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Prof. Satyapaul Singh Amarthaluri

Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering

Adsorption, CO Abatement, CO2 Hydrogenation, CO2 Sequestration, Clean Energy, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Network Modelling, Photocatalysis, Reaction Kinetics, reforming
Room No: D204
Department of Chemical Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India


Additional Affiliation:
Materials Centre for Sustainable Energy & Environment (McSEE)
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

Current Openings

1. Two Research positions (JRF) in DST (now ANRF) funded project

Duration: 36 months or 3 years

Required Skills: Strong applied mathematics background relevant to Chemical/Civil/Mechanical Engineering disciplines.

The advertisement will be released soon. Interested candidates can write to me directly with their CV and cover letter.


PhD Students

On-going
1. Ms. Aathira B (Since August, 2020) - Supervisor: Prof. Sounak Roy

2. Ms. Chitturi Huldah Suharika - JRF SERB (Since March, 2022), Co-supervisor: Prof. I. Sreedhar

3. Ms. Sri Himaja Pamu - JRF DST PURSE (Since July, 2022), Co-supervisor: Prof. P. Sankar Ganesh

4. Ms. Y. Lavanya (Since January, 2023) - Affiliated to Chemical Engineering & MCSEE Departments, Co-supervisors: Prof. Sounak Roy, Prof. B.M. Reddy

5. Ms. K. Padmasri - JRF DRDO (Since January, 2023), Supervisor: Prof. D. Purnima, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Chanchal Chakraborty

6. Ms. Sivasakthi Raghavender (Since January 2023), Supervisor: Prof. D. Purnima

7. Ms. Atmaja Tukaram Shinde - JRF CSIR (Since October, 2023), Co-supervisor: Prof. I. Sreedhar

8. Ms. Uttara Sushant Shelatkar (Since December, 2023) - Affiliated to Chemical Engineering & Chemistry Departments, Co-supervisor: Prof. Sounak Roy

9. Mr. Ajay Kumar Kalva (Since January 2024)

10. Mr. Arpan Ghosh - JRF SERB CRG (Since February 2023), Supervisor: Prof. Sounak Roy, Co-Supervisor: Prof. B.M. Reddy

Alumnus
1. Dr. Varun Yaddanapudi (January 2018 - December 2022) - Co-supervisor: Prof. I. Sreedhar

2. Dr. Suresh Kanuri (August 2019 - May 2024) - Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Dinda


Research Staff

JRFs

  1. Ms. Neha Mohiuddin - JRF (Sponsored by GAIL)
  2. Ms. Archana VP - JRF (Sponsored by Rubamin)
  3. Ms. Amrutha Radhakrishnan - JRF (Sponsored by Rubamin)
  4. Ms. Ashwini Choudry - Project Fellow (Sponsored by CarbonM FuelMax)

Postdocs

  1. Dr. Mohd Mubashshir (March - May 2025)

M.Tech (Higher Degree)

  1. Mr. Jagadeesh P (August, 2022 - December, 2022) - Supervisor: Dr. D. Purnima - with KMK Consulting Inc.
  2. Mr. Aayush Belwal (August, 2021 - December 2021) - with Biocon
  3. Mr. Prateek Saini (August, 2021 - December 2021), Supervisor: Dr. D. Purnima - with Pokarna Ltd
  4. Ms. Nilanjana Panda (August 2019 - May 2020) - with Shree Sulphurics Pvt Ltd.
  5. Mr. Hithessh Augustus (August 2018 - May 2019) - with Dr. Reddy's R&D.

