Dr. Amjad Ali

Professor

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala – 147 004

Highlights:

Current Position: Professor (Sept 2018-onwards), TIET (joined in 2006)

Work Experience: 19 years

Ph.D. thesis guided: 14; ongoing : 04; M.Sc. Dissertations guided: 28

SCI Publications: 78 (Citation: 2060; h-index: 22 (ResearchGate)

Invited Talk/outreach activity: 25

Indian Patents granted: 03

Sponsored Research and consultancy grant: ~ 2.1 Crore

Funding Agencies: DST-SERB, CSIR, DRDO and Industries

Major instruments procured: XPS (ongoing), GC-MS, FTIR, HPLC, Temperature programmed desorption (TPD) analyzer, UV-Vis spectrophotometer

Research Interest:    Heterogeneous chemical- and bio-catalyst for biodiesel production

Diesel fuel additives from vegetable oils

Biomass valorization and chemical transformation of glycerol

Teaching Interest:     Coordination chemistry, Basic inorganic chemistry,

Bioinorganic chemistry, Organometallics and Catalysis

Motivating students toward sciences/chemistry

Career guidance for science students

Education

Sr. No.	Institute	Degree Awarded	Year	Subjects
1	IIT Bombay	Ph.D.	2005	Bioinorganic-Chemistry
Thesis Title: Synthesis of lower rim substituted p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene derivatives and their             interactions with metal ions: Synthesis, Structure, Spectra and Magnetic Studies, and Chemical and Biological activities.                                                           Thesis supervisor: Prof. C. P. Rao
2	IIT Roorkee	M.Sc.	2000	Inorganic Chemistry
3	KLDAV Degree College	B.Sc.	1998	Chemistry, Botany, Zoology
4         Certificate programme “New directions in teaching and learning 2016”  jointly conducted by              Trinity  College, Dublin (Ireland) and TIET, Patiala. 5.        Advanced Program in Teaching & Learning  2019 ” jointly conducted by Trinity College,              Dublin (Ireland) and TIET, Patiala.

 

Employment

Sr. No.	Institution, Place	Position	From (date)	To (date)
1	Thapar Institute of Eng. & Tech., Patiala	Professor	16 October, 2018	Till date
2	Thapar Institute of Eng. & Tech., Patiala	Associate Professor	10 June, 2013	15 October, 2018
3	Thapar Institute of Eng. & Tech., Patiala	Assistant Professor	17 July, 2006	09 June, 2013
4	Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Greater Noida.	Post-Doc Fellow	26 Sept., 2005	15 July, 2006

 

Honors/Awards/Fellowship

Sr. No.	Institute/organization	Honor	Duration
1	IASc-INSA-NASI	IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Reasearch Fellowship-2009	June, 2009	July, 2009
2	IIT Bombay	SRF (CSIR)	August, 2003	Sept., 2005
3	IIT Bombay	JRF (CSIR)	August, 2001	July, 2003
4	IIT Bombay	Research Assistantship	July, 2000	July, 2001
5              Qualified NET-JRF (National Eligibility Test-Junior Research Fellowship) in chemical                    sciences
6              Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) in Chemistry with 93.6                   percentile score with all India rank of 123 among 2110 candidates. 7              Awarded performance incentives for the academic year 2008-09, 2010-11, 2011-12,                   2012-13 under the Thapar University “Performance Incentive Scheme”

 

Foreign Collaboration:

Prof. Cheol Sang Kim, “Preparation of hybrid nanostructures for the energy conversion and renewable energy systems using chemical and photochemical techniques”, Bionanosystem Lab, Department of Bionanosystem Engineering, Graduate School, Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea

 

Membership:

Life Member of Chemical Research Society of India (membership no: 1122)

Life Member of Catalysis Society of India (membership no: LM1113)

Administrative Responsibilities: 

Head, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry (17/05/2017 - 2021)

During the headship, DST-FIST scheme was defended in 2019 (Funding 2.2 Cr)

Time table coordinator, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, (02/05/2016 to 17/05/2017)

Warden, Hostel H, Thapar Institute  (24/01/2012 to 31/08/2017)

President CARE Society, Departmnet of Chemistry and Biochemistry (03/03/2014 to 18/05/2017)

Student counselor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar Institute

Infrastructure Grant:

Member of project implementation group, DST-FIST scheme awarded to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, in 2011, 80 lakh

Co-Investigator of DST-PURSE project implementation group, awarded in August 2023, (Funding 21.5 Cr) Major Equipment procured: XPS and HRTEM

 

Consultancy Job:

Visiting consultant- State program management cell (department of water supply and sanitation), Punjab

Establishing the World bank and Govt. of India funded water testing laboratory in Punjab.

 

Conference/workshop organization:

DST-PURSE sponsored 3-day workshop cum hands-on training program on “SPECTROSCOPY, SEPARATION, AND SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES” during 04-06 March 2024

Workshop on Chemical Purification and Identification
on Feb 01, 2024

Organized, National Science Day Celebration on 20^th February, 2016

Organized, National Science Day Celebration on 28^th February, 2015

Organized one day workshop on “Basics and Applications in catalysis” held on 24^th February 2014.

Organized “National Conference on Innovative Molecules for Sustainable Future NCIMSF-2013” held during 24-26 October, 2013.

Organized one day workshop on “Basics and Applications of Instrumentation Techniques in Chemistry” held on 18^th February 2013.

Organizing committee member of “National Symposium on Green Chemistry: Applications in Science & Technology” held during 5-6 Feb., 2009.

Teaching:

B.E./B.Tech. :            UCB008          Applied Chemistry

                                    UCB028          General Chemistry-I

                                    UCB029          General Chemistry-II

B.Sc.               :           PIC301            Inorganic Chemistry-I

M.Sc. (Chemistry):    PCY102          Inorganic Chemistry

PCY202          Coordination Chemistry

PCY303          Polymer Chemistry

PCY402          Special Topics in Chemistry

                        (Bioinorganic and Solid State Chemistry)

PCY305          Inorganic Synthesis lab

    

Ph.D. thesis ongoing: 4

Sr No.	Student’s name	Thesis Title
1.	Mallika Phul
2.	Anshu Tyagi
3.	Isha
4.	Anuva Mandal

 

