Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry School of Basic Sciences
2001 – M.Sc. from Department of Chemistry, Delhi University, New Delhi
2001-2009 – Ph. D. Chemical Sciences from Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab
Ph.D. thesis “Studies in the synthesis and association behavior of calix[4]arene and thiacalix[4]arene based receptors “ (Supervisor: Prof. Manoj Kumar)
Teaching Experience
2011 –2015 – Assistant Professor in Centre for Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, INDIA 2015 - till date – Assistant Professor in Centre for Chemical Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, INDIA
Research Experience
2009 – 2011 – Research Scientist, Department of Analytical Services, Thapar Centre for Industrial Research and Development(TCIRD), Patiala, Punjab.
Administrative Experience
2009 – 2011 – Research Scientist, Department of Analytical Services, Thapar Centre for Industrial Research and Development(TCIRD), Patiala, Punjab.
2012-till date Convener, Central Instrumentation Facility, Central University of Punjab
Supramolecular Chemistry - molecules to materials
Calixarene Chemistry, Nanomaterial Chemistry and Environmental Monitoring and Environmental Analytical Chemistry
DST-Technology Mission Board- Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Sewage Water in District Bathinda, its Transport in Environmental Compartment and Adsorptive Removal Using Metal Organic Framework (MOF) – 2021-2024
Research Seed Money Grant CUPB - Studies in the Synthesis of Cellulose Immobilized Iron Nanoparticle in Ionic Liquid– Towards Sustainable Water Purification Technology”. – Completed
BRNS BARC - Spatial Distribution of Uranium and Associated Water Quality Parameters in Groundwater/Drinking Water of six Districts (Fatehgarh Sahib, Ludhiana, SBS Nagar, Rupnagar, Barnala) of Punjab and One District (Hanumangarh) in Rajasthan, India – Completed (as Co-PI).
DST FAST TRACK YOUNG SCIENTIST - Synthesis and Evaluation of Calixarene capped Quantum dots for sensing of organic analytes – Completed
Papers
Kumar, B., Reddy, M. S., Dwivedi, K. D., Dahiya, A., Babu, J. N., & Chowhan, L. R. (2022). Synthesis of in situ immobilized iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4) on microcrystalline cellulose: Ecofriendly and recyclable catalyst for Michael addition. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 36(1), e6455.
Bhardwaj, A., Nag, S., Dahiya, A., Pandey, P., Arora, M., & Babu, J. N. (2022). Effect of Pyrolysis Temperature on Mechanistic Transformation for Adsorption of Methylene Blue on Leached Rice‐Straw Biochar. CLEAN–Soil, Air, Water, 2100108.
Kumar, S., Brar, R. S., Babu, J. N., Dahiya, A., Saha, S., & Kumar, A. (2021). Synergistic effect of pistachio shell powder and nano-zerovalent copper for chromium remediation from aqueous solution. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(44), 63422-63436.
Dwivedi, K. D., Kumar, B., Reddy, M. S., Borah, B., Babu, J. N., & Chowhan, L. R. (2021). Acetyl oxime/azirine 1, 3-dipole and strategy for the regioselective synthesis of polysubstituted pyrroles via [3+ 2] cycloaddition with alkyne utilizing Fe2O3@ cellulose catalyst. Results in Chemistry, 3, 100201.
Vaid, U., Mittal, S., Babu, J. N., & Kumar, R. (2020). Amido-amine derivative of alginic acid (AmAA) for enhanced adsorption of Pb (II) from aqueous solution. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 147, 499-512.
Ghosh, A., Dadhich, A., Bhardwaj, P., Babu, J. N., & Kumar, V. (2019). Comparative analysis of metabolites in contrasting chickpea cultivars. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 1-13.
Sharma, A. K., Devan, R. S., Arora, M. Kumar, R., Ma, Y.R. and Babu, J. N. (2018) Reductive coprecipitated Cellulose immobilized zerovalent iron nanoparticles in ionic liquid / water for Cr(VI) reduction. Cellulose, 25 (9), 5259-5275. (3.81)
Kumar, R., Arora, M., Jain, A. K., & Babu, J. N. (2017). 1, 3-Bis (cyanomethoxy) calix[4]arene capped CdSe quantum dots for the fluorogenic sensing of fluorene. RSC Advances, 7(23), 14015-14020.
