Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 700032
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Degree	Year	University
Ph.D. 2010 JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY M.Tech 2003 JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY B.Tech 2001 UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

Name Of The Institution Position Held Period Jadavpur University Professor 2016 November to Till Date Jadavpur University Associate Professor 2013 November to 2016 November University of Calcutta Assistant Professor 2013 May to 2013 November National Institute of Technology - Durgapur Assistant Professor 2007 October to 2013 May ITME - Sarisha Lecturer 2005 to 2007

Name Of Organization Postition Held Period nplant training at IPCL, Nagothane, Maharashtra  to

Environmental Engineering, Nanomaterials, nanoTechnology, Advanced composite materials Bio-degradation, Biofuel generation, Polymeric degradation Advanced oxidation

Chemical Thermodynamics; Kinetics & Bioreaction Engineering,Modelling & Simulation of Bioprocess Engineering, Renewable Energy Technology; Advanced Environment Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering; Marine Biotechnology; Separation Technology; Chemical Process Calculation, Bioseparation Technology

Wastewater Treatment; Water Quality Assessment & Management; Bioremediation; Natural Dye; Nano Technology; Landfill Liner; Modelling & Simulation

14 years

Title of the paper Conference Year Role Vol Number-Page Name GO-TiO2 nanocomposite for treatment of textile effluent Abstract book of international conference on Current Trends in Materials Science and Engineering (CTMSE 2018) 2018 Banerjee, P., Mukhopadhyay, A. and Das, P. -105 Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): Optimization with Response Surface Methodology and toxicity analysis of treated products National Seminar on Recent Trends in Environmental Research 2017 Barman, S.R., Banerjee, P., Mukhopadhyay, A. and Das, P. -5 Ternary dye effluent treatment by integrated biodegradation-adsorption approach: optimization and toxicity analysis UGC sponsored national level seminar on Recent Advances In Biological Sciences 2017 Banerjee, P., Mukhopadhyay, A. and Das, P. -60 Biodegradation of textile dye using isolated novel bacterial species: Acinetobacter sp. Abstract book of RUSA-Funded International Level Seminar on Recent Trends in Microbiology held in Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math 2017 Roy, U., Das, P. -175 Evaluation of integrated biosorption - biodegradation approach for azo dye removal Abstract book of Workshop titled Connecting People to Nature to celebrate the spirit of World Environment Day, 2017 2017 Banerjee, P., Das, P. and Mukhopadhyay, A. -19 More

Title of the paper Journal of publication Year Role Vol Number-Page Name Comparative experimental and mathematical analysis on removal of dye using raw rice husk, rice husk charcoal and activated rice husk charcoal: batch, fixed-bed column, and mathematical modeling Biomass Conversion & Biorefinery 2021 Niladri Saha, Lopamudra Das, Papita Das, Avijit Bhowal, Chiranjib Bhattacharya DOI:10.1007/s13399-021-01996-8- Integral approach for second-generation bio-ethanol production and wastewater treatment using peanut shell waste: yield, removal, and ANN studies Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 2021 Preetha Ganguly, Papita Das DOI : 10.1007/s13399-021-02277-0- Biopolymer linked activated carbon-nano bentonite composite membrane for efficient elimination of PAH mixture from aqueous solutions Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 2021 Shramana RoyBarman, Priya Banerjee, Aniruddha Mukhopadhayay, Papita Das DOI: 10.1007/s13399-021-02223-0- Biochar from waste Sterculia foetida and its application as adsorbent for the treatment of PAH compounds: Batch and optimization Fuel 2021 Shramana RoyBarman, , Aniruddha Mukhopadhayay, Papita Das 306-121623 Thermal, Chemical and ultrasonic assisted synthesis of carbonized Biochar and its application for reducing Naproxen: Batch and Fixed bed study and subsequent optimization with response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network (ANN) Surfaces and Interfaces 2021 Sandipan Bhattacharya, Papita Das, Avijit Bhowal, Abhijit Saha 26-101378 More