Ph.D. Thesis Completed: 14

Sr. No	Thesis Title	Student’s name	Completion Year
1	Studies on cetane number and lubricity of additives from vegetable oils	Dinesh Kumar	Nov, 2011
2	Heterogeneous catalysis for biodiesel production from triglycerides	Vishal*	Jan, 2014
3	Lipase catalyzed transesterification reactions of triglycerides	Madhu Katiyar	June, 2014
4	Agricultural based low cost adsorbents for the removal of metal ions from aqueous solutions	Joginder singh	Oct, 2013
5	Preparation and characterization of mixed metal oxides for transesterification of triglycerides	Mandeep Kaur	Sept, 2014
6	Calcium and zirconium oxide based solid catalysts for the transesterification of low quality triglycerides	Navjot Kaur	Aug, 2015
7	Computational analysis of transcriptome and prediction of transcript using RNA-Seq data of Mus Sp.	Ahmad Firoz	April, 2016
8	Active metal supported mesoporous materials as solid catalysts for transesterification of triglycerides	Rashi Malhotra	August, 2019
9	Mixed metal oxide as catalysts for acetin synthesis from glycerol	Km Abida	November, 2021
10	Synthesis of heterogeneous catalysts for the transformation of glycerol.	Avneet Kaur	February 2021
11	Heteropolyacids based heterogeneous catalysts for the transesterification of triglycerides.	Himmat Singh&	May 2023
12	Designing a computational framework for glucose binder prediction	Rajesh Kondabala!	April 2021
13	Immobilization of Lipase Enzyme to Catalyse Abiotic Organic Transformations	Meenakshi Budhiraja$	July, 2023
14	Application of zeolite as catalyst in heterogeneous reactions for synthesis of petrochemicals and other organic compounds: A kinetic study	Priyanka Gautam#	November, 2023

Co-supervisor: * Dr. Satnam Singh, & Dr Davinder Kumar, ! Dr. Vijay Chahar, NIT Hamirpur;                   $ Dr Vikas Tyagi; # Dr Sanghmitra Burman; 

 

M.Sc. Dissertations completed: 25

 

Ongoing/completed sponsored/consultancy projects:

Sr. No	Title of Project	Funding Agency	Amount (Rs/Lakhs)	Duration
1.	Chemical synthesis, purification and process optimization for N-acetyl-L-tryptophan-N-Glucoside (NATG) scale up production	DRDO	23.467	11 April 2024 – 10-Sept 2025 (18 months)
2.	Functionalized magnetic graphene for hydrolase enzyme immobilization as heterogeneous biocatalyst for catalyzing organic transformations	CEEMS, TIET	13.1	11 August 2022-10 August 2025
3.	Triglyceride/glycol transformation into value added products employing graphene based heterogeneous catalysts	CEEMS-TIET	13.6	Jan 2020-Jan2023
4.	Magnetic core supported heterogeneous catalysts for the glycerol carbonate synthesis (Ref No: 01(7825)/18; Co-PI: Dr. B.N. Chudasama)	CSIR	21.9	2018-21
5.	Smart GlucoBinder: Design and Synthesis of Small Glucose Binder Molecule using Computational Intelligence Approach (No. ECR/2016/001231; Co-Investigator)	DST-SERB	27.192	2017-20
6.	Mixed metal oxides as heterogeneous catalysts for the triacetin synthesis (No. EMR/2014/000090).	DST-SERB	42.11	2015-18
7.	Alkali metal supported transition metal oxides as solid catalyst for the transesterification of jatropha and karanja oils (No.ERIP/ER/1103933/M/01/453)	DRDO	19.0	2012-14
8.	Zirconia supported solid catalyst for simultaneous transesterification and esterification of high free fatty acid containing triglycerides (0 l (2503)/lI /EM R-II)	CSIR	14.0	2011-14 (3 yr) (Completed)
9.	Biodiesel preparation from low quality feed stock using immobilized biocatalyst (No.ERIP/ER/0803708/M/01/ 175)	DRDO	5.0	2009-10 (1 yr) (Completed)
10.	Synthesis and evaluation of multifunctional diesel fuel additives from vegetable oils   (No SR/FTP/CS-30/2007)	DST-SERC (Young scientist award)	19.0	2007-2010 (3 yr) (Completed)
11.	Heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel production (Co-Investigator)	CSIR	16.0	2009-12 (3 yr)
12.	Biodiesel generation through whole cell and enzyme catalyzed transesterification (Co-Investigator)	DRDO	6.0	2007-08 (1yr) (Completed)
13.	Bio Diesel synthesis from Jatropha and waste cooking oil under conventional heating and ultrasonic wave conditions using heterogeneous catalyst methods	Thapar university	1.0	2007-08 ( 1 yr) (Completed)
1.	Consultancy: Water sample analysis from “Punjab water supply and sewerage subdivision, Nangal”	Punjab water supply and sewerage board	--	(Completed)
2.	Testing of quality and accuracy of field test kits	Department of water supply and sanitation, CCDU, Punjab		(Completed)
3.	Recovery of HCl acid from the spent acid from the pickling unit	Steel Stril Wheel Limited, Lalru	3.5	November 2023 (6 months)
4.	Sludge Stabilization from Metal Processing Industry and Recovery of Value Added Products	Jogindra Castings, Mandi Gobindgarh	4.7	Dec 27, 2023
5.	RESEARCH FOR ETP SLUDGE	Hero steels	11.5	October, 2023

 

 

Book Chapter

Amjad Ali, Km Abida, Himmat Singh, Biodiesel from second-generation feedstock: Role of fat, oil and grease (FOG) as a viable feedstock in Advanced Nanocatalysts for Biodiesel Production published by CRC Press 2023 Editors: Bhaskar Sing and Ramesh Oraon (Taylor & Francis Group; https://www.routledge.com/Advanced-Nanocatalysts-for-Biodiesel-Production/Singh-Oraon/p/book/9780367638245) ISBN 9780367638245

 

INDIAN PATENT GRANTED

1. Mandeep Kaur and Amjad Ali, A solid catalyst for biodiesel production and a process for its preparation. (Patent No. 309701/Application No 2358/DEL/2012)
2. Km Abida and Amjad Ali, Selective acetylation of glycerol: A catalyst for the same and a method thereof (Patent No. 418444/Application No 202111049340 and E-06/2503/2021/DEL)
3. Dinesh Kumar and Amjad Ali, A solid catalyst composition and process for its preparation (Patent No. 537671/Patent Application No: 3358/DEL/2013)

 

EDITORIAL

Amjad Ali “Biodiesel: A Greener and Sustainable Alternate to the Conventional Diesel Fuel (Editorial)” Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 2013, 17 (1), 1-2.                                        

 

