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Dr. Vivek Srivastava

Dr Vivek Srivastava

Dr. Vivek Srivastava

Dr Vivek Srivastava is an Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department, NIIT University (NU) with 23 years of experience in industry, research and teaching.

His current research projects are aimed at addressing issues related to alternative energy, renewable chemicals, carbon sequestration and novel catalyst design. Currently, his research group is working on the design and development of catalysts for sustainable processes, which is critical for enabling chemical manufacturing without any negative impact on the environment. The group is applying a wide range of synthetic, spectroscopic, and reaction engineering tools to understand the chemical reactions of molecules on catalytic surfaces. This includes a strong emphasis on nanoscale fabrication of catalysts by controlling and manipulating the structure of the material

Academic qualifications

  • PhD (Chemistry)
  • MSc (Chemistry)

Experience

  • Industry: 1 year
  • Research: 12 years
  • Teaching: 10 years

Courses taught

  • Engineering Chemistry
  • Nanotechnology
  • Green Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Research Methodology
  • Catalytic Application in Organic Chemistry
  • Spectroscopic Techniques

Research areas

  • Nano-Catalysis: Fabrication and Application
  • Environmental Chemistry

Consulting areas

  • High Pressure Reaction
  • Catalysis
  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Total Synthesis

Selected Publications

  • V. Srivastava, “Amine‐functionalized SBA-15 supported Ru nanocatalyst for the hydrogenation CO2 to formic acid,” Catalysis Surveys from Asia, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 192–205, Feb. 22, 2021,doi:10.1007/s10563-021-09325-9.
  • P. Gautam and V. Srivastava, “Magnetic Ru nanocatalysts for sustainable hydrogenation of CO2 gas to formic acid,” Catalysis Letters, , Jan. 03, 2021 [Online]. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03482-8.
  • P. R. Upadhyay, P. Gautam, and V. Srivastava, “Magnetic organic-silica hybrid supported Pt nanoparticles for carbon sequestration reaction,” Chemical Papers, vol. 73, no. 9., pp. 2241–2253, Apr. 24, 2019. doi: 10.1007/s11696-019-00773-2.
  • P. Gautam, P. R. Upadhyay, and V. Srivastava, “Selective hydrogenation of CO2 to formic acid over Alumina-supported Ru nanoparticles with multifunctional ionic liquid,” Catalysis Letters, vol. 149, no. 6., pp. 1464–1475, Apr. 01, 2019. doi: 10.1007/s10562-019-02773-z.
  • P. R. Upadhyay and V. Srivastava, “Selective hydrogenation of CO2 gas to formic acid over nanostructured Ru-TiO2catalysts,” RSC Advances, vol. 6, no. 48. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), pp. 42297–42306, 2016. doi: 10.1039/c6ra03660k.
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Publications

