Vinod Gupta

 Curriculum Vitae of Dr. V. K. Gupta
Name : Dr. Vinod Kumar Gupta
FWIF, FNASc
Designation : Professor of Chemistry

Dr. V. K. Gupta
Professor,
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667

B. Sc. (1st. Div.) 1972, Meerut University
M.Sc. ( 1st Div.) 1975, University of Roorkee
Ph. D. 1979, University of Roorkee
Post Doctoral Fellow (CSIR), Univ. of Roorkee, 1979-81.

Pool Officer (CSIR), Univ. of Roorkee, 1981-83.
Lecturer, Univ. of Roorkee, 1983-94
Marie Curie Fellow of European Commission,
Univ. of Regensburg, Germany Feb.1993- July 93.
Reader/ Assistant Professor, Univ. of Roorkee, 1994-98.
Associate Professor, Univ. of Roorkee, 1998-2001
Professor. IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Since 2001
Chair Professor at Chemistry Department, King
Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran, SA
Vice – Chancellor, Dr. R M L Avadh University Faizabad, U
UP( 09-05-2013-09-09-2013)

Teaching Experience :

Thirty Four years teaching experience (Physical, Analytical and General Chemistry) of under-graduate Engineering and Post-graduate classes, Department of
Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (formerly University of Roorkee)

Field of Research :

1. Environmental Engineering
2. Electro-analytical Chemistry
3. Chemical sensors
4. Waste Management

Research Experience :

Thirty four years research experience
(a) Ph.D. Thesis supervised – 36
(b) Ph.D. Thesis in progress – 07
(c) M. Phil Thesis supervised – 10
(d) M.Sc. Dissertation supervised –35

PUBLICATIONS:
Books:

1. Nano Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis: Pharmaceutical
and Environmental Analyses, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2009).
2. Environmental Water: Advances in Treatment, Remediation and
Recycling, Elsevier, UK (2012).

Books Chapters:

13 Invited chapters in books and encyclopedias

Research Papers/Reviews:

400 Papers in International Peer Reviewed Journals with high Impact Factors (Indian Journals - 28 Foreign Journals – 372);

27 reviews in highly cited Journals (Citations: More than 24500 with h index = 106).

Papers presented at various National and International Conferences. 50

Academic Visits Abroad:
Australia, Canada, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, U.K., U.S.A., Germany, Hongkong, South Korea, France, Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Sweden, Iran

Ongoing Major Sponsored Research Projects
1. Development of effective adsorbents from waste rubber tires for waste water
treatment, DST, Approved from August 2012 for 3 years with outlay of more them 23 Lac.
2. Modification, Characterization and application of naturally occurring biomaterials for the removal of toxic contaminants from industrial wastewater, DST, Approved from April 2014 for 3 years with outlay of more them 30 Lac.

Major Sponsored Research Projects Completed During the recent past.
1. Studies on some highly selective receptors and their use in chemical sensors for ion recognition (DST-DAAD Project Based Personnel Exchange Programme (PPP)-2002-2005).
2. Removal of toxic substances from wastewater using inexpensive alternatives to carbon (CSIR, New Delhi, Sep.2002-2005).
3. Development of low cost adsorbents for the removal of toxic metal ions from water using algal biomass( DST, GOI, Oct. 2006- 2009 Project cost Rs. 14.50 lacs).

National and International Collaboration:
1. National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India.
2. Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, India.
3. Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, India.
4. Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India.
5. Chemnitz Technical University, Chemnitz, Germany.
6. Freie University of Berlin, Germany.
7. Korea National University of Education, Seoul, Soth Korea.
8. University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
9. University of Belgrade, Bor, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
10. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran-31261, Saudi Arabia
11. University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Recognitions:
1. Highly Cited Researcher in Ecology and Environmental Engineering as per
Thomson ISI.
2. Offered KFUPM Chair Professorship by King Fahd University of Petroleum
and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2009.
3. Fellow of World Innovation Foundation (F.W.I.F.) (2004).
4. Fellow of National Academy of Sciences (FNASc) (2008).

5. Editor of following International Journals:
Editor- Environmental Science and Pollution Research(2011-2013)
Editor- International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
Senior Editor- Insciences Journal - Sensors
Associate Editor -International Journal of Industrial Chemistry
Associate Editor - Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry
Associate Editor - Frontiers in Analytical Chemistry
Editor-Analytical Chemistry Letters (2014 onwards---)

6. Membership of Editorial Boards of the
OXIDATION COMMUNICATIONS (1982- onwards)
SENSORS (2000- onwards)
SENSOR LETTERS (2002 – onwards)
TALANTA (2005 - 2007).
INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (2005 onwards)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE (2006
onwards)
RECENT PATENTS ON ENGINEERING (2007-onwards)
J. Hazadrous Materials (2007-2012)
International Journal of Chemical Engineering (2008 -onwards)
International Journal of BioSciences and Technology (2008- onwards)
The Open Waste Management Journal (2008- onwards)
Analytical & Bioanalytical Electrochemistry (2009-onwards)
J. Coll. Interface Science (2010-2012)
Advanced Materials Letters (2010 onwards)
Desalination and Wastewater Treatment (2010 onwards)
Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry (2010 onwards)
Chemical Sensors (2010 onwards) .
J. Sensor Technology
European Journal of Chemistry
Colloids and Interface Science Ccommunications (2014 Onwards)

7. Delivered Lectures at the University of Western Australia, Perth, (Australia);
Yokohama National University, Yokohama, (Japan); Kyushu University, Fukuoka, (Japan); Leveun University, Leuven, Belgium; University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands: Technical University of Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany; Free University, Brussals, Belgium: University of Texas at San Antanio, USA; National University of Singapore (NUS), KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

8. Chaired Sessions in 13 International Conferences in Hungary (1982), New
Zealand (1984), Germany (1988, 2005), Canada (1992), South Korea (1996),
Switzerland (2000), Japan (2001), France (2003), USA (2005), Singapore
(2006, 2008), Iran (2012).

