Chief Scientist

B Tech | 1988, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur |
M E | 1993, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok |
Ph D | Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, INDIA |
E Mail | sganguly@iip.res.in |
Telephone No. | +91 – 135 2525 937/799 |
Research Interest
- Homogenous Sweetening Catalyst Development, scale up and commercialization for sweetening of LPG
- Heterogeneous Sweetening Catalyst Development, scale up and commercialization for LPG/Kerosene
- Development of Novel Materials for alkali free Sweetening
- Mechanistic Kinetics of LPG and Fixed Bed Sweetening Processes
- Interfacial Science related to Homogeneous LPG Sweetening Catalyst Development
Work Experience
Chief Scientist | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2017-Till Date) |
Senior Principal Scientist | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2012-2016) |
Principal Scientist | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2007-2011) |
Senior Scientist | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2001-2006) |
Scientist | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (1996-2000) |
Scientist Fellow | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (1994-1996) |
Awards and Honours
- Most Significant CSIR Technology Award for the plan period – Technology Development and Commercialization of the LPG Sweetening Catalyst – Thoxcat ESTM, 2015
US Patents
- A method for reactive desulfurization of crude oil and sulfur rich petroleum refinery fractions via simultaneous copolymerization of thiophene and its derivatives
A Ray, T Senthilkumar, V Joshi, U Kumar, S K Ganguly
USA (US 17/663,987); Granted on 31-10-2023 - Novel Poly(thiophene-co-benzothiophene-co-dibenzothiophene) Copolymers from Crude Oils and various Refinery Petroleum Fractions
A Ray, T SenthilKumar, V Joshi, A Kumar, U Kumar, S K Ganguly
USA (US 18/064,529) Filed on 12-12-2022 - Double metal cyanide catalyst for the production of polyether polyols and a process thereof
U Kumar, A Verma, Swati, B. Sharma, T. Senthilkumar, S K Ganguly, A Ray
USA (US20220259374A1); Granted on 13-02-2024 - Schiff base incorporated double metal cyanide catalyst for the production of polyether polyols
U Kumar, A Verma, B. Sharma, A. Kumar, Swati, T. Senthilkumar, S K Ganguly, A. Ray
USA (US18305077); Filed on 21-04- 2023 - A Process for Preparation of Higher Grade VG Bitumen Using Sulfur-Based Polymeric Additives
T. Senthilkumar, K. Kumar, A. Kumar, V. Joshi, U Kumar, S K Ganguly, M. Thapliyal, M. Srivastava, A. Ray
US18/612469; Filed on 21-03-2024 - Synthesis of polyether polyols based low dosage gas hydrate inhibitors using double metal cyanide catalyst
U Kumar, A Kumar, A Verma, S Dubey, S Kumar , S K Ganguly
PCT/IN 2024/050405 Filed 0n 18-04-2024
Indian Patents
- Double Metal Cyanide catalysts for the production of Polyether Polyols and a process thereof
U Kumar, A Verma, Swati, B Sharma, T Senthilkumar, S K Ganguly, A Ray
IN (202111006129) Filed on 12-02-2021 - A method for reactive desulfurization of crude oil and sulfur rich petroleum refinery fractions via simultaneous copolymerization of thiophene and its derivatives
A Ray, T Senthilkumar, V Joshi, U Kumar, S K Ganguly
IN (202111036981) Filed on 13-08-2021 - Novel Poly(thiophene-co-benzothiophene-co-dibenzothiophene) Copolymers from Crude Oils and various Refinery Petroleum Fractions
A Ray, T. Senthilkumar, V. Joshi, A. Kumar, U. Kumar, S K Ganguly
IN (202111061088) Filed on 21-12-2021 - Schiff base incorporated double metal cyanide catalyst for the production of polyether polyols
U Kumar, A Verma, B Sharma, A Kumar, Swati, T Senthilkumar, S K Ganguly, A Ray
IN (202211024072) Filed on 22-04-2022 - Novel Poly(thiophene-co-benzothiophene-co-dibenzothiophene) Co-polymers as Additive for Preparation of Higher Grade VG Bitumen
T Senthilkumar, K Kumar, A Kumar, V Joshi, U Kumar, S K Ganguly, M Thapliyal, M Srivastava, A Ray
IN (202311020225) Filed on 22-03-2023 - Polymeric wax deposition inhibitor additive to assure flow of waxy crude oil in pipeline
