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Personal details:
Date of birth June 01, 1969
Citizenship Indian
Gender Male
Civil status Married and two children
Work address Bioenergy Research Centre,
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
R & D Centre, Faridabad, India.
Office phone 91-129-2294463
Mobile +91-9968246307
Fax +91-129-2286221
E-mail rky0111@yahoo.com, kumarr3@indianoil.in
Professional details:
Research Interest Organic chemistry, Bio-Energy and Bio-Fuels, Life Cycle
Assessment and Techno-economic Analysis of the
Process and the Products
Research experience 17 years (Excluding Ph.D)
Current position Research Manager at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd,
R & D Centre
Current Post- doctorate 5
Current PhD students 2
Professional career:
March 2016-present Senior Research Manager at Indian Oil Corporation
Ltd, R & D Centre, Faridabad, India-121 007
Research Field: Cellulosic ethanol, Bio-diesel, algal bio-
diesel, bio-chemicals from biomass, bio-ethanol from
biomass and synthetic fuels, sugars from biomass.
March 2005-016 Manager and Senior Scientist at Indian Oil
Corporation Ltd, R & D Centre, Faridabad, India-121
007
Research Field: Development of fuels/lubes additives,
Ligino-chemicals, bio-diesel, bio-ethanol and synthetic
fuels.
June 2005 –Nov. 2006 Postdoctral Fellow at the School of Chemistry,
University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Ravindra Kumar, Ph.D.
Senior Research Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. R & D Centre,
Faridabad
Research Advisor: Professor Tom Brown
Research Field: Chemical cross-linking of modified
nucleic acids for biotechnology application
May 2000 -March 2005 Scientist as Research Officer at Indian Oil
Corporation Ltd, R & D Centre, Faridabad, India-121
007
Research Field: Development of biofuels from biomass
and Development of fuels/lubes additives.
June 1997 -March 2000 Postdoctral Fellow at Department of Chemistry,
Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Research Advisor: Professor Jesper Wengel
Research Field: Synthesis of modified carbohydrates
and nucleic acids as potent anti-sense drugs.
Educational Qualifications:
Ph. D. Submitted in 1996 and Awarded in 1997, Organic Chemistry, Delhi
University, Delhi.
Research Supervisor: Dr. S.C. Jain.
Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Chemical studies of novel triterpenoids and
synthesis of chloro synthons & homoisoflavanones.
M. Phil. 1992, Organic Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi, Ist. Division (66.4%).
Dissertation: Chemical studies of some new fungal metabolites
M. Sc. 1989, Organic Chemistry, Meerut University, Ist. Division (64.6%).
B.Sc. 1987, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Meerut University, Ist. Div. (66.3%).
One and a half months general management course by IIM, Calcutta
Core competence:
Organic Chemistry, Process Development, LCA, Material Analysis, Organic
spectroscopy and modern analytical techniques, Writting Papers/Reports and
interpretation of the data, Filling patents, Setting-up of the New Labopratory and
Groups, Designing New Projects
Scholarships and Awards:
Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (June 1995-May 1997), Junior Research
Fellowship (Sept. 1992-May 1995) and Meritorious National Scholarship (1983-
89). Best technical paper award in Petrotech 2003. Best poster presentation
award in ISFL, 2008 New Delhi, Best poster presentation award in Petrotech
2009, New Delhi.
Forums membership:
Indian Society of Analytical Scientist,
Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic acids
Indian Society of fuels and Lubricants
PETROTECH Society.
Visiting scientist at the University of Florence, Italy; University of Strasbourg,
France; University of Gothenburg, Sweden and the University of Bern,
Switzerland.
Major Research Projects Accomplished/ Skills:
Production of bio-ethanol from liginocellulosic biomass
• Development of pretreatment process of biomass
• Analytical method development for process monitoring
• Chemical composition of biomass
• Conceptualization and set-up of pilot plant for biomass to bio-ethanol
production
• Further scale-up activities
Development of biofuels i.e. biodiesel (from non-edible oils)
• Preparation and characterization of biodiesel and its analogues
• Scale-up and commercialization of biodiesel production
• Augmentation of the research laboratories and QC laboratories
• Scale-up and process know-how transfer for commercial production.
• Field trials and actual trials in buses and railways
• Synthesis of biodiesel from algae as an alternative fuel
Synthesis of nucleic acids and their physico-chemical charaterization
Synthesis of biodiesel surrogates (biodiesael isomer) to improve properties
• Preparation of synthetic diesel (biodiesel isomer)
• Characterization and property evaluation as diesel fuels
• Synthesis of 12 analogues of biodiesel isomer
Development of additive for fuels/lubes
• Development of alkoxy-amides as friction modifier for fuels.
• Synthesis of Mannich Base as a detergent
• Scale-up and commercialization of detergent.
• Development of demulsifiers for premium fuels
• Preparation and evaluation of metal passivator
Isolation and characterization of natural productsfrom medicinal plants
• Isolation and characterization of homo-isoflavanone and 10 triterpenoids
• Multi steps synthesis of homoisoflavone
Research Publications/Patent /Papers Presented: 80
List of Publications
1. R Gaur, Kumar R, Gupta RP, Sharma S, Agrawal R, Bansal V,. Tuli DK and.
Malhotra RK. Bench scale dilute acid pretreatment optimization for producing
fermentable sugars from cotton stalk and physicochemical characterization. Ind
Crop Prod (2016), 83, 104–112
2. Raj T, Kapoor M, Semwal S, Sadula S, Kumar R, Tuli DK, Das BP. The cellulose
structural transformation for higher enzymatic hydrolysis by ionic liquids and
predicting their solvating capabilities, J Clean Prod (2015), 113, 1005–1014.
