मालवीय राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान जयपुर (राष्ट्रीय महत्व का संस्थान)
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (An Institute of National Importance)
Department of Chemical Engineering
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Journal Publications

12

Conference Publications

2

Research Projects

2

PhD Research Supervised

5

Awards & Honours

Qualifications
  • Ph.D.(Chemical Engineering) from IIT Bombay(2017)
    M.Tech.(Chemical Engineering) from IIT Roorkee(2011)
    B.Tech.(Chemical Engineering) from University of Calcutta(2009)
    B.Sc(Chemistry (Hons)) from University of Calcutta(2006)
Research Interests

Membrane Separation , Polymeric composite membranes, Industrial Gas Separation, Facilitated gas transport & Modeling, Nanoparticle synthesis, Adsorption, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Membrane bioreactor.

Brief Research Profile

Research involves (1) synthesis, characterization and testing of polymeric composite membranes for separation applications, (2) treatment of wastewater effluents by fluidized bed membrane bioreactor with fouling mitigation, (3) hybrid polymeric nanocomposite membranes for industrial gas separation, such as, CO2 from natural gas and flue gas, N2 from natural gas, O2 from air, etc (CO2/N2, CO2/CH4, N2/CH4, O2/N2), (4) synthesis and characterization of metal organic framework (MOF) nanoparticles, (5) wastewater treatment by packed bed adsorption, (6) effect of facilitating agents (cobalt phthalocyanine, cobalt porphyrin) on gas permeation through glassy polymeric membranes, (7) modeling and simulation of separation processes.

Professional Background
  • Assistant Professor at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur [15 March 2019 - Present].
    Assistant professor at Manipal University Jaipur [10 July 2017 - 14 March 2019].
    Research Associate at IIT Bombay [06 December 2016 - 06 June 2017].

  • Mass Transfer Lab and Process Dynamics and Control Lab (fast-paced mode)
  • Computer Aided Numerical Methods
  • Industrial Pollution Abatement Lab
  • Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering
  • Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering Lab
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization of Chemical Processes
  • Process Dynamics and Control Lab
  • Process Equipment Design Lab and Process Engineering & Plant Design Lab (fast-paced mode)
  • Process Modifications for Green Technology and Energy Integration

    2024
  • Ravi Kumar Parihar, Soumyadip Ghosh, Satyendra Prasad Chaurasia, and Md Oayes Midda, "Anaerobic Treatment of Dairy Wastewater: Impact of Substrate-to-Inoculum Ratio on Biomethane Production" , Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE) Volume :150 / 0402309-1-12 / 2024 DOI: 10.1061/JOEEDU.EEENG-7396
  • Ravi Kumar Parihar, Kriti Bhandari, Pappu Kumar Burnwal, Soumyadip Ghosh, Satyendra Prasad Chaurasia, Md Oayes Midda, "Advancing dairy wastewater treatment: Exploring two-stage fluidized bed anaerobic membrane bioreactor for enhanced performance, fouling, and microbial community analysis" , Journal of Water Process Engineering (Elsevier) Volume :58 / 104917, 1-12 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.104917
  • Ravi Kumar Parihar, Pappu Kumar Burnwal, S. P. Chaurasia and Md Oayes Midda, "Unveiling the evolution of anaerobic membrane bioreactors: applications, fouling issues, and future perspective in wastewater treatment" , Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology (Springer Nature) Volume :0123456789 / 1-40 / 2024 DOI: doi:10.1007/s11157-024-09710-6
    • 2023
  • Pappu Kumar Burnwal, S.P Chaurasia, and Md. Oayes Midda, "Synthesis of novel PVDF-co-PTFE membranes for ethanolwater separation using vacuum membrane distillation" , Chemical Engineering Communications (Taylor & Francis) Volume :In press / 1-21 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00986445.2023.2224738
  • Ravi Kumar Parihar, Satyendra Prasad Chaurasia, Md Oayes Midda, "An overview of anaerobic membrane bioreactors evolving research statistics for treating wastewater" , Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier) Volume :in press / / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.156
    • 2022
  • Pappu Kumar Burnwal, Priya Pal, Md Oayes Midda, and S. P. Chaurasia, "Synthesis of Hybrid PVDFPTFE Membrane Using Nonhazardous Solvent for EthanolWater Separation through Membrane Distillation" , Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (ASCE) Volume :26 / 04022024 / 2022 DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000710
    • 2020
  • Md Oayes Midda, Vimal Chandra Srivastava and Jai Prakash Kushwaha, "Modelling single and binary adsorptive behaviour of aniline and nitrobenzene onto granular activated carbon" , Physics and Chemistry of Liquids (Taylor & Francis) Volume :58 / 150 - 163 / 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00319104.2018.1553240
  • Md Oayes Midda, Vimal Chandra Srivastava, Jai Prakash Kushwaha, "Optimizing experimental binary adsorption of anilinenitrobenzene onto granular activated carbon packed bed by Taguchis methodology" , Journal of Water Process Engineering (Elsevier) Volume :34 / 101045 / 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2019.101045
    • 2019
  • Yogendra Singh Solanki, Madhu Agarwal, Sanjeev Gupta, Pushkar Shukla, Karishma Maheshwari, Md Oayes Midda, "Application of synthesized Fe/Al/Ca based adsorbent for defluoridation of drinking Water and its significant parameters optimization using response surface methodology" , Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier) Volume :7 / 103465 / 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2019.103465
    • 2018
  • Md Oayes Midda and Akkihebbal K. Suresh, "Some mechanistic insights into the action of facilitating agents on gas permeation through glassy polymeric membranes" , AIChE Journal (Wiley) Volume :64 / 186-199 / 2018 DOI: DOI 10.1002/aic.15873

