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Dr Ajay Bansal

Name : Dr Ajay Bansal
Designation : Professor
Department : Chemical Engineering
Qualification : Ph D (Panjab University, Chandigarh)
M Tech (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)
B E (National Institute of Technology (Erstwhile Government Engineering College) Raipur)
Address : Dept of Chemical Engineering
Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar,
Jalandhar (Punjab) - 144011
Phone : 0181-2690301
Email ID : bansala@nitj.ac.in
Fax : 0181-2690932

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Research Interests : Trickle Bed Reactors, Multiphase Flow, Advanced Oxidation Processes, Photo-nano-catalysis, Waste Water Treatment, Solid Waste Management, New and Renewable Energy
Brief Research Profile: : Investigations on “Hydrodynamics of Trickle Bed Reactors”

• Studies on the hydrodynamic behavior of a trickle-bed-reactor at atmospheric pressure were conducted.
• A data bank for pressure drop, dynamic liquid saturation and flow-regime-transition for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids was generated.
• Evaluated the performance of trickle bed reactors for non-Newtonian rheologically complex (viscoinelastic and viscoelastic) fluids.
• Conducted a parametric study and investigated the effect of various process parameters like flow rate of the fluid-phases, bed geometry (e.g. porosity and particle sphericity), surface tension, viscosity, flow consistency index K, flow behavior index n and viscoelasticity of liquid-phase on flow-regime-transition, two-phase pressure drop and dynamic liquid saturation.
• Proposed suitable regime transition map to predict transition from low to high-interaction regime for Newtonian non-foaming systems and extended it to the non-Newtonian rheologically complex fluids.
• Based on the observed phenomena and the data generated, developed suitable correlations that predicted the hydrodynamic performance of trickle bed reactor in terms of two-phase pressure drop and dynamic liquid saturation.
• For the better understanding of the complex trickle-bed-behavior an analytical model has been developed for rheologically simple air-water like fluids.

