Designation: Associate Professor
Department: Chemical Engineering
Email: siddhartha[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in
Contact Number:
Office Number: +91-326-223-5155
Personal Page: Under Construction
About Me: Research in our group is resting on understanding the catalytic activity and selectivity issues for supported metal and metal oxide and related heterogeneous catalysed systems. Our current research interest is in the broad area of heterogeneously catalysed reactions involving hydrocarbons for which the effects of various catalyst parameters were studied. A judicious choice of characterization techniques complimented with reactivity data assists in the understanding why some of the parameters do or do not have an effect on the catalytic activity and selectivity. Designing a catalyst using modifiers has also been undertaken and from the structure-reactivity relationships and statistical methodologies, an optimum catalytic composition was determined. Specifically, the reactions that are under consideration: (i) Dry Reforming of Methane to produce syngas and (ii) CO2 hydrogenation for the production of Methanol and Methane. Future studies will involve other hydrocarbon-based reactions and the utilization of simultaneous in situ characterization and reaction techniques, coined as Operando spectroscopy, for the understanding of some heterogeneously catalyzed reactions.
Research Interest: Heterogeneous Catalysis, CO2 Utilisation
1. Introduction to Chemical Engineering
2. Unit Operation Lab
3. Reaction Engineering
4. Chemical Engineering Lab
5. Engineering Thermodynamics
6. Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering
7. Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
8. Applied Catalysis
9. Process Equipment Design
10. Chemical Process Technology
B Tech, WBUT, Kolkata
ME, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
Department Faculty Advisor Committee Member
Associate Dean - Academic (Administartion and Co-ordination) (Former)
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Promotional role of methanol and CO2 in carbon dioxide-rich syngas hydrogenation over slurry reactor utilizing combustion induced Cu-based catalysts, Pandey, V., Singh, P.P., Pant, K.K., Upadhyayula, S., Sengupta, S., Materials Today Sustainability, 2025, 29, 101082 |
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Stoichiometric-Ratio-Controlled Fe and Ni Non-Noble Metal Catalysts Supported on γ-Al2O3 for Turquoise Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotubes Production, Rajpoot, A., Ahmad Khan, A., Mohan, I., Sengupta, S., Ahmad, E., ChemPhysChem, 2025, 26(2), e202400670 |
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Effect of Contact Time on Carbon Deposition and Catalytic Activity of Nickel Alumina Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane, S C Nayek, S Sengupta, ChemistrySelect, 2024, 9(27), e202304841 |
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Ni-based Catalyst Development for the Catalytic Conversion of CO2 to Sub-stitute Natural Gas - Effect of Preparation Method, V V S S D Manikanta, S Sengupta, Catalysis Letters, 2024, 154(8), pp. 4941–4954 |
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The pivotal role of oxygen vacancy and surface hydroxyl in the adsorption and activation of CO2 on ceria-zirconia mixed oxide, P Singh, S Kamaliny, K Ray, S Sengupta, Molecular Catalysis, 2024, 555, 113855 |
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Comparative Studies of Co/SBA-15 Catalysts Synthesized with Different Silica Sources Including Coal Fly Ash for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, G Pavan; V Kumar; S Maity, G Gupta; S Datta; A Singh; S Sengupta, ChemistrySelect, 2023, 8(11), e202204962 |
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MgAl2O4 with CaO in supported Ni and Ni–Co catalysts–impact on CO2 reforming of CH4, R Kumari, S Senupta, Indian Chemical Engineer, 2023, 65(6), pp. 574–586 |
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NaBH4-Assisted Synthesis of B-(Ni-Co)/MgAl2O4Nanostructures for the Catalytic Dry Reforming of Methane, M D Shakir, M Prasad, K Ray, S Sengupta, A Sinhamahapatra, S Liu, H Vuthaluru, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5(8), pp. 10951–10961 |
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B-Ni/MgAl2O4 catalyzed dry reforming of methane: The role of boron to resist the formation of graphitic carbon, M D Shakir, S Sengupta, A Sinhamahapatra, S Liu, H Vuthaluru, Fuel, 2022, 320, 123950 |
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Ni/CexZr1-xO2 catalyst prepared via one-step co-precipitation for CO2 reforming of CH4 to produce syngas: Role of oxygen storage capacity (OSC) and oxygen vacancy formation energy (OVFE), M Prasad, K Ray, A Sinhamahapatra, S Sengupta; Journal of Materials Science, 57 (2022) 2839–2856 |