    2023
  • Ravi Kumar Parihar, Soumyadip Ghosh, S. P. Chaurasia and Md Oayes Midda, "Performance Evaluation of a Fluidized Bed Membrane Bioreactor for Anaerobic Treatment of Dairy Effluent" , 9th International Conference on Environment and Renewable Energy, ICERE-23 by :Hanoi University at Hanoi, Vietnam / / 2023
    • 2022
  • Ravi Kumar Parihar, Soumyadip Ghosh, Satyendra P Chaurasia, Md Oayes Midda, "Dairy Wastewater Treatment Using a Two-Stage Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR): Fouling Analysis" , International Conference on Enabling Transition Towards Sustainable Future by :IIT Roorkee at Roorkee / / 2022
  • Ravi Kumar Parihar, Soumyadip Ghosh, S. P. Chaurasia and Md Oayes Midda, "Performance and Fouling Control of Tiered Fluidized Bed Membrane Bioreactor for Anaerobic Treatment of Dairy Wastewater" , 2nd International Conference on Water Technologies, ICWT - 2022 by :Indian Institute of Technology Bombay at IIT Bombay / / 2022
    • 2021
  • Pappu Kumar Burnwal, Md.Oayes Midda, Ravi Kumar Parihar, and S.P.Chaurasia, "Recent Advancements, Preparation and Characterization of Synthesized Composite PVDF-PTFE Membrane and Its Application in Ethanol Separation Using VMD" , International Conference on Water Desalination, Treatment & Management by :Indian Desalination Association at MNIT Jaipur / / 2021
  • Ravi Kumar Parihar, Pappu Kumar Burnwal, S.P.Chaurasia, and Md.Oayes Midda, "Recent Trends and Research Directions in Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor for Wastewater Treatment With Future Perspective" , International Conference on Water Desalination, Treatment & Management by :InDA at MNIT Jaipur (Online) / / 2021
    • 2020
  • Pappu Kumar Burnwal, S.P.Chaurasia, Md.Oayes Midda, and Ravi Kumar Parihar, "Analysis for Permeation of Binary Aqueous Mixture of Ethanol/water Through Synthesized PVDF-PTFE Composite Membrane Using Vacuum Membrane Distillation" , CHEMCON-2020 by :IICHE at Online / / 2020
    • 2018
  • Md Oayes Midda, "Design Aspects and Modelling of Two-Stage Fluidized Bed Membrane Bioreactor and Recent Trends in Wastewater Treatment" , CHEMCON-2018 by :CHEMCON at NIT Jalandhar / / 2018
    • 2016
  • Md Oayes Midda, S.S.K. Jampa and A.K. Suresh, "Pure and Mixed Gas Transport of Permanent Gas Mixture Through Polysulfone Membrane" , International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA 2016) by :- at Prague, Czech Republic / / 2016
  • S.S.K. Jampa, Md Oayes Midda, A.K. Suresh and Huanting Wang, "Comparison Study Between Rubbery and Glassy Polymers for Relation Between Pure and Mixed Gas Permeation" , Membrane Conference of Visegrad Countries (PERMEA 2016) by :Czech Membrane Platform at Prague, Czech Republic / / 2016 ISBN: 978-80-904517-6-6
    • 2015
  • Md Oayes Midda and A.K. Suresh, "Polyfurfuryl Alcohol: A Sustainable Polymer for Gas-Separation" , Research Scholars Symposium (RSS 2015) by :- at IIT Bombay / / 2015
    • 2014
  • Md Oayes Midda and A.K. Suresh, "Preparation of Thin Polyfurfuryl Alcohol Layer by in-Situ Acid Catalyzed Polymerization on Asymmetric Polysulfone Membrane and O2/N2 Gas Mixture Separation Study" , Research Scholars Symposium by :- at IIT Bombay / / 2014
    • 2013
  • Md Oayes Midda and A.K. Suresh, "Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes and Mixed Matrix Membranes for Permanent Gas Separation-a Review" , 2nd International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering (ACE 2013) by :- at IIT Roorkee / / 2013

