Dr. Pankaj Tiwari : Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati

Dr. Pankaj Tiwari

Professor

Key Research Areas :Conventional and unconventional energies, Reservoir Engineering, Complex organic solids, Biomass conversion, Pyrolysis process, Kinetic analysis.

Phone No: +91 361 258 2263
Email: pankaj.tiwari@iitg.ac.in
Room No: 11

Current Students
Past Students

Doctoral Fellow

Punampriya Borgohain

Doctoral Fellow
Email: punam176107013@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: Methanol Reforming for Hydrogen Production
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay

Bibari Boro

Doctoral Fellow
Email: b.bibari@iitg.ac.in
Roll No: 196107002

Research/Project title: E- Waste Management (CE completed)

Govind Dubey

Doctoral Fellow
Email: g.dubey@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: Coal Liquefaction

Rupendra Kumar Verma

Doctoral Fellow
Email: v.rupendra@iitg.ac.in
Roll No: 226103012

Research/Project title: To be Decided
Co-Supervisor: Pankaj Tiwari

Anurag Mishra

Doctoral Fellow
Email: anuragmishra@iitg.ac.in
Roll No: 216152003

Research/Project title: Investigation of Chemicals and Nanoparticles for Biosurfactants based ex-situ Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
Co-Supervisor: Dr Pankaj Tiwari

Shilpa Nandi

Doctoral Fellow
Email: n.shilpa@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: Autochthonous Biosurfactant Producing Strains from Assam Oil Reservoirs and its Potential Application in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Lalit M. Pandey

Vishal Dhar

Doctoral Fellow
Email: vishal.dhar@iitg.ac.in
Roll No: 216107020

Research/Project title: Carbon Sequestration and its application in Enhanced Oil Recovery
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Subrata K. Majumder

Onkar Hemant Chowkekar

Doctoral Fellow
Email: c.onkar@iitg.ac.in
Roll No: 226152007

Research/Project title: To be decided
Co-Supervisor: Lalit Mohan Pandey

Sachin Kuriachan E

Doctoral Fellow
Email: sachinkuriachan@iitg.ac.in
Roll No: 216107023

Research/Project title: Waste Disposal of Carbon/Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites (SOAS Completed)
Co-Supervisor: Dr Nelson Muthu

Vikas Bhushan

Doctoral Fellow
Email: b.vikas@iitg.ac.in
Roll No: 226103010

Research/Project title: TBD
Co-Supervisor: Dr Pankaj Tiwari

M.Tech

B.Tech

Doctoral Fellow

Ali Shemsedin Reshad

Doctoral Fellow
Email: a.reshad@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: Utilization of Rubber Seed for Biofuel Production
Year of Complete: 2017
Co-Supervisor: Dr.Vaibhav V. Goud
Current Placement: Assistant Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
Current Address: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Raul Saha

Doctoral Fellow
Email: rsaha@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: Optimum Formulation of Chemical Slug for Enhanced Oil Recovery of Assam Crude Oil
Year of Complete: 2018
Current Placement: Assistant Professor
Current Address: NIT Hamirpur, HP, India

Pallab Das

Doctoral Fellow
Email: d.pallab@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: Pyrolysis of plastic waste to produce targeted value added products
Year of Complete: 2019
Current Placement: Post-Doc
Current Address: NTU, Singapore

Jitendra Singh Rawat

Doctoral Fellow
Email: j.rawat@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: HYDRODYNAMIC STUDY OF A SIDEWALL NOZZLE ASSISTED GAS-SOLID FLUIDIZED BED
Year of Complete: 2022
Co-Supervisor: Dr.Rajesh K Upadhyay

M Mallikarjuna Reddy

Doctoral Fellow
Email: mallikarjuna.r@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: Rheology of particle-laden suspension through complex bifurcating channel
Year of Complete: 2019
Co-Supervisor: Prof. Anugrah Singh
Current Address: Reliance, India

Ranjan Phukan

Doctoral Fellow
Email: r.phukan@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: Enhanced Oil Recovery by Alkaline-Surfactant-Alternated-CO2 Flooding for the Reservoirs of Upper Assam Basin
Year of Complete: 2020
Co-Supervisor: Dr.Subrata B.Gogoi
Current Placement: Assistant Professor
Current Address: Dibrugarh University

Poulami Datta

Doctoral Fellow
Email: poulami.datta@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: Indigenous Biosurfactant Producing Strains for Potential Applications in Enhanced Oil Recovery (Thesis Submitted)
Co-Supervisor: Dr Lalit Pandey

Bhargav Baruah

Doctoral Fellow
Email: barua176107004@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: Pyrolysis Studies of Indian Oil Shale
Current Placement: Research Associate
Current Address: Ghent University

Vikas Sharma

Doctoral Fellow
Email: vikas176107010@iitg.ac.in

Research/Project title: CO2 based Enhanced Oil Recovery
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Anugrah Singh

M.Tech

Soumavo Ghosh

M.Tech

Research/Project title: High Pressure Pyrolysis of Plastics

Mrigendra Swaroop Pate

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Experimental Studies and CFD simulations of Underground Coal Gasification
Year of Complete: 2018
Co-Supervisor: Dr R K Upadhyay

Parmita Roy

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Methanol Steam Reforming for Hydrogen Production
Year of Complete: 2018
Co-Supervisor: Dr R K Upadhyay

Bhargav Baruah

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Upper Assam Oil Shale: Detailed Physicochemical and Thermochemical Analysis, Lab Scale Pyrolysis and Kinetic Analysis
Year of Complete: 2017
Co-Supervisor: Dr. R Kataki (Tezpur University)

Vemula Dinesh Kumar

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Reaction Chemistry of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Geological Formations
Year of Complete: 2017

Priyanka Shrivastava

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Underground Gasification of Coal
Year of Complete: 2016
Co-Supervisor: Dr. R K Upadhyay

Karthik Anem Reddy

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Chemical Induced EOR and Adsorption Study
Year of Complete: 2016

Dumbi Boipai

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Simulation studies on Biodiesel Synthesis
Year of Complete: 2016

Premsagar Pillajetti

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Underground Coal Combustion and Gasification
Year of Complete: 2015
Co-Supervisor: Dr R K Upadhyay

Aditi Sharma

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Experimental Studies on Alkali-Surfactant-Polymer (ASP) Based Enhanced Oil Recovery of Assam crude oil
Year of Complete: 2015
Co-Supervisor: Prof. R Uppaluri

Sourabh Shaw

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Characterization of Nahor (Mesua ferrea) oil for biodiesel Production
Year of Complete: 2014
Co-Supervisor: Dr V V Goud

Manjunath Reddy N.

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Petroleum Reservoir Simulation of Two Phase Flow
Year of Complete: 2014
Co-Supervisor: Prof. A Singh

Sonit Balyan

M.Tech

Research/Project title: Experimental and Numerical investigation of Underground Coal Gasification Process
Year of Complete: 2014
Co-Supervisor: Dr R K Upadhyay