Industry Experience- Total 1 year

TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED at Haldia as Development Engineer in Fertilizer  Unit (D.A.P./ N.P.K./S.SP Plant) from 10 th August, 2003 to  28th  July 2004- 1 year.

Teaching Experience- Total 16 years

Calcutta Institute of Technology, Uluberia, Howrah as Assistant Professor, at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Under W.B.U.T. Subject Teaching:- Petrochemical Technology, Mechanical Operation, Chemical Process Technology -1 year

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi as Assistant Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering.  Present status- date of joining 1/07/2008(15 years and Continuing)

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Calcutta 

M. Tech. in Chemical Engineering from University of Calcutta with Ist Div.

B. Tech.  in Chemical Engineering from University of Calcutta with Ist Div.               

B. Sc.    in Chemistry Honours from Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, University of Calcutta with Ist Div.

• Multi-phase Flow
• Taper Bubble column
• CFD
• ANN
• Recycle of polymer waste to fuel
• Solid-acid Catalyzed Etherification/ Esterification of Glycerol to potential fuel additives
• Biomass
• Catalysis

Paper published/accepted in International Peer reviewed Journals

1. Sumit Kumar Jana, Asit Baran Biswas and Sudip Kumar Das, "Pressure drop in tapered bubble columns using non-Newtonian pseudoplastic liquid - Experimental and ANN prediction"  Can. J. Chem. Eng., 92(3), 578-584 (2014). (ISSN:1939-019X). SCI
2. Sumit Kumar Jana, Asit Baran Biswas and Sudip Kumar Das, "Gas holdup in tapered bubble column using pseudoplastic non-Newtonian liquids" Korean J. Chem. Eng., 31(4), 574-581 (2014). (ISSN:1975-7220). SCI
3. Sumit Kumar Jana, Asit Baran Biswas and Sudip Kumar Das, "ANN applicability in gas holdup prediction in tapered bubble columns using non-Newtonian pseudoplastic liquids” Chem. Xpress, 8(2), 102-111(2015). (ISSN:2320-1975).
4. Sumit Kumar Jana, Asit Baran Biswas and Sudip Kumar Das, "Effect of taper angle on gas holdup in tapered bubble columns using non-Newtonian pseudoplastic liquids," Chem. Xpress, 6(4),116-120(2014). (ISSN:2320-1975).
5. Sumit Kumar Jana and Sudip Kumar Das, " Effect of gas holdup enhancement using aqueous solutions of electrolyte in taper bubble column"Chem. Xpress,8(1), 42-47(2015). (ISSN:2320-1975).
6. Magar subhash B. , Jadhav A. S. , Sumit Kumar Jana, G.T. Mohanraj, "Microbial production of green polymer Xanthan gum from Xanthomonas campestris" Int. J. Sci. Eng. Res., 6(8),1045-1052(2015). (ISSN:2229-5518)
7. Magar subhash B. , Jadhav A. S. , Sumit Kumar Jana, "Sustainable production of microbial polysaccharide xanthan gum from supplemental subststrate" Int. J. Sci. Res.,4(8),473-475(2015). (ISSN:2277-8179)
8. Sumit Kumar Jana and Sudip Kumar Das" Tapered Bubble Column using pseudoplastic non-Newtonian Liquids – Empirical correlation for pressure drop" J. Ch and Chem. Tech. 11(3) 327-332(2017). (ISSN:1996-4196) Scopus
9. Sumit Kumar Jana and Sudip Kumar Das "Effect of gas hold up in tapered bubble columns with same taper angle using water: Columns diameter and liquid height " Chem. Xpress,9(6), 42-47(2016). (ISSN:2320-1967).
10. Subhash Magar, Sumit Kamble, Govindraj Thangaraj Mohanra, Sumit Kumar Jana, and Chandrashekhar Rode “Solid Acid Catalyzed Etherification of Glycerol to potential fuel additives” Energy & Fuels, 32,12272-12277(2017). (ISSN:0887-0624). SCI
