Oral Presentations / Invited Talks

68. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, "Pincer-Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel & Specialty Chemicals" during the National Conference on 'Materials Chemistry & Catalysis' MCC-2025 organized by the Tezpur University on March 7- 8, 2025
67. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, "Pincer-Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel & Specialty Chemicals" during DST- PURSE supported 24th National Symposium on Catalysis (CATSYMP-24) "Catalysis for Sustainable Chemicals, Materials & Energy" (CSCME-2025) as a part of Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Catalysis Society of India (CSI) at Thapar Institute of Engineering And Technology (TIET), Patiala, February 23 - 26, 2025
66. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, "Pincer-Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel & Specialty Chemicals" during MMM-4 2025, IIT Bombay, February 9-12, 2025.
65. Kumar, A. Special Lecture, "Pincer-Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel & Specialty Chemicals" at IIT Kanpur, January 20, 2025
64. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, "Role of Radical and Organometallic Pathways in Pincer-Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel & Specialty Chemicals" during CACEE 2024, TIFR Bombay, December 16 - 21, 2024
63. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, "C-H Activation: A Key Step in the Pincer-Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuels and Specialty Chemicals" ISCHA 2024, IIT Bombay, December 6 - 9, 2024
62. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, "Role of Radical and Organometallic Pathways in Pincer-Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel & Specialty Chemicals" American Chemical Society National Meeting, Global Virtual Symposium, Fall 2024, August 20, 2024
61. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, “Pincer-Metal Catalyzed C-H Activation Reactions: Synthesis of Hydrogen, Fuels and Specialty/ Value-Added Chemicals” during the 30th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry on 14 - 18 July, 2024, Jaypee Palace, Agra.
60. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, “Teaching Old Reagents New Reactions: Base Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel & Specialty Chemicals” during the International Conference on Environmental Sustainability, Organised by St. Aloysius (Deemed to be University) on April 5-6, 2024.
59. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, “Base Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel & Specialty Chemicals” in St. Aloysius (Deemed to be University) on April 5, 2024.
58. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, “Base Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel & Specialty Chemicals” at Reva University, Bangalore on April 3, 2024.
57. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, “Portable Energy Devices for Powering Rural Health Care Appliances” during the symposium on Physics and Engineering in Medical Sciences on the 23rd of March, 2024, at Christian Institute of Health Sciences and Research (CIHSR), Dimapur, 797115, Nagaland, India.
56. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, “Base Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel & Specialty Chemicals” during the International Conference on Catalysis (IC2-2024) Organised by School of Chemistry, IACS Kolkata on March 11-13, 2024.
55. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, “Base Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel & Specialty Chemicals” during the Emerging Trends in Catalysis and Synthesis (ETCS-2024) Organised by Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur on March 07-09, 2024.
54. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture, “Pincer-Metal Catalyzed C-H Activation Reactions: Synthesis of Hydrogen, High Value Fuels and Specialty/Value-Added Chemicals” during the 4th Frontier Symposium in Chemistry 2024 (FS-CHM-2024) Organised by School of Chemistry, IISER Thiruvananthapuram on January 19-21, 2024.
53. Kumar, A. Special Lecture “Teaching Old Reagents New Reactions: Base Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel and Specialty Chemicals” organized by the Chemical Society of Mangalore University during December 21, 2023.
52. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture “Teaching Old Reagents New Reactions: Base Metal Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen, Fuel and Specialty Chemicals” in the 3rd Main-group Molecules to Materials (MMM-III) at IITH organized by IIT Hyderabad during December 9 – December 12, 2023.
51. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture “Organometallic Catalysis for Production of Hydrogen, Biofuels and Specialty Chemicals” in the International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis 2023 at The Zuri White Sands, Goa Resort & Casino organized by IISER Kolkata, IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore during October 30 – November 1, 2023.
