International Journals

Suchismita Dash and V. K. Singh, Adsorptive removal of iron metal using Pithacelobium dulce biochar as adsorbent, International Journal of Engineering Technology Science and Research, 4(4), 17-23 (2017)

V. K. Singh, A. B. Soni, and R. K. Singh, Comparative study of Central Composite and Box-Behnken design for the optimization of Malachite green dye adsorption onto Sal seed activated char, Journal of Environmental Biology, 38(5), 849-858 (2017) 

V.K. Singh, A. B. Soni and R. K. Singh: Auramine ‘O’ dye adsorption onto de-oiled cotton seed cake bio-char: process optimization using Response Surface Methodology for maximizing adsorbate removal, International Journal of Chem Tech Research, 9(7), 340-353(2016)

V. K. Singh, A. B. Soni, and R. K. Singh: Process optimization studies of malachite green dye adsorption onto Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus ) wood bio-char using Response Surface Methodology, Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 32(5), 2621-2631(2016)

V. K. Singh, A. B. Soni, and R. K. Singh: Auramine ‘O’ dye adsorption onto Ganga Imli (Pithecellobium Dulce) wood bio-char: process optimization using RSM, International Journal of Chemical Sciences, 14(4), 2116-2138 (2016)

Vishal Chandane , V .K. Singh: Adsorption of Safranin dye from aqueous solutions using a low- cost agro- waste material soybean hull, Desalination and Water Treatment DOI:10.1080/19443994,2014,991758

V. K. Singh,  A.B. Soni, Sachin Kr and R.K. Singh: Characterization of liquid product obtained by pyrolysis of cottonseed deoiled cake, Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy,8(3), 338-343 (2014)

V.K.Singh, A.B. Soni, Sachin Kr, R.K. Singh: Pyrolysis of Sal Seed to liquid products; Bio-resource Technology 151, 432-435 (2014)

VibhaVerma, Amit Keshav and V K Singh: Adsorption studies on the adsorption of maleic acid on     activated charcoal: Equilibrium, Effect of Temperature and kinetics International Journal of Environmental Pollution Control and Management (IJEPCM) Serials Publication, New Delhi 4(1) 101-112(2012)

International Conferences

Divya Kosale and V. K. Singh: Adsorptive removal of iron from aqueous solution using custard apple peel powder” in the International Conference (InDA-2018) at NIT, Tiruchirappalli (Tamilnadu) India                20-21/04/2018

Sameer Kumar Yasaswi, Arun Kumar Mehta, Suchismita Dash, V. K. Singh: Adsorptive removal of Rhodamine dye using Date palm seed biochar as adsorbent, 69th Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers CHEMCON 2016  Chennai Regional Centre of IIChE, Chennai, Tamilnadu, 27-30/12/2016

Pankaj Verma, Abhinay Agarwal and V. K. Singh: Arsenic removal from water through adsorption-A Review International Conference on Emerging Challenges and Issues in Environmental Protection CGCOST Raipur Raipur Institute of Technology Raipur 23-24/01/2014

S. Hedau, V. K. Singh, B. Kartheek, P. K. Majee: Steady state simulation of methyl acetate reactive distillation column using aspen plus; International Conference on advances in chemical engineering ICACE-2013 NIT Raipur, 05-06/04/2013

D. Pal, V. K. Singh, D. Singh. S. Soni: Biohydrogen production from organic wastes by anerobic fermentation in a batch reactor-effect of pH and cyclic duration; International Conference on sustainable technologies for energy and environment in process industries and INDO-US International conference on energy and environment, CHEMCON 2012, 65^th Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, NIT Jalandhar 27-30/12/2012

M. Jha, V.K. Singh: Assessment of energy efficiency and waste heat recovery in reheating furnace of a steel plant by using process heating assessment and survey tool (PHAST) International Conference on advances in chemical engineering ICACE-2013 NIT Raipur 05-06/04/2013

