Course of Study | Year | University/Institute |
B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) | 1993 | Amravati University, Maharashtra |
M. Tech (Chemical Engineering) | 2002 | I.I.T. Roorkee |
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) | 2007 | I.I.T. Roorkee |
Post-Doctoral Fellow | 04-Sept-09 to 03-Sept-2010 | University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia |
INTERNATIONAL:
- Ahmad Nawaz, Pradeep Kumar, “A novel pseudo-multicomponent isoconversional approach for the estimation of kinetic and thermodynamics parameters of potato stalk thermal degradation” Bioresource Technology 376 (2023) 128846
- Ahmad Nawaz, Bineeta Singh, Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, Pradeep Kumar, “Pyrolysis of low-value waste Trapa natans peels: An exploration of thermal decomposition characteristics, kinetic behaviour, and pyrolytic liquid product” Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 56 (2023) 103128
- Ahmad Nawaz; Pradeep Kumar “Impact of temperature severity on hydrothermal carbonization: Fuel properties, kinetic and thermodynamic parameters” Fuel 336 (2023) 127166
- Ahmad Nawaz; Pradeep Kumar “Thermocatalytic pyrolysis of Sesbania bispinosa biomass over Y-zeolite catalyst towards clean fuel and valuable chemicals” Energy 263 (2023) 125684
- Ahmad Nawaz; Pradeep Kumar “Pyrolysis behavior of low value biomass (Sesbania bispinosa) to elucidate its bioenergy potential: Kinetic, thermodynamic and prediction modelling using artificial neural network” Renewable Energy 200 (2022) 257–270
- Ahmad Nawaz; Pradeep Kumar “Thermal degradation of hazardous 3-layered COVID-19 face mask through pyrolysis: Kinetic, thermodynamic, prediction modelling using ANN and volatile product characterization” Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 139(2022) 104538
- Ranjeet Kumar Mishra; Syeda Minnat Chistic; Sneha Ullhas Naik; Pradeep Kumar, “Thermocatalytic co-pyrolysis of waste biomass and plastics: Studies of physicochemical properties, kinetics behaviour, and characterization of liquid product” Journal of the Energy Institute, 105(2022)192-202
- Mohit Nigam; Puranjan Mishra; Pradeep Kumar; Sunil Rajoriya; Pankaj Pathak; Shraddha Rani Singh; Smita Kumar; Lakhveer Singh, “Comprehensive technological assessment for different treatment methods of leather tannery wastewater” Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29 (28) (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-21259-x
- Ahmad Nawaz; Pradeep Kumar,“Optimization of process parameters of Lagerstroemia speciosa seed hull pyrolysis using a combined approach of Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for renewable fuel production” Bioresource Technology Reports, 18 (2022) 101110
- Ranjeet Kumar Mishra; Pradeep Kumar, “Studies of physicochemical properties, kinetic behaviour and thermal degradation profile of waste bio-crude derived from slow pyrolysis in a nitrogen atmosphere” Bio resource Technology Reports, 17 (2022) 100984
- Ahmad Nawaz; Pradeep Kumar, “Elucidating the bioenergy potential of raw, hydrothermally carbonised and torrefied waste Arundo donax biomass in terms of physicochemical characterisation, kinetic and thermodynamic parameters” Journal of Renewable Energy, 187 (2022) 844-856
- Ranjeet Kumar Mishra; K. Mohanty; Vineet Kumar; Pardeep Kumar, “Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass for bio-crude production: A review on variety of feedstocks, chemical compositions, operating parameters, reaction kinetics, techno-economic study, and life cycle assessment” Fuel 316 (2022) 123377
- Ahmad Nawaz; Ranjeet Kumar Mishra; Shivesh Sabbarwal; Pradeep Kumar, “Studies of physicochemical characterization and pyrolysis behavior of low-value waste biomass using Thermogravimetric analyzer: Evaluation of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Parameters” Bioresource Technology Reports,16(2021)100858
- Ahmad Nawaz; Pradeep Kumar, “Pyrolysis of mustard straw: Evaluation of optimum process parameters, kinetic and thermodynamic study” Journal of Bioresource Technology, 340 (2021) 125722
- Ahmad Nawaz, Bineeta Singh, Pradeep Kumar, “H3PO4 modified Lagerstroemia Speciosa seed hull biochar for toxic Cr(VI) removal: Isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamic study” Journal of Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01780-8 ) (2021)
- Mohit Nigam, Pradeep Kumar, Sunil Rajoriya, Virendra Kumar Saharan, Shraddha Rani Singh, “Catalytic thermal treatment (Thermolysis) process of tannery wastewater for the removal of COD and color” Journal of Desalination and Water Treatment, 218(2021)372-380.
- Bineeta Singh, Pradeep Kumar, “Heat transfer enhancement in pulsating heat pipe by alcohol-water based self-rewetting fluid” Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 22(2021)100809.
