Dr. Ruma Rano (Chaudhury)

January 29, 2024 by Biswa Nath Ghosh
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Ruma Rano

Associate Professor
Department: Chemistry
Phone: 9954682215
Email: ruma@che.nits.ac.in

Date of Joining:              23/07/2007

Academic Experience:   16+ years

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. Ruma Rano was born in Dhanbad (Jharkhand), originally belongs to Murshidabad District of West Bengal. She obtained her M.Sc.(Chemistry) degree from Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag (secured 2nd position in Univ.) , M.Phil.(Applied Chemistry) from I.I.T (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad in 2001 (Topper) and  completed her Ph.D. from the same Institute in 2006. She joined as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, NIT Silchar in 2007. Her area of interest is Potential Utilization of Environmental Solid waste materials and Renewable / Non-Renewable energy.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Ph.D. (2006): Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad(ISM)
  • M.Phil(2001): Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad(ISM)
  • M.Sc(1998): P.K.Roy Memorial College (Vinoba Bhave University), Dhanbad

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

  • 6th July 2022 – till date : Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar, Assam, 788010, India
  • 23rd  July 2007 – 5th July 2022: Assistant Professor , National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar, Assam, 788010, India
  • 1st April 2007- 21st July 2007 :Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad(ISM)
  • 14th Aug 1997-31st March 1999 -Project Assistant , Central Fuel Research Institute, Dhanbad

SUBJECTS TAUGHT (INCLUDING SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING)

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Polymer Chemistry,
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Fuel and Technology
  • Engineering Chemistry.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Nano-Synthesis and Characterization
  • Nano-structured materials from solid-waste for various potential applications (Photo-catalysis, Nano-electronics, Sensors etc.)
  • Efficiently convert industrial wastes into high value silica- based materials.
  • Renewable and non-Renewable energy
  • Potential Utilization of fly ashes.
  • Combustion related environmental issues
  • Cement Technology

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

  • Received CSIR- Research Associate: Awarded in 2007
  • Topper in M.Phil.(Applied Chemistry) from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad – 2001.
  • Awarded one German Patent Titled- A SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING CITRUS SINENSIS PEEL ASH COATED MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE CATALYST FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

1.    Secretary of Department under graduate programme committee (DUPC) 2007-2009
2.     Member of Department purchase committee (DPC) 2014-2020
3.    Member of Departmental Ph.D monitoring Committee (DPMC) 2015-2020
4.     Secretary   of Department post-graduate programme committee      (DPPC) 2017-2019
5.     Departmental Coordinator of Institute Time Table Committee 2014 -2018
6.     Nodal person of HEI for Rastriya Abhiskar Abhiyan 2021-Till date

Ph.D. SCHOLARS GUIDED      

Sl. No. Name of the Scholar Supervisor/(Co- supervisor) Title of the Thesis Year
1. Biswajit Changmai Co- supervisor Synthesis, Characterisation and Application of Selected Heterogeneous Catalyst in Biofuel and Chemical Production 2021
2 Firoza Sultana Supervisor Comparative Study of Coal Combustion Residues from Pulp and Paper Mills of Assam for their Potential Applications 2019
3 Nurul Alum Mazumder Supervisor Synthesis, Characterisation of Surface Modified Flyash and their Applications in Selective ORGANIC Reactions and Photocatalysic Degradations. 2019

P.G. SCHOLARS GUIDED

Sl. No. Name of the Scholar Title of the Thesis/Project Year
1. Pallavi Flyash: Study and Utilization of Non-Magnetic Components of Flyash 2023
2 Rosidul Islam Comparative Study of High Sulphur Coal from Northeast India and their Environmental Impact on Utilisation 2023
3 Naseef Sha P Processing and Characterisation of Alumino-Silicous and Magnetic Material derived from Flyash for their various Applications 2022
4. Tiyasa Dhar Characterisation of Magnetic and Non-Magnetic Components of Flyash and Application of Surface activated non-magnetic particles as filler in biodegradable poly(vinyl alcohol) composite films. 2020
5 Sourav Sutradhar Characterisation of Magnetic and Non-Magnetic Components of Flyash for their potential Applications 2019
6 Gyandeep Pathok Ethoxy Funtionalized Flyash: A Highly Efficient Heterogeneous Solid Base  Catalyst for Esterification Reaction 2017
7 Hemonta Borthakur HCl Modified Flyash : A Highly Efficient Heterogeneous Solid Acid Catalyst for Aldol Condensation Reaction 2017
8 Rahul Hussain Surface Modification of Flyash and its Application as a Photocatalyst 2017
9 Mahsina Mazumdar Study of Coal Combustion Residue from Paper Mill for Potential Utilisation 2016
10 Gitarthi Sarmah Application of Coal Combustion: Flyash as a Catalyst for Organic Transformation 2015
11 Monisha Boruah Characterisation of Coal Combustion Residue from Nagaon Paper Mill for Potential Utilisation 2015
12. Bishal Bhuyan Characterisation of High Carbon Ash from Cachar Paper mill for Potential Utilisation 2014