Priyanka Porwal, V.K. Singh and Amit Keshav: Gas solid fluidized bed in cylindrical vessel: Effect of Bed height and particle size” International conference on Recent Trends in Engineering, Technology and Management held at Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering and Technology Jhansi (U.P.)  on Feb 26-27, 2011

National Journals and Conferences

Sameer Kumar Yasaswi, A. K. Mehta, V. K. Singh:  Adsorption isotherm and kinetic studies of Safranin dye onto activated palm date seed char, National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Engineering and Technology organized by Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur, 27- 28/02/ 2016

Arun Kumar Mehta, Sameer Kumar Yasaswi, V. K. Singh: Removal of Victoria Blue dye from aqueous solution using activated groundnut shell char as adsorbent, National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Engineering and Technology organized by  Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur 27- 28/02/ 2016

Pankaj Verma, Abhinay Agarwal and V. K. Singh: Arsenic removal from water through adsorption - A Review , Recent Research in Science and Technology, 6(1), 219-226 (2014)

Manjari Jha, V. K. Singh: Assessment of energy efficiency in reheating furnace of a steel plant by using process heating assessment and survey tool (PHAST) Recent Research in Science and Technology,5(5), 33-36 (2013)

V. K. Singh, Surjit Parial, Ankit Kumar Singh, Amit Keshav and H Kumar: Assessing the Behavioural aspects of Gas Solid Fluidization, The IUP Journal of Chemical Engg., 3(2) 2011

V. K. Singh and Manoj Pradhan: Environmental Clearance process (EC) for Mining Projects Golden Jublee National Seminar on “Mining Technology for Sustainable Development” Minetech’11organised by The Indian Mining & Engineering Journal 18-19/11/2011

Smriti Hedau, V. K. Singh and Manoj Pradhan: Effect of accelerator on the rate of chemical gassing of bulk emulsion explosive Golden Jublee National Seminar on “Mining Technology for Sustainable Development” Minetech’11 organised by The Indian Mining & Engineering Journal 18-19/11/2011

VibhaVerma, AmitKeshav , Ankit Kumar Singh, V. K. Singh, A. B. Soni: “Purification of Biotechnological carboxylic acid using activated charcoal” National Conference on Advanced Research Technique in Chemical engineering (ARTCHEM 2010) held at Sarvajanik College of Engg, Surat (Gujarat) on                 1-2/12/2010

B.E./B.Tech. Projects Supervised:

 M.E./M.Tech. Projects supervised:

SUBJECTS TAUGHT

B.E./B.Tech. Chemical Engineering

• Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering
• Inorganic Process Technology
• Unit Operation I
• Fluid Particle Operations
• Mechanical Operations
• Fuel Tech
• Environmental Pollution and Control
• Environmental Engineering 
• Process Safety and Hazards Management
• Process Economics and Management
• Process Engg and Costing
• Plant Design and Costing

M.E./M.Tech. Chemical Engineering (Chemical Process Design)

• Industrial Pollution Control
• Advanced Heat Transfer
• Operation Research and Management

Awards/ Distinctions/ Honours/ Membership of national committees

• Member of State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEAC), Chhattisgarh vide Gazette Notification dated 05/08/2011 of Govt of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests New Delhi for a period of three years.(upto August 2014)
• Member of Jury, for Energy Conservation & Innovations awards given by “The New Management Association of Chhattisgarh, Raipur” to registered PAT Units and individuals working in such units 2014
• Honoured by His Excellency, Governor of Chhattisgarh (on 21/01/2006) for my contribution as member of Award selection Jury for 8^th FL Smidth Energy Awards Competition on “Energy Conservation in Cement Industry-2005”, organised by Chhattisgarh Cement Manufacturer’s Association.

