作者: Shri Sivakumar

Ram Prasad graduated in Chemical Engineering from University of Roorkee (now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) in 1978 and obtained M. Tech. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He completed a three month special post graduate training course in Petroleum Refining Technology at Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun. After serving for about three years in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Refineries Division), Ram Prasad joined Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur in 1983 where he is presently working as Associate Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering Department. He has guided 7 Ph.D. and 18 M.Tech. thesis. He has contributed in Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Handbook of Piping Design and National/International journals as well as conferences. Ram Prasad has authored 4 chemical engineering books widely popular among chemical engineering students all across India and South-east Asia. He is a Member of The Institution of Engineers (India) and Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Solar Energy Society of India and Oil Technologists’ Association of India. His research interests include solar energy storage, triglycerides-based diesel fuels, rheological behaviours of petroleum products and fatty acid methyl esters, separation of azeotropic mixtures by extractive distillation and diffusion distillation and vapour-liquid equilibria. Currently, he is working on synthesis and characterization of biofuels and biolubricants. Ram Prasad can be contacted at [email protected]. Sri Sivakumar has done B. Sc (Chemistry) from Manomaniam Sundaranar University, Tamilnadu in 1993 followed by B.Sc. (Tech) and M.Sc. (Tech) in Chemical Technology from University of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in 1997 and 2001, respectively. Sri Sivakumar obtained his Ph.D. from University of Victoria, Canada in 2006. He was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Melbourne, Australia from 2006 to 2008. Sri Sivakumar joined Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in November 2008 where he is presently working as Associate Professor. He has also worked in industry for two years after his B.Sc. (Tech). His research areas include development of multifunctional nanomaterials such as lanthanide nanoparticles, polymer/carbon capsules, semiconductor nanoparticles, metal clusters, etc. for applications such as solid-state lightings, catalytic reactions, solar hydrogen generation, fuel cells, particular drug delivery and bio-imaging. Sri Sivakumar has guided 1 Ph.D and 17 M.Tech. theses till now. Currently 14 Ph.D. research scholars and 7 M. Tech students are involved in various research activities in his laboratory. He has 25 research publications in international peer reviewed journals. Sri Sivakumar can be contacted at [email protected]. in Chemical Technology from University of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in 1997 and 2001, respectively. Sri Sivakumar obtained his Ph.D. from University of Victoria, Canada in 2006. He was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Melbourne, Australia from 2006 to 2008. Sri Sivakumar joined Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in November 2008 where he is presently working as Associate Professor. He has also worked in industry for two years after his B.Sc. (Tech). His research areas include development of multifunctional nanomaterials such as lanthanide nanoparticles, polymer/carbon capsules, semiconductor nanoparticles, metal clusters, etc. for applications such as solid-state lightings, catalytic reactions, solar hydrogen generation, fuel cells, particular drug delivery and bio-imaging. Sri Sivakumar has guided 1 Ph.D and 17 M.Tech. theses till now. Currently 14 Ph.D. research scholars and 7 M. Tech students are involved in various research activities in his laboratory. He has 25 research publications in international peer reviewed journals. Sri Sivakumar can be contacted at [email protected].