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Sravani Repaka

Sravani Repaka

R&D Programme Head
Bengaluru

Summary

Insightful Manager with experience directing and improving operations through effective employee/partner motivational strategies and strong policy enforcement. Proficient in best practices, market trends and regulatory requirements of industry operations. Experienced in analytical approaches to business planning and day-to-day problem-solving.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Modelling & Informatics Manager

Unilever R&D Bangalore
Bengaluru
04.2023 - Current
  • Established end-to-end Digital programme delivery, by setting up workflows with stakeholders, internal & external Ecosystem partners.
  • Managed budgets effectively, ensuring optimal financial performance while investing in necessary resources for business growth.
  • Achieved departmental goals by developing and executing strategic plans and performance metrics.
  • Streamlined workflows by identifying bottlenecks in existing systems and implementing appropriate solutions.

Informatics Modeller Manager

Unilever R&D Bangalore
Bengaluru
08.2019 - 03.2023
  • Lead the technical coordination and operational roll out of the DataLab VM Linux capability for high performance simulations
  • Develop and apply simulation methods to enable BPC & HC to assess the microstructure and solution properties of novel surfactant systems

Systems Engineer

Tata Research Development and Design Centre
Pune
08.2017 - 08.2019
  • Study of structural and transport properties of several electrolyte systems employed in Lithium-ion batteries
  • Performed Molecular Dynamic simulations of these systems to optimize the properties that affect battery’s cycle life

Summer Intern

Tata Research Development and Design Centre
Pune
06.2016 - 07.2016
  • Built systems for Molecular Dynamic simulations by a comparative study of force-field parameters for better estimation
  • Studied several free energy techniques to get partition coefficient, a quantitative measurement of solvent extraction

Project Intern

National Aerospace Laboratories
Bengaluru
01.2014 - 07.2014
  • Developed and analyzed characteristic properties of the Zn-Ni alloy coatings
  • Evaluated the coatings for corrosion behavior using salt spray test and Electron Impedance Spectroscopy

Summer Intern

L V Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad
05.2012 - 07.2012
  • Detailed study on energy needs and the necessity to use alternate, renewable sources
  • Analyzed the institute’s energy needs and suggested the idea of 'Green Building' as a feasible replacement to optimize energy consumption

Education

M. E. - Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Science
Bengaluru, India
08.2015 - 05.2017

B. E. (Hons.) - Chemical Engineering

BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus
Goa, India
08.2010 - 05.2014

Board of Intermediate Education -

Narayana Junior College
Hyderabad, India
06.2008 - 03.2010

Skills

  • Operational Skills: Team leadership, Strategic planning, Decision-making, Project management

  • Technical Skills: Python, C, Matlab, Gromacs, LAMMPS, Molecular Dynamic Simulations, Quantum chemical calculations, Monte Carlo Simulations, Computational fluid dynamics

Awards

  • All India Rank holder (AIR – 91), Graduate Aptitude Test Engineering (GATE), 2015
  • In top 1 percentile, ME - 2017 and BE - 2014 respective batches

Publications

  • Solvation shell dynamics explains charge transfer characteristics of lithium-ion battery electrolytes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Method and system for in-silico optimization and design of electrolytes, Patent
  • Study of Lithium-ion batteries, CHEMCON, an international conference, NIT Jalandhar, 12/18

Training

  • Challenges in processing and recycling of Rare-Earths, TRDDC, Pune, 07/19-21/16
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Prof. Atul Sharma, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, 01/02-05/13
  • Chem-O-Build, Quark-2013, Technical festival of BITS Pilani, K.K Birla Goa campus
  • Energy and Disaster Management, National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad, 2008

Positions Of Responsibility

  • Joint Secretary, Chemical Engineering Association of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2016-17
  • Women Empowerment Operations Head, NIRMAAN, Goa Chapter (NPO), 08/10 to 05/13
  • Core member, Department of Creative Works, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, 08/12 to 05/13
  • School Pupil Leader, The Indo English High School, 2007 and 2008

Timeline

Modelling & Informatics Manager

Unilever R&D Bangalore
04.2023 - Current

Informatics Modeller Manager

Unilever R&D Bangalore
08.2019 - 03.2023

Systems Engineer

Tata Research Development and Design Centre
08.2017 - 08.2019

Summer Intern

Tata Research Development and Design Centre
06.2016 - 07.2016

M. E. - Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Science
08.2015 - 05.2017

Project Intern

National Aerospace Laboratories
01.2014 - 07.2014

Summer Intern

L V Prasad Eye Institute
05.2012 - 07.2012

B. E. (Hons.) - Chemical Engineering

BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus
08.2010 - 05.2014

Board of Intermediate Education -

Narayana Junior College
06.2008 - 03.2010
Sravani RepakaR&D Programme Head