Faculty at School of Natural Sciences

Bimlesh Lochab

Bimlesh Lochab

Head & Professor

School of Natural Sciences


Contact Information

Waste and biosourced derived monomers and polymers sourced from agricultural wastes and their applications for electro-optic, composite, and high temperature adhesive, energy storage, antibacterial coatings and amplication of efficacy of already approved drugs/nuclei acids.

Degree

Institution

Year

Division/Class

BSc Chemistry (Honors)

University of Delhi

1997

1st, 1st Rank

MSc Chemistry

IIT, Delhi

1999

1st, 1st Rank

MTech (Polymer Science & Technology)

IIT, Delhi

2000

1st

DPhil (Chemistry)

University of Oxford, UK

2006

-

Position & Organization

Nature of Job

Period

Professor and HoD

Administration, Teaching and Research

Sep 2022-till date

Professor

Teaching and Research

07/19 – 08/22

Associate Professor

UG advisor, Teaching and Research

07/18 – 06/21

Assistant Professor (SNU, UP)

Teaching and Research

2012-2017

PI, Young Scientist Award (IIT, Delhi)

Research

2009-2013

Post-Doctoral Research Associate (University of Nottingham, UK)

Research

2006-2007

Post-Doctoral Research Associate (University of Oxford, UK)

Research

2005-2006

Retained Lecturer (University of Oxford, UK)

Teaching

2005-2006

  1. Felicitation, “Her Research, Our Future”, in recognition of outstanding contribution to research and Sustainability, Springer Nature, in India Sustainability Conclave 2025, 25 Feb 2025.
  2. Selected as one of the 75 Women in SHE IS - 75 WOMEN IN CHEMISTRY featured in the fourth edition of She Is, Beyond Black in partnership with the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India and Royal Society of Chemistry, CRSI 6 Feb2025.
  3. Invited from NCERT for the workshop on Development of Project Based Learning Materials in Chemistry for class XI and XII students, 4-8th Nov 2024.
  4. Invited to United Nations Climate Change Conference 2024, COP29, Baku, Azerbaizan, Nov 2024.
  5. Recognized among Top 2% scientists for 2024 by Stanford-Elsevier, Sep 2024.
  6. Editorial Board member for journal Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry (https://www.sciltp.com/journals/csc), Australia, Sep 2024.
  7. Invited Speaker, "Women in Science," 04th Mar’2024, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Hyderabad.
  8. Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on Chemical Sciences under ‘WISE-Post Doctoral Fellowship (WISE-PDF)’ Program of DST, July 31-Aug 01, 2023 at Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi.
  9. Conferred with APA Young Scientist Award 2020 in Asian Polymer Association APA-2023, Feb 23-25, 2023.
  10. Invited to as an Executive Committee member of the Society of Polymer Science India (SPSI), Jan 2022.
  11. Invited member for the CRSI-RSC Gender Diversity report: Policy Lab workshop on Oct 19, IIT Delhi.
  12. Invited as Co-opted Member of the Screening Committee of Chemical Sciences for “SERB-SURE”, Sep 2022.
  13. Invited as Chair and Adjudicator in the research scholars’ presentation sessions, the Indian Chemical Society, of the Celebration of the 161st Birth Anniversary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray during July 30-31, 2022
  14. Invited as a member for Experts Committee, to review and select proposals of 4th Tranche FTT/ FTC Projects by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Technology Management Directorate under Chemicals (including leather) and Petrochemicals theme 20th-21st July 2022.
  15. Invited as Chair and Judge, in the international e-conference on Biopolymers (APA Bioforum-2022) by the Asian Polymer Association, July 14-16, 2022.
  16. Plenary Speaker, CHEMEET 2022, International conference (Rome) Italy, June 27-29, 2022.
  17. Invited to become an expert review panelist in the application review process for the Quad Fellowship 24th Sep 2022 by Schmidt Futures an expert review panelist, 26th June 2022.
  18. Invited as a commentator for a presentation on the topic, “The Promise of Green Chemistry.” Presented by Mike Lancaster, Head of Innovation and Events at the Chemical Industries Association in the 28th International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS XXVIII), under the theme, Investigating Pathways to Resolve Environmental Challenges, sponsored by the Hyo Jeong International Foundation for the Unity of the Sciences (HJIFUS), a nonprofit founded by Rev. Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, April 13–14,2022, Washington, DC, USA.
  19. Chaired APA Nano International e-Conference on Nanomaterials & Nanoengineering (APA-Nanoforum 2022) 26th Session 24 on Nanofibrous Systems.
  20. Admitted as a Fellow of Royal Science of Chemistry (FRSC), Jan 2022
  21. Member of the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on Chemical Sciences under Women Scientists Scheme-A (WOS-A), Department of Science and Technology (DST) 2021-2024.
  22. Selected with fellowship for Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) in India by UC Berkeley in collaboration with the Shiv Nadar University, 202115-19 November 2021
  23. Organizing Committee member for Asima Chatterjee special session in the 58th Annual Convention of Chemists 2021, the Indian Chemical Society (ICS), December 21–24, 2021.
  24. Awarded CRSI (Chemical Research Society of India) Bronze Award 2021 for outstanding achievements in research in National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-27) 26th - 30th September 2021.
  25. Member of National Advisory Committee, Asian Polymer Association (APA), July 2021.
  26. Awarded as the first Most Creative Research Award in 4th International Symposium on Polybenzoxazines, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 31st May-4th June 2021.
  27. Keynote speaker Emergence of Sustainable Benzoxazine Frameworks: A New Story with Greener Future, in Green forum, 4th International conference ISPBZ 2021 in Luxembourg (31st May-4th June 2021), https://www.ispbz2020.lu/programme/keynote-speakers/ Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST, https://www.ispbz2021.lu/
  28. Research Excellence Award, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, 2021.
  29. Awarded for outstanding achievements “Distinguished alumna award 2020”, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, 16th June 2020.
  30. Invited speaker, “Knowledge Clique” session as a knowledge management initiative, to talk on the best practices and learning in designing experiments on nanodrug delivery vehicles, 14th November 2019, Dr. Reddy’s Hyderabad.
  31. BIRAC-SRISTI GYTI 2019 (Gandhian Young Technological Innovation) award, Team: Deepika Kannan, Nisha Yadav, Guide: Dr. Shailja Singh, Dr. Bimlesh Lochab, Dr. Soumya Pati, Modernization of traditional anti-malarial drug artesunate via Nanomedicine approach, 6th July 2019, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, award from Honorable Vice-President of India, Shri Venkaiah Naidu.
  32. Invitation to become as a member in Expert Committee on Bibliometrics, DST, 2nd meeting, September 20-21, 2018 at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Invited to give a lecture and followed by a discussion to evolve guidelines regarding predatory journals in India.
  33. ACS invitation for Presiding first session in American Chemical Society and Lecture in the Young Talents and Upcoming Investigators, “The Third International Symposium on Polybenzoxazines: Towards Diamond Jubilee of Benzoxazine Chemistry.” auspices of The Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE), The American Chemical Society, New Orleans, Louisiana in March 18-22, 2018.
  34. Invitation to contribute an article to Regional - INDIA Themed Issue of Green Materials, Thomas Reuters, 2017.
  35. International Travel support Grant from DST to attend conference in London, UK, Li-SM3 conference on energy storage devices to give oral presentation 2017.
  36. Plenary lecture, Biopolymers & Green Composites- BPGC 2016– 4th in series, on 29th& 30th September 2016 at Hotel Beaumonde The Fern, Ernakulam South, Cochi, Kerala.
  37. ACS invitation for Chairing session in American Chemical Society ACS, Green Benzoxazine monomers and polymers section, Indianapolis, 2013.
  38. DST, International Travel support Grant to attend conference in China, World Congress on Engineering and Technology (CET2012) to give oral presentation 2012.
  39. Invited Speaker, at Institute of Engineers India, Safety Convention at Hotel Le Meridien from 9-11 August, 2012 (Best Speaker Appreciation)
  40. Young Scientist Award, Department of Science & Technology (DST), 2009-2013.
  41. Fellowship from C. R. Barber Trust Fund, Travel fellowship, IoP, UK, 2005.
  42. Felix Scholarship for pursuing D.Phil., UK, 2002-2005.
  43. Membership of ACS (since 2013), RSC (since 2018), CRSI (Lifetime) and the Society for Polymer Science India (SPS, Lifetime) and APA (Lifetime), ICS (Lifetime), Member of Institute of Physics (IoP, 2005-2006), Member of Polymer Physics group (2005-2006).

