• Plant Design & Economics (UG)
• Heat Transfer Operations (UG)
• Fluidization Engineering (UG&PG)
• New Separation Processes (UG&PG)
• Engineering Thermodynamics (UG)
• Mass and Energy Balances (UG)
• Separation Processes (UG)
• Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation (PG)
• Chemical Reaction Engineering (UG

Invited Talks

• Lecture delivered on “Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation in Aspen” in a training programme for employee of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), India, on 30th  March 2026, at RGIPT Jais, India.

• Lecture delivered on “Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation in Aspen” in a training programme for employee of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), India, on 2nd  February 2026, at RGIPT Jais, India.

• Lecture delivered on “Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation in Aspen” in a training programme for employee of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), India, on 15th  July 2025, at RGIPT Jais, India

• Lecture delivered on “Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation in Aspen” in a training programme for employee of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), India on 28th  March 2025, at RGIPT Jais, India.

•  Lecture delivered on “Green Novel Solvents for CO2 capture” in a SERB sponsored workshop on “Carbon Utilization and Other Needed Technologies for NET-ZERO Vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat” organized by RGIPT on 19th  October 2024.

•  Lecture delivered on “Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization” in a training programme for employee of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), India on 5th  March 2024, at RGIPT Jais, India.

•  Lecture delivered on “Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation in Aspen” in a training programme for employee of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), India on 1st  March 2024, at RGIPT Jais, India.

•  Lecture delivered on “Aspen Modelling and Simulation in Chemical and Petroleum Industries” in a one-day workshop organized by Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (GGV) Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India on 8th January 2024.

•  Lecture delivered on “Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization” in a training programme for employee of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), India on 1st December 2023, at RGIPT Jais, India.

•  Lecture delivered on “Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation in Aspen” in a training programme for employee of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), India on 24th November 2023, at RGIPT Jais, India.

•  Lecture delivered on “Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation in Aspen” in a training programme for employee of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), India on 4th July 2023, at RGIPT Jais, India.

•  Lecture delivered on “Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation in Aspen” in a training programme for employee of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), India on 28th June 2023, at RGIPT Jais, India.

•  Lecture delivered on "CO2 Capture using Deep Eutectic Solvents" at Interdisciplinary International Conference on Current Trends in Applied Sciences-2022, on 4th September 2022.

•  Lecture delivered on “Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation in Aspen” in a training programme for employee of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), India on 20th   July 2022.

• Lecture delivered on “Process Design” in a training programme for employee of Mongol Refinery, Mongolia on 21st  January 2022.
• Lecture delivered on “Green Fuels” in a training programme for employee of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) Visakhapatnam, India on 23rd February 2021.
• Lecture delivered on “Refinery Utility System” in training programme foremployee ofHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) Visakhapatnam, India on 25th February 2021.
• Lecture delivered on “Green Fuels” in training programme for employee of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) Visakhapatnam, India on 27th January 2021.
• Lecture delivered on “Refinery Utility System” in training programme foremployee ofHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) Visakhapatnam, India on 27th January 2021.
• Invited Lecture on “Application of Deep Eutectic Solvents in CO2 Capture and Biodiesel Production”in online FDP, 29th July -2ndAugust 2020conducted by IET Lucknow, India.
• Invited Lecture on “CO2 Capture using Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents”in Advances in Chemical Engineering and Technology (ACET-2018) 23rd -24th March 2018 at IET Lucknow, India.

Resource Person for Training Program/Workshop

• Two days workshop for Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India on the topic "Process Modelling and Simulation using Aspen Plus" from 1st – 2nd  May 2026

• One week workshop for Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (GGV) Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India on the topic "Application of Aspen Simulation for Chemical Engineering Students" from 4th  – 8th  June 2024. 

• One week workshop for Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (GGV) Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India on the topic "Application of Aspen Simulation for Chemical Engineering Students" from 22nd – 26th  August 2022.

• Training program on “Refining Technology" from 13-17 December, 2021 for IOCL Officers  at RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Training program for HPCL Officers, 22nd -26thFebruary, 2021  at RGIPT,  India
• Training program for HPCL Officers, 27th -30th  January, 2021  at Visakhapatnam,  India.
• Training program on “Refining Technology" from 21-25 December, 2020 for IOCL Officers  at RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Training program on “Refining Technology" from 14-18 December, 2020 for IOCL Officers  at RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Training program on“Advanced Petroleum Refining Technologies” for employeesof Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)from 27 – 28 February, 2020 at RGIPT Jais, Amethi India.
• Training program on “Refining Technology” for IOCL Officers, 17th February -29th  February, 2020  at RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Training program on “Advanced Petroleum Refining Technologies” for employees of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) from 6 – 7 January, 2020 at RGIPT Jais, Amethi India.
• Training program on “Refining Technology” for IOCL Officers, 14th -26thOctober, 2019  at RGIPT, Jais, India
• Training program on“Advance Refining Technologies” for employees of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited(BPCL) from 28th – 29th January, 2019 at Kochi Refinery, Kochi, India.
• Training program on “Refining Technology” for IOCL Officers, 22nd October -3rd November, 2018  at RGIPT, Jais, India
• Training program on “Refining Technology” for IOCL Officers, 28th May- 6th June, 2018  at RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Training program on “Advance Refining Technologies” for employeesof Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited(BPCL)from 9th – 10th April, 2018, at Kochi Refinery, Kochi, India.
• Training program on “Refining Technology” for IOCL Officers, 8th -20th January, 2018  at RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Training program on “Refining Technology” for IOCL Officers, 23th October- 4th November, 2017  at RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Training program on “Refining Technology” for IOCL Officers, 31st July - 12th August, 2017  at RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Training program on “Advanced Petroleum Refining Technology” for employees of Indian Oil  Corporation Limited(IOCL) from10th – 11thDecember, 2015, at IOCL Bongaigaon Refinery, Assam, India.
• Training program on “Advanced Petroleum Refining Technology” for employees of Indian Oil  Corporation Limited(IOCL) from  22nd-23rdSeptember , 2015,  at IOCL Digboi, Assam, India.
• Training program on “Petroleum Refining Technology” for employees from of Indian Oil  Corporation Limited(IOCL) from 13th-14thSeptember, 2012,  at IOCL Digboi, Assam, India.

