Academic Experience:

1. Assistant Professor (AL-11) (01.09.2024 – Present)

    Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand

2. Assistant Professor (AL-10) (28.01.2020 – 31.08.2024)

    Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand

3. Assistant Professor (TEQIP-III) (03.01.2018 - 27.01.2020)

    Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand

Industrial Experience:

1. Senior Process Engineer (Jan 2011 - Dec 2012)

    Haldia Refinery, Indian Oil Corporation Limited

2. Process Engineer (May 2008-Dec 2010)

    Haldia Refinery, Indian Oil Corporation Limited

3. Engineer (Nov 2007-May 2008)

    Mathura Refinery, Indian Oil Corporation Limited

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=B6rkrx8AAAAJ

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/T-4903-2019

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56644322700

Research Themes:
1. Separations.
2. Energy and Environmental Engineering.
3. Thermodynamics.
4. Quantum Chemsitry and Molecular Simulation.
5. Machine Learning.
6. Materials.
7. Reaction Engineering and Catalysis.

These are the research topics that we are currently working on:
1. Electrolytes for Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices. 
2. Plastic waste to material and fuel.
3. Recycling of E-waste. 
4. Biomass conversion to Fuels.
5. Machine learning for solubility and property predictions.

Students Guided: (PhD – ongoing : 04)

Current Students:

1. Gaurav Kumar (PHD/CHE/10002/20) (IRF)

     Role: Guide

2. Gokul Gangadharan P (PHD/CHE/10002/23) 

     Role: Co-Guide (Guide: Dr. Abhijit Mondal, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engg. Dept., BIT Mesra)

3. Raj Akshat (PHD/BE/10005/21) 

     Role: Co-Guide (Guide: Prof. (Dr.) Padmini Padmanabhan, Professor, Bioengg. and Biotechnology, BIT Mesra)

4. Rupesh Kumar Khutey (External PhD student)

    Role: Co-Guide (Guide: Dr. C. R. Matawale, Dean Faculty of Engineering, Shri Rawatpura Sarkar University Raipur Chhattisgarh)

Past Students:

1. Aditya Sinha (M.Tech.)

Research Topic: Thermodynamic Modeling of Solid Solubility in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Year: 2020-2021

External Guide: Dr. Pradip Munshi, Assistant Vice President (R&D), Lead Scientist (Organic), Reliance Technology Group, Reliance Industries Limited, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

Current Position: Technology Research Analyst, Signicent Information Solutions LLP

Invited Talks:

1. Resource person for the Winter School on “Quantum Chemical Calculations and Molecular Dynamics Simulations” from 4th to 10th January 2024, organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.

2. Delivered a lecture as a resource person in Online Short Term Course On “Understanding of Molecular Simulation (UMS-2023)” from 19th to 23rd June 2023, organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela.

3. Delivered a lecture as a resource person on “Introduction to Molecular Simulation” in One week Training program on “Advanced Analytical and simulation Techniques in Chemical Engineering Applications” from 21st to 27th Nov. 2022, organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi under the aegis of DST-STUTI Programme of Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.

4. Invited talk on “Molecular Simulations In Chemical Engineering” in National Level Virtual Short-Term Training Programme on “Molecular Simulation from Chemical Structure to Green Separation Process” during 07th to 11th March 2022, organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering & Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar (SSN) College of Engineering, Chennai.

5. Invited talk on “Molecular Simulations In Chemical Engineering” in One Week Online Faculty Development Programme on “Myriad Regimes Possessing the potentiality for Chemical Engineers” during 14th to 19th February 2022, organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore.

6. Invited talk on “Process Simulation for the Development of Industrial Chemical Processes” in One Week Online Faculty Development Programme on “Myriad Regimes Possessing the potentiality for Chemical Engineers” during 14th to 19th February 2022, organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore.

FDP/courses attended:

1. 5-weeks course on Energy Transition - Innovation Towards A Low-Carbon Future offered by IFP School - French Institute of Petroleum (April 2021).

2. 5-days AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary Faculty Development Programme on "Plastics Recycling and Waste Management" from 14.06.2021 to 18.06.2021 at Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET).

3. 5-days AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary Faculty Development Programme on "Biomass to fuels, Chemicals and value-added products for sustainable energy and environmental future" from 20.12.2021 to 24.12.2021 at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.

4. 4-days online Training on "Bio-CNG – The Future of Sustainable Biodegradable Waste Management " from 29.06.2022 to 02.07.2022 organised by the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.

5. Successfully completed Module 6: Student Assessment and Evaluation of National Initiative for Technical Teachers Training (Feb 2021).

14. Gaurav Kumar, Anand Bharti. Chemical upcycling of waste polyethylene terephthalate via cosolvent-assisted alkaline hydrolysis. Accepted for publication in Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society, 2024. (Scopus).