PEER REVIEWED/SCI publications

1. Phull, M.; Ali, A.; Maity, B.  Sustainable synthesis of carbon dots from Ananas Comosus as renewable biomass: nanomolar level detection of glutathione, RSC Sustain., 2024, 2, 1599, DOI: 10.1039/d4su00004h
2. Gautam, P.; Barman, S.; Ali, A. Synthesis of glycerol carbonate using Li/Mg/K modified zeolite beta: a kinetic study, New J. Chem., 2024, 48, 4617.  DOI: 10.1039/d3nj05074b          (IF 2.1)
3. Budhiraja, M.; Ali, A.; Tyagi, V. Recent Advances in Lipase Catalyzed Multicomponent Reactions to Synthesize N-Heterocycles, Asian J. Org. Chem. 2023, e202300427, doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202300427                                                                                 (IF 2.7)
4. Budhiraja, M.; Ali, A.; Tyagi, V. Construction of a Bifunctional Pd(0)-CALB@SiO₂ Hybrid Catalyst for the Synthesis and Arylation of Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine in One-pot, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2023, e202201426 https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202201426                           (IF 3.261)
5. Singh, H.; Ali, A. Esterification as well as Transesterification of Waste Oil using Potassium Imbued Tungstophosphoric acid Supported Graphene Oxide as Heterogeneous Catalyst: Optimization and Kinetic Modeling, Renew. Energy, 2023, 207, 422–435, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.02.132                                                                   (IF 8.63)
6. Abida, Km.; Ali, A. Quantification of triacetin in the mixture of tri-, di-, mono-acetins and glycerol by qHNMR technique, J. Anal. Chem., 2023, 78, 4, 480                                (IF 1.237)
7. Gautam, P.; Barman, S.; Ali, A. Catalytic Synthesis of Energy-rich Fuel Additive Levulinate Esters from Levulinic Acid using Modified Ultra-stable Zeolite Y ChemistrySelect  2022, 7, e202203044.       https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202203044                                               (IF 2.307)
8. Budhiraja, M.; Ali, A.; Chudasama, B.; Tyagi, V. Production of a recyclable nanobiocatalyst to synthesize quinazolinone derivatives, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 31734    https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ra04405f                                                                    (IF 4.036)
9. Singh, H.; Ali, A. Single Pot Esterification as well as Transesterification of Waste Cooking Oil using Potassium and Phosphotungstic Acid Supported Silica: Optimization and Kinetic Modeling, Kinetics and Catalysis, 2022,  63, 687-806       DOI 10.1134/S002315842206012X                                                                                                                                             (IF 1.0)
10. Abida, Km.; Ali, A. A review on catalytic role of heterogeneous acidic catalysts during glycerol acetylation to yield acetins. J.  Ind. Chem. Soc. 2022, 99, 100459 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jics.2022.100459                                                             (IF 0.28)
11. Gautam, P.; Barman, S.; Ali, A. A comparative study on the performance of acid catalysts in the synthesis of levulinate ester using biomass-derived levulinic acid: A review. Biofuels, Bioprod. Bioref. 2022, 1095-1115   https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2351                           (IF 3.51)
12. Budhiraja, M.; Ali, A.; and Tyagi, V. First biocatalytic synthesis of piperidine derivatives via an immobilized lipase-catalyzed multicomponent reaction. New J. Chem., 2022,46, 4837-4849 DOI      https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ06232H                                                             (IF 2.10)
13. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Malhotra, R.; Ali, A.; Kumar, A. Sodium doped zirconia drenched SBA-15 as a reusable solid catalyst for concurrent esterification and transesterification of low-quality oils, YMER 2022, 21 (8), 286-304. (scopus)
14. Kaur, A.; Ali, A. Surface-modified CaO catalyst for the production of glycerol carbonate. ChemistrySelect 2021 6, 6102.        https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202100311                       (IF 2.30)
15. Kondabala, R.; Kumar, V; Ali, A. Design a synthetic glucose receptor using computational intelligence approach. J. Mol. Graph. Model. 2021, 103, 107797 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107797                                                              (IF 2.079)
16. Kaur, A.; Bhardwaj, N.; Kaur, A.; Abida, K.; Prakash, N.T.; Ali A.; Prakash, R. Proton NMR based method for the quantification of epoxidized methyl oleate. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 2021, 98, 139–147 https://doi.org/10.1002/aocs.12439,                                                      (IF 1.69)
17. Singh, H.; Ali, A. Potassium and 12-tungstophosphoric acid loaded alumina as heterogeneous catalyst for the esterification as well as transesterification of waste cooking oil in a single pot. Asia-Pac. J. Chem. Eng 2021;16:e2585  DOI: 10.1002/apj.2585                           (IF 1.06)
18. Kumar, S.; Thakur, N.; Abida, Km.; Kumar, A.; Gupta, R. K.; Ali, A. Transesterification of Triglyceride over Ni Impregnated Zn/CaO Nanocatalysts. Materials Today: Proceedings 2021, 36 (3), A1-A8, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.03.215                                            (Scopus)
19. Budhiraja, M.; Kondabala, R.; Ali, A.; Tyagi, V. First biocatalytic Groebke-Blackburn-Bienaymé reaction to synthesize imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives using lipase enzyme. Tetrahedron 2020, 76, 131643 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2020.131643                                      (IF 2.23)
20. Gautam, P.; Barman, S.; Ali, A. Catalytic performance of cerium modified ZSM-5 zeolite as a catalyst for the esterification of glycerol with acetic acid. Int. J. Chem. React. Eng. 2020, 18(9), 20200081 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijcre-2020-0081                                                   (IF 1.15)
21. Katiyar, M.; Abida, Km.; Ali, A. Candida rugosa lipase immobilization over SBA-15 to prepare solid biocatalyst for cotton seed oil transesterification. Materials Today: Proceedings 2021, 36 (3), 763-768  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.06.061
22. Abida, Km.; Ali, A. Sulphuric acid-Functionalized Siliceous Zirconia as an Efficient and Reusable Catalyst for the Synthesis of Glycerol triacetate. Chemical Papers 2020, 74:3627-3639    DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s11696-020-01189-z                                                      (IF 1.24)
23. Khan, A.; Chudasama, B.; Ali, A. Development and Functionalization of Magnetic Nanoparticles as Stable and Reusable Catalyst for Triacetin Synthesis. New. J. Chem. 2020, 44,9365-9376,DOI:10.1039/D0NJ00488J                                                                          (IF 3.92)
24. Kondabala, R.; Chahar, V.; Ali, A.; Kaur, M. A Novel Astrophysics Based Framework for Prediction of Binding Affinity of Glucose Binder. Mod. Phy. Lett. B 2020, 2050346 DOI: 10.1142/S0217984920503467.                                                                                          (IF 0.73)
25. Kaur, A.; Ali, A. Lithium Zirconate as a Selective and Cost-Effective Mixed Metal Oxide Catalyst for Glycerol Carbonate Production. Ind. Eng.  Chem. Res. 2020, 59, 7, 2667-79, DOI:10.1021/acs.iecr.9b05747                                                                                (IF 4.2)
26. Malhotra, R.; Ali, A. 5-Na/ZnO Doped Mesoporous Silica as Reusable Solid Catalyst for Biodiesel Production via Transesterification of Virgin Cottonseed Oil.  Renew. Energy 2019, 133, 606-19, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.10.055                                                      (IF 8.63)
27. Malhotra, R.; Ali, A. Lithium-Doped Ceria Supported SBA−15 as Mesoporous Solid Reusable and Heterogeneous Catalyst for Biodiesel Production via Simultaneous Esterification and Transesterification. Renew. Energy 2018, 119, 32-44, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.12.001                                                                                                                                                       (IF 8.63)
28. Kaur, M.; Malhotra, R.; Ali, A. Tungsten Supported Ti/SiO₂ Nanoflowers as Reusable Heterogeneous Catalyst for Biodiesel Production. Renew. Energy 2018, 116, 109-19, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.09.065                                                                                          (IF 8.63)
29. Kaur, A.; Prakash, R.; Ali, A. ¹H NMR Assisted Quantification of Glycerol Carbonate in the Mixture of Glycerol And Glycerol Carbonate. Talanta 2018, 178, 1001-05, DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.08.103                                                                                      (IF 6.055)
30. Aulakh, M. K.; Arora, N.; Kumar, A.; Ali, A.; Pal, B. Effect of Different Shapes of TiO₂ Nanoparticles on the Catalytic Photodegradation of Salicylic Acid under UV Light. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2017, 17, 5303–09, DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2017.13851                               (IF 1.35)
31. Kumar, D.; Abida, KM.; Ali, A. Aminolysis of Triglycerides using Nanocrystalline Nickel Doped CaO as an Efficient Solid Catalyst.  RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 66822-32, DOI: 10.1039/C6RA12114D                                                                                                                                  (IF 4.06)
32. Kumar, D.; Kim, S. M.; Ali, A. Solvent-Free One Step Aminolysis and Alcoholysis of Low-Quality Triglycerides using Sodium Modified CaO Nanoparticles as Solid Catalyst. RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 55800-08, DOI: 10.1039/C6RA13446G                                                                     (IF 4.06)
33. Kumar, D.; Kuk, H.; Ali,  A. One-Pot Solvent-Free Synthesis of Fatty Acid Alkanoamides from Natural Oil Triglycerides using Alkali Metal Doped CaO Nanoparticles as Heterogeneous Catalyst. J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 2016, 38, 43-9, DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2016.04.004              (IF 6.58)
34. Kumar, D.; Ali, A. Direct Synthesis of Fatty Acid Alkanolamides and Fatty Acid Alkyl Esters from High Free Fatty Acid Containing Triglycerides as Lubricity Improvers using Heterogeneous Catalyst. Fuel 2015, 159, 845–53, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.07.046             (IF 8.05)
35. Kumar, D.; Kim, S. M.; Ali, A. One Step Synthesis of Fatty Acid Diethanolamides and Methyl Esters from Triglycerides Using Sodium Doped Calcium Hydroxide as a Nanocrystalline Heterogeneous Catalyst. New J. Chem. 2015, 39, 7097-104, DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ00388A

