• Assistant Professor, IIT (BHU) Varanasi (October 2022 onwards)
• Assistant Professor, BIT Mesra Ranchi (August 2021 - September 2022)
• Early Doctroal Research fellow, Catalysis Reaction Engineering Research Lab, IIT Delhi (May 2021 - July 2021)
• Research Assistant, Catalysis Reaction Engineering Research Lab, IIT Delhi (June 2013 - December 2013)
• Guest Faculty, NIT Jaipur, Rajasthan (July 2012 - May 2013)

• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Clean Energy Generation
• CO₂ Conversion
• H₂ Production
• Biomass and Biofuels
• Coal Conversion

Startup Research Grant (SRG) of 30,00,000 INR (approx.) from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India, 2022-2024

CHO103 - Process Calculation (2022-23 Odd Semester)

CHE101 - Chemical Engineering Practices (2022-23 Even Semester)

CHO204 - Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory (2022-23 Even Semester)

1. Rohit Kumar, Kritagya Kumar, N. V. Choudary and K. K. Pant, “Effect of support materials on the performance of Ni-based catalysts in tri-reforming of methane”, Fuel Processing Technology 186 (2019) 40-52.
2. Rohit Kumar, Kritagya Kumar, K. K. Pant and N. V. Choudary, “Tuning the metal-support interaction of methane tri-reforming catalysts for industrial flue gas utilization”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 45 (2020) 1911-1929.
3. Rohit Kumar and K. K. Pant, “Promotional effects of Cu and Zn in hydrotalcite-derived methane tri-reforming catalyst”, Applied Surface Science 515 (2020) 146010.
4. Rohit Kumar and K. K. Pant, “Hydrotalcite-derived Ni-Zn-Mg-Al catalyst for tri-reforming of methane: Effect of divalent to trivalent metal ratio and Ni loading”, Fuel Processing Technology 210 (2020) 106559.
5. Dinesh Gupta*, Rohit Kumar* and K. K. Pant, “Hydrotalcite supported bimetallic (Ni-Cu) catalyst: A smart choice for one-pot conversion of biomass-derived platform chemicals to hydrogenated biofuels”, Fuel 277 (2020) 118111. (*equal first author contribution)
6. Heena Dhawan, Rohit Kumar, Sreedevi Upadhyayula, K. K. Pant and D. K. Sharma, “Fractionation of coal through organo-separative refining for enhancing its potential for the CO₂-Gasification”, International Journal of Coal Science & Technology 7 (2020) 504-515.

1. Rohit Kumar, Kritagya Kumar, N. V. Choudary and K. K. Pant, “Catalytic conversion of industrial flue gas into synthesis gas via methane tri-reforming”, Open House – 2016, Delhi, India (April 2016).

2. Rohit Kumar, N. V. Choudary and K. K. Pant, “Effect of catalyst support in tri-reforming of methane for CO₂ utilization”, Energy Innovations – Today and Tomorrow, Bengaluru, India (October 2016).

3. Rohit Kumar and K. K. Pant, “Catalytic tri-reforming of methane for synthesis gas generation: effect of catalyst support”, APCAT-7, Mumbai, India (January 2017).

4. Rohit Kumar and K. K. Pant, “Effect of catalyst support in tri-reforming of methane for Carbon di- oxide utilization”, SEFCO-2017, Dehradun, India (May 2017).

5. Rohit Kumar and K. K. Pant, “CO₂ utilization via tri-reforming of methane: effect of catalyst support”, Chemreactor-23, Ghent, Belgium (November 2018).

6. Rohit Kumar and K. K. Pant, “Tri-reforming of methane: Effect of catalyst support”, 19^th International Zeolite Conference, Perth, Australia (July 2019).

7. Rohit Kumar and K. K. Pant, “Effect of strength of metal-support interaction on catalyst performance in methane tri-reforming”, Operando spectroscopy in catalysis: Time to implement this methodology in industry, Frankfurt, Germany (January 2020).

8. Rohit Kumar and K. K. Pant, “Strategy of Ni nanoparticle confinement for catalyst stability enhancement in methane reforming using industrial flue gas”, Virtual International Conference on ‘Green Chemistry and Engineering towards Sustainable Development – An Industrial Perspective’, (June 2021).

9. Rohit Kumar and K. K. Pant, “Evaluation of hydrotaicite-derived Ni catalysts for tri-reforming of methane process for CO₂ conversion”, Catalysis, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tokyo, Japan (May 2023).

1. Prime Minister Fellowship for Doctoral Research
2. Petrotech Research Fellowship
3. Sumant Sinha Sustainability Leadership award (Cash prize – Rs. 50,000)
4. 1^st prize IIT Delhi Alumni Association Research and Innovation award
5. 2^nd prize in poster presentation competition organized by HPCL green R&D Centre, Bengaluru India
6. 3^rd prize in poster presentation competition in 7th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT-7) conference
7. Best Paper Award in ‘Catalysis in Green Chemistry and Engineering’ session at Virtual International Conference on “Green Chemistry and Engineering towards Sustainable Development – An Industrial Perspective”
8. Institute Scholarship holder (awarded by Government of India) during entire M. Tech. program.
9. Chemical Engineering hostel topper for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd semester during B.E. program

• Delivered an invited lecture in DST STUTI PROGRAMME: One Week Hands-on Training Workshop on “Advanced Analytical and Simulation Techniques in chemical engineering Applications”, (21-27^th November 2022)
• Delivered an invited talk in a 5-day online Faculty Development Program on “Green Technologies towards Sustainable Future” organized by NIT Warangal and GMRIT Rajam, AP, (8-12^th March 2022)
• Organized a webinar on “Waste to Wealth” as a coordinator in BIT Mesra Ranchi,  (12^th March 2022)

Mr. Shubham Pal (Current Ph.D. student)

Mr. Krushna Anil Mule (Current M.Tech. student)

Mr. Priyesh Kumar (Current M.Tech. student)

Office Room No. – 232

First floor,

Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology,

IIT (BHU) Varanasi

PIN – 221005

Office Telephone No. – 91-542-716-5204

Email Id – rohit.che@iitbhu.ac.in