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    Dr Omvir Singh

    Assistant Professor
    Chemistry

    Dr Omvir Singh is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Sciences and Humanities at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology. He received his Ph D Degree from the CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) in Chemical Sciences and his thesis epitomized the application of green catalysis for the conversion of unconventional feedstocks to valuable products. After his doctorate, Dr Omvir enjoyed a couple of brief tenures with the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and Kyushu University, Japan as a Post-doctoral Fellow.

    During his post-doctoral fellowship, he worked on biomass upgradation and upcycling of waste plastics. He also attempted a holy grail of catalysis research by developing catalyst (s) for low-temperature CO2 hydrogenation. His research at RGIPT shall be directed to the catalytic upgradation of unconventional feedstock such as Tree Borne Oil (TBO), Sugar (Cellulose), and municipal plastic wastes into drop-in chemicals which is highly demanding as they can be used without any modification of existing industrial setups. His expertise lies in synthesizing heterogeneous catalyst(s) based on porous materials like zeolite, defect-rich metal oxides, MOF and ZIF type of materials along with single-atom catalysts (SAC) for application in the development of sustainable processes.

    Education
    Ph D 2022 CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
    M Sc 2017 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sangrur
    B Sc 2015 Ramjas College, University of Delhi 
    Experience
    September 2023 - Till Date  Assistant Professor (Grade – II), Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, Amethi
    August 2023 - August 2023 Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyushu University, Japan 
    December 2022 - July 2023 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore  
    October 2022 - November 2022 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, Amethi

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    Research Interest
    • Green Catalysis
    • Biomass Upgradation
    • Waste Plastic Valorization
    • CO2 Hydrogenation

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    Journal Publications

    Integration of Zeolite@Metal–Organic Framework: A Composite Catalyst for Isopropyl Alcohol Conversion to Aromatics
    Omvir Singh, Ankit Agrawal, B. Moses Abraham, Reena Goyal, Chandrashekar Pendem, and Bipul Sarkar
    Materials Today Chemistry, 2022, 24, 100796
    Doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.100796

    One-pot Transformation of Glucose into Hydroxymethyl furfural over High Surface Acidic ZrO2 Decorated with Pd Nanoparticles
    Reena Goyal, B Moses Abraham, Omvir Singh, Siddharth Sameer, Rajaram Bal, Prasenjit Mondal
    Renewable Energy, 2022, 183, 791-801
    Doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.11.046

    Low-Temperature Nonoxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane over Sn-promoted Mo-Y Zeolite: Catalytic performance and nature of the active sites
    Ankit Agrawal, Omvir Singh, Ashok Kumar Yadav, Shailendra Tripathi, Anjan Ray, Vivek Pawar, Bipul Sarkar
    Fuel, 2022, 323, 124350
    Doi/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124350

    Low-temperature selective production of propylene from non-oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over unconventional Zr/ZK-5 catalysts
    Ankit Agrawal, Omvir Singh, B Moses Abraham, Sudhakara Reddy Yenumala, Anjan Ray, Bipul Sarkar
    Fuel Processing Technology, 2022, 235, 107362
    DoI/ 10.1016/j.fuproc.2022.107362

    A sustainable approach to the development of highly degradable packaging films of pectin/guar gum/polyvinyl pyrrolidone: Thermal, biodegradation, and mechanical studies with statistical optimization
    Sohan Lal, Vinod Kumar, Geetanjali Jagdeva, Sanjiv Arora, Parvin Kumar, Kapil Gulati, Omvir Singh
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2022,139,22, 52232
    DOI/10.1002/app.52232

    Advantages and Limitations of Catalytic Oxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide: From Bulk Chemicals to Lab Scale Process
    Reena Goyal, Omvir Singh, Ankit Agrawal, Chanchal Samanta, Bipul Sarkar
    Catalysis Reviews- Science and Engineering, 2022,64,2, 229-235
    DOI/10.1080/01614940.2020.1796190

    A Comprehensive Review on the Synthesis Techniques of Porous Materials for Gas Separation and Catalysis
    Vikrant Sharma, Ankit Agrawal, Omvir Singh, Reena Goyal, Bipul Sarkar, Navin Gopinathan, Sarang P. Gumfekar
    The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022, 100,9,2653-2681
    DOI/10.1002/cjce.24507

