Ajay Kumar Singh

Research Interests

Corrosion, Microbial Corrosion, Chemical Corrosion, Material Science, Nanocomposite Coatings for corrosion and wear resistance, Nanopaper, Nanofibrillation in paper making, Nanobiotechnology, Enzymatic fiber processing, Paper Technology, Paper Properties

BioSketch

Educational Details

Agra University

1972

M.Sc., Condensed Matter Physics

IIT-Roorkee (earstwhile Univ. of Roorkee)

1978

Ph.D., Mossbauer Spectroscopy

Professional Background

Lecturer

01 Jan 1980 - 01 Jan 1991

IIT Roorkee

Researcher

01 Jan 1993 - 01 Jan 1994

CEBELCOR Brussels Belgium

Guest Physicist

01 Jan 1982 - 01 Jan 1983

Uppsala University Sweden

Research

Projects

TOPIC	START DATE	FIELD	DESCRIPTION	FINANCIAL OUTLAY	FUNDING AGENCY	OTHER OFFICERS
Biocorrosion Inhibition by Application of Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances	01 Jan 2012	Biocorrosion Inhibition by Application of Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances		Rs. 6.27 lacs	USDB
Mitigation of microbial induced corrosion by nanobioproducts	01 Jan 2013	Mitigation of microbial induced corrosion by nanobioproducts		27.65 lacs	DBT

Collaborations

Corrosion in oil exploration and Geothermy

CEBELCOR, Brusseles

Honors And Awards

MemberShips

Gujarat State Fertilizer and Chemicals, Vadodara

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Member, Research Advisory Committee

Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science & Technology

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Member

NACE, USA

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Member

Teaching Engagements

Nanomaterials ( IPh 02 )

Autumn

Electricity & magnetism ( Ph202M )

Spring

Optics ( Ph-202M )

Spring

Material Science ( MT-201B )

Spring

Paper Properties ( PP-307 )

Autumn

Physics ( Ph-202 )

Autumn

Students

SuperVisions

Corrosion in Paper Ind

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Other Supervisors: Prof. N.J.Rao, Satish Kumar, Scholar: Bhupendra Gaur

Materials for corrosion in paper ind

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Other Supervisors: Prof. Satish Kumar, Scholar: Raghuvir Singh

Corrosion and materials in bleahc plant

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Gyan Singh

Corrosion in env. friendly bleahcmedia

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Awanish Kumar

Corrosion and wear resistance nanocomposite coating

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ankita

Microbial Corrosion due to SRB's

01 Jan 2007 - Present

Other Supervisors: Dr.C.Sharma, Scholar: Suman lata

Corrosion Potential of Industrial Effluents

01 Jan 2008 - Present

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Chhotu Ram

Corrosion studies of steel in bleaching media

01 Jan 2008 - Present

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Vipin Chaudhary

Corrosion studies in Peracids bleach media

01 Jan 2008 - Present

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Rohtas

Enzymatic delinking of office waste paper

01 Jan 2007 - Present

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Puneet Pathak

Nano fibrillation of cellulose fibres for papermaking

01 Jan 2008 - Present

Other Supervisors: S.P.Singh, Scholar: Arvind Kumar

Microbial Corrosion due to metal oxidising bacteria

01 Jan 2014 - Present

Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Reena Sachan

Associate Scholars

Arvind Kumar

Nanofibrillation for papermaking

Chhotu Ram

Corrosion potential of Industrial Pollutants

Puneet pathak

Enzymatic deinking

Ankita

Nanocomposie coating for corrosion & wear resistance

Anushree

Microbial Corrosion

Vipin Chowdhary

Corrosion in Bleach Plants

Shilpa Mishra

Microbial Corrosion

Rohtas

Corrosion in environment friendly industrial media

Reena Sachan

Microbial Corrosion due to metal oxidising bacteria

Karamjeet Kaur Butter

Microbial corrosion in Paper machine back water

Miscellaneous

Events

Int. Conf. on Emerging Materials and Applications ICEMA2014

31 Aug 2020 - Present

DST,CSIR,INSA,DAE,Industry

Corrosion in paper Industry

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Optical Properties of Paper

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Strength Properties of Paper/Paperboards

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Research Advisory Committee meeting of "Gujarat State Fertilizer and Chemicals", Vadodara

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Corrosion in Paper Industry

01 Jan 1991 - Present

Visits

Fisikum, Uppsala University, Sweden

2020-08-31

Guest Scientist

Swedish Corrosion Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

2020-08-31

Guest Scientist

PAPRICAN, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1986-01-01

Discussion involving corrosion in Paper Industry

PIRA, Leatherhead, Surrey, U.K.

1986-01-01

Visit Pulp & Paper laboratory

UMIST, Manchester, U.K.

1986-01-01

Visit Corrosion laboratory

CEBELCOR, Brusseles, Belgium

2000-01-01

Researcher

Nancy, France

1994-01-01

Visit Mossbauer Laboratory

Orleans, France

1994-01-01

Visit Corrosion laboratory

CEBELCOR, Brusseles, Belgium

2000-01-01

Researcher

New London, Massachusetts,US

2000-01-01

2000 Gordon Research Conference on Aqueous Corrosion

Perth, Australia

2011-01-01

Attending ICC Corrosion Congress

Eurocorr 2009, Nice, France

2009-01-01

To present research paper

Hongkong

2012-01-01

International Conference on Biomaterials and Bioengineering

Singapore

2020-08-31

for attending and presenting paper at Nanotoday 2013 Conference

Administrative Positions

Member of Research Advisory Committee of "Gujarat State Fertilizer and Chemicals", Vadodara Expert : Corrosion and its Control

31 Aug 2020 - Present

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Panel of Heads

01 Jan 1999 - 01 Jan 2001

Univ.of Roorkee

Senator

01 Jan 2001 - 01 Jan 2009

IIT Roorkee

Prof.in charge

01 Jan 2009 - Present

SRE campus lib

Chairman DRC

01 Jan 2010 - Present

IIT Roorkee