Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology

SCI/SCIE Journal 

1. Harsh Desai, Rohit Dutta, Tanushka Florence Panicker, Sampath Chinnam, Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, Srinivas Kini Manjeshwara and Pradeep Kumar “Catalytic co-pyrolysis of waste pistachio nutshells and polystyrene: optimisation of parameters, and catalyst loading on the products yield and composition” RSC Adv., 2025, 15, 44691–44710., DOI: 10.1039/d5ra06092c

2. Ahmad Nawaz Pradeep Kumar Shaikh A. Razzak Nadeem A Khan “Sustainable waste mitigation and bioenergy potential of hazardous petroleum sludge: A co-pyrolysis study with pigeon pea stalk” Results in Engineering, 2026, 109311., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2026.109311   

3. Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, Bhavana Gariya, Priyanka Savvasere, Devanshu Dhir, Pradeep Kumar and Kaustubha Mohanty “Thermocatalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Areca Nut into Renewable Fuel and Value-Added Chemicals” ACS Omega 2024, 9, 25779−25792. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c10184

4. Ravi Saini, Manish Pandey, Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, Pradeep Kumar “Adsorption potential of hydrochar derived from hydrothermal carbonization of waste biomass towards the removal of methylene blue dye from wastewater” Journal of Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Volume 15, pages 9229–9249, (2025) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-05743-7 

5. Ravi Saini, Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, and Pradeep Kumar “Green Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide Using the Tinospora cordifolia Plant Extract: Exploring Its Potential for Methylene Blue Dye Degradation and Antibacterial Activity” ACS Omega 2024, 9, 18, 20304–20321 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c00748

6. Ahmad Nawaz, Shaikh Abdur Razzak, Pradeep Kumar “Pyrolysis parameter-based optimization study using response surface methodology and machine learning for potato stalk” Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 159 (2024) 105476

7. Bineeta Singh, Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, Pradeep Kumar, Zeenat Arif, “Comprehensive assessment of organic pollutants in petroleum refinery wastewater by LCMS analyzer” Water-Energy Nexus 6 (2023) 167–176

8. Ravi Saini, Pradeep Kumar, “Green synthesis of TiO₂ nanoparticles using Tinospora cordifolia plant extract & its potential application for photocatalysis and antibacterial activity” Inorganic Chemistry Communications 156 (2023) 111221

9. Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, Ravi Saini, D. Jaya Prasanna Kumar, Ravi Sankannavar, Prakash Binnal, Naveen Dwivedi, Pradeep Kumar, “Thermo-catalytic pyrolysis of Azadirachta indica seeds over CaO and CuO: Pyrolysis kinetics, impact of catalysts on yield, fuel properties and its chemical compositions”, Journal of the Energy Institute 111 (2023) 101366

10. 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

11. 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

12. Ahmad Nawaz; Pradeep Kumar “Impact of temperature severity on hydrothermal carbonization: Fuel properties, kinetic and thermodynamic parameters” Fuel 336 (2023) 127166

13. Ahmad Nawaz; Pradeep Kumar “Thermocatalytic pyrolysis of Sesbania bispinosa biomass over Y-zeolite catalyst towards clean fuel and valuable chemicals” Energy 263 (2023) 125684

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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 

18. 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

19. 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

20. Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, Sarthak Vijay, Sparsh Soni, Dhanraj B S, Pradeep Kumar, Kaustubha Mohanty “Thermo-catalytic co-pyrolysis of waste biomass and non-recyclable polyethylene using ZSM-5 into renewable fuels and value-added chemicals” Journal of the Energy Institute Volume 105, December 2022, Pages 192-202

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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 

24. Ahmad Nawaz; Pradeep Kumar, “Pyrolysis of mustard straw: Evaluation of optimum process parameters, kinetic and thermodynamic study” Journal of Bioresource Technology, 340 (2021) 125722

25. 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)

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. Deepak Yadav, Rangabhashiyam.S, Pramit Verma, Pradeep Singh, Pooja Devi, Pradeep Kumar, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Gajendra Kumar Gaurav, Kuppusamy Sathish Kumar, “Environmental and Heath Impact of Contaminants of Emerging Concerns: Recent Treatment Challenges and Approaches” Chemosphere 272 (2021) 129492

29. 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 

30. 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 

31. 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 

32. 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 

33. 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 

34. 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 

35. 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 (Scopus) ISSN 23091185

36. 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 

37. 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

38. 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 (https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.12920)

39. 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.

40. 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

41. 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. 

42. 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.

43. 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.