(IF 3.06)

36. Firoz, A.; Malik, A.; Singh, S.K.; Jha, V.; Ali, A. Identification of Hub Glycogenes and their nsSNP Analysis from Mouse RNA-Seq Data. Gene 2015, 574, 235-46, DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.08.012.                                                                                      (IF 2.63)
37. Mutrej, V.; Singh, S.; Minhas T. K.; Ali, A. Nanocrystalline Potassium Impregnated SiO₂ as Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Transesterification of Karanja and Jatropha Oil. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 46890-96, DOI: 10.1039/C5RA01446H                                                                 (IF 4.06)
38. Katiyar, M.; Ali, A. One-Pot Lipase Entrapment within Silica Particles to Prepare a Stable and Reusable Biocatalyst for Transesterification.  J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 2015, 92, 623–32, DOI: 10.1007/s11746-015-2630-7                                                                                             (IF 2.0)
39. Kaur, M.; Ali, A. An Efficient and Reusable Li/NiO Heterogeneous Catalyst for Ethanolysis of Waste Cottonseed Oil.  Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. 2015, 117, 550-60, DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.201400274.                                                                                                       (IF 2.19)
40. Kaur, N.; Ali, A. Preparation and Application of Ce/ZrO₂‒TiO₂/SO₄^2- as Solid Catalyst for the Esterification of Fatty Acids.  Renew. Energy 2015, 81, 421-31, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.03.051.                                                                                         (IF 8.6)
41. Kaur, N.; Ali, A. Biodiesel Production via Ethanolysis of Jatropha Oil using Molybdenum Impregnated Calcium Oxide as Solid Catalyst.  RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 13285-95, DOI: 10.1039/C4RA14786C                                                                                           (IF 3.04)
42. Singh, J.; Prakash, V.; Ali, A. Desalination of Cd²⁺ and Pb²⁺ from Paint Industrial Wastewater by Aspergillus niger Decomposed Citrus Limetta Peel Powder.
    Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 8, 2523-32, DOI: 10.1007/s13762-014-0620-1.                                                                                                                                                            (IF 3.51)
43. Kaur, N.; Ali, A. Lithium Zirconate as Solid Catalyst for Simultaneous Esterification and Transesterification of Low Quality Triglycerides. Appl. Catal. A Gen. 2015, 289, 193-202, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2014.10.013                                                                                          (IF 5.73)
44. Kaur, N.;  Ali, A. One-Pot Transesterification and Esterification of Waste Cooking Oil via Ethanolysis using Sr:Zr Mixed Oxide as Solid Catalyst. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 43671-81, DOI: 10.1039/C4RA07178F                                                                                                   (IF 3.04)
45. Kaur, N.; Ali, A. Kinetics and Reusability of Zr/CaO as Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Ethanolysis and Methanolysis of Jatropha Crucas Oil.  Fuel Process. Technol. 2014, 119, 173–84, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2013.11.002                                                                               (IF 4.50)
46. Kaur, M.; Ali, A. Potassium Fluoride Impregnated CaO/NiO: An Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for Transesterification of Waste Cottonseed Oil.  Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. 2014, 116, 80–8, DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.201300213                                                                             (IF 1.85)
47. Kaur, M.; Ali, A. Ethanolysis of Waste Cottonseed Oil over Lithium Impregnated Calcium Oxide: Kinetics and Reusability Studies. Renew. Energy 2014, 63, 272-79, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.09.024                                                                                        (IF 5.43)
48. Singh, J.; Prakash V.; Ali, A. Removal of Lead (II) from Synthetic and Batteries Waste Water Using Agricultural Residues in Batch/Column Mode. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 11, 1759–70, DOI: 10.1007/s13762-013-0326-9.                                                                    (IF 2.03)
49. D.; Kumar, Ali, A. Potassium Ion Impregnated Calcium Oxide as Nanocrystalline Solid Catalyst for the Biodiesel Production from Waste Cotton Seed Oil. Energ. Source. Part A 2014, 36, 1093–1102, DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2010.545797                                                  (IF 0.89)
50. Ali, A.; Priyanka, Kumar, D. Sodium Impregnated Zinc Oxide as a Solid Catalyst for Biodiesel Preparation from a Variety of Triglycerides. Energ. Source. Part A 2014, 36 (18), 1999-2008, DOI:10.1080/15567036.2011.557689                                                                             (IF 0.89)
51. Mutreja, V.; Singh, S.; Ali, A. Potassium Impregnated Nanocrystalline Mixed Oxides of La and Mg as Heterogeneous Catalysts for Transesterification. Renew. Energy 2014, 62, 226-33, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.07.015                                                                                          (IF 5.43)
52. Firoz, A.; Malik, A.; Singh, S. K.; Jha, V.; Ali, A. Comparative Analysis of Glycogene Expression in Different Mouse Tissues Using RNA-Seq Data. Int. J. of Genomics, 2014, Article ID 837365, DOI: 10.1155/2014/837365                                                                               (IF 2.30)
53. Katiyar, M.; Amjad Ali, A. Effect of Metal Ions on the Hydrolytic and Transesterification Activities of Candida Rugosa Lipase.  J. Oleo Science 2013, 62 (11), 919-24, DOI: 10.5650/jos.62.919                                                                                                  (IF 1.20)
54. Kumar, D.; Ali, A. Transesterification of Low Quality Triglycerides Over Zn/CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst: Kinetics and Reusability Studies. Energy Fuels 2013, 27, 3758-68, DOI: 10.1021/ef400594t                                                                                           (IF 3.02)
55. Kaur, N.; Ali, A. Lithium Ions Supported Magnesium Oxide as Nano-Sized Solid Catalyst for Biodiesel Preparation from Mutton Fat. Energ. Source. Part A 2013, 35(2), 184-92, DOI:10.1080/15567036.2011.592912                                                                             (IF 0.89)
56. Kaur, R.; Singh, J.; Khare, R.; Cameotra, S. S.;  Ali, A. Batch Sorption Dynamics, Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies of Cr(VI), Ni(II) and Cu(II) from Aqueous Phase Using Agricultural Residues.  Appl. Water Sci. 2013, 3, 207–18, DOI: 10.1007/s13201-012-0073-y         (IF 0.82)
57. Singh, J.;  Sharma, R.; Ali, A. Application of Acacia Karroo Charcoal for Desalinating Ni (II) and Zn (II) from Aqueous Solutions in Batch Mode.  J. Water Reuse Desal. 2013, 3 (3), 268–76, DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2013.164                                                                                             (IF 1.53)
58. Singh, J.; Ali, A.; Kumar, R. Removal of Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Zn²⁺ Using Different Agricultural Residues: Kinetics, Isotherm Modeling and Mechanism via Chemical Blocking. Asian J. Chem. 2013, 25 (11), 6377-86 DOI: 10.14233/ajchem.2013.14651                                                                    
59. Kumar, D.; Ali, A. Nanocrystalline K-CaO for the Transesterification of a Variety of Feedstocks: Structure, Kinetics and Catalytic Properties.  Biomass Bioenerg. 2012, 46, 459-68, DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.06.040                                                                                      (IF 3.53)
60. Mutreja, V.; Singh, S.; Amjad Ali, A. Sodium Aluminate as Catalyst for Transesterification of Waste Mutton Fat. J. Oleo Science 2012, 61(11), 665-69, DOI: 10.5650/jos.61.665      (IF 1.20)
61. Katiyar, M.; Ali, A. Immobilization of Candida Rugosa Lipase on MCM-41 for the Transesterification of Cotton Seed Oil.  J. Oleo Science 2012, 61(9), 469-75, DOI: 10.5650/jos.61.469                                                                                                   (IF 1.20)
62. Kumar, D.; Ali, A. Ti/SiO₂ as a Nanosized Solid Catalyst for the Epoxidation of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters and Triglycerides. Energy Fuels 2012, 26, 2953−61, DOI: 10.1021/ef300127c                       

(IF 3.02)