- Deepak Yadav, Rangabhashiyam. S, Pramit Verma, Pradeep Singh, Pooja Devi, Pradeep Kumar, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Gajendra Kumar Gaurav, Kuppusamy Sathish Kumar, “Environmental and Health Impact of Contaminants of Emerging Concerns: Recent Treatment Challenges and Approaches” Chemosphere 272 (2021) 129492
- Bineeta Singh, Pradeep Kumar, “In-depth analyses of kinetics, thermodynamics and solid reaction mechanism for pyrolysis of hazardous petroleum sludge based on isoconversional models for its energy potential” Journal of Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 146(2021) 85-94
- Bineeta Singh, Pradeep Kumar, “Catalytic thermolysis treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater collected from effluent treatment plant” International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 18(5-6) (2020) 20190210
- Bineeta Singh, Pradeep Kumar, “Pre-treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater by coagulation and flocculation using mixed coagulant: Optimization of process parameters using response surface methodology (RSM)” Journal of Water Process Engineering, 36(2020)101317
- Bineeta Singh, Pradeep Kumar, “Physicochemical characteristics of hazardous sludge from effluent treatment plant of petroleum refinery as feedstock for thermochemical processes” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 8, Issue 4, August 2020, 103817
- Naresh. K. Sethy, Zeenat Arif, P. K. Mishra, P. Kumar, “Nanocomposite film with green synthesized TiO2 nanoparticles and hydrophobic PDMS polymer: Synthesis, Characterization & Antibacterial test” Journal of Polymer Engineering, 40(3)(2020) 211-220
- Naresh. K. Sethy, Zeenat Arif, P.K. Mishra, P. Kumar, “Green synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles from Syzygium cumini extract for photo-catalytic removal of lead (Pb) in explosive industrial wastewater” Journal of Processing and Synthesis 9(2020)171–181
- Mohit Nigam, Sunil Rajoriya, Shraddha Rani Singh, Pradeep Kumar, “Thermal Catalytic Treatment (Thermolysis): An Effective Process for the Removal of COD and Color from Industrial Wastewater” Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques, 8(2) (2020), 818-826. ISSN 23091185
- Naresh K. Sethy, Zeenat Arif, P.K. Mishra, P. Kumar, “Synthesis of SiO2 nanoparticle from bamboo leaf and incorporated in PDMS membrane to enhance its separation properties” Journal of Polymer Engineering, 39(7) (2019) 679-687
- Mohit Nigam, Sunil Rajoriya, Shraddha Rani Singh, Pradeep Kumar, “Adsorption of Cr (VI) Ion from Tannery Wastewater on Tea Waste: Kinetics, Equilibrium and Thermodynamics Studies” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 7(2019) 10388
- Deepak Yadav, Pradeep Kumar, Meghna Kapur, and Monoj Kumar Mondal, “Phosphate Removal from Aqueous Solutions by Nano-Alumina for the Effective Remediation of Eutrophication” Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, Vol.38, No.S1(2019) S77-S85 (DOI 10.1002/ep12920)
- Roli Saini, Pradeep Kumar, Sumit Kumar Hira, Partha Pratim Manna, “Evaluation of carbofuran mediated toxicity against human lymphocytes and red blood cells in simulated wastewater degraded by coagulation-flocculation” Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24 (2017) 15315-15324.
- Roli Saini. M.K. Mondal, Pradeep Kumar “Fenton oxidation of pesticide methyl parathion in aqueous solution: Kinetic study of the degradation” Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy 36(2) (2017) 420-427
- Roli Saini, Pradeep Kumar, “Optimization of chlorpyrifos degradation by Fenton oxidation using CCD and ANFIS computing technique” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 4 (2016) 2952-2963.
- Roli Saini, Pradeep Kumar, “Simultaneous removal of methyl parathion and chlorpyrifos pesticides from model wastewater using coagulation/flocculation: Central composite design” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 4 (2016) 673–680.
- Roli Saini, Poornima Pandey, Chelluboyana Vaishnava Raghunath, Pradeep Kumar, “Optimization of Fenton oxidation for the removal of methyl parathion in aqueous solution” Perspectives in Science 8 (2016) 670-672.
- Roli Saini, Pradeep Kumar, “Modeling of coagulation process for the removal of carbofuran in aqueous solution” International journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering 10(4) (2016) 481-484.
- Pattem Hemanth Kumar, Vinay Kumar Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Gaurav Yadav and R.K. Chaturvedi, “Effect ofAl2O3 on leucite based bioactive glass ceramic composite for dental veneering” Journal of Ceramics International 42 (2016) 3591–3597
- Pattem Hemanth Kumar, Vinay Kumar Singh, Pradeep Kumar, “Mechanochemically synthesized kalsilite based bioactive glass- ceramic composite for dental vaneering” Applied Nanoscience 7 (2017) 269–274.
- Pattem Hemanth Kumar, Vinay Kumar Singh, Abhinav Srivastava, Sumit Kumar Hira Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, and Partha Pratim Manna, “Mechanochemically synthesized leucite based bioactive glass ceramic composite for dental veneering” Journal of Ceramics International 41(2015) 11161-11168.