    Production of renewable aromatics from jatropha oil over multifunctional ZnCo/ZSM-5 catalysts
    Omvir Singh, Ankit Agrawal, Neha Dhiman, Bhanu Prasad Vempatapu Ken Chang, Shailender Tripathi and Bipul Sarkar
    Renewable Energy, 2021, 179, 2124-2135
    DOI/10.1016/j.renene.2021.08.011

    Synthesis of sub-nanometric Cu2O catalysts for Pd-free C–C coupling reactions
    Reena Goyal, Ankit Agrawal, B Moses Abraham, Omvir Singh, Shailendra Tripathi, Mukesh K Poddar, Rajaram Bal, Bipul Sarkar
    Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 6,5, 929-36
    DOI /10.1039/D1RE00054C

    Renewable aromatics from tree-borne oils over zeolite catalysts promoted by transition metals
    Omvir Singh, Ankit Agarwal, Tamilmani Selvaraj, Indrajit K. Ghosh, Bhanu Prasad Vempatapu, Balasubramanian Viswanathan, Rajaram Bal and Bipul Sarkar
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 22, 24756-24766
    DOI/10.1021/acsami.0c04149

    Converting Lignocellulosic Pentosan-Derived Yeast Single Cell Oil into Aromatics: Biomass to Bio-BTX
    Omvir Singh, Tripti Sharma, Indrajit Ghosh, Diptarka Dasgupta, Bhanu Prasad Vempatapu, Saugata Hazra, Alexander L Kustov, Bipul Sarkar, Debashish Ghosh
    ACS Sustainable, Chem. Eng. 2019,7,15, 13437-13445
    DOI/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b02851

    Conference Publications

    Integration of Zeolite@Metal–Organic Framework: A Composite Catalyst for Isopropyl Alcohol Conversion to Aromatics
    Omvir Singh, Ankit Agrawal, Bipul Sarkar
    15th Edition of International Conference on Catalysis, Chemical Engineering and Technology (CAT-2022),| Tokyo, Japan

    Morphology Dependence of Catalytic Properties of Cu2O nanostructure for base free Ullmann reaction
    Omvir Singh, Reena Goyal,  L. N. Sivakumar Konathala, Rajaram Bal, and Bipul Sarkar
    23rd National Symposium on Catalysis(CATSYMP-23), Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research (PPISR), Bengaluru-560080, India

    Selective conversion of non-edible seed oil to Bio-BTX
    Omvir Singh, Ankit Agrawal, V. Bhanu Prasad, Suman L Jain, Indrajit K. Ghosh, Bipul Sarkar
    India Shaping the Energy Future: Challenges & Opportunities SEFCO-2018, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, India

    Conversion of Non-edible seed oil neem oil to aromatic hydrocarbon(BTX)
    Omvir Singh, Ankit Agrawal, Bipul Sarkar, Suman Lata Jain
    New Frontiers in Chemical Science (NFCS-2018) IIT Bombay

    Production of aromatics hydrocarbon from non-edible seed oil over metal supported zeolite catalyst
    Omvir Singh, Ankit Agrawal, Bipul Sarkar, Suman Lata Jain
    Indian Chemical Engineering Science Congress (CHEMCON-2019), IIT Delhi

    Production of gasoline range hydrocarbon from Bio-Naphtha (paraffinic rich) oil Using Hierarchical ZSM-5 catalyst
    Omvir Singh, Ankit Agarwal, and Bipul Sarkar
    International Conference on Advances in Chemical Sciences and Nanocomposites Zakir Husain College, Delhi

    Bio naphtha to toluene, an experimental optimization for catalyst screening
    Omvir Singh, Ankit Agarwal, Bipul Sarkar
    International Conference on Smart Materials Perspectives and Prospective (SMPP-2023), Department of Chemistry University of Delhi

    Patents

    Process and catalyst for low-temperature non-oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to propylene
    Anjan Ray Bipul Sarkar, Ankit Agrawal, Omvir Singh, Indrajit Kumar Ghosh, Shailendra Tripathi and Sanat Kumar
    US Patent No. US11654420B2, 2023

    A Catalytic process for the Production of aromatic hydrocarbons from used cooking oil
    ?Bipul Sarkar, Omvir Singh, Ankit Agrawal, Bhanu Prasad Vempatapu, Jagdish Kumar, Sanat Kumar and Anjan Ray
    Patent Application No. 0140NF2022, 2022

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    • BRICS Young Scientist Award, 2022
      Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
    • Life Member, Catalysis Society of India

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