50. Kumar, A. INYAS Technical Symposium on Science and Technology for Sustainable Future organized by Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) in association with IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, September 15 - 17, 2023 Invited Lecture “Catalysis for Generation of Hydrogen and Fuel Chemicals”
49. Kumar, A. Special Lecture at Organic Chemistry Department, IISc Bangalore, July 11, 2023 Organometallic Catalysis for Production of Hydrogen Biofuels and Specialty Chemicals
48. Kumar, A. ChemDist Invited Talk Series on New Generation Technologies, June 19, 2023 Invited Lecture “Organometallics in Catalytic Conversions: Synthesis of Hydrogen, High Value Fuels and Specialty/Value- Added Chemicals”
47. Kumar, A. World Environment Day # Beat Plastic Pollution Event Organized by INYAS in collaboration with Cotton University, Invited Lecture “Solutions to Plastic Pollution” June 05, 2023
46. Kumar, A. Research and Industrial Conclave - 2023, IIT Guwahati May 14-16, 2023 Invited Lecture “Organometallics Catalyzed Production of Hydrogen, Biofuels and Specialty Chemicals”
45. Kumar, A. Chemistry Meet 2023, Kindling in Kaziranga, March 16-18, 2023 Invited Lecture “Pincer-Metal Catalyzed Production of Hydrogen Biofuels and Specialty Chemicals”
44. Kumar, A., Gurukul in emerging areas in modern biology and medicine, Organized by INYAS in collaboration with the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University March 2-3, 2023 Invited Lecture “The Theranostic and Optoelectronic Applications of Anthracene Derivatives”
43. Kumar, A. ACS Webinar on “Trends in Organometallic Chemistry”, Co-ordinated by Prof. Paul Chirik, Editor-in-Chief, Organometallics, December 15, 2022 Invited Talk “Guerbet-Type and Related Alkylation Reactions Catalyzed by Pincer-Metal Complexes Based on 3d Metals”
42. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Guerbet-Type and Related Alkylation Reactions Catalyzed by Pincer-Metal Complexes Based on 3d Metals” at International Conference on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry - XIX, BHU, Varanasi, India on December 15-17, 2022.
41. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture “Organometallic Catalysis Towards Green Hydrogen Generation” at DST KARYASHALA, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India on September 25, 2022.
40. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture “The Theranostic and Optoelectronic Applications of Anthracene Derivatives” at INYAS Technical Symposium (BSSD), organized by INYAS with BARC Mumbai & IIT Delhi on September 16-18, 2022.
39. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture “Pincer Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of Fuel Chemicals” at IIT Day Webinar Series on September 7-8, 2022.
38. Kumar, A. Key-Note Talk “Activities at the Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati” at Taiwan-India 2022 Exchange Workshop and Symposium on September 5-6, 2022.
37. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture “Guerbet-Type and Related Reactions Catalyzed by Pincer-Metal Complexes Based on 3d Metals” at ACS National Meeting & Exposition, ACS Fall 2022 on August 21-24, 2022.
36. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture “Cyclic Voltammetry” at INUP-i2i 2022 Offline Workshop on April 4-6, 2022.
35. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture “Pincer-Nickel Catalyzed Alkylation Reactions” at ACS National Meeting & Exposition, ACS Spring 2022 on March 20-24, 2022.
34. Kumar, A. Invited Lecture “Pincer-Nickel Catalyzed Alkylation Reactions” at Recent Advances in Chemical Science and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Mysore on March 14, 2022.
33. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Spectroscopy as Powerful Tool for Structural Elucidation” at INUP-i2i Familiarization Workshop, IITG on December 12, 2021.
32. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “A Chemist’s Perspective on Shift towards Electrification and Hydrogen Economy” at 17th India Innovation Summit by Confederation of Indian Industry, Bangalore, on September 15, 2021.
31. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Career Opportunities in Science Changing Scenarios” at Interactive Mentoring Session by INYAS & Nowgong College, Assam on September 5, 2021.
30. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Poly-Fluorinated Poly-Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Versatile Applications” at RAOSM - 2021, Mangalore University on August 28, 2021.
29. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Synthesis of Specialty Chemicals Via Catalytic Transformations by Pincer-Metal Complexes” at 5th National Symposium SEFCO, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India on August 27, 2021.
28. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Synthesis of Specialty Chemicals Via Catalytic Transformations by Pincer-Metal Complexes” at Recent Trends in Chemistry Symposium, IPC Department, IISc Bangalore, July 17, 2021.
27. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Fundamentals and Applications of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) and Mössbauer Spectroscopy” at GST-AAT 2021, REVA University, Bangalore on June 22, 2021.
26. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Pincer-Metal Complexes in Catalytic Conversions: Synthesis of High-Value Fuels and Specialty Chemicals” at Technology Day Virtual Meeting, IIT Guwahati on May 11, 2021.
25. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Pincer-Metal Complexes in Catalytic Conversions: Synthesis of High-Value Fuels and Specialty Chemicals” at ACS National Meeting & Exposition, ACS Spring 2021, April 5-30, 2021.
24. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Pincer-Metal Complexes in Catalytic Conversions: Synthesis of High-Value Fuels and Specialty Chemicals” at “Know Your Members” Webinar organized by INYAS, New Delhi on March 20, 2021.
23. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “The Fascinating Chemistry of Organometallic Complexes and Their Versatile Applications” at International Webinar on Recent Trends in Chemical Science organized by Department of Chemistry, Poornaprajna College, Udupi on September 9, 2020.
22. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “The Fascinating Chemistry of Organometallic Complexes and Their Versatile Applications” in Webinar Series organized by Department of Chemistry, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore on July 8, 2020.
21. Kumar, A. Webinar Talk “The Fascinating Chemistry of Metal Carbonyls and their Versatile Applications” at EURIDITION-2020 organized by Payyanur College, Kerala under The Kerala State Higher Education Council on May 26, 2020.
20. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Pincer Complexes in Catalytic Conversions: Synthesis of Fuel and Value-Added Chemicals” at ICANN 2019, IIT Guwahati, December 2019.
19. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Pincer-Ruthenium Complexes in Catalytic Conversions: Synthesis of Fine and Value-Added Chemicals” at Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XVIII), IIT Guwahati, December 2019.
18. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Pincer-Metal Complexes in Catalytic Conversions: Synthesis of High Value Fuels and Commodity Chemicals” at IPC Department, IISc Bangalore, October 2019.
17. Kumar, A. Invited Talk “Efficient Pincer-Ruthenium Catalytic Systems for Dehydrogenation and Related Reactions” at International Conference on Advances in Chemical and Materials Science (ICCM-2019), Mangalore University, October 2019.
16. Kumar, A. Talk on “Metal Carbonyls” at St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, October 2019.
15. Kumar, A. Talk “Organometallics in Catalytic Conversions: Synthesis of High Value Fuels and Commodity Chemicals” at Reliance Industries Limited R&D Center, Vadodara, June 2018.
14. Kumar, A. Lecture “The Chemistry of p-block, d-block and f-block Elements” during Induction Program for Teachers at JNV Rongia, Guwahati, Assam, May 2018.
13. Kumar, A. Lecture “Transition Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of Commodity Chemicals” on the occasion of National Science Congress at JNV Rongia, Guwahati, Assam, November 2017.
12. Kumar, A. Lecture “Pincer-Metal Catalysts in Organic Transformations” at Department of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Chemistry, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, Karnataka, July 2017.
11. Kumar, A. Motivational Talk “What After Class XII” for Class XII Students at Vani PU College, Belthangady, Karnataka, December 2016.
10. Kumar, A. Talk “Fuel Chemical Synthesis Via Catalysis” at Chemistry Department, Mangalore University, Mangalore, Karnataka, December 2016.
9. Kumar, A. Lecture titled “Fuel Chemical Synthesis Via Catalysis” as a resource person for the KIC-TEQIP short-term course on “Novel Catalysis for Industrial Use” hosted by the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India, August 24, 2016.