U Kumar, M Sahay, A Kukrety, T Senthilkumar, B Mahanta, R Panigrahi, S Kumar, S K Ganguly, A Ray, N Mathur
IN (202311050247) Filed on 25-07-2023 - Synthesis of polyether polyols based low dosage gas hydrate inhibitors using double metal cyanide catalyst
U Kumar, A Kumar, A Verma, S Dubey, S Kumar , S K Ganguly
IN (202311044274) Filed 0n 30-06-2023 - An improved process for the removal of phenols from wastewater by liquid surfactant membranes in a micro porous hollow fiber contactor
A N Goswami, A Nanoti, S K Ganguly, B S Rawat and S M Aswal
Indian Patent No: IN9600498 Granted in 2004
Selected Publications
- Synthesis and Scale-up of a Sulfonamide Catalyst for Mercaptan Removal from Light Oils: A Reaction Kinetics Investigation with DFT Validation
S.K. Ganguly, S. Kumar, D. Choudhary, V. Rathore, B.L. Newalkar,. V.K. Chaudhary, Y. Sharma. K. Ashwinth A. Ray, T.S. Khan
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 63 (49) 21227-21242, 2024 - An Integrated Approach to Identify the Total Recirculation Regime for a Gas–Liquid System in an Agitated and Sparged Tank Contactor
S.K. Ganguly, D.P. Patil, D. Choudhary, A. Tibrewal, Vishal S K, C. B. Majumder, A. Ray
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 63 (23) 10140-10150, 2024 - Conjugated polymer based composites for anti-corrosion applications
S. Dua, N. Arora, B. G. Prakashaiah, R. C. Saxena, S.K. Ganguly, T. Senthilkumar
Prog. Org. Coat. 188, 108231, 2024 - Oligomeric Heterogenous Double Metal Cyanide Catalyst for One-pot Ring-Opening Polymerization
A. Verma, B. Sharma, S. Saini, B. Behera, S. Saran, S. K. Ganguly, U. Kumar
Chemistry Select 8 (6), e202204760. 2023 - EDTA incorporated Fe-Zn double metal cyanide catalyst for the controlled synthesis of polyoxypropylene glycol
A. Verma, S. Saini, B. Sharma, V. Verma, B. Behera, R. Singh, S. K. Ganguly, A. Ray, A. Vorontsov, U. Kumar
J. Polym. Res. 30, 62, 2023 - Fruit waste-derived cellulose and graphene-based aerogels: Plausible adsorption pathways for fast and efficient removal of organic dyes
P. Joshi, O.P. Sharma, S. K. Ganguly, M. Srivastava, O.P. Khatri
J. Colloid Interface Sci. 608, 2870-2883. 2022 - Effect of Impeller-Sparger Geometry on the Gas Holdup in an Oxygen-Water System Using an Agitated and Sparged Tank Contactor
S. K. Ganguly, C B Majumder, and A Ray
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 40 (68) 10445-10453. 2021 - Estimation of Gas Holdup Using the Gassed to Ungassed Power Ratio of an Oxygen–Water System in a Stirred and Sparged Tank Contactor
S. K. Ganguly, A Thakare, D P Patil, A Tibrewal, A Dethe, C B Majumder, and A Ray
ACS Omega, 5(45), 28929-28941. 2020 - Kinetics and Feasibility Studies of Thiol Oxidation using Magnetically Separable Mg-Al Layered Double Hydroxide Supported Cobalt Phthalocyanine Catalyst
D Chauhan, P Kumar, R Painuly, S Kumar, S L Jain and S. K. Ganguly
Fuel Proc. Tech., 167, 135-146. 2017 - Hydrodynamic and Mass transfer Aspects of Kinetics Studies in Light Oil Sweetening: A Review
S. K. Ganguly, N Varun, A Sharma, K Gill, P Gupta, S L Jain and L A Pellegrini
Chem Bio Eng Reviews. 3(3), 159-170. 2016 - Magnetic Fe3O4@MgAl-LDH composite grafted with cobalt phthalocyanine as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the oxidation of mercaptans
P Kumar, K Gill, S Kumar, S. K. Ganguly and S L Jain
J. Mol. Cat. 401, 48-54. 2015 - Kinetics of Thiophene Hydrodesulphurization: Pore Diffusional Effects
S. K. Ganguly, N Vohra, N Varun, G Das and H Bhunia
Energy Technology. 2(9-10), 763-766. 2014 - A Review on Gas Liquid Reactions in Light Oil Sweetening: Kinetics and Reactor Design Aspects
S. K. Ganguly, N Varun, S Kumar, P K Khatri, S L Jain, M O Garg and L A Pellegrini
Chem Bio Eng Reviews. 1(5), 204-213, 2014 - Tune up the “Sweetening” process in your facility
S. K. Ganguly, Gautam Das, Sunil Kumar, Bir Sain and Madhukar O Garg,
Hydrocarbon Processing, 92(6), 77-81, 2013 - Mechanistic Kinetics of Catalytic Oxidation of 1- Butanethiol in Light Oil Sweetening.