Publications

• Amit Kumar Gomey, Komal Shukla, Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, “Comparative assessment of aromatic hydrocarbon separation from low-aromatic naphtha using conventional solvents and ionic liquids, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2026, 232, 277–289

• Amit Gomey, Sunil Kumar Singh, Mohd Haider, Rakesh Kumar, “Rational design of deep eutectic solvents for CO2 capture: integrated experimental analysis and machine learning-guided screening” Energy & Fuels, 2026, 40, 25, 13428-13443

• Siddharth Atal, Sonam Sharma, Amit Kumar Gomey, Syed Saim Ali, Rakesh Kumar, Deepak Dwivedi, Bhupendra Pratap Singh, “Experimental evaluation of CO2 absorption and thermophysical properties of TBAB-based deep eutectic solvents with amine and acid donors” Journal of Carbon Research, 2026, 4157456

• Khursheed B. Ansari, Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Syed Saim Ali, Aditya Kashyap, Sunil Singh, Anish Kumar, Rajnandani, Vinayak Awasthi, Samnyu Singh, Mohd. Shkir, Rakesh Kumar, Shakeelur Raheman A. R., “Harnessing waste for energy: feedstock, technological advancement, sustainability, life cycle evaluation, and future perspectives”, Fuel, 2026, 410, 137965

• Khursheed B. Ansari, Syed Saim Ali, Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rajnandni, Rakesh Kumar, Shakeelur Raheman A.R., Mohammed K. Al Mesfer, Basem Al Alwan, Mumtaj Shah, Mohd Danish, Mohd Shkir “MXene-polymer composite for supercapacitors and batteries: recent progress, mechanism, challenges, costing, and future perspectives” Journal of Power Sources, 2026, 663, 238840