8. Kumar, A. Lecture titled “Transition Metal Catalyzed Biomass Conversions: Synthesis of High Value Fuels and Commodity Chemicals” as a resource person for the KIC-TEQIP short-term course on “Advanced Clean Fuel Technologies and Alternative Energy Systems” hosted by the Center for Energy, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India, March 10, 2016.
7. Kumar, A.; Mironov, O.; Saxton, R. J.; Goldman, A. S. Keynote Lecture titled “Pincer-Iridium Catalysts Heterogenized on Solid Supports: Unprecedented High Activity and Recyclability in Solid-Gas Phase Alkane Dehydrogenation,” CHEMCON 2015, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, 68th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, December 2015.
6. Kumar, A.; Mironov, O.; Saxton, R. J.; Goldman, A. S. Oral Presentation titled “Solid-Gas Phase Dehydrogenation of Alkanes using Molecular Catalysts,” CENTC Annual Meeting, September 21–23, 2014, Seattle, WA, USA.
5. Kumar, A.; Mironov, O.; Saxton, R. J.; Goldman, A. S. Oral Presentation titled “Pincer Iridium Catalyzed Gas-Solid Phase and Liquid Phase Alkane Dehydrogenation Using Acceptors that Inhibit α-Olefin Isomerization,” 248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 10–14, 2014, San Francisco, CA, USA.
4. Kumar, A.; Kind, M.; Terfort, A. Oral Presentation titled “Synthesis and Reactivity of Perfluoroanthracene,” 248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 10–14, 2014, San Francisco, CA, USA.
3. Kumar, A.; Goldman, A. S. Oral Presentation titled “Pincer Based Iridium Catalysts for Light Alkane Dehydrogenation,” 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, April 7–11, 2013, New Orleans, LA, USA.
2. Kumar, A.; Terfort, A. Oral Presentation titled “Synthesis of Polyfluorinated Annealed Arenes and Their Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions,” International Workshop on “Structure Formation on the Nanometer Scale by Focused Energy Application - Mechanisms and Functional Properties,” Rauischholzhausen, Germany, October 9–11, 2011.
1. Kumar, A.; Samuelson, A. G. Oral Presentation titled “Teaching Old Reagents New Reactions,” In-House Symposium, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, March 2007, IISc, Bangalore, India.

Presentations by Ph.D Students in Conferences

35. Bisarya, A.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry MTIC-XX, IISC Bangalore, Bengaluru, December 2023. “NNN Pincer-Manganese-Catalyzed Guerbet-Type β-alkylation of Alcohols under Microwave Irradiation”.
34. Arora, V.; Yasmin, E.; Tanwar, N.; Hathwar, V.R.; Wagh, T.; Dhole, S.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 3rd International Conference on Main-group Molecules to Materials MMM III, IIT Hyderabad, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, December 2023. “Pincer-Ruthenium Catalyzed Selective Production of Formic Acid and Hydrogen from Aqueous Phase Methanol Reforming”.
33. Nandi, P. G.; Jasra, R.V.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 3rd International Conference on Main-group Molecules to Materials MMM III, IIT Hyderabad, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, December 2023. “Pincer-Ruthenium-Catalyzed β-Methylation of Alcohols”.
32. Narjinari, H.; Dhole, S; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 3rd International Conference on Main-group Molecules to Materials MMM III, IIT Hyderabad, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, December 2023. “Base Metal Catalyzed Glycerol Dehydrogenation to Lactic Acid” Bagged the Best Poster Award.
31. Tanwar, N.; Narjinari, H.; Sharma, H.; Dhole, S.; Jasra, R.V.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 8th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology ICANN, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, November-December, 2023. “Enhanced Catalytic Activity for Electro-Oxidation of Methanol and Ethanol with Homogeneous 3d-Metal based Anodic Electrocatalysis in an Alkaline Media”.