Book Title Publisher Name Year Role Membrane technology. In: Carbon Nanotubes for Clean Water by Banerjee, P., Das, R., Das, P., and Mukhopadhyay, A. Ed: R. Das, Springer Nature [ISBN: 978-3-319-95602-2] 2018 Nanomaterial for CO2 Sequestration by Banerjee, P., Mukhopadhyay, A. and Das, P Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials. Eds: M.A. Maleque, E. Bayraktar, I. Choudhury, D. Grau, J. Haider, S. Hashmi, M. Hashmi, G. Majumdar, H. Metselaar, Z. Qamar, M. Roy, Elsevier [DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-813195-4.11031-4] 2018 Biodegradation Behaviour of Cellulose-Reinforced PMMA Composites in Pond Water by Sengupta S., Das P., Datta S., Sain S., Mukhopadhyay A., Ray D. Ghosh S. (eds) Utilization and Management of Bioresources. Springer, Singapore 2018 Shamik Chowdhury, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, Papita Das, Novel Carbon-Based Nanoadsorbents for Removal of Synthetic Textile Dyes from Wastewaters, In book: GREEN CHEMISTRY FOR DYES REMOVAL FROM WASTE WATER - Research Trends and Applications John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, New Jersey, and Scrivener Publishing LLC, Salem, Massachusetts, Editors: Sanjay K. Sharma 2015 Aisha Zaman, Papita Das, Priya Banerjee, Biosorption of Dye Molecules, Book: Toxicity and Waste Management Using Bioremediation Edited by Ashok K. Rathoure & Vinod K. Dhatwalia - IGI Global 2015 More

Awarded By Award Name Year Stanford University World Ranking of top 2% 2020 CIPET, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Govt of India 8th National award (2017-18) for Technology Innovation 2019 6th ICONSWM 2016 Excellent Papers Award 2016 Bio-resource & Bioprocessing Outstanding Contribution Award in recognition of excellent paper 2015 The Biotech Research Society of India Malaviya Memoria Award (Young Faculty Category) 2015 More

Name Of The Scholar Title Of The Thesis Co-Superviser Status Year Sandeep Thakur Assessment of Environmental Stresses on the Mangrove ecosystem of Sundarbans, India Complete 2021 Uttarini Pathak Simultaneous Physiocochemical Separation, treatment and reuse of Industrial wastes to save the natural resources Complete 2020 Sandipan Bhattacharya Treatment of pharmaceutical containing wastewater using bio-nanocomposite materials in combination with advanced technology followed by assessment on the toxicity of treated wastewater on a model specimen Ongoing 2019 Lopamudra Das Development of carbonaceous and polymeric material grafted composites for treatment of dye and fluoride containing solution Ongoing 2019 Anup Pardey Process Intensification in removal of pollutants for wastewater Ongoing 2019 More

Name Of The Scholar Title Of The Thesis Co-Superviser Year Gautam Vats Nanomaterials coated composite and its application for waste water treatment 2021 Subhashis Maity Utilization of natural source for the production of bioenergy and value added products 2020 Koustav Saha The application of nanocomposite for the removal of organic compounds present in solution 2020 Nikhil Singh Treatment of aromatic hydrocarbon containing solution using marine micro-organism 2019 Preetha Ganguly Extraction of cellulose and its application for biofuel production and waste water treatment 2019 More

Project Title Worked As Funding Agency Amount Duration Period Status Integral approach of separation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon from aqueous solution using waste biomass based magnetic nanocomposites and advanced oxidation 1 Year 2019 to 2020 Ongoing Utilizing natural resources, Carbondioxide and waste heat towards sustainable development Principal Investigator RUSA 2 Departmental project 1 Year 2019 to 2020 Ongoing Synthesis of reduced Graphene oxide using gamma irradiation and Detoxification of waitewater using reduced Graphene oxide based nano-coated composite in presence of Gamma/UV/photolytic radiation/irradiation technique UGC DAE 4 Years 2019 to 2022 Ongoing Sustainable development of value added products from Food waste Materials and its Application Principal Investigator RUSA2 Faculty Project 1 Year 2019 to 2020 Ongoing Synthesis of Graphene oxide coated natural waste materials and its application for simultaneous treatment of wastewater containing fluoride and chromium: Reactor performance in batch, fluidized bed and membrane reactor Principal Investigator SERB DST 4 Years 2019 to 2022 Ongoing More