Research papers
  • V. Srivastava, “Amine‐functionalized SBA-15 supported Ru nanocatalyst for the hydrogenation CO2 to formic acid,” Catalysis Surveys from Asia, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 192–205, Feb. 22, 2021,doi:10.1007/s10563-021-09325-9.
  • P. Gautam and V. Srivastava, “Magnetic Ru nanocatalysts for sustainable hydrogenation of CO2 gas to formic acid,” Catalysis Letters, , Jan. 03, 2021 [Online]. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03482-8.
  • V. Srivastava, “CO2 hydrogenation over Ru-NPs supported Amine-functionalized SBA-15 catalyst: Structure–reactivity relationship study,” Catalysis Letters, vol. 151, no. 12. pp. 3704–3720, Mar. 27, 2021 [Online]. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10562-021-03609-5.
  • P. Gautam, P. R. Upadhyay and V. Srivastava, “Preparation, characterization, and application of Ru-Silica-Ionic liquid system for CO2 hydrogenation reaction,” Letters in Organic Chemistry, vol. 17, no. 6., pp. 443–454, May 20, 2020 [Online]. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570178616666190429150333.
  • P. R. Upadhyay, P. Gautam and V. Srivastava, “Magnetic organic-inorganic hybrid nano system anchored platinum nanoparticles for carbon sequestration reaction,” Letters in Organic Chemistry, vol. 17, no. 1., pp. 73–83, Dec. 12, 2019 [Online]. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570178616666190228141754.
  • P. R. Upadhyay, P. Gautam and V. Srivastava, “Magnetic organic-inorganic hybrid nano system anchored platinum nanoparticles for carbon sequestration reaction,” Letters in Organic Chemistry, vol. 17, no. 1., pp. 73–83, Dec. 12, 2019, doi: 10.2174/1570178616666190228141754.
  • V. Srivastava, “Hydrotalcite anchored Ruthenium catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation reaction,” Letters in Organic Chemistry, vol. 16, no. 5., pp. 396–408, Apr. 01, 2019, doi: 10.2174/1570178615666180816120058.
  • P. R. Upadhyay, P. Gautam, and V. Srivastava, “Magnetic organic-silica hybrid supported Pt nanoparticles for carbon sequestration reaction,” Chemical Papers, vol. 73, no. 9., pp. 2241–2253, Apr. 24, 2019. doi: 10.1007/s11696-019-00773-2.
  • P. Gautam, P. R. Upadhyay, and V. Srivastava, “Selective hydrogenation of CO2 to formic acid over alumina-supported Ru nanoparticles with multifunctional ionic liquid,” Catalysis Letters, vol. 149, no. 6., pp. 1464–1475, Apr. 01, 2019. doi: 10.1007/s10562-019-02773-z.
  • V. Srivastava, “Functionalized hydrotalcite tethered Ruthenium catalyst for carbon sequestration reaction,” Catalysis Letters, vol. 148, no. 7. pp. 1879–1892, May 11, 2018, doi: 10.1007/s10562-018-2399-z.
  • V. Srivastava, “Active Ruthenium (0) nanoparticles catalyzed Wittig-type olefination reaction,” Catalysis Letters, vol. 147, no. 3. pp. 693–703, Jan. 30, 2017, doi: 10.1007/s10562-016-1943-y.
  • P. R. Upadhyay and V. Srivastava, “Ionic liquid mediated in situ synthesis of Ru nanoparticles for CO2 hydrogenation reaction,” Catalysis Letters, vol. 147, no. 4. pp. 1051–1060, Feb. 20, 2017, doi: 10.1007/s10562-017-1995-7.
  • V. Srivastava, “Functionalized hydrotalcite tethered Ruthenium catalyst for carbon sequestration reaction,” Catalysis Letters, vol. 148, no. 7. pp. 1879–1892, May 11, 2018, doi: 10.1007/s10562-018-2399-z.
  • P. R. Upadhyay and V. Srivastava, “Titanium dioxide supported ruthenium nanoparticles for carbon sequestration reaction,” Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 513–517, 2016. doi: 10.17586/2220-8054-2016-7-3-513-517.
  • P. R. Upadhyay and V. Srivastava, “Recyclable graphene-supported palladium nanocomposites for Suzuki coupling reaction,” Green Processing and Synthesis, vol. 5, no. 2., Jan. 01, 2016, doi: 10.1515/gps-2015-0112.
  • P. Upadhyay and V. Srivastava, “Proline based organocatalysis: Supported and unsupported approach,” Current Organocatalysis, vol. 3, no. 3. pp. 243–269, Jul. 26, 2016, doi: 10.2174/2213337202666150812230640.