- Pattem Kumar, Vinay Kumar Singh, Sumit Hira, Partha Manna and Pradeep Kumar, “In vitro Cytotoxicity, Apoptotic and Hemolysis Assay of Kalsilite-Based Glass Ceramics for Dental Veneering Application” Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Technol., (2015) 1–10.
- Roli Saini, M.K. Mondal and Pradeep Kumar, “Kinetic study on Biodegradation of Kitchen waste using Anaerobic Digestion” International journal of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (2015) 6(2), 69-72 (ISSN 2078-0737).
- P.H. Kumar, A. Srivastava, V. Kumar, H. Singh, S. Sharma, P. Kumar and V. K. Singh, “Role of CaF2 on mechanochemically synthesized leucite as dental veneering glass ceramics”, Advances in Applied Ceramics (2015) 114 (2) 107-113
- Ravi S. Singh; Pradeep Kumar; M.K. Mondal, “Intra-particle Diffusion during Adsorption of Cr (VI) on Carbon Slurry and Parthenium Hysterophorous” International Journal of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (2015) 6(1)15-21(ISSN 2078-0737).
- Deepak Yadav, Meghna Kapur, Pradeep Kumar, Monoj Kumar Mondal, “Adsorptive removal of phosphate from aqueous solution using rice husk and fruit juice residue” Journal of Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 94 (2015) 402- 409.
- Pattem Hemanth Kumar, Abhinav Srivastava, Vijay Kumar, Nandani Jaiswal, Pradeep Kumar, and Vinay Kumar Singh, “Role of MgF2 addition on high energy ball milled kalsilite: Implementation as dental porcelain with low temperature frit” Journal of Advanced Ceramics (2014) 3(4): 332–338 (ISSN 2226-4108).
- Pattem Hemanth Kumar, Abhinav Srivastava, Vijay Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, and Vinay Kumar Singh, “Effect of High-Energy Ball Milling and Silica Fume Addition in BaCO3–Al2O3.Part I: Formation of Cementing Phases” Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2014) 1–9.
- Pradeep Kumar, Harpreet Singh, Meghna Kapur and Monoj kumar Monda,l “Comparative study of malathion removal from aqueous solution by agricultural and commercial adsorbents” Journal of Water Process Engineering 3(2014) 67-73.
- Pradeep Kumar, Ruchika Agnihotri and Monoj Kumar Mondal, “Catalytic treatment of synthetic dye wastewater: COD and colour reduction” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 1 (2013) 440-447.
- Pradeep Kumar, Ramamohan Rao, Shri Chand, Sushil Kumar, K.L. Wasewar & Chang Kyoo Yoo “Adsorption of lead from aqueous solution onto coir-pith activated carbon” Desalination and Water Treatment 51 (2013) 2529–2535.
- Pradeep Kumar, Ruchika Agnihotri, Kailas L. Wasewar, Hasan Uslu and Chang Kyoo Yoo., “Status of Adsorptive Removal of Dye from Textile Industry Effluent” Journal of Desalination and Water Treatment., 50 (2012) 226–244.
- Loh Wai Man, Pradeep Kumar, Tjoon Tow Teng, Kailas L. Wasewar., “Design of experiments for malachite green dye removal from wastewater using thermolysis – coagulation - flocculation” Journal of Desalination and Water Treatment., 40 (2012) 260-271.
- Pradeep Kumar, Tjoon Tow Teng, Shri Chand, Kailas L. Wasewar., “Treatment of Paper and Pulp Mill Effluent by Coagulation” International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering., 3:3 (2011) 222–227.
- Arun Kumar Kondru, Pradeep Kumar, Tjoon Tow Teng, Shri Chand, Kailas L. Wasewar., “Synthesis and characterization of Na-Y zeolite from coal fly ash and its effectiveness in removal of dye from aqueous solution by wet peroxide oxidation”, Journal of Arch. Environ. Sci., 5 (2011) 46–54.
- Fong Moi Pang, Pradeep Kumar, Tjoon Tow Teng, A.K. Mohd. Omar, Kailas L. Wasewar “Removal of Lead, Zinc and Iron by Coagulation – Flocculation”. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 42 (2011) 809-815.
- Pradeep Kumar, Tjoon Tow Teng, Shri Chand, Kailas L. Wasewar., “Fenton oxidation of carpet dyeing wastewater for removal of COD and color” Journal of Desalination and Water Treatment, 28 (2011) 260–264.
- Pradeep Kumar, Kailas L. Wasewar, Shri Chand, Padmini B.N. and Tjoon Tow Teng “Adsorption of Cadmium ions from Aqueous Solution using Granular Activated Carbon and Activated Clay” Journal of Clean soil air water, 38(7) (2010) 649-656.
- Pradeep Kumar, Sudha S., Chand S., Srivastava V.C., “Phosphate Removal from Aqueous Solution Using Coir-Pith Activated Carbon”, Journal of Separation Science and Technology, 45(2010) 1463-1470.
- Arun Kumar Kondru, Pradeep Kumar, Chand S., “Catalytic wet peroxide oxidation of azo dye (Congo red) using modified Y zeolite as catalyst”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 166 (2009) 342–347.