Journal Publications

Year Journal Publication
2022 Chemosphere Volume 286, January, 131837 Renuka Garg, Renu Gupta, Nirmal Singh, Ajay Bansal, Eliminating pesticide quinalphos from surface waters using synthesized GO-ZnO nanoflowers: Characterization, degradation pathways and kinetic study
2022 Journal of Environmental Management, 306 (2022)114516 V. Sodhi, A. Bansal and M.K. Jha, Effect of extracellular polymeric compositions on in-situ sludge minimization performance of upgraded activated sludge treatment for industrial wastewater
2021 Materials Today: Proceedings 44 (2021) 855–859 Renuka Garg, Renu Gupta, Ajay Bansal Synthesis of g-C3N4/ZnO nanocomposite for photocatalytic degradation of a refractory organic endocrine disrupter
2021 Bioresource Technology Volume 341, December 125748 Vijay Sodhi, Charanjit Singh, Puneet Pal Singh Cheema, Reena Sharma , Ajay Bansal, Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Simultaneous Sludge Minimization, Pollutant and Nitrogen Removal Using Integrated MBBR Configuration for Tannery Wastewater Treatment
2021 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 1-21 Renuka Garg, Renu Gupta, Nirmal Singh, Ajay Bansal, Characterization and performance evaluation of synthesized ZnO nanoflowers, nanorods, and their hybrid nanocomposites with graphene oxide for degradation of Orange G
2021 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 38 (3), 485-497 Renuka Garg, Renu Gupta, Ajay Bansal Degradation mechanism, reaction pathways and kinetics for the mineralization of Bisphenol A using hybrid ZnO/graphene oxide nano-catalysts
2021 Materials Today: Proceedings 44 (2021) 1163–1168 Vikash Kumar, Renu Gupta, Ajay Bansal Influence of RhB dye concentration on ZnS nanoflowers decorated TiO2 photoanode in dye sensitized solar cell
2021 Environmental Technology & Innovation(2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.102013 V. Sodhi, A. Bansal and M.K. Jha, Investigation of activated sludgecharacteristics and their influence on simultaneous sludge minimization and nitrogen removal from an advanced biological treatment for tannery wastewater.
2021 ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4, 6, 6212–6222 Vikash Kumar, Renu Gupta, and Ajay Bansal, Hydrothermal Growth of ZnO Nanorods for Use in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
2020 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology pages 1-18 Renuka Garg, Renu Gupta, Ajay Bansal Photocatalytic degradation of imidacloprid using semiconductor hybrid nano-catalyst: kinetics, surface reactions and degradation pathways
2020 Solar Energy Volume 196, 15 January 2020, Pages 589-596 Kumar, V., Gupta, R., Bansal, A., Role of chenodeoxycholic acid as co-additive in improving the efficiency of DSSCs
2020 Chemical Engineering & Technology 43 (5), 995-1004 Nikesh Kumar, Renu Gupta, Ajay Bansal Effect of Surface Tension on Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer Coefficient in Airlift Reactors
2019 Journal of Cleaner Production 243 (2019) 118492 Sodhi, V., Bansal, A., Jha, M.K., Minimization of excess bio-sludge and pollution load in oxic-settling-anaerobic modified activated sludge treatment for tannery wastewater
2018 Chemical Engineering Research and Design Volume 136, August 2018, Pages 315-323 Nikesh Kumar, Ajay Bansal, RenuGupta, Shear rate and mass transfer coefficient in internal loop airlift reactors involving non-Newtonian fluids
2018 BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY Volume: 263 Pages: 613-624 Sodhi, Vijay; Ajay Bansal; Mithilesh Kumar Jha Excess sludge disruption and pollutant removal from tannery effluent by upgraded activated sludge system
2018 International Journal of Engineering Technology Science and Research, 5(3), 340-342 Isha Arora, Jatinder Kumar Ratan, Ajay Bansal. TiO2 photocatalysis in cementitious systems.
2017 European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering Volume 22, 2018 - Issue 11 M K Kaushik, Arvind kumar, Ajay Bansal, Performance of tire chips–gravel combinations with nonwoven geotextile and encapsulated tire chips layers used as filter/separator under incremental stress levels
2016 Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 210, 3113-36 A Sharma, MK Kaushik, S Naval, A Kumar, A Bansal, "Assessment of ground water quality and feasibility of tire derived aggregates for use as leachate drainage material"
2016 Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 210, 3453-3473 D Thakur, MK Kaushik, A Kumar, A Bansal, "Estimation of Service Life for Tire Derived Aggregate Drainage Layer of Leachate Collection System"
2016 Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 11(2), 140 P Kumar, AK Sarma, A Bansal, MK Jha, "Formulation of SrO-MBCUS Agglomerates for Esterification and Transesterification of High FFA Vegetable Oil"
2016 Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 34(1), 167-191 MK Kaushik, A Kumar, A Bansal, "Drainage performance of different sizes tire chips used alone and mixed with natural aggregates as leachate drainage layer material"
2016 Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 210.09(09):3113-3136 Anchal Sharma, M. K. Kaushik, Arvind Kumar, Ajay Bansal, Assessment of Ground Water Quality and Feasibility of Tire Derived Aggregates for Use as Leachate Drainage Material
2016 Heat and Mass Transfer, 48 (12), 2069-2077 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. CFD modeling of hydrodynamics and mass transfer of rhodamine B in annular reactor.
2016 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 9(3), 479-484 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Photodegradation of amaranth in aqueous solution catalyzed by immobilized nanoparticles of titanium dioxide.
2015 Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 10(3), 221-229 P Kumar, AK Sarma, MK Jha, A Bansal, B Srivastava, "Utilization of Renewable and Waste Materials for Biodiesel Production as Catalyst"
2015 Royal Society of Chemistry Advances, 2015(5), 9946-9954 Prashant Kumar, Mohammad Aslam, Neetu Singh, Sunil Mittal, Ajay Bansal, Mithilesh Kumar Jha and Anil Kumar Sarma, "Characterization, activity and process optimization with a biomass-based thermal power plant's fly ash as a potential catalyst for biodiesel production"
2015 Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 33(4), 1081-1098 MK Kaushik, A Kumar, A Bansal, "Performance Assessment of Gravel – Tire Chips mixes as Drainage layer Material using real active MSW landfill leachate"
2015 Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, 22, 95-104. Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. CFD simulations of immobilized-titanium dioxide based annular photocatalytic reactor: Model development and experimental validation
2015 International Journal of Computers and Application, 32 (1), 99-103 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Application of neural network for estimating properties of diesel-biodiesel blends