11.  Satarupa Pattanayak and Sumit Kumar Jana “Controllable aqueous synthesis of near-IR-plasmonic anisotropic gold nanoparticles in the hydrazine concentration assisted: hydrazine-citrate hydrogen-bonded network at room temperature and application in highly sensitive SERS-based detection of Pb (II) species.” Inorganic and nano-metal Chemistry, 48, 536-540(2019) (ISSN:2470-1564). SCI
12. Magar, S., Mohanraj, G. T., Jana, S. K., & Rode, C. V. (2020). Synthesis and characterization of supported heteropoly acid: Efficient solid acid catalyst for glycerol esterification to produce biofuel additives. Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 50(11), 1157-1165. ISSN:2470-1564). SCI
13. Ruidas, B. C., Pal, D. B., & Jana, S. K. (2023). Enhanced Recovery of Light Oil by using Combustion Tube: An Experimental Analysis. Combustion Science and Technology, 195(10), 2442-2455. SCI
14. Karmakar, A., Kar, D., Ahmad, A., & Jana, S. K. (2021). Design of a thermal desalination system with spray flash drum and condenser under vacuum based on droplet dynamics. Heat and Mass Transfer, 58,933-948. SCI
15. Subhash, M., Pal, D. B., & Jana, S. K. (2022). Biofuels additives derived via clay supported heteropoly acid catalyzed etherification of glycerol with t-butanol-biomass to liquid oxygenates. Chemical Papers, 76(2), 775-784. SCI
16. Subhash, M., Pal, D. B., & Jana, S. K. (2022) Synthesis of Different Heteropoly Acid Catalysts for Transesterification of Bio-derived glycerol to produce oxygenated fuel additive for Energy Utilization. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 14(5), 6939-6949. SCI
17. Jana, S. K, Pattanayak, S., Subhash, M., Ruidas, B. C., Pal, D. B (2023) Pyrolysis of Waste Plastic to Fuel Conversion for Utilization in Internal Combustion Engine. Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Technology, 17(2), 438-449.Scopus
18. Kapoor, L., Mohammad, A., Jha, J. M., Srivastava, N., Jana, S. K., Alshahrani, M. Y., ... & Gupta, V. K. (2022). Biofuel production using fast pyrolysis of various plant waste biomasses in fixed bed and twin screw reactors. International Journal of Energy Research,46(13), 19278-19286. SCI
19. Tiwari, A. K., Prasad, N., Jana, S. K., Srivastava, N., Alshahrani, M. Y., Ahmad, I., ... & Pal, D. B. (2022). Waste biomass valorisation of Bambusa vulgaris dust and Delonix regia pods: Characterization and kinetic study. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 53, 102590. SCI
20. Saha, S., Sarkhel, S., Sahoo, B., Kumari, A., Jha, S., Mukherjee, A., Jana, S. K., ... & Roy, A. (2023). Impact of fortificants on the powder properties of a gluten-free porous starch matrix of puffed rice flour. LWT-Food Science & Technology, 114432. SCI
21. Karmakar, A., Jana, S. K. (2023). Modeling of Micellar-Catalyzed Bimolecular Ionic Reactions by a Nonlinear Poisson−Boltzmann Equation and an Electrostatic Free Energy Model. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 55(8), 441-454. SCI
22. Karmakar, A., Patra, A. K., Saha, S., & Jana, S. K. (2023) Design and Simulation of a LowTemperature Thermal Desalination System. Chemical Engineering & Technology, 47(1),160-174. SCI
23. Subhash, M., Kapoor, A., Jana, S. K., Pal, D. B., Rode, C. V (2024) Etherification of Biomass Derived Glycerol to Oxygenated Fuel Additives Using Dodecatungstophopshoric-silica Supported Catalyst: Characterization and kinetic studies. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery,13(17),16285-16295. SCI