30. Arora, V.; Narjinari, H.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry MTIC-XIX, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. December 2022. “Pincer-Nickel Catalyzed Selective Guerbet-Type Reactions under Solvent-Free Conditions”.
29. Nandi, P. G.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry MTIC-XIX, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. December 2022. “Pincer-Cobalt-Catalyzed Guerbet-Type β‑Alkylation of Alcohols in Air under Microwave Conditions”.
28. Narjinari, H.; Tanwar, N.; Kathuria, L.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry MTIC-XIX, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. December 2022. “Guerbet-type β-alkylation of secondary alcohols catalyzed by chromium chloride and its corresponding NNN pincer complex.”
27. Bisarya, A.; Nandi, P.G.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during Frontiers in Chemical Sciences FICS-2022, IIT Guwahati. "Ligand-free Guerbet-type reaction in air catalysed by in-situ formed complexes of base metal salt cobaltous chloride.”
26. Islam, K.; Narjinari, H.; Bisarya, A.; Kumar, A. Oral Presentation during 2022 #ACS National Meeting & Exposition, ACS Fall 2022, August 21-25, 2022. “Tunable Photophysical Properties of Tetraethynylated Anthracenes Synthesized via Multi-Fold Sonogashira Coupling”.
25. Arora, V.; Kumar, A. Oral presentation during ACS National Meeting & Exposition, ACS Fall 2022, Aug 21-25, 2022. “Pincer-Nickel Catalyzed N-Alkylation of Amines and Selective Guerbet-Type Reactions under Solvent-Free Conditions”.
24. Arora, V.; Narjinari, H.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 28th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, IIT Guwahati. March 2022. “Pincer-Nickel Catalyzed Selective Guerbet-Type Reactions under Solvent-Free Conditions”.
23. Nandi, P. G.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 28th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, IIT Guwahati. March 2022. “Ligand-free Guerbet-type reactions in air catalyzed by in situ formed complexes of base metal salt cobaltous chloride”.
22. Das, K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during #Chemical Research Society of India 28th National Symposium in Chemistry (CRSI NSC-28), March 25-27, 2022. “Biofuels and Value-Added Chemicals Production Catalyzed by RuPincer Based Complexes via Alkylation of Amines and Alcohols.”
21. Eileen Yasmin, Himani Narjinari, Niharika Tanwar and Akshai Kumar*. Oral presentation at 15th CRSI-RSC Joint Symposium, organized by Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, March 24, 2022. “Pincer-Ruthenium Catalysed Production of Green Hydrogen and Biofuels”.
20. Das, K.; Kumar, A. Oral presentation during #ACS National Meeting & Exposition, ACS Spring 2022, March 20-24, 2022. “Pincer-Ruthenium Catalyzed Production of Biofuels and Value-Added Chemicals via Alkylation of Amines and Alcohols.”
19. Islam, K.; Narjinari, H.; Bisarya, A.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 2022# 28th Chemical Research Society of India National Symposium in Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, March 25-27, 2022. “A New Convenient Approach to Obtain Tetraalkynylatedanthracene by Multi-fold Sonogashira Coupling and their Tunable Photophysical Properties”.
18. Islam, K.; Narjinari, H.; Bisarya, A.; Kumar, A. Oral presentation during 2022# National Organic Symposium Trust (XVII-J-NOST 2022), School of Chemistry, UoH, Hyderabad, January 06-09, 2022. “Multi-Fold Sonogashira Coupling: A New Convenient Approach to Obtain Tetraalkynylatedanthracene with Tunable Photophysical Properties”.
17. Narjinari, H.; Dutta, M.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 2021#Catalysis Science & Technology 10th anniversary symposium 2021, Nov 2021. “NNN pincer ruthenium catalyzed one pot transformation of glycerol to lactic acid".