PROJECT(S)

Sl/No. Funding Agency Title of the Project Amount Sanctioned Year
1 AICTE(RPS) Characterisation of flyash from paper mill for potential utilisation. Rs. 20,00,0000 31.03.2009

PATENT(S)

  • Germany Patent Granted in 2022

Title:            A SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING CITRUS SINENSIS PEEL ASH COATED MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE CATALYST FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION

BOOK(S)

  1. Books: INTRODUCTION TO FLY ASH AND ITS PERSPECTIVE UTILISATION by

 Dr. Ruma Rano, Pub: Scholars’ Press, Germany, ISBN 978-620-2-30438-2

PUBLICATION(S):

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

  1. Jayanta Kumar Kar, Ruma Rano, and Saurabh Chaudhury, “Effect of La and Sc Doping on the Structural, Electronic, and Optical Properties of Cubic HfO 2 : A DFT Base Spin-Polarized Calculation”, Journal of Electronic Materials, 2023. (SCI)
  2. Jayanta Kumar Kar, Ruma Rano, and Saurabh Chaudhury, “Impact of Ag and Au Concentration on the Electronic and Optical Properties of LiNbO 3 : A DFT-Based Calculation”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier, 2023 (Scopus)
  3. Nurul Alam Majumdar and Ruma Rano, “Preparation of Flyash-Ag2O Nanoaggregates as highly capable photo-catalyst for malachite green die degradation under solar irrediation”, Mateirals Today Proceedings, Volume 65, Part 5, 2022, Pages 2889-2893 , Elsevier .
  4. Nurul Alam Majumder and Ruma Rano, “Amino Functionalized Coal Flyash: A Green and Efficient Heterogeneous Solid Base Catalyst for Knoevenagel Condensation Reaction,” International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology 10 (07), 56-58, 2022
  5. Biswajit Changmai, Ruma Rano, Chhangete Vanlalveni, Lalthazualal Rokhum A noval Cittrus sinensis peel ash coated magnetic nanoparticles as an easily recoverable solid catalyst for biodiesel production, Fuel 286(2021) 119447.
  6. Biswajit Changmai, Ruma Rano, Samuel Rokhum, A magnetically separable acid-functionalized nanocatalyst for bio-disel production. Fuel305( 1 december)2021https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121576
  7. A. Mazumder, R. Rano, Synthesis and characterization of fly ash modified copper oxide (FA/CuO) for photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange dye, Materials Today: Proceedings Volume 5, Issue 1, Part 2, 2018, Pages 2281-2286
  8. Firoza Sultana and Ruma Rano, Comparative study of coal combustion residues from pulp and paper mills of Assam, Energy sources Part A, Vol. 39(16), pp1799-1806 , 2017
  9. Firoza Sultana and Ruma Rano, Coal combustion residues from pulp and paper mills for potential applications, Energy sources Part A, Vol. 38(23), pp 3440-3446 , 2016
  10. A green and efficient solid acid catalyst over coal combustion fly ash for Fischer esterification reaction” Nurul A. Mazumder, Ruma Rano, Gitarthi Sarmah, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry , vol.32, PP 211-217, 2015.
  11. “An Efficient Solid Base Catalyst from Coal Combustion Flyash for Green Synthesis of dibenzylideneacetone” Nurul Alam Mazumder, Ruma Rano, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol. 29, PP 359-365, 2015
  12. “Particle Size Distribution Profile of some Indian Flyash- A Comparative Study to assess their possible uses ”, -A. Sarkar, Ruma Rano, K.K. Mishra and I.N. Sinha, Fuel Processing Technology 86 (2005) pp 1221-1238
  13. “A Comprehensive Characteristics of of Fly ash from a Thermal Power Plant in Eastern India”, -A. Sarkar, Ruma Rano, G. Udaybhanu and A.K. Basu, Fuel Processing Technology 87 (2006) pp 259-277.
  14. “Ferrospheres: the Novel Value Added Materials from Fly ash, A.Sarkar, R. Rano and G. Udaybhanu , Journal of Indian School of Mines, Vol. II, No. 2 (2007) 33-42
  15. “Water Holding Capacities of Fly ashes: Effect of Size Fractionation”, A.Sarkar, Ruma Rano, Energy sources Part A, Taylor & Francis 29: 471-482, 2007.
  16. “Comprehensive Characterisation of Cenospheres Collected from Ash- pond of a Super Thermal Power Plant in India”, A. Sarkar, R. Rano, K.K. Mishra and Avik Mazumder Energy Sources, Part A, Taylor & Francis 30; 271-283, 2008
  17. “Characterisation of High Carbon Ash from Thermal Power Station using Pulverised Fuel Combustor” A. Sarkar, R. Rano, A. Kumar, Energy Sources, Part A, vol. 32, pp 607 -619, 2010.

