- Position / title
- Professor
- Contact (office, phone)
- Chemical Engineering Department, Block II -111, +91 11 2659 7304
- anilverma@chemical.iitd.ac.in
- Research areas
- Sustainable Environergy Electrochemical Systems: Batteries,CO2 electrochemical reduction to hydrocarbons, Microbial fuel cell, PEM/DM fuel cell; Graphene synthesis and application in energy devices; C/C composites
- Personal web page
- web.iitd.ac.in/~anilverma
Education
- Ph. D. (Chemical), IIT Delhi 2005
- B. Tech., M. Tech. (Chemical), H.B.T.I., Kanpur
Experience
- Associate Professor, IIT Delhi (Aug. 2014 - present)
- Associate Professor, IIT Guwahati (2012 - 2014)
- Assistant Professor, IIT Guwahati (2006 - 2012)
- Senior Lecturer, IIT Guwahati (2005 - 2006)
- Technologist, Asian Paints (I) Ltd., (1998 – 1999)
- Visiting fellow, Chem. Engg. and Adv. Mat., Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (2008)
Research Interests
- Sustainable Environergy Electrochemical Systems: Batteries
- CO2 electrochemical reduction to hydrocarbons
- Microbial fuel cell
- PEM/DM fuel cell;
- Graphene synthesis and application in energy devices
- C/C composites
Awards and Honors
- Amar Dye-Chem Award for Excellence in Research and Development (under the age of 35 Years) by IIChE (2011).
- All India National Council Member (co-opted) of IIChE, 2009.
- Best Paper Award of the 3rd International Conference on Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2011).
- Best M.Tech. theses by the guided students: IIChE-GRC (2008); IIChE (2008); IIChE-GRC (2009).
- Elected Honorary Secretary, IIChE, GRC (2007-2010).
- UKIERI (UK India Education and Research Initiative) Research Fellowship Award, (2007).
- Honorable Mention for "Dr. Bernard S. Baker Student Award for Fuel Cell Research-2005" Fuel Cell Seminar and FuelCell Energy, Inc., Danbury, USA.
Selected Recent Publications
- Kakati B.K., Verma A., Lambert Academic Press, Germany (2012) (ISBN:978-3-8465-0311-9)
- Pujari M., Agarwal A., Uppaluri R., Verma A., Indian Patent Filed: 1150/KOL/2013.
- Agarwal A., Pujari M., Uppaluri R., Verma A., Indian Patent Filed: 612/KOL/2014.
- Aeshala L.M., Uppaluri R.G., Verma A., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 17588-17594 (2014).
- Raunija T. S., Manwatkar S. K., Sharma S. C., Verma A., Carbon Letters, 15, 25-31 (2014).
- Ghosh A., Verma A., Fuel Cells, 14, 259-265 (2014)
- Kakati B.K., Ghosh A., Verma A., Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 38, 9362-9369 (2013).
- Aeshala L.M., Uppaluri R.G., Verma A., J. CO2 Utilization, 3, 49-55 (2013).
- Aeshala L.M., Rahman S.U., Verma A., Sep. Purif. Technol, 94, 131-137 (2012).
- Kakati B.K., Sathiyamoorthy D., A. Verma, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36, 14851-14857 (2011).
- L. Barbora, S. Acharya, R. Singh, K. Scott, and A. Verma, J. Membr. Sci., 326, 721-726 (2009).
- Kakati B.K., Yamsani V.K.,, Dhathathreyan K.S., Sathiyamoorthy D., Verma A., Carbon, 47, 2413-2418 (2009).