2025

  1. Sangeeta Sahu, Arnab Ghosh,* Monisha Monisha, Murali Krishna, Shakir Ali Siddiqui, Sunan Tian, De-Yi Wang,* Sagar Mitra,* and Bimlesh Lochab*, Sulfur-rich sustainable copolymers for enhancing redox kinetics and alleviating cathode passivation in lithium-sulfur batteries, Exploration (Wiley -VCH), 2025 (minor revision).
  2. Arnab Ghosh, Sunan Tian, Mingyang Zhang, Isaac Lorero Gómez, Qi Chen, Monsur Islam, Silvia González Prolongo, and Bimlesh Lochab, De-Yi Wang,* Deciphering a New Electrolyte Formulation for Intelligent Modulation of Thermal Runaway to Improve the Safety of Lithium-Ion Batteries, 2025, 2502761, 10.1002/adfm.202502761.
  3. Bimlesh Lochab*(Editorial), Hope and Determination, Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2025, 12, 6, 687-688. Cover art
  4. Sangeeta Sahu*, Soumyasri Nikhilesh Mahapatra*, Nisha Yadav, Bimlesh Lochab, Complete valorization of cashew nutshell waste enriched with sulfur copolymer for efficient mercury removal, Chem. Asian J., 2025, 10.1002/asia.202401673, 12 March 2025 (* equal contribution)
  5. Xu, C. Ren, Z. Wang, B. Lochab, J. Liu, Y. Zhang and L. Wu, Fabrication of graphene oxide/silk protein core-sheath aerogel fibers for thermal management, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025,13, 7081-7090, DOI: 10.1039/D5TA00580A
  6. Gupta, Prashansa; Rastogi, Sumit; Bhatia, Bhavika; Yadav, Shivani; Lochab, Bimlesh, Degradable Spiroacetal-Bridged Bio-derived Polybenzoxazine Thermosets, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2025, 13, 10, 4055–4067. 1021/acssuschemeng.4c09952
  7. Rohit Goyal, Soumyasri Nikhilesh Mahapatra, Rashmi Yadav, Santanu Mitra, Animesh Samanta, Anuj Kumar,* Bimlesh Lochab*, 3D printed cellulose nanofiber-reinforced and iron-crosslinked double network hydrogel composites: Mechanical properties and cellular viability, Bioprinting, 2025, 46, April 2025, e00392. 10.1016/j.bprint.2025.e00392
  8. S Zafar, M. Sharma, Mahapatra S, B Lochab, Aqueous zinc-ion battery with an organic-inorganic nanohybrid cathode featuring high operating voltage and long-term stability ChemComm, 2025, 61, 3151 - 3154 1039/D4CC05484A
  9. S Zafar,* Sanjana,* Monisha Monisha, B Lochab, Concentration-dependent kinetic study of graphene oxide (go) reduction using biophenol and electrochemical analysis, RSC Sustainability, 2025, 3, 365 - 375 10.1039/d4su00430b.
  10. S Choudhury, S Zafar, D Deepak, A Panghal, B Lochab, SS Roy, A Surface Modified Laser-Induced Graphene based Flexible Biosensor for Multiplexed Sweat Analysis, J. Mater. Chem B, 2025, 5, 13, 274-287, 1039/D4TB01936A
  1. Yadav, Shivani; Amarnath, Nagarjuna; Lochab, Bimlesh, Advancing Renewable Amines: Furan-Derived Polybenzoxazines, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2024, 6, 24, 15281–15292 10.1021/acsapm.4c03222.
  2. S Zafar, B Lochab, Unleashing Vanadium-Based Compounds for High-Energy Aqueous Zinc–Ion Batteries, ACS Omega, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c06199, 26 Nov 2024.
  3. Vaishaly Duhan, Bimlesh Lochab, Glyoxal-based bi-oxazine benzoxazines: formaldehyde-free biothermosets, Macromolecules 2024, 57, 10812−10823 1021/acs.macromol.4c01358, November 12, 2024.
  4. Rashmi Niranjan, Sachin Patil, Amrita Dubey, Bimlesh Lochab, Richa Priyadarshini, Small cyclic dipeptide produced by Lactobacillus rhamnosus with anti-biofilm properties against Streptococcus mutans biofilm, 6 Nov 2024, 100237 Biofilm, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2024.100237.
  5. Saad Zafar, Muskan Sharma, Krithik MP, Naiwrit Karmodak, Santosh Singh*, Bimlesh Lochab*, A layer separated V2O5-PEG-amine hybrid cathode material for high capacity zinc-ion batteries, Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 32947 - 32956 10.1039/D4TA01656D
  6. Sourav Mukherjee, Sangeeta Sahu and Bimlesh Lochab, Elucidating the role of conjugated alkenyl functionalities at the oxazine ring in governing polymerization mechanism of 4th generation biobased benzoxazine thermosets, Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 11, 5200–5207. (Power) June 2, 2024, 1021/acs.macromol.4c00458.
  7. Saroj Saroj, Poornima US, Sachin Patil, Debashish Paul, Sunita Saha, Akbar Ali, Suchetan Pal,* Bimlesh Lochab,* and Tatini Rakshit*, Herb extracellular vesicle-chitosan-pegylated graphene oxide conjugate delivers estrogen receptor α targeting siRNA to breast cancer cells, ACS Appl. Biomater., 2024. doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.3c01108. April 2024 2024, 7, 5, 2741–2751
  8. Sangeeta Sahu and Bimlesh Lochab*, Sustainable benzoxazine-sulfur copolymer with dynamic linkages: Recycling, Reprocessing, Self-Healing, and Shape Recovery (R2S2), ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2024, 12, 18, 7126–7135.
    April 24, 2024; 1021/acssuschemeng.4c01317
  9. Bhavika Bhatia, Nagarjuna Amarnath, Sumit K. Rastogi, Bimlesh Lochab, Isolation of cardanol fractions from cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL): A sustainable approach, Chem.2024, 5(2), 68-80; https://doi.org/10.3390/suschem5020006, 1 April 2024
  10. Bhaskaranand Bhatt, Umesh Marathe, Shivani Yadav, Bimlesh Lochab* and Jayashree Bijwe*, Eco-friendly Polybenzoxazine resins to address the age-old challenge of replacement of Phenolic resins in friction materials, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2024, 278, 111396, . 1016/j.compositesb.2024.1113962024.111396. (CRG/2019/000107) 278, 1 June 2024, 111396
  11. Sourav Mukherjee and Bimlesh Lochab, Hydrogen bonding-guided strategies for thermal performance modulation in biobased oxazine ring-substituted benzoxazine thermosets, Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 4, 1795–1807. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02454 DST Power
  12. Rohit Goyal, Sangeeta Sahu, Santanu Mitra, Rashmi Niranjan, Richa Priyadarshini, Rashmi Yadav, Bimlesh Lochab, Nanocellulose-reinforced 4D printed hydrogels: thermoresponsive shape morphing and drug release, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2024, 6, 2, 1348–1361, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c02420.
  13. Vaishaly Duhan, Shivani Yadav, Christophe Len and Bimlesh Lochab, The mechanochemical synthesis of environmentally benign fully biobased 4th generation benzoxazines and their polymers: mechanistic insights into the catalytic activity of latent catalysts, Green Chem., 2024, 26, 483-497. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3GC03522K.
