Assistant Professor in Department of Chemistry, Vel Tech Technical University, Avadi, Chennai from 3rd March, 2014 to 3rd March, 2015.

Assistant Professor in Department of Space Engineering and Rocketry at BIT Mesra, Ranchi from 24^th June 2016 to till date.

• Fuels
• Biofuels
• Combustion
• Thermal Analysis
• Catalytic Cracking
• Co-cracking
• Green Propellants

1. Awarded Certificate of Merit for being among the Top 0.1% of successful candidates of All India Secondary School Examination 1997 in Mathematics from Central Board of Secondary Education

2. Awarded Certificate of Merit and scholarship in Mathematics from National Scholarship Scheme (1997).

3. Awarded Merit Certificate from National Mathematics Olympiad Contest (B-level) in 1996.

4. Best Research Award from Science Father International Research Awards on New Science Inventions, NESIN 2020 Awards.

5. Guest speaker for the Webinar on Fuels from Co-processing of Waste Plastics held on 4th August 2020, organized by New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore.

6. Guest lecture on “Green Fuels” held on 29th April, 2021, Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity University.

7. Invited lecture in Workshop entitled “Advanced Skills in Research and protection of IPR”, 7 to 11 June, 2021, Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity University.

5. Certificate of Outstanding Contribution to Reviewing for Fuel, 2016

6. Certificate of Outstanding Contribution to Reviewing for Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2017

7. Certificate of Outstanding Contribution to Reviewing for Fuel, 2018

8. Reviewer of Chemical Engineering Communications

9. Reviewer of International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

10. Reviewer of Energy Conversion Management

11. Reviewer of Fuel

12. Reviewer of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

13. Invited lecture in Six-Days Online Faculty Development Programme On "An Insight into Futuristic Aerospace Propulsion" from 15th to 20th OCTOBER, 2021, DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, College of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai.
14. Invited Talk (Online) on “Importance of Green Propellants” 27th September 2022, for B.Tech II and III year Aerospace Engineering Students, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology.

International Journal Papers

1. Shelly Biswas and D. K. Sharma, “Synergistic co-processing/co-cracking of Jatropha oil, petroleum vacuum residue, and high density polyethylene”, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2012; 4(043112): 1-11. (IMPACT FACTOR -2.5)
2. Shelly Biswas, Pravakar Mohanty and D. K. Sharma, “Studies on synergism in the cracking and co-cracking of Jatropha oil, vacuum residue and high density polyethylene: kinetics analysis”, Fuel Processing Technology, 2013; 106: 673-683.  (IMPACT FACTOR -7.5)
3. Shelly Biswas and D. K. Sharma, “Studies on cracking of Jatropha oil”, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2013; 99: 122-129. (IMPACT FACTOR -6.0)
4. Shelly Biswas and D. K. Sharma, “Co-cracking of Jatropha oil, vacuum residue and HDPE and characterization of liquid, gaseous and char products obtained”, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2013; 101: 17-27. (IMPACT FACTOR -6.0)
5. Shelly Biswas, Pravakar Mohanty and D. K. Sharma, “Studies on Co-cracking of Jatropha Oil with Bagasse to Obtain Liquid, Gaseous Product and Char”, Renewable Energy, 2014; 63: 308-316. (IMPACT FACTOR -8.7)
6. Shelly Biswas, Sachchit Majhi, Pravakar Mohanty, K. K. Pant and D. K. Sharma, “Effect of different catalyst on the co-cracking of Jatropha oil, vacuum residue and high density polyethylene”, Fuel, 2014; 133: 96-105. (IMPACT FACTOR -7.4)
7. Shelly Biswas and D.K. Sharma, Effect of different catalyst on the cracking of Jatropha oil, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2014; 110: 346–352.  (IMPACT FACTOR -6.0)
8. Shelly Biswas, D. K. Sharma and Rajiv Kumar, Effect of ZSM-5 Catalyst on Co-cracking of Jatropha Oil with Bagasse, Carbon – Sci. Tech. 2016; 8(3) 46-51. (0.11)
9. Pratim Kumar, P. C. Joshi, Rajiv Kumar and Shelly Biswas, Catalytic Effects of Cu-Co* on the Thermal Decomposition of AN and AN/KDN Based Green Oxidizer and Propellant Samples, Defence Technology, 2018; 14: 250-260. (IMPACT FACTOR: 5)
10. Uma Vellaisamy, Puran Chandra Joshi, Shelly Biswas, Regression rate and combustion characteristics of shellac based hybrid fuel, Annual Technical Volume of Aerospace Engineering Division Board, Vol –III, 2019; 72-74.
11. Pragya Berwal and Shelly Biswas, Experimental Investigation on Combustion Characteristics of Hybrid Rocket Fuels with Multi-Angle Diverging Injector, Int. J. Turbomach. Propuls. Power 2020; 5, 12; doi:10.3390/ijtpp5020012. (IMPACT FACTOR- 1.4)
12. Uma Vellaisamy and Shelly Biswas, Effect of Metal Additives on Neutralization and Characteristics of AP/HTPB Solid Propellants, Combustion and Flame 2020; 221: 326-337. (IMPACT FACTOR- 5.767)
13. Shelly Biswas and D. K. Sharma, A Review on the Co-processing of Biomass with other Fuels Sources, International Journal of Green Energy, 2021; 18(8): 793-811. https://doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2021.1880914. (IMPACT FACTOR: 3.206)
14. Prabhat Dattakumar Phondekar and Shelly Biswas, FTIR Characterization and Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of AN/AP-based Composite Solid Propellants, Combustion Science and Technology, 2024, Published Online. https://doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2024.2312528. (IMPACT FACTOR: 2.174)
15. Prakhar Jain, Vineet Kumar Rathi and Shelly Biswas, Study of aging characteristics for metalized HTPB based composite solid propellants stored in ambient conditions, Defence Science Journal, Accepted, 2024.
16. Uday Shashikumar, Rakesh Kumar Ranjan, Ankit Sharma, Naina V, Balaji Subramanian, Pei-Chien Tsai, Yuan-Chung Lin, Chyi-How Lay, Chin-Tsan Wang, Shelly Biswas, Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy, Algal Biomass based Bio-refineries: 1 Concurrent Pre-treatment Strategies and Perspectives for Sustainable Feedstock. Biomass and Bioenergy, Published Online, Volume 187, August 2024, 107278. (IMPACT FACTOR: 6)

