Anshu Kumar

Innovative founder with background in launching successful startups across diverse sectors. Demonstrated strengths include strategic planning, team leadership, and problem-solving. Notable for creating significant impact in previous work through innovative product development and business growth strategies. Skilled at fostering partnerships, securing funding, and driving operational efficiency.

• Gold nanoparticles for designing of smart colorimetric logic gates operations and scavengers for mercury ions in water, 3rd ICANN-2013, IIT Guwahati, India, Best Poster Award
• Colorometric assay for selective detection of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) using Mercaptoacetic acid capped gold nanoparticles in aqueous solution, MTIC-XV-2013, IIT Rorkee, India

Seaveda Biotech Pvt Ltd

• Title: Founder & CTO
• Date of Birth: 11/15/84

• 1. Ultrasensitive colorimetric detection of fluoride and arsenate in water and mammalian cells using recyclable metal oxacalixarene probe: a lateral flow assay, Scientific Reports, 2022
• 2. Sunlight-induced preparation of functionalized gold nanoparticles as a recyclable colorimetric dual sensor for aluminum and fluoride in water, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017
• 3. Silver nanoparticle-based, highly selective, and sensitive solvatochromatic sensor for colorimetric detection of 1,4-dioxane in aqueous media, Chem Commun 2015
• 4. Anshu Kumar, Parimal Paul, and Sanna Kotrappanavar Nataraj, Bionanomaterial scaffolds for effective removal of fluoride, chromium, and dye, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.,5, 895–903, 2017. (IF=7.63)
• 5. Ashesh Mahto, Anshu Kumar, Jay Prakash Chaudhary, Madhuri Bhatt, Atul Kumar Sharma, Parimal Paul, Nataraj. S.K., Ramavatar Meena, Solvent-free production of nano-FeS anchored Graphene from Ulva fasciata: A scalable synthesis of super-adsorbent for lead, chromium and dyes, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 353, 190–203, 2018. (IF=9.03)
• 6. Shuvankar Dey, Anshu Kumar, Pradip Kumar Mondal, Krunal M. Modi, Deepak Chopra, Vinod K. Jain, Oxacalix[4]arene derived dual sensing fluorescence probe for the detection of As (V) and Cr (VI) oxyanions in aqueous media. RSC-Dalton Transactions, 49, 7459– 7466, 2020. (IF=4.17)
• 7. Shreya Bhatt, Madhuri Bhatt, Anshu Kumar, Gaurav Vyas, Tejal Gajaria, Parimal Paul, Green route for synthesis of multifunctional fluorescent carbon dots from Tulsi leaves and its application as Cr(VI) sensors, bio-imaging and patterning agents, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces,167,126–133, 2018. (IF=4.389)
• 8. J. P. Chaudhary, Anshukumar, Parimal paul, Ramavatar Meena, Carboxymethylagarose- AuNPs generated through green route for selective detection of Hg2+ in aqueous medium with a blue shift, Carbohydrate Polymers, 117, 537–542, 2015. (IF=7.18)
• 9. Anshu Kumar, Debdeep maity, Gaurav Vyas, Madhuri bhatt, Shreya Bhatt, Parimal Paul, Polyacrylic acid@zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 nanoparticles for detection and absorptive removal of cyanide from aqueous media with high efficiency. (Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects,617, 126358, 2021. DoI- 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126358) (IF=3.99)