  • National level Short Term Course on Process Simulators for Chemical Engineering Applications (DWSIM and Aspen Plus) at MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, India from 06-03-2024 to 10-03-2024
  • National level Short Term Course on Process Simulators for Chemical Engineering Applications (Online mode) at MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, India from 13-01-2022 to 17-01-2022
  • National level Short Term Course on Basic Principles of DFT Calculations & Molecular Dynamics Simulations (Online mode) at MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, India from 23-11-2020 to 27-11-2020
  • National level Short Term Course on Analysis and Interpretation of Data resulted from Materials Characterizations (Online mode) at MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, India from 26-10-2020 to 30-10-2020
  • National level Short Term Course on Process Simulators for Chemical Engineering Applications (Online mode) at MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan from 25-09-2020 to 29-09-2020
  • International level Conference on International Conference on Advances in Systems, Control and Computing (AISCC-2020) at MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, India from 27-02-2020 to 28-02-2020
  • National level Short Term Course on Fuel Cell: Fundamentals and Applications at MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, India from 27-01-2020 to 31-01-2020
  • International level Seminar on Systematizing Solvent Recovery in chemical industries by applying Process Systems Engineering (PSE) principles by Dr. Kirti M. Yenkie (Rowan University, New Jersey, US) at MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, India from 07-01-2020 to 07-01-2020
  • International level Conference on Dhirubhai Ambani Commemoration Day Celebration & International Conference on Energy & Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for Industries at MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, India from 28-12-2019 to 29-12-2019
  • National level Workshop on Five-day workshop on CFD using OpenFOAM at MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, India from 10-08-2019 to 14-08-2019