3. Gaur R, Agrawal R, Kumar R, Ramu E, Gupta RP, Kumar R, Tuli DK and Das BP.
Understanding and predicting the impact of recalcitrance features of cellulosic
biomass on enzymatic hydrolysis RSC Advances ( 2015) ,5, 60754-60762
4. Raj T, Kapoor M, Gaur R,Christopher J, Lamba B, Tuli DK and Kumar R. Physical
and chemical characterization of various Indian agriculture residues for biofuels
production. Energ Fuel (2015), 29, 5, 3111–3118
5. Kapoor M, Raj T, Vijayaraj T, Chopra A, Gupta RP, Tuli DK and Kumar R..
Structural features of dilute acid, steam exploded, and alkali pretreated mustard
stalk and their impact on enzymatic hydrolysis, Carbohyd Polym (2015), 124:265-
73
6. Soam S, Kumar R,Gupta RP, Sharma PK, Tuli DK, Das BP. Life cycle assessment
of fuel ethanol from sugarcane molasses in northern and western India and its
impact on Indian biofuel programme, Energ (2015), 83, 307–315.
7. Agrawal R, Satlewal A, Gaur R, Mathur A, Kumar R, Gupta RP and Tuli DK. Pilot
scale pretreatment of wheat straw and comparative evaluation of commercial
enzyme preparations for biomass saccharification and fermentation. (2015).
Biochem Eng J, doi:10.1016/j.bej.2015.02.018.
8. Sharma S, Kumar R, Gaur R, Agrawal R, Gupta RP, and Tuli DK. Pilot scale
study on steam explosion and mass balance for higher sugar recovery from rice
straw. Biores Technol (2014), 98, 696-699.
9. Agrawal R, Satlewal A, Mathur AS, Gupta RP, Raj T, Kumar R, Tuli DK. Kinetic
and enzyme recycling studies of immobilized β-glucosidase for lignocellulosic
biomass hydrolysis. Environ Eng Manag (2014).
10.Kumar R, Satlewal A, Sharma S, Kagdiyal V, Gupta RP, Tuli DK, and Malhotra RK
.Investigating Jatropha prunings as a feedstock for producing fermentable sugars
and chemical treatment for process optimization. J of Renew Sust Energ (2014),
6, 033118 doi: 10.1063/1.4880215.
11.Soam S, Kumar R, Borjesson P, Gupta RP, Sharma PK, Tuli DK, Das BP. Life
cycle assessment of rice straw utilization practices in India. Int J Life Cycle Ass,
(under review).
12.Raj T, Gaur R, Kumar R and Tuli DK. Ionic liquid induced pretreatment of biomass
for sugars production and driving factors with a plausible mechanism for higher
digestibility. Carbohyd Polym (Under review).
13.Soam S, Kumar R, Borjesson P, Gupta RP, Sharma PK, Tuli DK. Life cycle
assessment of second generation ethanol using two different pretreatment
technologies (manuscript under preparation 2016).
14.Semwal S, Kumar R, Gaur R, Gupta RP, Tuli DK. Structural features of differently
pretreated Acacia mangium and their impact on enzymatic hydrolysis performance.
(manuscript under preparation, 2016).
15.Kapoor M, Kumar R, Soam S, Satlewal A, Gupta RP, Tuli DK. Mass balance of
pilot-scale dilute acid pretreatment of rice straw. (manuscript under preparation,
2016)
16.MorrisonGM, Kumar R, Chugh S,Puri SK, Tuli DK, Malhotra RK. Hydrogen
transportation in Delhi? Investigating thehydrogen-compressed natural gas (H-
CNG) option. Int J Hydr Energ (2012), 37, 644-654.
17.Sugumaran V, Kagdiyal V, Kumar R, Sarin R, Gupta A K, Sarpal AS, and Basu B.
Characterization of Metal Phthalocyanine Catalysts Using Field Desorption Mass
Spectrometry. Petrol Sci Technol (2012), 30, 278-289.
18.Czolkos I, Hannestad J K, Jesorka A, Kumar R, Brown T, Albinsson B, and Orwar
O, A, Platform for Controlled Supramolecular Nano-Assembly, NanoLetters
(2009) 9, 2482.
19.Sarin R, Kumar R, Srivastava B, Puri S K, Tuli D K, Malhotra R K and Kumar A
Biodiesel Surrogates: Achieving Performance Demands, Biores Technol (2009),
100, 3022-28.
20. El-Sagheer AH, Kumar R, Findlow IS, Werner JM, Lane AN and Brown T., A Very
stable cyclic DNA mini-duplex with just two base pairs, Chembiochem (2008) 9,
50.
21.Erkan Y, Halma K Czolkos I, Dommersnes P, Kumar R, Brown T, Orwar O.
Controlled Release of Chol-TEG-DNA from Nano- and Micropatterned SU-8
Surfaces by a Spreading Lipid Film. Nanoletters (2008), 8, 227-231.
22.Kumar R, El-Sagheer A, Tumpane T, Lincoln PL, Wilhelmsson M, Nordén B,
Brown T. Template-Directed Oligonucleotide Strand Ligation, Covalent
Intramolecular DNA Circularization and Catenation Using Click Chemistry, JACS,
(2007) 129, 6859-64.
23.Tumpane J, Kumar R, Lundberg E.P., Sandin P., Gale N, Nandhakumar I S.,
Albinsson B, Lincoln P, L Wilhelmsson. M, Brown T and Nordén B, Triplex
Addressability as a Basis for Functional DNA Nanostructures. Nanoletters( 2007),
7 (12), 3832.
24.Tumpane J, Sandin P, Kumar R, Power, V. C, Albinsson B, Lincoln, P, L.
Wilhelmsson M, Brown T, Norden B, Addressable Molecular Node Assembly-A
Generic Platform of Nano-scale Functionalised Surfaces Based on a “Digitally
Addressable” Molecular Grid, J. of Biomol. Str and Dyanamics (2007). Book of
Abstracts, Albany .19-23,
25.Tumpane J, Sandin P, Kumar R, Power, V. C, Albinsson B, Lincoln, P, L.