Journals (National):

  1.  “An Empirical Correlation between Carbon Content and Particle Characteristics of Flyash”– A. Sarkar, R. Rano, S. Bhattacharya, N.C. Karmakar and I.N. Sinha , Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 21, No.5, May, 2001, pp 392-397.
  2. “Studies on Characterisation of Fly ash and Its Settling Behaviour vis- à- vis Sand”,- A. Sarkar, Ruma Rano and N.C. Karmakar, Journal of Environmental Studies and Policy, TERI, Dec. 2001, Vol.4, No.2, pp 95- 109.
  3. “Morphological Assessment of Size Fractionated Flyash of Cement Plant Boiler”- A. Sarkar,Ruma Rano, S. Bhattacharya and A.K. Basu, Journal of Environmental Studies and Policy, TERI, June 2003, Vol.6, No.1, pp 61-70.
  4.  “Characterisation of Flyash from Farakka Super Thermal Power Station”, – Ruma Rano and A. Sarkar, Journal of the Institute of Public Health Engineers, India, March 2004, pp 373-382.

Conferences (International):

  1. Jayanta Kumar Kar, Ruma Rano, and Saurabh Chaudhury, “Impact of Ag and Au concentration on the electronic and optical properties of LiNbO 3 : A DFT based calculation,” International Symposium on Semiconductor Materials and Devices-2022, Bhubaneswar, India, 16 th -18 th December, 2022
  2. Firoza Sultana, Ruma Rano ,Water Holding Capacities of High carbon ash from Paper Mills, International Conference on Waste Management,22-24 Feb’18 Recycle-2018, IIT Guwahati.
  3. R. Rano, N. A. Mazumder, F. Sultana,Synthesis and Characterization of Fly Ash-Ag2O Nanoaggregates Photocatalyst for Degradation of Malachite Green Dye, 4th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICNSNT) , 14-15th Dec’2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  4. “Physico-Chemical Characterization of Different Size Fractions of Fly ash – A Case Study”, -A. Sarkar, Ruma Rano, N.C. Karmakar, S.Bhattacharya and I.N. Sinha. Geo- environmental Reclamation (International Symposium, Nagpur), 20-22 Nov., 2000 pp 321-325.
  5. “Effect of Particle Characteristics on the Settling Time of Fly ash Slurry”, – A . Sarkar, R. Rano, N.C. Karmakar, S. Bhattacharya, First Asian Particle Technology Symposium (ATP 2000), Bangkok, Thailand, 13-15 Dec., 2000
  6. “Assessment of Fly ash for use in High Performance Concrete”, – A. Sarkar and Ruma Rano; Eighth NCB International Seminar on Cement and Building Materials, 18-21, Nov. 2003, New Delhi, India, pp X (54-63).
  7. “Processing and Physico-Chemical Characterisation of Cenospheres collected from Ash-pond of a Super Thermal Power Plant” – A. Sarkar and Ruma Rano , International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology MPT-2005, 6-8 th Jan.2005.
  8. “Database of Morphological Features of Fly Ash – A tool for Effective Utilisation”, A. Sarkar and Ruma Rano , International Congress on Fly Ash Utilisation,4-7 th Dec.2005, FAUP,TIFAC,DST,New Delhi, ppX(7.1-7.11)
  9. “Processing and Characterisation of Ferrospheres for Potential Application in Admixture for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding”- Ruma Rano & A. Sarkar, 10th NCB International Seminar on Cement and Building Materials. 27-30 Nov. 2007, New Delhi, India, Vol.VII , pp 480 -498.
  10. Coal combustion residues from pulp and paper mill and its potential utilization. Firoza Sultana, Ruma Rano. International Conference on Waste Management, Recycle-2016. IIT Guwahati.
  11. A highly efficient solid base catalyst derived from waste fly ash, N.A. Mazumder, R. Rano, International Conference on Waste Management (RECYCLE 2016), held on April 1-2, 2016 at IIT Guwahati.
  12. Synthesis and characterization of fly ash modified copper oxide (FA/CuO) photocatalyst for degradation of methyl orange dye under direct sunlight, N.A. Mazumder, R. Rano, 2nd International Conference on Material Science (ICMS-2017), held on February 16-18, 2017 at Tripura University, Tripura, India
  13. Importance of FE-SEM, FT-IR, XRD and BET surface area analysis to characterize various heterogeneous catalysts derived from coal fly ash, N.A. Mazumder, R. Rano, International Conference on Sophisticated Instruments in Modern Research (ICSIMR 2017), held on June 30 – July 1, 2017 at IIT Guwahati
  14. “Characterisation of High Carbon Ash from Pulp and Paper mill for Potential Utilasation” Ruma Rano, Firoza Sultana, Bishal Bhuyan, Nurul Alam Mazumder, International Conference on Waste Management and Environmental Engineering ICWMEE 2014, Bangkok, Thailand, Dec 18-19, 2014

