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Prof. K.D.P. Nigam

  • B.Sc.(Chem.Engg.)
  • M.Sc.(Chem.Engg.Design)
  • Ph.D.(Tech.)
  • Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT, Delhi

Published

  • More than 130 Papers in refereed international journals

  • More than 10 monographs/Book in different fields of chem. engg.

Mentored/In Progress

  • 52 M.Tech/M.S. theses

  • 20 Ph.Ds

Academic Honour

  • HUMBOLDT LAUREATE AWARD of Germany was awarded to Prof K.D.P. Nigam in a ceremony held in March 2013 at Bamberg, Germany. He has the distinction of first Indian chemical engineer since the inception of the Award in the year 1982. August 2012 to July 2013)

  • A festshrift issue of Industrial Engineering Chemistry and Research (I&EC) in honor of Prof. K.D.P.NIGAM in recognition of the research contributions to Chemical Engineering. A total of 68 contributions have been received from eminent Scholars around the globe. (February 2012)

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, 2009-2012

Member of Editorial Board

  • Member of International advisory board, Chemical Engineering Science (2013-2016).

  • Member of International advisory board, Chemical Engineering Science (2010-2013)

  • Member Accreditation at the European Process Intensification Centre, The Netherlands (March 2011 – till date).

  • Guest Editor of Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering (APJChE), Willey publication for Festschrift Issue in honor of Prof. Nabil Ismail 6, 1-193 (2011)

  • Guest Editor of Chemical Engineering Science (CES), Elsevier Publication for Special Issue of Microfluidic Engineering 66, 1327-1522 (2011).

  • Guest Editor of Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification (CEP), Elsevier Publication for Special Issue of Process Intensification on Intensified Transport in Complex Geometries 49, 633-808 (2010).

  • Member Editorial Board of Journal of UCTM published by University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Bulgaria (2010 onwards).

  • Member Editorial Board of International Journal of Industrial Chemistry published by Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University (2010 onwards).

  • Guest Editor of Chemical Engineering Science (CES), Elsevier Publication for Special Issue of G-L & G-L-S Reactor Engineering, 62(24), 6957-7554 (2007).

  • Member Editorial Board Chemical Engineering Research and Design (ChERD), Elsevier Publication (2007-till date)

  • Member Editorial Board Chemical Engineering, Elsevier Publication (2005 -till date).

  • Member Editorial Board Chemical Engineering & Processing-Process Intensification (EP), Elsevier Publication (2004-2012).

  • Member of Scientific Advisory Committee on Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India (June 2001-May 2004).

  • Member of Editorial Board of EABM-Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering (Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.).

  • Member of Editorial Board for Journal of Environmental Protection, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland (2000-till date).

  • Member of Editorial Board of International Journal of Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Gulf Publishing (1988).

Technical Programme Committee Membership

  • Member of International Scientific Committee for XXI International Conference on Chemical Reactors CHEMREACTOR-21, Delft, The Netherlands (Sep 22-25, 2014).

  • Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for 11th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-11), Seoul, South Korea (August, 2013).

  • Member of International Scientific Committee for SusTEM-2011, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (October 25-27, 2011).

  • Member of working party on education of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (ChemEPass)(2009-till date).

  • Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for 10th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid- Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-10), Braga, Portugal (Jun 26-29, 2011).

  • 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE-8) Montreal, Canada (Aug 23-27, 2009).

  • Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for 9th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid- Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-9) Montreal, Canada (August, 2009).

  • Initiator for Festschrift Issue in honour of Prof. Bruce Nauman of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (I&ECR), ACS Publication (2008).

  • Co-chair of ECI Conference, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, Marrakech, Morocco (May 18-22, 2008).

  • Chairman of 8th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-8), New Delhi, India (Dec. 16-19, 2007).

  • Member of International Scientific Committee for the Seventh International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas–Liquid-Solid Engineering (GLS-7) held at Nancy, France (August 2005).

  • Member of International Scientific Committee for the Sixth International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas–Liquid-Solid Engineering (GLS-6) held at Vancouver, Canada (August 17-20, 2003).

  • Member of Research Advisory Committee of National sugar Institute, Kanpur, Ministry of Civil Supplies, Government of India, 2003 onwards.

  • Member of screening committee of Petroleum conservation Research Association (PCRA) (2002-Till date).

  • Member of Research Advisory Committee, Fertilizer Association of India (Since 2001-Till date).

  • Member of Scientific Advisory Committee on Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India (June 2001-May 2004).

  • Member of Research Advisory Committee, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhavnagar (2001-2004).

  • Member of International Scientific Committee for the fifth International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas–Liquid-Solid Engineering (GLS-6) held at Melbourne- Australia (23-27 September, 2001).

  • Member of Research Advisory Council of Indian Oil Corporation (Research & Development), (September 2000 to August 2002).