9. Membership of the Research Degree Committees / Board of Studies for the
following National level Institutions:
HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar (UA) (2003-onwards)
Rajeev Gandhi Technical University Bhopal (M.P.)(2006-onwards).
Mizoram University, Aizwal (2006-onwards).
National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (M.P.) (2002-onwards).
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (Haryana) (2006-onwards).
C R University of Science & Technology, Murthal, Haryana
IIT, BHU, Varansi; GND University, Amritsar; NIT, Jalandhar (Punjab)
HBTI, Kanpur

10. Membership of following Advisory Boards/ Committees:
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SENSORS SCIENCE, held at PARIS
(France) 16 - 20 June 2003.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SENSORS SCIENCE, held in China,
16 - 20 June 2004.
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India’s to monitor a center
at Kumaun University, Nainital (UA) 2002- onwards
Third IEEE International Conference on Systems, Signals & Devices (SSD’05), March 21-24, 2005, Sousse – Tunisia.
American Biographic Institute (2003-onwards).
Indira Gandhi National Open University for Curriculum development
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COLLOIDS AND MATERIALS TO
BE HELD AT AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, MAY 2011.

11. Invited to Chair a session/ speaker in the following International Events:
28th Annual International Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry
held in Geneva, Switzerland March 1-5, 1998.
5th East Asian conference on Chemical Sensors (EACCS’ 01) held at Huis Ten
Bosch, Nagasaki, Japan during 4-7 Dec. 2001.
9th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors, Boston, USA, 7-11 July 2002.
National Seminar on Recent Advances in Analytical Chemistry, to be held at J.
N. Vyas University, Jodhpur, India, Nov.- Dec. 2004.
41st Annual Convention of Chemist 2004, Delhi, Dec.2004.
6th East Asian Conference on Chemical Sensors held at Guilin, China
(November, 2005).
13th International Conference on Flow Injection Analysis and Related
Techniques (ICFIA 2005), Las Vegas, Nevada USA, April, 2005.
4th ISE Spring Meeting 2006 held in Singapore during 17-21 April 2006.
Invited Speaker at the 1st Regional Electrochemistry Meeting of South-East
Asia 2008 to be held at National University of Singapore, Singapore During
5-7th August 2008.

12. Visiting Professor at Department of Environmental Chemistry, Jiwaji
University, Gawalior. India.

13. Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry, KFUPM Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Awards:
· KHOSHLA RESEARCH PRIZE (Commendation Certificate) 1991.
· EUROPEAN COMMISSION POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP awarded by
European Commission and DST, Govt. of India in 1992 - 1993 to work at
Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg (Germany).
· FIRST KHOSLA RESEARCH AWARD and GOLD MEDAL, 1996.
· SECOND KHOSLA RESEARCH AWARD and SILVER MEDAL, 1996
· DAAD Visiting Professorship for two months during 2002-2003.
· Star Performer at IIT, Roorkee in the Session 2002-2003; 2003-2004.
· Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation (2004).
· India Citation Laureate Award (2004).
· Star Performer at IIT, Roorkee in the Session 2004 - 2005.
· Star Performer at IIT, Roorkee in the Session 2005 - 2006.
· Star Performer at IIT, Roorkee in the Session 2006 - 2007.
· Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, (FNASc) 2008.

Membership of Scientific Societies:
1. Life Member Indian National Science Congress Association.
2. Elected Member of Chemistry Sectional Committee for 89th Session of ISCA
(2001-2002).
3. Life Member Indian Society for Electro analytical Chemistry (ISEAC)
4. Member International Society of Electrochemistry.