44. Roli Saini, Poornima Pandey, Chelluboyana Vaishnava Raghunath, Pradeep Kumar “Optimization of Fenton oxidation for the removal of methyl parathion in aqueous solution”Perspectives in Science8 (2016) 670-672.

45. 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.

46. 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 

47. 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. 

48. 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. (Impact Factor: 1.22).

49. 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). (Impact Factor: (0.367).

50.  Monoj K. Mondal, Garima Mishra, Pradeep Kumar “Adsorption of Cadmium (II) and Chromium (VI) from Aqueous Solution by Waste Marigold Flowers” Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Volume 3, Issue 4, (2015) 405-415. 

51. 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 (Impact Factor: 1.163).

52. 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). 

53. 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.

54. 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).

55. 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. 

56. Pradeep Kumar, Harpreet Singh, Meghna Kapur and Monoj kumar Mondal “Comparative study of malathion removal from aqueous solution by agricultural and commercial adsorbents” Journal of Water Process Engineering 3(2014) 67-73.

57. 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. 

58. 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.

59. 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. 

60. 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.

61. Pradeep Kumar, Tjoon Tow Teng, Shri Chand, Kailas L. Wasewar., “Treatment of Paper and Pulp Mill Effluent by Coagulation” International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering., Vol.5, No. 8 (2011) 715-720. 

62. 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. 

63. 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.

64. 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.

65. 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. 

66. 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.

67. 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. 

68. Pradeep Kumar, B. Prasad, Chand S., “Treatment of Desizing Wastewater by Catalytic Thermal Treatment and Coagulation”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 163 (2009) 433–440. 

69. 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.

70. 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.

71. Pradeep Kumar, Prasad B., Mishra I.M., Chand S., “Catalytic Thermal Treatment of Desizing Wastewaters”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 149 (2007) 26–34.

Scopus Journal:

1. 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

2. 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. 

3. 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. 

4. 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.

5. 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 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: 

1. 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. 

2. Naresh K. Sethy, Zeenat Arif, P.K.Mishra & Pradeep Kumar “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.

3. Roli Saini, Pradeep Kumar, “Modeling of coagulation process for the removal of carbofuran in aqueous solution” in the 18^th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environmental Technology (ICREET-2016), organized by World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology on 28^th -29^th July 2016 at London, UK. 

4. 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 6^th -10^th, 2016 at Houston, Texas, USA. 

5. 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 1^st Southeast 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.

6. Ruchika Agnihotri and Pradeep Kumar, “Color and Cod reduction of Synthetic Reactive Dye Wastewater Using Thermolysis” Proceeding’s of the “6^th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, American Academy of Sciences” held on June 25^th -29^th, 2012 at Houston, Texas, USA.

7. Pradeep Kumar, Tjoon Tow Teng & Shri Chand “Removal of Dye from Aqueous solution by Wet Peroxide oxidation” Proceeding’s of the “5^th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, American Academy of Sciences’’ held on July 12^th -16^th ,2010 at Houston, Texas, USA.

8. Pradeep Kumar, Arvind Kumar, T.T. Teng and Yusri Bin Yusup., “Optimization of Process Parameters for Acrylic Acid Removal”Proceedings of the “2^nd International Conference on Environmental Research and Technology’’ held on June 2^nd-4^th, 2010 at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

PAPER PRESENTED IN NATIONAL SEMINARS/CONFERENCE

1. Ravi Saini, Pradeep Kumar. 2023. “Green synthesis of TiO₂ using Tinospora cordifolia extract as photocatalyst for degradation of acid blue 113 dye”, ChEmference, BITS PILANI, Goa, India, September 30th-October 2nd, 2023.

2. Ravi Saini, Pradeep Kumar. 2022. “Facile Green Synthesis of TiO₂ using Tinospora Cordifolia Extract as Photocatalyst for Degradation of Acid Blue 113 Dye”, International Conference on Nanotechnology: Opportunities & Challenges (ICNOC), Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, November 28-30, 2022.

3. 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

4. Ahmad Nawaz, Pradeep Kumar “Pyrolysis of S. bispinosa into renewable fuel and value-added chemicals” 3^rd International Conference on Sustainable Environment Energy and Construction held on 16-17 Dec, 2021organized by Hindustan Institute of Technology, Chennai

5. 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 

6. 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

7. Ravi Saini, Pradeep Kumar. 2021. “Green synthesis of reduced graphene oxide by using Azolla Pinnata plant extract”, International Conference on Recent Trends in Energy Science and Engineering (ICRTESE), Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Jais, Amethi, India, October 26-28, 2021.