2014 International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 9(5):1939787914Y.000 MK Kaushik, A Kumar, A Bansal, "Performance assessment of tire chips as gravel mixes as leachate drainage layer material"
2014 Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 19(Z6), 17495-17513 MK Kaushik, A Kumar, A Bansal, "Geo-Environmental Prospectives and Development Plans for a new MSW landfill site using Tire Chips as Leachate Drainage Materials"
2014 Journal of Industrial Pollution Control, 30(1), 129-38 Kohli D, Garg S, Jana A K, Bansal A, Chopra P, "Sorption of para-nitrophenol and para-chlorophenol using cross-linked starch based bio-adsorbent: Thermodynamics, kinetics column studies"
2013 International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology, 10(6), 1265-1274 Neetu Divya, Ajay Bansal and A K Jana, "Photocatalytic degradation of azo dye Orange II in aqueous solutions using copper-impregnated titania"
2013 Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, 20, 341-345 Shailendra Kumar Singh, Ajay Bansal*, M K Jha & Rahul Jain, "Production of biodiesel from wastewater grown Chlorella minutissima"
2013 Materials Science Forum, 764, 130-150 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal, "Photocatalysis by Nanoparticles of Titanium Dioxide for Drinking Water Purification: A Conceptual and State-of-Art Review"
2013 Materials Science Forum, 734, 349-363 Neetu Divya, Ajay Bansal and A K Jana, "Nano-photocatalysts in the treatment of colored wastewater-A Review"
2013 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 1(3), 398-405 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal, "Photocatalytic degradation in annular reactor: Modelization and optimization using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and response surface methodology (RSM)"
2013 Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 224(3), 1452 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. A comparative study of immobilization techniques for photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B using nanoparticles of titanium dioxide
2013 International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 2(7), 2688-2693. Jatinder Kumar, Anurag Srivastava, Ajay Bansal. Production of self-cleaning cement using modified titanium dioxide.
2012 Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 36(8), 1011-1018 Renu Gupta, Ajay Bansal, "Axial Dispersion in Packed Bed Reactors involving viscoinelastic and viscoelastic non-Newtonian fluids"
2012 Heat and Mass Transfer, 48(12), , 2069-77 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal, "CFD Modeling of Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer of Rhodamine Bin Annular Reactor"
2012 International journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 9(3), 479-84 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal, "Photodegradation of Amaranth in Aqueous Solution Catalyzed by immobilized nanoparticles of Titanium Dioxide"
2012 Bio Resource Technology, 104, 257-65 Shailendra K Singh, Ajay Bansal, M K Jha, A Dey, "An integrated approach to remove Cr (VI) using Chlorella Minutissima grown in nutrient rich sewage waste water"
2012 Indian Chemical Engineer, 54(3), 180-189 R Gupta, A Bansal, "Quantifying effect of surface tension and viscosity on dispersion in packed bed reactors"
2012 Materials Science Forum, 712, 85-104 Neetu Divya, Ajay Bansal and A K Jana, "Photocatalytic activity of transition metal ion doped titania for Amaranth dye degradtion"
2012 International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2(2), 1492-1505 Gunjan Bhalla, P K Swamee, Arvind Kumar, Ajay Bansal, "Assessment of Groundwater quality near municipal solid waste land by an aggregate index method"
2011 Environmental Technology, iFirst, 1-10 Chhavi Rani, A K Jana, Ajay Bansal, "Potential of different white rot fungi to decolourize azo dyes in absence of external carbon source"
2011 Indian Chemical Engineer, 53(4), 211-19 S Kumar Singh, A Bansal, MK Jha, A Dey, "Comparative studies on uptake of wastewater nutrients by immobilized cells of Chlorella minutissima and dairy waste isolated algae"
2011 Reseach Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 15(2), 17-24 Chhavi Rani, A K Jana, Ajay Bansal, "Comparative study of different white rot fungi in decolorization of acid, direct and reactive textile azo dyes"
2011 International Journal of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 4(1), 44-50 Vijay Sodhi, Ajay Bansal, "Analysis of foaming flow instabilities for dynamic liquid saturation in trickle bed reactor"
2010 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, 24(3), 295-300 Ritu Gupta , Ravinder K.Wanchoo and Ajay Bansal, "Interfacial Tension of some Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids by Drop -Weight method"
2010 Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 49(19), 925-28 Renu Gupta, Ajay Bansal, "Effect of Bed Configuration on Dispersion in a Packed-Bed Reactor"
2010 nternational Journal of Computers and Applications, 32(1), 99-103 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal, "Application of Neural Network For Estimating Properties of Diesel–Biodiesel blends"
2010 Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 5(1), 31-37 Renu Gupta, Ajay Bansal, "Hydrodynamic studies on trickle bed reactor for foaming liquids"
2010 International Journal of Chem Tech Research, 2(3), 1537-1543 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal, "Dual effect of Photocatalysis and adsorption in degradation of Azorubine dye using Nano sized TiO2 and activated carbon immobilized with different Techniques"
2010 International Journal of Chem Tech Research, 2(3), 1547-52 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal, "Sol-gel derived films of nano-crystals of TiO2 for photocatalytic degradation of Azorubine dye"
2010 Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 28, 661-69 Gunjan Bhalla, Arvind Kumar, Ajay Bansal, "Performance of Scarp-Tire-Shreds as a Potential Leachate Collection Medium"
2009 Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 48(7), 3341-3350 Ajay Bansal, R K Wanchoo, S K Sharma, "Dynamic liquid saturation in a Trickle Bed Reactor Involving Newtonian/Non-Newtonian Liquid-Phase"
2009 Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 4(2), 43-53 Neetu Divya, Ajay Bansal and A K Jana, "Suface Modification, Characterization and Photocatlytic Performance of Nano-Sized Titania modified with Silver and Bentonite clay"
2009 Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 4(1), 16-22 K.R. Ayyappan, Amrit Toor , Ritu Gupta, Ajay Bansal and R.K. Wanchoo, "Catalytic Hydrolysis of Ethyl Acetate using Cation Exchange Resin (Amberlyst 15) : A Kinetic Study"
2008 Chemical Engineering Communications, 195, 1106-1127 Ajay Bansal, R K Wanchoo, S K Sharma, "Two-Phase Pressure Drop in a Trickle Bed Reactor Involving Newtonian/Non-Newtonian Liquid-Phase"

