Curriculum Vitae
Rohit Srivastava (M.Sc., PGDCA, M.Phil.)
Applied Chemistry Department,
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India
E-mail: rohit.srivastava4@gmail.com; rohitbitmesra@live.com
http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=8BOH4tEAAAAJ&hl=en
Mb No. 09955794967, 09616504493
1. Gender: Male
2. Date of Birth: 21-12-1986
3. Marital Status: Unmarried
4. Areas of Interest:
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Oscillatory chemical reactions, pattern formation in reaction diffusion system and
Self-organized nanostructured growth spherulitic/DLA crystal pattern formation
in BZ type system
Synthesis of chitosan based functional nonmaterial’s and nanocomposite film for
biomedical application
Hollow Sphere Material Synthesis and Their Electrocatalytic Application
5. Academic Qualification:
Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi (Thesis submitted).
Thesis title: “Self-organization and growth of nanostructured branched crystal pattern in BelousovZhabotinsky type oscillatory chemical reaction” under the supervision of Prof. P.K. Srivastava.
M.Phil. in Chemistry, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedekar University Agra (U.P) 2010
Marks: 66%
Thesis title: “Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activity of silver, copper and zinc
nanoparticles” under the supervision of Dr. Devendra Kumar.
PGDCA in computer application, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadah University, Faizabad (U.P), 2011
Percentage, 65%
M.Sc. in Chemistry, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadah University Faizabad, India, 2008
Percentage, 59%
B.Sc. in Chemistry, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadah University Faizabad, India, 2005
1. Professional Experience:
November, 2010 –Augest 2011: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabd (U.P),
India
Designation: Project Fellow
Responsibility:
 Teaching theory and laboratory classes of B.Tech. students
 Research work
6. Research Experience:
November, 2010 –Augest 2011: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabd (U.P),
India
Designation: Project Fellow
 Synthesis of 4-(Ethoxycarbonyl) phenyl-1-amino oxobutanoic acid-chitosan
complex for silver nanocomposite film: characterization and antibacterial study
(UV-Visible, IR, XRD, SEM, TEM and TGA)
 Highly luminescent chitosan-L-cystiene functionalized CdTe quantam dots:
synthesis and characterization (UV-Visible, IR, XRD, SEM, TEM and TGA)
September 2011 – 25-12-1013: Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Deoghar Campus, Jharkhand,
India
Designation: Research Scholar
 Metal Load (XRD, BET surface area analysis, IR, SEM, TEM and TGA)
 Metal Loaded Hollow Carbon Spheres synthesis through micro-wave assisted
method and their physical characterization(XRD, BET surface area analysis, IR,
SEM, TEM and TGA)
 Electrocatalytic application of Hollow Sphere materials for Water electrolysis in
HER and OER in aqueous and PEM cell (Cyclic voltammograms, polarization,
Tafel plots)
 Self-organized nanostructured DLA and spherulitic crystal pattern formation in
Chemical reaction. Oscillation and pattern formation in B-Z system.
8. List of Publications:
Articles published / accepted/communicated in refereed journals:
2013
1. Self-organized nanostructured spherulitic crystal pattern formation in BelousovZhatobinsky type reaction system
Rohit Srivastava and P.K. Srivastava, Chemical Physics Vol. 426, pp 59-73, 2013 (I.F. 1.9 SCI)
(Elsevier )
2. Highly luminescent chitosan-L-cysteine functionalized CdTe quantum dots film:
Synthesis and characterization
Hridyesh Kumar, Rohit Srivastava and P.K. Dutta, Carbohydrate Polymer, Vol. 97, pp 327-334, 2013
(I.F. 3.628) (SCI) (Elsevier )
3. Preparation of Tin-doped Carbon Hollow Spheres and Their Electrocatalytic activity in
Water Electrolysis
Jayeeta Chatopadhyay, Rohit Srivastava and P.K. Srivastava, International Journal of Electrochemical
Sciences, Vol. 8, pp. 3740 – 3754, 2013 (I.F. 3.729) (SCI).
4. Ni-doped TiO2 hollow spheres as electrocatalysts in water electrolysis for hydrogen and
oxygen production
Jayeeta Chattopadhyay, Rohit Srivastava, P.K. Srivastava, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, Vol.
43, pp 279 – 287, 2013 (I.F. 1.745) (SCI). (Springer)
5. Chaos in a chemical system,
Rohit Srivastava*, P.K. Srivastava and Jayeeta Chattopadhayay, European Physical Journal
Special Topic, 222, 777-783 (2013) (I.F. 1.78) (SCI) (Springer)
6. Electrochemical performance of Ni/TiO2 hollow sphere in proton exchange membrane
water electrolyzer system
Jayeeta Chatopadhyay*, Rohit Srivastava, P.K. Srivastava, Korean Journal of Chemical,
Engineering, 30, 1571-1577 (2013) (I.F. 1.059) (SCI). (Springer)
7. Growth of nano-structured diffusion limited aggregation (DLA)-grass like Branch crystal
pattern, in a B-Z type reaction system
Rohit Srivastava*,Jayeeta Chattopadhyay, P.K. Srivastava, Narendra Yadav International Journal of
Chemistry, Vol. 34, Issue 1, P. 1119 – 1129, 2013 (I.F. 1.4). (Recent Science)
8. Multiple Patterns in Mixed Substrate B-Z system
Rohit Srivastava and P.K. Srivastava, Chemistry Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 44-49, (2013).