• Amit Kumar Gomey, Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar “Designing of energy-efficient deep eutectic solvents for CO2 capture: insights from physical and thermodynamic property evaluation” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2025, 434,127996
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Amit Kumar Gomey, Deepak Dwivedi, Rakesh Kumar, “Evaluating the performance of batch, tubular coiled and coil flow invertor reactors in biodiesel production from karanja and used cooking oil” Chemical Engineering and Processing- Process Intensification, 2025, 215, 110375
• Khursheed B. Ansari, Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Syed Saim Ali, Mohammed K. Al. Mesfer, Abubakr Elkhaleefa, Shakeelur Raheman AR, Rakesh Kumar, Quang Thang Trinh, “Comprehensive review on biomass chemical looping combustion: feedstock type, operating conditions, reactor design, technological advancement, mechanistic insights, and economics” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025, 13, 116947
• Santosh Zol, Hrushikesh Chandodkar, Mukhtar Ahmed, Mohd Belal Haider, K. D. P. Lakshmee Kumar, B. Neelam Naidu, Rakesh Kumar, Nagabhatla Viswanadham, “Multi-objective optimization of syngas production from bio-glycerol: a bi-Reforming approach using NSGA-II” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025, 13, 116186.
• Divyam Jha, Amit Kumar Gomey, Gunjan Kumari, Pranjal Maheswari, Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, M S Balathanigaimani. J N Sahu “A Review on the role of nanocomposites for desulfurization of liquid transportation fuels” Journal of Environmental Management, 2025, 375,124255.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Debabrata Barik, Nithin Kumar, Prabhu Paramasivam, Raman Kumar, Jasgurpreet Singh Chohan, Hasan Sh Majdi, Majed Alsubih, Saiful Islam, Chander Prakash, Rahul Kumar “Assessment of nahar biodiesel with TiO2 nanoparticles at increased fuel injection pressure of a diesel engine: exergy, energy, statistical analysis” Case Studies in Thermal Engineering 2025, 71, 106125.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Prabhu Paramasivam, Natrayan Lakshmaiya, Praveen Kumar Kanti, Leliso Hobicho Dabelo “Conversion of water hyacinth biomass to biofuel with TiO2 nanoparticle blending: Exergy and statistical analysis” Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2025, 67, 105771.
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Syed Saim Ali, Khursheed B. Ansari, Moina Athar, Mohammed K Al. Mesfer, Mumtaj Shah, Mohd Danish, Rakesh Kumar, Shakeelur Raheman AR, “Process intensification in biodiesel production using unconventional reactors” Fuel, 2025, 380, 133263.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi, Abdul Razak, Majed Alsubih, Saiful Islam, Deden Ramdan, Muhammad Imam Ammarullah “Strategies for enhanced management of cleaner diesel combustion with nanoparticle additives: a critical review with biomedical considerations” Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2024, 15, 103118.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Debabrata Barik, Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi, Umit Agbulut, “Experimental and statistical assessment for hydrogen-powered dual-fuel diesel engine using a novel biodiesel blend at variable injection pressure” International Journal of Thermofluids, 2024, 24, 100955.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Prabhu Paramasivam, Ümit Agbulut, “Decoding the performance of a blend of metal-oxide nanoparticles in Eichhornia crassipes biodiesel at varying injection timing through the routes of thermodynamic analysis and statistical optimization” Energy, 2024, 311, 133367.
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Shalu Yadav, Amit Kumar Gomey, Abhay Kumar Choubey, Rakesh Kumar, “Assessment of performance and emission characteristics of CI engine using tyre pyrolysis oil and biodiesel blends by nano additives: an experimental study” Journal of the Energy Institute, 2024, 117, 101825.
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Abhishek Saini, Siddharth Atal, Saurabh Kumar, Gajendiran Mani, Ramesh Prabhu Vellaichamy, Lavanya Melcureraj, Rakesh Kumar, Deepak Dwivedi “Assessing the effect of different biodiesels on corrosion of nickel alloy” Materials Today Sustainability, 2024, 28, 100968.
• Akshay Jaina, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Debabrata Barik, Dhinesh Balasubramanian, Ravikumar Ramegowda, Femilda Josephin JS, Edwin Geo Varuvel, Duc Trong Nguyen Le, Thanh Hai Truong, Dao Nam Cao, Thanh Tuan Le, “Impact of the operational parameters of a dual fuel engine operating on a blend of water Hyacinth biodiesel and Mesua ferrea biodiesel with hydrogen–A clean development mechanism” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024, 66, 689–702
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, C. Ahamed Saleel, Prabhakar Sharma, Rameshprabu Ramaraj, Deepanraj Balakrishnan “Estimation of the potential of nahar biodiesel run diesel engine at varying fuel injection pressures through exergy approach” Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023, 84, 262–274.
• Amit Gomey, Mata Mani Tripathi, Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, “Comparative analysis of isopropyl alcohol dehydration using ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvent” Journal of Ionic Liquids, 2023, 100069.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Prabhakar Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi, Deepanraj Balakrishnan, Natarajan Senthilkumar “Statistical analysis of Mesua Ferrea seed oil biodiesel fueled diesel engine at variable injection timings using response surface methodology” Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 2023, 60, 103476.
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Yogendra Yadava, Deepak Dwivedi, Rakesh Kumar, “Fuel property enhancement of jatropha biodiesel by blending with nanoparticles” Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2023, 47(1), 200-207.
• Divyam Jha, Pranjal Maheshwari, Yugank Singh, Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, M.S. Balathanigaimani, A comparative review of extractive desulfurization using designer solvents: Ionic liquids & deep eutectic solvents, Journal of the Energy Institute, 2023, 110, 101313.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Hiranya Deka “Theoretical potential estimation and multi-objective optimization of water hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes) biodiesel powered diesel engine at variable injection timings” Renewable Energy, 2023, 206, 514–530.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi, Aitazaz Ahsan Farooque, Vineet Tirth, N. Senthilkumar, Pramod Kumar Peyyala “Impact of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles addition in Eichhornia Crassipes biodiesel used to fuel compression ignition engine at variable injection pressure” Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023, 49, 103295.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi, Gottipati Venkata Rambabu, Balakrishnan Deepanraj, “Energy, exergy and emission [3E] analysis of Mesua Ferrea seed oil biodiesel fueled diesel engine at variable injection timings”, Fuel, 2023, 353, 129115.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Balakrishnan Deepanraj, Kashif Irshad, Ch. Ravikiran “Application of hybrid Taguchi L16 and desirability for model prediction and optimization in assessment of the performance of a novel water hyacinth biodiesel run diesel engine” Fuel, 2023, 339, 127377.
