Prof. Benjaram Mahipal REDDY
Present Designation:
Senior Professor Emeritus, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad CampusAreas of Interest:
Catalysis, Process Development, Nano-materials, Green Chemistry, Materials Science, Green Processes,
Specialisation:
Catalysis; Chemical Engineering and Technology
Major Professional Contributions:
- Dr Reddy has authored or co-authored more than 300 original research papers in refereed international journals, 11 book chapters, 15 reviews, 5 monographs, 1 edited book, and holds 8 patents.
- The h index of his publications now stands at 70 and i10 index is 255 with total citations of more than 15,700.
- He has guided 40 PhD theses and more than 45 BTech/MTech/MSc dissertations.
- He has been serving as a member of the editorial board or guest editor of Journal of CO2 Utilization, Applied Petrochemical Research, Emission Control Science and Technology, Catalysis Today, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Frontiers in Chemistry, Catalysis in Green Chemistry and Engineering, Current Physical Chemistry, Current Nanomaterials, regional editor for Current Catalysis, and some other journals in the areas of Catalysis, Materials Science, and Chemical Engineering.
- In his honour, Elsevier Science Publishers’ flagship journal “Molecular Catalysis” (Impact Factor = 5.062) published a special issue on the occasion of his 60th birthday (Volume 451, June 2018).
- He is an elected fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), the National Academy of Sciences India (FNASc), the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (FAPAS), and the Telangana Academy of Sciences (FTAS). A
- s Indian coordinator, he also organized Indo-UK joint workshop on ‘Catalysis at the Interface’ and Indo-French seminar on ‘Catalysis for Green and Sustainable Chemistry’.
- He has served or serving as the council member of International Association of Catalysis Societies (IACS), member of Asia-Pacific Association of Catalysis Societies (APACS), honorary secretary of Catalysis Society of India, and honorary treasurer of Telangana Academy of Sciences.
Consultancy Areas:
Catalysis, Green Chemistry, and Nanomaterials.
Sector Associated With:
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Sciences
CO2 Utilization Technologies
Biomass Utilization Technologies
Sectors Interested to Offer Service:
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Sciences
CO2 Utilization Technologies
Biomass Utilization Technologies
Professional Experience
40 Years experience as R & D scientist associated with a government research organization.
Keywords
Several. Please see my bio-data.
Education
Ph.D.
Awards and Recognitions
CSIR Young Scientist Award in Chemical Sciences, CSIR, New Delhi, 1990.
Invited Speaker, Special Symposium on 'Selective Oxidation Catalysts', 204th ACS National Meetings, Washington DC,
USA, 23 - 30 August 1992.
Invited Speaker, 2nd Catalysis Workshop Meeting (UNIDO), Trieste, Italy, 9-13 November 1992.
CSI Young Scientist Award, Catalysis Society of India (CSI), IIT-Madras, 1993.
Associate Visiting Fellowship, Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, 1998.
Invited Speaker, Indo-Pacific Catalysis Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 24-30 January 1998.
Senior DAAD Fellowship, Institute of Physical Chemistry, LMU-Munich, Germany, 1998.
Sir C V Raman Research Fellowship, CSIR, New Delhi, 2001.
JSPS Visiting Scientist, AIST, Osaka, Japan, 2001.
CNRS Visiting Scientist, Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse (IRC), Lyon, France, 2001.
Delegate Member, Catalysis Group Visiting Hungary under the aegis of DST, Indo-Hungarian Workshop on Nano-
Catalysis, Budapest, Hungary, 18-25 May 2003.
CNRS Visiting Scientist, Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse (IRC), Lyon, France, 2003.
DAAD Visiting Scientist, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany, 2005.
Delegate Member, Catalysis Group Visiting France under the aegis of CEFIPRA, Indo-French Seminar on Nano-
Catalysis, Poitiers, France, 21-26 May 2007.
Invited Speaker, International Conference on the Frontiers of Catalysis Science and Technology in the 21st Century,
Dalian, China, 3-6 June 2010.
DAAD Visiting Scientist, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany, 2011.
DAAD Visiting Scientist, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany, 2012.
SER Visiting Scientist, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland, 2013.
Keynote Speaker, 7th International Symposium on Acid-Base Catalysis, Tokyo, Japan, 12-15 May 2013.
RMIT Foundation International Visiting Fellowship, RMIT University, Australia, 1-7 December 2013.
Best Scientist Award - 2013, Sci-Tech Foundation, 27 December 2013.
SER Visiting Scientist, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland, 2014.
Invited Speaker, Fundamentals and Applications of Cerium Dioxide in Catalysis, University of Udine, Italy, 11-14 July
2014.
Bronze Medal, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), August 2015.
Membership (three years, gratis) in American Chemical Society (ACS), 2015.
Invited Speaker, 16th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC), Beijing, China, 3-8 July 2016.
Invited Speaker, NMR-CAT 2017: Catalysis by Design Using NMR, University of Lille, France, March 15-17, 2017.
Visiting Professor, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea, July-November 2017.
Molecular Catalysis (Elsevier Journal): A special issue in hounor of Dr B M Reddy, 2018.
DAE Raja Ramanna Fellowship at CSIR-IICT from 1st January 2018.
Link to Website
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=z0rhpYkAAAAJ&hl=enINAE Section Affiliated
IV: Chemical Engineering
Year of Election to Fellowship
2012
Year of Birth
1957
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