  • National level STTP on Introductory AI/ML with Python taught by Prof. P. Balamurugan (Online course) at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India from 29-04-2023 to 03-06-2023
  • National level STTP on Data Analytics and Fundamentals of Machine learning (ML) for Process Modelling at IIT Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India from 06-10-2022 to 08-10-2022
  • National level STTP on Digital transformation in teaching learning process taught by Dr. Sameer Sahasrabudhe (Online training) at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India from 06-04-2020 to 22-04-2020
  • National level Short Term Course on Introduction to Process Modeling in the Membrane Separation Process taught by Prof. Sirshendu De (Online NPTEL course) at IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India from 24-02-2020 to 20-03-2020
  • National level Short Term Course on Computer Aided Single Objective Optimization taught by Prof. Prakash Kotecha (Online NPTEL course) at IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India from 27-01-2020 to 20-03-2020
  • National level FDP on Curriculum Implementation (Outcome based education & curriculum development) at Curriculum Development Centre Department (NITTR Chandigarh) and MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, India from 14-10-2019 to 18-10-2019
  • National level FDP on Effective Teaching at Dept. of Management Studies & Electrical Engg, MNIT Jaipur, Jaipur, India from 27-03-2019 to 28-03-2019
  • National level FDP on Pedagogic & Personal Effectiveness at Manipal University Jaipur (Aug 30 Sep 1, 2017), Jaipur, India from 30-08-2017 to 01-09-2017

  • Life Associate Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Life Member of Indian Desalination Association

    Awarded
  • Ravi Kumar Parihar on Anaerobic fluidized bed membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment and fouling mitigation Year - 2024
  • Pappu Kumar Burnwal on Synthesis and characterization of membrane for ethanol water separation using vacuum membrane distillation Year - 2023

    2022-2023
  • PRIYDARSHNI PORWAL on Kinetic study of anaerobic biodegradation of dye containing wastewater Year - 2022-2023 (Completed)

  • Topic: Fabrication of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks incorporated poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes Year - 2024-2025
    Stuti Soni (Ongoing)
    Laxmi Baghel (Ongoing)
    Vikas Dhanka (Ongoing)
  • Topic: Study the performance of composite polymeric membranes in dye removal Year - 2024-2025
    Priyal Maheshwari (Ongoing)
    Siddhi Pal (Ongoing)
    Deepak Kaushik (Ongoing)
  • Topic: Hydrodynamic modeling of membrane bioreactor Year - 2023-2024
    Prajjwal Somani (Completed)
    Deepak Mohta (Completed)
    Agarwal Manthan Khemchand (Completed)
  • Topic: Water pinch analysis: case study of a plant Year - 2023-2024
    Priya Bajaj (Completed)
    Aishwarya Roy (Completed)
    Monika (Completed)
  • Topic: Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Membrane Bioreactor: Fouling Model and Validation Year - 2022-2023
    Jhanvi Sharma (Completed)
    Palak Agrawal (Completed)
    Sunidhi Dugawa (Completed)
  • Topic: Simulation of Two-stage membrane bioreactor using Aspen Plus Year - 2022-2023
    Gourav Kargwal (Completed)
    Sejal Gupta (Completed)
    Piyush Mishra (Completed)
  • Topic: Heat exchanger network synthesis and Energy integration of a plant Year - 2021-2022
    Mukund Biyani (Completed)
    Virender (Completed)
    Akash Singhal (Completed)
    Deendayal Meena (Completed)
  • Topic: Design of water-Gas shift reactor unit to convert CO to CO2 using Dwsim simulator Year - 2020-2021
    Ankit Ojha (Completed)
    Dharmendra Kumar (Completed)
    Vikky Devanda (Completed)
  • Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Polymeric Composite Membrane for Separation Applications Year - 2019-2020
    Devesh Agarwal (Completed)
    Utsav Goyal (Completed)
    Shivam Dubey (Completed)

Title Total Outlay
(In Lacs)		 Year Funding Agency Role
Effective treatment of wastewater effluents by a fluidized bed membrane bioreactor with low membrane fouling39.642020-2024Department of Science and Technology (WTI call 2019)PI
Integrated fluidized bed membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment 4.002019-2020Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme Phase - III (TEQIP-III)PI