Wilhelmsson M, Brown T, Norden B, Addressable DNA Nano-Network. Chem Phy
Let (2007), 440, 125.
26. Kumar R, Sharma M, Ray SS, Sarin R, Malhotra RK, Verma RP, Raje NR,
Biodiesel from non-edible oils. Petrotech Journal, (2004), 1, 1.
27. Shastry MIS, Mukherjee S, Kumar R, Sarpal AS, Estimation of biodiesel in diesel
sample by mild IR spectroscopy technique. Society of Automobile Engineers
(2004), 28, 064.
28.Malhotra RK, Kumar R, Sharma M, Ray SS, Sarin R, , Verma RP, Biodiesel from
Jatropha Curcas and Pongamia pinatta. Society of Automobile Engineers
(2004), 28, 087.
29. Kumar R, Sharma M, Ray SS, Sarin R, Malhotra RK, Verma RP, Effect of alkyl
chain on biodiesel characteristics, Society of Automobile Engineers 2004, 28, 027.
30.Nielsen KE, Rasmussen J, Kumar R, Wengel J, Jacobsen JP, Petersen M, NMR
studies of fully modified Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) hybrids: Solution structure of
an LNA:RNA hybrid and characterization of an LNA:DNA hybrid, Bioconjugate
Chem., (2004), 15, 449.
31 Jain SC, Kumar R, Gupta B, Olsen CE, Lanosta-8,17,25-trien-3-ol and isomeric
trichlorotrimethoxybenzenes from Fomes fastuosus. Ind. J. Chem, 2002, 41B,
2200.
32. Arzumanov A, Walsh AP, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Wengel J, Gait MJ, Inhibition
of HIV-1 Tat-Dependent trans activation by steric block vhimeric 2’-O- Methyl/LNA
oligoribonucleotides. Biochemistry, (2001), 40, 14645.
33.Jensen GA, Singh SK, Kumar R, Wengel J, Jacobsen JP, A comparison of the
solution structures of an LNA: DNA duplex and the unmodified DNA: DNA duplex.
J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans 2, (2001), 1224.
34.Wengel J, Petersen M, Nielsen KE, Hakansson AE, Kumar R, Sorensen MD,
Rajwanshi VK, Bryld T, Jacobsen JP, LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid) and their
diestereomeric -L-LNA: Conformational tuning and high-affinity recognition of
DNA/RNA targets. Nucleosides, Nucleotides, Nucleic acids (2001), 20, 389.
35.Egli M, Minasov G, Teplova M, Kumar R, Wengel J, X-ray crystal structure of a
locked nucleic acid (LNA) duplex composed of a alindromic 10-mer DNA strand
containing one LNA thymine monomer.Chem. Commun., (2001), 651.
36.Kvaerno L, Kumar R, Dahl BM, Olsen CE, Wengel J, Synthesis of abasic LNA and
two seco-LNA derivatives and evaluation of their hybridization properties
compared with their more flexible DNA counterparts, J. Org. Chem., 2000, 65,
5167.
37.Rajwanshi VK, Hakansson AE, Sorensen MD, Singh SK, Kumar R, Nielsen P,
Wengel J, The eight stereoisomer of LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid): A remarkable
family of strong RNA binding molecules, Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed., (2000),
39, 1656.
38.Bondensgaard K, Singh SK, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Wengel J, Jacobsen JP,
Structural studies of LNA: DNA duplexes by NMR: Conformations and implications
for RnaseH activity. Chemistry J. Eur. (2000), 6, 2687.
39.Rajwanshi VK, Hakansson AE, Kumar R, Wengel J, High-affinity nucleic acid
recognition using ‘LNA’ (locked nucleic acid, -D-ribo-Configured LNA), ‘xylo-LNA’
(-D-xylo-configured LNA) or ‘-L-LNA’ (-L-ribo-configured LNA), Chem.
Commun. (1999), 2073.
40.Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Kofod-Hansen M, Wengel J, Synthesis and restricted
furanose conformations of three novel bicyclic thymine nucleosides: a xylo-LNA
nucleoside, a 3’-O,5’-C-methylene linked nucleoside, and a 2’-O,5’-C-methylene
linked nucleoside. J.C.S. Perkin. Trans I (1999), 1407
41.Wengel J, Koshkin A, Singh SK, Meldgaard M, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Skouv J,
Nielsen CB, Jacobsen JP, Jacobsen N, Olsen CE, LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid).
Nucleosides and nucleotides, (1999), 18(6&7), 1365.
42.Singh SK, Kumar R, Wengel J, Synthesis of 2’-amino-LNA: A novel
conformationally restricted high-affinity oligonucleotide analogue with a handle. J.
Org. Chem. (1998), 63, 10035.
43.Kumar R, Singh SK, Koshkin AA, Rajwanshi VK, Meldgaard M, Wengel J, The first
analogues of LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid): Phosphorothioate-LNA and 2’-thio-LNA.
Bioorg. and Med. Chem. Lett. (1998), 8, 2219.
44.Singh SK, Kumar R, Wengel J, Synthesis of novel bicyclo2.2.1 ribonucleosides:
2’-amino- and 2’-thio-LNA monomeric nucleosides. J. Org. Chem. (1998), 63,
6078.
45.Koshkin AA, Singh SK, Nielsen P, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Meldgaard M, Olsen
CE, Wengel J, LNA (Locked Nucleic Acids): Synthesis of the adenine, cytosine,
guanine, 5- methylcytosine, thymine and uracil bicyclonucleoside monomers,
oligomerisation and unprecidented nucleic acid recognition.Tetrahedron (1998),
54, 3607.
46.Parmar VS, Jain SC, Talwar S, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Azim A, Malhotra S,
Kumar N, Jain R, Sharma NK, Tyagi OD, Lawrie SJ, Errington W, Howarth OW,
Olsen CE, Singh SK, Wengel J, Polyphenols and alkaloids from Piper species.