Organization of National/ International Conferences
1. Member Organizing Committee in the National Symposium on Radiation and
Photochemistry, to be held at University of Roorkee, Feb.21-23, 2001.
2. Member National Advisory Committee of the National Symposium on Advanced
Instrumental Methods of Analysis held during 7-8 June 2002 at Dehradun (UA).
3. Organizing Secretary 22nd Annual Conference of Indian Council of Chemists, held
at Roorkee, India, 17-19 Oct. 2003.
4. Chairman for Symposium on “Role of Chemical Sensors in Environmental
Monitoring in Asia" in the 6th East Asian Conference on Chemical Sensors held at
Guilin, China during November 2005.
5. 6th East Asian Conference on Chemical Sensors held at Guilin, China (November,
2005).
6. Member Advisory Committee of National Conference on Greener Aspects of
Electrochemistry held at Jiwaji University, Gwalior, during 7-9 Dec. 2007.
7. Member International Advisory Committee of the “Regional Electrochemistry
Meeting of South-East Asia (REMSEA)" to be held at NUS, Singapore during 5-7
Aug. 2008
8. Member International Advisory Committee of The sixth International Multi-
Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices SSD'09, 23-26 March 2009, Jerba, Tunisia
9. Member International Scientific Committee for Colloids & Materials 2011, to be held during 8-11 May 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Chronological statement of Administrative Experience
The duties and responsibilities of each of these positions were discharged earning
recognition and credibility.
• Member University Court, Central University Haryana wef 27th Jan 2014.
• Chairman, Board of Governor’s, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology,
Sultanpur, UP (22.09.2013 for next 2 years)
• Vice Chancellor, Dr. R M L Avadh University Faizabad, UP (09-05-2013 09-09-
13)
• Head of the Chemistry Department (01-01-2011 -08-05-2013)
• Member, Executive Committee of Senate (1.1.2006-31.12.2008 and 01-01-2011
onwards)
• Professor in-charge Security (01-01-2009 till 25 Sep. 2009)
• Dean of Students’ Welfare (1.1.2006- 31.12.2008)
• Assoc. Dean of Students’ Welfare (01.01.2003 – 31.04.2006)
• Chairman, Discipline Committee of IIT Roorkee (01.01.2003 to 31.04.2006)
• Chairman, Coordinating Committee of Bhawans (CCB) (01.01.2003 to
31.04.2006)
• Member, Board of Post Graduate Studies and Research (2003 – 2006)
• Vice Chairman JEE-P 2003 (Entrance for Uttaranchal Polytechnics)
• Staff Advisor, Yogic Exercises (one year) and Dy. Chief Advisor, Institute
Educational Cinema Club (2002 – 2005)
• Chief Warden Govind Bhawan (1.6.95 to 31.3.98) and Azad Bhawan (13.6.2000 -
31.12.2002) and Warden of few Bhawans.
• Elected Member of University of Roorkee Syndicate (11.2.2000 -20.9.2001) and
first BoG of IIT Roorkee (21.09. 2001 -March 2002).
• Dy. Officer-in-Charge University of Roorkee Convocation-2001
• Officer In charge, University Vehicle Section (1998 to 1999), Coordinator
Transportation REE-1994 & 1995, CPMT (1998 & 1999)
• Member, University of Roorkee Senate (1995 to 1998).

Publications
Books
1. Nano Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis: Pharmaceutical
and Environmental Analyses, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2009).
2. Environmental Water: Advances in Treatment, Remediation and
Recycling, Elsevier (2012).

Invited chapters:
1. Synthetic Dyes for the ‘Handbook of TLC’ Marcel and Dekker, U.S.A. 1990.
2. Synthetic Dyes for the ‘Handbook of TLC’ Marcel and Dekker, U.S.A. 1996.
3. Adsorbents for Water Treatment: Low Cost Alternatives to Carbon for the
‘Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science’ edited by Arthur Hubbard for
Marcel Dekker, U.S.A., volume 1, pages 136-166, 2002.
4. Synthetic Dyes for the ‘Handbook of TLC’ Marcel and Dekker, U.S.A. 2003.
5. Adsorbents for Water Treatment: Development of Low Cost Alternatives
to Carbon for the updated ‘Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid science’
edited by Somasundaran for Marcel Dekker, Pages 1-34, 2003.
6. Advances in Chiral Pollutants Analysis by Capillary Electrophoresis for
‘Encyclopedia of Chromatography’ published by Marcel Dekker, 2004 pages
92-100.
7. Adsorbents for Water Treatment: Development of Low Cost Alternatives
to Carbon for ‘Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science’, Second Edition;
Taylor & Francis: New York, 2006; 1, pp. 149 – 184.
8. Ion-Selective Electrodes for Sensing of Metal Cations for the ‘Encyclopedia
of Sensors’ Volume 5, edited by Craig A. Grimes and Beth Dickey, published
by American Scientific Publishers (2006) pp.133-150.
9. Metal Ions Speciation in the Environment: Distribution, Toxicities and
Analyses for the book Concepts and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry, Developments in Environmental Science, Volume 5: edited by Dibyendu Sarkar, Rupali Datta and Robyn Hannigan, published by Elsevier
(2007), pages 33-56.
10. Electrochemical Sensors for Liquid Environment, for the book “Chemical
Sensors” edited by Prof. Ghenadii Korotcenkov and published by Momentum
Press (USA) (2011) Vol. 5 pages 125-169.
11. Syntheses of Carbon Nanotube-Metal Oxides Composites; Adsorption and
Photo-degradation, for the book " Carbon Nanotubes - From Research to Applications” Edited by: Stefano Bianco; Published by Publisher: InTech; ISBN 978-953-307-500-6 (2011) pages 295-312.
12. Adsorption on carbon Nanotubes, For the book “Solvent Extraction, Ionexchange
and adsorption” Edited by: Dr. Naushad Ghauri : to be published by, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA. (2012).
13. Covalent and Non-Covalent Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes.
Advanced Carbon Materials and Technology (2013): 317. John Wiley & Sons

