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Prof.Biswajit Chowdhury

Designation: Professor (HAG)

Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Email: biswajit72[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

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About Me: Prof. Biswajit Chowdhury is a Professor (HAG) with extensive experience in academia and research. He has served in various academic positions, including Professor (2016-2023), Associate Professor (2010-2016), and Assistant Professor (2007-2010). Currently, he is actively involved in research focused on Nanomaterials and Heterogeneous Catalysis. His work encompasses the synthesis of nanomaterials, spectroscopic characterization, and catalytic studies in both liquid and gas phases. Prof. Chowdhury's research interests extend to process development for petroleum refining, biomass conversion, biofuel, CO2 capture technology, sustainable chemistry, and hydrogen generation. Prof. Chowdhury holds impressive academic credentials, including a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) conferred by Osmania University, Hyderabad in 2000, an M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1995, and a B.Sc. (Honors) in Chemistry from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1993 with first-class honors and distinction in subsidiary subjects. Throughout his career, Prof. Chowdhury has gained international experience as a visiting researcher and professor at prestigious institutions worldwide, including UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Ruhr University of Bochum in Germany, TUBITAK in Turkey, King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan, and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan. His scholarly contributions are substantial, with 95 publications, 3 book chapters, 7 review articles, and several patents to his credit. He has an impressive h-index of 34 with 3487 citations and an i-index of 70 according to Google Scholar. Prof. Chowdhury has successfully guided 13 Ph.D. students to completion, with 5 more currently under his supervision. Prof. Chowdhury has led numerous research projects funded by prestigious organizations such as the Indo-German Center of Science and Technology, DST, CSIR, and UGC. His work on using CO2 and biomass as feedstock for producing fuels and chemical intermediates demonstrates his commitment to sustainable chemistry and addressing global challenges.

Research Interest: Heterogeneous Catalysis, Photocatalysis, CO2 Mitigation, Biomass. Biofuel, Hydrogen Production and Nanomaterials

Curriculum
Vitae
Publications

Teaching

Post Graduate level-19 Years 
        Materials Chemistry; 
        Surface Science & Catalysis
        Advanced Materials 
        Quantum Chemistry, 
        Molecular Spectroscopy

•     Undergraduate level- Physical Chemistry: 19 yrs 
       Petroleum Chemistry: 8 yrs

Academics

Ph.D    Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT); Degree conferred by Osmania University, Hyderabad (2000)
 
M.Sc    (Physical Chemistry Specialization); Jadavpur University, Kolkata; 1995

B. Sc    (Honors) in Chemistry Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Kolkata; 1993
           1st Class honors with distinction in subsidiary subjects

Position

     2024: 10 th June 2024 to 9th July 2024 : Visiting Researcher; UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Tromso  

•    2022: 9th June 2022 to 15th June 2022 (07 days):  Guest Scientist: Ruhr University of Bochum. Germany

•    2019: 30th September to 11th October (Two weeks): Visiting Research Scientist; The Energy Institute; MARMARA RESEARCH CENTER;  TUBITAK; REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

•    2015: (13th Feb-20th Feb): Visiting Professor: Department of Chemical Engineering; King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (07 days)


•    2014: 29th June 2014 – 07th July 2014; Visiting Professor: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherland


•    2013: 1st June to 10th June 2013: Visiting Professor, Research Center for Gold Chemistry; Tokyo Metropoliton University; JAPAN

•    2003-2005: Visiting research scientist, Nanoparticle Catalysis Group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, JAPAN, Supervisor: Prof. Masatake Haruta

•    2002-2003: Mumbusho Post Doctoral Fellowship, Research Laboratory of Hydrothermal Chemistry, Kochi University JAPAN; Supervisor; Kazumichi Yanagisawa
•    1999-2002 & 2005-2007: Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Uluberia College (Calcutta University)
•    1996-2000: Research Fellow: Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT); Hyderabad
 

