Jasra, R. V.
Raksh Vir Jasra, Senior VP (R&D) at Reliance Industries Ltd., is a world-renowned catalysis, adsorption and nanomaterials scientist. Dr. Jasra achieved his PhD from Indian Institute of Delhi (IIT), Delhi, his post graduate degree from Delhi University, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine at London. He has developed 66 chemical processes, 27 of which were commercialized in industry. He has published 325 research articles and has 288 granted patents, including 68 U.S. patents. Dr. Jasra is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and Indian National Academy of Engineering, and was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Chemical Society. Dr. Jasra is also featured among the world’s top 2% of scientists in the field of physical chemistry for the years 2020 and 2021 as per a study by Stanford University.
Development and commercialization of an olefins removal catalytic technology
Aromatics—specifically, benzene, toluene and xylenes (BTX)—are the basic building blocks for most petrochemical derivatives and commodities chemicals.
Root cause analysis for low yield of p-diethylbenzene produced by catalytic alkylation
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) manufactures para-diethylbenzene (PDEB) at one of its plants by alkylation of ethylbenzene (EB) with ethylene, using RIL's own technology and super-selective catalyst.
Use of neural networks for naphtha feed characterization in a cracker plant
Olefins are major building blocks for petrochemicals. Due to their reactivity and versatility, there has been tremendous growth in the demand for olefins, especially for light olefins such as ethylene, propylene, butenes and 1,3-butadiene, etc.
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