Prof. D.K.Sharma did his Ph.D from University of Delhi in 1977. He has served at the Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi for more than 41 years and retired first as a Professor in the higher academic grade and later as an Emeritus professor. Presently he is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Sustainable Engineering, TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi and Visiting Faculty at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi. He is a Member of Accreditation Committee, Environment Impact Assessment, NABET, Quality Council of India, New Delhi, Member, of Environment Committee, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Member, Power, Renewable & Alternate Energy Committee, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi etc. He has published more than 225 research papers in different international and national journals ( Citations of more than 5300, i10 index = 113 and h-index= 39). He has guided more than 29 Ph.Ds and more than 130 M.Tech projects. He had visited Germany firstly as an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellow and later Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems and Fraunhofer Institute of Factory Operations and Automation, Magdeburg, Germany and then later also at the Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum i.e., German Biomass Research Centre, Leipzig, Germany. He had also visited USA as a Visiting Faculty and Fulbright Scholar. He has transferred technologies to industries and filed several patents. His name featured in the Top 2 % scientists in the World by the Experts of Stanford University, USA. He is also a member of Editorial Board of a number of journals.
Petroleum Science & Technology, Associate Editor, Advanced Clean Fuel Technologies, Frontiers of Energy Research, Member Editorial Board, Journal of Ultra Scientist of Physical Sciences Section A and formerly Advisor, Editorial Board, Acta Scientific Biotechnology Journal.
Publications:
N. Bagotia and D.K.Sharma, Exfoliated graphene lead to extraordinary electromagnetic interference shielding of polycarbonate/ethylene methyl acrylate blend nanocomposites, Journal of Polymer Research, 3 0(6), 1-12 ( 2023).
N. Bagotia, V.Chaudhary and D.K.Sharma, Synergistic effect of graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotube hybrid fillers on mechanical , electrical EMI shielding properties of polycarbonate/ethylene methyl acrylate, Composite Part B, 159, 378-388 (2019).
P. Kasar, D.K.Sharma and M.Ahmarruzaman, Thermal and catalytic decomposition of waste plastics and its co-processing with petroleum residues through pyrolysis process., Journal of Cleaner Production, 265, 121681 ( 2020).
M. Jahid, A. Gupta and D.K.Sharma, Production of bioethanol from fruit wastes (Banana, papaya, pineapple and mango peels) under milder conditions., Journal of Bioprocessing & Biotechniques , 8 : 3 (2018). DOI 10. 4172/2155-9821.1000327.
T. Manchanda, R. Tyagi and D.K.Sharma, Comparison of fuel characterisitics of green ( renewable ) diesel and biodiesel obtainable from algal oil and vegetable oil, Energy Sources, 40 (1), 54 – 59 (2018).
D.K.Sharma and H. Dhawan , Separative refining of coas through solvolytic extraction under milder conditions : A review., Industrial and Engineering Research, 57 (25), 8361 – 8380 (2018).
V.K. Chandaliya, P.P.Biswas, P.S. Dash and D.K.Sharma, Producing low - ash coal by microwave and ultrasonication pretreatment by solvent extraction of coal, Fuel, 212, 422 – 430 (2018).
Shelly Biswas and D.K.Sharma, Effect of different catalysts on cracking of Jatropha oil, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 110, 346-352 ( 2014).
Sumedh Bhatia and D.K.Sharma, Biodesulfurization of dibenzothiophene, its alkylated derivatives and crude oil by a newly isolated strain Pantoea agglomerans D23W3, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 50(3), 104 – 109 (2010 ).
S. Pande and D.K. Sharma, Ethylenediamine – assisted solvent extraction of coal in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. Synergistic effect of ethylenediamine on extraction of coal in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Energy and Fuels, 16 (1), 194 – 204 (2002).
