Dr. Akula Venugopal M Sc, Ph D
Senior Scientist
Catalysis and Physical Chemistry Division
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad – 500 607, India
Tel: +91-40-27193510 (Office), 27226703 (Residence), Fax: +91-40-27160921
Emails: akula@iict.res.in, akulavenugopal@gmail.com, vgakula@yahoo.com,
Education
B. Sc
M. Sc
Ph. D
1989 1st Class with distinction
1991 1st Class with distinction
1998
Life member:
Date of birth:
Kakatiya University, Warangal
Kakatiya University, Warangal
(IICT) Osmania University,
Hyderabad.
1). Catalysis Society of India 2). Indian Council of
Chemists
12th June 1969
Supervisor
PhDs – 6 students working (CSIR-IICT) and 2 for (IICT-RMIT)
M Sc (dissertation) – 10 awarded, 2 working
M Tech (dissertation) – 3 awarded, 1 working
B Tech (dissertation) – 1 awarded
Awards:
1) Best thesis award presented by Director IICT on the occasion of IICT Golden
Jubilee celebrations and CSIR foundation day, 1997.
2) Sistla Kamehswari Siddhanthi Young Scientist Award: Received for the year
2008 at Catsymp – 19, held at NCL, Pune during 18th Jan. 2009 to 21st Jan.
2009.
3) Best oral presentation award at NDCR, Saifabad Science College, OU
Hyderabad, 2010.
4) Best poster award at CATSYMP – 19, held at NCL, Pune.
5) Appreciation letter from ACS for reviewing several papers on time.
6) Best paper presentation award received in Indo-German conference held at
UICT Mumbai during November 2012.
7) Best paper presentation awarded at the 7th International Symposium on
Recycling Feed stocks held at India Habitat Center New Delhi during 23rd to 26th
November 2013.
8). Prof. Arvind Kumar Memorial award by Indian Council of Chemists (ICC) for
the 2013. Award will be given at ICC32 conference to be held at Karnatak
University, Dharwad.
Professional experience
1. Postdoctoral fellow at Surface Science and Catalysis Laboratory, University
of Ulm, Germany.
2. Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Chemistry, University of
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
3. Visiting scientist at Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk, Russia.
4. Brainpool Visiting Scientist at Hydrogen Energy Research center, Korea
Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea.
5. Visiting Scientist at Nacional Instituto de Tecnologia, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
List of Publications
1.
Dismutation of CFC-12 to CFC-13 over Chromia – Alumina Catalyst.
A Venugopal, K.S. Rama Rao, P.S. Sai Prasad and P. Kanta Rao.
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. (1995) 2377.
2.
Influence of Method of Preparation on Pore structure and
Dehydrogenation activity of Chromia Catalysts.
K.S. Rama Rao, K.V. Narayana, A. Venugopal, V. Venkat Rao, S. Khaja
Masthan and P. Kanta Rao, Indian Journal of Chemistry. 35A (1996)
656.
3.
Ammoxidation of 3-picoline over V2O5/TiO2 (anatase) system.
1. Relationship between ammoxidation activity and average oxidation
state of vanadium.
K.V. Narayana, A. Venugopal, K.S. Rama Rao, V. Venkat Rao, S. Khaja
Masthan and P. Kanta Rao, Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 150 (1997) 269.
4.
Ammoxidation of 3-picoline over V2O5/TiO2 (anatase) system.
2. Relationship between ammoxidation activity and dispersion of vanadia.
K.V. Narayana, A. Venugopal, K.S. Rama Rao, V. Venkat Rao, S. Khaja
Masthan and P. Kanta Rao, Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 167 (1998) 11.
5.
Effect of method of preparation on the dismutation activity of Cr2O3-MgOAl2O3 catalysts.
A Venugopal, K.S. Rama Rao, P.S. Sai Prasad and P. Kanta Rao.
Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. Vol. 113, (1998) 405.
6.
Hydrodechlorination of 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113)
over Pd supported on modified Al2O3.
S. Chandra Shekar, A. Venugopal, K. S. Rama Rao, P.S. Sai Prasad,
R. Srinivas and P. Kanta Rao.
Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. Vol. 113, (1998) 391.
7.
Physico-chemical characterization of V2O5-TiO2 (anatase) catalysts for
ammoxidation of 3-picoline.
K.V. Narayana, A. Venugopal, K.S. Rama Rao, V. Venkat Rao, S. Khaja
Masthan and P. Kanta Rao.
Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. Vol. 113, (1998) 947.
8.