Conference papers

1. Shelly Biswas and D. K. Sharma, Higher heating values of chars obtained from co-processing of vacuum residue with coal, biomass and waste plastic, 31^st October-3^rd November, PETROTECH-2010, New Delhi, 2010.
2. Shelly Biswas, D. K. Sharma and Rajiv Kumar, Effect of ZSM-5 Catalyst on Co-cracking of Jatropha Oil with Bagasse, International Conference on Alternative Energy Sources, ICAES-2016, BIT Mesra, Ranchi, 29^th Jan to 30^th Jan 2016.
3. Shelly Biswas, D. K. Sharma and Rajiv Kumar, Response surface modeling for optimization of co-cracking of jatropha oil, International Conference on Chemical Engineering and Advanced Polymeric Material, ICEAPM 2016, BIT Mesra, Ranchi, 18^th Aug to 20^th Aug, 2016.
4. Pragya and Shelly Biswas, Investigating the effect of injector type on the regression rate of the hybrid rocket, 11^th International High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibits, HEMCE-2017, Pune, India, 23^rd Nov to 25^th Nov, 2017.
5. Uma Vellaisamy, Puran Chandra Joshi, Shelly Biswas, Regression rate and combustion characteristics of shellac based hybrid fuel, 32nd National Convention of Aerospace Engineers & National Seminar on Advances in Aerospace Sciences and Technologies, BIT Mesra, Ranchi, 27^th October to 28^th  October, 2018.
6. Pragya and Shelly Biswas, Study the Effect of Axi-swirl Injector on the Regression Rate of the Hybrid Rocket, 33^rd National Convention of Aerospace Engineers and National Conference on “Emerging Technologies in  Aerospace Structures, Materials and Propulsion Systems”, IEI, Pune Local Centre, Pune. 16^th November to 17^th November, 2019.
7. Uma Vellaisamy and Shelly Biswas, Reduction of HCL Concentration in Combustion Products of AP based Solid Propellant using Metal Additives, 12^th International High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit, HEMCE-2019, IIT Madras, Chennai, 16^th December to 18^th December 2019.
8. Shelly Biswas, Thermal decomposition studies on the kinetics of AP/PVC solid composite propellant, Euro Asia 9^th International Congress on Applied Sciences, 11^th August to 12^th August, 2021, Erzurum, Turkey (Online).
9. Prabhat Dattakumar Phondekar and Shelly Biswas, Studies on AN/AP based Green Solid Propellant for Space Propulsion, 13th International High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit, HEMCE-2022, TBRL, Chandigarh, 26th May to 28th May 2022.
10. Deepali Joshi and Shelly Biswas, Studies on Catalytic Bed Ignition of Hydrogen Peroxide Monopropellant using Biomass based Catalyst, 13th International High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit, HEMCE-2022, TBRL, Chandigarh, 26th May to 28th May, 2022.
11. Arpit Dubey, Rajiv Kumar and Shelly Biswas, Effect of Varying the Swirl Injection Location on the Performance of a Hybrid Rocket Motor, NAPC-2022 (National Aerospace Propulsion Conference), IIT Bombay, 19 December -20 December 2022.
12. Prakhar Jain, Vineet Kumar Rathi and Shelly Biswas, Study of ageing characteristics for metallized HTPB and PVC/DBP based composite solid propellant stored in ambient conditions, NAPC-2022 (National Aerospace Propulsion Conference), IIT Bombay, 19 December-20 December 2022.
13. Deepali Joshi, Shelly Biswas and Rajiv Kumar, Effect of biomass based catalyst on ignition of HAN monopropellant, NAPC-2022 (National Aerospace Propulsion Conference), IIT Bombay, 19 December-20 December 2022.
14. Arpit Dubey, Rajiv Kumar and Shelly Biswas, Effect of Varying L/D of Pintle Head of a Pintle injector on the performance of a Hybrid Rocket, NCAE-2023 National Convention of Aerospace Engineers & National Seminar, The Institution of Engineers (India), Bengaluru, 1 September-2 September 2023.
15. Prabhat Dattakumar Phondekar and Shelly Biswas, Effects of Processing methods on the formulation of AP/HTPB-based solid propellant, NCAE-2023 National Convention of Aerospace Engineers & National Seminar, The Institution of Engineers (India), Bengaluru, 1 September-2 September 2023.
16. Nitesh Kumar, Rajiv Kumar, and Shelly Biswas, Catalyst Development for Green propellant Hydrogen Peroxide monopropellant thrusters, NCAE-2023 National Convention of Aerospace Engineers & National Seminar, The Institution of Engineers (India), Bengaluru, 1 September-2 September 2023.
