1. Dr. VIVEK KUMAR
Senior Research Scientist
School of Environment, Tsinghua University,
Beijing, 1100084, China
Contact No.: +86-18801255143
E-Mail: vivekkumar@tsinghua.edu.cn
https://tsinghua.academia.edu/DrVivekKumar/Papers
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FKVp9cgAAAAJ&hl=en
SEEKING CHALLENGING ASIGNMENTS IN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & CONSULTANCY
SYNOPSIS
 Ph.D. in the area of Synthesis and Evaluation of Functionalized Mesoporous Adsorbents for Carbon
Dioxide adsorption.
 10 years’ experience in Research & Development, New Product Development, Quality Assurance and
Testing during association with: 1. National Environmental Engineering - Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI),
Nagpur, Environmental Materials Division (EMD) as CSIR- Senior Research Fellow (SRF) (December 2006 to
December 2012)
 School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; as Senior Research Scientist (April 2015
till date)
 Previously associated with St. Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur; as Asst.
Professor in Engineering Chemistry during December 2012 to April 2015.
 Gained knowledge in field of Environmental Science, Air Pollution, Water Treatment, Carbon Capture
and Sequestration, Biomimetic carbonation, Calcium looping combustion and its integration with Cement
Industry, Catalysis and Pyrolysis of Biomass.
 Research experience includes outstanding ability to analyze, gather, write, evaluate and produce
detailed reports on a variety of projects; strong analytical and communication skills, resourceful with the
ability to mingle with people easily and manage things amicably.
ACADEMIA
 2014: Ph.D. degree awarded by Rasthrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University under the guidance
of Dr. Nitin Labhsetwar, Scientist, EMD, NEERI and Dr. Siddharth Meshram, Lecturer, Laxminarayan
Institute of technology (LIT).
Ph.D. Thesis: “Study of Functionalized Mesoporous Materials for Carbon dioxide Adsorption”
 2005: M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry) from Nagpur University; 66.4% marks
 2003: B.Sc. (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) from Nagpur University; 75.55% marks
CAREER CONTOUR
 Aug’05-Jan’06: Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Department of Chemistry (RTM Nagpur University
Campus)
 Jan’06/Dec’12: Environmental Materials Division (EMD), National Environmental Engineering
Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur, Maharashtra.
 Jan’13/ Apr’15: St. Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur

2.  Apr’15/ till date: School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
ORGANIZATIONAL JOURNEY
 Apr’15- till date: Senior Research Scientist- Department of Solid waste Management
Handling of Projects related to Post Combustion CO2 capture Applications; Providing Guidance to two
Ph.D. Students; Publications and Proposal writing
 Dec’12- Apr’15: Asst. Professor- Engineering and Materials Chemistry
Curricular activities: Theory and Practical of B.E. 1st & 2nd SEM students; Environmental Engineering
of B.E. 3rd, 4th & 5th SEM (Mech, CE, IT, ETC and Electrical) students
 Apr’10-Dec’12: CSIR- Senior Research Fellow (SRF)
 Nov’07-Apr’10: EMD,National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) as Project
assistant Level-III
Assignment: ALCOA-USA sponsored project: “Deflouridation of wastewater using chemically modified
adsorbents”
 Jan’06-Nov’07: EMD, NEERI as Project Assistant Level-II
Assignment: NTPC sponsored project: Development of Novel Functionalized Materials for CO2
Capture.
Role: Developing Microporous and Mesoporous adsorbents for capture of carbon dioxide.
Assisting Senior Scientists in different R&D project activities. Writing scientific papers, patents,
project proposals, financial proposals and reports. Writing project proposals, budget approvals and
instruction manuals for fellow staffs.
Design of experiments, reactor fabrication and process optimization.
 Aug’05-Jan’05: Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Department of Chemistry (RTM Nagpur University
Campus)
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
1. Metal exchanged zeolites for catalytic decomposition of N2O, Nitin Labhsetwar, M. Dhakad , R.
Biniwale , T. Mitsuhashi , H. Haneda , P.S.S. Reddy ,S. Bakardjieva , J. Subrt , Suresh Kumar , Vivek
Kumar , P. Saiprasad , S. Rayalu, Catalysis Today, 141, 2009, 205-210.
2. Amine loaded zeolites for carbon dioxide capture: amine loading and adsorption studies, Ravikrishna
Chatti, Amit K. Bansiwal, Jayashri A. Thote, Vivek Kumar, Pravin Jadhav, Satish K.Lokhande, Rajesh B.
Biniwale, Nitin K.Labhsetwar, Sadhana S. Rayalu, Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, 121, 2009, 84-
89.
3. Immobilized carbonic Anhydrase for the Biomimetic Carbonation Reaction, Renu Yadav, Snehal
Wanjari, Chandan Prabhu, Vivek Kumar, Nitin Labhsetwar, T. Satyanarayan, Swati Kotwal and
Sadhana rayalu, Energy& Fuels, 24, 2010, 6198-6207.
4. Functionalized Fly ash based alumino-silicates for capture of carbon dioxide, Vivek Kumar, Nitin
Labhsetwar, Siddharth Meshram and Sadhana Rayalu, Energy& Fuels, 2011, 25, 4854-4861
5. N-doped mesoporous alumina for adsorption of carbondioxide, Jayshri A.Thote ,Ravikrishna V. Chatti,
Kartik S. Iyer, Vivek Kumar, Arti N. Valechha, Nitin K. Labhsetwar, Rajesh B. Biniwale , M.K.N.Yenkie,
Sadhana S. Rayalu, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2012, 24 (11), 1-6.

