DIRECTOR GENERAL - CIPET

Personal Profile:

Professor Shishir Sinha, presently holding the position of Director General, Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET) under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India. Prior to joining as Director General CIPET, he held the position of Director, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur (An autonomous technical institute of the Government of U.P.).

Prof. Shishir Sinha is a Professor (HAG) at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He was also associated with faculty at Centre Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management, IIT Roorkee.

He obtained his B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engg. from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, respectively. He is the recipient of Doctor of Literature (D. Litt) Honoris Causa for outstanding contribution to Science and Technology from KMCL University (State University of Uttar Pradesh).

He is among the leading academicians in India who are working on technologies of national importance such as waste polymer to value added products. Prof. Sinha has more than 25 years of academic and industrial research experience with more than a hundred ten reputed publications, besides more than 150 in conference proceedings. He has also written 11 books with reputed publishers and several book chapters. Completed over 25 high-impact projects and consultancies valued at more than 175.79 million Indian Rupees. He has Four granted patents and five published patents to his credit. He has also organized many international conferences on areas related to his specialization. His 23 Ph.D. scholars got the Doctorate and 15 more are pursuing their dissertations. Apart from this, he has guided more than 50 master's theses. Prof. Sinha has developed six top-rated online courses in Chemical Engineering. He has formulated several national and international MoUs between IIT Roorkee and institutions/universities of repute like the University of Strasbourg, University of Cranfield, RGIPT, etc., and CIPET and other leading Industrial as well as academic institutions.

Prof. Sinha is instrumental in creating awareness among the society for the movement from NO plastics to KNOW plastics and Plastic Waste Management to Plastic Wealth Management.

Prof. Sinha is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India), Fellow of International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Fellow of the Indian Desalination Association and Fellow of Indian Chemical Society. Prof. Sinha has received various awards from societies of repute. He is also a member of many expert committees constituted by government and non-government organizations. His research interests are in the areas related to Membrane Separation, Water Treatment, Polymer Synthesis and Modification, Ion Exchangers, Composites.

Research Interests and Projects:

• Research Areas: Polymer Reaction Engineering, Polymer Composites, Ion Exchangers, Waste water treatment for Tanneries and petrochemical plants, fluidized catalytic cracking, development of eco-friendly energy improvisers for carbon black.
• Current Projects: Wastewater treatment for tanneries and petrochemical processes. Enhancement of energy efficiencies carbon black production plants. Development of fire retardant eco-friendly polymer composites.

Please visit his personal webpage at https://www.iitr.ac.in/~CH/shishir