Awards and Honors

     
•    2019: Awarded TUBITAK 2221 FELLOWSHIP; Govt of Turkey as Visiting Scientist
•    2010: Awarded DST-JSPS fellowship in 2010 for carrying out XAFS measurement at
      KEK Photon Factory at Tsukuba, JAPAN
•    2007: Fast Track Young Scientist (DST); Govt of India
•    2003-2005:: AIST Fellowship (Visiting research scientist) Nanoparticle   Catalysis Group, AIST, Tsukuba, JAPAN
•    2002-2003:: Mumbusho Post Doctoral Fellowship, Research Laboratory of Hydrothermal Chemistry, Kochi University; JAPAN
•    1995-1999: Research fellowship (for qualifying UGC NET held at Dec19 

•    1987-1995: National Merit Scholarship, Govt of India
      (For obtaining more than 75% marks in 10th (1987) W.B.B.S.E; 73.5% in (10+2)
      W.B.C.H.S.E(1989)

•     2018 -Bharat Vikash Award by Institute of Self Reliance, Odisha, for contribution in
       Heterogeneous Catalysis and Nanomaterial 
 

Publications

Books Published

 

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

 

 94. Nitesh Kumar, Akash Mondal, Surojit Mondal, Asim Bhaumik, and Biswajit Chowdhury * Highly Efficient Zr-SBA-15 Catalyst for Solvent free Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from CO2 and Epoxides; New journal of Chemistry DOI: 10.1039/D6NJ01374K 

 

93. Anindya Ghosh, Akash Mandal, Debjani Nag, Pratik Swarup Dash, Siddhartha Misra, Kaushik Sen, Biswajit Chowdhury* Carbon-Induced Crystallization of SiO2 at Low Temperature: N Doped Carbon-Modified Cristobalite as a Photocatalyst for CO2 Conversion ACS Applied Nanomaterials     ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2026, 9, 3218−3230 

92. Aniruddha Singha, Akash Mandal, Bhabani Malakar, Asim Bhaumik, Biswajit Chowdhury *

Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane (ODHP) to Propene using CO2 as a Soft-Oxidant over In-TUD-1 Catalyst

Chemistry an Asian Journal 21 (2), e0092

91. Binod Kumar, Nitesh Kumar, Wasim Enam, Bhabani Malakar, Anil C Kothari[c], Asim Bhaumik*[b], and Biswajit Chowdhury*

Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reaction at Low Temperatures via Fe3C Using α-Fe2O3/Sugar Cane Bagasse   Waste-Derived Silica Catalysts

 ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering  2026, 14, 400−414

90.

 Akash Mandal,a Sumanta Mondal,b Aniruddha Singha,a Akash Surajlal Rane,a Asim Bhaumik*b, and Biswajit Chowdhury*Synthesis of 2-Imidazolidinone from Ethylenediamine using CO2 as a C1 building block over the SnO2/g-C3N4 catalyst

Chemical Communication 2026, 62, 1618

89. Avik Das, Satish K Mandal, Nitesh Kumar, Nayan Maity, Ashwani Kumar, Swarnsikha Sinha, Jitendra Bahadur, Biswajit Chowdhury,*Debasis Sen*Diverse Pore Ordering in porous Silica: Synthesis and a Quantitative Structural Insights Combining Scattering and Imaging Techniques Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ; 27 ( 2025)  5505-5519

 

90.  Sudip Bhattacharjee, Unnikrishnan Pulikkeel, Vipin Amoli, Mukaddar Sk, Ranjit Thapa, Biswajit Chowdhury, Thomas E. Müller, Praveen Kumar Chinthala,* and Asim Bhaumik* Boosting the Simultaneous Conversion of Glycerol and CO to Lactate and Formate Using ZrO2-Supported NiO Catalyst Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 2502434

 

89.  Wasim Enam, Avik Chowdhury, Kai Laichter, Ka Loi Lin, Akash Mandal, Bhabani Malakar, Asim     Bhaumik*, Thomas E Muller* and Biswajit Chowdhury  Hydrodeoxygenation of Glycerol to Propene over Molybdenum and Niobium Phosphate Catalysts      ChemCatChem 17 (2025)  1-13