Phytochem (1998) 49, 1069.
47.Jain SC, Kumar R, Sharma SK, Bharadvaja A, Kumar R, Synthesis of novel
teyraoxygenated homoisoflavanones. Ind. J. Chem. (1997), 36B, 860.
48.Parmar VS, Bracke ME, Philippe J, Wengel J, Jain SC, Olsen CE, Bisht KS,
Sharma NK, Sharma SK, Singh SK, Kumar N, Kumar A, Malhotra S, Kumar R,
Rajwanshi VK, Jain R, Mareel MM, Anti-invasive activity of alkaloids and
polyphenolics in vitro. Bioorg. & Medicinal Chem (1997), 5, 1609.
49.Jain SC, Sharma SK, Kumar R, Rajwanshi VK, Babu BR, A homoisoflavanone
from Pterocarpus marsupium. Phytochem (1997), 44, 765.
50.Jain SC, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Talwar S, Bharadvaja A, Synthesis of 5,7-
dihydroxy-6-methoxy-2-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one and
reassignment of structure of tamaridone.Synth. Commun (1997), 27, 1405.
51.Jain SC, Talwar S, Kumar R, Babu BR, Errington W, The acetyl derivative of a
novel Fries rearrangement product. Acta. Cryst. (1996), C52, 2775.
52.Jain SC, Talwar S, Bhagat S, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Babu BR, Novel reaction
products from simple organic reactions: Delineation of reaction pathways. Pure
Appl. Chem (1996), 68, 739.
53.Prasad A K, Tyagi O D, Wengel J, Boll P M, Olsen C E, Bisht K S, Sarangi A,
Kumar R, Jain SC, Parmar VS, Neolignans and a lignan from Piper clarkii.
Phytochem (1995), 39, 655.
Patents:
54. Sharma M, Kumar R, Ray SS, Sarin R, Malhotra RK, Verma RP., An Improved
process for production of biodiesel from non-edible oils, USP 2006/0094890.
55. Brown T, Kumar R and.El-Sagheer A H. Click DNA ligation. UK Patent
Application No. 0706243.3. Applicant: University of Southampton. 31 March
2007.
56. T Brown, Kumar R and. El-Sagheer AH. DNA Cyclisation Patent Application
No PCT/GB2008/050228. Applicant: University of Southampton. 31 March 2008.
57.Sarin R, Kumar R and Puri SK, Novel Synthetic Fuel and Method of Preparation
Thereof.UK Pat No. GB 1444 826. 2011
58.R. Sarin, Kumar R, Puri SK, Gupta A A, Malhotra R K, Makhija S. Novel Synthetic
Fuel & Method of Preparation thereof. Application No.– 2617614, CA
2617614
59. Kumar R, Alok S, Gupta RP, Tuli DK and Malhotra RK Pretreatment of Biomas
and its integration with enzymatic hydrolysis Applied for worldwide patent. 2013
60. Kumar R, Kakkar M, Gaur R, Satlewal A, Gupta RP, Tuli DK, Malhotra R K
Method for producing fermentable sugars using refinery waste Indian Patent
Application No. 1456/MUM/2014 Applicant: Indian Oil Corporation Limited and
Department Of Biotechnology. April 24, 2014
61. Kumar R, Gaur R, Raj T, Satlewal A, Gupta RP, Tuli DK, Das BP. Method of
pretreatment for enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis: Filed (2015)
62. Kumar R, Kakkar M, Soam S, Satlewal A, Gupta RP, Tuli DK, Das BP. A process
of biomass pretreatment for cellulose enrichment: Filed (2016)
Papers presented in National and International Conferences:
63. Life cycle assessment of cellulosic bioethanol from rice straw in India. ISFL
International symposiuon on Fuel and Lubricants, April 18-20, 2016, Delhi (India)
64. Delignification of rice straw and its enzymatic hydrolysis. ISFL International
symposiuon on Fuel and Lubricants, April 15-17, 2014, Delhi (India)
65.Catalytic hydrothermal pretreatment of rice starw for bioethanol production ISFL
Internationalsymposiuon on Fuel and Lubricants, April 15-17, 2014, Delhi (India)
66.Chemoenzymatic synthesis of a key intermediate of chiral marine metabolite.
IUPAC-NOST International enzymes in organic synthesis, January 6-9, 1992,
Delhi (India)
67. A novel reagent for regioselective chlorination, International symposium on
perspectives in bioorganic chemistry, December 8-9, 1994, Delhi (India).
68.Novel fungal metabolites from Fomes fastuosus, International symposium on
perspectives in bioorganic chemistry, December 8-9, 1994, Delhi (India).
69.A bioactive oxygenated fatty acid from Fomes fomentarius, International
symposium on perspectives in bioorganic chemistry, December 8-9, 1994, Delhi
(India).
70.Pteromarsupone: A new homoisoflavanoid from Pterocarpus marsupium,
International symposium on perspectives in bioorganic chemistry, December 8-9,
1994, Delhi (India).
71.Synthesis of 5,7-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-2-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-
benzopyran-4-one and reassignment of structure of tamaridone, 10th International
conference on organic synthesis, December 11-16, 1994, Banglore (India).
72.Synthesis of novel hetrocyclic system of biological importance, 10th International
conference on organic synthesis, December 11-16, 1994, Banglore (India).
73.Studies of some novel Fries rearrangement products, 10th International
conference on organic synthesis, December 11-16, 1994, Banglore (India).
74.Synthesis of novel homoisoflavanone, 15th Conference of Indian Council of
Chemists, October 23-26, Aurangabad (India).
75.LNA (Locked Nucleic Acids): Synthesis and thermal denaturation studies, 19th
International Carbohydrate Symposium, University of California, August 9-14.
