CURRICULUM VITAE

VIVEK KUMAR
Postal Address:
26, Hindustan Colony,
Amravati Road, Nagpur,
Maharashtra, 440010
E.mail: vivek_nagpur75@rediffmail.com
Phone No: +91 9371590189(Mobile)

OBJECTIVE: To explore a suitable opportunity for better future prospects.

AIM: To serve the employer with hard work, honesty and sincerity.

PRESENT STATUS:
Working on various projects at National Environmental Engineering Research institute
(NEERI), CSIR Laboratory, NAGPUR since January 2006.

Project details:
(January 2006 - November 2007)
Topic: “Development of Novel fictionalized Materials for Carbon dioxide Capture”
Sponsored by: National Thermal Power Corporation, New Delhi, India.

(November 2007 – Till date)

Topic: “Deflouridation of wastewater using chemically modified adsorbents”
Sponsored by: ALCOA, USA.

Responsibilities assigned:
• Synthesis, Catalysis (Green chemistry), chemical analysis and characterization of
various materials.
• Actively contributing for the publications of papers and patents related to the
concerned work.
• Actively involved in providing analytical solutions using the instrumental
facilities and techniques described below.
• Wet chemistry and characterization of different kind of materials for various
environmental applications e.g. Adsorption, Catalysis etc.
 • Development and modification of chemical methods through consistent research
and development methodology.

SKILLS DEVELOPED:
Material Synthesis: Well versed with the synthesis and Characterization of solids such
as Zeolites, Mesoporous (MCM-41, SBA-15 etc) and macroporous materials using
various types of surfactants and structure directing agents.
Synthesis of different catalysts for various environmental applications using combustion
method, wet impregnation and spray pulsed impregnation techniques.

Instruments / Techniques used: Spectrophotometer, potentiometer, Conductometer, pH

meter, Flame photometer, Turbidity meter, Colorimeter, High Volume air sampler, Paper
Chromatography, Catalyst evaluation assembly, Volumetric adsorption apparatus,
Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrophotometer, Gas Chromatograph (CHEMITO) (with
TCD and FID), CLARUS-500 and various specific techniques required to analyze any
gas, liquid or solid material.

 Presently working on Ion selective electrodes for Fluoride and nitrate analysis,
Ion Chromatograph (ICS-3000, DIONEX), HPLC (KNAUER) for water
parameters analysis, chemisorption unit (QUANTACHROME Autosorb-1) and
X-ray Diffraction spectroscope (RIGAKU) for solid-state analysis.

Software knowledge / used: AS1-C Windows software for Quantachrome Autosorb-1

Chemisorption unit, IRIS-32 Lite for Gas Chromatograph Linked to catalysts Evaluation
assembly (CHEMITO), CLARUS- 500 for gas Chromatograph (PERKIN ELMER),
CHROMELEON for Ion chromatograph (DIONEX- ICS-3000).

Training/ courses: Attended an orientation program for research scholars at IIT Madras
on catalysis and instrumental techniques during 17th November 2006 to 7th December
2006.
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 Catal. Today (2008),

2) Silica based mesoporous materials for carbon dioxide adsorption .., Vivek Kumar,
Nitin K. Labhsetwar, Amit K. Bansiwal and Sadhana Rayalu, Communicated to Critical
reviews in Environmental science and Technology (2008).

EDUCATION:
Post Graduation: Completed M.Sc. in Chemistry from Nagpur University, Nagpur in the
year 2005. (First division 66.40% aggregate)
Subjects offered during M.Sc. (Final year)
I) Specialization: Physical Chemistry.
II) Compulsory: Spectroscopy.
III) Optional: Environmental Chemistry.
• Special topics studied during M.Sc.: Thermodynamics of Reversible and
Irreversible Processes, Kinetics, Spectroscopy, Quantum Chemistry etc.
Graduation: Received Bachelor’s degree in Science with Physics, Chemistry and
Mathematics as main subjects from Nagpur University, Nagpur in the Year 2003
(First Division 75.55 % aggregate)
Intermediate: Completed intermediate in Science with Physics, Chemistry and
Mathematics as main subjects and electronics as vocational subject from Mrs.K.M.P.M.
Inter College, Jamshedpur, (Patna University) in the year 1998.
(First Division 71.86% in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Electronics)
Schooling: Completed schooling with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and
Sanskrit as main subjects from St. Mary's Hindi High School, Jamshedpur (B.S.E.B.) in
the year 1996. (First division 69.86 % aggregate)
COMPUTER SKILLS:
1. Windows 98/2K/XP/Vista operating systems
2. Microsoft Excel 5.0 (Data Analysis)
3. Microsoft Power Point and Presentation (For Presentation)
4. Origin 4.1, 5.0, and 6.1 (Data Analysis)
5. Unifit 3.1 (Data Analysis),
6. Netscape, Internet, Telnet.
7. Photo-Paint (For Presentation)
8. Corel Draw and Corel Photo Paint 7, 8, 9, 10 (For Presentation)
9. General office software (MS Office)

TEACHING EXPERIANCE:
 Three years teaching at Guidance Point, CBSE, STATE, XII, AIEEE, PMT,
Chemistry.
 Seven months teaching (August 2005 to January 2006) at Department of
chemistry, RSTM Nagpur University, M.Sc Part II, Physical chemistry.
 Teaching at S.F.S College (2006) and Shivaji Science College (2007) M.Sc Part I,
Physical chemistry.
 Regular guidance to graduate and pre graduate students of Science stream since
2005.
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Date of birth and place: May 7, 1980, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.
Parentage: (Father) Virendra Narayan Jha, Indian;
(Mother) Rina Jha, Indian.
Marital status: Married.
Nationality: Indian
Languages: Hindi, English

REFERENCES:
1) Dr. Sadhana Rayalu,
Scientist and Head, EMU, NEERI, Nagpur-20.

2) Dr. Nitin K. Labhsetwar,

Scientist, EMU, NEERI, Nagpur-20 VIVEK KUMAR