Reviews:
1. V. K. Gupta, I. Ali, and H.Y. Aboul-Enein, Chiral resolution of some
environmental pollutants by capillary electrophoresis, Electrophoresis, 24(9)
1360-1374-(2003).
2. V. K. Gupta, I. Ali, and H.Y. Aboul-Enein, Chirality: A challenge for the
Environmental Scientists, Current Science, 84(2), 152-156 (2003).
3. V. K. Gupta, Potentiometric sensors for heavy metals- an overview, Chimia,
59,209-217(2005).
4. I. Ali, V.K. Gupta and H.Y. Aboul-Enein, Metal Ion Speciation and Capillary
Electrophoresis: Application in the New Millennium, Electrophoresis, 26(21)
3988-4002 (2005).
5. I. Ali, H.Y. Aboul-Enein, V.K. Gupta and Sam F.Y. Li, Pharmaceuticals
analysis by capillary electrophoresis at nanolevel detection J. Cap.
Electrophoresis and Microchip Tech., 009(5/6), 85 - 99 (2006).
6. I. Ali and V. K. Gupta, Advances in Water Treatment by Adsorption
Technology, Nature Protocols, 1(6), 2661 - 2667 (2007).
7. I. Ali, V. K. Gupta, H. Y. Aboul-Enein, P. Singh, B. Sharma, Role of
racemization in optically active drugs development, Chirality, 19(6), 453-463
(2007).
8. V. K. Gupta, I. Ali, H. Y. Aboul-Enein, Metal Ions Speciation in the
Environment: Distribution, Toxicities and Analyses, Developments in
Environmental Science, 5 (2007) 33-56.
9. I. Ali, V. K. Gupta and H. Y. Aboul-Enein, Capillary Electrophoresis at Nano
Level Detection : Applications in pharmaceutical analysis, Egypt. J. Chem.,
Special Issue (M.Sidky), 1-29 (2007).
10. I. Ali, V. K. Gupta, H. Y. Aboul-Enein, Chiral Resoution of Racemic
Environmental Pollutants by Capliary Electrophoresis, Critical Reviews in
Analytical Chemistry, 38, 132-146 (2008).
11. Imran Ali, V.K. Gupta, Hassan Y. Abul-Enein and Afzal Hussain, Hyphenation
in Sample Preparation: Advancement from Micro to Nano World, J. Sep. Sci.
31, 2040-2053 (2008).
12. Imran Ali, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein and V.K. Gupta, Microchip-Based Nano
Chromatography and Nano Capillary Electrophoresis in Genomics and
Proteomics, Chromatographia, 69, S13-S22 (2009).
13. V. K. Gupta and Suhas, Application of low cost adsorbents for dye removal- A
review, J. Environmental Management, 90, 2313-2342(2009).
14. V.K. Gupta, P.J.M. Carrott, M.M.L. Ribeiro Carrott, Suhas, Low cost
adsorbents: Growing approach to wastewater treatment – A review, Critical
Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 39, 783–842 (2009).
15. V.K. Gupta, Potentiometric sensors for inorganic anions based on neutral
carriers - a review, The Arabian J. Sci. Engg. A-Science,35(2A), 7-25 (2010).
16. V. K. Gupta, R. Jain, Shilpi Agarwal, Voltammetric Techniques for the Assay
of Pharmaceuticals-a Review, Analytical Biochemistry 408 (2011) 179-196.
17. V. K. Gupta, Shilpi Agarwal and Barkha Singhal, A Review on the Recent
Advances on Potentimetric Membrane Sensors for Pharmaceutical Analysis,
Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, 14(4)(2011) 284-
302.
18. V. K. Gupta, M. R. Ganjali, P. Norouzi, H. Khani, A. Nayak, and Shilpi
Agarwal, Electrochemical Analysis of some Toxic Metals and Drugs by Ion
Selective Electrodes, Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry,
41( 2011)282–313.
19. M. Ahmaruzzaman and V. K. Gupta, Rice husk and its ash as low-cost
adsorbents in water and wastewater treatment, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 50 (24)
(2011) 13589–13613.
20. V. K. Gupta, Arunima Nayak, Shilpi Agarwal, Rajendra Dobhal, D.P. Uniyal,
Prashant Singh, Bhavtosh Sharma, Shweta Tyagi, Rakesh Singh, Arsenic
speciation analysis and remediation techniques in drinking water,
Desalination and Water Treatment, 40(2012)231-243.
21. V. K. Gupta, Arunima Nayak, Shilpi Agarwal, Rajendra Dobhal, D.P. Uniyal,
Prashant Singh, Bhavtosh Sharma, Shweta Tyagi, Rakesh Singh, Advanced and
hyphenated techniques for nano level analysis of iron in water,
Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 42(03)(2012) 245 - 256.
22. V. K. Gupta, Imran Ali, Tawfik A. Saleh, Arunima Nayak, Shilpi Agarwal,
Chemical Treatment Technologies for Wastewater Recycling –a Review,
RSC Advances (2 (2012)6380 – 6388.
23. V. K. Gupta, Arunima Nayak, Shilpi Agarwal, Rajendra Dobhal, D.P. Uniyal,
Prashant Singh, Bhavtosh Sharma, Shweta Tyagi, Rakesh Singh, Toxic metal
ions in water and their prevalence in Uttarakhand, India, Water Science and
Technology: Water Supply, 12(6) (2012)773-782.
24. M. Ahmaruzzaman, V. K. Gupta, Application of coal fly ash in air quality
management, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 51, (2012) 15299−15314.
25. V. K. Gupta, T. A. Saleh, Sorption of Pollutants by Porous Carbon, Carbon
Nanotubes and fullerene: an overview, Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 20 (2013)
2828-2843
26. V. K. Gupta, Rajeev Kumar, Adsorptive removal of dyes from aqueous
solutions onto carbon nanotubes: A review, Advances in Colloid and Interface
Science, 193-194 (2013) 24-34.
27. V. K. Gupta, Arunima Nayak, B. Bhushan, Shilpi Agarwal, A critical analysis
on the efficiency of activated carbons from low cost precursors for heavy metals
remediation, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
(In Press).