 

88.  Akash Mandal, Neelanjana Ghosh, Bhabani Malakar , Dileep Kumar, Vipin Amoli*, Asim Bhaumik* and Biswajit Chowdhury* Efficient Synthesis of Propylene Carbonate over bimetallic Fe-Cu/SBA-15 Catalyst from CO2 and Propylene Oxide Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202500432

 

87.Anindya Ghosh, Debjani Nag *, Rupak Chatterjee, Anirudhha Singha, Pratik Swarup Dash, Biswajit Chowdhury and Asim Bhaumik CO2 to Dimethyl ether (DME): Structural and Functional Insights of Hybrid Catalysts (Review)   Catalysis Science and Technology 14 (2024)1387

 

86. Vivek Kumar Shrivastaw, Jyotishman Kaishyop, Dr. Tuhin Suvra Khan, Deepak Khurana, Gaje Singh, Dr. Subham Paul, Dr. Biswajit Chowdhury and Dr. Ankur Bordoloi * On  the Correlation between Group III-A Elements Doping and Structure Performance of Cu/ZnO/ZrO2 Catalysts System for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol      ChemCatChem 2024, e202400534 doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202400534                 

 

85. Aniruddha Singha, Jyotishman Kaishyop, Tuhin Suvra Khan, and Biswajit Chowdhury* Visible-light-driven toluene oxidation to benzaldehyde over WO3  nanostructures ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6, 21818−21828

 

84. Anindya Ghosh, Aniruddha Singha, Rupak Chatterjee , Thomas E. Müller , Asim Bhaumik and Biswajit  Chowdhury * Heteroatom-doped Fe-carbon Sphere as Catalysts for the CO2-mediated Oxidative   Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene  Molecular Catalysis 535 (2023) 112836 
83 A Ghosh, B Chowdhury, A Bhaumik Synthesis of Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanospheroids with O/W Emulsion and Al (III)  Incorporation and Its Catalytic Activity for the Synthesis of 5-HMF from Carbohydrates Catalysts 13 (2), 354                                                                                              

 

82.  G Singh, D Khurana, TS Khan, IK Ghosh, B Chowdhury, AY Khodakov  Insight into Mn enhanced short-chain olefin selectivity in CO2 hydrogenation over Na-CuFeO2 catalyst   Applied Surface Science 616, (2023) 156401

 

82.  Aniruddha Singha, Anil Chandra Kothari, Rajaram Bal, and Biswajit Chowdhury* Dioxygen-Triggered Oxidation of Benzylic C-H Bonds: Insight of the Synergistic Effect of Cu-Fe Bimetallic Oxide   React. Chem. Eng., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3RE00116D.

 

81 A Singha, K Bhaduri, AC Kothari, B Chowdhury* Selective hydroxylation of benzene to phenol via CH activation over mesoporous Fe2O3-TiO2 using    H2O2   Molecular Catalysis 533, 112800 (2023)
80. Kushanava Bhauduri, Anindya Ghosh, Aline Auroux, Sauvik Chatterjee, Asim Bhaumik and Biswajit Chowdhury * Soft templating route for the synthesis of mesoporous tantalum phosphates and their catalytic activity in glycerol dehydration and carbonylation reactions  Molecular Catalysis 518 (2022) 112074

79.   Ahmed Sadeq Al-Fatesh, Rawesh Kumar, Samsudeen Olajide Kasim, Ahmed Aidid Ibrahim, Anis Hamza Fakeeha, Ahmed Elhag Abasaeed, Haan Atia, Udo Armbruster, Carsten Kreyenschulte,  Henrik Lund, Stephan Bartig, Yousef Ahmed Mohammed, Yousef Abdulrahman Albaqmaa, Mahmud Sofu Lanre, Mayakkmar Lakshmanbhai Chaudhary, Fahad Almubaddel, and Biswajit Chowdhury  Effect of Cerium Promoters on an MCM-41-Supported Nickel Catalyst in Dry Reforming of Methane   Industrial Engineering and Chemical Research 61 (2022) 164-174     

 

78.    Anindya Ghosh, G Naaresh Reddy, Mohammed Siddique P. K ., Sauvik Chatterjee, Sudip Bhattacharjee, Rahul Maitra, Sergey E. Lybimov, Ashot V. Arzumanyan, Alexander Naumkin Asim Bhaumik and Biswajit Chowdhury * Fabrication of a hollow sphere N, S co-doped bifunctional carbon catalyst for sustainable             fixation of CO2 to cyclic carbonates Green Chemistry 24 (2022) 1673.        

