ABOUT DR. NAVIN K. SHARMA
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
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The Frontier and competent professional with over 35 years experience in non ferrous Geometallurgical domain.
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A keen planner, strategist & implementer with expertise in effecting R&D functions.
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Played a stellar role in completing various national assignments and evolved modal to assess the inherent textural intricacy, liberation component, and evaluation of metallurgical problems.
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Proven skills in preparing several mine plans, mine closure plans, scheduling of mine production, reserve calculations, monitoring schemes for dilution and grade with the market corrections.
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Experience in the assessment of quality, quantitative evaluation of grade, forecasting of panel grades, block grades, reserves estimation, stope development monitoring, scheduling of targets, involvement in preparation of business plan for the mine, environmental development, preparation and monitoring of mine reclamation and environmental activities along with mineral conservation activities.
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Expertise in evaluating mining projects for the assessment of EIA and EMP for ECC at MOEF expert committee of TOR and new offer, New Delhi.
KEYWORDS
Geology; Mining; Exploration; Smelting units; Process Mineralogical; Mineral processing; R&D experience for base metal, phosphate, industrial & Rare Earth mineral beneficiation amenability studies; Optical Microscopy; chemical mineralogy (Metallurgical) with image analysis for granullometric assessment; Granulometric methodology to characterize the ore minerals for optimization of grades, grind and recoveries in order to assess the inherent textural intricacy, liberation component, and evaluation of metallurgical problems (using X ray diffraction); Predictive metallurgy for new ores; troubleshooting for operating plants; petrographic study for 2T, gold & silver exploration projects; training courses for mineralogists and metallurgists; Detailed study of ongoing sinter, slags and cakes developed during hydro/ pyrometallurgical processes
SUMMARY
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The frontier and competent professional with over 35 years of experience in the non-ferrous Geometallurgical domain.
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A keen planner, strategist & implementer with expertise in effecting R&D functions.
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Played a stellar role in completing various national assignments and evolved modal to assess the inherent textural intricacy, liberation component, and evaluation of metallurgical problems.
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Proven skills in preparing several mine plans, mine closure plans, scheduling of mine production, reserve calculations, monitoring schemes for dilution and grade with the market corrections.
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Experience in the assessment of quality, quantitative evaluation of grade, forecasting of panel grades, block grades, reserves estimation, stop development monitoring, scheduling of targets, involvement in the preparation of a business plan for the mine, environmental development, preparation and monitoring of mine reclamation and environmental activities along with mineral conservation activities.
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Expertise in evaluating mining projects for the assessment of EIA and EMP for ECC at MOEF expert committee of TOR and new offer, New Delhi.
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Core functional strengths include;
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Research & Development management
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Expert in Resource utilization and a meticulous pathfinder for virgin Ore (Mine) to Metal through exploration (grey and brown).
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Highly developed authority in Geometallurgical characterization of metallic and non-metallic ore, Process optimization, Assessment of Mesh of Grind based of inherent texture and Granulometry, quantification of middling and tailing loses, Remedial characterization of plant performances.
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Process Mineralogy for Hydro/bio metallurgical, SX-EW operations involve leaching materials to provide a leach concentrate containing the element(s) of interest and a residue, whilst pyrometallurgical operations involve smelting of concentrates to produce metals and slags and characterization of sinters.
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NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Played a stellar role in the application to beneficiation problems and metallurgical advanced process mineralogy, by evolvement of a unique granulometric methodology to characterize the ore minerals for optimization of grades, grind and recoveries.
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Possess ore microscopic skill in assessment of virgin ores. Expert in evaluation of X-ray diffraction data of known/unknown mineral or chemical phases.
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Evolved distinct modal to assess the inherent textural intricacy, liberation component and characterize of metallurgical problems.
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Accomplished the following R&D study of
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Various national importance base metal (Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu-Au-W-Sn) deposits viz., AMBA JI Pb-Zn-Cu (GMDC); BAMANIA KALAN Pb-Zn, RAJPURA-DARIBA Pb-Zn-Cu, RAMPURA-AGUCHA Pb-Zn; AGNIGUNDALA LEAD ORES, RANGPO Poly metallic Sikkim Mining Corp. SARGIPALLI Pb ORE, 2TG minerals viz., Tungsten: Wolframite / scheelite DEGANA, , TOSHAM Tin, Haryana, Gold :Kolar Tails, Jagpura Gold, Banswara also Polymetallic Mn Nodules (NIO-HZL).
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Fixing the best CS/GMS ratio in R.D ore with TATA Research and Development Design Center, (TRDDC now TCS) Pune, Column flotation with RRL, Bhubaneswar, NML, Jamshedpur.
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Studied variety of International ore resources for amenability test viz., BELITUNG, Pb-Zn ore INDONESIAN; PALIYUL Pb-Zn-Cu-Ag, CHINA; GANESH HIMAL, Pb Zn, NEPAL ; CHAKULA Pb, Zn; BHUTAN; IRANIAN Zinc concentrates, EGYPTIAN phosphate ore and SOUTH AFRICAN, Skorpion Oxide Zinc ore, Namibia, Konkola Mine copper ore, ZAMBIA, Cobalt ore characterization, DRC and Tin ores of UGANDA.
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Studied almost all the copper concentrate imported for Sterlite Industries Limited (Tuticorin Copper smelters) for Geometallurgical characterization.
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Evaluated western and eastern Indian coast line beach sand for RE, abrasive and precious / semi precious minerals.
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In-charge Geology of Zawar mala Pb Zinc Mine 1000 tpd and Balaria Pb-Zn Mine 2000 tpd
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Accomplished Green Chemistry Project funded by DST, Gov.of India–RSMM- MLS University, Udaipur in production and utilization of waste to eco-friendly Fused CaMgPO4, Gypsum, Epsom, Iron phosphide fertilizers.
CREDENTIALS
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1977 I B.Sc., University of Rajasthan, Udaipur, India
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1979 I M.Sc. (Geology) Rajasthan University, Jaipur, India
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1980 I M.Sc. Tech. , Rajasthan University, Jaipur, India
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1995 I PhD (Economic Geology) - “Genetic implications of Rampura-Agucha Lead-Zinc deposit, dist. Bhilwara, Rajasthan with evaluation of exploration data", Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India
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2008 I M.B.A., Innovation Technology Management (Waste to Wealth) from Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai, (TN), India
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2014 I Recipient of Indian Patents
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An eco-friendly process for making Epsom and Gypsum as a team member of Indian Patent 264005 awarded, on Application No 1351/Del/2007 date of filing June 22, 2007 in year 2014 for twenty years.
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A process for making slow release phosphate fertilizer, as a team member of Indian Patent 264361 awarded on Application No. 1352/DEL/2007, date of filing, June 22, 2007 in year 2014 for twenty years.
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