· A new rate Law model called “ Encillator ’’ - a model reaction system involving exponential autocatalysis to explain the variety of reaction behaviour;
· an arithmetic-analytical approach to solutions of model equations - a novel approach that combines the elegance of analytical solutions and rigour of digital computations;
· Rigorous fluidised bed reactor model using initial value formalism;
· Multiplicity and instability of chemical reactions and reactors;
· Bifurcation and stability of chemical reactions and reactors: Development of normal form theory;
· New techniques of model building from measured data - Surrogate analysis, phase space reconstruction, wavelets, proper orthogonal decomposition and stochastic estimation;
· Cleaning and separation of measured signal without any a-priori information;
· Formulation of exact functional form from measured data;
· Microemulsions (synthesis of manoparticles, electrochemical reactions and organic biotransformation etc. Several Indian and US patents and publications);
· Optimisation and control of unknown systems (Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm ) ; etc.
He has been awarded with the following distinctions:
· Best Scientist of the Year by NCL Research Foundation,
· Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy by the Indian National Science Academy ( N.S.A.),
· the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar prize for Science & Technology : Engineering Science & Technology by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR ), etc.
We are honoured to feature this outstanding scientist in this gallery of Achievers.