  14. Christophe Len,* Vaishaly Duhan, Weiyi Ouyang, Remi Nguyen and Bimlesh Lochab, Mechanochemistry and oleochemistry: A green combination for the production of high-value small chemicals, Chem., Sec. Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2023, 11, DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1306182.
  15. Saad Zafar, Arpit Thomas, Soumyasri Nikhilesh Mohapatra, Naiwrit Karmodak, Harpreet Singh Arora, * and Bimlesh Lochab*, Morphology-dependent enhancement of the electrochemical performance of CNF-guided tunable VS4 heterostructures for symmetric supercapacitors, Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 21263 – 21271.
  16. Saad Zafar, Vignesh Nayak, Soumyasri Nikhilesh Mohapatra, and Bimlesh Lochab*, Benzoxazine-Sulfur-Chitosan based Freestanding-Beads: Synthesis, Characterization, Stability, and Removal of Mercury and Oil, Purif. Technol, 2023,320, 124063.
  17. Saad Zafar, Santosh Kumar Singh*, and Bimlesh Lochab*, Nano-wired Polyaniline/VS2 Composite Materials for All-solid-state Supercapacitor and Zinc-ion Battery Applications, Materials Adv., 2023, 4, 2425-2436, inside cover page.
  18. Sangeeta Sahu, Rashmi Niranjan, Richa Priyadarshini, and Bimlesh Lochab, Benzoxazine-grafted-chitosan biopolymer films with inherent disulfide linkage: Antimicrobial properties, Chemosphere, 2023, 328, 138587, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138587.
  19. Duhan, Vaishaly; Amarnath, Nagarjuna; Yadav,; Lochab, Bimlesh, Greening Biobased Polybenzoxazine Network: Three Benefits in One Go, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 2023, 5(4), 2971–2982, 1021/acsapm.3c00154.
  20. Patil, Sachin; Mishra, Vishnu; Reddy, Puli; Lochab, Bimlesh, Multifunctional multicomponent highly biocompatible ph-responsive iron-oxide embedded nanodiamond cargo for artesunate to inhibit cancer growth, ACS Materials Lett. 2023, 5, 336–340; https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c01027
  21. Shashi B. Srivastava,* Ramakant Sharma , Divambal Appavoo, Bimlesh Lochab, Sangin Hahn, Seunghyup Yoo,* and Samarendra P. Singh*, Investigating the Role of Cathode Buffer Layers based on Zinc Oxide with Surface-rich Graded Fullerene Isomers in Tuning the Interfacial Properties of Organic Solar Cells, RRL 2022, 2200797.
  22. Samadhan S. Nagane, Sachin S. Kuhire, Amol B. Ichake, Aniket A. Talanikar, Bimlesh Lochab* and Prakash P. Wadgaonkar Synthesis, Characterization and UV-Crosslinking of Aromatic (Co)polycarbonates Bearing Pendant Azido Groups, ChemistrySelect, 2022, 7 (36), e202201020.
  23. Sangeeta Sahu and Bimlesh Lochab, Facile Strategy for Room Temperature Knitting of Sulfur in Polybenzoxazine: A New Class of Solution Processable Copolymers, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2022, 10, 37, 12355–12364. 1021/acssuschemeng.2c03633.
  24. Vishnu S. Mishra,† Sachin Patil,† Puli Chandramouli Reddy,* and Bimlesh Lochab,* Combinatorial therapy of CPI444 and Vatalanib loaded on PEGylated Graphene Oxide: Effective Nanoformulation to Target Glioblastoma Multiforme, Frontiers in Oncology (Section Pharmacology of Anti-Cancer Drugs, Oncol. 2022, p4154, doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.953098
  25. Sachin Patil,† Vishnu S. Mishra,† Nisha Yadav, Puli Chandramouli Reddy, and Bimlesh Lochab, Dendrimer Functionalized Nanodiamonds as Safe and Efficient Drug Carrier for Cancer Therapy: Nucleus Penetrating Nanoparticles, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2022, 5, 7, 3438–3451. 1021/acsabm.2c00373 (†Equal contribution)
  26. Sourav Mukherjee, and Bimlesh Lochab, Synthesis and thermal behaviour of thiophene-based oxazine-ring substituted benzoxazine monomers & polymers, ChemComm, 2022, 58, 3609 – 3612. (DOI: 10.1039/D2CC00043A) Highlighted as the cover page.
  27. Divambal Appavoo, Komal Bhardwaj, Samarendra P. Singh, Emmanuel N. Koukaras, Rachana Kumar, and Bimlesh Lochab, Covalently linked benzothiadiazole-fullerene adducts for organic optoelectronic devices: Synthesis and characterization, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 35977-35988. (D2RA06175A)
  28. Rashmi Niranjan†, Saad Zafar,† , Bimlesh Lochab,* and Richa Priyadarshini,* Synthesis and characterization of sulfur and sulfur-selenium nanoparticles loaded on reduced graphene oxide and their antibacterial activity against gram-positive pathogens, Nanomaterials, 2022, 12, 191. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12020191. († Equal contribution, * corresponding authors)
  29. Sourav Mukherjee, Nagarjuna Amarnath, Malavika Ramkumar, and Bimlesh Lochab, Catechin and furfurylamine derived biobased benzoxazine with latent-catalyst effect, Chem. Phys. 2022, 2100458 (special invitation). 2.527
  30. Sourav Mukherjee, Nagarjuna Amarnath, and Bimlesh Lochab, Oxazine-Ring Substituted 4th Generation Benzoxazine Monomers & Polymers: Stereo-electronic Effect of Phenyl Substituents on Thermal Properties, Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 21, 10001–10016, org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01582. (IF 5.985)
  31. Monisha Monisha, Sangeeta Sahu, and Bimlesh Lochab, Self-polymerization Promoting Monomers: In Situ Transformation of Disulfide-linked Benzoxazines to Thiazolidine structure, Biomacromolecules, 2021, 22, 10, 4408–4421 org/10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00981. 6.988
  32. Barla Rajkumar, Bimlesh Lochab, Anupam Agrawal, Amaresh Mishra, Muhammed Keshtov and Ganesh D. Sharma, Incorporation of a small molecule guest donor enables efficient non-fullerene acceptor-based ternary organic solar cells, Solar RRL, Wiley, 2021, 5 (9), p. 2100402. (IF 9.173)
  33. Nagarjuna Amarnath, Sourav Mukherjee and Bimlesh Lochab, Understanding the Stereochemical Effect on the Properties of Emerging Thermosets: Sustainable Polybenzoxazines, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9, 22, 7550–7560.
  34. Bimlesh Lochab*, Monisha Monisha, Nagarjuna Amarnath, Pratibha Sharma, Sourav Mukherjee and Hatsuo Ishida*, Review on the Accelerated and Low-Temperature Polymerization of Benzoxazine Resins: Addition Polymerizable Sustainable Polymers, Polymers  2021, 13(8), 1260; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13081260.
  35. Nisha Yadav, Monisha Monisha, Rashmi Niranjan, Amrita Dubey, Sachin Patil, Richa Priyadarshini*, Bimlesh Lochab*, Antibacterial performance of fully bio-based chitosan-grafted-polybenzoxazine films: Elaboration and properties of released material, Polym. 2021, 254, 117296.