• Himanshu Kesharwani, Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, Shivanjali Sharma “Performance evaluation of deep eutectic solvent for surfactant polymer flooding” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022, 362, 119734.
• Pranjal Maheswari, Mohd Belal Haider, Mohammad Yusuf, Jirí Jaromír Klemeš, Awais Bokhari, Mukarram Beg, Amani Al-Othman, Rakesh Kumar, Amit K. Jaiswal “A Review on Latest Trends in Cleaner Biodiesel Production: Role of Feedstock, Production Methods, and Catalysts” Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 131588 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131588
• Mohd Belal Haider,PranjalMahswari, Rakesh Kumar“CO2 Capture from Flue Gas using Phosphonium-based Deep Eutectic Solvents: Modelling and Simulation Approach”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2021, 9(6), 106727
• Krishna Raghav, Anjanay Pandey, Rakesh Kumar, Tushar Sharma,“Role of Hydrogen to Promote Hydrate Formation of Flue Gas Mixture of CO2 and N2 in Silica Nanofluid of Single-Step Origin”,Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2021,9(6),  106591
• Mukarram Beg, MohdBelal Haider, NituKumari Thakur, MaenHusein, ShivanjaliSharma, Rakesh Kumar“Clay-Water Interaction Inhibition Using Amine and Glycol-based Deep Eutectic Solvents for Efficient Drilling of Shale Formations”Journal of Molecular Liquids 2021, 117134
• PranjalMahswari , Mohd Belal Haider , Rakesh Kumar “Effect of Water Addition on CO2 Capture on Glycol-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents” January 2021,SSRN Electronic Journal,DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3818321
• Mohd Belal Haider, Manas Dwivedi, Divyam Jha, Rakesh Kumar, BalathanigaimaniMarriyappanSivagnanam,“Azeotropic separation of isopropanol-water using natural hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents”Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering2021,9(1),104786.
• Divyam Jha, Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, BalathanigaimaniMarriyappanSivagnanam, “Extractive desulfurization of fuels using diglycol based deep eutectic solvents”Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering2020, 8(5), 104182
• Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, “Solubility of CO2 and CH4 in sterically hindered amine-based deep eutectic solvents”Sep. Purif. Technol. 2020, 248, 117055
• Divyam Jha, Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar,  Wang Geun Shim, BalathanigaimaniMarriyappanSivagnanam,“Batch and continuous adsorptive desulfurization of model diesel fuel using graphene nanoplatelets”J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2020, 65(4), 2120-2132.
• Mohd Belal Haider, Divyam Jha, Rakesh Kumar, BalathanigaimaniMarriyappanSivagnanam, “Ternary hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents for carbon dioxide absorption”, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control,2020, 92,102839.
• Divyam Jha, Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, NarandalaiByamba-Ochir, Wang Geun Shim, BalathanigaimaniMarriyappanSivagnanam, Hee Moon, “Enhanced adsorptive desulfurization using mongoliananthracite-based activated carbon”ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 20844−20853.
• Divyam Jha, N.M. Mubarak, Md Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, M.S. Balathanigaimani, J.N. Sahu, “Adsorptive removal of dibenzothiophene from diesel fuel using microwave synthesized carbon nanomaterials” Fuel,2019, 244, 132-139
• Md. Belal Haider, Divyam Jha, M.S.Balathanigaimani,  Rakesh Kumar*“Modelling and simulation of CO2removal from shale gas using deep eutectic solvents” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2019, 7(1),1027-1047.
• Krishna Raghav Chaturvedi,Rakesh Kumar, Japan Trivedi, JamesSheng, , Tushar Sharma,"Stable silica nanofluids of an oilfield polymer for enhanced CO2absorption for oilfield applications" Energy & Fuels,2018, 32(12), 12730-12741.
• Zakir Hussain,Rakesh Kumar* “Esterification of free fatty acids: experiments, kinetic modelling, simulation & optimization” International Journal of Green Energy, 2018, 15(11), 629–640
• Zakir Hussain,Rakesh Kumar* "Synthesis and characterization of novel corncob-based solid acid catalyst for biodiesel production" Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2018,57(34), 11645–11657
• Md. Belal Haider, Divyam Jha, M.S.Balathanigaimani,  Rakesh Kumar*“Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of CO2 capture by glycol and amine-based deep eutectic solvents”J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2018, 63(8), 2671-2680.
• Zakir Hussain , Deepa Meghavathu,Rakesh Kumar*, “Effect of quaternary ammonium salt addition to conventional biodiesel production process” International Journal of Engineering & Technology,2018, 7 (4.5) 220-223.
• Zakir Hussain,Rakesh Kumar, Deepa Meghavathu*,“Glimpses of dynamic biodiesel product pricing model” International Journal of Engineering & Technology,2018,7 (4.5) 224-227.
• Zakir Hussain, Deepa Meghavathu, Rakesh Kumar*,“Kinetics and thermodynamics of adsorption process using spent-FCC catalyst”International Journal of Engineering & Technology,2018,7 (4.5) 284-287.
• Zakir Hussain,  Rakesh Kumar*, “Kinetics &simulation of non-catalytic esterification” Materials Today: Proceedings, 2018, 5 18275–18284.
• Zakir Hussain,  Rakesh Kumar*, “Esterification of free fatty acids in karanja oil using novel corncob derived solid acid catalyst” ”Materials Today: Proceedings, 2018, 5 18033–18039.
• M. S. Balathanigaimani, Md. Belal Haider, Divyam Jha1, Rakesh Kumar, Seung Jae Lee, Wang Geun Shim, Ho Kyong Shon, Sang Chai Kim, and Hee Moon “Nanostructured biomass based carbon materials from beer lees for hydrogen storage”J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2017, 17, 1–4.
• Balraj Bandary, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Kumar*,“Effect of carbon and nitrogen sources on escherichia coli bacteria in removing dyes”Materials Today: Proceedings,2016, 3 4023–4028.
• Zakir Hussain, Md. Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar*,“Usage specific biodiesel production with and without catalyticbooster”Materials Today: Proceedings, 2016, 3, 4115–4120.
• Md. Belal Haider, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Kumar*“CO2 absorption and kinetic study in ionic liquid amine blends”Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2016, 224, 1025–1031.
• Divyam Jha, Md. Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, M.S. Balathanigaimani“Extractive desulfurization of dibenzothiophene using phosphonium-based ionic liquid: Modeling of batch extraction experimental data and simulation of continuous extraction process”Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2016,111, 218–222.
• Rakesh Kumar, Anil Kumar, Ashok Khanna, “Efficient homogeneous and supported ionic liquid catalysts for production of linear alkylbenzenes” Catalysis in Industry, 2015,7( 3),  188–197.
• Rakesh Kumar, Anil Kumar and Ashok Khanna, “Synthesis, characterization and kinetics of AlCl3 supported on silica superacid catalysts for the formation of linear alkylbenzenes” Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 2012, 106(1) 141-155.
• Tamal Banerjee, Ranjan Kumar Sahoo, SwagatS.Rath, Rakesh Kumar, Ashok Khanna, “Multicomponent liquid –liquid equlibria prediction for aromatic extraction systems using COSMO-RS” , Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2007, 46(4), 1292-1304.