  • P. R. Upadhyay and V. Srivastava, “Selective hydrogenation of CO2 gas to formic acid over nanostructured Ru-TiO2catalysts,” RSC Advances, vol. 6, no. 48. Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), pp. 42297–42306, 2016. doi: 10.1039/c6ra03660k.
  • P. Upadhyay and V. Srivastava, “Synthesis of monometallic Ru/TiO2 catalysts and selective hydrogenation of CO2 to formic acid in ionic liquid,” Catalysis Letters, vol. 146, no. 1. pp. 12–21, Nov. 20, 2015, doi: 10.1007/s10562-015-1654-9.
  • V. Srivastava, “Ionic liquid immobilized palladium nanoparticle – Graphene hybrid as active catalyst for Heck reaction,” Letters in Organic Chemistry, vol. 12, no. 1. pp. 67–72, Jan. 01, 2015, doi: 10.2174/1570178611666141201223344.
  • P. Upadhyay and V. Srivastava, “Synthesis of supported Ru-nanoparticles for selective hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds,” Letters in Organic Chemistry, vol. 12, no. 8., pp. 528–533, Aug. 26, 2015, doi: 10.2174/157017861208150826112807.
  • P. Upadhyay and V. Srivastava, “Ruthenium nanoparticle-intercalated montmorillonite clay for solvent-free alkene hydrogenation reaction,” RSC Advances, vol. 5, no. 1. pp. 740–745, 2015, doi: 10.1039/c4ra12324g.
  • V. Srivastava, “Ru-exchanged MMT clay with functionalized ionic liquid for selective hydrogenation of CO2 to formic acid,” Catalysis Letters, vol. 144, no. 12. pp. 2221–2226, Oct. 19, 2014, doi: 10.1007/s10562-014-1392-4.
  • V. Srivastava, “In situ generation of Ru nanoparticles to catalyze CO2 hydrogenation to formic acid,” Catalysis Letters, vol. 144, no. 10. pp. 1745–1750, Aug. 06, 2014, doi: 10.1007/s10562-014-1321-6.
  • V. Srivastava, “Recyclable hydrotalcite clay catalysed Baylis–Hillman reaction,” Journal of Chemical Sciences, vol. 125, no. 5. pp. 1207–1212, Sep. 2013, doi: 10.1007/s12039-013-0472-0.
  • V. Srivastava, “PEG-solvent system for L-proline catalyzed Wieland – Miescher ketone synthesis,” Current Organocatalysis, vol. 1, no. 1., pp. 2–6, May 31, 2014, doi: 10.2174/2213337201666140226000527.
  • V. Srivastava, “Recyclable L-proline organocatalyst for Wieland–Miescher ketone synthesis,” Journal of Chemical Sciences, vol. 125, no. 6. pp. 1523–1527, Nov. 2013, doi: 10.1007/s12039-013-0527-2.
  • V. Srivastava, “An improved protocol for Dihydropyrimidines synthesis,” National Academy Science Letters, vol. 36, no. 5. pp. 493–495, Oct. 2013, doi: 10.1007/s40009-013-0168-5.
  • V. Srivastava, “An improved protocol for Biginelli reaction,” Green and Sustainable Chemistry, vol. 03, no. 02. Scientific Research Publishing, pp. 38–40, 2013, doi: 10.4236/gsc.2013.32a006.
  • V. Srivastava, “Ionic-liquid-mediated MacMillan’s catalyst for Diels-Alder reaction,” Journal of Chemistry, vol. 2013, pp. 1–5, 2013, doi: 10.1155/2013/954094.
  • V. Srivastava, “An improved protocol for the aldehyde olefination reaction using (bmim) () as reaction medium,” Journal of Chemistry, vol. 2013, pp. 1–4, 2013, doi: 10.1155/2013/439673.
  • V. Srivastava, “Ionic liquid mediated recyclable sulphonimide based organocatalysis for aldol reaction,” Open Chemistry, vol. 8, no. 2., pp. 269–272, Apr. 01, 2010, doi: 10.2478/s11532-009-0140-x.
  • V. Srivastava, K. Gaubert, M. Pucheault and M. Vaultier, “Organic-inorganic hybrid materials for enantioselective organocatalysis,” ChemCatChem, vol. 1, no. 1. pp. 94–98, Aug. 24, 2009, doi: 10.1002/cctc.200900035.
Book chapters
  • V. Srivastava, “Ionic liquid-mediated synthesis of metal nanoparticles,” in Handbook of Research on Emerging Developments and Environmental Impacts of Ecological Chemistry, G. Duca and A. Vaseashta, Eds., USA: IGI Global, ch. 17, pp. 364–385, 2020, doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1241-8.ch017.
  • P. Upadhyay and V. Srivastava, “Synthesis of ionic lquid mediated nanoparticle synthesis,” in Nanomaterials, N. Kalarikkal, S. Thomas and O. Koshy, Eds., U.K.: Apple Academic Press, 2018, ch. 4, pp. 67–89, 2018, doi: 10.1201/b21267-4.
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