2020

  1. Nisha Yadav, Deepika Kannan, Sachin Patil, Shailja Singh* and Bimlesh Lochab*, Amplified activity of artesunate mediated by iron oxide nanoparticles loaded on graphene oxide carrier for cancer therapeutics, ACS Appl. Bio Mater.2020, 3, 10, 6722–6736.
  2. Divambal Appavoo*, Nagarjuna Amarnath*, Bimlesh Lochab, Cardanol and Eugenol Sourced Sustainable Non-Halogen Flame Retardants for Enhanced Stability of Renewable Polybenzoxazines, Front. Chem. 2020, 30 September 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00711. *equal contribution
  3. Monisha Monisha, Preetham P, Arnab Ghosh, Ajit Kumar, Saad Zafar, Sagar Mitra* and Bimlesh Lochab*, Halogen-free flame-retardant sulfur copolymers with stable Li-S battery performance, Energy Storage Mater., 2020, 29, 350-360.
  4. Barla Rajkumar, Lubna Khanam, Emmanuel N. Koukaras, Ganesh D. Sharma, Samarendra P. Singh, Bimlesh Lochab, Cardanol- and guaiacol-sourced solution-processable green small molecule-based organic solar cells. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2020, 8, 15, 5891–5902, https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07600.
  5. Nagarjuna Amarnath, Swapnil Shukla and Bimlesh Lochab, Isomannide derived chiral rigid fully biobased polybenzoxazines ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2019, 7, 22, 18700-18710, https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b05305.
  6. Nisha Yadav, V. Kallur, D. Chakraborty, P. Johari, Bimlesh Lochab, Control of Functionalities in GO: Effect of Brønsted acids as Supported by Ab-initio Simulations and Experiments. ACS Omega, 2019, 45, 9407-9418 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b00676). (ACS live presentation. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acsomega.9b00676)
  7. Nisha Yadav, Bimlesh Lochab, A comparative study of Graphene Oxide: Hummers, Intermediate and Improved method. Flat Chem.: Chemistry of flat materials 2019, 13, 40-49.
  8. Monisha Monisha, Nisha Yadav, Bimlesh Lochab, Sustainable framework of chitosan-benzoxazine with mutual benefits: Low curing temperature, and improved thermal and mechanical properties, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2019, 7, 4, 4473-4485 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b06515.
  9. Kumar, N. #, Yadav#, N., Amarnath#, N., V. Sharma#, S. Shukla, A. Srivastava, P. Prasad, A. K. Singh, S. Garg, S. Singh*, S. Sehrawat*, Lochab*, Integrative Natural Medicine Inspired Graphene Nanovehicle-Benzoxazine derivatives as Potent Therapy for Cancer, Mol. Cell. Biochem. 2019 Apr; 454(1-2):123-138. # Equal contribution
  10. Kannan, Nisha Yadav, S. Ahmed, P. Namdev, S. Bhattacharya, Bimlesh Lochab* and S. Singh*, Pre-clinical study of Iron oxide nanoparticles fortified Artesunate for efficient targeting of malarial parasite. EBioMedicine 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.06.026, (Published by THE LANCET) *corresponding authors
  11. Monisha Monisha, Nagarjuna Amarnath, Sourav Mukherjee, Bimlesh Lochab, Cardanol Benzoxazines: A Versatile Monomer with Advancing Applications, 2018, Macromol. Chem. Phys., https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201800470. (IF 2.492). (Hot Topic: Batteries and Supercapacitors,15 December 2018, Top downloaded paper 2018-2019).
  1. Nagarjuna Amarnath, Swapnil Shukla, and Bimlesh Lochab, Harvesting the benefits of inherent reactive functionalities in fully bio-sourced isomeric benzoxazines, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2018, 6(11), 15151–15161, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b03631.
  2. Nisha Yadav, Naveen Kumar, Peeyush Prasad, Shivani Shirbhate, Seema Sehrawat, Bimlesh Lochab. Stable dispersions of covalently tethered PEG-PAMAM-Graphene oxide Nanoconjugates as an effective payload for siRNA for Breast Cancer Therapy. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10(17), 14577–14593.
  3. Vijeta Sharma; Nagarjuna Amarnath; Swapnil Shukla; R Ayana; Nisha Yadav; Deepika Kannan; Naveen Kumar; Seema Sehrawat; Soumya Pati; Lochab*, S. Singh*, Benzoxazine derivatives of phytophenols show anti-plasmodial activity via sodium homeostasis disruption, Bioorg. Medicin. Chem. Lett. 2018, 28(9), 1629-1637, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.03.047.
  4. Monisha, Monisha; Yadav, Nisha, Srivastava, Shashi; Singh, Samarendra; Lochab, Bimlesh, Sustainable one-step strategy towards low temperature curable superparamagnetic composite based on smartly designed Iron nanoparticles and cardanol benzoxazine, Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 2555 - 2567.
  5. Amarnath, D. Appavoo, Bimlesh Lochab, Eco-friendly halogen-free flame retardant cardanol polyphosphazene polybenzoxazine networks, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2018, 6(1), 389–402.
  6. Monisha, S. Shukla, Bimlesh Lochab, Nanoparticles as curing and adhesive aid for biobased and petrobased polybenzoxazines, Green Mat., 2017, 5(2), 2017, pp. 94-102. (Themed issue on latest advances from India) DOI: 10.1680/JGRMA.17.00004.