S. K. Ganguly, Gautam Das, Sunil Kumar, Bir Sain and Madhukar O Garg
Catal. Today, 198(1), 246-251, 2012 - Kinetics of UDHDS Process: A Lumped Parameter Approach
S. K. Ganguly and G. Gurulaxmanan
Indian Chem. Eng., 52(4), 304-314, 2010 - Prediction of Multicomponent Adsorption equilibria in Carboxylic acid-Activated Carbon Systems
A.N. Goswami, A. Nanoti, and S. K. Ganguly
Sep. Sci. Technol., 33(11), 1617-1628, 1998 - Removal of Phenols from Wastewater using Liquid Membranes in a Microporous Hollow-Fiber-Membrane Extractor
A. Nanoti, S. K. Ganguly, A.N. Goswami & B.S.Rawat
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 36, 4369-4373, 1997 - Surface Diffusion Kinetics in the Adsorption of Acetic Acid on Activated Carbon
S. K. Ganguly & A.N. Goswami
Sep. Sci. Technol., 31(9), 1267-1278, 1996
Book Chapter
- S. K. Ganguly, C. B. Majumder & A. Ray; A Treatise on Kinetics of Catalytic Oxidation of Thiols in Light Oil Sweetening Process – Methodology to Predict Industrial Oxidizer Performance: Chemical Engineering Greeting to Prof. Laura A. Pellegrini, M. Masi, G. D. Guido & S. Moili, Eds., The Italian Association of Chemical Engineers, AIDIC Press, Milan, Italy, 2020. pp. 221-233.(ISBN: 978-88-95608-99-0).
Selected Conference Talks
- S. K. Ganguly & A. Ray, Development and Commercialization of a Novel Metal Phthalocyanine Sulphonamide Catalyst for Extractive Sweetening of LPG: An Atmanirbhar Bharat Initiative, Virtual Conference on Innovative Development in Chemical Technology, 19th-20th March 2021, Organized by the University School of Chemical Technology-GGSIP University, Dwarka, New Delhi.
- S. K. Ganguly, S. Kumar, C. B. Majumder & A. Ray, The science behind carryover issues in the LPG treating units: Technological Challenges & Solutions. 107th Indian Science Congress, 3rd -7th Jan. 2020, Bengaluru, India.
- S. K. Ganguly, S. Kumar, C. B. Majumder & A. Ray, Solutions to the carryover issues in the LPG Treating Units: A case study. Indian Oil, Gas Chemistry, Chemicals and Additive Conference (IOGCA), 16th-17th Sept. 2019, Ahmedabad, India.
- S. K. Ganguly & Anjan Ray, Development of a novel cobalt phthalocyanine sulphonamide catalyst for LPG sweetening: A commercial success, Chemical Reaction Engineering Symposium, 17th – 18th Dec. 2018, Pune, India
- S. K. Ganguly, G. Das, G. Kumar, S. Kumar, Bir Sain & M. O. Garg, Catalytic oxidation of thiols in Light oil Sweetening: Kinetics and Reactor Design, International Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering, 2-5 June 2013, Milan, Italy
- S. K. Ganguly, Shounak Sen & Aneesh Bansal, Diversification of Feedstock Options for Petrochemicals: A Road Map, International Refining and Petrochemicals Conference organized by Hydrocarbon Processing, 19-21st July 2011, Singapore.
- S. K. Ganguly, Kinetics of Hydrodesulphurization of Diesel: Catalyst Design Aspects, Proceedings of 4th Refining China 2010 Conference. 24-25th March 2010, Beijing, China.
Google Scholar link
Researcher ID: A-7431-2008
Researcher ID: A-7431-2008