Conference Proceedings

• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Abdulrajak Buradi, “Comparative study of performance and emission of biodiesel produced from water hyacinth and Salvinia Molesta: A critical review” In: Revankar, S., Muduli, K., Sahu, D. (eds) Recent Advances in Thermofluids and Manufacturing Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, 2023, Pages 377-388
• Jyothi BM, Ramanan CJ, Jain A, Buradi A, Bora BJ, Sharma P, Kumar R. “Biofuel production from water hyacinth for energy and environment sustainability” Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore; 2023, Pages 543–553.
• Pranjal Maheshwari, Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar “Effect of water addition on CO2 capture on glycol-based deep eutectic solvents” Proceedings of the 15th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference, 2021, 15-18.
• P Maheshwari, MB Haider, R Kumar “Experimental CO2 Capture Using Deep Eutectic Solvents and Modelling of CO2 Removal from Shale Gas” Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting, 2020.

Conferences

• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar “Sustainable biodiesel from novel feedstocks: synthesis, optimization, and combustion insights” International Conference on Research and Innovations, 5 - 6 May 2025, Bali, Indonesia.
• Rajnandani Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar “Techno-economic perspectives on biodiesel production from Moringa Oleifera: a sustainable alternative” SCHEMCON-24, 20–21 September 2024, RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Aditya Kashyap, Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar “Exploring the potential of Cassia Fistula seed oil biodiesel: engine performance and emission analysis” SCHEMCON-24, 20–21 September 2024, RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Samanyu Singh, Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar “Enhancing VCR diesel engine performance with tyre pyrolysis oil and Moringa biodiesel blends: a study on compression ratio and injection pressure” SCHEMCON-24, 20–21 September 2024, RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Vinayak Awasthi, Samanyu, Rakesh Kumar “Characteristics of oxygenated additives in a mixture of Jatropha and Spirulina biodiesel” SCHEMCON-24, 20–21 September 2024, RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Prateek Gangal, Amit Kumar Gomey, Rakesh Kumar “Deep eutectic solvents and the study of their physical and thermodynamic properties” 76th Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-23), 27–31 December 2023, HIT, Kolkata, India.
• Amit Kumar Gomey, Sunil Singh, Rakesh Kumar “Technoeconomic analysis of CO2 capture using deep eutectic solvent and the study of their thermodynamic properties” 76th Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-23), 27–31 December 2023, HIT, Kolkata, India.
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar “Exploring the fuel properties of tire pyrolysis oil through the synergistic blending of used cooking oil biodiesel with oxygenated additives” 76th Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-23), 27–31 December 2023, HIT, Kolkata, India.
• Syed Saim Ali, Aash Mohammed, Amit Kumar Gomey, Milan Kumar, Rakesh Kumar “Effect of water on the physiochemical and electrochemical properties of deep eutectic solvents” 75th Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-22), 27–31 December 2022, HBTU Kanpur, India.
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Deepak Dwivedi, Rakesh Kumar “Application of nanoparticles for enhancement of fuel properties of jatropha –derived biodiesel and corrosion impact” 75th Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-22), 27–31 December 2022, HBTU Kanpur, India.
• Amit Kumar Gomey, Rakesh Kumar “Synthesis of novel deep eutectic solvents and thermodynamic study of their CO2 solubility” 75th Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-22), 27–31 December 2022, HBTU Kanpur, India.
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Deepak Dwivedi, Rakesh Kumar “Nanoparticles as an additive for enhancement of fuel properties of jatropha-derived biodiesel” SCHEMCON-22, 22–24 September 2022, NIT Warangal, India.
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar “Physiochemical properties of biodiesel and diesel blend with nanoparticles” Shaping the Energy Future: Challenges and Opportunities (SEFCO), 26–27 August 2022, IIP Dehradun, India.
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar “Comparative analysis of batch reactor and tubular coil reactor for biodiesel production” 17th Annual Session of Students Chemical Engineering Congress (SCHEMCON-21), 22–23 October 2021, IISER Bhopal and MANIT Bhopal, India.
• P Maheshwari, MB Haider, R Kumar “Experimental CO2 Capture Using Deep Eutectic Solvents and Modelling of CO2 Removal from Shale Gas” Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting, 2020.
• Amit Kumar Gomey, Syed Saim Ali, Rakesh Kumar*,“Experimental study of different acids and amines based deep eutectic solvent for CO2 capture”International Conference on Technological Interventions for Sustainability, Chemconflux -2022, 14-16 April 2022, jointly organized by MNNIT Allahabad and University Sains Malaysia.
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar “Comparative analysis of batch reactor and tubular coil reactor for biodiesel production”17th Annual Session of Students Chemical Engineering Congress (SCHEMCON-2021),22–23 October 2021, IISER Bhopal and MANIT Bhopal, India.
• Pranjal Maheshwari, Mohd Belal Haider, and Rakesh Kumar, “Decarbonization of shale gas using deep eutectic solvents” Virtual International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering, August 3-5, 2020.
• Mohd. Belal Haider,Matamani Tripathi,Rakesh Kumar “Methyltriphenylphophoniumbromide based deep eutectic solvents for flue gas decarbonization: experimental and simulation approach”AIChE, Engineering Sustainable Development 2019,December 12-13, Seoul, South Korea.
• Mohd. Belal Haider,Matamani Tripathi,Rakesh Kumar “Biodiesel production from low-quality feedstock neem oil (Azadirachta Indica) using deep eutectic solvents”AIChE, Engineering Sustainable Development 2019,December 12-13, Seoul, South Korea.
• Matamani Tripathi,Rakesh Kumar, “Effect of deep eutectic solvents on biodiesel production using neem (Azadirachta Indica) oil as low quality feedstock”Young Scientists Conference (YSC-2019), India International Science Festival, 5-8 November 2019, Kolkata, India.
• Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, "Methyltriphenyl phosphonium bromide based deep eutectic solvents for flue gas decarbonization: experimental and simulation approach" Institute Day, 1st November, 2019, RGIPT, Jais, Amethi., India.
• Matamani Tripathi,Rakesh Kumar,  “Biodiesel production from neem (Azadirachta Indica) oil using deep eutectic solvents”Institute Day, 1st November, 2019, RGIPT, Jais, Amethi., India.
• Mohd. Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar,  “Selective separation of CO2/CH4mixtures using amine-based deep eutectic solvents”4th international Conference on Ionic Liquids in Separation and Purification Technology(ILSEPT-2019) 8–11 September 2019, Sitges, Spain.
• Rakesh Kumar, Mohd. Belal Haider, “Deep eutectic solvents for CO2capture”3rd national symposium on shaping the energy future: challenges & opportunities (SEFCO - 2019),  May 10-11, 2019, IIP Dehradun, India
• Mohd. Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, “Highly selective low viscous amine-based deep eutectic solvents for CO2/CH4separation”,  3rd Research Scholar's Day, 13th April 2019, RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Mohd Belal Haider, Divyam Jha, M.S.Balathanigaimani, Rakesh Kumar, “Experiment, modelling and simulation of shale gas decarbonization using methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide based deep eutectic solvents” 13th International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition (PETROTECH-2019) February 10-12, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR, India.
