Manish Bhargava is the Founder and Director of DWC Innovations (Email: mbhargava@dwcinnovations.com). He has 19 years of experience in process optimization solutions and distillation techniques currently used in refineries and chemical plants. Prior to DWC Innovations, he led the advanced separation group at GTC Technology (Houston, TX), and he worked at KBR as a principal technical professional for six years. Bhargava has played a pivotal role in the technology development and commercialization of dividing-wall columns (DWCs), including helping to commercialize more than 25 DWCs. He holds several patents on DWC technology. He has disseminated his innovative ideas and refinery solutions through articles in chemical engineering journals and seminars at conferences. Bhargava has an MS from Illinois Institute of Technology and a BS from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, both in chemical engineering.