DETAILS OF VISITS ABROAD

University of Tehran, Iran and Kish Island , Iran
King Fahd Univ. of Petroleum &
Minerals, Dhahram, Saudi Arbia
Nurenberg, Germany
Iran( Tehran, Masjecd-Solyman)
Budapest, Hungary
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stockholm, Sweden
King Fahd Univ. of Petroleum &
Minerals, Dhahram, Saudi Arbia
King Fahd Univ. of Petroleum &
Minerals, Dhahram, Saudi Arbia
National University of Singapore, Singapore
RMIT University Melbourne, Australia
National University of Singapore, Singapore
University of Reading, Reading, UK
Chemnitz Technical University, Chemnitz, Germany
Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France
University of Aachen, Juelichn campus, Germany
Las Vegas, University of Texas at San Antanio and Intel at San Jose, USA
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles
University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
University of Twente, Enchede, The Netherlands
CCS, ETH Technopark , Zurick, Switzerland
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Freie University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Yokohama National Univ., Kyushu Univ. & Huisten-Bosch, Nagasaki, Japan
Basel and ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Inha University, South Korea
University of Hong Kong & Hong
Kong Univ. of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
University of Regensburg, and other Institutes, Germany
University of Toronto & University of Kingston, Canada
University of Kent, U.K
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Ohio State Univ., Columbus, U.S.A.
Univ. of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand
Central Research Institute for Chemistry, Hungary