(Scientific
Journal U.K.)
9. Self-organized Nanostructured Diffusion-Limited-Aggregation (DLA) crystal pattern
formation and morphological transition in Belousov-Zhabotinskii (B-Z) type reaction
system.
Rohit Srivastava*, P.K. Srivastava and Jayeeta Chattopadhayay, RSC Advances (Under 2nd
revision) (2013) (I.F. 2.5) (SCI). (Royal Society of Chemistry)
10. Nanostructured Diffusion-Limited-Aggregation (DLA) Crystal pattern formation
governed by by B-Z reaction in microemulsion system,
Rohit Srivastava*, Jayeeta Chattopadhayay and P.K. Srivastava, J. Sol. Chem,. (Under
review) (2013) (I.F. 1.09) (SCI). (Springer)
11. Jayeeta Chattopadhyay, Rohit Srivastava, A.C. Singh and U. Jha, Electrocatlytic activity
of hollow carbon sphere in capsulates Ni nanoparticles in PEM water electrolysis, Int. J.
Hydrogen Energy (Under review, IF. 4.0) (2013) (Elsevier )
Book Chapter
1. Functionalized Nanoparticles and Chitosan-Based Functional Nanomaterials
P.K. Dutta, Rohit Srivastava, and Joydeep Dutta, Adv. Polym. Sci. , 254:1-50, (2013) (I.F.
3.87) (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg)
2012
1. Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles against S.
aureus (MTCC 87) and P. aeruginosa (MTCC 741) pathogens
Devendra Kumar, Rohit Srivastava, Neelam, Virendra Pal Singh and Manish Dubey, Journal
of Pharmacy Research, 5, (2012), 841-844. (Elsevier)
Book
Antibacterial Study of Metal Nanoparticles
1. Rohit Srivastava* and Devendra Kumar (2012), LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing,
Germany.
ISBN-13: 978-3659253430
2011
1.
4-(Ethoxycarbonyl) phenyl-1-amino-oxobutanoic acid–chitosan complex as a new
matrix for silver nanocomposite film: Preparation, characterization and antibacterial
activity
Rohit Srivastava, Dilip K. Tiwari and P.K. Dutta, International Journal of Biological
Macromolecule Vol. 49, pp. 863 – 870, 2011 (I.F. 2.5) (SCI). (Elsevier )
Other refereed contributions:
1. Rohit Srivastava and P.K. Srivastava” Self-organized nanostructured diffusion-limitedaggregation(DLA) crystal pattern formation in Belousov-Zhabotinsky type reaction system” Proceed 8th
National conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics (NCNSD), Organized by Department of
Physics, Indian Institute Technology (IIT) Indore, (11-14 Dec., 2013).
2. Rohit Srivastava and P.K. Srivastava ”Chaos in a chemical system” Proceed. 7th National
conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics (NCNSD),
Organized by Department of
Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, (12-15 July, 2012).
3 Rohit Srivastava and P.K. Dutta, ”Prepration of 4-( 4-(ethoxycarbonyl) phenylamino)-4oxobutanoic acid-chitosan complex as a matrix for Silver nanocomposite film” Proceed. National
conference on Interface of Industry, Biology and Chemistry Research in 21st century, Organized
by Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, (5-7 February, 2011).
4. Devendra Kumar and Rohit Srivastava, “Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial study of
Silver nanoparticles” Proceedings of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Memorial Symposium on
Chemistry Today (2010), Organized by The Indian Chemical Society, (02-04 August, 2010).
5. Devendra Kumar and Rohit Srivastava, “Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial study
of Copper nanoparticles” Proceedings of 47th Annual Convention of Chemists and International
Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences, Organized by The Indian Chemical
Society, (23-27 December, 2010).
8. Experimental Skill:
Experienced in different essential analytical tools e.g. XRD, UV-Vis, DSC, TGA, IR,
SEM, TEM, EDAX,
Names and Addresses of Referees
1. Dr. P.K. Dutta
Prof. & Head
Department of Chemistry
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT)
Allahabd, U.P
Contect address: +91-532-2271272 (O), +91-532-2271829, 2542870 (R)
E-mail: pkd@mnnit.ac.in, pkd_437@yahoo.com
2. Dr. Jayeeta Chattopadhyay
Research Scientist
Department of Applied Chemistry
Birla Institute of Technology, Deoghar-814142, Jharkhand, India
Contect No. +918544008411
E-mail: jayeeta08@gmail.com