Conference Publications

Year Conference Publication
2020 11th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization -2020(ICMPC 2020), 15-17 Dec 2020, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India. V. Kumar, R. Gupta and A. Bansal. “Influence of RhB dye concentration on ZnS nanoflowers decorated TiO2 photoanode in dye sensitized solar cell”
2020 V. Kumar, R. Gupta and A. Bansal. “PEDOT:PSS conjugated pencil graphite based counter electrode as a replacement of Pt in DSSCs” International Online Conference on Sustainable Research Technology & Development (IOSCRT-2020), 24-25 Sep, 2020, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
2020 EGRWSE 2019, Springer Nature KR Reddy, AK Agnihotri, Y Yukselen-Aksoy, BK Dubey, A Bansal Sustainable Environment and Infrastructure: Proceedings of EGRWSE
2019 V. Kumar, R. Gupta and A. Bansal. “Organic cocktail of Rhodamine B and Fast Green Dye as sensitizer in Dye sensitized solar Cell” 2nd National conference on Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (ACEE’19), 23-24 Mar. 2019, NIT Jalandhar (India).
2019 70th Canadian Chemical Engineering Vijay Sodhi, Ajay Bansal, MK Jha Experimental Investigation of an Innovative Advancement to the Conventional Treatment for Pollution Reduction and Sludge Yield Minimization from High Strength Industrial Influent
2018 International Conference on Research Trends in Engineering, Applied Science and Management Isha Arora, Jatinder Kumar Ratan, Ajay Bansal. TiO2 photocatalysis in cementitious systems
2018 V. Kumar, R. Gupta and A. Bansal. “Facile synthesis of visible light driven gC3N4/ZnO nanocomposite for the degradation of Coomassie Brilliant Blue Dye” CHEMCON 2018, the 71th annual Session of IIChE, 27-30 Dec. 2018, NIT Jalandhar (India).
2018 V. Kumar, R. Gupta and A. Bansal. “Synthesis of rGO/TiO2 nanocomposite for the efficient photocatalytic degradation of RhB dye” International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering, 29-31 Mar. 2018, NIT Jalandhar (India).
2018 71st Indian Chemical Engineering Vijay Sodhi, Ajay Bansal, MK Jha Minimization of Excess Biosolids in Oxic-Settling-Anoxic (OSA) Treatment for Tannery Influent
2018 International Conf. on Environmental Challenges: A Global concern (ICEC-10)At: Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, India M. K. Kaushik, Arvind Kumar, Ajay Bansal, Natural attenuation mechanisms for the removal of specific landfill leachate pollutants
2016 V. Kumar, S. K. Chauhan and A. Bansal, “A review on development of low cost dye sensitized solar cell”. National conference on Advances in chemical and environmental engineering (ACEE’16), 22-23 Apr. 2016, NIT Jalandhar (India).
2016 V. Kumar, S. K. Chauhan, A. Bansal and R. Gupta, “A review on the optimization of dye sensitized solar cell” CHEMCON 2016, the 69th annual Session of IIChE, 27-30 Dec. 2016, Anna university, Chennai, India
2016 Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering Saurabh patel , Ajay Bansal, "Studies on fire retardant wood"
2016 Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering K Mehta, Ajay bansal, M K Jha, N Divya, "Fly ash based zeolite as a potential photocatalyst"
2016 Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering Renuka, Renu Gupta, Ajay bansal, Rajmohan aetkuri, Nikesh Kumar, "Prediction of Mass Transfer Coefficient in gas-liquid bubble column for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids"
2016 Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering Nikesh Kumar, Ajay Bansal, Renu Gupta, "Performance of Airlift Recators involving non-Newtonian fluids-a review"
2016 Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering Vikash Kumar, Simranjit Kaur, Ajay Bansal, Renu Gupta, "A review on development of low cost dye sensitized solar cell"
2016 Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering Nasir Ahmad, F Q Mir, Ajay Bansal, S Verma, "Preparation and Characterization of low cost membrane from locally available clay"
2016 Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering Simranjit Kaur, Vikash Kumar, Renu Gupta, Ajay bansal, "Reactive dividing wall distillation column: an emerging separation technology: areview"
2016 Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering Vijay Sodhi, Ajay bansal, M K jha, "Response of an Anoxic-Aerobic Activated Sludge operation for synthetic and real Industrial wastewater"
2015 International Conference on Chemical Engineering, Chicago Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Simulation of annular reactor used for photocatalytic degradation
2015 V. Kumar, S. K. Chauhan and A. Bansal. “Synthesis of reduced grapheme oxide-TiO2 (rGO/T) photocatalyst for the photocatalytic degradation of RhB Dye” 2nd national conference on advanced oxidation Processes (AOP), 15-16 Oct. 2015, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India).
2013 Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Simulation of annular reactor used for photocatalytic degradation Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Immobilization of nanoparticles of titanium dioxide for photocatalytic degradation.
2013 International Conference on Future Trends in Structural, Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Bangkok Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Immobilization of nanoparticles of titanium dioxide for photocatalytic degradation.
2012 International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Venice Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Study of flow behaviour of aqueous solution of rhodamine in annular reactor using computational fluid dynamics.
2012 CHEMCON-12 Sumit S Arora, J. Kumar, Ajay Bansal, 2012. RTD analysis of annular reactor using CFD simulations.
2012 CHEMCON-12 A. Srivastava, Jatindar Kumar, Ajay Bansal. TiO2 photocatalysis in architectural concrete: A review.
2012 CHEMCON-12 A. Srivastava, Jatindar Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Comparative analysis of photodegradation efficiencies of ZnO & TiO2: A review.
2012 CHEMCON-12 Monika Sharma, Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B dye using Photo-Fenton process
2012 CHEMCON-12 Monami Dey, Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Immobilization of titanium dioxide: Photocatalytic degradation of amaranth and its kinetic study.
2012 CHEMCON-12 Anurag Srivastava, Jatindar Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Comparative analysis of photodegradation effeciencies of Fenton reagent, ZnO and TiO2.
2012 CHEMCON-12 Monami Dey, Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Preparation and evaluation of immobilized titanium dioxide photocatalyst for dye degradation.
2012 CHEMCON-12 Sourav Choudhary, Sumit Singh Arora, Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Three-dimensional analysis of forced convection flow and heat transfer at different flow conditions.
2012 CHEMCON-12 Anuj Juneja, Kuber Kushwaha, Sumit S.Arora, J. Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Production of electricity by organic photovoltaic cells.
2012 CHEMCON-12 Anuj Juneja, Sumit S.Arora, Anmol Gupta, J. Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Review of synthesis of solid catalysts and applications for biodiesel production.
2012 CHEMCON-12 Anuj Juneja, Sumit S. Arora, Kuber N Khuswah, J. Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Effect of mixing on rate kinetics of reaction for photocatalytic degradation of dye.
2010 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science. University of California, San Francisco Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Photocatlytic degradation of amaranth dye in aqueous solution using sol-gel coated cotton fabric
2010 International Conference on Energy & Environment, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Photocatalytic degradation of amaranth dye over immobilized nano-crystals of TiO2
2010 International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering Sumit Singh, Ajay Bansal, Jatinder Kumar. Enhancement of efficiency of circular sieve tray using CFD simulations
2007 International conference on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering and Data Bases Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal. Selection of best neural network for estimating properties of diesel-biodisel blends
2007 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, University of California ,San Francisco Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal, MK Jha. Comparison of statistical and neural network techniques in predicting physical properties of various mixtures of diesel and biodiesel
2005 CHEMCON-2005 Jatinder Kumar, Amit Jain, Ajay Bansal, M K Jha. Neural network based simulation for prediction of physical properties of diesel-biodiesel blends.

