Sr. Technical Officer (1)
| Ph. D | 2022, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee |
| M Sc | 2008, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam |
| B Sc | 2006, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam |
| E Mail | phani.kasina@csir.res.in |
| Telephone No. | +91 – 135 – 2525 836 |
Research Interest
- Gas to Liquid (GTL) Technologies – CH4 reforming, Syngas Chemistry (Production & Conversion)
- Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU)- CO2 hydrogenation
- Catalytic naphtha cracking for Petrochemicals
- Valorisation of plastic waste and bio oils
- Design and development of Heterogeneous catalysts
- Scale up of catalysts and catalytic processes
- Process development
- Organic transformations
Work Experience
| Senior Technical Officer (1) | CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2022 –Till date) |
| Technical officer | CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2017 -2022) |
| Technical Assistant | CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2012-2017) |
| Senior Chemist | GVK Bio Sciences Private Limited, Hyderabad (2009 – 2012) |
Awards and Honours
- Outstanding Achiever Award by GVK Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, 2012
- Hindustan Platinum Award for the Best Poster Presentation, 23rd National Symposium on Catalysis (CATSYMP-23), The Catalysis Society of India, Bangalore, 2018
- Presented an Oral talk at FIPI R&D Conclave 2021, Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI), New Delhi, 2021
Patents
- A new catalyst useful for the production of synthesis gas and a process for the preparation there of, and a process tri reforming of methane for the production of synthesis gas, VVDN Prasad, B N Naidu, K D P Lakshmee Kumar, Ankur Bordoloi, Rajaram Bal, S M Nanoti, M O Garg, Renu Sinha(GAIL), Parvesh Chugh(GAIL), Raj Kumar Kashyap(GAIL), IN Patent 470392
Selected Publications
- Enhanced CO2 utilization via methane tri-reforming over Ru incorporated Co/MgO-Al2O3 catalyst: Influence of La and Ce promoters; K.D.P. Lakshmee Kumar, B. Neelam Naidu, Bipul Sarkar, Prasenjit Mondal, Kaushik Ghosh, V.V.D.N. Prasad, J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2021, 9 (5) 105949, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.105949
- Insights of precursor phase transition of (Cu-Zn-Al)/γ-Al2O3 hybrid catalyst for one step dimethyl ether synthesis from syngas; K.D.P. Lakshmee Kumar, B. Neelam Naidu, Hemkant Saini, Kaushik Ghosh, V.V.D.N. Prasad, Prasenjit Mondal, Catal. Today 2022, 404, 169-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.03.018
- Coke deposition over Ni-based catalysts for dry reforming of methane: effects of MgO-Al2O3 support and ceria, lanthana promoters; B. Neelam Naidu, K.D.P. Lakshmee Kumar, Hemkant Saini, Manoj Kumar, T. Nanda Kumar, V.V.D.N. Prasad, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.106980
- Catalytic pyrolysis of low-density waste polyethylene into light olefins and hydrogen over manganese-supported alumina; H. Raghav, B. Joshi, K. D. P. Lakshmee Kumar, S. Kumar, B. Sarkar, J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2025, 13 (1) 115254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.115254
- Multi-objective optimization of syngas production from bio-glycerol: A bi-reforming approach using NSGA-II; Santosh Zol, H. Chandodkar, M. Ahmed, M. B. Haider, K. D. P. Lakshmee Kumar, B. N. Naidu, R. Kumar, N. Viswanadham, J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2025, 13 (3) 116186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.116186
- Upgrading Bioethanol to a High-Energy-Density Sustainable Fuel over a Novel Bimetallic Nanocomposite Catalyst; Selvamani Arumugam, Kamal Singh Koranga, Gaurav Gaur, D. P. Lakshmee Kumar Kasina, Anup Prakash Tathod, and Nagabhatla Viswanadham, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2025, 13, 42, 18289–18301. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c0857
Google Scholar Link
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