Research Papers:
1. V. K. Gupta, Tanur Sinha, M. Ahmaruzzaman, Archita Bhattacharjee, Lithium dodecyl Sulphate mediated synthesis of Ag nanoparticles and its exploitation as a catalyst for removal of toxic dyes: A green and economical approach for wastewater treatment, Environmental Science & Technology (Communicated).
2. H. Karimi-Maleha, Roya Sadeghi, V. K. Gupta, Simultaneous determination of hydroxylamine, phenol and sulfite in water and waste water samples using a voltammetric nanosensor, Water Research (Communicated).
3. V. K. Gupta, A. K. Singh, L. K. Kumawat, A Turn-On Fluorescent Chemosensor for Zn2+ Ions based on Antipyrine schiff base, Sensors & Actuators: B.Chemical, (Communicated).
4. V. K. Gupta, Deepak Pathania, Bhanu Priya, A. S. Singha, Gaurav Sharma, Microwave induced synthesis of graft copolymer of binary vinyl monomer mixtures onto delignified Grewia optiva fibre: Application in dye removal, Frontiers in Anal. Chem. (Communicated).
5. R. Saravanan, V.K. Gupta, Edgar Mosquera, F. Gracia, R. Palma Behnke, Preparation and Characterization of V2O5/ZnO Nanocomposite System for Photocatalytic Application, J. Molecular Liquids (Communicated).
6. Manoj Kumar, Anuradha Dagar, Vinod K Gupta, Anuj Sharma, A novel synthetic methodology and DFT based mechanistic insight to 2-(alkylamino)-3-aryl-6,7-dihydrobenzofuran-4(5H)-ones.Tetrahedron (Communicated).
7. P. Norouzi, V. K. Gupta, B. Larijani, M. R. Ganjali, Farnoush Faridbod, A novel Methyl Parathion DNA biosensor using polypyrrole doped Au Nanoparticles on nano-composite carbon paste surface and Differential FFT continuous Linear Sweep Voltammetry, J. Electrochem. Soc. (Communicated).
8. Ramesh Chandra, Monu Verma, Vinod K Gupta,Vikramaditya Dave, G K Prasad, Study on degradation of 2-Chloro Ethyl Ethyl Sulphide using sputter deposited CuO nanoparticles, Chemosphere (Communicated).
9. R. Saravanan, S. Joicy, V. K. Gupta, V. Narayanan, A. Stephen, Synthesis of β - Ag0.333V2O5 Nanorods by Facile Thermal Decomposition Method and their
Excellent Photocatalytic Activity, Mat Chem Phy, (Communicated).
10. Sumanjit Kaur, Seema Rani, R K Mahajan, V K Gupta, Synthesis and adsorption properties of mesoporous material for the removal of dye Safranin: Kinetics, equilibrium, and thermodynamics, J. Industrial &Engineering Chemistry, (Accepted).
11. P. Norouzi, V. K. Gupta, F. Faridbod, B. Larijani, M. R. Ganjali, Coulometric Differential FFT Admittance Voltammetry Determination of Amlodipine in Pharmaceutical Formulation by nano-Composite Sensor, Talanta (Accepted).
12. V. K. Gupta, A. K. Singh, Neha Gupta, K. R. Bandi, Colorimetric determination of cyanide and acetate ion using novel biologically active hydrazones, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical (Accepted).
13. T. A. Saleh, V. K. Gupta, Processing Methods and Characteristics of Porous Carbons Derived from Waste Rubber Tires: A Review, Adv. Colloids Interface Sci., (Accepted).
14. V. K. Gupta, Naveen Mergu, A. K. Singh, Fluorescent chemosensors for Zn2+ ions based on Flavonol derivatives, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical (Accepted).
15. A. L. Sanati, H.Karimi-Maleh, V.K. Gupta, M. Mahani, M. A. Khalilzadeh, A novel ionic liquid/NiO nanoparticle modified carbon paste electrode as a voltammetric biosensor for determination of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, (Accepted).
16. G. Sharma, D. Pathania, V. K. Gupta, N.C. Kothiyal, Nanocomposite pectin Zirconium (IV) selenotungstophosphate for adsorptional/photocatalytic remediation of methylene blue and malachite green dyes from aqueous system, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, (Accepted).
17. Sumanjit, Seema, R K Mahajan, Vinod Kumar Gupta, Modification of surface behavior of eichhornia crassipes using surface active agent: An adsorption study, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, (In Press).
18. V. K. Gupta, A. Nayak, R. Bhushan, P. Singh, Biosorption and reuse potential of a blue green alga for the removal of hazardous reactive dyes from aqueous solutions, Bioremediation Journal, (Accepted).
19. R Seth, M Mohan, R Dobhal, VK Gupta, P Singh, Application of Chemometric Techniques in the Assessment of Groundwater Quality of Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, India, Water Quality, Exposure and Health, DOI 10.1007/s12403- 014-0127-5 (2014) 20. V. K. Gupta, Deepak Pathania, N. C. Kothiyal, Gaurav Sharma, Pectin - thorium (IV) tungstomolybdate nanocomposite and its photocatalytic activity for degradation of methylene blue dye, Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. DOI 10.1007/s13762-013-0351-8 (In Press).
21. R. Saravanan, V. K. Gupta, V. Narayanan, A. Stephen, Visible light degradation of textile effluent using novel catalyst ZnO/γ-Mn2O3, J Taiwan Institute Chemical Engineers, (In Press).
22. V.K. Gupta, Deepak Pathania, Shikha Sharma, Adsorptive remediation of Cu (II) and Ni (II) by microwave assisted H3PO4 activated carbon, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, (In Press).
23. V.K. Gupta, Deepak Pathania, Shikha Sharma, Amputation of congo red dye from waste water using microwave induced grafted Luffa cylindrica cellulosic fiber, Carbohydrate Polymers 111 (2014) 556-566.
24. Ruhul Reza, Md. Ahmaruzzaman, Asim Sil, V.K.Gupta, Comparative adsorption behaviour of Ibuprofen and Clofibric Acid onto Microwave assisted activated bamboo waste, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 53 (22), (2014) 9331–9339.
25. I. Ali, V. K. Gupta, P. Singh, U. Negi, SPE-HPLC Techniques for separation and identification of OF Domperidone in human plasma, Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies, 37(2014)2587–2597.
26. H. Karimi-Maleh, M. Goodarzian, V. K. Gupta, M. A. Khalilzade, Square wave voltammetric determination of diclofenac in liquid phase using a novel ionic liquid multiwall carbon nanotubes paste electrode, J. Molecular Liquids 197 (2014)114- 119.