63. Singh, J.; Ali, A. Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Breakthrough Studies of Biosorption of Cr (VI) using Arachis hypogeal Shell Powder.  (Peer reviewed) Res. J. Chem. Environ. 2012, 16 (1), 69-79.                                                                                                                                                      
64. Kaur, M.; Ali, A. Lithium Ion Impregnated Calcium Oxide as Nano Catalyst for the Biodiesel Production from Karanja and Jatropha Oil.  Renew. Energy 2011, 36, 2866-71, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.04.014                                                                                              (IF 5.43)
65. Mutreja, V.; Singh, S.; Ali,Biodiesel from Mutton Fat Using KOH Impregnated MgO as Heterogeneous Catalysts. Renew. Energy 2011, 36, 2253-58, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.01.019                                                                                    (IF 5.43)
66. Ali, A.; Kaur, M.; Mehra, U. Use of Immobilized Pseudomonas sp. as Whole Cell Catalyst for the Transesterification of Used Cotton Seed Oil.  J. Oleo Science 2011, 60, (1) 7-10. DOI: 10.5650/jos.60.7                                                                                                               (IF 1.20)
67. Dey, M.; Ali, A.; Acharya, A.; Rao, C. P. 1,3-Di-petido-conjugates of calix[4]arene and its di-OCH₃ Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization and Phosphate Recognition. Ind. J. Chem. 2010, 49B, 1098-1108.                                                                                                         (IF 0.50)
68. Mathur, C.; Prakash, R.; Ali, A.; Kaur, J.;  Cameotra, S. S.; Prakash, N. T. Emulsification and Hydrolysis of Oil by a Soilborne Fungus, Syncephalastrum racemosum. Defence Sci. J. 2010, 60 (3), 251-54, DOI: 10.14429/dsj.60.350                                                                     (IF 0.58)
69.  Kumar, D.; Ali, A. Nanocrystalline Lithium Ion Impregnated Calcium Oxide as Heterogeneous Catalyst for Transesterification of High Moisture Containing Cotton Seed Oil. Energy Fuels 2010,24(3)2091-97,DOI:10.1021/ef901318s                                                                     (IF 3.0)
70. Ali, A.;  Joseph, R.; Mahieu, B.; Rao, C. P. Synthesis and Characterization of a (1+1) Cyclic Schiff Base of a Lower Rim 1,3-Diderivative of p-tert-Butylcalix[4]arene and its Complexes of VO²⁺, UO₂²⁺, Fe³⁺, Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Zn²⁺. Polyhedron 2010, 29, 1035–40, DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2009.12.02                                                                                     (IF 2.28)
71. Ali, A.; Rao, C. P.; Guionneau, P. Influence of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Ions on the O-Alkylation of the Lower Rim Phenolic-OH Groups of p-tert-butyl-calix[4]arene to Result in Amide-Pendants: Template Action of K⁺ and the Structure of K⁺ Bound Tetra-Amide Derivative Crystallized with a p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene Anion.  J. Chem. Sci. 2008, 120 (2), 237–47. DOI: 10.1007/s12039-008-0029-9                                                                                         (IF 1.49)
72. Joseph, R.; Gupta, A.; Ali, A.; Rao, C. P. Fluorescence and Absorption Studies on the Selective Recognition of Iodide by Lower Rim 1,3-bis(aminoethoxy)-p-t-butyl-calix[4]arene Derivative.  Ind. J. Chem. 2007, 46A, 1095-1100.                                                            (IF 0.48)
73. Ali, A.; Salunke-Gawali, S.; Rao, C. P.; Linares, J. Mono- and Di-nuclear Cu(II) Complexes of p-tert-butyl-calix[4]arene-1,3-diacid Derivative: A Comparative Study of their Characterization and Catecholase Mimetic Activity.  Ind. J. Chem. 2006, 44A, 853-57.                                                                                                                                                                                     (IF 0.48)
74. Ali, A.; Flora, S.J; Saxena, G.; Kolehmainen, E.; Mahieu, B.; Rao, C. P. Synthesis and Characterization of Sn(IV) Complexes of Lower Rim 1,3-Diacid Derivative of Calix[4]arene and their Protective Effects on Tissue Oxidative Stress and Essential Metal Concentration in Lead Exposed Male Wistar Rats. J. Inorg. Biochem. 2006, 100, 206-13, DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2005.11.008                                                                                     (IF 3.22)
75. Kumar, A.; Ali, A.; Rao, C.P. Photo-Physical Behavior as Chemosensor Properties of Anthracene-Anchored 1,3-Di-derivatives of Lower Rim Calix[4]arene towards Divalent Transition Metal Ions. J.Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2006, 177, 164–69, DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2005.05.021                                                                                (IF 3.26)
76.  Ali, A.; Rao, C. P. Formation of Mono- and Di-amide-calix[4]arene Derivatives from the Reaction of p-t-Butyl-calix[4]arene and α-Chloro-N,N-diethylacetamide in the Presence of Sodium Hydride. Ind. J. Chem. 2005, 44B, 549-552.                                                         (IF 0.50)