• Mohd. Belal Haider,Divyam Jha, M.S. Balathanigaimani, Rakesh Kumar “Experimental study of CO2 and CH4solubility in 2-methylamino ethanol baseddeep eutectic solvents”CHEMCON–2018, December 27–30, 2018,Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India.
• Md. Belal Haider, Divyam Jha, M. S. Balathanigaimani, and Rakesh Kumar,“Amine based deep eutectic solvents for CO2 capture”International Conference on Advance Materials Energy and Environmental Sustainability,14-15 December 2018, UPES, DehradunIndia.
• Md. Belal Haider, Divyam Jha, Rakesh Kumar,andM. S. Balathanigaimani,“Extractive removal of dibenzothiophene from model diesel fuel”, International Conference on ‘Energy Innovations - Today and Tomorrow, 14-15 October 2017, HP Green R&D Center, BengaluruIndia.
• Zakir Hussain, Md. Belal Haider and Rakesh Kumar,“Synthesis, characterization, kinetic modelling and simulation of a biodiesel production process using a novel corncob-based catalyst”, Joint Symposium of American Chemical Society and Indian Academy of Sciences November 1, 2018,  Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India
• Komal Shukla,  Rakesh Kumar,  “Energy analysis and performance evaluation for separation of aromatics from naphtha with ionic liquid using simulation” 17th -18th March,2018, Parishti-2018,  RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Zakir Hussain,  Rakesh Kumar,  “Transesterification of waste vegetable oil using spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst-based solid catalyst” 17th -18th March, 2018, Parishti-2018,  RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Zakir Hussain,  Rakesh Kumar,“A model framework to make biodiesel as sustainable alternative fuel: towards a dynamic biodiesel product pricingapproach”8thWorld Petro Coal Congress-2018 , 15th – 17th Feb-2018, New Delhi, India.
• Komal Shukla, Rakesh Kumar, “Energy analysis and performance evaluation for Separation of aromatics from naphtha with ionic liquid using Simulation”1st international Conference onEmerging Challenges and Opportunities in Energy Sector (ECOES-2018), 9-10 February-2018, RGIPT Jais, India.
• Zakir Hussain,  Rakesh Kumar,“Perspectives towards dynamic biodiesel product pricing model through case study, process simulation, energy and cost analysis” 1stInternational Conference onEmerging Challenges and Opportunities in Energy Sector (ECOES-2018), 9-10 February-2018, RGIPT Jais, India.
• Zakir Hussain, Md. Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, “Non-catalytic esterification of free fatty acids in karanja oil: Experiments, kinetics modeling, simulation and optimization”Parishti-2017,  RGIPT, Jais, India.
• Komal Shukla, Zakir Hussain, Md. Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, “Study of heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production: A comprehensive review” Parishti-2017. RGIPT, Jais.
• Zakir Hussain, Md. Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar“Usage specific biodiesel production with and without catalytic booster”International Conference on Materials Research and Applications (ICMRA-2016) 11-13 March, CMR Technical campus, Hyderabad, India.
• Balraj Bandary, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Kumar“Effect of carbon and nitrogen sources on Escherichia coli bacteria in removing dyes”International Conference on Materials Research and Applications (ICMRA-2016) 11-13 March, CMR Technical campus, Hyderabad, India.
• MD. Belal Haider, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Kumar“Ionic liquid-amine blends for CO2 separation” 6th Annual Research Symposium in Chemical Engineering, Chemference-2015, 5-6th December-2015, IIT Hyderabad, India.
• MD. Belal Haider, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Kumar“CO2 capture by ionic liquid blends with alkanolamines”International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environment Engineering(INCEEE-2015), 20-21 March-2015, NIT Warangal, India.
• Zakir Hussain, MD. Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar“Production and analysis of vegetable oil based biodiesel using KOH and NaOH as catalyst”International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environment Engineering(INCEEE-2015), 20-21 March-2015, NIT Warangal, India.
• MD. Belal Haider, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Kumar“CO2 capture by ionic liquid blends”,  Outstanding Young Chemical Engineers(OYCE-2015), 11th – 12th March-2015, D. J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, India.
• Sumit Kumar Singh, Nipun Kumar, Md. Belal Haider,Rakesh Kumar“Recent advancements in CO2capture- ionic liquids”World Petro Coal Congress-2015, 15th – 17th Feb-2015, New Delhi, India.
• Abhijeet Anand, Aman Kumar, Arpit Galav,Rakesh Kumar “A simulation study of CO2 capture by MDEA and TMBPA promoted with Piperazine” 11th International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition (PETROTECH-2014), 12th  -15th Jan-2014, Greater Noida, New Delhi, India.
• Kshitiz Saini, S. Mani Reddy, Sumit Bhatti , Lokesh K Meena,  Rakesh Kumar, “A comparison of various ionic liquids for CO2 capture from natural gas: A simulation approach” World Petro Coal Congress-2013, 15th – 17th Feb-2013, New Delhi, India.
• Abhishek Sharma, Kshitiz Saini, Rakesh Kumar, “Ionic liquids for CO2capture: asimulation approach”,CHEMCON-2012, 27th-30thDec-2012, Jalandhar, India.
• Kshitiz Saini, Abhishek Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, “Process modeling and simulation of CO2capture using ionic liquid Solvent” 10th International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition (PETROTECH-2012), 14th -17thOct-2012, New Delhi, India.
• Abhishek Sharma, Kshitiz Saini, Rakesh Kumar “A comparison of various solvents for CO2capture from natural gas: A simulation approach”SCHEMCON-2012, 21st-22ndSep-2012,BITS Pilani – Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India.
• Abhishek Dwivedi, Kshitij Saini, Lokesh Kumar Meena, Rakesh Kumar, “Comparison of reactive distillation & conventional process for methyl acetate production: modeling and simulation” National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (RACEE-2012), 20th-21stJan-2012, NIT Rourkela, Orissa, India.
• Abhishek Sharma, Kshitiz Saini,Rakesh Kumar, “Bulk CO2 removal from Natural Gas: modeling and simulation”, International Conference on Energy and Infrastructure(ICEI-2012), 3rd-4thJan-2012, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum Management, Gujarat, India,
• Nitin Soni, Abhishek Mandal, Kshitij Saini, Rakesh Kumar “Process simulation of H2S removal from the natural gas” Offshore India/Unconventional Oil & Gas India, 14th -16th Sep- 2011, Mumbai, India.
• Rakesh Kumar, Anil Kumar, Ashok Khanna “Synthesis of supported aluminum chloride and chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst for alkylation of benzene” International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE-21), 13th-16thJune-2010 Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• Rakesh Kumar, Anil Kumar, Ashok Khanna “Synthesis and molecular modeling of supported aluminum chloride catalyst for alkylation of benzene” Enabling Technologies for Chemical Process Industries, 13th-14thNov-2009, University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kanpur, India.
• Babar Sharfuddin, Rakesh Kumar “CFD studies of trickle bed alkylation reactor” GLS-8, 16th – 19th Dec,2007, IIT Delhi, India.
• Gyan Prakash, Rakesh Kumar, Ashok Khanna, “Fries rearrangement with ionic liquids” Chemference-2007, IIT Kanpur, India.
• Rakesh Kumar, Pradip Paik, Kamal K. Kar “Synthesis and characterization of nanopolymer” APT-04, 2004, Kochi University, India.