27. V. K. Gupta, A. K. Singh, P. Singh, A. Upadhyay, Electrochemical determination of perchlorate ion by polymeric membrane and coated graphite electrodes based on zinc complexes of macrocyclic ligands, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical 199 (2014) 201-209.
28. P. Norouzi, V. K. Gupta, B. Larijani, M.R. Ganjali, Farnoush Faridbod, A new Methimazole Sensor Based on Nanocompositeof CdS NPs-RGO/IL-Carbon Paste Electrode Using Differential FFT Continuous Linear Sweep Voltammetry, Talanta, 127 (2014) 94-99.
29. H. Karimi-Maleha, F. Tahernejad-Javazmi, V. K. Gupta, H. Ahmar, M. H. Asadi, A biosensor for aqueous phase determination of glutathione and amoxicillin in Nbiological and pharmaceutical samples using a ZnO/CNTs nanocomposite/catechol derivative modified electrode, J. Molecular Liquids, 196 (2014)258–263.
30. H. Karimi-Maleh, M. Moazampour,V. K. Gupta, A. L. Sanati, Electrocatalytic determination of captopril in real samples using NiO nanoparticle modified (9, 10-dihydro-9, 10-ethanoanthracene-11, 12-dicarboximido) -4 - ethylbenzene-1,2-diol carbon paste electrode, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 199 (2014)47–53
31. B. Priya, Vinod Kumar Gupta, D.Pathania, A. Singh, Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activity of biodegradable Starch/ PVA composite films reinforced
with cellulosic fibre, Carbohydrate Polymers, 109(2014) 171–179.
32. Z. Tasic, V. K. Gupta, M. M. Antonijevic,The Mechanism and Kinetics of Degradation of Phenolics in Wastewaters Using Electrochemical Oxidation, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 9 (2014)3473-3490.
33. V.K. Gupta, Deepak Pathania, Gaurav Sharma, Liquid Phase Synthesis of pectincadmium sulfide nanocomposite and its Photocatalytic and antibacterial activity,
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 196 (2014)107-112.
34. V. K. Gupta, A. K. Singh, K. R. Bandi, S. Bhardwaj, Biological active novel 2,4-
dinitro phenyl hydrazones as the colorimetric sensors for selective detection of acetate ion, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 197 (2014) 264-273.
35. Manoj Kumar, Barnita Makhal, V.K. Gupta, Anuj Sharma, In silico investigation of
medicinal spectrum of imidazo-azines from the perspective of multitarget screening against malaria, tuberculosis and Chagas disease, Journal of Molecular Graphics
and Modelling, 50 (2014)1-9.
36. V. K. Gupta, S. Kumar, R. Singh, L.P. Singh, S.K. Shoora, B. Sethi, Cadmium (II) ion Sensing through p-tert-butyl calix[6]arene Based Potentiometric Sensor, J Molecular Liquids, 195, (2014)65–68.
37. A. Pahlavan, V.K. Gupta, A. L. Sanati, F. Karimi, M. Yoosefian, M. Ghadami, ZnO/CNTs nanocomposite/ ionic liquid carbon paste electrode for determination of noradrenaline in human samples, Electrochimica Acta, 123 (2014) 456-462.
38. M. Kumar, Anuradha, V. K. Gupta, A. Sharma, In Silico Docking Studies of Bioactive Natural Plant Products as Putative DHFR Antagonists, Med Chem Res
23 (2014) 810–817.
39. Monika Chauhan, M Gupta, A K Singh, V K Gupta, Effect of functionalized lignin on the properties of lignin-isocyanate prepolymer blends and composites, European Polymer Journal, 52(1) (2014) 32-43.
40. V. K. Gupta, A. K. Singh, L. K. Kumawat, Thiazole Schiff base Turn-On
Fluorescent Chemosensor for Al3+ Ion, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 195 (2014) 98-108.
41. M. L. Yola, V. K. Gupta, Tanju Eren, A. E. Şen, N. Atar, A novel electro analytical nanosensor based on graphene oxide/silver nanoparticles for simultaneous determination of quercetin and morin, Electrochimica Acta,120 (2014) 204–211.
42. V. K. Gupta, M. L. Yola, N. Atar, A novel molecular imprinted nanosensor based
quartz crystal microbalance for determination of kaempferol, Sensors &
Actuators: B. Chemical, 194 (2014) 79-85.
43. R. Saravanan, T. Prakash, V. K. Gupta, A. Stephen, Tailoring the electrical and dielectric properties of ZnO nanorods by substitution, J Molecular Liquids, 193 (2014) 160–165.
44. G. Sekaran, S. Karthikeyan, R. Boopathy, C. Anandan, P. Maharaja, V. K. Gupta, Response surface modeling for optimization heterocatalytic Fenton oxidation of refractory organics in high total dissolved solid containing wastewater,
Env. Sci. Poll. Res., 21(2) (2014) 1489-1502.
45. V. K. Gupta, M. L. Yola, N. Atar, A. O. Solak, Z. Üstündağ, L. Uzun,
Electrochemical studies on graphene oxide-supported metallic and bimetallic nanoparticles for fuel cells applications, J Molecular Liquids, 191(2014)172-176.
46. Bhim Singh Rathore, Gaurav Sharma, Deepak Pathania, V. K. Gupta, Synthesis, Characterization and antibacterial activity of cellulose acetate-tin (IV) phosphate nanocomposite, Carbohydrate Polymers, 103 ((2014) 221-227.
47. V. K. Gupta, A. Nayak, Shilpi Agarwal, I. Tyagi, Potential of activated carbon from Waste Rubber Tire for the adsorption of phenolics: Effect of pretreatment conditions, J Colloids Surface Sci., 417 (2014) 420-430.
48. V. K. Gupta, A.K. Singh, Mergu Naveen, Antipyrine based Schiff bases as Turn-on Fluorescent sensors for Al (III) ion, Electrochimica Acta, 117 (2014) 405-412.
49. Tawfik A. Saleh, Abdulaziz A. Al-Saadi, V. K. Gupta, Carbonaceous adsorbent prepared from waste tires: Experimental and computational adsorption of organic dye methyl orange, J Molecular Liquids, 191(2014) 85-91.
50. V. K. Gupta,Suhas A. Nayak,Shilpi Agarwal,M. Chaudhary, I. Tyagi, Removal of Ni (II) ions from water using porous carbon derived from scrap tyre, J Molecular Liquids, 190 (2014) 215-222.
51. V. K. Gupta, T. Eren, M. O. Çağlayan, M. L. Yola, F. Kartal, N. Atar, Z. Üstündağ, Catalytic activity of Fe@Ag nanoparticle involved calcium alginate beads for the reduction of nitrophenols, J Molecular Liquids, 190 (2014) 133-138.
52. V. K. Gupta, Deepak Pathania, N. C. Kothiyal, G. Sharma, Polyaniline zirconium (IV) silicophosphate nanocomposite as absorbent for removal of methylene blue dye from water system, J Molecular Liquids, 190 (2014) 139-145.
53. V. K. Gupta, Deepak Pathania, Pardeep Singh, B. S. Rathore, Development of guar gum based cerium (IV) tungstate nanocomposite material for remediation of basic dye from water, Carbohydrate Polymers 101, (2014) 684–691.