  • First-Year Coordinator in MNIT Jaipur from - 16-07-2024 to Till Date
  • Secretary of Departmental Faculty Board in MNIT Jaipur from - 30-06-2022 to Till Date
  • Member of the Institute Convocation Brochure making team in MNIT Jaipur from - 20-12-2019 to Till Date
  • Member, Departmental NBA committee (UG and PG) in MNIT Jaipur from - 10-07-2019 to Till Date
  • Coordinator, Accreditation in MNIT Jaipur from - 17-07-2022 to 15-07-2024
  • Coordinator, Student mentorship programme (SMP) in MNIT Jaipur from - 22-03-2021 to 15-07-2022
  • DPGC Member in MNIT Jaipur from - 16-11-2020 to 17-02-2022
  • Member, First Year Academics Committee in MNIT Jaipur from - 16-09-2020 to 15-09-2021
  • Coordinator, Chemical Engineering Student Society (ChESS) in MNIT Jaipur from - 16-10-2019 to 10-07-2023
  • Faculty in-charge of Industrial Pollution Abatement Laboratory in MNIT Jaipur from - 06-08-2019 to 30-06-2021
  • Program Advisor of 2nd Year UG Chemical Engineering students in MNIT Jaipur from - 01-07-2019 to 13-01-2023
  • Coordinator, NBA accreditation in Manipal University Jaipur from - 15-01-2018 to 10-02-2019
  • Webpage coordinator for maintaining departmental website in Manipal University Jaipur from - 15-01-2018 to 10-02-2019
  • Coordinator, NAAC accreditation in Manipal University Jaipur from - 01-08-2017 to 20-12-2018

  • Best Presentation Award for Conference Presentation given by 9th International Conference on Environment and Renewable Energy (ICERE-23), held at Hanoi, Vietnam Year - 2023
  • Best oral presentation for Research Scholars’ Symposium 2015 given by IIT Bombay (Chemical Engineering) Year - 2015
  • Received PhD scholarship for Combined project funded by DST and Australia India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) given by IIT Bombay Year - 2011
  • Secured an All-India rank of 288 in GATE with 92.97 percentile marks for GATE competitive exam given by GATE Year - 2009
  • Merit certificate award for Science Talent Search Examination given by West Bengal Board Year - 2002

SNo. Type Title Event Place Schedule
1TalkProgress of Pinch analysis in energy and material integration for process industriesInternational Conference on Recent Advances in Modeling and Simulation Techniques in Engineering and Sciences, RAMSTES-2021Manipal University JaipurDec-2021
2TalkHands on Training on How to use Smart BoardWorkshop on Initiative of Digital Education for MNIT FacultyMNIT JaipurJul-2020

S.No. Category Name of Activity Organization Place Position Schedule
1NationalTraining programme on Cleaner TechnologyIIT Roorkee sponsored by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)RoorkeeParticipantFeb-2011
2NationalTraining programme on "Advanced Analytical Technique"Continuing Education & Quality Improvement Programmes, IIT Bombay MumbaiParticipantMar-2013
3NationalTechnical Fest (TechConnect-2013) IIT BombayMumbaiParticipantJan-2013
4NationalWorkshop on “Pedagogic & Personal Effectiveness” for faculty development programme Manipal University JaipurJaipurParticipantAug-2017
5NationalFDP on Effective TeachingDept. of Management Studies & Electrical Engg (MNIT Jaipur)MNIT JaipurParticipantMar-2019
6NationalFDP on “Curriculum Implementation (Outcome based education & curriculum development)Curriculum Development Centre Department (NITTR Chandigarh)MNIT JaipurParticipantOct-2019
7NationalWorkshop on “Orientation program on Minitab 19 (Statistical software for research & analysis)Organized by Dept. of Chemical Engg, MNIT Jaipur and conducted by Qsutra Academy for Excellence MNIT JaipurParticipantJul-2019
8InternationalChaired a Session in the International Conference on “Advances in Systems, Control and Computing (AISCC-2020)”Department of Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, MNIT JaipurMNIT JaipurChaired a SessionFeb-2021
9InternationalChaired a session in the International conference on “Water Desalination, Treatment & Management (InDACON 2021)”Indian Desalination Association and MNIT JaipurMNIT Jaipur (online)Chaired a SessionMar-2021
10InternationalChaired a Session in the International Conference on “Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health”MNIT Jaipur and The Biotech Research Society, IndiaJaipurChaired a SessionApr-2021