1998, San Diego (U.S.A).
76.Locked Nucleic Acids as synthetic RNA mimics for effective complementary
recognition, 13th International Round Table, Nucleosides, Nucleotides and their
biological application, September 6-10, 1998, Montpellier (France).
77.Biodiesel Production: Tranesterification of vegetable oils, Proceedings of 3rd
International Symposium of Fuels and Lubricants, October 7-9, 2002, New Delhi.
78.Biodiesel: A tropical advantage to India, Proceedings of Petrotech 2003, January
9-13, 2003 New Delhi
79. Acid catalysed transesterification of Karanjia oil for biodiesel production,
Proceedings of XIITH Refinary Technology Meet, Goa, 2004.
80.Addressable Molecular Node Assembly – a Generic Platform of Nano-scale
Functionalised Surfaces Based on a “Digitally Addressable” Molecular Grid,
International Symposium on Biomolecular Nanoscale Assemblies, 24-26 January
2007, Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK
81. Tumpane, J., Sandin, P., Kumar, R., Powers, V. E. C., Lincoln, P., Albinsson, B.,
Wilhelmsson, L. M., Brown, T., and Norden, B. (2007) High-information
addressable DNA nanostructures, in 51st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical-
Society, pp 47A-47A, Baltimore, MD.
82.A Novel high Cetane Low Pour Fuel: Synthesis and Evaluation, Proceedings of 6th
International Symposium on Fuels and Lubricants, March 10-12, 2008, New Delhi
83. Guerbet Esters: A New Class of Alternative Fuel, Pterotech, Jan. 11-15, 2009
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Ravindra CV 1

  • 1. Personal details: Date of birth June 01, 1969 Citizenship Indian Gender Male Civil status Married and two children Work address Bioenergy Research Centre, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. R & D Centre, Faridabad, India. Office phone 91-129-2294463 Mobile +91-9968246307 Fax +91-129-2286221 E-mail rky0111@yahoo.com, kumarr3@indianoil.in Professional details: Research Interest Organic chemistry, Bio-Energy and Bio-Fuels, Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-economic Analysis of the Process and the Products Research experience 17 years (Excluding Ph.D) Current position Research Manager at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, R & D Centre Current Post- doctorate 5 Current PhD students 2 Professional career: March 2016-present Senior Research Manager at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, R & D Centre, Faridabad, India-121 007 Research Field: Cellulosic ethanol, Bio-diesel, algal bio- diesel, bio-chemicals from biomass, bio-ethanol from biomass and synthetic fuels, sugars from biomass. March 2005-016 Manager and Senior Scientist at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, R & D Centre, Faridabad, India-121 007 Research Field: Development of fuels/lubes additives, Ligino-chemicals, bio-diesel, bio-ethanol and synthetic fuels. June 2005 –Nov. 2006 Postdoctral Fellow at the School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Ravindra Kumar, Ph.D. Senior Research Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. R & D Centre, Faridabad
  • 2. Research Advisor: Professor Tom Brown Research Field: Chemical cross-linking of modified nucleic acids for biotechnology application May 2000 -March 2005 Scientist as Research Officer at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, R & D Centre, Faridabad, India-121 007 Research Field: Development of biofuels from biomass and Development of fuels/lubes additives. June 1997 -March 2000 Postdoctral Fellow at Department of Chemistry, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark. Research Advisor: Professor Jesper Wengel Research Field: Synthesis of modified carbohydrates and nucleic acids as potent anti-sense drugs. Educational Qualifications: Ph. D. Submitted in 1996 and Awarded in 1997, Organic Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi. Research Supervisor: Dr. S.C. Jain. Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Chemical studies of novel triterpenoids and synthesis of chloro synthons & homoisoflavanones. M. Phil. 1992, Organic Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi, Ist. Division (66.4%). Dissertation: Chemical studies of some new fungal metabolites M. Sc. 1989, Organic Chemistry, Meerut University, Ist. Division (64.6%). B.Sc. 1987, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Meerut University, Ist. Div. (66.3%). One and a half months general management course by IIM, Calcutta Core competence: Organic Chemistry, Process Development, LCA, Material Analysis, Organic spectroscopy and modern analytical techniques, Writting Papers/Reports and interpretation of the data, Filling patents, Setting-up of the New Labopratory and Groups, Designing New Projects Scholarships and Awards: Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (June 1995-May 1997), Junior Research Fellowship (Sept. 1992-May 1995) and Meritorious National Scholarship (1983- 89). Best technical paper award in Petrotech 2003. Best poster presentation award in ISFL, 2008 New Delhi, Best poster presentation award in Petrotech 2009, New Delhi. Forums membership:
  • 3. Indian Society of Analytical Scientist, Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic acids Indian Society of fuels and Lubricants PETROTECH Society. Visiting scientist at the University of Florence, Italy; University of Strasbourg, France; University of Gothenburg, Sweden and the University of Bern, Switzerland. Major Research Projects Accomplished/ Skills: Production of bio-ethanol from liginocellulosic biomass • Development of pretreatment process of biomass • Analytical method development for process monitoring • Chemical composition of biomass • Conceptualization and set-up of pilot plant for biomass to bio-ethanol production • Further scale-up activities Development of biofuels i.e. biodiesel (from non-edible oils) • Preparation and characterization of biodiesel and its analogues • Scale-up and commercialization of biodiesel production • Augmentation of the research laboratories and QC laboratories • Scale-up and process know-how transfer for commercial production. • Field trials and actual trials in buses and railways • Synthesis of biodiesel from algae as an alternative fuel Synthesis of nucleic acids and their physico-chemical charaterization Synthesis of biodiesel surrogates (biodiesael isomer) to improve properties • Preparation of synthetic diesel (biodiesel isomer) • Characterization and property evaluation as diesel fuels • Synthesis of 12 analogues of biodiesel isomer Development of additive for fuels/lubes • Development of alkoxy-amides as friction modifier for fuels. • Synthesis of Mannich Base as a detergent • Scale-up and commercialization of detergent. • Development of demulsifiers for premium fuels • Preparation and evaluation of metal passivator Isolation and characterization of natural productsfrom medicinal plants • Isolation and characterization of homo-isoflavanone and 10 triterpenoids • Multi steps synthesis of homoisoflavone Research Publications/Patent /Papers Presented: 80
  • 4. List of Publications 1. R Gaur, Kumar R, Gupta RP, Sharma S, Agrawal R, Bansal V,. Tuli DK and. Malhotra RK. Bench scale dilute acid pretreatment optimization for producing fermentable sugars from cotton stalk and physicochemical characterization. Ind Crop Prod (2016), 83, 104–112 2. Raj T, Kapoor M, Semwal S, Sadula S, Kumar R, Tuli DK, Das BP. The cellulose structural transformation for higher enzymatic hydrolysis by ionic liquids and predicting their solvating capabilities, J Clean Prod (2015), 113, 1005–1014. 3. Gaur R, Agrawal R, Kumar R, Ramu E, Gupta RP, Kumar R, Tuli DK and Das BP. Understanding and predicting the impact of recalcitrance features of cellulosic biomass on enzymatic hydrolysis RSC Advances ( 2015) ,5, 60754-60762 4. Raj T, Kapoor M, Gaur R,Christopher J, Lamba B, Tuli DK and Kumar R. Physical and chemical characterization of various Indian agriculture residues for biofuels production. Energ Fuel (2015), 29, 5, 3111–3118 5. Kapoor M, Raj T, Vijayaraj T, Chopra A, Gupta RP, Tuli DK and Kumar R.. Structural features of dilute acid, steam exploded, and alkali pretreated mustard stalk and their impact on enzymatic hydrolysis, Carbohyd Polym (2015), 124:265- 73 6. Soam S, Kumar R,Gupta RP, Sharma PK, Tuli DK, Das BP. Life cycle assessment of fuel ethanol from sugarcane molasses in northern and western India and its impact on Indian biofuel programme, Energ (2015), 83, 307–315. 7. Agrawal R, Satlewal A, Gaur R, Mathur A, Kumar R, Gupta RP and Tuli DK. Pilot scale pretreatment of wheat straw and comparative evaluation of commercial enzyme preparations for biomass saccharification and fermentation. (2015). Biochem Eng J, doi:10.1016/j.bej.2015.02.018. 8. Sharma S, Kumar R, Gaur R, Agrawal R, Gupta RP, and Tuli DK. Pilot scale study on steam explosion and mass balance for higher sugar recovery from rice straw. Biores Technol (2014), 98, 696-699. 9. Agrawal R, Satlewal A, Mathur AS, Gupta RP, Raj T, Kumar R, Tuli DK. Kinetic and enzyme recycling studies of immobilized β-glucosidase for lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysis. Environ Eng Manag (2014). 10.Kumar R, Satlewal A, Sharma S, Kagdiyal V, Gupta RP, Tuli DK, and Malhotra RK .Investigating Jatropha prunings as a feedstock for producing fermentable sugars and chemical treatment for process optimization. J of Renew Sust Energ (2014), 6, 033118 doi: 10.1063/1.4880215. 11.Soam S, Kumar R, Borjesson P, Gupta RP, Sharma PK, Tuli DK, Das BP. Life cycle assessment of rice straw utilization practices in India. Int J Life Cycle Ass,
  • 5. (under review). 12.Raj T, Gaur R, Kumar R and Tuli DK. Ionic liquid induced pretreatment of biomass for sugars production and driving factors with a plausible mechanism for higher digestibility. Carbohyd Polym (Under review). 13.Soam S, Kumar R, Borjesson P, Gupta RP, Sharma PK, Tuli DK. Life cycle assessment of second generation ethanol using two different pretreatment technologies (manuscript under preparation 2016). 14.Semwal S, Kumar R, Gaur R, Gupta RP, Tuli DK. Structural features of differently pretreated Acacia mangium and their impact on enzymatic hydrolysis performance. (manuscript under preparation, 2016). 15.Kapoor M, Kumar R, Soam S, Satlewal A, Gupta RP, Tuli DK. Mass balance of pilot-scale dilute acid pretreatment of rice straw. (manuscript under preparation, 2016) 16.MorrisonGM, Kumar R, Chugh S,Puri SK, Tuli DK, Malhotra RK. Hydrogen transportation in Delhi? Investigating thehydrogen-compressed natural gas (H- CNG) option. Int J Hydr Energ (2012), 37, 644-654. 17.Sugumaran V, Kagdiyal V, Kumar R, Sarin R, Gupta A K, Sarpal AS, and Basu B. Characterization of Metal Phthalocyanine Catalysts Using Field Desorption Mass Spectrometry. Petrol Sci Technol (2012), 30, 278-289. 