Vishwakarma, G. S., Gautam, N., Babu, J. N., Mittal S. & Jaitak V. Polymeric Encapsulates of Essential Oils and their Constituents: A Review of Preparation Techniques, Characterization and Sustainable Release Mechanisms. Polymer Reviews, 2016, DOI:10.1080/15583724.2015. 1123725. (IF=6.69)
Kaur, H., Kumar, R., Babu, J. N., & Mittal, S. (2015). Advances in arsenic biosensor development–A comprehensive review. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 63, 533-545. (IF = 8.27)
Singh, R., Babu, J. N., Kumar, R., Srivastava, P., Singh, P., & Raghubanshi, A. S. (2015). Multifaceted application of crop residue biochar as a tool for sustainable agriculture: An ecological perspective. Ecological Engineering, 77, 324-347. (IF = 2.94)
Yadav, R., Sharma, A.K. and Babu, J.N., (2015). Sorptive Removal of Arsenite [As (III)] and Arsenate [As (V)] by Fuller's Earth Immobilized Nanoscale Zero-valent Iron Nanoparticles (FnZVI): Effect of Fe 0 Loading on Adsorption Activity. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.
Vaid, U., Mittal, S. and Babu, J.N., (2015). Influence of anion induced proton abstraction on Cu (II) adsorption by alginic acid. Reactive and Functional Polymers, 97, pp.48-55. (IF=2.98)
Kumar, R., Kumar, R., Mittal, S., Arora, M. and Babu, J.N., (2015). Role of soil physicochemical characteristics on the present state of arsenic and its adsorption in alluvial soils of two agri-intensive region of Bathinda, Punjab, India. Journal of Soils and Sediments, pp.1-16. (IF=2.63)
Sharma, A.K., Kumar, R., Mittal, S., Hussain, S., Arora, M., Sharma, R.C. and Babu, J.N., (2015). In situ reductive regeneration of zerovalent iron nanoparticles immobilized on cellulose for atom efficient Cr (vi) adsorption. RSC Advances, 5(109), pp.89441-89446. (IF=3.97)
Mittal, S., Vaid, U., Nabi Najar, G., & Nagendra Babu, J. (2015). Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution: a comparative study of cone biomass of “Picea smithiana” and activated charcoal. Desalination and Water Treatment, (ahead-of-print), 1-15. (IF = 1.63)
Vaid, U., Mittal, S., & Babu, J. N. (2014). Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution using biomass derived fly ash from Waste-to-Energy power plant. Desalination and Water Treatment, 52(40-42), 7845-7855. (IF=1.63)
Integrating Biochar as Conservation Agriculture Tool under Climate Change Mitigation Scenario." Rishikesh Singh, Pratap Srivastava, Shweta Upadhyay, Pardeep Singh, and A. S. Raghubanshi and J. Nagendra Babu Proceedings of National Conference on Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation, migration Scenario & Future Challenges in Indian Perspective, New Delhi, 2-3, march-2015. Pp.9-18. ISBN: 978-93-5235-335-4.
Zero effluent discharge strategy for wastewater management from crushed bone acid leaching process. Akepati S. Reddy, Vishal Duggal, Mukesh Aggarwal, Rabindra K. Patel, J. Nagendra Babu, Rambahadur Verma and Harinder Kumar, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Environmental Management 2010, 864.
A Ni2+ selective chemosensor based on partial cone conformation of calix[4]arene Manoj Kumar, Abhimanew Dhir, Vandana Bhalla and J. Nagendra Babu Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 10116
Azophenol Appended (Thia)calix[4]arene for Colorimetric Sensing of Anions : A Complexation Induced Extended Conjugation Manoj Kumar, J. Nagendra Babu and Vandana Bhalla Talanta 2010, 81, 9.
Ratiometric/ ‘On-Off’ Sensing of Pb2+ ion Using Pyrene Appended Calix[4]arenes Manoj Kumar, J. Nagendra Babu, Vandana Bhalla and Rajesh Kumar Sensors and Actuators B : Chem. 2010, 144, 183.
Fluorescent Chemosensor for Cu2+ Ion Based on Iminoanthryl Appended Calix[4]arene Manoj Kumar, J. Nagendra Babu and Vandana Bhalla, J. Inclusion Phenom. And Macrocyclic Chem. 2010, 66, 139.
Chromogenic sensing of Cu(II) by imino linked thiacalix[4]arene in mixed aqueous environment. Manoj Kumar, J. Nagendra Babu, Abhimanew Dhir and Vandana Bhalla, Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2009, 12, 332.