17. Neerja Shukla, Shelly Biswas, Rajiv Kumar, Revolutionizing HAN green propellant decomposition: maximizing efficiency through temperature optimisation in biomass-based catalyst preparation, Neerja Shukla, Rajiv Kumar and Shelly Biswas, NCAE-2023 National Convention of Aerospace Engineers & National Seminar, The Institution of Engineers (India), Bengaluru, 1 September-2 September 2023.
18. Prabhat Dattakumar Phondekar and Shelly Biswas, Studies of Curing Time and Curing Temperature of AP-HTPB-based composite solid propellant, 2nd International Conference on "Modern Research in Aerospace Engineering", Amity Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, 21 September -22 September 2023.
19. Arpit Dubey, Rajiv Kumar and Shelly Biswas, Effect of different injectors on performance of hybrid rocket motor by varying the L/D ratio, 2nd International Conference on "Modern Research in Aerospace Engineering", Amity Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, 21 September-22 September 2023.
20. Nikhil Kommajosyula, Prabhu Prasad Sarangi, Shelly Biswas, Optimization of Temperature for Synthesis of Low Molecular Weight Glycidyl Azide Polymer as Plasticizer, 2nd International Conference on "Modern Research in Aerospace Engineering", Amity Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, 21 September -22 September 2023.
21. Arpit Dubey, Rajiv Kumar and Shelly Biswas, Experimental Studies on Pintle Injector in Hybrid Rocket Engine, Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Patna, Patna-801106, Bihar, India IHMTC2023–ID–203. 14 December-17 December 2023
22. Arpit Dubey, Rajiv Kumar and Shelly Biswas, Performance Estimation of Hybrid Rocket by Varying the Flow Rate at Multi-Location Swirl Injector, 14th International High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibits (HEMCE 2024), Thiruvananthapuram, India, 1 February-3 February 2024.
23. Nitesh Kumar, Neerja Shukla, Shelly Biswas, Rajiv Kumar, Development of hydrogen peroxide based micro thruster utilizing biomass-based catalyst bed, 14th International High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibits (HEMCE 2024), Thiruvananthapuram, India, 1 February-3 February 2024.
24. Prabhat Dattakumar Phondekar and Shelly Biswas, Effects of catalysts on phase stabilization of ammonium nitrate in HTPB-based composite solid propellants, 14th International High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibits (HEMCE 2024), Thiruvananthapuram, India, 1 February-3 February 2024.
25. Sirisha Akella, Prabhat Dattakumar Phondekar and Shelly Biswas, Studies on the performance of gap based solid propellants, 14th International High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibits (HEMCE 2024), Thiruvananthapuram, India, 1 February-3 February 2024.
26. Prabhu Prasad Sarangi P, Nikhil Kommajosyula and Shelly Biswas, Effect of the igniter location in solid propellant flame propagation. 14th International High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibits (HEMCE 2024), Thiruvananthapuram, India, 1 February-3 February 2024.
27. Prabhat Dattakumar Phondekar and Shelly Biswas, Flame Characterization Study of AN-AP-based Composite Solid Propellant, International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Sciences (RTES – 2024) BIT Mesra Ranchi, 29^th – 30^th March 2024.
28. Sirisha Akella and Shelly Biswas, Studies on the performance of gap-based composite solid propellants, International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Sciences (RTES – 2024) BIT Mesra Ranchi, 29th – 30th March 2024.
29. Mehdi Abbas, Rajiv Kumar and Shelly Biswas, Performance studies of PVC and HTPB based hybrid rocket fuels using ammonium perchlorate, International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Sciences (RTES – 2024) BIT Mesra Ranchi, 29^th –30^th March 2024.
30. Arpit Dubey, Rajiv Kumar, Shelly Biswas, Alok Kumar, Umang Jain, P. Lakshmi, Sayantan Saha, Tathagat Sarangi, Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Rocket Fuel on Integrating Organic Additive, International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Sciences (RTES – 2024) BIT Mesra Ranchi, 29^th – 30^th March 2024.
31. Prabhat Dattakumar Phondekar and Shelly Biswas, Effects of Ferric Oxide and Manganese Dioxide on Phase Stabilization of Ammonium Nitrate - based Composite Solid Propellants. International Conference on Advances in Aerospace and Energy Systems (IAES-2024), Thiruvananthapuram, India, 4 April-6 April 2024.