Presented in International/National conferences

1. Sumit Kumar Jana, Asit Baran Biswas, Sudip Kumar Das, "Development of Artificial Neural Network model to Predicted the Pressure drop  using non-Newtonian in tapered bubble columns  ", Presented in Indian Chemical Engineering Congress -2012 (Chemcon 2012), 27 – 30 December 2012 at NIT, Jalandhar, Panjab, India (International conference).
2. Sumit Kumar Jana, Asit Baran Biswas, Sudip Kumar Das, "Prediction of Gas holdup using Artificial Neural Network using non-Newtonian liquid in Tapered Bubble Column ", Presented in Indian Chemical Engineering Congress -2011 (Chemcon 2011), 27 – 29 December 2011 at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India.
3. Sumit Kumar Jana, Asit Baran Biswas, Sudip Kumar Das, "Studies on the Gas holdup  Charecteristics in Tapered Bubble Column using non-Newtinian liquids", Poster Presented in APC Roy National Young Scientist Conference -2012, 17 – 18 February 2012 at Presidency University, Kolkata, India.
4. Magar subhash B, Rode C., Sumit Kumar Jana, "Synthesis and characterization of solid acid catalyst for glycerol etherification process", 7th International conference of green and sustainable chemistry-2015, 5-8 july at Tokyo, Japan.
5. Magar subhash B, Rode C., Sumit Kumar Jana," Research review on advanced characterization techniques for heterogeneous catalyst for valorization of glycerol ", 7th International conference of green and sustainable chemistry-2015, 5-8 july at Tokyo, Japan.
6. Magar, S., Mohanraj, G.T., Jana, S.K., & Rode C.V. (2015). Recent developments in Solid Acid catalysts (heterogeneous) for mono, di, and tri tert-butyl glycerol production via glycerol etherification. 22nd National Symposium on Catalysis.CSIR-Central Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar Gujrat. 7-9 January 2015.
7. Magar subhash B, Rode C., Sumit Kumar Jana, Mohanraj G.T.,"Research Review on Etherification of Glycerol with tert-Butyl Alcohol by facial catalyst heteroploy acid supported on Bentonite",National Conference on Recent Advances In Testing of Material, NDT And Numerical Modeling, March 18-19, 2016 at PREC, Pune, ISBN 978-81-929744-9-1.
8. Gaurav T.K., Patra S.K., Jana S.K.(2015) Hydrodynamics characteristics in Tapered Bubble Column using electrolyte solution, Chemical Engineering Congress -2015 (Chemcon 2015) 27 – 30 December 2015 at IIT- Guwahati, India (International conference).
9. Gaurav T.K. and Jana S.K.(2015) Support Vector regression based estimation of overall gas hold up in Taper bubble column, Chemical Engineering Congress -2015 (Chemcon 2015) 27 – 30 December 2015 at IIT- Guwahati, India (International conference).
10. Magar subhash  B, Mohanraj G.T.,  Rode C., Sumit Kumar Jana, "Activity comparison of supported  H3PW12O40 (HPA), an efficient and reusable catalyst for etherification of glycerol with t-Butanol", International conference ICEAPM-2016 ,18-19, August, BIT –Mesra, India.
11. Sumit Kumar Jana and Sudip Kumar Das, " Gas holdup in tapered bubble columns using water: Effect of columns diameter with same taper angle and liquid height ", Presented in International conference ICEAPM-2016 18-19, August, BIT –Mesra, India.
12. Sumit Kumar Jana" Recycle of Polymeric waste to liquid fuel " Presented in Indian Chemical Engineering Congress -2017 (Chemcon 2017), 27 – 30 December 2017 at HIT, Haldia, W.B, India (International conference).
13. Magar S.B. Rode C.V., Jana S.K., Mohanraj G.T. (2019). Synthesis and preparation of Green Catalyst for Production of new oxy-fuel via esterification of glycerol with acetic acid: Sustainable material. International Conference and Expo on material Science and Engineering, SciTech Conferences, Dubai, 9-10th Oct. 2019(International conference).
14. Magar S.B. Rode C.V., Jana S.K, Mohanraj G.T. (2017). Solid Acid catalyzed Etherification of Glycerol by Tertiary Butyl Alcohol to Produce fuel additives for diesel fuel. Regional Research Conference INNOVATION 2017, JSPM Rajasri Sahu College of Engineering Pune, 13Th November2017.

