Bio-sketch
Dr. Anil Kumar completed his doctorate in 1977 from Univ. of Roorkee, Roorkee, India. He held the position of Research Associate in the Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA from 1979 to 1982, where he investigated the formation/redox chemistry of higher-valent silver species in context of catalysis induced by Ag+ ions. In 1983, Dr. Kumar joined the University of Roorkee as Lecturer and initiated work on the photochemistry of some inorganic nanosystems. In 1986, he was offered the Guest Scientist position at Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Germany, where he collaborated with Prof. A. Henglein on radiation chemical aspects of nanomaterials till 1988. Subsequently, he initiated work on photochemistry of metal/semiconductor nanosystems in India through project(s) funded by DST, New Delhi. From his early research work, he received the Khosla Research Award and a Silver Medal in 1993−94. In 2001, he was promoted to the post of Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR). He won the First Khosla Research Prize and a Medal in 2002−03. His research contributions were recognized by The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, India and was elected as a Fellow of this prestigious Academy in 2003. He was selected as Star Performer at IIT Roorkee during 2003-04 and 2004-05. He has been among the first to initiate research on nanoscience and nanotechnology in India. Apart from these, he has been instrumental in establishing the Centre of Excellence–Nanotechnology at IIT Roorkee and as a Founder Head (2006-2011) initiated for a new teaching program M.Tech. (Nanotechnology), which is still running successfully. He was upgraded to HAG Scale Professor at IITR in 2013. He was nominated as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), UK in 2018. He was selected as G.B. Pant Institute Chair Professor at IITR in 2018 and held this position for 3 years and also worked as Professor (Emeritus Fellow) during 2019-2022. He was nominated for the prestigious Academy Award - NASI Senior Scientist Platinum Jubilee Fellowship in 2019. He is presently working as Professor Emeritus at Netaji Subhash University of Technology, New Delhi.
Areas of Academic Interest:
Molecular Spectroscopy, Kinetics and Photochemistry, Radiation Chemistry, Nanoscale materials, Chemical Thermodynamics, Surface Chemistry and General Physical Chemistry.
Research Interest : Nanotechnology – Synthesis of metal, semiconductor and carbonaceous nanomaterials employing greener protocols; Study of their various aspects (Physicochemical/Photocatalytic/Catalytic/Magnetic /Biomedical) and Energy related Applications. Kinetic analysis of early events in thermal, photochemical and radiation-induced reactions in nanomaterials and redox reactions.