Characterization and Reactivity of Pd/MgO and Pd/-Al2O3 Catalysts in the
Selective Hydrogenolysis of CCl2F2.
Hari Padmasri Aytam, Venugopal Akula, Krishnamurthy Janmanchi,
Seetha Rama Rao Kamaraju and Kanta Rao Panja. J. Phys. Chem. B
106 (2002) 1024.
9.
Novel calcined Mg-Cr hydrotalcite supported Pd catalysts for the
hydrogenolysis of CCl2F2.
A.H. Padmasri, A. Venugopal, J. Krishnamurthy, K.S. Rama Rao and
P. Kanta Rao. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical 181 (2002) 73.
10.
Calcined Mg-Al, Mg-Cr and Zn-Al hydrotalcite catalysts for tert-butylation
of phenol with iso-butanol – a comparative study.
A.H. Padmasri, A. Venugopal, V. Durga Kumari, K.S. Rama Rao and
P. Kanta Rao. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical 188 (2002) 255.
11.
Hydroxyapatite as novel support for Au and Ru: Behavior in water gas
shift reaction.
Akula Venugopal and Mike S Scurrell
Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 245 (2003) 137.
12.
Au-Ru/Fe2O3 catalysts for the low temperature water gas shift reaction.
Akula Venugopal, James Aluha, Daniel Mogano and Mike S. Scurrell.
Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 245 (2003) 149.
13.
The Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Au-based Bimetallic Catalysts. The AuM (M = Ag, Bi, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Ru, Sn, Tl) on Iron (III) Oxide System.
Akula Venugopal, James Aluha and Mike S. Scurrell.
Catal. Lett. 90 (1-2): (2003), 1.
14.
Low temperature reductive pretreatment of Au/Fe2O3 catalysts, TPR/TPO
studies and behavior in the Water-Gas Shift Reaction
Akula Venugopal and Mike S Scurrell
Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 258 (2004) 241.
15.
Advantage of Hydrotalcite Precursors as Supports for Pd Catalysts in
Hydrodechlorination of CCl2F2.
A.H. Padmasri, A. Venugopal, V. Siva Kumar, V. Shashikala, B.M.
Nagaraja, P. Seetharamulu, B. Sreedhar, B. David Raju, P. Kanta Rao and
K.S. Rama Rao. J. Mol. Catal. A 223 (2004) 329.
16.
Promotional effect of magnesia addition to active carbon supported Pd
catalyst on the characteristics and hydrodechlorination activity of CCl 2F2.
J Krishna Murthy, S Chandra Shekar, A H Padmasri, A Venugopal,
V Siva Kumar, B M Nagaraja, V Shashikala, B David Raju, P Kanta Rao
and K S Rama Rao.
Catalysis Communications vol. 3, no. 5, (2004) 161.
17.
Influence of H2O and CO2 on the Selective CO Oxidation in H2-rich Gases
over Au/a-Fe2O3.
M M Schubert, A. Venugopal, M Kahlich, V Plzak, and R J Behm
J. Catal, 222 (2004) 32.
18.
Reductive Routes to Stabilized Nano Gold and Relation to Catalysis by
Supported Gold.
D Boyd, S Golunski, G H R Hearne, T Magadzu, K Mallick, M C Raphulu,
A Venugopal, M S Scurrell
Appl. Catal. A: General. 292 (2005) 76.
19.
Hydroxyapatite photocatalytic degradation of calmagite (an azo dye) in
aqueous Suspension.
M Pratap Reddy, A Venugopal and M Subrahmanyam
Appl. Catal. B: Environmental, 69 (2006) 164.
20.
Hydrogen production by catalytic decomposition of methane over Ni/SiO2.
A. Venugopal, J. Ashok, S. Naveen kumar, D. Hari Prasad, V. Durga
kumari, and M. Subrahmanyam.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 32 (2007) 1782.
21.
Hydroxyapatite supported Ag-TiO2 as Escherichia coli disinfection
photocatalyst
M Pratap Reddy, A Venugopal and M Subrahmanyam
Water Research 41 (2007) 379.
22.
COx-free H2 production via catalytic decomposition of CH4 over Ni
supported on zeolite catalysts
J. Ashok, S. Naveen Kumar, A. Venugopal, V. Durga Kumari, M
Subrahmanyam*
Journal of Power Sources 164 (2007) 809.
23.
Effect of method of preparation of Cu-Zn-Al catalysts on DME synthesis.