- Pradeep Kumar, B. Prasad, Chand S., “Treatment of Desizing Wastewater by Catalytic Thermal Treatment and Coagulation”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 163 (2009) 433–440.
- Pradeep Kumar, Prasad B., Mishra I.M., Chand S., “Decolorization and COD Reduction of Dyeing Wastewater from a Cotton Textile Mill Using Thermolysis and Coagulation”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 153 (2008) 635-645.
- Pradeep Kumar, Prasad B., Mishra I.M., Chand S., “Treatment of Composite Wastewater of a Cotton Textile Mill by Thermolysis and Coagulation”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 151 (2008) 770–779.
- Pradeep Kumar, Prasad B., Mishra I.M., Chand S., “Catalytic Thermal Treatment of Desizing Wastewaters”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 149 (2007) 26–34.
NATIONAL:
- Ahmad Nawaz, Bineeta Singh & Pradeep Kumar, “Efficient removal of Cr (VI) using raw and phosphoric acid modified Sterculia Alata nutshell” Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, vol.28, November 2021,684-692
- Roli Saini, Pradeep Kumar, “Conventional technology for removal of carbofuran from aqueous solution” Journal of Basic and Applied Engineering Research, 2 (1) (2014), 12-14. Print ISSN no. 2350-0077, online ISSN no. 2350-0255.
- Pradeep Kumar, Raghvendra P.V.K. and Chand S., “Catalytic wet air oxidation of carboxylic acid present in wastewater” Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, Vol. 65, Oct 2006, 838-842.
- Chaudhary R., Pradeep Kumar and Chand, S., “Catalytic wet air oxidation of toxic nitrogen containing compounds (pyridine) from wastewater”, Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, Vol. 65, September 2006, 757-759.
- Chaudhari P. K., Pradeep Kumar and Chand S., “Comparative Performance of Ion-exchanged ZSM-5 and Y-Zeolite Catalysts for Toluene Disproportionation Reaction”, Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, Vol. 61, Oct. 2002, 810-816.
PAPER PRESENTED IN CONFERENCE/ SEMINAR (Abroad):
- Naresh Kumar Sethy, Lata Kumari, Zeenat Arif, Pradeep Kumar Mishra and Pradeep Kumar “Biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles (SiO2, TiO2) immobilized in the PDMS for enhanced photo catalytic performance for dye degradation and antibacterial activity” Proceeding’s of the “2nd International Conference on Nano materials, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (ICNMM 2019), held on May 17-19, 2019 at Bangkok, Thailand.
- Naresh K. Sethy, Zeenat Arif, P.K. Mishra, “Synthesis & Characterization of PDMS(Polydimethylsiloxane) Membrane and Enhance its Dye Degradability property by Incorporating the Silica Nanoparticle” Proceeding’s of the “Ninth International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, American Academy of Sciences’’ held on June 25th -29th, 2018 at Houston, Texas, USA.
- Roli Saini, Pradeep Kumar, “Modeling of coagulation process for the removal of carbofuran in aqueous solution” in the 18th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environmental Technology (ICREET-2016), organized by World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology on 28th -29th July 2016 at London, UK.
- Pradeep Kumar, Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Poornima Pandey, Roli Saini, “Recovery of Copper from Waste Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) using Electrowinning Process’’ in The Eighth International conference on Environmental Science and Technology, American Academy of Sciences held on June 6th -10th, 2016 at Houston, Texas, USA.
- Garima Mishra, Pradeep Kumar, and Manoj Kumar Mondal, “Adsorption process and mechanism of Cd (II) and Cr (VI) removal from aqueous solution by waste marigold flowers” in 1st South East European Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems SEE SDEWES, held on 29 June -04 July, 2014 at Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.
- Ruchika Agnihotri and Pradeep Kumar, “Color and Cod reduction of Synthetic Reactive Dye Wastewater Using Thermolysis” Proceeding’s of the “6th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, American Academy of Sciences” held on June 25th -29th, 2012 at Houston, Texas, USA.
- Pradeep Kumar, Tjoon Tow Teng and Shri Chand “Removal of Dye from Aqueous solution by Wet Peroxide oxidation” Proceeding’s of the “5th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, American Academy of Sciences’’ held on July 12th -16th, 2010 at Houston, Texas, USA.
- Pradeep Kumar, Arvind Kumar, T.T. Teng and Yusri Bin Yusup., “Optimization of Process Parameters for Acrylic Acid Removal” Proceeding’s of the “2nd International Conference on Environmental Research and Technology’’ held on June 2nd-4th, 2010 at Universiti Sains Malaysia.