 

77. Kumer Saurav Keshri, Sudip Bhattacharjee, Aniruddha Singha, Asim Bhaumik*, Biswajit Chowdhury* Synthesis of cyclic carbonates of different epoxides using CO2 asa C1 building block overAg/TUD-1 mesoporous silica catalyst: A solvent free approach  Molecular Catalysis 522 (2022) 112234      

 

76.    Kumer Saurav Keshri  and Biswajit Chowdhury *                 Effect of the Ag–CeO2 interaction and the nature of pore structure on the catalytic activities    of different Ag–CeO2/mesoporous‑SiO2 catalysts on the reduction of 4‑nitrophenol Journal of Porous Material (2022) pages 1-14

 

 75.   Kushanava Bhaduri, Rupak Chatterjee , Asim Bhaumik* and Biswajit Chowdhury  Metal-Free Phosphate Modified Hierarchically Porous Carbon-Silica Nanocomposites for  Solvent-Free Glycerol Carbonylation and Esterification Reactions ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 10 (2022) 11242-11256            

 

74. Kushanava Bhaduri, Aline Auroux, Asim Bhaumik and Biswajit Chowdhury*    Bifunctional molybdenum phosphate catalyst with tunable acidity-basicity for the sustainable synthesis of glycerol carbonate via solventless carbonylation of glycerol with urea     Applied Organometallic Chemistry  36 (12) e0694

 

 73     Aniruddha Singha, Kushanava Bhaduri, Anil Chandra Kothari, Biswajit Chowdhury* Selective hydroxylation of benzene to phenol via C-H activation over mesoporous Fe2O3-TiO2 using H2O2 Molecular Catalysis 533 (112800)              

 

 72.  Arindam Modak, Anindya Ghosh, Asim Bhaumik,* and Biswajit Chowdhury* CO2 Hydrogenation over Functional Nanoporous Polymers and Metal-Organic Frameworks         Advances in Colloid and Interface Science  290 (2021) 102349   Sauvik Chatterjee, Kushanava Bhaduri, Arindam Modak, Manickam Selvaraj,    Rajaram Bal, Biswajit Chowdhury* and Asim Bhaumik * Catalytic transformation of ethanol to methane and butene over NiO NPs supported  over mesoporous SBA-15 Molecular Catalysis 502 (2021) 111381                                               

 

71.. Arindam Modak, Anindya Ghosh,Akshay R. Mankar,Ashish Pandey, Manickam    Selvaraj, Kamal Kishore Pant, Biswajit Chowdhury* and Asim Bhaumik*  Cross-linked Porous Polymers as Heterogeneous Organocatalysts for Task-Specific    Applications in  Biomass Transformations, CO2  Fixation and Asymmetric Reactions.  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering  9, (2021) 37        

 

  70.   B. Chowdhury, A. A. Zvinchuk, R. R. Aysin, E. A. Khakina, P. V. Cherkasova, S. E. Lyubimov, Amine-iodine molecular adducts as simple but effective catalysts for the synthesis   of organic carbonates from epoxides and CO2,Catalysis Survey from Asia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10563-021-09341-9   

 

69. S. E. Lyubimov, V. A. Olshevskaya, A. V. Zaitsev, A. A. Korlyukov, A. A. Zvinchuk, P. V. Cherkasova, B Chowdhury, Synthesis of carborane-containing carbonates via CO2 addition to epoxides, Polyhedron, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2021.115418                               

 