  7. Arnab Ghosh, Swapnil Shukla, Monisha, Ajit Kumar, Bimlesh Lochab*, and Sagar Mitra*, Sulfur Co-polymer a New Cathode Structure for Room Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries, ACS Energy Lett., 2017, 2(10), 2478–2485. *corresponding authors
  8. Nisha Yadav, A. Dubey, S. Shukla, C. P. Saini, G. Gupta, R. Priyadarshini, Lochab, Graphene Oxide Coated Surface: Inhibition of bacterial biofilm formation due to specific surface-interface chemical interactions, ACS Omega, 2017, 2 (7), 3070–3082.
  9. Pratibha Sharma, Manju Srivastava, Lochab, Devendra Kumar, Arunachalam Ramanan, and Prasun Kumar Roy, Metal-Organic Frameworks as curing accelerators for benzoxazines, ChemistrySelect, 2016, 3924 – 3932.
  10. Shukla, A. Ghosh, P. K. Roy, S. Mitra and B. Lochab, Cardanol benzoxazines - a sustainable linker for elemental sulphur based copolymers via inverse vulcanization, Polymer 2016, 99, 349-357.
  11. Shukla and B. Lochab, Role of higher aromatic content in modulating properties of cardanol based benzoxazines, Polymer 2016, 99, 684-694.
  12. Arnab Ghosh, Swapnil Shukla, Gaganpreet Singh Khosla, Bimlesh Lochab & Sagar Mitra, Sustainable Sulfur-rich Copolymer/Graphene Composite as Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cathode with Excellent Electrochemical Performance, Rep. 2016, 6, 1-13.
  13. Swapnil Shukla, Manorama Tripathi, Arup Mahata, Biswarup Pathak, Bimlesh Lochab, Kinetics behind a strategy for modulation of sustainable benzoxazines: Experimental study and its theoretical verification, Chem. Phys., 2016, 217, 1342–1353. Highlighted as cover page.
  14. Swapnil Shukla, Arnab Ghosh, Uttam Kumar Sen, Prasun Kumar Roy, Sagar Mitra, Bimlesh Lochab, Cardanol benzoxazine-Sulfur Copolymers for Li-S batteries: Symbiosis of Sustainability and Performance, ChemistrySelect, 2016, 1, 594-600.
  15. Pratibha Sharma, Bimlesh Lochab, Devendra Kumar, Prasun Kumar Roy, Sustainable bis-benzoxazines from cardanol and PET derived terephthalamides, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2016, 4 (3), 1085–1093.
  16. Swapnil Shukla, Arup Mahata, Biswarup Pathak and Bimlesh Lochab, Cardanol benzoxazines – interplay of oxazine functionality (mono to tetra) and properties, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 78071–78080.
  17. Pratibha Sharma, Bimlesh Lochab, Devendra Kumar, Prasun Kumar Roy, Interfacial encapsulation of biobased benzoxazines in epoxy shells for temperature triggered healing, J. Appl. Polym. Sci.  2015, 132, 42832, DOI: 10.1002/APP.42832.
  18. Pratibha Sharma, Swapnil Shukla, Bimlesh Lochab, Devendra Kumar, Prasun Kumar Roy, Microencapsulated cardanol derived benzoxazines for self-healing applications, Mater. Lett.  (2014), 133, 266-268.
  19. Bimlesh Lochab, Swapnil Shukla and Indra K. Varma, Naturally occurring phenolic sources: Monomers and Polymers, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 21712-21752.
  20. Bimlesh Lochab, Indra K. Varma and Jayashree Bijwe, Blends of benzoxazine monomers: Effect of structure and composition on polymer properties, J. Therm. Anal. and Calorimetry, 2013, 111, 1357-1364.
  21. Bimlesh Lochab, Indra K. Varma and Jayashree Bijwe, Sustainable polymers derived from naturally occurring materials, Adv. Mater. Phys. Chem., Vol. 2 No. 4B, 2012, pp. 221-225. doi: 10.4236/ampc.2012.24B056.
  22. Bimlesh Lochab, Indra K. Varma and Jayashree Bijwe, Cardanol based Bisbenzoxazines: Effect of Structure on Thermal Behaviour, J. Therm. Anal. and Calorimetry, 2012, 107, 661-668.
  23. Bimlesh Lochab, Indra K. Varma and Jayashree Bijwe, Thermal behaviour of cardanol-based benzoxazines: Monomers and polymers, J. Therm. Anal. and Calorimetry, 2010, 102, 769-74.
  24. Indra K. Varma, Bimlesh Lochab and Jayashree Bijwe, High Performance, High Temperature Polymers - Recent Developments, Indian Chemical Engineer, 2009, 51, 98.
  25. A. Thomsen, D. J. Keeble, B. Lochab, P. L. Burn, H. El-Mkami, and I. D. W. Samuel, Photoinduced charge separation in poly(1,4-phenylenevinylene) derivatives studied by electron paramagnetic resonance, Org. Electron., 2008, 9(5), 809.
  26. Lochab, P. L. Burn, A. Barkhouse, H. E. Assender, D. J. Keeble, E. A. Thomsen, A. Lewis, and I. D. W. Samuel, Electronically asymmetric poly(1,4-phenylenevinylene)s for photovoltaic cells, Org. Electron., 2007, 8, 801.
  27. K. Varma, Veena Choudhary, Bharti Gaur, Bimlesh Lochab, Sonia Oberoi, Rashmi Chauhan Curing and thermal behavior of poly(allyl azide) and bismaleimides, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2006, 101(1), 779 – 86.
  28. Gaur B., Lochab B., Choudhary V. and Varma I. K., Azido Polymers: Energetic Binders for Solid Rocket Propellants, J. Macromol. Sci., Polym. Reviews, 2003, C43(4), 505-45. (IF 8.000)
  29. Gaur B., Lochab B., Choudhary V. and Varma I. K., Thermal behaviour of poly(allylazide), J. Therm. Anal. and Calorimetry, 2003, 71(2), 467-79.
  30. Lochab B. and Varma I. K., Thermal behaviour of dendritic methacrylated polyesters, Mater. Res. Innov., 2002, 6(4), 167-73.

