Curriculum vitae
Name
: Dr. R. Sakthivel
Date of birth
: 19th April 1969
Present position
: Principal Scientist
CSIR- Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology,
Bhubaneswar- 751013, Orissa,
INDIA.
Email
: velsak_r@yahoo.com
rsakthivel@immt.res.in
Educational qualification:
Name of Degree
with Branch
Month & Year of
Passing
BSc (Chemistry)
MAY 1989
MSc (Applied
Chemistry)
MAY 1991
PhD (Chemistry)
DEC 2004
Name of University / Institute
Ghandigram Rural Institute, Ghandhigram,
Tamilnadu, India.
Ghandigram Rural Institute, Ghandhigram,
Tamilnadu, India.
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
Fellowship awarded:
DAAD (German Academic Exchage Service) fellowship awarded in 2001 to work on solid acid
catalyst for Friedal – Craft reaction at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany under the supervision
of Prof. Erhard Kemnitz during Oct 2001 to Dec 2002.
Post-doctoral Fellow;
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, awarded post-doctoral fellowship to work on
gold catalysis under supervision of Prof. M. S. Scurrell from Oct 2006 to Sept 2007.
Research experiance:
a.
As chemist – in chemical analysis of electrolytic bath of Magnesium electrolytic cell, and
determination of impurities in magnesium metal (produced by electrolysis of MgCl2) by AAS.
As operator – in bipolar electrolytic cell for production of Magnesium metal from MgCl2. This
work was carried out at Central Electrochmeical Research Institute, Karaikudi for a project
sponsored by DMRL Hyderabad during 1991.
b.
Material of different ores, minerals, beneficiated products and synthetic chemicals (solid and
liquids) characterization by using chemical and various instrumental methods like X-ray
diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, TG/DTA, UV-Visible. Spectrophotometer, Atomic
Absorption Spectrophotometer. This work is being done at RRL, Bhubaneswar to provide
analytical support to the various sponsored / in-house projects of the laboratory.
Synthesis and characterization of inorganic rare earth oxide phosphor materials for application
in display devices. This work was carried out as part of my Ph. D study.
c.
Synthesis, Characterization and catalytic evaluation of solid acid catalysts for Friedal-Craft
acylation reactions in an attempt provide clean technology. This work was carried out at
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, under DAAD fellowship programme 2001.
PUBLICATIONS
International journal
1. Electronic Structure and L-x ray emission spectra of Molybdenum carbide, boride, nitride,
silicide, and silicocarbide.
B.S. Acharya and R.Sakthivel, X- ray Spectrometry 23, (1994) 236-241
2. Characterisation of La1-xGdx(OH)3 phosphors using Differential thermal analysis, X-ray
diffractometry and Particle size analysis.
R. Sakthivel and B. S. Acharya, Bulletin of Electrochemistry, 14 (1998), 340-343.
3. Thermal and Structural study of low grade Graphite ore from Shivaganga, India-Its implication
in Beneficiation process.
Nevedita Patnaik, M.R.Patil, R. Sakthivel and R.Bhimarao, J.Thermal Analysis and
Calorimetry, 57 (1999) 541-549.
4. Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic activity of SO4/Zr1-xSnxO2.
R.Sakthivel, H. A. Prescott, J. Deutsch, H. Lieske, E. Kemnitz, Applied Catalysis A; General,
253 (2003) 237-247
5. WO3/ZrO2: a potential catalyst for the acetylation of anisole.
R.Sakthivel, H. A. Prescott, E. Kemnitz, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 223
(2004) 137-142
6. Gold promoted iron oxide hydroxide derived from iron ore tailing.
R. Sakthivel, B. Das, B. Satpati, B. K. Mishra, Appl. Surf. Sci., 255 (2009) 6577-6581.
7. CO oxidation over anatase TiO2 supported Au: Effect of nitrogen doping,
R. Sakthivel, T. Ntho, M. Witcomb and M. S. Scurrell, Catal.lett, 130, 2009, 341-349,
8. Mineralogy, Microstructure and Chemical Composition of Goethite in some Iron ore deposits of
Orisss, India,
S. K. Das, B. Das, R. Sakthivel and B. K. Mishra, Mineral Processing and Extractive
Metallurgy Review, 31, 2010, 97-110
9. Synthesis of Magnetite Powder from Iron Ore Tailing.
R. Sakthivel, N. Vasumathi, D. Sahu and B. K. Mishra, Powder Technology, 201 (2010) 187–
190.