18.Czolkos I, Hannestad J K, Jesorka A, Kumar R, Brown T, Albinsson B, and Orwar O, A, Platform for Controlled Supramolecular Nano-Assembly, NanoLetters (2009) 9, 2482. 19.Sarin R, Kumar R, Srivastava B, Puri S K, Tuli D K, Malhotra R K and Kumar A Biodiesel Surrogates: Achieving Performance Demands, Biores Technol (2009), 100, 3022-28. 20. El-Sagheer AH, Kumar R, Findlow IS, Werner JM, Lane AN and Brown T., A Very stable cyclic DNA mini-duplex with just two base pairs, Chembiochem (2008) 9, 50. 21.Erkan Y, Halma K Czolkos I, Dommersnes P, Kumar R, Brown T, Orwar O. Controlled Release of Chol-TEG-DNA from Nano- and Micropatterned SU-8 Surfaces by a Spreading Lipid Film. Nanoletters (2008), 8, 227-231. 22.Kumar R, El-Sagheer A, Tumpane T, Lincoln PL, Wilhelmsson M, Nordén B, Brown T. Template-Directed Oligonucleotide Strand Ligation, Covalent Intramolecular DNA Circularization and Catenation Using Click Chemistry, JACS, (2007) 129, 6859-64. 23.Tumpane J, Kumar R, Lundberg E.P., Sandin P., Gale N, Nandhakumar I S.,
  • 6. Albinsson B, Lincoln P, L Wilhelmsson. M, Brown T and Nordén B, Triplex Addressability as a Basis for Functional DNA Nanostructures. Nanoletters( 2007), 7 (12), 3832. 24.Tumpane J, Sandin P, Kumar R, Power, V. C, Albinsson B, Lincoln, P, L. Wilhelmsson M, Brown T, Norden B, Addressable Molecular Node Assembly-A Generic Platform of Nano-scale Functionalised Surfaces Based on a “Digitally Addressable” Molecular Grid, J. of Biomol. Str and Dyanamics (2007). Book of Abstracts, Albany .19-23, 25.Tumpane J, Sandin P, Kumar R, Power, V. C, Albinsson B, Lincoln, P, L. Wilhelmsson M, Brown T, Norden B, Addressable DNA Nano-Network. Chem Phy Let (2007), 440, 125. 26. Kumar R, Sharma M, Ray SS, Sarin R, Malhotra RK, Verma RP, Raje NR, Biodiesel from non-edible oils. Petrotech Journal, (2004), 1, 1. 27. Shastry MIS, Mukherjee S, Kumar R, Sarpal AS, Estimation of biodiesel in diesel sample by mild IR spectroscopy technique. Society of Automobile Engineers (2004), 28, 064. 28.Malhotra RK, Kumar R, Sharma M, Ray SS, Sarin R, , Verma RP, Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas and Pongamia pinatta. Society of Automobile Engineers (2004), 28, 087. 29. Kumar R, Sharma M, Ray SS, Sarin R, Malhotra RK, Verma RP, Effect of alkyl chain on biodiesel characteristics, Society of Automobile Engineers 2004, 28, 027. 30.Nielsen KE, Rasmussen J, Kumar R, Wengel J, Jacobsen JP, Petersen M, NMR studies of fully modified Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) hybrids: Solution structure of an LNA:RNA hybrid and characterization of an LNA:DNA hybrid, Bioconjugate Chem., (2004), 15, 449. 31 Jain SC, Kumar R, Gupta B, Olsen CE, Lanosta-8,17,25-trien-3-ol and isomeric trichlorotrimethoxybenzenes from Fomes fastuosus. Ind. J. Chem, 2002, 41B, 2200. 32. Arzumanov A, Walsh AP, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Wengel J, Gait MJ, Inhibition of HIV-1 Tat-Dependent trans activation by steric block vhimeric 2’-O- Methyl/LNA oligoribonucleotides. Biochemistry, (2001), 40, 14645. 33.Jensen GA, Singh SK, Kumar R, Wengel J, Jacobsen JP, A comparison of the solution structures of an LNA: DNA duplex and the unmodified DNA: DNA duplex. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans 2, (2001), 1224. 34.Wengel J, Petersen M, Nielsen KE, Hakansson AE, Kumar R, Sorensen MD, Rajwanshi VK, Bryld T, Jacobsen JP, LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid) and their diestereomeric -L-LNA: Conformational tuning and high-affinity recognition of
  • 7. DNA/RNA targets. Nucleosides, Nucleotides, Nucleic acids (2001), 20, 389. 35.Egli M, Minasov G, Teplova M, Kumar R, Wengel J, X-ray crystal structure of a locked nucleic acid (LNA) duplex composed of a alindromic 10-mer DNA strand containing one LNA thymine monomer.Chem. Commun., (2001), 651. 36.Kvaerno L, Kumar R, Dahl BM, Olsen CE, Wengel J, Synthesis of abasic LNA and two seco-LNA derivatives and evaluation of their hybridization properties compared with their more flexible DNA counterparts, J. Org. Chem., 2000, 65, 5167. 37.Rajwanshi VK, Hakansson AE, Sorensen MD, Singh SK, Kumar R, Nielsen P, Wengel J, The eight stereoisomer of LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid): A remarkable family of strong RNA binding molecules, Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed., (2000), 39, 1656. 38.Bondensgaard K, Singh SK, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Wengel J, Jacobsen JP, Structural studies of LNA: DNA duplexes by NMR: Conformations and implications for RnaseH activity. Chemistry J. Eur. (2000), 6, 2687. 39.Rajwanshi VK, Hakansson AE, Kumar R, Wengel J, High-affinity nucleic acid recognition using ‘LNA’ (locked nucleic acid, -D-ribo-Configured LNA), ‘xylo-LNA’ (-D-xylo-configured LNA) or ‘-L-LNA’ (-L-ribo-configured LNA), Chem. Commun. (1999), 2073. 40.Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Kofod-Hansen M, Wengel J, Synthesis and restricted furanose conformations of three novel bicyclic thymine nucleosides: a xylo-LNA nucleoside, a 3’-O,5’-C-methylene linked nucleoside, and a 2’-O,5’-C-methylene linked nucleoside. J.C.S. Perkin. Trans I (1999), 1407 41.Wengel J, Koshkin A, Singh SK, Meldgaard M, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Skouv J, Nielsen CB, Jacobsen JP, Jacobsen N, Olsen CE, LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid). Nucleosides and nucleotides, (1999), 18(6&7), 1365. 