Dr. Alok Garg

Designation:

Assistant Professor

Specialization:

Waste Water Treatment, Photocatalysis, Pollution Abatement

Email:

alok.garg@thapar.edu

Contact No.

9876563990

Biography

Dr. Alok Garg has completed his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India, in April 2017. He did his M. Tech. in chemical engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, in July 2012 and B. E.. in chemical engineering from Institute of Technology, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur CG, India, in June 2005. At present, he is working as assistant professor in chemical engineering at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India. Prior, he has worked as faculty member at FET, RBS College Agra, U.P., India. He is active researcher in the field of wastewater treatment and photocatalysis. He has guided 2 master’s students and guiding one PhD student. He has published 3 SCI journal papers. He is the reviewer of several SCI journals.

Research Projects

Title: Photocatalytic degradation of textile dye effluent using doped TiO2 catalyst

Period: 2012-2014

Funded by: University Grant Commission New Delhi

Amount: Rs 0.97 Lakhs

Publications and other Research Outputs

SCI

1. Alok Garg, Ashutosh Singh, Vikas Sangal, Pramod Kumar Bajapi, Neha Garg (2017): Synthesis, Characterization and anticancer activities of metal ions Fe and Cu doped and co-doped TiO2. New Journal of Chemistry (communicated: manuscript ID: NJ-ART-05-2017-001512).
2. Alok Garg, Vikas K. Sangal, Pramod K. Bajpai (2016): Photocatalytic Treatment of Binary Mixture of Dyes using UV/TiO2 Process: Calibration, Modeling, Optimization and Mineralization Study. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, (DOI 10.1515/ijcre-2015-0220).
3. Alok Garg, Vikas Kumar Sangal, Pramod Kumar Bajpai, Decolorization and degradation of Reactive Black 5 dye by photocatalysis: Modeling, optimization and kinetic study, Desalination and Water Treatment, 57 (2016) 18003-18015.