Project Interns (First Degree)

  1. Mr. Dasu Vijaya Kumar Bhagavan from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur - Summer, 2022
  2. Mr. R. Anurag from BITS-Pilani Hyderabad - Summer, 2022

UG (First Degree)

On-going

  1. Ms. Anvita Ajay Dave (Jan, 2025 - ) - Process plant simulations to mitigate CO2 emissions (DOP*)
  2. Mr. Sahil Yelvantge (Jan, 2025 - May 2025; Jan, 2026 - ) - ML and Data Mining model for mapping Active Sites on a Catalyst (DOP)
  3. Mr. Himagirish Namballa (Jan, 2026 - ) - Machine Learning in Catalysis (SOP*)
  4. Mr. Tejas Chaudhary (Jan, 2026 - ) - Techno-economics of Battery Recycling (DOP)
  5. Ms. Riddhi Garg (Jan, 2026 - ) - LCA of battery material recycling (DOP)
  6. Mr. Udit Dugar (July, 2025 - ) - Supercritical Water Gasification  (DOP)
  7. Mr. Tanmay Raj (Jan, 2026 - ) - Process Development and Techno-economics Analysis of Battery Recycling (DOP)
  8. Mr. Hemant Sai Santosh Bennada (Jan, 2026 - ) - Development of Perovskites for Hydrogen Generation (LOP*)

