A K Jain

Research Interest

• Automotive Fuels and Emissions
• Alternative Fuels
• Industrial and Domestic Combustion
• Tribology
• Research Planning & Business Development

Work Experience

Chief Scientist	CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2009 – Till Date)
Senior Principal Scientist	CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2002 – 2009)
Principal Scientist	CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (1996 – 2002)
Senior Scientist	CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (1991 – 1996)
Scientist	CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (1986 to 1991)
Junior Scientist	CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (1981 to 1986)

Awards and Honours

• Represented CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun in the national committees related to fuel quality and vehicle emissions
• Research work reported in the comprehensive report entitled, “Vehicle Emissions and Control Perspectives in India – A State-of-the-art Report” helped the Government of India to formulate national vehicle emission standards
• Organized various training programmes for engineers from automotive and oil industries on fuel quality and vehicle emission control
• Assisted the ‘Expert Committee on Auto Fuel Policy for India’ in framing the policy and writing the report of the committee for Government of India
• Secretary, Research Council of CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
• Gold Medal in M E University of Roorkee
• Best Scientist Award by CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun in the year 1995
• Best Indian Paper on Environmental Pollution Award to SAE Paper presented in the Symposium on International Automotive Technology, Pune, India, 2007
• Awarded UNIDO Fellowship in 1984 for research work in USA
• DAAD Fellowship, 1992 & 2002 for research work in Germany
• INSA Fellowship, 1998 & 2003 for research work in Germany

Patents

• A Device for Dual-Fuel Operation of Diesel Engines with Alcohols
• A Method for the Preparation of a Novel Washcoat of High Stability, Strong Adherance with Substrate and Functions as an Excellent Support for Noble Metal Catalysts
• An Improved Preparation Procedure For Noble Metal, Three-Way, Auto-Exhaust Catalyst Having High Activity and Longer Life for Loading on a Commercially Available Ceramic Cordierite Honeycomb Monolith

Selected Publications

• Impact of Road Quality, Traffic Management and Driver Training on Vehicular Emissions and Fuel Economy – An Experimental Study on Indian Roads
  A K Jain, L Robindro, S Pathak, Y R Singh and S K Singal
  S A E Paper No. 2011-26-0040, Presented in the Symposium on International Automotive Technology, Pune, India, January 19-21, 2011
• Effect of Improving the Gasoline Fuel Quality on Exhaust Emissions from in-use Vehicles – An Experimental Study
  A K Jain, Y Singh, S P Singh, S Pathak and S K Singal
  S A E Paper No. 2009-26-016, Presented in the Symposium on International Automotive Technology, Pune, India, January 21-23, 2009
• Effect of Gasoline Composition (Olefins, Aromatics and Benzene) on Exhaust Mass Emissions from Two-Wheelers – An Experimental Study
  A K Jain, S Pathak, Y Singh, S Singh, M Saxena, M Subramanian and P C Kanal
  S A E Paper No. 2007-26-014, Presented in the Symposium on International Automotive Technology, Pune, India, January 17-20, 2007
• Engine-out Benzene Emissions from Gasoline Vehicles and Effectiveness of Catalytic Converters
  A K Jain, Y Singh, S Singh, M Abraham and S Singhal
  S A E Paper No. 2001-01-0018, Presented in the SIAT 2001 – SAE Conference, Organized by ARAI and SAE International at ARAI, Pune, January 10-13, 2001
• Projections on Automotive Fuel Quality in India for Meeting Future Vehicle Emission Norms
  A K Jain and K K Gandhi
  S A E Paper No. 990020, Presented in the SIAT 1999 – SAE Conference, Organized by ARAI and SAE International at ARAI, Pune, January 13-16, 1999