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Black TiO2- x Nanoparticles Decorated with Ni Nanoparticles and Trace Amounts of Pt Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation, S Biswas, H-Y Lee, M Prasad, A Sharma, J-S Yu, S Sengupta, D D Pathak, and A Sinhamahapatra; ACS Applied Nano Materials 4(2021)4441-4451 |
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Catalytic CO2 reforming of CH4 over MgAl2O4 supported Ni-Co catalysts for the syngas production, R Kumari, S Sengupta; International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(2020) 22775-22787. |
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Reforming and cracking of CH4 over Al2O3 supported Ni, Ni-Fe and Ni-Co catalysts; K Ray, S Sengupta, G Deo; Fuel Processing Technology, 156 (2017) 195-203. |
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Modifying alumina with CaO or MgO in supported Ni and Ni-Co catalysts and its effect on dry reforming of CH4; S Sengupta and G Deo, Journal of CO2 Utilization, 10 (2015) 67-77. |
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Corrosion Behavior of IF Steel in Various Media and Its Comparison with Mild Steel; G P Singh, A P Moon, S Sengupta, G Deo, S Sangal and K Mondal, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 24 (2015) 1961-1974. |
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The effects of modifying the Ni/Al2O3 catalyst with cobalt on the catalytic reforming of CH4 with CO2 and cracking of CH4 reactions; S Sengupta, K Ray and G Deo, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39 (2014) 11462-11472. |
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Effect of calcination temperature during the synthesis of Co/Al2O3 catalyst used for the hydrogenation of CO2; Taraknath Das, S Sengupta and G Deo, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 110(2013) 147-162. |
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Effects of co-solutes on Cr(VI) removal by micellar enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) process; A Choudhary, S Sengupta, C Bhattacharjee and S Datta, Desalination and Water Treatment, 44 (2012) 67-74. |
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A study based on the different dosing levels of primary tannery wastewater treatmentS Mondai,, S Dasgupta., S Sengupta, C Bhattacharjee; Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 2010, 30(1), pp. 40–45. |
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Extraction of Hexavalent Chromium from Aqueous Stream by Emulsion Liquid Membrane (ELM); A Choudhary, S Sengupta, C Bhattacharjee and S Datta, Separation Science and Technology, 45 (2010)178-185. |
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Title |
Inventors |
Patent Number |
Status |
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An integrated fluidized bed reactor system for Ammonia combustion to obtain hydrogen and power and method for the same |
S. K. Das, A. Samanta, S. Sengupta, S Sen Gupta |
202331017619 |
Granted |
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Sl. No. |
PI/Co-PI/Member |
Sponsoring Authority |
Topic/ Field |
Sanctioned Amount (Lakhs) |
Status |
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1 |
Member |
Shri Naresh Vashisht (Alumni)
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Centre for Hydrogen and CCUS Technologies |
1000 |
Ongoing (from 30 September 2024) |
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2 |
Co-PI |
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals |
Coal to Acetylene and Fine Chemicals |
561 |
Sanctioned (23 September 2024) |
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3 |
Co-PI (co-ordinator) |
DST (SERB)- FIST |
To strengthen the research facilities in the Department of Chemical Engineering |
156 |
Ongoing |
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4 |
Co-PI |
DST (SERB)- SUPRA |
Investigating Uncharted 2D Catalytic Materials for Lignocellulosic Biomass Transformation into High-Value Platform Chemicals and Fuel |
30.25 |
Completed |
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5 |
PI |
DST (SERB) |
Development of an efficient Pd-Cu bimetallic catalyst for the catalytic CO2 hydrogenation for Methanol production |
22.15 |
Completed |
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6 |
PI |
TEQIP-II |
TEQIP-II under Minor Research Project Scheme, ISM Dhanbad |
1.5 |
Completed |
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7 |
PI |
Faculty Research Scheme (FRS), ISM Dhanbad |
CO2 reforming of CH4 over modified Ni based catalysts for synthesis gas production |
11.15 |
Completed |
PhD: 3 awarded, (1 submitted), 2 continuing
M Tech: 11
