Biography:
Dr. Ram Sambhar Shukla received B.Sc. (1975), M.Sc. (1977), Ph.D. (1981) degrees and PDF of CSIR (1981-83) from University of Allahabad, India and joined Inorganic Materials and Catalysis Division of CSIR- Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, India as research scientist since 1983. His specializations include catalyst materials, green organic transformations of O2, CO2, CO, H2 and CH4, high temperature-pressure material and catalysis. He is Life Member of National Academy of Sciences-India, Allahabad and Catalysis Society of -India ,Madras. He was Member of Indian Reference Materials, Delhi and was Chairman (Alternate), Inorganic Materials Sectional Committee of Bureau of Indian Standard, Delhi. As Bilateral Exchange of Scientists awardees visited France (CNRS,1993) and Korea (KOSEF, 2002) for collaborative research on C-H and CO2 respectively. Awarded brain pool scientist (2011) and researched in Korea on utilization of CO2 as soft oxidant. Performed as faculty Professor for Ph.D. course, of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), and of Bhavnagar University. He is reviewer for reputed journals for materials and catalysis and Ph.D. examiner for Indian universities. He credited: 100 papers, 5 patents, 2 reviews, 4 book/chapters, 52 invited lectures: 21 international and 71 national conferences,17 students guidance and 20 research projects.
Title : Rhodium-hexagonal mesoporous silica based effective heterogeneous catalyst for hydroformylation of vinyl esters
Title : Rhodium- hydrotalcite catalyzed effective heterogeneous transformation of carbon oxides to organic chemicals
Title : Heterogeneous Catalysis for Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid