Name:  PRADEEP KUMAR

Designation: Assistant Professor

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4. Professional qualifications:

6. Professional experience (in Chronological order):

7.      Areas of specialization:- Industrial Pollution Abatement

8.      Current Areas of Research:- Wastewater Treatment

OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Title of Ph.D. Thesis:  Treatment of Textile Mill Wastewater

Specialization in M.Tech.: Industrial Pollution Abatement

Title of M.Tech Dissertation: Removal of Phenolic Compounds from Wastewater by Catalytic wet air Oxidation.

Project Undertaken in B.Tech.: Production of 30 kl per day ethanol based on molasses from sugar industries in Vidarbha

PAPER PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS:

INTERNATIONAL :

• Pradeep Kumar, Prasad B., Mishra I.M., Chand S., “Catalytic Thermal Treatment of Desizing Wastewaters”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 149 (2007) 26–34.
• Pradeep Kumar, Prasad B., Mishra I.M., Chand S., “Treatment of Composite Wastewater of a Cotton Textile Mill by Thermolysis and Coagulation”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 151 (2008) 770–779.
• Pradeep Kumar, Prasad B., Mishra I.M., Chand S., “Decolorization and COD Reduction of Dyeing Wastewater from a Cotton Textile Mill Using Thermolysis and Coagulation”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 153(2008)635-645.
• Pradeep Kumar, B. Prasad, Chand S., “Treatment of Desizing Wastewater by Catalytic Thermal Treatment and Coagulation”, Journal of Hazardous Materials,163(2009) 433-440.
• Arun Kumar Kondru,Pradeep Kumar, Chand S., “Catalytic wet peroxide oxidation of azo dye (Congo red) using modified Y zeolite as catalyst ”, Journal of Hazardous Materials (online)
• Pradeep Kumar, Sudha S., Chand S., Srivastava V.C., “Phosphate Removal from Aqueous Solution Using Coir-Pith Activated Carbon as Adsorbent”, Journal of Environmental Management (Communicated).
• Pradeep Kumar, Rao R., Chand S., Srivastava V.C., “Removal of Lead from aqueous solution using coir-pith activated carbon”, Journal of Chemical Engineering & Technology (Communicated)

NATIONAL :

• Chaudhari P. K., Pradeep Kumar and Chand S., “Comparative Performance of Ion-exchanged ZSM-5 and Y-Zeolite Catalysts for Toluene Disproportionation Reaction”,  Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, Vol. 61, Oct. 2002, 810-816.
• Chaudhary R., Pradeep Kumar and Chand, S., “Catalytic wet air oxidation of toxic nitrogen containing compounds (pyridine) from wastewater”, Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, Vol. 65, September 2006, 757-759.
• Pradeep Kumar, Raghvendra P.V.K. and Chand S., “Catalytic wet air oxidation of carboxylic acid present in wastewater” Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, Vol. 65, Oct 2006, 838-842

PAPER PRESENTED IN INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS :

• Pradeep Kumar, Chand S., “Treatment of Cotton Textile Mill Wastewater by Chemical Coagulation and Fenton Process”, Proceeding’s of the International Conference on “Environmental Management : Scenario and Strategies to 2020” held on December 26-27, 2007 at Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain, M.P.

PAPER PRESENTED IN NATIONAL SEMINARS:

• Pradeep Kumar, Chaudhari, P. K. and Chand, S., “Thermal treatment of Distillery waste water in the presence of catalysts”, Proceeding’s of the conference / workshop an “Environmental Pollution: Perspectives & Practices” held on 30th April 2004 at I.E.T., Lucknow, 102-105.
• Chaudhari, P. K., Pradeep Kumar, and Chand, S., “Toluene Disproportionation over Ion-exchanged ZSM-5 and Y-Zeolite Catalysts” in National Symposium in Feb, 2002, organized by Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, I.T.B.H.U., Varanasi.
• Pradeep Kumar, Chaudhary R. and Chand S., “Removal of Nitrogen Containing Toxic Organics from Wastewater through Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation” in proceeding of the seminar on “Environmental Degradation: Problems & Preventions” held on 17th September 2005 at   S. D. College of Engg. & Tech., Muzaffarnagar, 89-94.
• Rama Rao V., Sridharan R., Pradeep Kumar and Chand, S., “Biofiltration as an economical alternative for air pollution control”, in National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Science and Technology & its Application” held on 7-8 January 2006 at   S. D. College of Engg. & Tech., Muzaffarnagar, 301-307.
• Vikas Sangal and Pradeep Kumar, “Electrocoagulation – Technology, Developments and Applications” in National seminar on Public Participation for Environmental Control, held on April 7, 2007 at S. D. College of Engg. & Tech., Muzaffarnagar.
• Pradeep Kumar, Ramamohan Rao L. and Chand S., “Removal of Lead(II) from Wastewater Using Coconut Jute Activated Carbon and Commercial Activated Carbon as Adsorbents” in 23rd National Convention of Chemical Engineers on Recent Trends in Chemical Engineering, held on October 5-7, 2007 at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
• Pradeep Kumar and  Chand S., “Treatment of Cotton Textile Mill Wastewater by Fenton Process – An Environmental Necessity” in National Seminar on Recent Strategies of Management, Technology and Environmental Control held on February 9-10, 2008 at S. D. College of Engg. & Tech., Muzaffarnagar.
• Vivek Gupta, Pradeep Kumar and R. A. Singh, “Kinetics and Mechanistic Aspect of Oxidation of Trimethylene Glycol with Os(VIII) in Alkaline and Bromoacetamide” in National Seminar on Recent Strategies of Management, Technology and Environmental Control held on February 9-10, 2008 at S. D. College of Engg. & Tech., Muzaffarnagar.
• Naveen Dwivedi,Shubha Dwivedi and Pradeep Kumar  “Biodegradation:An Eco-Sociable Substitutional Approach for Removal of Cynide” in National Seminar on Advances in Chemical Engineering held on February 27-28, 2009 at Department Of Chemical Engineering,Thapar University, Patiala
• Giriraj Singh, Vinay Kumar Singh & Pradeep Kumar“Removal of colour from carpet dyeing waste water by catalytic thermal treatment” in National Conference on “Recent Advances in Waste Management” on Feb 20 - 21, 2009 - , organized by Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, I.T.B.H.U., Varanasi

NATIONAL WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

• “Distribution Control System with Dynamic Simulation Models” organized by BIET Jhansi and KNIT, Sultanpur on 15-16 October 2006 at BIET Jhansi.
• “Frontier Areas of Chemical Engineering : Strategies for Future”, held at The Institution of Engineers (India), U.P. State Centre, Lucknow, on 18-19 March 2006

Q.I. PROGRAMME:

• Attended short-term courses on “Advances in Hydrocarbon Engineering” from 23rd June 2003 to 4th July 2003 organized by Deptt. of Chemical Engineering, IIT, Roorkee.
• Attended short-term courses on “CAD of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers” from 18th June 2007 to 22nd June 2007 organized by Deptt. of Chemical Engineering, IIT, Roorkee and Institution of Engineers (I).