13. Akshat Kumar, Anand Bharti, Padmini Padmanabhan. Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulation and COSMO-SAC Approach for Enhanced 1,3-Propanediol Extraction with Imidazolium-based Ionic Liquids. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2024, 30, 164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-024-05964-7 (I.F. = 2.1).

12. Gaurav Kumar, Kishant Kumar, Anand Bharti. Energy and Environmental metrics based comparison of ionic liquids/deep eutectic solvents assisted chemical recycling of waste poly (ethylene terephthalate). Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2024, 63, 6024-6046. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c04481 (I.F. = 4.2).

11. Gaurav Kumar, Kishant Kumar, Anand Bharti. Quantum chemistry-based approach for density prediction of non-ionic hydrophobic eutectic solvents. Journal of Solution Chemistry, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-024-01372-w (I.F. = 1.2).

10. Kishant Kumar, Anand Bharti, Ajay Kumar, Surya K. Ghosh, Amit Kumar. Choline based Deep Eutectic Solvent for denitrogenation of liquid fuel: A molecular dynamics simulation. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023, 382,121862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121862 (I.F. = 6.633).

9. Kishant Kumar, Sonanki Keshri, Anand Bharti, Shailesh Kumar, Santosh Mogurampelly. Solubility of Gases in Choline Chloride-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents from Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2022, 61, 4659-4671. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c04923 (I.F. = 3.764).

8. Kishant Kumar, Anand Bharti, Santosh Mogurampelly. Insights on choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvent (reline) + primary alcohol mixtures: a molecular dynamics simulation study. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2022, 28:30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-021-05017-3 (I.F. = 1.810).

7. Kishant Kumar, Anand Bharti, Rudra Kumar. Molecular Insights into Structure and Dynamics of LiTf2N/Deep Eutectic Solvent: An Electrolyte for Li-ion Batteries. Molecular Simulation, 2021, 47:18, 1477-1492. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2021.1983178 (I.F. = 2.178).

6. Rupesh Verma, Pyari Mohan Dehury, Anand Bharti, Tamal Banerjee. Liquid-liquid extraction, COSMO-SAC predictions and process flow sheeting of 1-butanol enhancement using mesitylene and oleyl alcohol. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 265, 2018, 824-839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2018.06.088. (I.F. = 5.065).

Publications during PhD (AT IIT Guwahati):

5. Anand Bharti, Rupesh Verma, Prerna, Sarvesh Namdeo, Abhigyan Malviya, Tamal Banerjee, Stanley I. Sandler. Liquid-liquid equilibria and COSMO-SAC modeling of organic solvent/ionic liquid - hydroxyacetone - water mixtures. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 462, 2018, 73-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2018.01.026. (I.F. = 2.838).

4. Anand Bharti, Tamal Banerjee. Reactive Force Field Simulation studies on the Combustion Behavior of n-Octanol. Fuel Processing Technology, 152, 2016, 132-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.06.027. (I.F. = 4.982).

3. Anand Bharti, Prerna, Tamal Banerjee. Applicability of Cuckoo Search Algorithm for the Prediction of Multicomponent Liquid-Liquid Equilibria for Imidazolium and Phosphonium Based Ionic Liquids. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 54, 2015, 12393-12407. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03449. (I.F. = 3.573).

2. Anand Bharti, Tamal Banerjee. Solubility prediction of bio-oil derived chemicals in aqueous media by Localized Molecular Orbital-Energy Decomposition Analysis (LMO-EDA) and COSMO-RS predictions. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1067, 2015, 48-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2015.05.019. (I.F. = 1.605).

1. Anand Bharti, Tamal Banerjee. Enhancement of Bio-Oil Derived Chemicals in Aqueous Phase using Ionic Liquids: Experimental and COSMO-SAC Predictions using a Modified Hydrogen Bonding Expression. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 400, 2015, 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2015.04.029. (I.F. = 2.838).

1. Title: Degradation of polystyrene microplastics (PMPs) from wastewater using Novel Continuous Rotating Electro-Chemical Reactor (CRECR)

    Role: Co-PI, PI (Dr. Abhijit Mondal, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engg., BIT Mesra)

    Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. Of India

    Duration: 3 years (2023-2026)

    Fund Value: Rs. 44.16 Lakhs

Books:

1. Anand Bharti, Debashis Kundu, Dharamashi Rabari, Tamal Banerjee. Phase Equilibria in Ionic Liquid Facilitated Liquid-Liquid Extractions. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. ISBN: 9781498769488. Web link

Book Chapters:

1. Tamal Banerjee, Rupesh Kumar Verma, Pappu Naik, Anand Bharti. Chapter-9: Role of Deep Eutectic Solvents in Process Simulations in Extraction Operations. Book – Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering – Deep Eutectic Solvents: Fundamentals and Emerging Applications. Elsevier, 2022. ISBN: 9780323999052.