68. Anindya Ghosh, Anirudha Singha, Aline Auroux, Avik Das, Debasis Sen an dBiswajit Chowdhury* A green approach for preparation of surfactant embedded sulfonated carbon catalyst   towards glycerol acetalization reaction Catalysis Science and Technology  10(14), (2020),pp. 4827-4844

 

67. Arindam Modak, Piyali Bhanja, Saikat Dutta, Biswajit Chowdhury and Asim Bhaumik*  Catalytic Reduction of CO2 to Fuels and Feedstocks Green Chemistry  , 22(13), (2020) pp. 4002-4033                              

 

67.S. E.Lyubimova,*,A. A.Zvinchuka, M. V. Sokolovskaya, V.A.Davankov, Biswajit    Chowdhury, P.V.Zhemchugov, A. .Arzumanyan A simple synthesis of ethylene carbonate from carbon dioxide and 2-chloroethanol using silica gel as a catalyst        Applied Catalysis A General 592 (2020) 117433                                    

 

65. .Kumer Saurav Keshri Giulia Spezzati Santu Ruidas E.J.M.Hensen and Biswajit   Chowdhury* Role of bismuth on aerobic benzyl alcohol oxidation over ceria polymorph-    supported gold nanoparticles  Catalysis Communication 140 (2020) 106004                                     

 

65.  Ahmed Al-Fatesh1*, Rawesh Kumar, S Olajide Kasim, A A Ibrahim, A   Hamza Fakeeha, A E Abasaeed, R Alrasheed, A Bagabas ,M. Lakshmanbhai Chaudhary , Francesco Frusteri and B. Chowdhury* The Effect of Modifier Identity on the Performance of Ni-Based Catalyst Supported on  γ-Al2O3    in Dry Reforming of Methane  Catalysis Today 348 (2020) 236-242                                                  

 

64.   Prangya Paramita Das, Vinod C Prabhakaran, Samik Nanda, Debasis Sen,and Biswajit Chowdhury* Palladium Impregnated Amine Co-condensed Hexagonal Mesoporous Silica: A Novel Catalyst in Tailoring Suzuki and Heck Coupling Reactions in Base Free   Condition  ChemistrySelect 2019 pp3823-3832                                             

 

63.  Kushanava Bhaduri, Bidya Dhar Das, Rawesh Kumar, Sujan Mondal,   Sauvik  Chatterjee, Sneha Shah, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez and Biswajit Chowdhury*    Recyclable Au/SiO2-shell/Fe3O4-core catalyst for the reduction of nitro aromatic   compounds in aqueous solution  ACS Omega, 4 (2), (2019),pp 4071–4081                                            

 

62. Anindya Ghosh, Kushanava Bhaduri, Sneha Shah, Aline Auroux, J. K. Pandey and Biswajit Chowdhury * Dehydration of Isopropanol to Propylene over Fullerene[C60] Containing Niobium Phosphate Catalyst: Study on Catalyst Recyclability Molecular Catalysis 475 (2019)110470                                                

 

61. Rawesh Kumar, Sneha Shah, Prangya Paramita Das, Gami Girish Kumar Bhagavanbhai, Ahmed Al Fatesh and Biswajit Chowdhury*    An Overview of Caprolactam Synthesis  Catalysis Review Science and Engineering  61 (2019) 516-594          

 

60. Shahid Hassan, Rawesh Kumar, Ankur Tewari, Weiyi Song, Lennart van Haandel, Jai Krishna Pandey Emiel Hensen and Biswajit Chowdhury* Role of Oxygen Vacancy in Cobalt doped Ceria Catalyst for Styrene Epoxidation using Molecular Oxygen Molecular CatalRawesh Kumar, Nagasuresh Enjamuri, Sneha Shah, Juan J Bravo-Surrez and

 

59. Rawesh Kumar and  Biswajit Chowdhury* Overview of Ketonization Reaction of Oxygenated Hydrocarbons on Oxide Based   Catalysts     Catalysis Today   302 (2018) 16-49                                               

 