PAPER PRESENTED IN CONFERENCE/ SEMINARS (India):
- Ahmad Nawaz, Pradeep Kumar, “Efficient removal of Cr (VI) using raw and phosphoric acid modified Sterculia Alata nutshell” International Conference on Desalination and Water Treatment: Recent Technological Advancement, Challenges and Opportunities & Annual Congress of Indian Desalination Association held on 26 – 27 March, 2022 organized by MBM University Jodhpur
- Ahmad Nawaz, Pradeep Kumar, “Pyrolysis of S. bispinosa into renewable fuel and value added chemicals” 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Environment Energy and Construction held on 16-17 Dec, 2021organized by Hindustan Institute of Technology, Chennai
- Ahmad Nawaz, Pradeep Kumar, “Pyrolysis potential of three different types of waste straws” International Conference on Emerging Green Energy and Technologies and Environmental Sustainability held on 02 Dec, 2021organized by Agriculture Engineering College and Research Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- Ahmad Nawaz, Pradeep Kumar, “Elucidating the Bioenergy Potential of L. Specioca Seed Hull on the Basis of Pyrolysis Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Process Parameter Optimization” International Conference on Recent Trends in Energy Science and Engineering held on 26 – 28, October, 2021 organized by Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, Amethi
- Mohit Nigam, Pradeep Kumar, Sushant Upadhaya and Shraddha Rani Singh “Removal of COD, Color and Chromium from Tannery Waste water with Associated Process of Adsorption and Catalytic thermal treatment” International Conference on Advances in Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (ICACBEE-2021) (April 23-24, 2021) Paper Code: ICACBEE-2021-OP-006 Department of Chemical Engineering Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
- Mohit Nigam, Shraddha Rani Singh and Pradeep Kumar, “Tanning Industry Wastewater: Review of the technologies for water treatment” IWWA 52nd Annual Convention 2020, 10th January 2020 to 12th January 2020 organized by Indian Water Works Association National Institute of Technology Patna- 800005 (India).
- Mohit Nigam, Pradeep Kumar, Shraddha Rani Singh, “Use of Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment” National Conference on “Industrial Application of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience (IANN-2019), 15th November2019 to 16th November 2019 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering & Department of Physics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj - 211004 (India)
- Roli Saini, Poornima Pandey, Chelluboyana Vaishnava Raghunath, Pradeep Kumar, “Optimization of Fenton oxidation for the removal of methyl parathion in aqueous solution” in International conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Material Sciences (ICEMS-2016), held on March 17-19, 2016 at Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India.
- Poornima Pandey, Roli Saini, Chelluboyana Vaishnava Raghunath, Pradeep Kumar, “Chemical characterization of transformer oils and motor oil” in International conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Material Sciences (ICEMS-2016), held on March 17-19, 2016 at Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India.
- Ranvijay Mahato, Roli Saini, Pradeep Kumar, “Degradation of methyl parathion using fenton oxidation as an advanced oxidation process” in International conference on new frontiers in chemical, energy and environmental engineering held on March 20-21, 2015 at Department of Chemical Engineering National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal, Telangana, India. ISBN: 978-81-928314-1-1.
- Roli Saini, Ranvijay, Pradeep Kumar, “Feasibility of Fenton Process for the Degradation of Carbofuran from Waste Water” in International Conference on Energy Technology & Ecological Concerns: A Contemporary Approach held on November 1-2, 2014 at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, organized by Krishi Sanskriti. ISBN: 978-81-93024-71-3.
- Harpreet Singh and Pradeep Kumar, “Treatment of synthetic Malathion wastewater using adsorbent” in National Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Society the Growing Paradigm Shift ESS-2013, held on March 30-31,2013 at Department of Civil Engineering, Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, Guna (M.P)
- Ruchika Agnihotri and Pradeep Kumar, “Catalytic Thermolysis as a pretreatment for Color and COD reduction in textile wastewater” in International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering ACE-2013, held on February 22-24, 2013 at Department of Chemical Engineering, I.I.T Roorkee, India.
- Ruchika Agnihotri and Pradeep Kumar, “Reactive Pink MB Dye removal using Thermolysis from Synthetic wastewater” in National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical & Environmental Engineering RACEE-2012, held on January 20-21, 2012 at Department of Chemical Engineering, N.I.T Rourkela, Orissa, India. (Win Best Paper Award)
- Karamveer, Arvind Kr Saini and Pradeep Kumar, “Need of Entrepreneurship Development in Rural India” in National seminar on Management of Technologies for Advancing Rural India, held on February 5-6, 2011 at S. D. College of Engineering & Technology. Muzaffarnagar.
- Vivek Gupta, Pradeep Kumar and R. A. Singh, “Kinetics and Mechanistic Aspect of Oxidation of Trimethylene Glycol with Os(VIII) in Alkaline and Bromoacetamide” in National Seminar on Recent Strategies of Management, Technology and Environmental Control held on February 9-10, 2008 at S. D. College of Engineering & Technology., Muzaffarnagar.
- Pradeep Kumar and Chand S., “Treatment of Cotton Textile Mill Wastewater by Fenton Process – An Environmental Necessity” in National Seminar on Recent Strategies of Management, Technology and Environmental Control held on February 9-10, 2008 at S. D. College of Engineering & Technology. Muzaffarnagar.
- Pradeep Kumar, Chand S., “Treatment of Cotton Textile Mill Wastewater by Chemical Coagulation and Fenton Process”, Proceeding’s of the International Conference on “Environmental Management : Scenario and Strategies to 2020” held on December 26-27, 2007 at Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain, M.P.