Chloride ion recognition using thiourea/urea based receptors incorporated into a 1,3-disubstituted calix[4]arene J. Nagendra Babu, Vandana Bhalla, Manoj Kumar, Rakesh K. Mahajan and Rajiv Puri New J. Chem. 2009, 33, 675.
Chloride selective sensor based on calix[4]arene having urea moiety. J. Nagendra Babu, Vandana Bhalla, Manoj Kumar , Rakesh K. Mahajan and Rajiv Puri Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 2772.
Synthesis and binding studies of novel thiacalixpodands and bisthiacalixarenes having O,O”-dialkylated thiacalix[4]arene units of 1,3-alternate conformation. Vandana Bhalla, J. Nagendra Babu, Manoj Kumar, Tetsutaro Hattori and Sotaro Miyano Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 1581.
Visible colorimetric sensors for fluoride ion based on o-Phenylenediamine. Manoj Kumar, J. Nagendra Babu, Vandana Bhalla and Navdeep Singh Athwal Supramolecular Chem. 2007, 19, 511.
Selective colorimetric sensing of cyanide ions over fluoride ions by calix[4]arene containing thiourea moieties. J. Nagendra Babu, Vandana Bhalla, Manoj Kumar and Hardev Singh Letters in Organic Chemistry, 2006, 3, 787.
Synthesis and Binding Studies of New Bis-Calix[4]arenes Containing Heteroaromatic Units of 2,5-Disubstituted Thiophene or 3,5-Disubstituted 1-Alkylpyrazoles. Manoj Kumar, Vandana Sharma nee Bhalla and J. Nagendra Babu Tetrahedron, 2003, 59, 3267.
Synthesis of New Cryptands Containing 1-Methyl or 1-Hexadecylpyrazole. Manoj Kumar, Vandana Sharma and J. Nagendra Babu J. Inclu. Phenom. and Macrocyclic Chem. 2002, 3, 237.
Articles
Books
Book Chapters
Nag, S., Bhardwaj, A., Pandey, P., Arora, M. and Babu, J. N. (2018) Use of agricultural solid wastes as adsorbents , Chapter 4: Organic Pollutants in Wastewater: Method of Analysis, Removal and Treatment, Inamuddin (editor), Material Research Forum LLC.
Tools/Tests
PhD : 03 (Completed) 04 (pursuing)
- Archana Kumari Sharma (2018). Studies on the Adsorptive Removal of Heavy Metals by Cellulose Immobilized Zerovalent Iron Nanoparticles.
- Shilpa Nag (2018) Studies on the use of fly ash and crop residue biochar in soil amelioration and nutrient uptake in Wheat.
- Rabindra Kumar (2016) Calix[4]arene Derivatives capped CdSe QDs for Fluorogenic Sensing of Aromatic Analytes.
M.Phil : 08 (Completed)
Rabindra Kumar |
Studies in the hydrolysis of cellulose using cellulase in imidazolium based ionic liquid |
Centre for Environmental Science and Technology, CUP, Bathinda |
10/10/2012 |
Leena Kumari |
Cellulose Embedded zero-valent iron nanoparticle synthesis and groundwater remediation for arsenic |
Do |
09/10/2012 |
Rishikesh Singh |
Thermo-chemical decomposition of wheat crop residue in presence of fly ash and its application for soil amelioration |
Do |
17/06/2013 |
Archana Kumari Sharma |
Studies in the chromium adsorption by microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) embedded zerovalent iron |
Do |
28/01/2014 |
Ravishankar Kumar |
Studies in the Arsenic Adsorption and Transport in Soils of Bathinda District (Punjab) |
Do |
01/09/2014 |
Radheyshyam Yadav |
Studies in the Adsorptive Removal of Arsenic using Fuller’s Earth Immobilized Nanoscale zerovalent iron Nanoparticle (F-nZVI) |
Do |
01/01/2016 |
Amit Kumar Chauhan |
Studies in the Adsorptive removal of Hexavalent Chromium using Charcoal immobilized Nanoscale zerovalent iron Nanoparticle |
Do |
19/04/2016 |
Upinder Kaur |
Studies in the Metal Ion Sensing by Gold Coated Lower Rim Amino Functionalized Calix[4]arene |
Do |
30/09/2017 |
M.Sc. Projects : 21 (Completed)
Sl. No. |
Topic/Title of Lecture/Paper |
Title of Conference/ Seminar |
Organized by & Date |
International (Abroad or within country) / national /State /University level |
1 |
Zero effluent discharge strategy for wastewater management from crushed bone acid leaching process. |
International Conference on Environmental Management, 25-28th October, 2010 |
Centre for Environment JNTUH, Hyderabad |
International (Within Country) |
2 |
Integrated Management of Mercerizing Wastewater from a Denim Fabric Manufacturing Industrial Facility.