16. Arora, V.; Narjinari, H.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 2021#Catalysis Science & Technology 10th anniversary symposium 2021, Nov 2021. “Pincer-Nickel Catalyzed Selective Guerbet-Type Reactions under Solvent-Free Conditions”.
15. Das, K.; Nandi, P. G.; Islam, K. I.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 2021#Catalysis Science & Technology 10th anniversary symposium 2021, Nov 2021. “Solvent-Free and Efficient Pincer-Ruthenium Catalytic Systems for N-Alkylation of Amines Promoted by a Base Generated In-Situ from Alcohol”.
14. Das, K.; Yasmin, E.; Das, B.; Srivastava, H.K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 2021#Catalysis Science & Technology 10th anniversary symposium 2021, Nov 2021. "Alcohol Alkylation and Upgradation Catalyzed by Highly Efficient Phosphine-Free Pincer-Ruthenium Complexes"
13. Das, K.; Yasmin, E.; Das, B.; Srivastava, H.K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 2021 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference 2 March 2021-3 March 2021, United Kingdom. “Experimental and Computational Studies on Pincer-Ruthenium Catalysed C-Alkylation Reactions for Bio-Fuel Production”
12. Arora, V.; Dutta, M.; Das, K.; Das, B.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 2021 #RSC Poster Twitter Conference, March 2021. “Highly Efficient Pincer-Nickel Complex for Solvent-Free Catalytic N-Alkylation and Catalytic Dehydrogenative Coupling Reactions”
11. Das, K.; Yasmin, E.; Das, B.; Srivastava, H.K.; Kumar, A. Poster Presentation for “Tools and Techniques to Perform Molecular Modelling and Computer-Aided Drug Design”, organized by NIPER Guwahati, 11th-17th January, 2021. “Computational and Experimental Studies on Pincer-Ruthenium Catalysed C-Alkylation Reactions for Bio-Fuel Production” Bagged the “Consolation Poster Award”
10. Arora, V.; Dutta, M.; Das, K.; Das, B.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 26th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, VIT, Vellore. February 2020. “Pincer-Nickel Catalyzed N-Alkylation and Catalytic Dehydrogenative Coupling Reaction”
9. Das, K.; Nandi, P. G.; Islam, K. I.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry MTIC-XVIII, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati. December 2019. “Solvent-Free and Efficient Pincer-Ruthenium Catalytic Systems for N-Alkylation of Amines Promoted by a Base Generated In-Situ from Alcohol”
8. Arora, V.; Dutta, M.; Das, K.; Das, B.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry MTIC-XVIII, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati. December 2019. “Highly Efficient Pincer-Nickel Complex for Solvent-Free Catalytic N-Alkylation and Catalytic Dehydrogenative Coupling Reaction”
7. Das, K.; Kelkar, A.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 19th National Workshop on Catalysis-2019, IIT Delhi, May 2019. “Rational Design of Pincer-Metal Complexes For Catalytic Functionalization of Carbon Dioxide” Bagged the “Special Poster Award”
6. Dutta, M.; Das, K.; Das, B.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during 19th National Workshop on Catalysis-2019, IIT Delhi, May 2019. “Highly Efficient Pincer Ruthenium Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Additions”
5. Das, K.; Dutta, M.; Das, B.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during Research Conclave-2019, IIT Guwahati, March 2019. “Highly Efficient Pincer Ruthenium Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Additions”
4. Dutta, M.; Das, K.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation during Research Conclave-2019, IIT Guwahati, March 2019. “Cyanomethylation of Aldehydes Catalyzed by Pincer-Based Nickel Complexes: An Experimental and Computational Study”
3. Das, K.; Dutta, M.; Das, B.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Oral presentation titled “Highly Efficient Pincer Ruthenium Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Additions” Judged as the “Best Oral Presentation” during FICS-2018, IIT Guwahati, Dec 2018.
2. Dutta, M.; Das, K.; Srivastava, H. K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation titled “Cyanomethylation of Aldehydes Catalyzed by Pincer-Based Nickel Complexes: An Experimental and Computational Study” during FICS-2018, IIT Guwahati, Dec 2018.