77. Ali, A.; Salunke-Gawali, S.;  Rao, C.P.;  Linares, J. A First Report of the Complexes of 5, 11, 17, 23-Tetra-tert-butyl-25, 27-Diethoxycarboxymethoxy-26,28-dihydroxycalix[4]arene with Mn(II), Fe(III), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II).  Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2004, 12, 1298-1301. DOI:10.1016/j.inoche.2004.10.012                                                                                 (IF 1.79)
78.  Sah, A. K.; Ali, A.; Wegelius, E. K.; Rissanen, K.; Rao, C. P. A Soluble Complex of Zn(II) with N₂O₄ Core: A Structural Study. Ind. J. Chem. 2003, 42A, 1888-91, Corpus ID: 93313156                                                                                                                                             (IF 0.48)

publications in conference Proceedings

1. Navjot Kaur and Amjad Ali, “Methanolysis of Jatropha oil Employing Mg-Zr/CaO as Heterogeneous Catalyst, Exploring Basic and Applied Sciences for Next Generation Frontiers” (EBAS 2014) on 14-15th November 2014, 180-184. ISBN-978-93-5107-313-0, Elsevier.
2. Navjot Kaur and Amjad Ali, “Sodium Impregnated Zirconia as a Solid Base Catalyst for the Transesterification of Waste Cotton Seed Oil” Exploring Basic and Applied Sciences for Next Generation Frontiers” (EBAS 2014) on 14-15th November 2014, 185-188.ISBN-978-93-5107-313-0, Elsevier.
3. Mandeep Kaur and Amjad Ali, “Molybdenum impregnated nano silica used as heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production” International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment & Sustainable Technologies (BEST-2013) (ISBN 978-81-926424-0-6).
4. Mandeep Kaur, Dinesh Kumar and Amjad Ali, “Physicochemical properties of the biodiesel prepared from jatropha and used cottonseed oils in the presence of Li/CaO solid catalyst” proceedings of conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering, Macmillan Publishers India Ltd., 315-323, 2011.
5. Amjad Ali, Dinesh Kumar, Vishal Mutreja, Vinod Sharma and Satnam Singh, “Biodiesel Preparation from used Cottonseed Oil Using Alkali Metal Ion Doped Calcium Oxide as Heterogeneous Catalyst” , proceedings of conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering, Macmillan Publishers India Ltd., 359-365, 2009.

 

Invited Talk/OutREACH AcTIVITY

1. Sciences in the Age of AI and ML, Sci-FEST, J V Jain Degree college Saharanpur, May 05, 2024,
2. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography: Art of separating molecules, Workshop on chemical purification and identification, TIET Patiala, February 01, 2024
3. Career in Sciences: Convert Challenges into Opportunities and be a superhero, Sci-Fest-23, TIET Patiala, 18 March 2023
4. Career in Sciences: Convert Challenges into Opportunities, Sci-Fest-22, TIET Patiala, 07 June 2022
5. Heterogeneous catalyst assisted chemical transformation of triglycerides and glycerol into value added products, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Punjab, May 18 2022
6. Chemical transformation of triglycerides into biodiesel and other value-added products, Refresher course “Advances in Chemistry”Organised by Savitribai Phule Pune University18-31 October, 2021
7. Chemical transformation of triglycerides into biodiesel and other value-added products, Refresher Course in Chemistry, Punjabi Univ., Patiala, December 04, 2021
8. Heterogeneous catalyst assisted chemical transformation of triglycerides and glycerol into value added products, Alternative Resources of Energy - June 05, 2021, GUJRANWALA GURU NANAK KHALSA COLLEGE, LUDHIANA
9. Transesterification/esterification reactions catalyzed by heterogeneous catalysts to form biofuel and fuel additives” 26^th Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists Conference (ISCBC-2020), Nirma University, Ahmadabad, 22-24 January, 2020.
10. Triglyceride/glycerol transformation into value added products employing heterogeneous catalysts, International Conference on ADVANCES IN CATALYSIS: INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK, IICT Hyderabad, 1-2, August 2019
11. Heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel and diesel fuel additives synthesis, 11^th National Seminar on RTCES-2109, Punjabi University, Patiala, February 07, 2019.
12. Heterogeneous catalysts for biodiesel and diesel fuel additives synthesis, Department of Bionanosystem Engineering, Chonbuk National University, August 02, 2018.
13. HETEROGENOUS catalysts FOR TRIGLYCERIDE TRANSFORMATION INTO biodiesel AND DIESEL FUEL ADDITIVES, Expert Lecture, Sustainable Renewable Energy: Science, Technology and Development, U.I.E.T., Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra,  20th March 2018
14. (i) Concepts in Bioinorganic Chemistry and (ii) Metalloenzymes: Oxygen transportation and storage” 25-09- 2017 to 14-10- 2017. 62^nd Refresher Course in Chemistry for the College and University teachers organized by UGC- Human Resource Development Centre, Punjabi University, Patiala.
15. Concepts in Bioinorganic Chemistry, September 29, 2017, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh Punjab technical University, Bhatinda.
16. Biodiesel production FROM High free fatty acid containing vegetable oils in presence of heterogeneous catalysts, KLDAV Degree College Roorkee 4^th April, 2015
17. Engineering Chemistry: Selected Topics, Gyan Jyoti Institute of Engg. & Tech.  March 22, 2014
18. Analytical and Instrumental methods of analysis: An Overview, 6-day hands on training program on Water and Wastewater Analysis, 24-29, June, 2013, organized by School of Environment Science and Technology, Thapar University, Patiala (as resource person)