54. V. K. Gupta, Necip Atar, M. L. Yola, Zafer Üstündağ, Lokman Uzun, A novel magnetic Fe@Au core-shell nanoparticles anchored graphene oxide recyclable nanocatalyst for the reduction of nitrophenol compounds, Water Research, 48 (2014) 210-217.
55. M. Mohan, P. Singh, V. K. Gupta, H. Lohani, Sanjay Gupta, Chemical Composition of Selinum tenuifolium Wall ex C.B. Clarke: A New Source of α-Bisabolol from North-Western Himalaya, J. Essential Oil Bearing Plants 16(4) (2013) 439-442.
56. Abdulaziz A. Al-Saadi; Tawfik A. Saleh; V. K. Gupta, Spectroscopic and theoretical evaluation of cadmium adsorption using activated carbon produced from waste rubber tires, J Molecular Liquids, 188 (2013)136-142.
57. R. Seth, P. Singh, M. Mohan, R. Singh,V. K. Gupta, D. P. Uniyal , R. Dobhal, S. Gupta, Assessment of Water Quality of Kosi River, Almora, Uttarakhand, India for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes, Analytical Chemistry Letters, 3(4) ( 2013) 287-297.
58. V. K. Gupta, M. L. Yola, N. Özaltın, N. Atar, Z. Üstündağ, L. Uzun, A novel sensitive Cu (II) and Cd (II) nanosensor platform: graphene oxide terminated paminophenyl modified glassy carbon surface, Electrochimica Acta, 112 (2013) 541-548.
59. V. K. Gupta, Necip Atar, Cihan Darcan, M. L. Yola, Önder İdil, Zafer Üstündağ, Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using chitosan immobilized Bacillus cereus: Nanocatalysis studies, J Molecular Liquids, 188 (2013) 81-88.
60. I. Ali, V.K. Gupta, P. Singh, Uma Negi, Analysis of Chloramphenicol in Biological Samples by SPE-HPLC, Analytical Chemistry Letters, 3(3), (2013)181-190.
61. R. Saravanan, S. Joicy, V. K. Gupta, V. Narayanan, A. Stephen, Visible light
induced degradation of methylene blue using CeO2/V2O5 and CeO2/CuO catalysts, Materials Science & Engineering C 33 (2013) 4725-4731.
62. V. K. Gupta, M. L. Yola, N. Özaltın, Necip Atar, Z. Üstündağ, Lokman Uzun, Molecular imprinted polypyrrole modified glassy carbon electrode for the determination of tobramycin, Electrochimica Acta, 112, (2013)37–43.
63. V. K. Gupta, M. L. Yola, M. S. Qureshi, A. O. Solak, N. Atar, Z. Üstündağ, Graphene oxide platform involved DNA arrays based Impedimetric Nanobiosensor, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 188 (2013)1201-1211.
64. V.K. Gupta, Shilpi Agarwal, Prerna Singh, Deepak Pathania, Acrylic acid grafted cellulosic Luffa cylindrical fiber for the removal of dye and metal ions, Carbohydrate Polymers 98 (2013)1214-1221.
65. V.K. Gupta, Roya Sadeghi, Ali Bahari, Fatemeh Karimi, A novel nanosensor for square wave voltammetric determination of droxidopa in pharmaceutical and biological samples Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 186 (2013) 603–609.
66. M. Chauhan, M. Gupta, B. Singh, S.K. Bhattacharyya, A.K. Singh, V.K. Gupta, Pretreatment of Pine Needles/Wood Particles and Their Composites With Isocyanate Prepolymer Adhesive, Polymer Engg. Sci., 53(8) (2013) 1740-1750.
67. V. K. Gupta, M. L. Yola, N. Atar, A. O., Solak, L. Uzun, Surface characterization of dinitrophenyl-diaminophenyl nanoplatform on glassy carbon, J. Molecular Liquids 187 (2013) 49-53.
68. V. K. Gupta, N. Atar, M. L. Yola, M, Eryılmaz, H. Torul, U. Tamer, İ. H. Boyac, Z. Üstündağ, A novel glucose biosensor platform based on Ag@AuNPs modified graphene oxide nanocomposite and SERS application, J. Colloid Interface Science 406 (2013) 231-237.
69. S. Karthikeyan, G. Sekaran, V. K. Gupta, Nano porous activated carbon based fluidized bed Heterogeneous Fenton oxidation for enhanced biological oxidation of o, p and m - cresols in aqueous solution: Kinetic and thermodynamic studies, Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 20, (2013) 4790-4806.
70. V.K. Gupta, M.t L.Yola, N. Atar, A. O. Solak, L. Uzun, Electrochemically modified sulfisoxazole nanofilm on glassy carbon for determination of cadmium(II) in water samples, Electrochimica Acta, 105 (2013) 149-156.
71. V.K. Gupta, Deepak Pathania, Shikha Sharma, Use of Pectin - thorium (IV) tungstomolybdate nanocomposite for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue, Carbohydrate Polymers, 96 (2013) 277-283.
72. V.K. Gupta, P. Norouzi , M.R. Ganjali, F. Faridbod, Flow Injection Analysis of Cholesterol Using FFT Admittance Voltammetric Biosensor based on MWCNTZnO nanoparticles, Electrochimica Acta, 100 (2013) 29-34.
73. V.K. Gupta, Deepak Pathania, Shikha Sharma and Pardeep Singh, Removal of Cr (VI) utilizing bio-based activated carbon prepared by microwave assisted H3PO4 activation, J. Colloids Surface Sci., 401 (2013) 125-132.
74. V. K. Gupta, A. K. Singh, M.R. Ganjali, F. Faridbod, M. Naveen, Comparative study of colorimetric sensors based on newly synthesized schiff bases, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 182 (2013) 642-651.
75. R. Saravanan, V. K. Gupta, V. Narayanan and A. Stephen, Comparatives studies on photocatalytic activity of ZnO prepared by different methods, J. Molecular Liquids, 181 (2013) 133-141.
76. V. K. Gupta, A. K. Singh, L. K. Kumawat, A novel Gadolinium ion-selective membrane electrode based on 2-(4-phenyl-1, 3-thiazol-2-yliminomethyl) phenol, Electrochimica Acta 95( 2013)132-138.
77. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Deepak Pathania, Shikha Sharma, Cellulose acetatezirconium (IV) phosphate nano-composite with enhanced photo-catalytic activity, Carbohydrate Polymers, 95, (2013) 434-440.
78. Vinod K. Gupta, Deepak Pathania, Shikha Sharma, Removal of Cr (VI) onto Ficus carica biosorbent from water, Environ Sci Pollut Res, 20 (2013) 2632-2644.
79. R. Saravanan, N. Karthikeyan, V. K. Gupta, E. Thirumal, P. Thangadurai, V. Narayanan, A. Stephen, ZnO/Ag Nano composite: an efficient catalyst for Degradation studies of textile effluents under visible light, Materials Science and Engineering: C, 33( 2013)2235-2244.
80. T.A. Saleh, V.K.Gupta, A. B. H. Al- Saadi, Adsorption of lead ions from aqueous solution using porous carbon derived from rubber tires: experimental and computational study, J. Colloids Surface Sci., 396 (2013)264-269.