Speaker

Rajeev Kumar

Biography :

Dr. Rajeev Kumar is a Chairperson at the Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Dr. Kumar is among the 2% scientist in the World ranking in the field of Environment Science (2023-24). Dr. Kumar obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh during which he published various research articles in journal of international repute. His laboratory focuses on the eco-friendly removal of environmental pollutants, specifically on the fungal remediation of recalcitrant compounds. His research group makes use of different modern technologies based on organometallics and nano- chemistry for this purpose. Dr. Kumar is the recipient research awards from the different funding agencies of the Government of India viz. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)- a statutory body of the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and University Grants Commission (UGC) for his research endeavour’s. He has also been the Project Director of “Indo-US Partnership on Green Chemistry/Engineering and Technologies Education, Research and Outreach for Sustainable Development funded by UGC and Ministry for Human Resource and Development (MHRD), India. He has published 92 International research papers in with more than 180 citations in journal of international repute making his H-index of 29. His publications also include 21 International book chapters with Springer International; CRC, London and Wiley Interscience etc. He has also published two international book with Springer International, Switzerland and Singapore. Dr. Rajeev Kumar has visited several countries for his research work and has International collaborators from various countries including USA, Israel, Singapore, Vietnam and Australia.