 

PRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Amjad Ali, Km Abida, and Avneet Kaur, “Heterogeneous catalyst assisted glycerol and triglyceride valorization into value added products: 1st International congress on natural sciences (ICNAS-2021) , Turkey (online mode)
2.  Amjad Ali, “Heterogeneous catalyst assisted triglyceride and glycerol conversion into value added products”, 8th European Conference on Renewable Energy Systems – ECRES 2020, 24-25 August, 2020, Altinbas University, Istanbul (Turkey) (Online mode, Invited/keynote talk)
3. Dinesh Kumar, Vishal and Amjad Ali “Biodiesel from low quality feedstock using alkali metal ion doped calciumoxide as heterogeneous catalyst” 2^nd International Congress on Biodiesel: The Science and the Technologies, November, 15-17, 2009 organized by organized by American Oil Chemist’s Society (AOCS) and Euro Fed Lipid, The Westin Grand, Munich, Germany.
4. Mandeep Kaur, and Amjad Ali, “Potassium fluoride impregnated CaO/NiO: An efficient heterogeneous catalyst for transesterification of triglycerides” 6^th Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry, organized by Karlsruhe Istitute of Technology, March 17-19, 2013, Karlsruhe, Germany

 

 

PRESENTATION IN NATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Km Abida, Ritika Jindal and Amjad Ali, “Glycerol esterification for triacetin production using Fe₃O₄@SiO₂@PO₄^3- as heterogeneous magnetic catalyst” International Chemical Engineering Conference 2021, September 17-19, 2021, NIT Jalandhar (Awarded as Best Paper)
2. Amjad Ali, “Heterogeneous catalyst assisted chemical transformation of triglycerides and glycerol into value added products” 12th National Conference on "Chemical and Environmental Sciences: Advanced Innovations - 2020" (CES: AI-2020) on February 19-20, 2020, Department of Chemistry, Punjabi University, Patiala
3. Km Abida and Amjad Ali, “Phosphate Incorporated Fe₃O₄@SiO₂ Magnetic Nanoparticles for the Production of Triacetin” National Conference on Advance Functional Materials-2019 (NCAFM-2019) November 20-21, 2019 Organized by Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (Awarded as Best Poster)
4. Amjad Ali and Avneet Kaur, “Quantification of glycerol carbonate employing quantitative proton NMR technique, International Conference on Advances in Analytical Sciences (ICAAS), 15-17^th March, 2018, IIP Dehradun
5. Heterogeneous catalysts for the chemical transformation of triglycerides and glycerol, Expert lecture, March 10 2017, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun.
6. Mixed metal oxides as heterogeneous catalysts for the chemical transformation of triglycerides and glycerol, February 24-25, 2017, Professor Ram Chand Paul National Symposium on Current Advances in Chemical Sciences, organized by Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh
7. Chemical transformation of triglycerides and glycerol via mixed metal oxide based heterogeneous catalysts, Nov 11-12, 2016, National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Science, organized by Mahrishi Markedeshwar University, Mullana
8. Biodiesel production from high free fatty acid containing vegetable oils in presence of heterogeneous catalysts, National conference on Biofuels & Bioenergy, June 12-13, 2015, organized by University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun.
9. Biodiesel production from high free fatty acid containing vegetable oils in presence of heterogeneous catalysts, One day national seminar on recent trends in physics and chemistry, 25^th March, 2015, organized by S A Jain Degree College, Ambala
10. Dual Functional Diesel Fuel Additives from Vegetable Oils,  National Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemistry-Biology Interface, November, 3-5, 2011, organized by Department of Chemistry, Kumanun University, Nainital.
11. Rashi Malhotra and Amjad Ali.” Tungsten supported titanosilicate as reusable heterogeneous catalyst for the transesterification of waste cooking oil, New Paradigm in Chemical Sciences: Synthetic and analytical perspectives-2016” on 4-5^th February, 2016.
12. Avneet Kaur and Amjad Ali, “Glycerol carbonate production via Li/ZrO₂ assisted transesterification of glycerol with dimethyl carbonate, International Conference on Frontiers at the Chemistry - Allied Sciences Interface” on 25-26^th April, 2016.
13. Himmat Singh and Amjad Ali,” Na/ZrO₂ as heterogeneous catalyst for the transesterification of waste cotton seed oil, International Conference on Frontiers at the Chemistry - Allied Sciences Interface” on 25-26^th April, 2016.
14. Sidharth Sharma and Amjad Ali,” Transesterification of waste cooking oil using nano-magnetic Na/CaO-Fe₂O₃ catalyst, International Conference on Frontiers at the Chemistry - Allied Sciences Interface” on 25-26^th April, 2016.
15. KM Abida and Amjad Ali,” Esterification of glycerol using sulphated Ce-Zr/TiO₂ as heterogeneous catalyst , International Conference on Frontiers at the Chemistry - Allied Sciences Interface ” on 25-26^th April, 2016.
16. Amjad Ali, “Biodiesel production via One pot transesterification and esterification of high free fatty acid containing vegetable oils in presence of zirconia based solid catalysts” First International Conference on Recent advances in bio-energy research (ICRABR-2015), March 14-17, 2015, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy,Kapurthala.
17. Amjad Ali and Navjot Kaur, “Methanolysis of jatropha oil employing Mg-Zr/CaO as heterogeneous catalyst” Exploring Basic and Applied Sciences for Next Generation Frontiers (EBAS 2014), 14-15^th November 2014, Organized by Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar
18. Amjad Ali, “Vegetable oil derived diesel fuel additives using heterogeneous catalyst” 5^th national seminar on new frontiers in chemistry, February 15-16, 2013, Organized by Department of Chemistry, Punjabi University, Patiala.
19. Navjot Kaur and Amjad Ali, “Synthesis and characterization of alkali/calcium mixed oxides as solid catalyst for the transesterification of triglycerides” National Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemistry-Biology Interface, November, 3-5, 2011, Organized by Department of Chemistry, Kumanun University, Nainital. (Awarded as Best Poster)