  1. Zafar S.; Sahu S.; Mahapatra S.; Lochab B. Cathode Materials for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Fundamentals, Challenges, and Solutions, pp 61-116 in Maniam S. (ed.), Batteries: Future of Energy Storage. Jenny Stanford Publishing, Singapore, 2024.
  2. Bhavika Bhatia, Shivani Yadav, and Bimlesh Lochab, Chapter 3 Smart Polymeric Coatings and Adhesives in Specialty Polymers and Materials: Advances, Technologies, Applications, and Future Trends, Eds Shrikaant Kulkarni, Vasi Shaikh, In Production, Forthcoming September 2024, AAP copublished with CRC Press, ISBN: 9781774917831, Pages: 340pp. https://www.appleacademicpress.com/specialty-polymers-and-materials-advances-technologies-applications-and-future-trends/9781774917831
  3. Ann-Christine Albertsson, Indra K. Varma, Bimlesh Lochab, Anna Finne Wistrand, Sangeeta Sahu and Kamlesh Kumar; Chapter 4 Design and synthesis of different types of poly(lactic acid)/polylactide copolymers, in Poly(lactic acid): Synthesis, Properties, Processing and Applications, 2021, Eds. Rafael A. Auras, Loong-Tak Lim, Susan E. M. Selke, and Hideto Tsuji, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119767480.ch4
  4. Sunanda Sukumar, Bimlesh Lochab, "A Manual in Chemistry", Lab-manual from UG Chemistry labs, Studium Press (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2017, ISBN: 978-93-80012-90-2. (Book).
  5. Swapnil Shukla, Nisha Yadav, and Bimlesh Lochab, Cardanol based benzoxazines and their applications, Advanced and Emerging Polybenzoxazine Science and Technology, H. Ishida, and P. Froimowicz Ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam (2017), Chapter 24, pp 451-470, ISBN: 978-0-12-804170-3.
  6. Swapnil Shukla and Bimlesh Lochab, Lignin based phenols: Potential feedstock for renewable benzoxazines, Advanced and Emerging Polybenzoxazine Science and Technology, H. Ishida and P. Froimowicz Ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam (2017) Chapter 25, pp 473-496, ISBN: 978-0-12-804170-3.
  7. Ann-Christine Albertsson, Indra K. Varma, Bimlesh Lochab, Anna Finne Wistrand and Kamlesh Kumar; Design and Synthesis of Different Types of Poly(Lactic Acid), in 'Poly(lactic acid): Synthesis, Properties, Processing and Applications', 2010, Eds. Rafael A. Auras, Loong-Tak Lim, Susan E. M. Selke, and Hideto Tsuji, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010, Chapter 4, pp. 43-55, ISBN: 978-0-470-29366-9.

  1. India Today, https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/plastic-pollution-crisis-indian-researchers-develop-polymers-that-can-self-heal-2554626-2024-06-18, 18 June 2024
  2. BW Online Bureau, Shiv Nadar University Pioneers Eco-Friendly Polymers For Carbon Neutrality, Jun 20, 2024.
  3. Interviewed TOI, this chemistry Professor is rewiring battery tech, RASHMI TERDAL / Apr 6, 2022.
  4. com, Dr Bimlesh Lochab Becomes 2nd Indian Woman Scientist Elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, Feb 17, 2022
  5. Interviewed DD News for Tejaswini 11 June, 2022.
  6. Indian Express interviewed and cited B. Lochab, The Indian Express, on Women's Day, 8th March 2022.
  7. Newspapers cited B. Lochab, becomes 2nd Indian Woman Scientist Elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, 17th Feb 2022.
  8. Newspapers cited B. Lochab, Green Chemistry work on Li-S battery, PTI, 24th Aug 2020.
  9. Newspapers cited B. Lochab, Green Chemistry Symposium, Uttar Pradesh, 19th Feb 2020.
  10. Invited as an expert for a recording programme on “लीथियम ऑयन बैटरी" for Panel discussion, Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science and Technology, of India, 24th October 2019.  https://www.indiascience.in/videos/rechargeable-duniya-h
  11. Newspaper cited B. Lochab, Green Chemistry in Hindustan Magazine, Uttar Pradesh, 27th Feb 2017.

