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Vinod Kumar

Vinod Kumar

Vinod Kumar
Vinod Kumar
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Special Centre for Nanoscience
Off. Phone
011-26704699
Residence
9899532531
Email
kumarv@mail.jnu.ac.in, vinod7674@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RIec8fgAAAAJ&hl=en
Qualifications

Ph.D. (Materials Chemistry) University of Delhi
M.Sc. (Chemistry) University of Delhi
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Functionalized Nanomaterials, Crystallography, Water Splitting, Optical Property, Dilute Magnetic Oxides, Degradation of Toxic Organic Pollutants, Electrode Materials of Li-Ion Batteries, Water Purification, Solid Waste Management

Experience
  • Worked as Quality Assurance Office in Asian Paints Lmt, Kasna, Greater Noida, UP July 2008 to January 2009
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi (24.07.2013 – 16.12.2019)
  • Assistant Professor SCNS, JNU, New Delhi (16.12.2019 - till date)

 

Research Project

  • SERB Start-Up Research Grant (Young Scientists) 2015-2018 “Designation and Strategies of Metal Oxides Nanocrystals for Photocatalytic Water Splitting”
  • UGC Startup Grant (2015-2017) “Exploration of Nanocrystalline Metal Oxides for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants”
Awards & Honours
  • INSA Visiting Scientist Program
  • National Cadet Corps (NCC), senior wing, ‘C’ certificate with ‘A’ grade
  • DST Young Scientist
International Collaboration/Consultancy

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Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  • "Fabrication of Highly Efficient Encapsulated SnO2@Alginate Beads as Regenerative Nanosorbents for Anionic Dye Pollutants Removal from Aqueous Solution" Materials Advances, 2023, 4, 5160-5174. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MA00615H
  • "Catalytic Heterostructured Materials for CO2 Mitigation and Conversion into Fuels: A Renewable Energy Approach towards a Sustainable Environment" Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2023, 7, 4354-4395. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SE00516J
  • "New Insight into Cu/Cu2O/CuO Nanocomposite Heterojunction Facilitating Photocatalytic Generation of Green Fuel and Detoxification of Organic Pollutants" Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023, 127, 15, 7095–7106. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08094
  • "TiO2 based Photocatalysis Membranes: An Efficient Strategy for Pharmaceutical Mineralization" Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 845, 157221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157221
  • "B doped SnO2 nanoparticles: A new insight in to the photocatalytic hydrogen generation by water splitting and degradation of dyes" Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022, 29, 47448–47461 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18946-0
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
Patents (if any)
  • Patent Filed Application number 202311062598 "ALGINATE ENCAPSULATED SnO2 NANOPARTICLES FOR MULTI-FOLD ANIONIC DYE REMOVAL FROM ENVIRONMENT" 2023.
  • Patent Filed Application number 202411027141 "NANOPARTICLES DERIVED FROM SARACA ASOCA AS HIGHLY EFFICIENT NANO-SORBENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS" 2024.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.