Book/Chapter Publications

Type Title Publisher Authors ISBN/ISSN No. Year
Scopus Indexed, Book Sustainable Environmental Geotechnics Springer, Singapore, 2020 Reddy, K.R.,
Agnihotri, A.K.,
Yukselen-Aksoy,
Y., Dubey, B.K.,
and Bansal, A.		 978-3-030- 51349-8 2020
Scopus Indexed, Book Sustainable Environment and Infrastructure Springer, Singapore, 2020 Reddy, K.R.,
Agnihotri, A.K.,
Yukselen-Aksoy,
Y., Dubey, B.K.,
and Bansal, A.		 978-3-030- 51353-5 2020
Book Chapter "Biotechnological exploitation of cyanobacteria and microalgae for bioactive compounds" in the book "Biotechnological Production of Bioactive Compounds" Elsevier Shailendra Kumar Singh, Rupali Kaur, Ajay Bansal, Suman Kapur, Shanthy Sundaram ISBN: 978-0-444-64323-0 2020
Challenges and Opportunities in the Application of Nanotechnology for Sustainable Biofuel Production Taylor & Francis Shailendra Kumar Singh, Ajay Bansal, Suman Kapur, Shanthy Sundaram 10.1201/9780429023194-1 2020
Scopus Indexed, Book Sustainable Engineering Springer, Singapore, 2019 Arvind Kumar
Agnihotri,
Krishna Reddy,
Ajay Bansal		 Print ISBN 978-981-1 3-6716-8 Online ISBN 978-981-1 3-6717-5 2019
Scopus Indexed, Book Recycled Waste Materials Springer, Singapore, 2019 Arvind Kumar
Agnihotri,
Krishna Reddy,
Ajay Bansal		 Print ISBN 978-981-1 3-7016-8 Online ISBN 978-981-1 3-7017-5 2019
Scopus Indexed, Book Environmental Geotechnology Springer, Singapore, 2019 Arvind Kumar
Agnihotri,
Krishna Reddy,
Ajay Bansal		 Print ISBN 978-981-1 3-7009-0O nline ISBN 978-981-1 3-7010-6 2019
Book Chapter Minimization of Bio-sludge from Tannery Effluent Using Anoxic Modified Conventional Activated Sludge Process Springer, Singapore Vijay Sodhi, Ajay Bansal, Mithilesh Kumar Jha 978-981-13-7009-0 2019
Book Chapter Synthesis of rGO/TiO2 Nanocomposite for the Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of RhB Dye Springer, Singapore Vikash Kumar, Ajay Bansal, Renu Gupta Vikash KumarAjay BansalEmail authorRenu Gupta 2019
Book Chapter Synthesis and Assessment of Photocatalytic activities of undoped and Mn doped ZnO nanoparticles Novel Perspectives and Prospects― published by McGraw Hill Rubal Preet, Ajay Bansal, Renu
Gupta, Sukhdeep Kaur		 2015
Book Chapter Photocatalysis by nanoparticles of titanium dioxide for drinking water purification: A conceptual and state-of-art review Trans Tech Publications Ltd., Kreuzstrasse 10, CH-8635 Durnten-Zurich Switzerland 2015
Book Engineering Applications of Nanoscience and Nanomaterials Trans Tech Publications Ltd. Keruzstrasse Switzerland Ajay Bansal and Rajesh Tayade ISBN-13: 978-3-03785-701-4 2013
Book Chapter Degradation of Acid Red 27 in Sunlight Using TiO2 Trans Tech Publications Ltd., Kreuzstrasse 10, CH-8635 Durnten-Zurich Switzerland Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal ISBN-13:978-3-03785-547 -8/ ISSN 0255-5476 2013
Book Chapter Effect of Nano-Catalysts on Orange G Degradation Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., Licensees of Pearson Education in South Asia Neetu Divya, Ajay Bansal and A
K Jana		 ISBN: 978-81-317-8991-9 2013
Monograph CFD Simulations-Sieve Tray Design,Modeling and Enhancement Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH and C. Germany Sumit Singh, Ajay Bansal 2013
Book Chapter Algal Bio-Hydrogen-Prospects and Challenges Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy; Kapurthala, India Singh S K, Jha
MK, Bansal A &
Dey A		 2012
Book Photocatalytic Degradation of Amaranth Dye: Concepts and Methods Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH and C. Germany Jatinder Kumar, Ajay Bansal 2010