10. Effect of milling on phase transformations of low grade iron ore,
R. Sakthivel, K. Jayasankar, S. K. Das, B. Das, B. K. Mishra, Powder Technology, 208 (2011)
747-751.
11. Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials Derived from Mineral Waste,
Chinthapudi Eswaraiah, Ramasamy Sakthivel, Debadhyan Behera, and Barada Kanta Mishra,
Nanoscience and nanotechnology Letter, 3 (2011) 1-4
12. Structural and Magnetic Properties of Zn1-xCuxO (0 = x = 0.1) Systems,
Jyoshnarani Mohapatra1, Dilip Kumar Mishra, Vivek Berma, Susanta Kumar Kamilla,
Ramasamy Sakthivel, Birendra Kumar Mohapatra, and Saroj Kumar Singh, Advanced Science
Letters, 4, (2011) 458–462.
13. Synthesis of β-Sic Powder From Bamboo Leaf in a DC Extended Thermal Plasma Reactor
Sankar Mohapatra, R. Sakthivel, G. S. Roy, Shikha Varma, S. K. Singh, D. K. Mishra
Materials and Manufacturing processes 26 (2011) 1362-1368.
14. Improvement in micro-structural and mechanical properties of zinc film by surface treatment
with low temperature argon plasma
Debadhyan Behera, Dilip K Mishra, Siddhartha K Pradhan, Ramasamy Sakthivel, Swagatika
Mohanty
Applied Surface Science 258 (2011) 1103– 1108.
15. Characterization and selection of floatation reagents to improve the graphite ore
beneficiation, V. Ravichandran, C. Eswaraiah, R. Sakthivel and P. Manisankar, J. Ultra
Chemistry, 8, (2012) 1-10.
16. Gas dispersion characteristics of flotation reagents
V. Ravichandran, C. Eswaraiah, R. Sakthivel, S.K. Biswal, P. Manisankar,
Powder Technology, 235 (2013) 329–335.
17. Synthesis and characterization of fibrous nickel hydroxide obtained from spent nickel catalyst,
Pinak Patnaik, Avijit Biswal, Bankim chandra Tripathy, Sangitaran Pradhan, Barsha Dash,
Ramasamy Sakthivel, T. Subbaiah, Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 23 (2013) 2977−2983.
18. Effect of milling on reduction behavior of blue dust,
R. Sakthivel, D. Bhattacharyya, C. Eswaraiah, D. Das, K. Jayasankar, B.K. Mishra,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 587 (2014) 677–680.
19. Water disinfection through photoactive modified titania
DiptiPriya Sethi, Ajoy Pal,, Ramasamy Sakthivel, Sony Pandey, Tapan Dash, Trupti Das,
Rohit Kumar, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 130 (2014) 310–317.
20. Synthesis and characterization of titania for photocatalytic annihilation of E.coli
Diptipriya Sethi,Naresh Jada,RohitKumar,Sakthivel Ramasamy, Sony Pandey, Trupti Das,
JayasankarKalidoss, ParthaSarathi Mukherjee, AshishTiwari
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B:Biology 140 (2014) 69–78.
21. Photocatalytic destruction of Escherichia coli in water byV2O5/TiO2
Diptipriya Sethi,Naresh Jada, AshishTiwari, Sakthivel Ramasamy,Tapan Dash, Sony Pandey
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 144 (2015) 68–74
22. Synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles from mineral waste
RohitKumar,R.Sakthivel,ReshmaBehura,B.K.Mishra, D.Das,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 645 (2015) 398–404
National journal
23. Photoluminescence of Gd3+ ion in La(OH)3
R. Sakthivel and B.S.Acharya, Indian J.of Pure & Applied Phys, 37, (1999) 219-223.
24. X-ray emission spectroscopic investigation into electronic states of Sulphur in the egg shell
of olive ridely turtle.
B.S.Acharya, Rajeev, R. Sakthivel and L. D.Pradhan, Indian Journal of physics, Vol.30,
March, (2000), 131-134.
25. Synthesis, characterization and photoluminescence study of modified titania.
D. Behera, B. Bag, R. Sakthivel
Ind. J Pure & Appl. Phys, 49, 2011, 754-758
26. Acetylation of anisole on TPA/ZrO2
R. Sakthivel and E. Kemnitz, Ind. J.Chem. Tecnol. 15, 2008, 36-40
27. Determination of mullite and quartz phase in Indian flyash by x-ray diffraction.
R. Sakthivel and B.S.Acharya, SGAT Bulletin, 2, (2), (2000) 6-14, ISSN 0972-2173
28. Characterization of feed and flotation products of natural graphite.
V. Ravichandran, R. Sakthivel, S. K. Biswal and P. Manishankar, J. Sustainable Planet 1
(2010) 69-76. ISSN 0974 – 6714.