3. 6. Surface Bespoke Mesoporous Silica for Carbon Dioxide Adsorption, Vivek Kumar, Nitin Labhsetwar,
Trevor Drage, Lee Stevens, Siddharth Meshram, and Sadhana Rayalu; Journal of Environmental
Engineering; DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000855, 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.
7. Frequency Concept and its Linkage Associated with Relations; Dr. Vivek Kumar, IOSR Journal of
Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), Volume 16, Issue 1 (June-July, 2014), PP 1-5; e-ISSN:
2290-0837, p-ISSN: 2290-0845. ; https://stvincentngp.academia.edu/DrVivekKumar/Papers
8. Modification of commercial alumina for carbon dioxide adsorption, Vivek Kumar, Nitin Labhsetwar,
Sadhana Rayalu, Jinhui Li and Ming Zhao, Communicated to Environment Technology
9. Artificial Leaf for Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide, Vivek Kumar, Prateek Wate, Nitin Labhsetwar,
Sadhana Rayalu, Jinhui Li and Ming Zhao Communicated for publication in Dalton Transactions.
10. Dynamic Adsorption and Mass Transfer Characteristics of Bare and Surface treated Silica towards CO2
Adsorption, Vivek Kumar, Nitin Labhsetwar, Sadhana Rayalu, Jinhui Li and Ming Zhao Communicated
for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal.
Additional Papers under process of peer review:
1. Surface treated mesoporous silica for improved CO2 Adsorption, Vivek Kumar, Nitin Labhsetwar,
Siddharth Meshram and Sadhana Rayalu, Communicated for publication in The Journal of Novel
Carbon Resources Sciences.
2. Chitosan based Adsorbents: A low cost alternative for CO2 capture, Arti Valechha, Vivek Kumar,
Jayshri Thote, Nitin Labhsetwar and Sadhana Rayalu, Communicated for publication in The Journal of
Novel Carbon Resources Sciences.
BOOK CHAPTER
I. Functionalised Adsorbents for Carbon dioxide Capture, Amit Bansiwal, Vivek Kumar, Pradnya
Pillewan, Nitin Labhsetwar Rajesh Biniwale, and Sadhana Rayalu, Book Chapter published in WMRIF
Conference proceedings under WILEY International Publications.
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-11340-1_23#page-1
II. Published four volumes of answer sets of 12th std. Maharashtra State Board text book under name
KOHINOOR, Advani Publications, Nagpur.
CONCURRENT ACADEMIC
Regular reviewer for:
a) Science Publishing Group
http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/peerreviewers.aspx?journalid=123
b) IJERT (International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology)
http://www.ijert.org/about-us/review-board?start=3
ACCOLADES
Studied at University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, as a post Graduate Occasional Student for three
months during August - November 2010.