8. 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

9. Mohit Nigam, Shraddha Rani Singh and Pradeep Kumar “Tanning Industry Wastewater: Review of the technologies for water treatment” IWWA 52^nd Annual Convention 2020, 10^th January 2020 to 12^th January 2020 organized by Indian Water Works Association National Institute of Technology Patna- 800005 (India).

10. Mohit Nigam, Pradeep Kumar, Shraddha Rani Singh “Use of Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment” National Conference on “Industrial Application of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience (IANN-2019), 15^th November 2019 to 16^th November 2019 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering & Department of Physics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj - 211004 (India)

11. 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. 

12. Poornima Pandey, Roli Saini, Chelluboyana Vaishnava Raghunath, Pradeep Kumar “Chemical characterization of transformer oils and motor oils” 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. 

13. 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.

14. Roli Saini, Ranvijay Mahato, Pradeep Kumar“Feasibility of Fenton Process for the Degradation of Carbofuran from Wastewater” 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. 

15. 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) 

16. 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.

17. 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)

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. Pradeep Kumar, Chand S., “Treatment of Cotton Textile Mill Wastewater by Chemical Coagulation and Fenton Process”, Proceedings 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.

22. 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 23^rd National Convention of Chemical Engineers on Recent Trends in Chemical Engineering, held on October 5-7, 2007, at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. 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 17^th September 2005 at   S. D. College of Engineering & Technology., Muzaffarnagar. 

26. Pradeep Kumar, Chaudhari, P. K. and Chand, S., “Thermal treatment of Distillery wastewater in the presence of catalysts”, Proceeding’s of the conference / workshop an “Environmental Pollution: Perspectives & Practices” held on 30^th April 2004 at I.E.T., Lucknow.

27. 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:

1. 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 

2. 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

3. Ahmad Nawaz, Pradeep Kumar “Pyrolysis of Mustard straw: Evaluation of Optimum process parameter, Kinetic and Thermodynamic study” Poster Presentation in the “International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture,
   Environment and Health” held on 04-08, April 2021 at MNIT Jaipur

4. 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 Presentation in the “8th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts’’ held on June 11th -13th, 2018 at Seattle, WA, USA.

5. 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. 

6. 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. 

7. 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. 

1. Sanggar Award-2010 University, Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

2.  World Ranking of top 2% Scientists from India, Stanford University, USA (2021-2025)

3.  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)
4. Training Program on Safety of Handling Chemicals: NTPC Limited, Vindhyachal, Uttar Pradesh.
5. Fire Safety: Department of Chemical Engineering, SCRIET, CCS University Campus, Meerut.
6. Advances in Renewable and Bioenergy: Department of Chemical Engineering, IET Lucknow (19^th October, 2019)
7. Safety in Process Industry: Department of Chemical Engineering, SCRIET, CCS University Campus, Meerut (02^nd December, 2019)

ORIENTATION COURSE 

1. Attended short-term courses on “Advances in Hydrocarbon Engineering” from 23^rd June 2003 to 4^th July 2003 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
2. Attended short-term courses on “CAD of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers” from 18^th June 2007 to 22^nd June 2007 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT, Roorkee and Institution of Engineers (I).
3. Attended 51^th Orientation courses at UGC Academic Staff College Banaras Hindu University Varanasi” from June 16, 2009 to July 13, 2009.
4. Attended short-term courses on “Environment Monitoring and Guidelines for Environment Impact Assessment Studies” from 1^st July 2011 to 5^th July 2011 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee and AICTE. New Delhi.
5. 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.

Patent No:  554392

Application no: 202011026380

Date of Filling: 22/06/2020 & Date of Grant: 14/11/2024

Title: A method of preparing A catalyst for catalytic converter and a product there of.  

Name of Inventor(s): Deepak Yadav, Pratichi Singh, Ram Prasad, and Pradeep Kumar

1. Training Programme on Safety of Handling Chemicals: NTPC Limited, Vindhyachal, Uttar Pradesh. 

2. Fire Safety: Department of Chemical Engineering, SCRIET, CCS University Campus, Meerut

3. Advances in Renewable and Bioenergy: Department of Chemical Engineering, IET Lucknow (19^th October 2019)

4. Safety in Process Industry: Department of Chemical Engineering, SCRIET, CCS University Campus, Meerut (02^nd December 2019)

5. AICTE sponsored Faculty Development Program (FDP): Organized by  Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Subharti Institute of Technology and Engineering, Meerut, delivered a lecture as Resource Person on the topic of “Emerging Technologies for wastewater treatment” on 1st July 2025.

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