1. Development of catalyst and thruster for HAN based green propellants, Seed Money Grant, BIT Mesra, Completed, 2016 - 2018
2. Development of Catalyst System for Stable Combustion of HAN Green Propellants, under ARDB (Aeronautics Research and Development Board), DRDO. (June 2021- on-going) As PI.
3. Catalyst Development for Hydrogen Peroxide dissociation for monopropellant Thrusters, SERB-POWER. (June 2022- on-going) As PI.
4. Use of multi-location swirl injection as a performance enhancer for the hybrid rocket system, CRG-SERB. (December 2022-on going) As Co-PI
5. Development of Tribrid Propulsion System and Evaluate its Performance Parameters, CSIR-EMR-II, (July 2023-on going) As Co-PI.
6. Performance Estimation of a hybrid rocket using nitrous oxide as the oxidizers, ARDB (Aeronautics Research and Development Board), DRDO. (December 2023 on-going) As Co-PI.

1. Shelly Biswas, Cracking and synergistic co-cracking of Jatropha oil with plastics, petroleum vacuum residue and bagasse. In “Recent Developments in Jatropha Research”, Editor-Juan Francisco García Martín, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2021.
2. Shelly Biswas, Fiber reinforced vegetable oil-based vinyl polymer composites. In “Vegetable Oil-Based Composites - Processing, Properties and Applications”, Editors- S.A. Bhawani, A. Khan, M.N.M. Ibrahim and M. Jawaid, in the book series Composites Science and Technology, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.
3. Prabhat Dattakumar Phondekar and Shelly Biswas (2024). Studies on Curing Time and Curing Temperature of AP-HTPB-Based Composite Solid Propellant. In: Singh, S., Ramulu, P.J., Gautam, S.S. (eds) Recent Advances in Aerospace Engineering. MRAE 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1306-6_37.
4. Arpit Dubey, Rajiv Kumar and Shelly Biswas (2024). Effect of Different Injectors on Performance of Hybrid Rocket Motor by Varying the L/D Ratio. In: Singh, S., Ramulu, P.J., Gautam, S.S. (eds) Recent Advances in Aerospace Engineering. MRAE 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1306-6_23.
5. Nikhil Kommajosyula, Prabhu Prasad Sarangi, Shelly Biswas (2024). Optimization of Temperature for Synthesis of Low Molecular Weight Glycidyl Azide Polymer as Plasticizer. In: Singh, S., Ramulu, P.J., Gautam, S.S. (eds) Recent Advances in Aerospace Engineering. MRAE 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1306-6_36.

1. Ritesh Dubey, Rajiv Kumar and Shelly Biswas, “An igniter formulation for solid rocket motors and method of preparation thereof” Date of Publication- 2^nd February 2024, Application No. 202431002973.