Background
Kulkarni, Sudhir Sharadchandra was born on November 29, 1954 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. Son of Sharadchandra S. and Sudha (Vaingankar) Kulkarni.
Kulkarni, Sudhir Sharadchandra was born on November 29, 1954 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. Son of Sharadchandra S. and Sudha (Vaingankar) Kulkarni.
Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1977. Master of Science, Syracuse University, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1982.
Research chemical engineer U.O.P. Research Center, Des Plaines, 1982-1985. Research specialist Allied Signal/U.O.P. Research Center, 1985-1989. Scientist National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, 1989-1994.
Head membrane group, since 1989. Assistant director National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, since 1994. Consultant APDDCF, Hyderabad, India, Jiiv Microtech, Hyderabad, Sun-Pharma, Vadodara, India, BPaC, Bombay, Thermax, Pune, India, World Bank/JPCID, Nantong, China, numerous others.
Indian coordinator Indo-French Workshops Advanced Separations, France, 1994.
Founder, trustee Narayan Ashram, Koloshi, Maharashtra, India, since 1992. Volunteer Sofosh, Pune, India, since 1990. Fellow Maharashtra Academy of Sciences.
Member Indian Membrane Society (life, organizing chemical manager since 1990, trustee 1993-1996).
Married Marilyn Adel Schmutzler, October 10, 1981. Children: Shyam, Sanjay, Shanti, Sandhya.