42.Singh SK, Kumar R, Wengel J, Synthesis of 2’-amino-LNA: A novel conformationally restricted high-affinity oligonucleotide analogue with a handle. J. Org. Chem. (1998), 63, 10035. 43.Kumar R, Singh SK, Koshkin AA, Rajwanshi VK, Meldgaard M, Wengel J, The first analogues of LNA (Locked Nucleic Acid): Phosphorothioate-LNA and 2’-thio-LNA. Bioorg. and Med. Chem. Lett. (1998), 8, 2219. 44.Singh SK, Kumar R, Wengel J, Synthesis of novel bicyclo2.2.1 ribonucleosides: 2’-amino- and 2’-thio-LNA monomeric nucleosides. J. Org. Chem. (1998), 63, 6078. 45.Koshkin AA, Singh SK, Nielsen P, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Meldgaard M, Olsen CE, Wengel J, LNA (Locked Nucleic Acids): Synthesis of the adenine, cytosine,
  • 8. guanine, 5- methylcytosine, thymine and uracil bicyclonucleoside monomers, oligomerisation and unprecidented nucleic acid recognition.Tetrahedron (1998), 54, 3607. 46.Parmar VS, Jain SC, Talwar S, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Azim A, Malhotra S, Kumar N, Jain R, Sharma NK, Tyagi OD, Lawrie SJ, Errington W, Howarth OW, Olsen CE, Singh SK, Wengel J, Polyphenols and alkaloids from Piper species. Phytochem (1998) 49, 1069. 47.Jain SC, Kumar R, Sharma SK, Bharadvaja A, Kumar R, Synthesis of novel teyraoxygenated homoisoflavanones. Ind. J. Chem. (1997), 36B, 860. 48.Parmar VS, Bracke ME, Philippe J, Wengel J, Jain SC, Olsen CE, Bisht KS, Sharma NK, Sharma SK, Singh SK, Kumar N, Kumar A, Malhotra S, Kumar R, Rajwanshi VK, Jain R, Mareel MM, Anti-invasive activity of alkaloids and polyphenolics in vitro. Bioorg. & Medicinal Chem (1997), 5, 1609. 49.Jain SC, Sharma SK, Kumar R, Rajwanshi VK, Babu BR, A homoisoflavanone from Pterocarpus marsupium. Phytochem (1997), 44, 765. 50.Jain SC, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Talwar S, Bharadvaja A, Synthesis of 5,7- dihydroxy-6-methoxy-2-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one and reassignment of structure of tamaridone.Synth. Commun (1997), 27, 1405. 51.Jain SC, Talwar S, Kumar R, Babu BR, Errington W, The acetyl derivative of a novel Fries rearrangement product. Acta. Cryst. (1996), C52, 2775. 52.Jain SC, Talwar S, Bhagat S, Rajwanshi VK, Kumar R, Babu BR, Novel reaction products from simple organic reactions: Delineation of reaction pathways. Pure Appl. Chem (1996), 68, 739. 53.Prasad A K, Tyagi O D, Wengel J, Boll P M, Olsen C E, Bisht K S, Sarangi A, Kumar R, Jain SC, Parmar VS, Neolignans and a lignan from Piper clarkii. Phytochem (1995), 39, 655. Patents: 54. Sharma M, Kumar R, Ray SS, Sarin R, Malhotra RK, Verma RP., An Improved process for production of biodiesel from non-edible oils, USP 2006/0094890. 55. Brown T, Kumar R and.El-Sagheer A H. Click DNA ligation. UK Patent Application No. 0706243.3. Applicant: University of Southampton. 31 March 2007. 56. T Brown, Kumar R and. El-Sagheer AH. DNA Cyclisation Patent Application No PCT/GB2008/050228. Applicant: University of Southampton. 31 March 2008.
  • 9. 57.Sarin R, Kumar R and Puri SK, Novel Synthetic Fuel and Method of Preparation Thereof.UK Pat No. GB 1444 826. 2011 58.R. Sarin, Kumar R, Puri SK, Gupta A A, Malhotra R K, Makhija S. Novel Synthetic Fuel & Method of Preparation thereof. Application No.– 2617614, CA 2617614 59. Kumar R, Alok S, Gupta RP, Tuli DK and Malhotra RK Pretreatment of Biomas and its integration with enzymatic hydrolysis Applied for worldwide patent. 2013 60. Kumar R, Kakkar M, Gaur R, Satlewal A, Gupta RP, Tuli DK, Malhotra R K Method for producing fermentable sugars using refinery waste Indian Patent Application No. 1456/MUM/2014 Applicant: Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Department Of Biotechnology. April 24, 2014 61. Kumar R, Gaur R, Raj T, Satlewal A, Gupta RP, Tuli DK, Das BP. Method of pretreatment for enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis: Filed (2015) 62. Kumar R, Kakkar M, Soam S, Satlewal A, Gupta RP, Tuli DK, Das BP. A process of biomass pretreatment for cellulose enrichment: Filed (2016) Papers presented in National and International Conferences: 63. Life cycle assessment of cellulosic bioethanol from rice straw in India. ISFL International symposiuon on Fuel and Lubricants, April 18-20, 2016, Delhi (India) 64. Delignification of rice straw and its enzymatic hydrolysis. ISFL International symposiuon on Fuel and Lubricants, April 15-17, 2014, Delhi (India) 65.Catalytic hydrothermal pretreatment of rice starw for bioethanol production ISFL Internationalsymposiuon on Fuel and Lubricants, April 15-17, 2014, Delhi (India) 66.Chemoenzymatic synthesis of a key intermediate of chiral marine metabolite. IUPAC-NOST International enzymes in organic synthesis, January 6-9, 1992, Delhi (India) 67. A novel reagent for regioselective chlorination, International symposium on perspectives in bioorganic chemistry, December 8-9, 1994, Delhi (India). 68.Novel fungal metabolites from Fomes fastuosus, International symposium on perspectives in bioorganic chemistry, December 8-9, 1994, Delhi (India). 69.A bioactive oxygenated fatty acid from Fomes fomentarius, International symposium on perspectives in bioorganic chemistry, December 8-9, 1994, Delhi (India).
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