Akula Venugopal, Jelliarko Palgunadi, Oh-Shim Joo, and Kwang Deog
Jung*
Solid State Phenomena 124-126 (2007) 1741 - 1744. Advances in
Nanomaterials and Processing
24.
Production of COX free hydrogen by catalytic decomposition of methane
over Ni/HY catalysts.
Jangam Ashok, Sathu Naveen Kumar, Machiraju Subrahmanyam and
Akula Venugopal* Catal. Lett. 118 (2007) 139.
25.
COx free hydrogen by methane decomposition over activated carbons.
J. Ashok, S. Naveen Kumar, A. Venugopal, V. Durga Kumari, S. Tripathi,
M Subrahmanyam* Catalysis Communications 9 (2008) 164.
26.
Decomposition of methane for hydrogen production over novel
hydroxyapatite supported nickel catalysts.
J. Ashok, S. Naveen kumar, M. Subrahmanyam and A Venugopal*
Catal. Lett. 121 (2008) 283.
27.
Cu-Zn-Cr2O3 catalysts for dimethyl ether synthesis: structure and activity
relationship
Akula Venugopal*, Jelliarko Palgunadi, Kwang Deog Jung*, Oh-Shim
Joo and Chae-Ho Shin
Catalysis Letters 123 (2008) 142 -149.
28.
Catalytic decomposition of CH4 over Ni-Al2O3-SiO2 catalysts: Influence of
pretreatment conditions for the production of H2
Jangam Ashok, Gangadhara Raju, Padigapati Shiva Reddy, Machiraju
Subrahmanyam and Akula Venugopal*
Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry, 17 (2008) 113-119.
29.
Hydrotalcite structure derived Ni-Cu-Al catalysts for the production of H2
by CH4 decomposition.
Jangam Ashok, Machiraju Subrahmanyam and Akula Venugopal*
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 33(11) (2008) 2704 2713.
30.
Catalytic Decomposition of CH4 over NiO-Al2O3-SiO2 Catalysts: Influence
of Catalyst Preparation Conditions on the Production of H2
Jangam Ashok, Padigapati Shiva Reddy, Gangadhara Raju, Machiraju
Subrahmanyam and Akula Venugopal*
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33 (2008) 4809-4818.
31.
Development of methane decomposition catalysts for COx free hydrogen
Jangam Ashok, Machiraju Subrahmanyam and Akula Venugopal*
Catalysis Surveys from Asia, 12 (2008) 229 – 237.
32.
Solvent free aerobic oxidation of ethylbenzene over supported Ni catalysts
using molecular oxygen at atmospheric pressure.
G Raju, P Shiva Reddy, J Ashok, B Mahipal Reddy and A Venugopal*
Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry, 17 (2008) 293 – 297.
33.
Dimethyl ether synthesis on the admixed catalysts of Cu-Zn-Al-M (M=Ga,
La, Y, Zr) and γ-Al2O3 : The role of modifier.
Akula Venugopal*, Jelliarko Palgunadi, Jung Kwang Deog*, Oh-Shim
Joo and Chae-Ho Shin. J. Mol. Catal. 302 (2009) 20-27.
34.
Catalytic decomposition of methane to hydrogen and carbon nanofibers
over Ni-Cu-SiO2 catalysts
Jangam Ashok, Padigapati Shiva Reddy, Gangadhara Raju, Machiraju
Subrahmanyam and Akula Venugopal*
Energy & Fuels 23(1) (2009) 5-13.
35.
Hydrotalcite derived Cu-Zn-Cr catalysts admixed with -Al2O3 for single
step dimethyl ether synthesis from syngas: Influence of hydrothermal
treatment.
Akula Venugopal*, Jelliarko Palgunadi, Jung Kwang Deog*, Oh-Shim
Joo and Chae-Ho Shin. Catalysis Today 147 (2009) 94-99.
36.
Low temperature steam reforming of bio-ethanol over Ni/CuO-Al2O3
catalysts.
A. Venugopal*, M. Sudhakar, R. Kishore, Reema Sarkari, J. Ashok, F. B.
Noronha, S. M. de Lima, and A. Hari Padmasri.
Int. J Nanotechnol. 7 (2010) 1188-1203.
37.
Methane decomposition catalysts for COX free hydrogen production.
Ashok Jangam, Reema Sarkari, Anjaneyulu Chatla, Subrahmanyam
Machiraju, Venugopal Akula*
Rev. Chem. Eng. 26 (2010) 29-39.
38.
Vapour phase synthesis of methylpyrazine using aqueous glycerol and
ethylenediamine over ZnCr2O4 catalyst: Elucidation of reaction
mechanism.
