Jasra, R. V.
Reliance Industries Ltd., Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Dr. Raksh Vir Jasra is Senior Vice President, Head, Reliance Technology Group, Vadodara. He has led R&D groups for the last 19 yr. He has published 281 research articles, including six chapters in books, and seven review articles in national and international journals.
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) manufactures para-diethylbenzene (PDEB) at one of its plants by alkylation of ethylbenzene (EB) with ethylene, using RIL's own technology and super-selective catalyst.
Padmavathi, G.,
Jasra, R. V.,
Modi, M.,
Parmar, K. K., Reliance Industries Ltd.;
Dash, S. K., Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
Olefins are major building blocks for petrochemicals. Due to their reactivity and versatility, there has been tremendous growth in the demand for olefins, especially for light olefins such as ethylene, propylene, butenes and 1,3-butadiene, etc.