Patent Name Year A PROCESS FOR WHEY TREATMENT AND AN INTEGRATED TREATMENT MODULE T HEREOF 2011 (Filed)

Title Organised By Venue Year Emerging Trends of Waste Management and Valorization (ETWMV-2016) Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology - Durgapur. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology - Durgapur. 2016 Extraction & Application of Natural Dye International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioinformatics; D Y Patil University, Pune Le Meridian Hotel, Pune 2013

Title Fellow member of Society of Applied Biotechnology (India), Life member of European Federation of Biotechnology Life Member of Asia-Pacific Chemical, Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES). Associate Life member of Institution of Engineers (India), Life member of Institute of Chemical Engineers More

Program Name Organised By Venue Year National Conference on "Biotechnology and Environment". DBT, CSIR, DST, NIT-Durgapur NIT-Durgapur 2010 National Seminar on "Present Industrial Scenario of Biotechnology in India" Biotechnology Department of National Institute of Technology, Durgapur NIT-Durgapur 2008 5 days workshop on "Modeling & Simulation of Biological Processes" NIT-Durgapur NIT Durgapur 2008

Program Name Session Title Organised By Venue Year ICABB 2013 Industrial Biotechnology D Y Patil University, Pune & BRSI, India Le Meridian Hotel, Pune 2013 Back To Top

Type of Professional Activity Period NSS 2018 to Till Now NSS 2009 to 2011 Back To Top

EDITOR/REGIONAL EDITOR OF INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS 1. International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering 2. Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology 3. Journal of Ecology and Environmental Science 4. The Scientific World Journal, Hindawi Publication. REVIEWER OF INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS 1. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Elsevier Publication. 2. Chemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier Publication. 3. International Journal of Physical Sciences, Academic Journal. 4. African Journal of Business Management, Academic Journal. 5. Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, Wiley Publication. 6. Bioremediation Journal, Taylor & Francis Journal. 7. Water, Air, Soil Pollution, Springer Publication. 8. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Wiley Publication. 9. Chemical Industry & Chemical Engineering Quaterly, Association of Chemical Engineering 10. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, Wiley Publication 11. Taiwan Journal of Chemical Engineering, Elsevier Publication. 12. Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier Publication. 13. Separation Science & Technology, Wiley Publications. 14. Desalination & Water Treatment, Desalination Publication. 15. Journal of Environment Engineering, ASCE Publication 16. International Journal of Water Resource & Environment Engineering, Academic Publication 17. Environmental Science & Technology, ACS Publication 18. Bioresource Technology, Elsevier Publications 19. Fuel, Elsevier Publications 20. Bioresources, NC State University journal 21. Journal International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Springer Publication 22. The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Springer Publication 23. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Wiley Journal 24. Basic Research Journal of Soil and Environmental Science 25. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Springer Publication. 26. Chemical Engineering Communication, Taylor & Francis Publication 27. Clean: Soil, Air, Water, Wiley Publication. 28. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Wiley Publication 29. Dyes and Pigments, Elsevier Publication 30. International Journal of Industrial Chemistry, Springer Publication 31. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Elsevier Publication 32. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Springer Publication 1. Editor: Editor of Heliyon, Elsevier Publications. 2. Member of State Level Expert Appraisal Committee, West Bengal Pollution Control Board, Department of Environment, West Bengal. 3. Member of No Increase in Pollution Load, West Bengal Pollution Control Board, Department of Environment, West Bengal.