integration, waste management, quality control, ETP, and ZLD processes in the plants
May 20243 mosJul 2024
IIT Bombay
• Designed and executed kinetic experiments and distillation processes to optimize chemical processes efficiency
• Implemented batch and semi-batch techniques to ensure rigourous yield, selectivity and purity of compound
•Proficiently utilized gas chromatography to analyze and validate chemical compounds and process outcomes
May 202310 mosFeb 2024
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Developed and implemented the SGTL event from ideation to execution, leading a team of 8 and coordinating logistics, fashion teams, musical performers, designers, and all event operations with over 50+ participants
• Implemented execution of 10+ competitions and 8+ workshops catering to over 200+ colleges in Pune Multicity
• Served as POC for over 50+ college students from across 5+ cities to strengthen community building program
• Ideating over 30+ unique ideas, 20+ lounges across 600+ acres to enhance experience of over 0.1M+ visitors
Palak’s AI Stack
Education
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
20224 yrs2026
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE)
Fravashi International Academy
20129 yrs2021
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