Research Projects

Role Project Type Title Funding Agency From To Amount Status Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator Sponsored Effect of Surface Tension and Foaming on Mass Transfer in packed Bed Reactor TEQIP-II, NIT Jalandhar Dec-16 Mar-17 42093 Completed Dr Renu Gupta
Principal Investigator Sponsored Studies on the Fabrication of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell TEQIP-II, NIT Jalandhar Dec-16 Mar-17 35622 Completed Dr Renu Gupta
Principal Investigator Sponsored Design and operational Analysis of upgraded treatment for real industrial wastewater TEQIP-II, NIT Jalandhar 2015 2016 50,000 Completed Dr M K Jha
Principal Investigator Sponsored Study on Treatment of Ground Water of AB Sugars Ltd. AB Sugars Ltd< Dasuya Hoshiarpur 2014 2015 1.0 Lac Completed Dr Jatinder Kumar
Principal Investigator Sponsored IST-DST project for dept of Chemical Engineering DST, Govt of India 2015 2020 1.5 Crore Ongoing Dr S Bajpai Dr M K Jha
Principal Investigator Sponsored Mass Transfer Studies in Lab Scale Airlift Reactor TEQIP-II, NIT Jalandhar Dec-2015 Dec-2016 50,000 Completed Dr Renu Gupta
PI R & D Performance Evaluation of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell fabricated with ZnS modified TiO2 photoanode NCPRE, IIT Bombay 2019 2020 Fabrication, Characterization, Chemicals and Testing facility provided Completed Dr Renu Gupta

Events Organized

Category Type Title Venue From To Designation
One Week Short Term Course National Energy and Environmnent management NIT Jalandhar 19.1013 23.10.13 Chief Coordinator
Short Term Training Programme National Recent Advances in Energy Technology NIT, Jalandhar 02-06-2014 06-06-2014 Coordinator
International Summer Term Course International GIAN Course on Landfills and Geoenvironmental Engineering NIT, Jalandhar 30-05-2016 03-06-2016 Coordinator
Conference National Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering NIT, Jalandhar 22-04-2016 23-04-2016 Organising Secretary
Conference National National Conference on Sustainable Research in energy and Environment NIT Jalandhar Jan 15, 2021 Jan 16, 2021 Conference Chair
STC National One week STC on Advances in Chemical , Biochemical and allied Industries NIT Jalandhar Nov 5, 2020 Nov 9, 2020 Convener
STC National STC on Manufacturing Technologies for Tissue engineering and Drud Delivery Systems NIT Jalandhar Oct 3, 2020 Oct 7, 2020 Co-Patron
Conference International International Conference on Biomacro molecules and Cellular Interface Dept of Biotechnology, NITJ Jan 9, 2021 Jan 10, 2021 As Co-Patron
One Week Short Term Course National Advances in Chemical, Biochemical and Allied Industries Department of Biotechnology and Centre for Energy and Environment, NIT Jalandhar Nov. 5, 2020 Nov. 9, 2020 Convener
Conference National Sustainable Research in Energy and Environment Department of Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering and Centre for Energy and Environment, NIT Jalandhar Jan. 15, 2021 Jan. 16, 2021 Conference Chair