|
International Conference on Environmental Management |
Centre for Environment JNTUH, Hyderabad |
International (Within Country) |
3 |
Session Chair |
Recent advances in Chemical and Environmental Sciences |
Punjabi University, Patiala |
National |
4. |
Surface Interactions: Molecules to Materials |
Indian Science Congress Association Jammu Chapter |
Govt. Girls College, Jammu |
National |
5. |
Sample preparations in HPLC |
Faculty Development Program |
CUP, Bathinda |
National |
6. |
Proteomics using LC-MS/MS |
Faculty Development Program |
GJUST, Hisar |
National |
7. |
Clean Development Mechanism and Kyoto Protocol |
Workshop on Environmental management |
Giani Zail Singh College- NITTTR, Chandigarh |
National |
8. |
Semivolatile organic compounds in Atmosphere |
Invited Talk on Environmental Management |
BHSBIET, Lehra Gaga- NITTTR, Chandigarh |
National |
9. |
Kyoto Protocol and Clean Development Mechanism |
Invited Talk in Short term programme on Sustainable Development in present scenario, 09-20th September, 2013 |
BHSBIET, Lehra gag in association with NITTTR, Chandigarh |
National |
10. |
Arsenic Remediation in environment |
Invited Talk in DBT Funded Department |
Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jallandhar |
Regional |
11. |
A New Dimension to NMR: Molecules to Human Behaviour |
National School on NMR, 23rd May – 3rd Jun, 2005 |
NorthEast Hill University, Shillong |
National |
12 |
High Resolution NMR spectroscopy of polymers |
Workshop on High Resolution NMR spectroscopy of Polymers |
IIT, Delhi |
National |
13 |
SVOC’s in ambient air |
National Seminar on Environment and Health, 27th Sep, 2011 |
Central University of Punjab, Bathinda |
National |
14. |
Studies in the Chromogenic sensing of Anions using Lower rim thiourea derivative of Calix[4]arene |
9th National Symposium in Chemistry, 1-4th Feb., 2007 |
Delhi University, New Delhi |
National |
15. |
Studies in lower rim calix[4]arene based receptors for metal ion extraction |
Oral Presentation in Third J-NOST Symposium, |
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar |
National |
16. |
Synthesis and study of Ag+ ion selectivity of biscalix[4]arenes |
Poster Presentation in UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Chemistry and Environment, 11-12th Feb, 2006 |
Khalsa College Amritsar |
National |
17. |
Synthesis and binding studies of New biscalix[4]arenes containing Heteroaromatic Units of 3,5-Disubstituted 1H-Pyrazole or 1-Alkylpyrazole |
National BioOrganic Symposium – 7, November, 9-10, 2001 |
Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar |
National |
18. |
Water quality and arsenic remediation in water treatment |
National Workshop on Training the Trainers – Water Quality and Health, 11th Feb, 2015 |
Centre for Environmental Science and Technology, Central University |
National |
19. |
External Expert for Viva-voce for M.Sc. Dissertation |
M.Sc. Dissertation, 2018-19 session |
Department of Chemistry, Akal University, Talwandi Sabo |
National |
20. |
External Expert for Viva-voce for M.Sc. Dissertation |
M.Sc. Dissertation, 2016-17 session |
Department of Chemistry, Akal University, Talwandi Sabo |
National |
21. |
External Expert for Viva-voce for M.Sc. Dissertation |
M.Sc. Dissertation, 2018-19 session |
Department of Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana |
National |
22. |
External Expert for Viva-voce for M.Sc. Dissertation |
M.Sc. Dissertation, 2018-19 session |
Department of Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana |
National |
23. |
External Expert for Viva-voce for M.Sc. Dissertation |
M.Sc. Dissertation, 2018-19 session |
Department of Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana |
National |
24. |
External Expert for Viva-voce for M.Sc. Dissertation |
M.Sc. Dissertation, 2018-19 session |
Department of Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana |
National |
AICTE - ATAL Faculty Development Program on Molecular Manufacturing at Department of Chemistry, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda from 03-07th Jan. 2022
AICTE - ATAL Faculty Development Program on Molecular Manufacturing at Department of Chemistry, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda from 16-20th Nov. 2020
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