 Life member of IIChE- LM 22286

SPONSORED PROJECTS ON-GOING:

• R&D Grant of Coal India Limited on “Development of a Rational Technology for Production of Ceramic Materials from Coal Mining, Washeries, and Processing Wastes”[Project code: CIL/R&D/04-17-2022] (Total Sanctioned amount: Rs.136.36 Lakh) – Co-Principal Investigator

SPONSORED PROJECTS COMPLETED:

• Seed Money Scheme (SMS) – BIT, Mesra Sponsored project on  "Recycle of polymeric waste to liquid fuel ” from 2015 – 2016 (Total Sanctioned amount : Rs. 80,000)

Book Chapter

1. Pattanayak, S., Prasad, N., & Jana, S. K. (2022). Recycle of Plastic Waste to Liquid Fuel: A Sustainable Energy Production. In Sustainable and Clean Energy Production Technologies (pp. 51-66). Springer, Singapore.
2. Das, S., Pattanayak, S., & Jana, S. K. (2022). Production of Hydrogen from Waste Biomass. In Utilization of Waste Biomass in Energy, Environment and Catalysis (pp. 161-176). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
3. Magar, S. B., Tiwari, A. K., Pal, D. B., & Jana, S. K. (2023). Biomass Conversion: Production of Oxygenated Fuel Additives. In Recent Technologies for Waste to Clean Energy and its Utilization (pp. 219-244). Springer Nature Singapore.
4. Pal, D. B., Tiwari, A. K., Awasthi, S., Jana, S. K., & Prasad, N. (2023). Low-Cost Biomass Adsorbents for Arsenic Removal from Wastewater. In Recent Technologies for Waste to Clean Energy and its Utilization (pp. 153-170). Springer Nature Singapore.
5. Tiwari, A. K., Chauhan, P. R., Pal, D. B., & Jana, S. K. (2023). Biomass Valorization as Energy Production Using Waste Biomass. In Sustainable Valorization of Agriculture & Food Waste Biomass: Application in Bioenergy & Useful Chemicals (pp. 29-50). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
6. Singh, H., Pandey, S., Prasad, N., Pal, D. B., & Jana, S. K. (2023). Utilization of Waste Biomass for Producing Useful Chemicals. In Sustainable Valorization of Agriculture & Food Waste Biomass: Application in Bioenergy & Useful Chemicals (pp. 71-98). Springer Nature Singapore.
7. Kumar, A., Tiwari, A. K., Jana, S. K., & Pal, D. B. (2023). Biomass (Algae) Valorization as an Energy Perspective: Review of Process Options and Utilization. Sustainable Valorization of Agriculture & Food Waste Biomass: Application in Bioenergy & Useful Chemicals, (pp.123-150). Springer Nature Singapore.
8. Pal, D. B., Yadav, S., Jana, S. K., & Tiwari, A. K. (2024). Waste Biomass Conversion in Useful Various Chemicals. In Sustainable Clean Energy Production Using Waste Biomass: Sustainable Energy Production and Utilization (pp. 75-100). Springer Nature Singapore.
9. Nath, S., Pal, D. B., & Jana, S. K. (2024). Production of Bioethanol Using Waste Biomass. In Sustainable Clean Energy Production Using Waste Biomass: Sustainable Energy Production and Utilization (pp. 129-155). Springer Nature Singapore.

Award Ph.D. Scholars: One

Name: Dr. Subhash B. Magar

Thesis title: Valorization of Glycerol via solid acid catalyzed Esterification and etherification processes