 58. Kanungo, Shamayita; Keshri, Kumer Saurav ; Hensen, Emiel; Chowdhury, Biswajit; Schouten, Jaap; Neira d'Angelo, M. Fernanda Direct epoxidation of propene on silylated Au-Ti catalysts: A study on silylating procedures and effect on propane formation   Catalysis Science and Technology 8 (2018) 3052-3059

 

57. A.S.Al-Fatesh, A.H.Fakeeha, A.A.Ibrahim W.U.Khan H.Atia R.Eckelt K.Seshan B.Chowdhury Decomposition of methane over alumina supported Fe and Ni–Fe bimetallic catalyst: Effect of preparation procedure and calcination temperature Journal of Saudi Chemical Society Volume 22, Issue 2 (2018) Pages 239-247 Q2 (IF = 4.71) 

 

57. Sneha Shah, Nidhi Tiwari, Yogesh Kumar,S. N. Jha, Aline Auroux, Jai K. Pandey, and Biswajit Chowdhury * Highly Acidic, Thermal Stable NbPO4@Fullerene Catalyst for dehydration of Cyclohexanol   ChemistrySelect  2(20) (2017) 5640-5645

 

56. Kushanava Bhaduri, Bidya Dhar Das, Rawesh Kumar, Sujan Mondal,   Sauvik  Chatterjee, Sneha Shah, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez and Biswajit Chowdhury*    Recyclable Au/SiO2-shell/Fe3O4-core catalyst for the reduction of nitro aromatic   compounds in aqueous solution ACS Omega, 4 (2), (2019),pp 4071–4081                                            
55. Anindya Ghosh, Kushanava Bhaduri, Sneha Shah, Aline Auroux, J. K. Pandey and Biswajit Chowdhury * Dehydration of Isopropanol to Propylene over Fullerene[C60] Containing Niobium Phosphate Catalyst: Study on Catalyst Recyclability  Molecular Catalysis 475 (2019)110470  
54. Rawesh Kumar, Sneha Shah, Prangya Paramita Das, Gami Girish Kumar Bhagavanbhai, Ahmed Al Fatesh and Biswajit Chowdhury*       An Overview of Caprolactam Synthesis      Catalysis Review Science and Engineering  61 (2019) 516-594Shahid Hassan, Rawesh Kumar, Ankur Tewari, Weiyi Song, Lennart van Haandel, Jai Krishna Pandey Emiel Hensen and Biswajit Chowdhury*
53. Role of Oxygen Vacancy in Cobalt doped Ceria Catalyst for Styrene Epoxidation using Molecular Oxygen  Molecular Catalysis 451 (2018) 238-246 Invited Article 
52.Rawesh Kumar, Nagasuresh Enjamuri, Sneha Shah, Juan J Bravo-Surrez and Biswajit Chowdhury*Overview of Ketonization Reaction of Oxygenated Hydrocarbons on Oxide Based   Catalysts Catalysis Today   302 (2018) 16-49
 51. Kanungo, Shamayita; Keshri, Kumer Saurav ; Hensen, Emiel; Chowdhury, Biswajit; Schouten, Jaap; Neira d'Angelo, M. Fernanda* Direct epoxidation of propene on silylated Au-Ti catalysts: A study on silylating procedures and effect on propane formation Catalysis Science and                      Technology 8 (2018) 3052-3059
 50. Sneha Shah, Nidhi Tiwari, Yogesh Kumar,S. N. Jha, Aline Auroux, Jai K. Pandey, and Biswajit Chowdhury * Highly Acidic, Thermal Stable NbPO4@Fullerene      Catalyst  for dehydration of Cyclohexanol ChemistrySelect  2(20) (2017) 5640-5645
49. S. Kanungo, Kumer Saurav Keshri, A. J . F van Hoof, M.F. Neira d’ d’Angelo, J. C. Schouten T.A. Nijhuis E. J. M. Hensen, and B. Chowdhury*