Membership of professional societies

• Life Member of Indian Institute Of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) Kolkata, Membership No LM-41217
•   Member of Institution of Engineers (India)     Member Code: M-1446325
•   Life Member of The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Membership No LM 99954
•   Regular Member of American Chemical Society, Membership No 31027966, 06/10/2016 to 06/9/2017
•   Life Membership of  Rasayan Journal of Chemistry-An International Quarterly Journal of Chemical Sciences, ISSN (Print) : 0974-1496;ISSN (Online): 0976-0083

Major institutional responsibilities held since joining (15/11/1999) the institute

(A)Responsibilities held at university/state level

• Member of the Curriculum development committee for B.E. Chemical Engg. of  RGPV Bhopal in the year 2000
• Asstt. Co-ordinator, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidhalaya (R.G.P.V) Nodal Centre, GEC Raipur from 22/08/2000 to 31/12/2000
• Asstt. Valuation Officer (AVO) for the valuation of Answer Books of C.G. state PET/PMT Examination in the month of June 2002
• Continuing Education Manager for Canada-India Institute Industry Linkage Project (CIIILP), Pune from 22/06/2002 to 12/09/2002
• Team Coordinator for the Registration of candidates during state level counselling for admission in M.B.A., M.C.A., B.E. I Sem  and B.E. III Sem  in State Engg Colleges organized by Directorate of Technical Education Chhattisgarh Sessions 2001-02,2002-03 and 2003-04
• Member B.E. /B.Arch. M.C.A. I Sem ,B.E. III Sem  Counselling and Admission committee for the Session 2004-05; 2005-06
• Asstt. Co-coordinator for the PMT/PET/PPHT/PAT-2006 Exam organized by Chhattisgarh Vyavsaik Pariksha Mandal Raipur (GEC Raipur was Coordination Centre) on 24, 25 & 26/05/2006
• Member, Adhoc Board of Studies constituted to frame the scheme of study and examination and syllabus formation of Diploma course in Chemical Engg., CSVTU, Bhilai   in the  year 2008

(B)Responsibilities held at institute level

(B-I) Administration

• Warden, Hostel-B,  continuing since 20/07/2001
• Deputy Registrar (Academic) from 17/06/2006 to 22/04/2008
• Spokesperson of the institute 2007 to 11/08/2009
• Chairman, Media Interaction Committee for the sessions 2009-10 ; 2010-11; 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 (upto 01/05/2014)
• Vigilance Officer of the institute from 12/05/09 to 22/08/2013
• First Appellate Authority under RTI Act-2005 from 09/11/2012 to 18/08/2013
• Authorized signatory for the degree application forms, bonafide certificates etc  from 16/08/2007 to 22/04/2008
• Member, Committee for (i)Printing of Degree and degree folders and other related works (ii)Security discipline and other related works and Team Leader for  Event Reporting Committee for First Convocation, Sep 29, 2010
• Team leader of Sound & Light Committee, Member of Security Committee of ECLECTIKA 09
• Prof I/C, Publicity and Event Reporting Committee  and  Member, Security and Discipline Committee for   ECLECTIKA-2011,2012 , 2013
• Prof I/C, Event Reporting Committee & Security and Discipline Committee for ECLECTIKA-2014
• Member, Parking, Security and Discipline Committee for ECLECTIKA-2014-15
• Chairperson, Event Reporting Committee and Member, Committee for Security, Discipline and other related works-3rd Convocation  on 14/01/2013 from Nov 2012-Jan 2013
• Member, Invitation & Security, Discipline and other related works Committee for  5^th convocation
• Team leader of Reception and student registration committee for 6th, 7th & 8th convocation. 2015-16; 2016-17; 2017-18
• Member, Security, Discipline and other related works Committee for 6th, 7th & 8th convocation. 2015-16; 2016-17; 2017-18
  • Chairman, Committee for framing basic hostel rules 2015
  • Chairman, Committee for  Assessment of requirement of manpower and other infrastructure etc for New 800 seater Boy’s Hostel  for session 2014-15. March –April 2014
  • Member, Committee for Scrutiny of applications for faculty positions in Chemical Engg Department Jan 2013
  • Chairman, Scrutiny committee for scrutiny of applications for faculty positions 2014-15
  • Chairman, Scrutiny committee for scrutiny of applications for Non teaching staff 2015-16
  • Member, Scrutiny committee for scrutiny of applications received for the post of Assistant Professor in the department of Biomedical Engg., Biotechnology, Chemical Engg., Humanities and Social Sciences under the guidance of ACoFAR, 2017-18
    • Member, Selection Committee for walk in interview for post of faculty posts(on contract basis)in the department of Chemistry 04/07/2013
    • Member, Security and Discipline Committee for  AAVARTAN-2013-14; 2016-17
    • Chairman- Anti ragging committee for Boys Hostel Friday, Saturday &Sunday 2013-2014; 2014-15; 2015-16; 2016-17; 2017-18
    • Member Anti-ragging Committee for Boys Hostel for Session 2008-09;2009-10; 2010-11
    • Member, Media and Design Committee & Security and Discipline Committee for  SAMAR-2014
    • Member, Security and Discipline Committee for  SAMAR-2014-15 ; 2015-16 
    • Member, Executive Council, Sub-DIC Bioinformatics 2012-13, 2013-2014