Reema Sarkari, Ramineni Kishore, Medak Sudhakar, Chatla Anjaneyulu,
Akula Venugopal*
Catalysis Communications, 12 (2011) 1067-1070.
39.
Oxidative steam reforming of ethanol over La1-xCexNiO3 perovskite-type
oxides for the production of hydrogen
Sania M. de Lima1,2, Adriana M. da Silva2, Lídia O.O. da Costa2, José M.
Assaf3, Lisiane V. Mattos4, Reema Sarkari5, A. Venugopal5, Fábio B.
Noronha2*
Applied Catalysis B, 121-122 (2012) 1-9.
40.
Pd/MgLa Mixed Oxide Catalyzed Chemoselective Hydrogenation of C=C at
Room Temperature
M. Lakshmi Kantam, R. Kishore, Jagjit Yadav, M. Sudhakar,
A. Venugopal
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 354 (2012) 663-669.
41.
Ruthenium/Magnesium-Lanthanum mixed oxide: An efficient reusable
catalyst for oxidation of alcohols by using molecular oxygen
M. Lakshmi Kantam,*[a] R. Sudarshan Reddy,[a] Ujjwal Pal,[a] M.
Sudhakar,[a] A. Venugopal,[a] K. Jeeva Ratnam,[a] F. Figueras,[b] Venkat
Reddy Chintareddy,[c] and Yuta Nishina[d]
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A, 359 (2012) 1-7.
42.
Synthesize 2-methylpyrazine using aqueous glycerol and ethylenediamine
over zinc oxide-zinc chromite catalysts: structure activity relationship.
Akula Venugopal*, Reema Sarkari, Chatla Anjaneyulu, Vankaduth
Krishna and Mandari Kotesh Kumar.
Applied Catalysis A: General 441-442 (2012) 108-118.
43.
Nanocrystalline Magnesium Oxide- Stabilized Palladium(0): Heck Reaction
with Heteroaryl Bromides in the Absence of Ligand and Base.
M. Lakshmi Kantam, P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, P. Srinivas, A. Venugopal,
Suresh Bhargava and Yuta Nishina.
Catalysis Science and Technology 3 (2013) 2550-2554.
44.
N-Alkylation of amines with alcohols over nanosized zeolite Beta
Marri Mahender Reddy, Macharla Arun Kumar, Peraka Swamy, Mameda
Naresh, Kodumuri, Srujana, Lanka Satyanarayana, Akula Venugopal and
Nama Narender*
Green Chemistry (Available online 2013)
45.
Characteristics of La modified Ni-Al2O3 and Ni-SiO2 catalysts for COx free
hydrogen production by catalytic decomposition of methane
Chatla Anjaneyulu, Velisoju Vijay Kumar, Suresh K. Bhargava, Akula
Venugopal*,
Journal of Energy Chemistry xx (2013) xxx.
46.
Pd/Mg-La mixed oxide catalyzed oxidative sp2 C-H bond acylation with
alcohols.
R. Kishore, M. Lakshmi Kantam*, J. Yadav, M. Sudhakar, S. Laha and
A. Venugopal*
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A (available online) 2013.
47.
Effective utilization of bio-glycerol for the synthesis of 2-methylpyrazine
over ZnO-ZnCr2O4 catalyst.
A. Venugopal*, R. Sarkari, M. Kotesh Kumar, S. Syed John, J. Krishna
Reddy, and A. Hari Padmasri*
Journal of Chemical Sciences xx (2014) xxx.
48.
Influence of acid-base sites on ZnO-ZnCr2O4 catalyst during
dehydrocyclization of aqueous glycerol and ethylenediamine for the
synthesis of 2-methylpyrazine: Kinetic and mechanism studies
Akula Venugopal*, Reema Sarkari, Chatla Anjaneyulu, Vankudoth
Krishna, Mandari Kotesh Kumar and Aytam Hari Padmasri.
Applied Catalysis A 469 (2014) 398-409.
49.
Selective CO oxidation over Fe5(PO4)3(OH)5 supported Pt catalyst: Kinetic
and mechanistic studies
A Hari Padmasri1,*, P Anil Kumar2, S Naveen Kumar2, A Venugopal2,
Sooboo Singh3
Indian Journal of Chemistry Sec A 54 (2014) xxx.
50.
Synthesis and characterization of Pt supported on Fe5(PO4)3(OH)5 catalysts
P Anil Kumar1, A Hari Padmasri2,*, S Naveen Kumar1, A Venugopal1,*,
Sooboo Singh3
Indian Journal of Chemistry Sec A 54 (2014) xxx.
