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Doctor of Philosophy
Dr. R. Anantharaj Ph.D (2008-2012)
Thesis title: Simultaneous Desulphurization and Denitrification of Diesel oil using Ionic Liquids with Quantum Chemical Prediction and Validation.
Current Position: Faculty, SSN Engineering College, Chennai
Dr. Ananth Praveen Kumar Ph.D (2009-2013)
Thesis title: Interfacial Dynamics of functional liquids over porous media.
Co-supervisor:Dr. D. Bandhopadhay
Current Position: Research Scientist at UOP-Honeywell, Gurgaon
Dr. S. R. Pilli Ph.D (2010-2015)
Thesis title: Removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals from wastewater using ionic liquids.
Co-supervisor:Dr. K. Mohanty
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
Dr. D. V. Rabari Ph.D (2012-2015)
Thesis title: Bio-butanol Separation using Ionic Liquids.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ahmedabad
Dr. Sanjukta Bhoi Ph.D (2012-2017)
Thesis title: Dispersion and Dissolution of Coal in Ionic Liquids.
Co-supervisor : Dr. K.Mohanty
Current Position: Faculty, Central University of Tripura, Agartala
Dr. Anand Bharti Ph.D (2013-2017)
Thesis title: Deoxygenation of Bio Oils.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Dr. Mayur Kevat Ph.D (2013-2018)
Thesis title: Simulation Of Chemical Looping Combustion Using Coal and Biomass Mixtures.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat
Dr. Basudhrity Banerjee Ph.D (2013-2018)
Thesis title: Ionic Liquid Supported Thermal Dehydrogenation Of Ammonia Borane
Co-supervisor : Dr. G. Pugazenthi
Current Position: Scientist, Gegadyne Energy, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Dr. Rima Biswas Ph.D (2014-2018)
Thesis title: Quantum Chemical understanding of Caesium extraction in Ionic Liquid-Aqueous mixtures.
Co-supervisor : Dr. Pallab Ghosh
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Dr. Mood Mohan Ph.D (2014-2018)
Thesis title: Biomass Dissolution with water and Green Solvents
Co-supervisor : Dr. Vaibhav V. Goud
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), California
Dr. Rupesh Verma Ph.D (2012-2018)
Thesis title: Liquid-Liquid Extraction and Process Flow sheeting of Lower Alcohol with Deep Eutectic Solvents.
Current Position: Research Associate, HPCL
Dr. Debashis Kundu Ph.D (2015-2019)
Thesis title: Development of Cellulose, Hemicellulose and Cyclodextrin Based Hydrogels for the In Vitro Release of Biomolecules and Metal Ion Adsorption.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, ICT Mumbai- MARJ, Maharashtra
Dr. Papu Kumar Naik Ph.D (2014-2020)
Thesis title: Molecular Modeling and Thermodynamic Studies on the Selective Extraction of Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Fuel oil using Deep Eutectic Solvents.
Co-supervisor : Dr. Sandip Paul
Current Position: Research Associate, IIT Guwahati
Post Graduates
K. R. Suresh M.Tech (2008)
Thesis title: Phase Equilibria of Organic Inorganic acid System: Experimental and Theoretical Studies.
Co-supervisor:Dr. Pallab Ghosh
Dr. Ananth Praveen Kumar M.Tech (2009)
Thesis title: Desulphurization and Denitrification of Diesel oil using Ionic Liquids: Quantum Chemical Prediction and Experimentation.
Nirmal Verma M.Tech (2010)
Thesis title: Desulphurization of fuels using Ionic Liquids: Experiments, Correlation and COSMO-RS Predictions.
Shailesh Potdar M.Tech (2010)
Thesis title: Aromatic Extraction using mixed Ionic Liquids: Experiments and Predictions.
C. Saikiran M.Tech (2011)
Thesis title: Phase Equilibria studies of Heteroatomic Sulphur-Ionic Liquid systems.
Debashis Kundu M.Tech (2012)
Thesis title: Quantum and Statistical Mechanical Approaches for the Prediction of Pure Component and Phase Equilibrium Properties.
Co-supervisor: Dr. K. Mohanty
C.Manohar M.Tech (2013)
Thesis title: Co-Solvent Effects for Aromatic Extraction with Ionic Liquids.
Co-supervisor: Dr. K. Mohanty
Suman Mahato M.Tech (2013)
Thesis title: Volumetric and VLE Predictions using Perturbation based Association Theory.
Co-supervisor: Dr. Amit Kumar
Ankit Vishnoi M.Tech (2014)
Thesis title: Quantum Chemical based Understanding of Ionic Liquid supported Cesium extraction.
Deepanjan Dey M.Tech (2014)
Thesis title: Dispersion and Dissolution of Coal in Ionic Liquids.
Co-supervisor: Dr. K. Mohanty
Mood Mohan M.Tech (2014)
Thesis title: Studies on the Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass with water.
Co-supervisor: Dr. V.V.Goud
Pyarimohan Dehury M.Tech (2015)
Thesis title: Liquid-Liquid Extraction and Conceptual process design for the extraction of lower alcohols.
Upasana Mahanta M.Tech (2016)
Thesis title: Molecular Dynamic Studies on the Extraction of 1-Butanol from Aqueous Phase using Imidazolium based Ionic Liquids.
Gaurab Sarkar M.Tech (2016)
Thesis title: Thermodynamic Insights of Functionality on the Structural, Dynamical andOptical Properties of Thiol-ene-acrylate ‘Click’ Monomers.
Tooba Fatma M.Tech (2017)
Thesis title: Wet Beneficiation Characteristics of Indian Coal with Low Cost Deep Eutectic Solvents.
Sarvesh Namdeo M.Tech (2017)
Thesis title: Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Hydroxyacetone Using Hydrophobic Solvents.
Janardan Singh M.Tech (2018)
Thesis title: Synthesis and characterization of DES and NDDES as Low-Cost Heat Transfer fluid for Concentrated Solar Power.
Harish Kumar Bhupathi M.Tech (2019)
Thesis title: Transport properties of Phosphonium based Deep Eutectic Solvents(DES): Experimental and Dynamics study.
Ashvini Kumar Upadhyaya M.Tech (2019)
Thesis title: Measurement and ASPEN Based Simulation of Deep Eutectic Based Nanofluids for Thermal Application
Sambita Chouhdury M.Tech (2020)
Thesis title: Deep Eutectic Solvents as electrolyte for Supercapacitors.