(B-II) Admission

• Chairman, committee for branch sliding of B Tech III Sem students  2015-16; 2016-17; 2017-18
• Member, committee for branch sliding for B Tech III Sem students 2004-05; 2005-06; 2006-07; 2008-09; 2012-13; 2013-14; 2014-15
• Dy. Admission Centre In- charge for online reporting and admission work for admission to B.Tech./ B.Arch. through Central Counselling Board(AIEEE-2011&2012) for Session 2011-12 and 2012-13
• Dy Admission Centre In- charge for online reporting and admission work for admission to B.Tech. and B.Arch. through Central Seat Allocation Board(CSAB-2013) for session 2013-14
• Dy.  Centre In- charge for online reporting and admission work for admission to M. Tech. through Central Counselling (CCMT-2012) for First round,  June 2012
• Faculty at Help Centre, Central Counselling Board (AIEEE-2011& 2012) and Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB-2013) for consultation and miscellaneous works  related with online registration, choice filling and choice locking for Session 2011-12; 2012-13 and  2013-14 respectively.
• Incharge B Tech/B.Arch  /M Tech/MCA I Sem hostel admission 2014-15, 2015-16; 2016-17
• Member, Committee for framing rules for refund of fee in case of cancellation of admission/ detention/death of student 2013-14 & 2014-15
• Team Leader for verification work  during reporting of candidates after 6^th round of allotment by CCB for Session 2009-10
• Prof I/C Overall Coordination Committee for I Sem admission in B.E./B.Arch. and deputed to look after  admission queries and other related matters regarding AIEEE admissions for Session 2007-08
• Member B.E./B.Arch. M.C.A. I Sem, counselling and admission committee for the Session 2004-05; 2005-06
• Member  (i) Committee for preparation of seat matrix  for session (ii) Admission team for B. Tech./B. Arch. 2006-07
• Member(i) Committee for preparation of seat matrix for B Tech/B Arch  (ii) Committee for Rule formation for sliding of branches for B.Tech. III sem students (First Batch of N.I.T.) 2007-08
• Member of the committee for 2nd round of branch sliding B.Tech. I Sem  for Session 2007-08
• Member (i) Committee for preparation of seat matrix as a result of implementation of 27% OBC Reservation (ii) Technical Support, Sliding & Coordination Team for Admission Activity             (iii) Committee for  fee revision of students (iv) Committee for Branch Sliding after Second round of Counselling 2008-09
• Member (i) Verification Team for First Round Admission AIEEE-09  (ii) Verification Team for MCA admission through NIMCET-09  for Session 2009-10
• Co-coordinator- Manual Verification for online reporting and admission work for admission to       B. Tech. and B.Arch. through Central Counselling Board (AIEEE-2010) and Deputy Admission Centre In charge for Session 2010-11(20.08.2010 to 07.09.2010).

(B-III) Examination

• Dy. Controller in the Examination Cell to look after all the works related to setting and printing of    

 question paper, valuation and other misc works from 08/10/2003 to 31/12/2010.