- Pradeep Kumar, Ramamohan Rao L. and Chand S., “Removal of Lead (II) from Wastewater Using Coconut Jute Activated Carbon and Commercial Activated Carbon as Adsorbents” in 23rd National Convention of Chemical Engineers on Recent Trends in Chemical Engineering, held on October 5-7, 2007 at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
- Vikas Sangal and Pradeep Kumar, “Electrocoagulation – Technology, Developments and Applications” in National seminar on Public Participation for Environmental Control, held on April 7, 2007 at S. D. College of Engineering & Technology. Muzaffarnagar.
- Rama Rao V., Sridharan R., Pradeep Kumar and Chand, S., “Biofiltration as an economical alternative for air pollution control”, in National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Science and Technology & its Application” held on 7-8 January 2006 at S. D. College of Engineering & Technology. Muzaffarnagar.
- Pradeep Kumar, Chaudhary R. and Chand S., “Removal of Nitrogen Containing Toxic Organics from Wastewater through Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation” in proceeding of the seminar on “Environmental Degradation: Problems & Preventions” held on 17th September 2005 at S. D. College of Engineering & Technology., Muzaffarnagar.
- Pradeep Kumar, Chaudhari, P. K. and Chand, S., “Thermal treatment of Distillery waste water in the presence of catalysts”, Proceeding’s of the conference / workshop an “Environmental Pollution: Perspectives & Practices” held on 30th April 2004 at I.E.T., Lucknow.
- Chaudhari, P. K., Pradeep Kumar, and Chand, S., “Toluene Disproportionation over Ion-exchanged ZSM-5 and Y-Zeolite Catalysts” in National Symposium in Feb, 2002, organized by Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, I.T.B.H.U., Varanasi.
POSTER PRESENTATION:
- Ahmad Nawaz, Pradeep Kumar, “Thermocatalytic pyrolysis of mustard straw towards clean fuel and valuable chemicals” Poster Presentation in the “International Conference on Energy & Advanced Materials” held on 21-23 Oct, 2021 at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Ahmad Nawaz, Pradeep Kumar, “Pyrolysis of low value waste biomass towards renewable fuel and chemicals” Poster Presentation in the “Shaping the Energy Future : Challenges and Opportunities (SEFCO)” held on 27 Aug, 2021 at CSIR - Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Ahmad Nawaz, Pradeep Kumar, “Pyrolysis of Mustard straw: Evaluation of Optimum process parameter, Kinetic and Thermodynamic study” Poster Persentation in the “International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health” held on 04-08, April 2021 at MNIT Jaipur
- Pradeep Kumar, Neha Srivastava, Deepika Kushwaha, P.K.Mishra “Process parameters evaluation to enhance cellulase production using residual algal biomass by Cladosporium cladosporioides strain NS2; application in sugar production” Poster Persentation in the “8th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts’’ held on June 11th -13th, 2018 at Seattle, WA, USA.
- S.C. Tiwari, N.K. Sethy and Pradeep Kumar, “Comparative Study of Poly Vinal Alcohol (PVC)/ SiO2 (Silica) and PVA/GO (Graphene Oxide) Nano-composite Membrane and their Application In Pervaporation” in CHEMCON -2017 held on December 27-30, 2017 at Department of Chemical Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, West Bengal, India.
- Roli Saini and Pradeep Kumar, “Comparative study for the removal of Carbofuran using batch process by adsorption” in International Conference on Harnessing Engineering, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development HETIS-2014, held on September 19-20, 2014 at Dr. S.S.B. University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Punjab University, Chandigarh.
- Deepak Yadav and Pradeep Kumar, “Adsorptive Removal of Phosphate from Aqueous Solutions Using Rice Huck” Proceedings of the “International Humboldt Kolleg on Management of Water, Energy and Bio-resources in Changing Climate Regime: Emerging Issues and Environmental Challenges” held on February 8-9, 2013 at School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, India.
Name |
Title of Thesis |
Year of Completion |
Supervisor/Co-Supervisor |
Roli Saini (2012) |
Removal of Pesticides from Simulated Wastewater | Awarded (07/10/2017) | Supervisor |
Pattem Hemanth Kumar (2013) |
Synthesis and Characterization of Bioactive glass-ceramic for dental application | Awarded (07/10/2017) | Co-Supervisor |
Mohit Nigam (Ph.D/15/CHE/1763) | Treatment of wastewater from Leather Industry by Adsorption and Thermal Catalytic Processes | Awarded (16/12/2021) (Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Technical University Lucknow) |
Co-Supervisor |
Bineeta singh (2016) | Treatment of wastewater and Physico-chemical characterization of Sludge collected from Petroleum refinery | Awarded (08/02/2021) | Supervisor |
Naresh k. Sethy (2016) |
Studies on Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Applications | Awarded (08/02/2021) | Co-Supervisor |
Ahmad Nawaz (2017) |
Pyrolysis behaviour of low-value biomass towards renewable fuel and valuable chemicals | Awarded (10/10/2022) | Supervisor |
Ravi Saini (2019) |
Green synthesis of GO-TiO2 composite nanoparticles by using Tinospora cordifolia Plant | On-going | Supervisor |
- Sanggar Award-2010 University, Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Ruchika Agnihotri and Pradeep Kumar, “Reactive Pink MB Dye removal using Thermolysis from Synthetic wastewater” in National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical & Environmental Engineering RACEE-2012, held on January 20-21, 2012 at Department of Chemical Engineering, N.I.T Rourkela, Orissa, India. (Best Paper Award)
- Training Programme on Safety of Handling Chemicals: NTPC Limited, Vindhyachal, Uttar Pradesh.
