• Heterogeneous catalytic reaction/Reaction Engineering, Green Technologies and Environment sustainable processes, Alternative green sources for energy and chemicals

• Reaction engineering and catalytic studies on Bio-oil up-gradation (Bio-oil from catalytic pyrolysis of Biomass)- Funding Agency-DST (PI)-((~40.35 Lakh INR- Completed)
• Ammonia from dinitrogen at ambient condition by new advanced material: a potential energy saving process than Haber-Bosch (FBR), (Co-PI) (1.2 Crore INR- Completed)
• Non-coking coal to coking coal- Industrial Project – TATA Jamshedpur, India (Team Member)- Completed
• Development for rapid biodegradability test of bioplastic correlating to the soil condition- DBT Project (~89 lakhs), Co-PI (Approved)
• Development of lignocellulolytic multienzyme production process for bamboo based biorefinery- NRL project, Co-PI (Approved)

Journals

• Ashutosh Namdeo, S.M. Mahajani, A.K.Suresh, Palladium catalysed oxidationof glycerol—Effect of catalyst support, J. Mol. Catal. A Chem. 421 (2016) 45–56. 
• C.S.Thatte, M.V.Rathnam, Ashutosh Namdeo,  Kiran Rane, Transesterification: Heterogeneously catalyzed solvent free synthesis of some new 3,3,5-trimethyl cyclohexyl anthranilic acid esters, Chem. Pap. (2017) 1–10.
• F.L. Hussain, M. Suri, A. Namdeo, G. Borah, D. Dutta, T. Goswami, P. Pahari, A mild aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohols and oxidative decarboxylation of phenylacetic acids by cellulose-supported Ag-Ag 2 S nanoparticles, Catal. Commun. 124 (2019) 76–80.
• Devipriya Gogoi, Ashutosh Namdeo, Animes K Golder, Nageswara Rao Peela*, “Ag-doped TiO2 Photocatalysts with Effective Charge Transfer for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Production through Water Splitting” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45, 4(2020),2729-2744
• Santosh Kumar Yedla, Bharath Velaga, Souradip Chowdary, Ashutosh Namdeo, Amines Kumar Golder, Nageswara Rao Peela * “1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Bromide Functionalized Zeolites: Nature of Interactions and Catalytic Activity for Carbohydrates Conversion to Platform Chemicals”- Reaction chemistry & Engineering (2020),5, 1738-1750
• A. Unnarkat, A. Namdeo, and R. Bhoi, “Materials Today: Proceedings Bimetallic catalyzed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide – Kinetics, effect of support and reaction medium,” Mater. Today Proc., 2021.
• Ashutosh Namdeo, Jhaveri, J. H., Mahajani, S. M. & Suresh, A. K. Palladium catalyzed liquid phase oxidation of glycerol under alkaline conditions - Kinetic analysis and Modelling. Chem. Eng. J. 438, 135424 (2022).
• Ashutosh Namdeo, Jainesh Jhaveri, S.M. Mahajani, A.K. Suresh, “Catalytic Oxidation of Glycerol in Alkaline medium - Influence of Mass Transport Limitations” The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol 101, April 2023, 2060-2074
• Bhushan Shrirame, Sachin Rameshrao Geed *,Saeikh Zaffar Hassan; Jitendra Singh Verma; Kulbhushan Samald,Ashutosh Namdeo* ; Birendra Nath Rai, “Supercritical CO2 extraction of caraway (Carum carvi L.) seed: Optimization and parametric interaction studies using design of experiments” - in- Journal of CO2 Utilization,Volume 65, November 2022, 10219
• Rajashree Bhuyan, Ashutosh Namdeo, Jitendra Singh Verma, Sachin Rameshrao Geed “Isolation of indole biodegrading bacterial species from petroleum contaminated site of northeast India: Growth kinetics and crude oil biodegradation assessment”Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume52, April 2023, 103544
• Mrinaly Suri, Ujwal Pratim Saikia, Farhaz Liaquat Hussain, Pankaj Das, Ashutosh Namdeo*, Pallab Pahari* “Synthesis of dihydroquinazolines at room temperature using a copper oxide supported on silica (CuO/SiO2) catalyst” – Current Organic Chemistry, Vol 27, 2023.
• Pawan Baghmare, Ashutosh Namdeo, Vishal Thakur, Pradeep Kumar, Jitendra Singh Verma*, Sachin Rameshrao Geed*, “Advancements in lignocellulolytic multienzyme bioprocesses for sustainable biofuels and biochemicals: strategies, innovations, and future prospects”- Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (Springer Nature), 23 Oct 2024
• Athparia, Mondita; Saikia, Nabajyoti; Namdeo, Ashutosh; Garg, Ankit; Sarangi, Prakash Kumar; Kataki, Rupam; “Kinetic analysis and pyrolysis behavior of organic fraction of municipal solid waste towards the production of renewable fuel: A sustainable approach to resource recovery for circular economy” -Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy (Elsevier), 42, 2024, 101822.
   

Book chapter 

• Tariq Aziz, Shabnam Azad, Sidharth P. Nair, Jitendra Singh Verma, Ashish P. Unnarkat, Sharadwata Pan, Ashutosh Namdeo*, “Chapter 3 - Potential risk and safety concern of nanomaterials used for wastewater treatment”, Handbook of Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment, Elsevier,2021, Pages 59-83, ISBN 9780128214961(Citation-2)
• Sidharth P. Nair, Tariq Aziz, Dhanjit Das, Jayant J. Bora, Ashish P. Unnarkat, Ashutosh Namdeo*, “Chapter 10 - Production and applications of biochar, Editor(s): Hu Li, S. Saravanamurugan, Ashok Pandey, Sasikumar Elumalai, “Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals”, Elsevier, 2022, Pages 263-286, ISBN 9780128244197. (Citation-1)
• Gyanab Konwar, Vishal Thakur, Pawan Baghmare, Jitendra Singh Verma, Sachin Rameshrao Geed*, Ashutosh Namdeo*“Chapter 9- Biochemical Conversion and Cultivation Strategies for Microalgae Biomass: Challenges and Future Prospects in Biofuel Production” in Microalgal Biofuels Sustainable Production and Conversion, Elsevier, 2025.

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