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Degree	Year	University
Ph.D. 2016 Jadavpur University M.Tech 2005 Calcutta University B.Sc 2000 Calcutta University B.Tech 2003 Calcutta University

Name Of The Institution Position Held Period Jadavpur University Assistant Professor 2009, December to Till Date Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata Lecturer 2005, July to 2009, December

1. Petroleum Refinery Engineering & Petrochemicals 2. Separation Processes 3. Bio-oil extraction/Leaching 4. Biodiesel 5. Microwave assisted unit operations

1. Separation Processes I & II 2. Mechanical Operations 3. Modern Separation Processes 4. Chemical Reaction Engineering 5. Fluidization Engineering 6. Outlines of Chemical Engineering

Mass transfer, Bio-oil extraction, Biodiesel, Separation Techniques, Microwave assisted separation processes, Process intensification.

Senior Research Fellow in a project funded by BRNS, DAE, Govt. of India in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Calcutta University, 2005.

Title of the paper Conference Year Role Vol Number-Page Name Scale-up of a modified Soxhlet apparatus for extraction of Crotalaria juncea seed oil using dimensional analysis 66thCanadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Quebec City 2016 Author, Sarkar, U. - Soxhlet extraction of Crotalaria Juncea oil using cylindrical and annular packed beds 5th International Conference on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (ICCCE), Singapore 2014 Author, Sarkar, U., Mukherjee, A - Microwave Assisted Extraction Process: Standarization of the conventional ones CHEMCON 2012 Corresponding Author, Saikat Mallik, Ujjaini Sarkar - Extraction of Oil from Crotalaria Juncea Seeds: Analysis of Fuel Properties International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER) 2011 Author, Sarkar, U., Mukherjee, A - Extraction of Oil from Crotalaria juncea Using a Packed Column Within a Modified Soxhlet Apparatus 60thCanadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Canada 2010 Author, Majumdar, P., Sarkar, U., Mukherjee, A. - More

Title of the paper Journal of publication Year Role Vol Number-Page Name Study of Transient Behaviour of Modified Soxhlet Apparatus for Extraction of a Bio-fuel oil from Crotalaria juncea seed International Journal of Green Energy 2017 First Author, U. Sarkar, A. Mukherjee DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2017.1318283- Pseudo-kinetics of batch extraction of Crotalaria juncea (Sunn hemp) seed oil using 2-propanol Industrial Crops and Products 2016 First author, U. Sarkar, A. Mukherjee. - Soxhlet extraction of Crotalaria juncea oil using cylindrical and annular packed beds International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications 2015 First author, U. Sarkar, A. Mukherjee. - Process optimization for the extraction of oil from Crotalaria juncea using three phase partitioning Industrial Crops and Products 2015 First author, U. Sarkar, A. Mukherjee. - Extraction of oil from Crotalaria Juncea seeds in a modified Soxhlet apparatus: Physical and chemical characterization of a prospective bio-fuel Fuel 2014 First author, U. Sarkar, A. Mukherjee. - More

Awarded By Award Name Year Indian Chemical Engineering Congress 2007 M H Shukla prize (First) for the best Technical Paper presented at the annual session of Indian Chemical Engineering Congress 2007 2008 Calcutta University Scholarship award for B.Sc. (Chemistry Hons.) 2000

Name Of The Scholar Title Of The Thesis Co-Superviser Year Arunima Adak Drying charecteristics of microwave assisted vacuum drying of thompson seedless grapes 2015 Saikat Mallik Microwave assisted extraction process: standardization the conventional ones Dr. Ujjaini Sarkar 2012 Riya Chowdhury Design of distribution system for Packed beds for application in Separation process Prof. Alakananda Mukherjee 2012

Project Title Worked As Funding Agency Amount Duration Period Status Drying characteristic Principal Investigator Innovative Research 80,000 1 yr. 2015 to 2016 Complete Microwave Assisted Extraction (MAE) of oil from Crotalaria Juncea Seed Principal Investigator Innovative Research Program of UGC XI plan Plus Special allocation (12B), JU 50,000 + 1,20,000 2 yrs. 2012 to 2014 Complete Extraction of oil from Crotalaria juncea using packed column within Soxhlet apparatus Principal Investigator UGC Minor, JU 50,000 2 yrs. 2010 to 2012 Complete

Title Life member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE.) Life member of Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological& Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES) (201258)

Program Name Organised By Venue Year National Workshop on - Industry input for Chemical Engineering curriculum revision Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University 2017 One seminar on - Clean Coal for Green Steel Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University 2017 Orientation Program UGC - Academic Staff College Jadavpur University 2016 Refresher course on Disaster Management UGC - Academic Staff College Jadavpur University 2016 Workshop on Materials Microstructure Characterization using Optical and Scanning Electron Microscopy TEQIP IIT Hyderabad 2015 More

1. Coordinated One Day National seminar on Frontiers in Chemical process industries On September 10, 2016; Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Funded by TEQIP Phase-II. 2. Coordinated Two Days National Workshop on Paradigm Shift in Chemical Engineering on September 8-9, 2016; Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Funded by TEQIP Phase-II. 3. Mentor for hostel boarders of Chemical Engineering Department 4. Member of Anti-Ragging Squad of Chemical Engineering Department