- Fire Safety: Department of Chemical Engineering, SCRIET, CCS University Campus, Meerut
- Advances in Renewable and Bioenergy: Department of Chemical Engineering, IET Lucknow (19th October, 2019)
- Safety in Process Industry: Department of Chemical Engineering, SCRIET, CCS University Campus, Meerut (02nd December, 2019)
Principal Investigator |
Name of Project |
Sponsoring Agency |
Outlay(Rs. in Lakh) |
Status |
Dr. Pradeep Kumar |
Catalytic Thermal Treatment of Synthetic Reactive dye Wastewater | Faculty Development Program, IT-BHU through Special Fund-I.T. Development (2008-2011) | 0.5 | Completed |
Dr. V.K. Singh (PI),Dr. Pradeep Kumar (Co-PI) |
To Develop Technology for Low Cost Manufacturing of a series of Veneering Porcelain Powder and Liquid Products for Metal-Ceramic Frame Work, Used on mass Scale in the Dental Field of Medical, Especially for Rural Area | DST, India (2012 – 2015) | 50.0 | Completed |
Dr. Pradeep Kumar |
Dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) from various matrices | Institute Research Project (for individual faculty), IIT(BHU), Varanasi (2016-2017) | 14.95 | Completed |
Dr. M.K. Mondal (PI),Dr. Pradeep Kumar (Co-PI) |
Municipal solid waste treatment and utilization | Sprouting grant (2016-2019) | 20.0 | Completed |
Consultancy Project
Co- Investigator |
Principal Investigator |
Name of Project |
Sponsoring Agency |
Outlay(Rs. in Lakh) |
Status |
Dr. Pradeep Kumar |
Dr. M.K. Mondal |
Water Sampling & testing | Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, Chitrangi Power project, Snigrauli | 4.46 | Complete |
Dr. Pradeep Kumar | Inspection of Gross polluting Industries(GPI’s) for compliance Verification situated in Ganga Basin | Central Pollution Control Board India (2021-2022) |
67,30,425 | Completed |
ORIENTATION COURSE
- Attended short-term courses on “Advances in Hydrocarbon Engineering” from 23rd June 2003 to 4th July 2003 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
- Attended short-term courses on “CAD of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers” from 18th June 2007 to 22nd June 2007 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT, Roorkee and Institution of Engineers (I).
- Attended 51th Orientation courses at UGC Academic Staff College Banaras Hindu University Varanasi” from June 16, 2009 to July 13, 2009.
- Attended short-term courses on “Environment Monitoring and Guidelines for Environment Impact Assessment Studies” from 1st July 2011 to 5th July 2011 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee and AICTE. New Delhi.
- Attended short-term courses on “Waste to Valuables-Different Biological and Thermo/Hydrothermal Approach” from 15th July 2019 to 19th July 2019 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee
NATIONAL WORKSHOP
1.“Distribution Control System with Dynamic Simulation Models” organized by BIET Jhansi and KNIT, Sultanpur on 15-16 October 2006 at BIET Jhansi.
2. “Frontier Areas of Chemical Engineering: Strategies for Future”, held at The Institution of Engineers (India), U.P. State Centre, Lucknow, on 18-19 March 2006.