Professional Affilation

Designation Organization
Fellow The Instituion of Engineers (India) Kolkata
Fellow Membership (FICER) Global Earth Society Society for Environmental Energy and Development
Fellow Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Kolkata
Certified Energy Auditor National Productivity Council
Certified Energy Manager National Productivity Council
Life Fellow-8461 Indian Chemical Society Kolkata
Life Member (LM-553) Indian Desalination Association , Mumbai
Life Membership (L41158) The Indian Science Congress Kolkata

PhD Supervised

Scholar Name Research Topic Status Year Co-Supervisor
Baneesh Patial Removal of organic pollutants Ongoing 2022 Dr Renu Gupta
Nikesh Kumar Hydrodynamic And Mass Transfer Studies on Rheologically Complex Fluids in Airlift Reactors Completed 2021 Dr Renu Gupta
Vikash Kumar Synthesis of Nanostructured Hybrid Photoanodic Materials for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Ongoing 2021 Dr Renu Gupta
Renuka Degradation of Refractory Organic Compounds using Semiconductor Hybrid Nanocomposites Completed 2021 Dr Renu Gupta
Deepanjali Yet to be decided Ongoing 2021 Prof Umesh Rathore
Vijay Sodhi Studies on hybrid system for minimizing excess sludge from biological treatment of tannery effluent Completed 2020 Dr. M K Jha
Deepika Ongoing 2019 Dr Virender Singh
Vidya Pandey Removal of organic pollutants Ongoing 2019 Prof (Mrs) A P Toor
Prashant kumar Process Optimization of Biodiesel Production using Hybrid Hetrogeneous Catalyst Completed 2015 Dr M K Jha, Dr Anik K Sarma
Jatinder Kumar Modeling and simulation of Immobilized titania based annular photocatalytic Recator using CFD Completed 2014
Mohan K Kaushik Permeability Studies on tire shreds as leachate collection medium Completed 2014 Dr A K Agnihotri
Chhavi Rani Biodegradation of Azo Dyes by Suspension and immobilized Completed 2012 Dr A K Jana
Renu Bala Dispersion Studies on Trickle Bed Reactors Completed 2012
Shailendra Kumar Singh Biosorption of Heavy Metals using Chlorella minutissima Completed 2012 Dr M K Jha, Dr Apurba Dey
Neetu Divya Studies on Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes Completed 2011 Dr A K Jana
Gunjan Bhalla Use of scrap Tire Shreds as potential Leachate Collection Medium Completed 2010 Dr A K Agnihotri

PG Dissertation Guided

Student Name Dissertation Title Status Year Co-Supervisor
Roshan Singh Bioethanol production through fermentation of mixed food waste by using Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Completed 2021 Dr Nikhil G N
Suninda Kumari Molecular docking studies of selective bioactive compounds with key enzymes of anaerobic digestion Completed 2021 Dr Nikhil G N
Amitendera Singh Production of Alcohol from Kitchen Waste Completed 2020 Dr N N Pandhare
Abhishek Sharma Studies on instability of Non-Newtonian Fluids Completed 2019 Dr Giribabu
Isha Arora Traditional cement to smart cement: Incorporation of self cleaning property Completed 2018 Dr Jatinder Kumar Ratan
Sourabh Patel Development of Hybrid gCN/ZnO nanocomposite for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Amoxycilin Completed 2017 Dr Renu Gupta
Neha Jain To Study The Effect of Concentration and Temperature on The Rheology of Simple and Complex Fluids Completed 2017 Dr Renu Gupta
Ankita Sharma Studies on Degradation of Chlorophenols under UV and Solar Radiation using Modified Titanium Dioxide Photocatalyst Completed 2017 Dr Renu Gupta
Renuka Gas Holdup and Mass Transfer Studies in Packed Bubble Column Completed 2016 Dr Renu Gupta
Aetukuri Rajmohan Hydrodymanics and Mass Tranfer Studies in Bubble Columns for Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids Completed 2016 Dr Renu Gupta
Vishakha Wadhawan Pressure Drop Studies in Upflow Packed Bed Reactor Completed 2015 Dr Renu Gupta
Saurabh Srivastava Domestic Waste Water Treatment By Electrocoagulation Using Aluminium Electrodes Completed 2014 Dr Renu Gupta
Monica Sharma Photocatalytic Decolourization of Rhodamine B using Photo-Fenton Process Completed 2014 Dr Renu Gupta
Afkham Mir Drag Coefficient Estimation for non-Spherical Particles in non Newtonian Fluids Completed 2013 Dr Renu Gupta
Anurag Srivastava Production of self-cleaning cement using modified titanium dioxide Completed 2013 Dr Jatinder Kumar Ratan
Sumit Singh RTD analysis of annular reactor using computational fluid dynamics Completed 2013 Dr Jatinder Kumar Ratan
Sunny Kumar Removal of Dyes from Wastewater by Electrocoagulation Completed 2012 Dr Jatinder Kumar Ratan
Monami Dey Preparation and Evaluation of Immobilized Titanium Dioxide Photocatalyst for Dye Degradation Completed 2012 Dr Jatinder Kumar Ratan
Rubal Preet Chromium(III) uptake by Bentonite Adsorption -Desorption Studies Completed 2011 Dr Jatinder Kumar Ratan
Sunil Kumar Removal of Chromium(VI) from Wastewater by Electrocoagulation Completed 2011 Dr Jatinder Kumar Ratan

