Department of Applied Chemistry

Department of Applied Chemistry

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 (India)

BRIEF – CV

Mumtaz Ahmad Quraishi {Ph.D. (Kurukshetra), D.Sc. (A.M.U.)}

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E mail: maquraishi@ rediffmail.com

Present Position Education: Professor, Applied Chemistry I .T. BHU Varanasi

Honours/Awards

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  Vigyan Ratna Award (2008) Council of Science and technology Govt. of U.P.
  

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  Meritorious Contribution Award 2007 Highest Award Indian section of NACE international USA
  
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  MASCOT National Award (2001) Instituted by Electrochemical Society, Bangalore for significant contribution in the field of corrosion science and technology.
  
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  Excellence Award 1997 Instituted by Indian Section of NACE International U.S.A.
  
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  Best paper award 1998 by MAAS India for the paper entitled “Macrocyclic compounds as corrosion inhibitors” published in Corrosion, USA.
  
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  Best paper award 2003 SAEST India
  
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  Recipient of Publication Award (2010) by IT BHU Global Alumni Association
  
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  The applicant has been ranked 6^th among the prolific researchers of four Central Universities Viz; Delhi University, JNU, AMU and BHU for the eight years period 2000-2007 on the basis of publication output.
  
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  INSA visiting fellowship (1993).
  
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  CSIR visiting fellowship (1995).
  
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  Vice-Chairman Corrosion Group SAEST India 1995-97.
  
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  Regional Director NACE India 1995 to 2000.
  
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  Member Selection Committee for JRF/SRF/RA, CSIR, New Delhi (1997-2002)
  
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  Member advisory committee young Scientist Award, CSIR, New Delhi (2002).
  
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  Member editorial Board : International Journal of Electrochemistry Bentham (Serbia), Journal of Materials and Environmental Science Morocco Guest editor International journal of corrosion for special issue Corrosion mitigation by Green Inhibitors
  

Research Interest : Corrosion Inhibition of Metals & Alloys Green

Chemistry Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Ph.D. Theses/M.Phil./M.Tech

Dissertations Supervised : 27 (Ph.D. = 10, M.Phil. = 05, M.Tech. = 12)

Research projects (Completed) : 10 Appendix-1

Research Papers Published : 180 citations over 1500 Appendix-2

Patents : 02

Membership in learned Societies Member NACE USA, ESCI, SAEST India, ISOAS (Bombay),

RECENT PUBLICATIONS (2009-2010)
Total papers published: > 150, (1994-2010)

Citations: > 1700, Impact factor: > 90, H. Factor: 23

1. 
   S.K. Shukla, M.A. Quraishi, Cefotaxime sodium: A new and efficient corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in hydrochloric acid solution.
   

Corrosion Science 51, (2009) 1007–1011.

2. 
   S.K. Shukla, M.A. Quraishi, 4-Substituted anilinomethylpropionate: New and efficient
   

corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in hydrochloric acid solution.

Corrosion Science 51, (2009) 1990–1997.

3. 
   I.Ahamad, M.A. Quraishi, Bis (benzimidazol-2-yl) disulphide: An efficient water soluble
   

inhibitor for corrosion of mild steel in acid media.

Corrosion Science 51, (2009) 2006–2013.

4. 
   A.K. Singh, M.A. Quraishi, Effect of 2, 2' benzothiazolyl disulfide on the corrosion of mild
   

steel in acid media.

Corrosion Science 51, (2009) 2752–2760.

5. 
   A.K. Singh, M.A. Quraishi, Effect of Cefazolin on the corrosion of mild steel in HCl solution.
   

Corrosion Science 52, (2010) 152–160.

6. 
   I. Ahamad, M.A. Quraishi, Mebendazole: New and efficient corrosion inhibitor for mild
   

steel in acid medium.

Corrosion Science 52, (2010) 651–656.

7. 
   I. Ahamad, R. Prasad, M.A. Quraishi, Thermodynamic, electrochemical and quantum
   

chemical investigation of some Schiff bases as corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in

hydrochloric acid solutions.

Corrosion Science 52, (2010) 933–942.

8. 
   S.K. Shukla, M.A. Quraishi, The effects of pharmaceutically active compound
   

doxycycline on the corrosion of mild steel in hydrochloric acid solution.

Corrosion Science 52, (2010) 314–321.

9. 
   I. Ahamad, R. Prasad, M.A. Quraishi, Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Adsorption of Fexofenadine at Mild Steel/Hydrochloric Acid Interface as Corrosion Inhibitor.
   

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 14, (2010), 2095-2105. (Springer)