  1. Keynote Speaker (Ashoka University, CACS, 7-8 March 2025) and (DST-Sponsored International Conference ICFMNA-2025, SSN Chennai and SPSI, 3-4, Feb, 2025).
  2. Keynote Address at the DST-Sponsored Third International Conference on Functional Materials for Next-Generation Applications (ICFMNA-2025), SSN College of Engineering, in collaboration with The Society for Polymer Science, India, on February 3rd and 4th, 2025.
  3. Invited speaker on sustainability, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, during 4-7 Sep, 2024.
  4. Invited Speaker, International Symposium on New Technologies for Biomass-based Fine Chemical Synthesis and Application, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China on 30 Aug-04 Sep 2024.
  5. Invited speaker and invitation to interact, University of Akron, USA, April 17, 2024
  6. Keynote speaker in Symposium in honor of Professor Hatsuo Ishida: Polybenzoxazines, Composites, and Spectroscopy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, USA April 18-19, 2024. Received DST International Support.
  7. Invited speaker, the 5th International Symposium on Polybenzoxazines (ISPBZ 2024), Chulalongkorn University (CU), Bangkok, Thailand, January 9th-11th, 2024.
  8. Keynote Speaker, Biomedical Polymers, International Polymer Conference of Thailand (PCT-13), Polymer Society of Thailand (PST), Bangkok, June 8 - 9, 2023.
  9. Invited talk, in an international symposium on "Emerging Trends in Synthesis and Catalysis” (ETSC-2023)” on April 12-13, 2023.
  10. Invited talk, in an International Conference on "Recent Advances in Materials Chemistry and Catalysis, (RAMCC-2023), Dibrugarh University, Assam, 1-3 March, 2023.
  11. Invited talk in the APA-2023, International Conference on Polymers for Advanced Technology, Goa, 23-25 February 2023.
  12. Invited talk, Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, December 23, 2022.
  13. Invited talk, "27thISCB International Conference (ISCBC-2022) ” jointly organized by Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists (ISCB) and Department of Chemistry, BIT-Mesra, held at BIT Mesra, Ranchi, November 16-19, 2022.
  14. Invited talk, “2nd International conference on Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference (GSCC-2022)” sponsored by Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) - Department of Science and Technology India, Indian Oil R&D Center Faridabad and Royal Society of Chemistry, Nov 17- 19, 2022.
  15. Invited talk, “The Science Seminars”, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, Nov 18, 2022
  16. Invited talk, "Science and Technology of Polymers and Advanced Materials through Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Industry: SPSI-MACRO-2022” hosted by CSIR- National Chemical laboratory, Indian Institute of Science Education, and Research, Pune, SP Pune University and NCL Research Foundation, November 2-4, 2022.
  17. Invited talk in the 3rd International Conference on Polymer Science and Composite Materials, Rome 3-5 October 2022.
  18. Invited lecture in FDP programme on 27th July 2022, Department of Chemistry, SRM - Easwari Engineering College, 25th-30th 2022
  19. Guest Speaker, Battery India 2022, June 20-22, 2022, Bengaluru, India, International Conference, Flame-resistant high-performance metal-sulfur battery based on waste-sourced materials
  20. Invited talk, (Chemistry) meet, by CRSI (Chemical Research Society of India), Manali, 20-22nd March, 2022.
  21. Invited talk, in National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-27) 2021 by CRSI (Chemical Research Society of India) 26th - 30th September 2021.
  22. Invited talk, "Advances in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology" on 29th September 2021, organized by Dnyanprassarak Mandal's College and Research Centre, Assagao-Goa, INDIA.
  23. Invited talk, Young Scientists Conclave on 07-08 August, (YSC-2021) in an International Seminar entitled “Recent Advances in Chemistry and Material Science in Young Scientists Conclave on 07-08 Aug, 2021 (YSC-2021)” organized by Indian Chemical Society to commemorate 160th Birth Anniversary of Acharya P. C. Ray.
  24. Invited talk, International Conference on Polymer Science & Composite Materials 07-08 July 2021, Bucharest, Romania.
  25. Invited talk on Asian Polymer Association (APA) - Sustainability Forum on Sustainable Polymers for Energy Sector: Indian Scenario, Webinar, April 24, 2021.
  26. Invited speaker and panelist member for National Resource Centre for Education (NRCE), National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT), 11th February 2021.
  27. Invited speaker for the Global Virtual Conference on Green Chemistry, October 05-06, 2020.
  28. Invited talk, “Green Chemistry: Expanding Frontiers of Novel Applications” GBU, 26th Feb 2020.
  29. Invited for the interaction in the “Industry Academia Conclave on Energy Storage”, DST, Govt. of India, MNIT Jaipur, 30th Nov 2019.
  30. Invited speaker, First joint SNU-JNCASR symposium on 'Emerging Materials', JNCASR, Bangalore, 8-9 November
  31. Invited talk in Zhejiang Province, Next generation battery, China, 16-21st Oct 2018.
  32. Invited Lecture, UK, Li-SM3 conference on energy storage devices to give oral presentation, energy conference, 26-27 April 2017 (available online: YouTube Organizers uploaded research presentation in energy conference, LiSM3 2017, London, UK on 26-27 April 2017 is available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuqkND3gPq8&feature=youtu.be and http://www.lism3.org/
  33. Invited talk in National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 8th March 2017.
  34. Invited lectures at University of Delhi, Gautam Buddha University, etc.
  35. Invited Lecture, ACS, Green Benzoxazine monomers and polymers section, Indianapolis, 2013.

  1. Upcycling Technology: Converting Post-Consumed Plastics into Value-Added Materials for Electrochemical Storage Devices and Energy Conversion, SSN, Chennai and Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, 1st April 2025-31st March 2027, 37.8 L (ongoing)
  2. Received International travel support (SERB) grant, Cleveland Ohio, April 2024, 2.2 L
  3. Received "Creating Green Crosslinkers for Green Polymers”, International NSERC Alliance Catalyst Grant, Dr. Jeremy Wulff (Canada), Mieke BUNTINX Universiteit Hasselt (UHasselt, Belgium), 2023-25, 25000 $
  4. Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant staphylococci from urban wastewater in Delhi-NCR and their susceptibility towards synthesized hybrid nanomaterials – A possible water purification strategy Prof. Kasturi Mukhopadhyay (JNU), Dr. Bimlesh Lochab (Co-PI), Prof. Sneha Sudha Komath (JNU Co-PI), Indian Council of Medical Research for Grant-In-Aid of Ad-Hoc Research Project, ~ 15,27,602 Lakhs, 3 years 2nd March 2023-1st March 2026. (ongoing)
  5. Oxazine-Ring Substituted Benzoxazine Monomers: Alternative Sustainable 4th Generation Polybenzoxazines, PI Bimlesh Lochab, SERB-POWER Grant (SPG/2021/002537), ~ 22,79,332 Lakhs, 3 years 28th July 2022-27th July 2025. (ongoing)
  6. Awarded the 2021 Festival Grant by American Chemical Society (3,000 USD (maximum limit)] Chemistry Fair 2022 (Moto: Learning by doing) by the Chemistry Department. 28 February 2022 (Science day), 25-26TH March 2022. Prof Parthapratim Munshi, Dr. Bappaditya Gole (Lead), Dr. Bimlesh Lochab, Dr. Ajoy Kapat, and Dr. Animesh Samanta
  7. Synthesis and exploration of Polybenzoxazines (PBZs) resins as an alternative to traditional phenolic resin in friction materials- A possible breakthrough, PI: Prof. J. Bijwe, HoD, ITMMEC, IIT, Delhi Co-PI: Bimlesh Lochab, Core Research Grant (DST-SERB, CRG/20l9/000107), Rs. 65.7184 L (SNU share 21.49840 lacs), 2 years (09 March 2020-29th July 2022).
  8. Novel Composite Polymeric Adhesives based on fibers and nano-fillers for joining metals, Rs. 26.6 Lakhs, CSIR 22(0786)19/CI/EMR-II (1.11.2019 to 31-10-2022).
  9. Development of new Mg-S Battery Chemistry and Electrodes through Synthesis, Characterization, and Simulations, Rs. 74.39520 Lakhs, DST, MES (started in 2018), 3 years, 3rd Dec 2021 (completed) – Jointly by IITB (PI) and SNU (CoPI).
  10. Organic-inorganic hybrid-based perovskite materials and their PV devices, Rs. 20.0 Lakhs, GE India Technology Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 2017, CoPI.
  11. Halogen free flame retardant (FR) polybenzoxazine (PBz) resins based on Agricultural biomass, Rs. 28.64 Lakhs, DST-SERB 2014, PI DST, FSER, No. SB/FTP/ETA-0069/2014, 08.2014 (3 years).
  12. Biobased polybenzoxazine resins synthesized from agricultural biomass for composite applications, Rs. 18.64 Lakhs (DST, EMRF, SB/S5/GC-05/2014) 10.2014 (2 years)
  13. Benzoxazine monomers and pre-polymers as self-healing agents for epoxy resins, Rs. 9.9 Lakhs, DRDO, 2014, PI (DRDO, CFEES/TCP/EnSG/CARS/18/2014)
  14. Synthesis of polybenzoxazines derivatives for application as binders in friction materials for brake-pads, Rs. 23 Lakhs, DST 2010, Young Scientist Award (Excellent grade)