Conferences (National):

  1. Comparative study of coal combustion residues from pulp and paper mills of assam for potential utilization. Firoza Sultana, Ruma Rano. National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences,2017. Assam University Silchar
  2. N.A. Mazumder, R. Rano, Surface modification of fly ash and its application as a photocatalyst (NCCP-2017), held on March 20-21, 2017 at Assam University, Silchar.
  3. N.A. Mazumder, R. Rano, Fischer estrerification reaction over green and efficen solid acid catalyst synthesized from fly ash, 20th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry held on February 3-5, 2017 at Gauhati University, Guwahati, India.
  4. N.A. Mazumder, R. Rano, Facile Synthesis of fly ash supported ZnO-TiO2 for photocatalytic degradation of eosin B dye, National Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences (NSACS-2017), held on January 11-12, 2017 at Assam University Silchar, India
  5. N.A. Mazumder, R. Rano, Synthesis of a green and highly efficient solid base catalyst from waste coal fly ash for Knoevenagel condensation reaction, National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS 2016), held on December 8-10, 2016 at IIT Guwahati.
  6. N.A. Mazumder, R. Rano, A highly efficient solid acid catalyst derived from coal fly ash, National Conference on Recent Development & Applications in Chemical Sciences (RDACS-2016), held on May 20-21, 2016 at NIT Agartala
  7. N.A. Mazumder, R. Rano, Investigation on Fly Ash from Super Thermal Power Plant in India Using XRF, XRD, SEM-EDS and FT-IR Spectroscopy, National Conference on Current Perspectives on Research on Chemical Sciences (CPRCS-2015), held on March 25-26, 2015 at Assam University, Silchar.
  8. “Morphological Characteristics of Ferrospheres extracted from Some Indian Flyash”, Ruma Rano and A.Sarkar, National Conference on Frontier Areas in Geological and Technological Aspects of Fossil Fuel and Mineral Resources, 2-4th Nov. 2006, I.S.M, Dhanbad, pp 329-333.
  9. “High Carbon Fly ash from Stoker Fired Combustor – Potential Acoustic Material”, A. Sarkar and Ruma Rano, National Conference on Emerging Areas in Applied Physics, Feb21-23, 2004, I.S.M, Dhanbad.
  10. “Estimation of Morphological Changes of Fly ash Particles on Burning at an Elevated Temperature Using Scanning Electron Microscopy”, – Ruma Rano and A. Sarkar ‘National Seminar on Instrumental Techniques in Chemical Analysis’, Sep 15-16,2001, I.S.M, Dhanbad.

Book Chapters

1. Ruma Rano and A Sarkar, “CHARACTERISATION OF HIGH CARBON ASH FROM CAPTIVE POWER PLANT FORPOTENTIAL UTILISATION” Mathematics and Computers in Science and Industry, ISBN:978-1-61804-247-7,PP 290-297,2013

2. Ruma Rano , “Characterization of Magnetic and Non-Magnetic Components From a Low Carbon Fly Ash: A Solid Air Pollutants” Source Title: Global Perspectives on Air Pollution Prevention and Control System Design Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 22 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7289-3.ch002

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