1. Dutta, M.; Kumar, Y.; Das, K.; Kumar, A. Poster presentation in In-House Symposium CHEMCONVENE 2017 held at IIT Guwahati on July 2017. “Cyanomethylation of Aldehydes Catalyzed by Pincer-Based Nickel Complexes: An Experimental and Computational Study”

Posters Presentations in Conferences

12. Kumar, A.; Mironov, O.; Saxton, R. J.; Goldman, A. S. Presented a poster titled "Solid-Gas Phase Dehydrogenation of Alkanes using Molecular Catalysts" at the 16th International Symposium on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry, 3–6 December 2015, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, INDIA.
11. Li, B.; Dinh, L.V.; Kumar, A.; Goldman, A.S.; Celik, F.E. "Alkyl-Aryl Coupling Catalyzed by Tandem Systems of Pincer-Ligated Iridium Complexes and Zeolites", Catalysis Society of Metro New York - 2015 Annual Symposium. Newark, NJ, March 2015.
10. Kulkarni, A.; Kumar, A.; Goldman, A. S.; Celik, F. Poster presentation titled "Oligomerization of pentenes by acid zeolites" in the North East Corridor Zeolite Association Annual Meeting, December 2014, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).
9. Kumar, A.; Mironov, O.; Saxton, R. J.; Goldman, A. S. Presented a poster titled "Alkane Dehydrogenation by Pincer-Iridium Catalysts: High Yields of α-Olefins Obtained with Gas-Solid Phase Systems Using Ethylene and Propene as Acceptor" in the CENTC Annual Meeting, September 21–23, 2014, Seattle, WA, USA.
8. Gao, Y.; Kumar, A.; Zhou, M.; Goldman, A. S. "Study of a New Catalytic Alkane Dehydrogenation System Based on [Bis(oxazolinyl)phenyl]-Ir(III) Acetate Complexes", CENTC Annual Meeting, September 21–23, 2014, Seattle, WA, USA.
7. Kulkarni, A.; Kumar, A.; Goldman, A. S.; Celik, F. Poster presentation titled "Oligomerization of pentenes by acid zeolites" in the New York Metropolitan Area Catalysis Society Annual Symposium (NYCS Symposium), Lehigh University, March 2014.
6. Kumar, A.P.; Kumar, A.; Samuelson, A. G. Poster presentation titled "On the source of hydrogen in the reduction of imines by Ti(II) reagents" in the National Symposium on Frontiers in Main-Group and Organometallic Chemistry (NSFMOC), IISc Bangalore, 20 November 2010.
5. Kumar, A.; Dinda, S.; Samuelson, A. G. Presented a poster titled "Mechanistic Studies on the Titanium Mediated Reactions of Grignards with Imines" in the Chemical Sciences Division Day, March 2010, IISc Bangalore, INDIA.
4. Kumar, A.; Samuelson, A. G. Presented a poster titled "Mechanistic Studies on the Reactions of Titanium(IV) Alkoxides with Imines" in the Conference on "Emerging Trends in Chemistry – A Centenary Conference", May 2009, IISc Bangalore, INDIA.
3. Kumar, A.; Samuelson, A. G. Presented a poster titled "Asymmetric C–C Bond Forming Reactions Catalyzed by Group(IV) Metal Alkoxides" in the 12th Symposium on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC), December 2007, IIT Madras, Chennai, INDIA.
2. Kumar, A.; Samuelson, A. G. Presented a poster titled "Reactivity of Zr–O and Ti–O Bonds Towards Cumulenes" in the In-house Symposium, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, March 2006, IISc Bangalore, INDIA.
1. Kumar, A.; Samuelson, A. G. Presented a poster titled "Studies on Reactivity of the M–O Bond in Zirconium Alkoxides" in the 11th Symposium on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC), December 2005, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, INDIA.

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