Head of the Group
Dr. Mondal is an associate professor of Chemical Engineering department of IIT Ropar. He joined IIT Ropar as an Assistant Professor on February 2017. Before joining this institute, he served as an assistant professor at Dr. B. R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar. He did his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and M. Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He completed his Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering from the University College of Science and Technology, University of Calcutta. He also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry (Hons.) from Asutosh College, University of Calcutta. His research area is focused on hydrogen production from renewable sources, biomass conversion to chemicals and fuels, waste-to-energy conversion, CO2 capture and Utilization (CCU), wastewater treatment, chemical kinetics, and modeling.
Year: 2023 (January)
Education: M.Tech-Process Modeling and Simulation from AMU, Aligarh
Research interest: CO2 Conversion to value added chemicals and fuels.
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Year: 2023 (June)
Education: M.Sc. Inorganic chemistry from the Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
Research interest: A new process for production of 2-methylfuran a 2nd generation biofuel, from biomass derived furfural via vapour phase catalytic transfer hydrogenation.
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Year: 2024 (September)
Education: M.Sc. Environmental Sciences from BHU, Varanasi
Research interest: Biochar application in industrial wastewater remediation.
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jaswant.24chz0011@iitrpr.ac.in
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaswant-kumawat-a433752aa/
Year: 2025 (January)
Education: M.Sc. Biochemistry from GBPUA&T, Pantnagar
Research interest: Waste Biomass valorization into value added products.
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divyangi.24chz0016@iitrpr.ac.in
https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyangi-bhatnagar-ab253a205/
Year: 2019 (December)
Education: M.Tech Chemical Engineering, IIT, Ropar
Research interest: Catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to valuable chemicals
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(Part time)
Year: 2020
Education: M.Tech Chemical Engineering,IIT BHU
Research interest: Catalytic Oxidation of Soot, NOx, CO and HC from Diesel Engine Exhaust
Contact details: venkateswara.20chz0014@iitrpr.ac.in
https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkateswara-rao-bella-05748549/
Year: 2024
Education: B.Tech Chemical Engineering,
Research interest: Automated agriculture
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/demitu-shiferaw-819808195/
Ankit (2017CHB1037)
Rohitash Phardoliya (2017CHB1057)
Pavan Sai N (2018CHB1050)
Priyanshi Bijgane (2018CHB1054)
Nongmaithem RajKumar (2018CHB1052)
Saurabh Kumar Singh (2021CHB1054)
Avi Garg (2021CHB1039)
Fazal Abbas (2021CHB1043)
Abhishek Anand (2022CHB1036)
Kanishq Sahu (2022CHB1)
Passing Year: 2025(January)
Thesis Title: "Catalytic conversion of biomass and its oxygenates to value-added products and chemicals"
Current Position: Postdoc
Contact details: anurag.19chz0003@iitrpr.ac.in
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anurag-singh-jaswal-phd-157122104/
Passing Year: 2024(October)
Thesis Title: "Plastic waste conversion to Fuel grade hydrocarbon oils"
Current Position: N/A
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-subhashini-67301212a/
Passing Year: 2023(April)
Thesis Title: "Hydrogen production via Catalytic steam reforming of bio-oil derived from agricultural residue"
Current Position: Scientist at Reliance Industries Ltd. Mumbai
Contact details: piyushpratap.singh@rill.com, piyushsingh.nitb@gmail.com
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Project Title: "Gasification of biomass to produce hydrogen rich syn-gas in a fixed bed reactor"
Current Position: PhD at IIT Delhi
Contact details: 2022chm1001@iitrpr.ac.in
Passing Year: 2023 (June)
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Current Position: Design Engineer at Honeywell UOP
Contact details: 2021chm1007@iitrpr.ac.in
Passing Year: 2022
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Current Position: Research Scientist at Reliance Industries Ltd. Jamnagar
Contact details: rajatgoswami1895@gmail.com
Passing Year: 2022
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Current Position: Business Analyst at ZS
Contact details: harikiran29@gmail.com