      Silylation enhances performance of Au/Ti-SiO2 catalysts in direct epoxidation of    propylene using H2 and O2 Journal of Catalysis   344 (2016) 434-           444

Patents

6. A heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of acrylic acid from ethylene and CO2

Biswajit Chowdhury, Asim Bhaumik, Sudip Bhattacharjee, Aniruddha Singha
  • Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School Mines) and IACS Kolkata
  • Chemical Sciences
  • Published
  • Filed 2023-03-25
  • Published 2023-07-06 Granted 

5. A process for preparation for cyclic/acyclic alkenes

    Sneha Shah and Biswajit Chowdhury

  • Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

  • Patent No. 467958 Chemical Sciences Granted Published 2020-07-03

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)


 1.          Bioscopy - Towards modern transdisciplinary education and research in microscopy
              Project No: INCP2-2024/10271; ndo-Norwegian Cooperation Program 
              Role:  (Indian side) 
              PI: Prof. Krishna Agarwal, Professor, UIT (Norway)
              Role: Project Coordinatior (Indian side)

              Funded by University Grants Commission (Govt of India) 

 

                               External Research Projects (Major) Completed as PI

       

1.    Title of the project: CO2 and Biomass as Feedstock for the Production of Fuels  and Chemical Intermediates CO2BioFeed
        Funded by Indo-German Center of Science and Technology Center
        A Bilateral Institution of Government of India (DST) and Federal Ministry of  Education and Research (BMBF) (2020-2024) 
        Funding for IIT (ISM): 84.1 lakh
        Total Outlay: 4 crores approx. in Indian side (Completed on 31st July 2024)

        Indian Academic Partner; Prof. Biswajit Chowdhury, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

        Indian Academic Partner; Prof. Asim Bhaumik, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
        Indian Industrial Partner; Dr. Praveen Chinthala, Reliance Industries Limited, Jamnagar

        German Academic Partner; Prof. Dr. Thomas Ernst Müller, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

        German Industrial Partner;     Dr. Jens Hannes, RWE Power Aktiengesellschaft, Essen, Germany

        German Industrial Partner;     Gernot Nell, Parr Instrument (Deutschland) GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany

              
2.    CO2 as a building block for synthesis of fine chemical and fuel over functionalized materials
        Indo-Russian bi-lateral project funded by DST, Govt of India and Russian Science   Foundation (RSF), Russia. Role PI 
        Total outlay        63,12,032 Rs (Indian side) DST/INT/RUS/RSF/P-25 (Completed) 31.12.2022 (PI)
        Russian Side PI. Dr. Sci Sergey E. Lyubimov; Institute of Organoelements Compound, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

3.    Design of novel bifunctional gold-Ti- and Fe-modified zeolite functional materials for the catalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons
        India-the Netherland bi-lateral project (Project duration four years) (Funded by
        DST, Govt of India and NWO,Netherland ) Role: Project leader Co-      Investigator Dr. Vinod Prabhakaran, NCL Pune
        PI from Netherland: Prof Emiel Hensen; Eindhoven University of Technology,     Netherland
        Completed March 2018 Total Outlay 59 lakh (Indian Side)

        Coordinating Institute: Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

4.    Mesoporous Mixed Oxide Supported Gold Nanoparticle for Oxidant free Dehydrogenation Reaction
        Project duration three years (Funded by DST, Govt. of India) Total outlay 49 lakh
        Completed October 2016

5.    Design & Synthesis of Mesoporous Titanosilicate Supported Gold Nanoparticle Useful for mild Oxidation Reaction 
        (DST, Govt of India, Completed) Total outlay 20 lakh

6.    Catalytic transformation of Glycerol to Acrolein over porous Solid Acid Catalyst
        (Project duration three years; CSIR; Govt. of India;) Total outlay 17 lakh Completed 2017

7.     Development of Organic-Inorganic hybrid nanocomposites for Vapour phase Beckmann Rearrangement Reaction (Completed, 
        Sponsored by UGC, Govt. Of India,) Total outlay 10 lakh
                   