  1. Bimlesh Lochab, Vaishaly Duhan, Glyoxal-based Formaldehyde-free Benzoxazines Monomer and Polymer and Method Thereof, Indian Patent Application No.: 202411066870 Sep 05, 2024.
  2. Bimlesh Lochab, Sangeeta Sahu, Benzoxazine - Sulfur Copolymer, Method for Preparation Thereof, Indian Patent Application No.: 202311076304 Nov 08, 2023.
  3. Bimlesh Lochab, Vaishaly Duhan, Shivani Yadav, Sourav Mukherjee, A 1st Generation and 4th Generation Benzoxazine Polymer and Method Thereof, Indian Patent Application No.: 202311050482 A dt. July 26, 2023.
  4. Bimlesh Lochab, Vaishaly Duhan, Sourav Mukherjee, A Green Process for Synthesis of 4th Generation Benzoxazine Monomers, Patent granted 545903 (July 25, 2024) Indian Patent Application No.: 202311028812 A dt. April 20, 2023.
  5. Bimlesh Lochab, Sourav Mukherjee, Vaishaly Duhan, Process of Preparing Oxazine-Ring Substituted Benzoxazine, Patent granted 504475 (January 29, 2024), Indian Patent Application No.: 202311001416 dt. January 06, 2023.
  6. Bimlesh Lochab, Sourav Mukherjee, Vaishaly Duhan, Oxazine Ring-Substituted Benzoxazine Monomers, Indian Patent Application No.: 202311001315 dt. January 06, 2023.
  7. Jayashree Bijwe, Bhaskaranand Bhatt, Umesh Marathe and Bimlesh Lochab, High Performing Eco-Friendly Resins for Replacing Phenolic Resins in NAO (Non-Asbestos Organic)-Copper-Free Brake-Pads/Shoes/Clutch Facings, Ind. Pat. Appl. Indian Patent Application No. 202211076824 dated 29 December 2022.
  8. Bimlesh Lochab, Samarendra Pratap Singh, Rajkumar Barla, Nagarjuna Amarnath, and Lubna Khanam, Biofeedstock-derived functional groups based organic semiconductors and synthesis thereof, Patent granted 547844 (August 14, 2024) Indian Patent Application No.: 202111012988 dt. March 25, 2021. Indian Patent Application E-137/10195/2021/DEL.
  9. Burn P. L., Lochab B., Charge separation polymers for photovoltaic cells. PCT Int. Appl. (2007), 29pp. WO 2007012844 A2 20070201 CAN 146:209729 AN 2007:118131
  10. Varma I. K., Choudhary V., Gaur B., Lochab B. and Oberoi S., Development of Energetic Binders (Azido polymers) using Novel Dipolarophiles, Ind. Pat. Appl. 1316/Del/2002/dated 13-05-02.
  11. Varma I. K., Choudhary V., Gaur B., Lochab B. and Oberoi S., A process for the production of energetic binder (Azido Polymer), Ind. Pat. Appl. 1316/Del/2002/dated31-12-02.

 

  1. Chief Executive member of Sustainability Forum in Asian Polymer Association (APA) https://asianpolymer.org/, since Oct 2020.
  2. Executive Committee member of Society of Polymer Science India (SPSI), since Nov 2022.

  1. Resource person for Scientific Academies (IASc, INSA and NASI) Lecture workshop, Doon University, 3-5th April 2025, Prof Uday Maitra (convenor) and Prof Arun Kumar (Co-convenor).
  2. Invitation as Resource Person for One Week Faculty Development Program in various universities/institutes (RAPCM-2025 4-8th March, 2025, VIT-AP, (NSUT 27-31Jan-2025, Delhi University).
  3. Co-convenor and co-organiser Workshop and International Conference Modern Aspects of Green & Sustainable Organic Synthesis (MAGSOS-2024), 26-29 Nov 2024, SNU and HEIA-FR Switzerland.
  4. Invited by Dept of Chemistry, IITD to felicitate (Mrs.) Indra Kumari Varma, IIT Delhi (Reliance Emeritus Chair, Retd.), Alumni Meet – We Bond, March 2, 2024.
  5. Felicitation Ceremony, (Mrs.) Indra Kumari Varma, IIT Delhi (Reliance Emeritus Chair, Retd.), Feb 8, 2024.
  6. AFMSA-2024 Conference (Advanced Functional Materials for Sustainable Applications), Feb 9-10, 2024, RSC, and DST sponsored.
  7. Chemistry Magic Show (School outreach event), Feb 10, 2024, SNU, Joint demonstration by the Prof. Uday Maitra, IISc, Bangalore (CRSI, President) and Prof Anil Kumar, IIT Bombay (SPSI, President).
  8. Organizing team member Yusuf Hamied Chemistry Camp & Chemistry Fair 2023 on 9th - 11th February 2023.
  9. Organizing team member Chemistry Fair 2022 (Moto: Learning by doing) by the Chemistry Department. 25-26TH March 2022. (Likewise since 2016 till date in SNU yearly education fair).
  10. Convener for Prof Asima Chatterjee special session (21st Dec) in the 58th Annual Convention of Chemists 2021, the Indian Chemical Society (ICS), December 21–24, 2021.
  11. Guest editor for Frontiers in Materialson research Topic, Sustainable biomass-based functional materials for biomedical applications, Oct 2021 – Feb 2022.