• Asstt. Superintendent (Exam.), Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur from13/12/2001 to 26/07/2005
• Asstt/Dy. Superintendent for conduction of AIEEE- 2004;2005 and 2012
• Dy Superintendent for conduction of Joint Entrance Examination 2012; 2013; 2014 and 2015
• Asstt  Superintendent NTPC Exam, 2005
• Asstt Test Administration Oriental Insurance Corporation Exam, 2005
• Member of Examination Committee for Biomedical Engg  2009-10, 2010-11

(B-IV) Purchase

• Member, Central Purchase Committee from 20/03/2006 to 03/11/2010
• Member, Committee for preparing the Manual for Purchase and Works for the Institute in 2007-08
• Member, Purchase Committee for the departments Biomedical Engg, Biotechnology, Chemical Engg, Chemistry, Mathematics, Humanities, Central stores, physics, library from 04/11/2010  to 2010-11; for  Biomedical Engg, Biotechnology, Chemical Engg 2012-13 to 2013-14

      (B-V) Departmental Responsibilities

• Professor I/C, Chemical Engineering Association from Sessions 1999-00 to 2004-05.
• Prof I/C  Inorganic Process Technology Lab and  Fuel Tech Lab  2001-02 to 2014-15
• Prof I/C  Technocracy 2015-16
• Prof I/C  Fluid and Particle Operation Lab  2004-05 to 2010-11
• Prof I/C Mechanical Operation Lab   2011-12 to continuing.
• Prof I/C Catering for international conference ICACE 2013 organized by department
• Member of Departmental Purchase Committee, Chemical Engg 2010-11 to continuing.
• Member of Departmental Academic Committee, Chemical Engg 2014-15 to continuing.
• Member of Departmental Grievance Committee, Chemical Engg 2014-15 to continuing.
• Preparation of detailed syllabus for the subjects Inorganic Process Technology, Mechanical Operations, Process Engg &Costing, Environmental Pollution and Control and  Fuel Tech  of B.Tech. Chemical Engg ,NIT-scheme  Sep 2009
• Member of Examination Committee for Chemical Engg   2008 to continuing.
• Member of disposal committee for written off items of the chemical Department 2013-14
• Coordinator, M. Tech. regular and B.Tech. supplementary examination 2014-15
• Coordinator, stock/inventory verification of departmental store 2014-15

 Industrial experience (13 years 8 months) before joining institute

a)      Worked as Asstt Manager with M/s Shobha Soya Oil Products Ltd, Patharia, Damoh (M.P) a 200 Tons/Day Solvent Extraction Plant (March 86 to 18.08.1990) where the responsibilities were to manage the activities related to Fabrication, Erection, Commissioning, Production and Quality Control; Receipt/Dispatch and bulk storage of Raw materials/Finished products and  Receipt and issue of engineering items

b)      Worked as Asstt. Manager with M/s M.P. State Co-operative Oilseed Growers Federation Ltd at its different processing units (20.08.1990 to 12.11.1999) :

• Chhindwara Plant (20.08.1990 to 02.04.1996) a 200 TPD Solvent Extraction Plant where  the responsibilities were to manage the activities related to Fabrication, Erection, Commissioning, Production and Quality Control; Receipt/Dispatch and bulk storage of Raw materials/Finished products and Receipt/ issue of engineering items. Also I was entrusted the additional charge of Factory Manager for the period from 01.08.1992 to 02.04.1996
• Churahat Plant (03.04.1996 to 07.02.1998) a 100 TPD Vanaspati Plant where the responsibilities were to manage the activities related to Purchase and storage of engineering spares and packaging materials and Maintenance of the plant
• Ujjain Plant (09.02.1998 to 12.11.1999) a 400TPD Solvent Extraction Plant and 100TPD refinery where the responsibilities were to manage the activities related to Production, Maintenance and Quality Control; Receipt/Dispatch and bulk storage of Raw materials/Finished products.