• 10. Shuvankar Dey, Anshu Kumar, Ashesh Mahto, Ishan Raval, Krunal Modi, Soumya Haldar, Vinod K. Jain, Oxacalix[4]arene templated silver nanoparticles as dual readout sensor: Developing portable kit for rapid detection of methylmercury and its speciation, Sensor and Actuator B:Chemical, 317, 128180, 2020. (IF=7.10)
• 11. Gaurav Vyas, Anshu Kumar, Madhuri Bhatt, Shreya, Bhatt, Parimal Paul, New route for synthesis of fluorescent SnO2 nanoparticles for selective sensing of Fe(III) in aqueous media, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 18, 3954–3959(6), 2018. (IF=1.35)
• 12. Anshu Kumar, Parimal Paul, Gold nanoparticles for designing of smart colorimetric logic
  gates operations and scavengers for mercury ions in water, Anal. Methods, 6, 4551– 4558, 2014. (IF=2.59)
• 13. Debdeep Maity, Anshu Kumar, Ravi Gunupuru, Parimal Paul, colorimetric detection of mercury(II) in aqueous media with high selectivity using calixarene-functionalized gold nanoparticles, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 455, 122–128, 2014 (IF=3.99)
• 14. Falak Panjwani, Shuvankar Dey, Anita Kongor; Anshu Kumar; Vinod Kumar Jain, Pyrene functionalized oxacalix[4]arene architecture as dual readout sensor for expeditious recognition of cyanide anion, Journal of Fluorescence, 2022 (10:1007/s10895-022- 02924-3)
• 15. Glenita D’Souza, Anshu Kumar, Smitha V Kamath, Ashok Maraddi and S. K. Nataraj, Designing Engineered Biopolymer Mesh Filter for Robust Sequestration of Chromium (VI), Fluoride and other Emerging Pollutants: A Sustainable Approach, chemical engineering journal 2022, 443, 136462 (IF=16.27)
• 16. KN Mahadevaprasad, DS Aditya, KN Santhosh, G D'Souza, Anshu Kumar, S. K. Nataraj Design and preparation of zirconium-induced bio-foam for the removal of fluoride, chromate, and other emerging pollutants: A scale-up approach, Chemical Engineering Journal 475, 146112.(IF=16.27)
• 17. KN Santhosh, KN Mahadevaprasad, DS Aditya, A Mahto, M Halakarni, Anshu Kumar, S. K. Nataraj Aminopropyl functionalized iron-phyllosilicate (AIP) engineered composite membrane for hazardous emerging pollutant treatment, Journal of Cleaner Production 457, 142318.
• 18. AS Maraddi, A Kumar, GB D'Souza, SV Kamath, H Yoon,Anshu Kumar, S. K. Nataraj, CoFe2O4 modified bentonite-based mixed matrix loose nanofiltration membranes for effective wastewater treatment, Chemosphere 350, 141051.
• 19. P Paul, M Bhatt, S Bhatt, G Vyas, I Raval, A Kumar, Fluorescent Carbon Dots: Aggregation-Induced Emission Enhancement, Application as Bio-Imaging Agent, Probe for Cn-and Cr2o7-2 and Sensing Strips, https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4635253
  Underlines denote corresponding author.

• (1) Sustainable biomaterial nanocomposites for water treatment and process for preparation thereof, P. Paul, S. K. Nataraj, Anshu Kumar, WO2017002137A1, 01/05/17
• (2) Improve process for preparation of biopolymer, J.P. Chaudhary, K. K. Ghara, Anshu Kumar, IN201821010838, 2018
• (3) Bioabsorbent composite process for the preparation thereof K. K. Ghara, Anshu Kumar, IN202021043089 (2020/10/05). (Granted)
• (4) Combining Algae Cultivation with SAP for CO2 Capture and Biofertilizer Process Thereof, 202421044075. (Published)
• (5) Design of Air Purifiers, 410919-001. (Granted)

• DST NIDHI's PRAYAS ERS, 08/17/18 to 08/18/19, DST, NIDHI PRIYAS, Govt. of India
• SERB Post Doc Fellowship, 01/22/17 to 06/30/19, SERB, Govt. of India
• UGC Senior Research Doctoral Fellowship, 09/18/15 to 10/27/17, UGC, Govt. of India
• UGC Junior Research Doctoral Fellowship, 09/17/12 to 09/17/15, UGC, Govt. of India