8.      Establishment of Centre of Excellence for training and research in frontier  areas of science and technology (FAST)
        MHRD(COE)/RE/2014-15/402/INST:
        Role Co-PI
        PI. Prof. Mukul Das; Associate Professor; Dept of Electronics Engineering
        Total outlay 4.00 crore

9.     DST Infrastructural project as Co-PI (Departmental Level)

       FIST Program to Augment the Research Facilities in the Department for purchasing a 400 MHz   NMR (CoPI with Prof. G Udyabhanu (PI),
       Prof. Swapan Dey and Prof. S Sahu as Co PI) Sanction Order No SR/FST/CSI256/2013 dated Nil Nov, 2013)
       Outlay 1.65 crore

10.  Institute Project
     Chemically functionalized metal oxide nanotubes with tunable chemical properties
     (Sponsored by ISM, Dhanbad, completed) Total outlay 10 lakh

Consultancy Project

            1. Consultancy/Testing project: 

 
             Steam reforming of Glycerol
             Funded by Tata Steel Pvt Ltd; Jamshedpur 
             Layout 35.0 lakh INR 

Membership of Scientific Societies

     

     2024: Life fellow of Chemical Research Society of India, Bangalore
•    2023: Life fellow of Indian Chemical Society  
•    2021: Member of American Chemical Society

•    2020: Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

Associate Dean (International Relations): January 2020—March 2023
                              
Experienced in Erasmus+ student, faculty exchange program, ICCR student exchange program, 
KOSPIE student exchange program (DAAD) 

Local Coordinator (2013-2017): AREAS+ (Erasmus-Munda’s program) funded by European 
Union

Guidance

                                                                 Name of Student                    Title of the Thesis                                                                       Role                                                 Year of Degree

Dr. Olusola Oladele James

(CSIR-TWAS Fellow)

Mixed Metals Promotion On Iron and Cobalt based Fischer- Tropsch Catalysts: Synergistic effect of Calcium and Transition Metals

Co-Supervisor

2013

Dr. Sandip Mondal

Design of Gold Nanoparticle Supported on Mesoporous Material useful for mild Oxidation

Sole Supervisor

2013

Dr. Sumbul Rahman

Preparation, Characterization and Catalytic Activity Studies of different Metal doped Mesoporous Silica for Oxidation Reaction

Sole Supervisor

2015

Dr. Chiranjit Santra

Promotional effect of Gold Nanoparticles on Alcohol Oxidation Activity of Nanoporous Metal doped Ceria Catalyst

Sole Supervisor

2015

Dr. Rawesh Kumar

Development of Efficient Siliceous and Non-Siliceous Mesoporous Oxide for Vapor Phase Beckmann Rearrangement Reaction

Sole Supervisor

2016

Dr. Nagasuresh Enjamuri

Oxidant free Dehydrogenation of Alcohol over Mixed Oxide Supported Metal Nanoparticle Catalyst

Sole Supervisor

2018

Dr. Sneha Shah

Development of Solid Acid Catalyst for Dehydration and C-H Activation Reaction

Sole Supervisor

2019

Dr. Prangya Paramita Das

Development of Metal Nanoparticles Embedded in Mesoporous Silica and Carbon Catalysts for Fine Chemical Synthesis

Sole Supervisor

2020

Dr. Shahid Hassan

Development of Nanostructured Material with Tunable Chemical Property

Sole Supervisor

2022

Dr. Kumer Saurav Keshri

Oxide Based Nanocatalysts for Organic and Environmentally Benign Transformations

Sole Supervisor

2022

Dr. Kushnava Bhaduri

Design of functionalized nanomaterials for bio-renewable glycerol upgradation and water pollutant removal reactions

Sole Supervisor

2022

Dr. Anindya Ghosh

Development of Carbon-based Catalysts for Biomass Conversion and CO2 Utilization Reactions 

Sole

Supervisor

2022

Dr. Aniruddha Singha

Oxidative Transformation of Organic Compounds to Value-added Chemicals over Metal Oxide based Heterogeneous Catalysts

Sole

Supervisor

2023
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