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S. Gupta, N. Kishore, G. Ahmed, and K. Kumari " Catalytic Co-Pyrolysis of Leaves of Polyalthia Longifolia, Woods of Delonix Regia and Polypropylene Grocery Bags using Zeolite Y-Hydrogen Catalyst", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery vol.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03731-3, [2024] Leimapokpam Sophia Devi, Roy Paily Palathinkal and Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra " Preparation of cross-linked PANI/PVA conductive hydrogels for electrochemical energy storage and sensing applications", Polymer vol.293, ,pp.126673-1-126673-12, [2024] Tanushree Paul, Ayushi Aggarwal, Shishir Kumar Behera, Saroj Kumar Meher, Shradha Gupta, Divya Bhaskaran, Eldon R. Rene, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi " Neuro-fuzzy modelling of a continuous stirred tank bioreactor with ceramic membrane technology for treating petroleum refinery effluent: a case study from Assam, India", Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering vol.47, no.1 ,pp.91-103, [2024] Satti Venu Gopala Kumari, Kannan Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi " Development and characterization of active poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) based composites with grapeseed oil and MgO nanoparticles for shelf-life extension of white button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus)", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules vol.260, ,pp.129521 [2024] Soundhar Arumugam, G. Pugazhenthi and Senthilvelan Selvaraj " Investigations on mechanical, thermal, wettability properties of processed banana leaves for sustainable food packaging applications", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery vol.Article in Press, [2024] Banalata Kaibarta and Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra " Carbon-based hierarchical mesoporous polyaniline/montmorillonite nanocomposites for high energy density supercapacitors", J. Energy Storage vol.83, ,pp.110703-1-110703-14, [2024] Vikas K Sharma, Pankaj Tiwari, Raghvendra Gupta, Anugrah SIngh " Numerical Simulation of Pore-Scale Fluid Mobilization during Immiscible Displacement", Energy & Fuels vol.38, no.2 ,pp.932-947, [2024] Prakash, R, Majumder, S. K., Lee, J., Nedeltchev, S. " Quality of Mixedness Using Information Entropy in a Counter-Current Three-Phase Bubble Column", Processes vol.2024, no.12 ,pp.281-297, [2024] S. Acharya and N. Kishore " Investigation of the synergistic effects of temperature and feedstock-to-solvent ratio on co-liquefaction of Citrus limetta pulp and peel wastes", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery vol.in press, [2024] G. Ahmed, PKR Annapureddy and N. Kishore " Study on Non-Isothermal Pyrolysis of Azadirachta Indica for Kinetic Triplets and Thermodynamics Evaluation", Bioresource Technology Reports vol.25, ,pp.101794 [2024] Yumnam Gyani Devi, Sayani Adhikari, Ajmal Koya Pulikkal and Prasanna Venkatesh Rajaraman, " Impacts of pyridinium gemini surfactants on corrosion inhibition of carbon steel", Surfaces and Interfaces vol.45, ,pp.103796 [2024] Nikhil Rahul Dhongde, Nipu Kumar Das, Tamal Banerjee and Prasanna Venkatesh Rajaraman " Synthesis of carbon quantum dots from rice husk for anti-corrosive coating applications: Experimental and theoretical investigations", Industrial Crops and Products vol.212, ,pp.118329 [2024] S. Acharya and N. Kishore " Influence of Reaction Parameters on Biofuels Derived from Solvothermal Liquefaction of Citrus limetta Fruit Wastes", Biomass and Bioenergy , ,pp.in press [2024]
new Prof. S. K. Majumder and his student Dr. Somen Mondal, "have received Dr. A. V. Rama Rao Best Ph.D. thesis and Best Research Award 2022 from the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.", [2023] Prof. Kaustubha Mohanty, Prof. Mihir K. Purkait, "A book entitled "Membrane Technologies and Applications",published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), ISBN 9781439805268", [2019] Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait, Manish Kumar Sinha, Piyal Mondal and Randeep Singh, "A book entitled "Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Membranes",published by Elsevier, ISBN 9780128139615", [2018] Mondal, Sourav, Prof. Purkait, Mihir Kumar, De, Sirshendu, "A book entitled "Advances in Dye Removal Technologies", published by Springer, ISBN 978-981-10-6291-9", [2018] Prof. Mihir K. Purkait, Randeep Singh, "A book entitled "Membrane Technology in Separation Science", published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), ISBN 9781138626263 - CAT# K31834", [2018] C. Das and