Past Group Members

  1. Mr. Ankit Pareek (Jan, 2025 - December, 2025) - Molecular simulations for the catalyst design (DOP)
  2. Mr. Mihir Tomar (Jan, 2025 - July, 2025) - Synthesis of porous silica as a catalyst support (LOP)
  3. Mr. Hemant Sai Santosh Bennada (Jan, 2025 - December, 2025) - Synthesis of Perovskites for photocatalysis (LOP)
  4. Mr. Daksh Jain (Jan, 2025 - December, 2025) - ML and Data Mining model for mapping Active Sites on a Catalyst (DOP)
  5. Ms. Diya Agrawal (May, 2024 - December, 2024) - Process plant simulations to mitigate CO2 emissions (DOP)
  6. Mr. KBS Vashist (May, 2024 - December, 2024) - Off-campus thesis and Overseas projects (Raman-Charpak Fellow at Sorbonne University, Paris, France & University of Tokyo, Japan)
  7. Ms. Ruqqyah Killedar (January, 2024 - May, 2024) - Immobilized catalyst films development for water splitting (LOP)
  8. Mr. R Sri Vaishnav (January, 2023 - May 2024) - Techno-economics of Biogas upgradation using ASPEN PLUS (DOP)
  9. Mr. KBS Vashist (January, 2023 - ) - Perovskites synthesis for CO2 utilization (LOP)
  10. Ms. Aditi Prabhu (July 2023 - May, 2024) - Catalysts development for CO2 to value-added fuels (DOP)
  11. Mr. Ramanarayanan K T (August, 2022 - June, 2024) - Modeling and simulation of water splitting (DOP & SOP)
  12. Mr. G V Hemanth Kumar (January, 2023 - May, 2023) - Analysis on Pyrolysis oil purification using ASPEN PLUS (DOP)
  13. Mr. R. Anurag (Since January, 2022 - May, 2023) - First principle insights on catalytic reactions (DOP)
  14. Mr. Subham Mishra (January, 2023 - May, 2023) - Core-shell materials synthesis for CO2 utilization (LOP)
  15. Mr. Krishna Shankar (January, 2023 - May, 2023) - Core-shell materials synthesis for CO2 utilization (LOP)
  16. Ms. Hima Gunturu (August, 2022 - December, 2022) - Modeling and simulation of water splitting (On-campus FD thesis)
  17. Mr. Nikhil Kharbanda (January, 2022 - May, 2022) - Modeling and simulation of water splitting (On-campus FD thesis)
  18. Mr. Tanay Nagar (January, 2022 - April, 2022) - Modeling and simulation of water splitting (DOP)
  19. Mr. Aditya Viswanathan (January, 2022 - April, 2022) - Modeling and simulation of water splitting (DOP)
  20. Mr. Aditya Vardhan (January, 2022 - April, 2022) - Modeling and simulation of water splitting (DOP)
  21. Mr. Koppisetti Sai Gowtham (January, 2022 - April, 2022) - Catalysts development for CO2 hydrogenation (LOP)
  22. Ms. Shagun Mishra (January, 2021 - December, 2021) - Mechanistic Aspects of Thermo-catalytic Reactions using kMC (DOP)
  23. Mr. Ankit Asawa (August, 2021 - December, 2021) - Catalysts for CO2 methanation (LOP)
  24. Mr. Jha Deeptank Vinodkumar (January, 2021- December, 2021) - Process Flowsheet Optimization (DOP)
  25. Mr. Gurbaan Singh Sabarwal (January, 2021 - December, 2021) - Process Flowsheet Optimization for Heavy Metal Removal (LOP)
  26. Mr. Aniruddha Dutta (January 2021 - May 2021) - Process Flowsheet Optimization (Off-Campus thesis at IITB)
  27. Mr. Omeet Patel (January 2021 - May 2021) - Mechanistic Aspects of Thermo-catalytic Reactions using kMC (SOP)
  28. Mr. Dharesh Vatsa (January 2021 - May 2021) - Mechanistic Aspects of Thermo-catalytic Reactions using kMC (DOP)
  29. Ms. Laharee Ghosh (January 2021 - May 2021) - Mechanistic Aspects of Thermo-catalytic Reactions using kMC (DOP)
  30. Mr. Harishankar R. Vaikkat (January 2021 - May 2021) - Core-shell Nanoparticles Applications in Reactor Design (DOP)
  31. Mr. Ashwin Bale (August 2020 - December 2020) - Predicting phase behavior of polymer using molecular simulation and machine learning (Off-Campus Thesis at IITM)
  32. Ms. Vedika Y Kulkarni (July 2019 - December 2020) - Core-shell nanoparticles synthesis and its applications (LOP)
  33. Ms. Ishita Kurketi (August 2020- December 2020) - Process Flowsheet Optimization (DOP)
  34. Ms. Divya Sukumar (August 2020 - December 2020) - Process Flowsheet Optimization (DOP)
  35. Mr. Aniruddha Dutta (January 2020 - December 2020) - Process Flowsheet Optimization (DOP)
  36. Ms. Shreya Agarwal (August 2020 - December 2020) - Process Flowsheet Optimization (DOP)
  37. Mr. Kshitiz Jain (August 2020 - December 2020) - Mechanistic aspects of thermo-catalytic reactions (SOP)
  38. Ms. Dantuluri Sri Sai Sruthi (August 2020 - December 2020) - Mechanistic aspects of thermo-catalytic reactions (SOP)
  39. Mr. Anirudh Pareskh (August 2020 - December 2020) - Development of mechanistic pathways of heterogeneous catalytic reactions using Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations (DOP)
  40. Ms. Laharee Ghosh (August 2020 - December 2020) - Development of solar concentrators (SOP)
  41. Ms. Shreya Singh (January 2020 - May 2020) - MOFs for drug delivery applications (Off-Campus Thesis at JNCASR Bengaluru)
  42. Mr. Manan Raval (January 2020 - May 2020) - DOP
  43. Mr. Vinayak Sharma (January 2020 - May 2020) - SOP
  44. Mr. Cheemalamarry Sai Karthik (January 2020 - May 2020) - SOP
  45. Mr. P. Aryan (January 2020 - May 2020) - DOP
  46. Mr. Saiprasad Gochhayat (January 2020 - May 2020) - LOP
  47. Mr. Prasanth Syamala (July 2019 - May 2020) - SOP & DOP
  48. Mr. Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya (July 2019 - December 2019) - SOP
  49. Mr. Shivansh (January 2019 - May 2019) - Off-Campus Thesis, Currently with Pokarna LTD
  50. Mr. Deepak Anjna (UG, June 2018 - December 2018) - On-Campus Thesis


*(L/D/S)OP - (Lab/Design/Study) Oriented Projects