Edited Proceedings volume
1. Proceedings of workshop on “Analytical Instrumental Techniques- Current Trends and
Practices” 20th to 23rd June 2006, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar,
ISBN 987-81-7525-814-3
Papers published in proceedings of national and international seminar/symposium/conference
1. Separation of iron particles from banded haematite quartzite (bhq) ore by selective magnetic
coating
B Das, B Mishra, S Prakash, P Reddy, R Sakthivel and S Das
XXV International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC) 2010 proceedings / Brisbane, QLD,
Australia / 6 - 10 september 2010, p. 649-659.
2. Characterization studies on bauxite mining wastes for preparation of value added materials
Ranjita Swain, D. S. rao, N. Vasumathi, R. Mohapatra, R. Sakthivel, N. Suresh and R. Bhima
Rao
Technical Annual Golden Jubilee Session Organized by the Institution of Engineers (India),
Bhubaneswar, 8th Feb 2009, pp 94-105
3. Nanogold promoted FeOOH for oxidation of carbon monoxide reaction
R. Sakthivel, B. Das, B. Satpati and B. S. Acharya
Technical Program and Abstract of the Second International conference on Frontiers in
Nanoscience and Technology, Cochin Nano-2009, January 3-6, 2009, CUSAT, Cochin, India.
p. 92
4. Tungston-modified titania support for nanogold for carbon monoxide oxidation
R. Sakthivel, T. A. Ntho, B. Satpati and M. S. Scurrell
Technical Program and Abstract of the Second International conference on Frontiers in
Nanoscience and Technology, Cochin Nano-2009, January 3-6, 2009, CUSAT, Cochin, India.
p. 93.
5. WO3/ZrO2: a potential catalyst for the acetylation of anisole
R. Sakthivel, H. Prescott and E. Kemnitz,
Catalysis – A cross disciplinary vision, 16th National Symposium and 1st Indo-German
Conference on Catalysis, IICT, Hyderabad, Feb 6-8, 2003, p.87.
6. Soft X-ray Emission Study of Gadolinium L lines in La(OH)3 Powder
R. Sakthivel and B. S. Acharya
Proceedings of the National Seminar on Special Materials: Processing and Characterization
(SM-2001), RRL, Bhubaneswar, pp 221-225
7. Characterization of La1-xGdx(OH)3 phosphors using differential thermal analysis, x-ray
diffractometry and particle size analysis.
R. Sakthivel and B. S. Acharya
Abstract of Seminar on Materials and Characterization, 13th July 1998. CECRI, Karaikudi.P. 4.
8. Towards accurate determination of ‘d’ values and ‘I’ intensities in x-ray diffractometers.
R. Sakthivel and B.S. Acharya
Proceedings of the National Seminar on Management of Sophisticated Analytical Instruments,
Dec, 1-2, 1993, RRL, Bhubaneswar, pp. 151-156.
Conferences/ Seminars attended
1. Second International conference on Frontiers in Nanoscience and Technology,
Cochin Nano-2009, January 3-6, 2009, CUSAT, Cochin, India
2. VIth International Conference on Mechanochemistry and Mechanical Alloying (INCOME 2008)
was organized by NML, Jamshedpur
3. CATSA Conference 2006, Mossel Bay, South Africa.
4. Catalysis – A cross disciplinary vision, 16th National Symposium and 1st Indo-German
Conference on Catalysis, Feb 6-8, 2003, IICT, Hyderabad.
5. National Seminar on Special Materials: Processing and Characterization
(SM-2001), RRL, Bhubaneswar, pp 221-225.
6. Seminar on Materials and Characterization, 13th July 1998. CECRI, Karaikudi.
7. National Conference on Luminescence and its Applications, Oct. 13-15, 1997, Pt.
Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur.
8. National Conference on Luminescence and its Applications, Jan. 17-19, 1996, Bharathiar
University, Coimbatore.
9. National Seminar on Management of Sophisticated Analytical Instruments, Dec, 1-2, 1993,
RRL, Bhubaneswar
Seminar Organized
National Seminar on Traditional Knowledge and practices for sustainable development organized at
CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar on 15th April 2013
Project handled – Two
Supervising Ph.D student - Two