51.
Vapour phase hydrogenation of nitrobenzene over metal (Ru, Ni, Pt, Pd)
supported on Ca5(PO4)3(OH) catalysts
M. Sudhakar, M Lakshmi Kantam*, R Kishore, S Naveen Kumar and A
Venugopal*
Indian Journal of Chemistry Sec A 54 (2014) xxx.
52.
Hydroxyapatite as a novel support for Ru in the hydrogenation of levulinic
acid to γ-valerolactone
M. Sudhakar, M. Lakshmi Kantam*, V. Swarna Jaya, R. Kishore, K.V.
Ramanujachary and A. Venugopal*
Catalysis Communications (in press) xx (2014) xxx.
LIST OF PATENTS
1.
An improved process for producing nicotinonitrile.
V. Venkat Rao, K.S. Rama Rao, P.S. Sai Prasad, K.V. Narayana,
A. Venugopal, M. Subrahmanyam, P. Kanta Rao and A.V. Rama Rao
Indian Patent No. 183837.
2.
A process for preparation of heteroaromatic nitriles by ammoxidation
using a novel catalyst.
K.S. Rama Rao, V. Venkat Rao, P.S. Sai Prasad, A. Venugopal, K.V.
Narayana, M. Subrahmanyam, P. Kanta Rao and A.V. Rama Rao
Indian Patent No. 183838.
3.
An improved process for producing a vanadium titanium catalyst
composition useful for the preparation of nicotinonitrile
V. Venkat Rao, K.S. Rama Rao, P. Kanta Rao, P. Sai Prasad,
K.V.Narayana, A. Venugopal, M. Subrahmanyam and A.V. Rama Rao
Indian Patent No. 183921.
4.
A process for the preparation of highly active and selective ammoxidation
catalyst.
P.Kanta Rao, K.S. Rama Rao, V. Venkat Rao, K.V. Narayana,
A. Venugopal, M. Subrahmanyam and A.V. Rama Rao
Indian Patent No. 187346. 208/DEL/94, dt. 24.2.94).
5.
An improved process for the production of 3- & 4- cyanopyridines by
vapor phase ammoxidation.
P. Kanta Rao, V. Venkat Rao, K.S. Rama Rao, A.Venugopal,
K.V.Narayana, M. Subrahmanyam and A.V. Rama Rao.
Indian Patent - Filed. No. 210/DEL/94, dt. 24.2.94.
6.
Process for the preparation of highly active and selective ammoxidation
catalyst and its use in preparing heteroaromatic nitriles.
P. Kanta Rao, K.S. Rama Rao, V. Venkat Rao, K.V. Narayana,
A. Venugopal, M. Subrahmanyam and A.V. Rama Rao.
U.S. Patent No. 5,910,465. Dt. June 8th 1999.
7.
Process for the preparation of a highly active and selective ammoxidation
catalyst and its use in preparing heteroaromatic nitriles
P. Kanta Rao, K.S. Rama Rao, V. Venkat Rao, K.V. Narayana,
A. Venugopal, M. Subrahmanyam and A.V. Rama Rao
U.S. Patent No. 5,952,508. Dt. September14, 1999.
8.
An improved process for the preparation of highly active halogen
exchange catalyst.
P. Kanta Rao, K.S. Rama Rao, V. Venkat Rao, V. Durga Kumari, K.V.R.
Chary, B. David Raju, P.S. Sai Prasad, M. Subrahmanyam, Suresh
Farsinavis, V. Vishwanathan, A. Venugopal and G. Krishna Reddy.
Indian Patent – Filed. No. 320/DEL/99 dated 4-6-1999.
9.
An improved process for the preparation of 2-chloro 1,1-trichloroethane
and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane by catalytic vapour phase hydrofluorination.
P. Kanta Rao, K.S. Rama Rao, V. Venkat Rao, V. Durga Kumari, K.V.R.
Chary, B. David Raju, P.S. Sai Prasad, M. Subrahmanyam, Suresh
Farsinavis, V. Vishwanathan, A. Venugopal and G. Krishna Reddy.
Indian Patent Application – Filed.
10.
Catalyst Development: Process for preparing precursors of catalysts
containing copper, zinc, aluminum and/or gallium, lanthanum, yttrium,
zirconium for the synthesis of DME from syngas.
Akula Venugopal, Jelliarko Palgunadi, Oh-Shim Joo and Kwang Deog
Jung, Korean Patent Filed, May 2006.