Sumit Kumar

Dr. Sumit Kumar

Assistant Professor

Key Research Areas :Flow through porous media, Modelling and Simulation, Adsorption, Pyrolysis, EOR

  • Phone No: +91361 258 2275 (O) +91361 258 4275 (R)
  • Email: s_kumar@iitg.ac.in
  • Room No: 311

311, Dept. of Chmical Engineering IIT Guwahati, North Guwahati, Kamrup 781039 India 


1. Kumar, S., Ojha, K., "Kerogen transformation, maturity profile, burial and thermal history modelling for the Cambay shale formation, India.", J. Pet. Sci. Eng., 202, 108543, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108543 [2021]

1. Asif, M., Naveen, P., Panigrahi, D.C., Kumar, S., Ojha, K., "Adsorption isotherms of CO2 – CH4 binary mixture using IAST for optimized ECBM recovery from sub-bituminous coals of Jharia coalfield: an experimental and modelling approach.", Int. J. Coal Prep. Util., 39, 403-420, https://doi.org/10.1080/19392699.2019.1626842 [2019]

1. Kumar, S., Das, S., Bastia, R., Ojha, K., "Mineralogical and morphological characterization of Older Cambay Shale from North Cambay Basin, India: Implication for shale oil/gas development.", Mar. Pet. Geol., 97, 339-354, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.07.020 [2018]

1. Kumar, S., Ojha, K., Bastia, R., Garg, K., Das, S., Mohanty, D., "Evaluation of Eocene source rock for potential shale oil and gas generation in north Cambay Basin, India.", Mar. Pet. Geol., 88, 141-154, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.08.015 [2017]

1. Kumar S., Gagoi, R., Ojha, K., Toor, A. P., Singh, R., Talukdar, P., "Geological CO2 sequestration in India: Challenges, opportunity and Sustainability", Webinar on Social Cost Benefit Analysis of Projects., DIbrugarh University [2020]

1. Kumar, S. Ojha, K., "Mineralogy and its implication for shale oil and gas development in the North Cambay Shale Formation of the Cambay Basin, India", Petrotech International Conference, Petrotech [2019]

1. Kumar, S.; Ojha, K; Das, S, Naveen, P., "Appraising shale gas potential in Cambay, basin- case study", PEDJP, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad [2017]

2. Naveen, P., Ojha, K., Kumar, S., "Investigations on sorption characteristics and predicting the recovery performance of coal reservoir.", PEDJP, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad [2017]