Books / Book Chapters

• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Aditya Kashyap, Rakesh Kumar, “Alcohol Fuels for Sustainable Energy Solutions” Alcohol Production Processes and their Utilization in the Transport Sector, 2025, Springer
• Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Aditya Kashyap, Rakesh Kumar, “Hydrogen Fuel in Internal Combustion Engines: Advancements and Challenges”, Hydrogen as Emerging Fuel for De-Fossilizing Transport Sector, 2025, Springer
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi, Rakesh Kumar, Sukanta Roy, Abdulrajak Buradi, “Biohydrogen production using microbial electrolysis cells” Biohydrogen Production, Recent insights in Modeling, Storage and Technology. 2024, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Pages 353-368
• Diksha P. Pathak, Ajeet K. Prajapati, Siddharth Atal, Yogendra Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, A.S.K. Sinha, Jitendra Sangwai, K.D.P. Nigam, Deepak Dwivedi, “Science and engineering of functional coatings used in energy sectors” Functional Coatings – Innovations & Challenges, Wiley, Pages 305-327.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar, Sukanta Roy “The latest advancements in technology to utilize oxygenated biofuels in diesel engines” Advancement in Oxygenated Fuels for Sustainable Development Feedstocks and Precursors for Catalysts Synthesis, 2023, Elsevier, Pages 97-114.
• Akshay Jain, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora, Rakesh Kumar “Production, performance, and emission analysis of new generation biodiesel in an unmodified engine” Advancement in Oxygenated Fuels for Sustainable Development Feedstocks and Precursors for Catalysts Synthesis, 2023, Elsevier, Pages 199-220.
• Zakir Hussain, Mohd Belal Haider, Mata Mani Tripathi, Rakesh Kumar“Catalytic and non-catalytic methods for biodiesel production” Catalysis for Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability-Biomass Conversion and Green Chemisty, Springer International Publishing, 185-208
• Mohd Belal Haider, Mata Mani Tripathi, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Kumar“Potential application of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents in reduction of industrial CO2 emissions” Catalysis for Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability-Petrochemicals and Refining Processes,  Springer, Cham, 2021, 643-673.

• Chairman Institute Work Committee (August 2024 – September 2025)
• Associate Dean Academic Affairs (July 2023 –March 2024)
• Co-Chairman Institute Work Committee (May 2024 – August 2024)
• Chairman, IIChE Amethi Regional Centre(December 2021- June 2024)
• Assistant Dean Academic Affairs(September 2021 – June 2023)
• Chairman Senate Library RGIPT(July 2019 – August 2023)
• Chairman Institute Lecture Series RGIPT(July 2019 – August 2023 )
• Departmental Under Graduate Convenor (2016-July 2021)
• Chairman Tender Evaluation Committee (2016- 2018)
• ChairmanStudent Scholarship Committee(2016- 2018)
• Coordinator Faculty Recruitment(2012- 2016)
• Coordinator, B. Tech (Chemical) Summer Internship, 2018-July 2019
• Coordinator, B. Tech (Chemical) Students’ Industrial Visit,  2016 -July 2019
• Member, Committee for Entering Rate Contract for supplying  Indigenous & Imported Chemicals, Glassware, Plasticware & Labware, August’ 2016 - July 2019
• Member, Training and Placement Committee, May’2018 -July 2019
• Member of Mess Monitoring Committee(May 2018- July 2019)
• Member of S&T Committee(2016-2018)
• Member Tender Opening Committee(2012-2015)
• Member Student Scholarship Committee(2013- 2016)
• Member of Anti Ragging Committee(2013-14)
• Member of Organizing Committee of Kaltarang-2011 and 2012.
• Member of Organizing Committee of RGIPT, Oilympics, 2011.
• Member of Organizing Committee of RGIPT Petrofest, 2011.