Patents

Name Reg./Ref. No. Date of Award/Filling Organization Status
Air Cooled and Breathable Single Piece Bodysuit for Personal Protection 202011034189 10.8.20 NIT Jalandhar Published
Controlled Artificial Gravity Generating Bed 202111001877 15.01.21 NIT Jalandhar Filed
A Controlled Pushup Exercise Device for Astronauts 202111043897 Sept 2021 NIT Jalandhar Filed

Admin. Responsiblities

Position Held Organization From To
Vice President Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kolkata, IIChE 1.1.18 31.12.18
Vice President Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kolkata, IIChE 1.1.13 31.12.13
Controller of Examinations Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kolkata, IIChE 1.1.11 31.12.11
Head, Dept of Chemical Engineering NIT Jalandhar 6.9.10 4.9.13
President, Faculty Club NIT Jalandhar 1.1.07 31.12.07
Head, Dept of Chemical Engineering NIT Jalandhar 26.1.17 2019
Deputy Coordinator TEQIP-II NIT Jalandhar 20.2.13 4.9.14
Associate Dean (research & Consultancy) NIT Jalandhar 31.1.15 24.1.17
Warden, Hostel No. 3 NIT Jalandhar 3.10.06 29.10.10
Deputy Chief warden NIT Jalandhar 5.9.07 29.10.10
Chairman, Postgraduate Committee in Engineering NIT Jalandhar 5.9.14
Nodal Office, Equity Action Plan TEQIP-II NIT Jalandhar 5.9.14
In-charge, Mass Transfer lab NIT Jalandhar
Chairman Doaba Regional Centre of IIChE 1.7.16
Vice Chairman Doaba Regional Centre of IIChE 1.7.12 30.6.16
Secretary Doaba Regional Centre of IIChE 1.7.08 30.6.10
Chairman Board of Studies in Chemical Engineering NIT Jalandhar 6.9.10 4.9.13
Chairman Board of Studies in Chemical Engineering NIT Jalandhar 26.1.17
Member Board of Studies in Chemical Engineering, Food Technology, Energy Studies Panjab University, Chandigarh 1.4.13 31.315
Head Department of Biotechnology NIT Jalandhar 05-02 20 05.02.21
Head of the Central Workshop NIT Jalandhar 05-02-21 till date

Award and Honours

Title Activity Given by Year
Best paper award in National Conference SREE 2021 Application of Zinc oxide as nano-catalyst for removal of hazardous pollutants in wastewater NIT Jalandhar 2021
Best paper award in National Conference SREE 2021 Degradation of Bisphenol A from aqueous systems using synthesized hybrid nanocomposite Department of Chemical Engineering NIT Jalandhar 2021
Best paper award in National Conference SREE 2021 Eosine Y sensitized TiO2 as photoanode for application in dye sensitized solar cell (Vikash Kumar, Renu Gupta, Ajay Bansal) Department of Chemical Engineering NIT Jalandhar 2021
Best Paper Award International Online Conference on Sustainable Research Technology & Development (IOSCRT-2020), 24-25 Sep, 2020, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. (Vikash Kumar, Renu Gupta, Ajay Bansal) Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. 2020
Best Teacher Award For the academic achievements during the years 2017-2018 NIT Jalandhar 2017-2018
Gold Medal For securing Overall 1st position in B Tech in University Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur 1991
Combine Merit Certificate For Securing Overall 1st Rank in Combined Merit List Ravishankar Vishvidyalaya Raipur 1991
Merit Certificate For Securing 1st Position in 4th year of Chemical Engineering Ravishankar Vishwavidyalaya Raipur 1990
Merit Certificate For Securing 1st Position in 3rd year of Chemical Engineering Ravishankar Vishwavidyalaya Raipur 1989
Merit Certificate For Securing 4th Position in 1st year of B E. in all Engineering Branches Ravishankar Vishwavidyalaya Raipur 1987
Silver Medal For Securing 11th position in Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra S A Jain College Ambala City 1985
Bronze Medal For Securing 3rd position in state in Matriculation examination Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Dharamshala 1984
National Scholastic Excellence Award For securing 3rd position state in Matriculation Examination HMT Bangalore 1984
Merit Certificate National Scholarships Scheme Government of Himachal Prdesh 1984