Mono-Graph
“Treatment of Textile Industries Waste Water”, Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Mϋller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, Germany
“Removal of Phosphate from wastewater by Adsorption”, Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Republic of Moldova
Book Chapter
Deepak Yadav, Pradeep Kumar
Title of Book: Assessment and Management of Radioactive and electronic wastes
Title of Chapter: Phytoremediation of hazardous Radioactive Wastes
Intechopen (2019)
ISBN: 978-1-78985-118-2
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.88055
Deepak Yadav, Pardeep Singh and Pradeep Kumar
Title of Book: Inorganic Pollutants in Water
Title of Chapter: Application of nanoparticles for inorganic water purification
Elsevier publications (2020)
Page no: 221-236
ISBN: 978-0-12-818965-8
Deepak Yadav, Rupali Jha, Pradeep Kumar, Pradeep Singh
Title of Book: Selenium: An Emerging Water Pollutant Title of Chapter: Various analytical techniques for Se determination in different matrix
John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (2021)
Chapter 6
ISBN: 9781119693451
Yadav, D., Kumar P., Singh P., Vallero D.A
Hazardous Waste Management: an overview of advanced and cost-effective solutions
Elsevier, USA (2021)
ISBN: 978-0-128-24344-2
Naresh K. Sethy, Zeenat Arif, K.S. Sista, P.K. Mishra, Pradeep Kumar, Avinash K Kushwaha
Title of Book: Pollutants and water management: Resources, strategies and Scarcity
Title of Chapter: Advances in Membrane Technology Used in the Wastewater Treatment Process
John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (2021)
Page no: 327- 348
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119693635.ch13
Naresh Sethy, Zeenat Arif, K.S. Sista, Pradeep Kumar, Pradeep Kumar Mishra, Rajesh Saha
Title of Book: Groundwater Geochemistry: Pollution and Remediation Methods
Title of Chapter: Zero Valent Iron (ZVI) for groundwater Remediation
John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (2021)
Page no. 282- 309
ISBN 9781119709695
Zeenat Arif, Naresh K Sethy, Pradeep Kumar Mishra, Pradeep Kumar, Pratiksha Pandey
Title of Book: Innovative Bio-Based Technologies for Environmental Remediation
Title of Chapter: Bio-Based Polymeric Material for Environmental Remediation
CRC Press (2022)
Page no. 343-356
ISBN 9781003004684
Sl. No. | Name of Society/Body | Status of Membership: for Life / Annual |
1. | Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers | Life Member LM-64726 |
2. | Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer | Life Member 1314 |
3. | The Institution of Engineers (India) | Fellow F-124561-5 |
4. | The Indian Science Congress Association | Life Member L 37133 |
5. | Indian Society for Technical Education | Life Member LM-125205 |
Roll No. | Name of the student | Dissertation Topic | Year of Submission |
07030208 | Giriraj Singh | Treatment of Carpet Dyeing Wastewater by Combined Thermolysis and Fenton Oxidation | 2009 |
10302EN033 | Rupesh Kumar | Treatment and Reuse of Industrial Vegetable Oil Waste | 2012 |
10302EN032 | Ruchika Agnihotri | Removal of Color and COD from Synthetic Reactive dye wastewater by Thermolysis | 2012 |
11302EN005 | Deepak Yadav | Removal of Phosphate from wastewater by Adsorption | 2013 |
11302EN010 | Harpreet Singh | Removal of Pesticides from wastewater using Adsorption/Coagulation | 2013 |
12302EN035 | Shashi Bhushan Kumar | Chemical Method for the Extraction of Metal from E-Waste | 2014 |
13042010 | Avneesh kumar Gehlaut | Catalytic decomposition of Methane for Carbon Nanotubes Production | 2015 |
13042034 | Ranvijay Prasad Mahato | Treatment of Pesticides wastewater using Fenton process | 2015 |
14042025 | Rahul Tanaji Paramane | Bagasse ash and Rick Husk ash-based Geopolymers for removal of heavy metals from aqueous wastewater | 2016 |
14042043 | Vipin Kumar | Recovery of Copper from E-Waste using Chemical treatment | 2016 |
14042046 | Vidisha Singh Rathaur | Catalytic Decomposition of Methane for the Production of Carbon Nanotubes and Cox free Hydrogen | 2016 |
16042006 | Akansha | Fabrication of Electrode and application to Capacitive Deionization device | 2018 |
16042043 | Surya Chandra Tiwari | Comparative study of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/Silica(SiO2) and PVA/Graphene Oxide (GO) cross-linked nanocomposite membrane and their application in pervaporation | 2018 |
17042002 | Shanish Kumar Tripathi | Kinetics equilibrium and thermodynamics studies of Reactive Blue 19 dye adsorption on polyaniline | 2019 |
17042031 | Ravi Saini | Improved photocatalytic degradation of beta-blocker (Propranolol) by using TiO2-graphene composite photocatalyst. | 2019 |
18042045 | Vinod kumar meena | Electrochemical oxidation for treatment of dye wastewater containing Rhodamine B Pollutant | 2020 |
18042042 | Swagat Kishore Sahu | Pyrolysis of Arundo Donax (Biomass) and optimization using response surface methodology (RSM) | 2020 |
18042032 | Rakesh Kumar | Co-Pyrolysis of Sewage Sludge and Ageratum houstanianum (Bio-mass) for the production of Bio-fuel and Bio-char | 2020 |
19042002 | Abhishek Gadhwal | Separation of Isobutyl Alcohol & Isobutyl Acetate by Extractive Distillation & Pressure Swing Distillation: Simulation analysis using HYSYS & DWSIM |
2021 |
19042038 | Shubham Singh | Green synthesis of Tio2 nanoparticles using azola pinata plant. | 2021 |
19042049 | Vipin Kumar | Pyrolysis of Arundo Donax (Biomass) and optimization using response surface Methodology (RSM) | 2021 |
20042013 | Ashwini Kumar Mondal | In-depth Physicochemical characterization of three different types of biomass waste straw. | 2022 |
20042042 | Shivendra Yadav | Green synthesis of TiO2 by the use of Tinospora Cordifolia plant extract & its use in photocatalytic degradation of acid blue 113 (ab113) dye | 2022 |
20042044 | Shubham Verma | H3PO4-Modified Lagerstroemia speciosa seed hull biochar for toxic Cr(VI) removal From synthetic water | 2022 |