• MHRD Fellowship from 2003-2005 for pursuing M.Tech at IIT Kanpur
• MHRD Fellowship from 2005-2010 for pursuing PhD at IIT Kanpur
• Cash Award (Rs 10,000/-) for paper publication in international journal at IIT Kanpur.
• International Travel Grantby DST India to present the paper inInternational Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE-21), 13th -16th June-2010 Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD
  Rakesh Kumar, Anil Kumar, Ashok Khanna “Synthesis of supported aluminum chloride and chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst for alkylation of benzene” International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE-21), 13th -16th June-2010 Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• BEST POSTER AWARD
  Kshitiz Saini, S. Mani Reddy, Sumit Bhatti, Lokesh K Meena, Rakesh Kumar, “A comparison of various ionic liquids for CO2 capture from natural gas: A simulation approach” World Petro Coal Congress-2013(WPCC), 15th – 17th Feb-2013, New Delhi, India.
• B.TECH. PROJECT AWARD
  Ravi Prakash, Rahul Sharma, Rakesh Kumar “Extractive distillation of isopropyl alcohol & water: a comparative simulation study” Second prize in "Final B.Techproject competition" held from 30th October-1st November at PDPU SPE Fest 2015.
• NATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST M.TECH. THESIS
  M.D Belal Haider,Rakesh Kumar “Experimental Study of Ionic Liquid Blends for CO2 Capture” ISTE – IPCL , Best M. Tech Thesis in Chemical Engineering–2015,45th Annual Convention of ISTE on 10th January, 2016 at HVPM’s College of Engineering and Technology, Amravati (Maharashtra).
• COMMENDATION PRIZE
  Mr. Pranjal Maheshwari, M.D Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar “Biodiesel Production from Non-edible oils (Low Quality Feedstock)”  New Generation Ideation ( NGI ) Contest held on 12th September, 2019, at Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Centre ( HPGRDC),  Bengaluru, India.
• BEST POSTER AWARD 2ND PRIZE
  Mohd Belal Haider, Rakesh Kumar, "Methyltriphenyl phosphonium bromide based deep eutectic solvents for flue gas decarbonization: experimental and simulation approach" Institute Day, 1st November, 2019, RGIPT, Jais, Amethi., India.
• BEST PAPER AWARD 3rd  PRIZE
  Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar "Comparative analysis of batch reactor and tubular coil reactor for biodiesel production"SCHEMCON-2021,  22-23 October 2021, jointly organised by IISER Bhopal and MANIT Bhopal, India.
• BEST PAPER AWARD 2nd  PRIZE
  Amit Kumar Gomey, Syed Saim Ali, Rakesh Kumar*,“Experimental study of different acids and amines based deep eutectic solvent forCO2 capture”International Conference on Technological Interventions for Sustainability  (chemconflux 2022) 14-16 April 2022, jointly organized by MNNIT Allahabad and University Sains Malaysia.

• BEST PAPER AWARD 3rdPRIZE

  Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Deepak Dwivedi, Rakesh Kumar “Nanoparticles as an additive for enhancement of fuel properties of jatropha-derived biodiesel” SCHEMCON-2022, 23-24 September, 2022, NIT Warangal, India.

• BEST PAPER AWARD 1st PRIZE

  Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar, "Exploring the fuel properties of tire pyrolysis oil through the synergistic blending of used cooking oil biodiesel with oxygenated additives” 76th Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-23), 27–31 December 2023, HIT, Kolkata, India.

• BEST PAPER AWARD 3rd PRIZE

• Vinayak Awasthi, Samanyu, Rakesh Kumar “characteristics of oxygenated additives in a mixture of Jatropha and Spirulina biodiesel” SCHEMCON-24, 20–21 September 2022, RGIPT, Jais, India.

•  BEST PAPER AWARD 1st PRIZE

  Samanyu Singh, Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar “Enhancing VCR diesel engine performance with tyre pyrolysis oil and Moringa biodiesel blends: a study on compression ratio and injection pressure” SCHEMCON-24, 20–21 September 2022, RGIPT, Jais, India.

•  BEST PAPER AWARD 2nd PRIZE

  Vinayak Awasthi, Ajeet Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar “Evaluating the efficiency and emission characteristics of oxygenated additives in a mixture of Jatropha and Spirulina biodiesel” Cheme Research Expo Tryst, 12th March 2025, IIT Delhi, India.

• IIChE Award 2025 for the Best Author/(s) of Chemical Engineering Book Chapter                                                                                                   Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Aditya Kashyap, Rakesh Kumar, “Hydrogen fuel in internal combustion engines: advancements and challenges”, Hydrogen as Emerging Fuel for De-Fossilizing Transport Sector, 2025, Springer, Pages 41-91.

• BEST PAPER AWARD 1st PRIZE

  Vinayak Awasthi, Ajeet Prajapati, Rakesh Kumar “Enhanced performance and emission control in VCR diesel engines: exploring biodiesel blends, additives, and alternative fuels” SCHEMCON-2025, 3 - 4 October 2025, VIT Vellore, India.

Reviewer of Journals

• ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering(ACS Paragon Plus Environment)
• Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews(Elsevier)
• Journal of Molecular Liquids(Elsevier)
• Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery(Springer)
• Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research(ACS Paragon Plus Environnent)
• Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data(ACS Paragon Plus Environnent)
• Separation and Purification Technology (Elsevier)
• International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology(INDERSCIENCE Publishers)
• ChemistySelect, ChemPubSoc Europe journal (Wiley-VCH Publishers)
• RSC Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry)
• Journal of the Indian Chemical Society (Indian Chemical Society)