  • Chairman, Chemical Engineering. Department at IIT Delhi (1999-2002).

  • Invited Member of Scientific Advisory Committee on Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India (1999-2001).

  • Member of Research Advisory Council (RAC), Engineers India Limited Delhi.

  • Member of Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.

Governing Board Membership

  • Member of Innovation council for the Fertilizer sector, Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers, Govt. of India (2010-2020).

  • Member Board of Directors for Engineers India Limited (July 2010 - July 2013).

  • Vice Chancellor UP Technical University nominee on the BOG for BIT Meerut, UPT Lucknow (2008-Till date).

  • Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and Technology transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi (March 2005-June 2006).

  • Member of Scientific Advisory Committee on Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India (June 2001-May 2004).

  • Member of Research Advisory Committee, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhavnagar (2001-2004)

  • Member of Research Advisory Committee of National sugar Institute, Kanpur, Ministry of Civil Supplies, Government of India, 2003 onwards.

  • Member of screening committee of Petroleum conservation Research Association (PCRA) 2002 onwards.

  • Member of Research Advisory Council of Indian Oil Corporation (Research & Development), September 2000 to August 2002.

  • Chairman, Chemical Engineering. Department at IIT Delhi (1999-2002)

  • Invited Member of Scientific Advisory Committee on Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India (1999-2001).

  • Member of Research Advisory Council (RAC), Engineers India Limited Delhi

  • Member of Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.

  • Council Member of All India Council for Technical Education, council constituted by Government of India (1998-2001).

  • Member of Board of Education Research and Planning of IIT Delhi (Sep. 1999 – Aug. 2000).

  • Expert Member of Project Evaluation Committee of Technology Development Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

  • National Vice-President of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (1996-98).

  • Council Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (1995-98).

  • Honorary Secretary Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (1995-1996)

Some Important Planery Lectures

  • Invitation for the Symposium on Burn Rehabilitation and Wound Healing in Conjunction with the Burn Rehabilitation Workshop, Chongqing, China ( April 29 – May 1, 2012)

  • Invited speaker for International conference on Biosensors and bioelectronics, Renaissance Las Vegas, USA ( May 14-16, 2012)

  • Invited Speaker for 1st Annual World Congress of Marine Biotechnology (WCMB-2011), Dalian, China (April 25-29, 2011).

  • Delivered the invited Plenary Lecture at University of Pannonia on the Golden Jubilee, Hungary, September 2010

  • Invited speaker for 3rd International Conference on Multiscale Structures and Systems, Beijing, China (June 12-13, 2010).

  • Invited Speaker at 6th ERA-Chemistry Flash Conference on “Extreme Chemical Efficiency-Driving to the Limits” March 2010, Roscoff, France

  • Delivered the Invited talk on Coiled Flow Inverter in Mixing Symposium at 8th World Congress, August 2009, Montreal, Canada.

  • Delivered the invited Plenary Lecture on “Emerging Trends and Sustainable Technologies for Separation Process in Chemical and Allied Industries” at The Institution of Engineers (India), Jaipur, July 2007.

  • Delivered the invited Plenary Lecture in GLS-7 Conference, held at Nancy France, August 2005.

  • Delivered the prestigious N.N. Godbole Memorial Lecture on “Technology Development for Energy and Environment” to be held at Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, February 2005.

  • Keynote Lecture on " Chemical Engineering for the Mankind " in All India Seminar on Emerging Trends & Advances in Heat & Mass Transfer at Kota, December, 2004.

  • Delivered the prestigious Meghmani Organic Ltd. Memorial Lecture on the subject “Chemical Engineering Serving Mankind” on 21 September 2002 at Ahmedabad.

  • Delivered the prestigious C.K. Murthy Memorial lecture at the Annual Congress of IIChE at Calcutta, December 2000.

The creation of knowledge and its effective transfer to users is our cherished mission. We are working in the areas of Multiphase reactors particularly Trickle-Bed Reactor, Bubble/Slurry bubble column reactors, Motionless mixers etc. In this era of globalisation there is a growing awareness that environmental protection and economic development must go together. Prof. Nigam is working on several promising possibilities to develop a cleaner and greener technology and energy efficient innovative devices. The high impact and significance of Prof. Nigam's work can be judged from the extensive citations it has received in research literature, research monographs, such as Perry's Hand Book of Chemical Engineers and textbooks. His students (graduate and undergraduate) have won various national awards such as CSIR young scientist award, best paper award of IIChE and INAE Innovative students Projects award (B.Tech). Prof. Nigam is very actively involved in the academia and industry interaction for the energy conservation in Fertilizer industry. He has proposed an innovative design of heat exchanger based on novel concept of flow inversion caused in secondary flows. The proposed innovative device has potential for the multi-functional applications in the process industry such as, inline mixer, chemical reactors, separation process, and cryogenic applications.








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