20. Mandeep Kaur, Dinesh Kumar and Amjad Ali, “Lithium impregnated calcium oxide as an Effective Solid Catalyst for the Transesterification of Jatropha oil with various Alcohols” National Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemistry-Biology Interface, November, 3-5, 2011, Organized by Department of Chemistry, Kumanun University, Nainital.
21. Joginder Singh and Amjad Ali, “ Thermodynamics and breakthrough studies of biosorption of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions using activated Arachis hypogeal shell powder” National Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemistry-Biology Interface, November, 3-5, 2011, Organized by Department of Chemistry, Kumanun University, Nainital.
22. Dinesh Kumar and Amjad Ali, “The nitrate derivative of castor oil: Biodegradable dual functional diesel fuel additive” National Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemistry-Biology Interface, November, 3-5, 2011, Organized by Department of Chemistry, Kumanun University, Nainital.
23. Mandeep Kaur, Dinesh Kumar and Amjad Ali, “Lithium carbonate impregnated calcium oxide as nano crystalline solid catalyst for the transesterification of jatropha oil” National conference on environmental challenges: A global concern, October, 15-16, 2010, Organized by Faculty of Sciences, Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar. (Awarded as Best Poster)
24. Vishal, Dinesh Kumar, Satnam Singh and Amjad Ali “Transesterification of non-edivle oils using heterogenous catalyst” Presented in National Symposium on Green Chemistry:Applications  in Science & Engineering, February, 5-6, 2009 200p, Organized by School of Chemistry & Biochemistry,  Thapar University, Patiala (Punjab).
25. Amjad Ali, Parul Saraswat and Madhu Katiyar “Effect of metal ion and organic molecules on lipase catalyzed hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyllaurate” Presented in National Symposium on Green Chemistry:Applications  in Science & Engineering, February, 5-6,2009 200p, Organized by School of Chemistry & Biochemistry,  Thapar University, Patiala (Punjab).
26. Vinod Sharma, Vishal and Amjad Ali “Biodiesel production from used cotton seed oil using Lithium ion doped CaO catalyst” Presented in National Symposium on Green Chemistry Applications  in Science & Engineering, March 29-30, 2007, Organized by Department of Chemistry, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Longowal,(Punjab).
27. Amjad Ali, Sudha Tyagi, Karthik R and P.V. C. Rao, “Monitoring Biodiesel conversions by near infrared Spectroscopy and viscosity Measurements: Comparision with HPLC Method” Petrotech –2007, New Delhi (India) January 11-15^th, 2007
28.  Rajiv Kr. Brahma, Amjad Ali, Sudha Tyagi and P.V. C. Rao, “A novel method for the estimation of biodiesel conversions and finger printing analysis of different vegetable oils using ¹H & ¹³C NMR and Comparison with HPLC”, 5^th International Symposium on Fuel and Lubricants organized by IOCL, Fareedabad, (India) March 7-10^th, 2006, 148-149.
29.  Balaji R. Garima Singh Baghel, Amjad Ali and Chebrolu P. Rao, “Derivatives of 1,1’-Methylene-bis(2-Napthol) as Model Molecular Systems for Derivatized Calix[4]arenas: Binding Studies”, in Modern trends In Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XI) organized by Department of Chemistry, IIT-Delhi, Delhi (India), December 08-10^th , 2005, P-64.
30. Roymon Joseph, Amjad Ali and Chebrolu P. Rao, “Studies of 1,3-di-Substituted-2-2’-Dipyridyl Amide Conjugate of p-tert-butyl-Calix[4]arene as sensor for metal ions using Absorption and Emission Spectra”, in Modern trends In Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XI) organized by Department of Chemistry, IIT-Delhi, Delhi (India), December 08-10^th , 2005, P-65.
31. Amjad Ali, Sunita Salunke-Gawali and Chebrolu P. Rao, “Synthesis and Characterization of Bio-relevant Metal Ion Complexes With Lower Rim Derivatives of p-tert-Butyl-calix[4]arene”, in Third Symposium on Advances in Bioinorganic Chemistry (SABIC-2004) in Conjunction with Second Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (AsBIC-II), organised by TIFR-Mumbai (India), December 5-10^th, 2004, 187-188.
32. Amjad Ali and Chebrolu P. Rao, “Role of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Ions on the Formation of Amide Derivatives of p-tert-Butyl-calix[4]arene”, in Third In House Symposium organized by Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai (India), April 3^rd 2004, P-16.
33. Amjad Ali, Chebrolu P. Rao and Philippe Guionneau, “Role of Alkali Metal Ions on the Formation of Amide Derivatives of p-tert-Butyl-Calix[4]arene: Template Action of K⁺ and Crystal Clear Demonstration of the Formation of p-tert-Butyl-Calix[4]arene-Monoanion”, in XXXIII National Seminar on Crystallography ( XXXIII NSC) organized by NCL, Pune (India), January 8-10^th , 2004, P-199.
34. Amjad Ali, Sunita Salunke-Gawali and Chebrolu P. Rao, “Metal Ion Complexes of 5, 11, 17, 23-tert-Butyl-25, 27-dicarboxymethoxy-26, 28-dihydroxycalix[4]arene {p-tert-Butylcalix[4]-arene-1,3-diacid}”, in Modern trends In Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-X) organized by Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai (India), December 15-17^th , 2003, P-9.
35. Amjad Ali, Sunita Salunke-Gawali and Chebrolu P. Rao, “5,11,17,23-tert-Butyl-25,27-dicarboxymethoxy-26,28-dihydroxy calix[4]arene [p-tert-butylcalix[4]-arene-1,3-diacid] as metal ion receptor”, in Second In House Symposium organized by Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai (India) on April 5^th 2003, P-24.  

 

 

Research papers REVIEWED

• Energy and Fuels (American Chemical Society)
• Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (American Chemical Society)
• Fuel (Elsevier)
• Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier)
• Energy Sources, Part A (Taylor and Francis)
• Fuel Processing Technology (Elsevier)
• Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (Elsevier)
• International Journal of Green Energy
• RSC Advances
• Environment Progress and Sustainable Energy (John Wiley & Sons)

 

Ph.D. Thesis Evaluated: 12

 

Board of Studies member and external examiner:

Delhi Technological University, Delhi,

Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar,

Central University  Punjab,  Bhatinda,

Dehradun Institute of Technology, Dehradun,

Maharaja Ranjeet Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda

Shri Guru Garanth Sahib World University,

Mahrishi Markandeshvar University, Panjabi University,