4. Visited University of Birmingham, United Kingdom and gained extensive training on ETP, water
treatment, Hazardous waste management, Fluidized Bed Combustion and Post-Combustion CO2 capture.
Attended an orientation program for research scholars at IIT Madras on catalysis and instrumental
techniques during 17th November 2006 to 7th December 2006.
Participated in “Young Water Professional Programme” held at NEERI, Nagpur on January 22, 2011.
Started providing knowledge and developmental consultancy to Bry-Air Asia Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon from
February 2012 till date.
CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS (AS CHAIR OF THE SESSION)
 Chair the first internationational conference on Thermal power: chemistry & sustainable
environment- tpcse-2015 on world environment day, 5th june 2015 at Nagpur, India
 Chair of CCUS Symposium in the 4th International Symposium on Clean Coal Technology in Xi’an,
China
 Member of High Temperature Solid Looping Cycles Network (IEAGHG)
CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS (ACTIVE PARTICIPATION ONLY)
 Nitrate removal from water by catalytic hydrogenation, J.V. Pande, A. Shukla, Vivek Kumar, A.
Bansiwal, S. Rayalu, R. B. Biniwale, Catsymp-19, Catalysis Society of India, NCL, Pune, Jan18-21, 2009.
 Hydrogenation catalyst for nitrate removal in drinking water, Jayshri Pande Anshu Shukla, Vivek
Kumar, Amit Bansiwal, Rajesh B. Biniwale, NEERI-NIIMS, NEERI, Nagpur, Nov 1-2,2007.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS (REPRESENTATIVE APPEARANCES ONLY)
 Participated and presented a poster in the ‘Fifth NEERI-NIMS (Indo-Japanese) Workshop on ‘Novel
Materials for Environmental Challenges’ held between 1st and 2nd November 2007.
Title of Poster: New adsorbents for capture of carbon dioxide; Authors: R.V. Chatti, J. Thote, V. Kumar,
S. Kartik, N. Labhsetwar, R.B.Biniwale, S. S.Rayalu.
 Participated and presented a poster in the “Indo-Europian Conference (AMCOS)”, held at NEERI,
Nagpur, on November 20-23, 2011.
Title of Poster: Flyash based zeolites for Carbon Dioxide adsorption; Authors: Vivek Kumar, Jayshri
Thote, Aarti Valechha, Rajesh Biniwale, Nitin Labhsetwar and Sadhana Rayalu.
 Participated and presented a poster in the “8th International Symposium on Novel Carbon Resources
Science “Eco-friendly materials and processes for low carbon and sustainable society” ”, held at NEERI,
Nagpur, on December 15-16, 2011.
Title of Posters: 1. Surface treated mesoporous silica for improved CO2 Adsorption; Authors: Vivek
Kumar, Nitin Labhsetwar, Siddharth Meshram and Sadhana Rayalu
2. Chitosan based Adsorbents: A low cost alternative for CO2 capture, Arti Valechha, Vivek Kumar,
Jayshri Thote, Nitin Labhsetwar and Sadhana Rayalu
 Participated and presented a poster in the “National conference on Emerging Trends in Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology (NCNT-11”, held at RGCER, Nagpur, on December 20-21, 2011.
Title of Poster: “Dynamic Adsorption and Mass Transfer Characteristics of Bare and Surface treated
Silica towards CO2 Adsorption”; Authors: Vivek Kumar, Siddharth Meshram, Sadhana Rayalu and Nitin
Labhsetwar

5. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
A. Seven months teaching (August 2005 to January 2006) at Department of Chemistry, RSTM Nagpur
University, M.Sc Part II, Physical chemistry.
B. Teaching at S.F.S College, Nagpur (2006) and Shivaji Science College, Nagpur (2007) M.Sc Part I,
Physical chemistry and guidance to graduate and pre graduate students of Science stream since 2005.
C. Teaching at St. Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering and Technology from December 2012 to April
2015.
CORE COMPETENCIES
 Gained experience in handling/ maintenance/troubleshooting of Supercritical Boilers.
 Handling experience of Firing Systems (Suspension Firing and Fluidized Bed Combustion).
 Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration. Valorization and chemical conversion of carbon dioxide.
 Synthesis of Advance mesoporous materials such as MCM-41, SBA-15, KIT-6, AlKIT-5, Carbon Black
and mesoporous zeolitic materials (MZM’s).
 Project completed on Biomineralization, catalytic Hydrogen generation and Mineral Carbonation.
 Development of adsorbents for fluoride, arsenic and nitrate removal from water.
 Pyrolysis of biomass for generation of hydrogen. Conversion of Municiple Solid waste (MSW) in to
Ethanol.
 CO2 capture from flue gas and conversion for use in hydrogen fuel cell in a near 0-energy loss power
cycle
 Catalytic conversion of CO2 to CO and NOx reduction methodology development
EQUIPMENT PURVIEW
Gas Chromatograph equipped with TCD, FID- Chemito Technologies, Perkin Elmer, Shimadzu; Catalyst
Evaluation Assembly used in determining the breakthrough adsorption capacities of different
adsorbents- Chemito Technologies; Volumetric Adsorption Unit-Chemito Technologies; Integrated
Physisorption & Chemisorption Surface Area Analyzer-Quantachrome; X-ray Diffractometer Unit-Rigaku
Miniflex; UV-Visible Spectrophotometer-Perkin Elme; Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA) for
determination of thermal stability and static CO2 adsorption properties; HPLC and Ion chromatograph
(Dionex IC 3000) for water analysis; VOC Analyzer (Environmental SA); Gas Chromatograph – MS
(Shimadzu); Inductive Coupled Plasma (Perkin Elmer); Atomic Emission Spectroscopy; Organic
Carbon/Elemental Carbon Analyzer (TOR-DRI make)
PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date and place of Birth : 7th May 1980, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand; India.
Languages Known : English, Hindi, Bhojpuri and Maithili
Marital status : Married
REFERENCES
Dr. Sadhana S Rayalu, Scientist, Deputy Director & Head, EMD, NEERI, Nagpur.
Office: +91-712-2247828; Mobile: +91- 9890367588
E mail: s_rayalu@neeri.res.in

6. Dr. Ming Zhao, Associate Professor, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Office: +86-10-62784701; Mobile: 18611176451
Dr. Nitin K. Labhsetwar, Senior Scientist, EMD, NEERI, Nagpur.
Office: +91-712-2247828; Mobile: +91-9850316799
E mail: nk_labhsetwar@neeri.res.in