Kibrom Alebel Gebru,, "A book entitled "Fundamentals of Polymeric Membrane Synthesis, Modification and Applications: Electro-spun and Phase-inverted Membranes", published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), CAT# K377129", [2018] Dr. Vimal Katiyar, "A book entitled "Bio-based Plastics for Food Packaging Applications ",published by Smithers Rapra", [2018] Prof. Subrata Kumar Majumder, "A book entitled "Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in downflow slurry bubble columns",published by Apple Academic Press and CRC Press", [2018] Prof. Tamal Banerjee, Mr. Anand Bharti, Mr.Debashis Kundu and Dr. R. Rabari, "A book entitled "Phase Equilibria in Ionic Liquid Facilitated Liquid-Liquid Extractions", published by CRC Press", [2017] Dr. Chandan Das and Dr. Sujoy Bose, "A book entitled "Advanced Ceramic Membranes and Applications", published by CRC Press.", [2017] Prof. Subrata Kr. Majumder, "A book entitled "Hydrodynamics and Transport Processes of Inverse Bubbly Flow",published by Elsevier", [2016] S. De, C. Das and S. Das Gupta, "A book entitled "Treatment of Tannery Effluent by Membrane Separation Technology,published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA, ISBN: 978-1-60741-836-8", [2009]
new Dr Mahesh Nagargoje, Ph.D., "Dr Mahesh Nagargoje, Ph.D. has been granted the prestigious Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship", [2023] new Dr. Dhirendra Kumar Misra, Ph.D., "Dr. Dhirendra Kumar Misra, Ph.D. has received a Post-doctoral Fellowship offered jointly by the most prestigious national laboratories in the United States of America, namely Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)", [2023] new , "Congratulations to Nikhil R. Dhongde [Ph.D. Research Scholar under the supervision of Prof. R. Prasanna Venkatesh] for The Best Oral Presentation (Technical) certificate at the 3rd International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE - 2023), November 24 - 25, 2023, NIT Warangal, Telangana", [2023] new Vishal Dhar, Pramod Madhukar Gawal, George Varghese P J and Dharanikota Naga Phani Sai, "Vishal Dhar, Pramod Madhukar Gawal, George Varghese P J and Dharanikota Naga Phani Sai are selected for PMRF (Dec 2021) under lateral entry", [2022] MR. PILLAJETTI PREM SAGAR, "selected for the best oral presentation award from CHEMCON", [2022] new Somen Mondal, "Somen Mondal, research scholar worked under the supervision of Prof. S. K. Majumder received the best PhD thesis award in Chemical Engineering in 23rd Convocation of IIT Guwahati held on 16th July, 2021", [2021] Jenasree Hazarika, "Jenasree Hazarika (Research Scholar working under the supervision of Dr. V. Prasanna) has been received the best paper award in IMME19 which was held at NIT Tiruchirappalli during 27th -28th December 2019.", [2019] Punampriya Borgohain, "Punampriya Borgohain (Research Scholar) has been received the best oral presentation award in Research Conclave 2019 which was held at IIT Guwahati during 14th March - 17th March 2019.", [2019] Dr. Prodyut Dhar, "Dr. Prodyut Dhar (Ph.D graduate under supervision of Prof. Vimal Katiyar), has been selected for 'Graduate Student Award' for his PhD research work on 'Cellulose Nanocrystals' by American Chemical Society (Cellulose Division). He has been invited by ACS to receive this award during ACS Spring Meeting 2019, in Orlando (USA).", [2019] Kushagra Agrawal, "Kushagra Agrawal, research scholar working under the supervision of Prof. Nanda Kishore has been selected for the best paper award (first position - research scholar category) at International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCRAFT 2018) held from 5-7th Dec 2018 in Dubai.", [2018] Gourhari Chakraborty, "Gourhari Chakraborty (Research Scholar, Supervisor: Prof. Vimal Katiyar) has been received the best poster award for "Development of Biobased Thim Film Sensor for Biochemicals" in Kathmandu Symposia on Advanced Materials (KaSAM-18) held at Nepal.", [2018] Pankaj Boruah, "Pankaj Boruah (Research Scholar, Supervisor: Prof. Vimal Katiyar) has been received the best poster award for "Enhanced Degradation of Oil Droplets Using Biopolymer as Dispersant for Oil Spill Treatment" in Kathmandu Symposia on Advanced Materials (KaSAM-18) held at Nepal.", [2018] Mr. Babul Prasad, "Mr. Babul Prasad (Research Scholar) has been received the best oral presentation award in Research Conclave which was held at IIT Guwahati during 8th March - 11th March 2018.", [2018] Department of Chemical Engineering, "has won the "PhD Premier League (Cricket)"", [2018] Satyannarayana Edubilli, "Congratulation to Satyannarayana Edubilli for receiving "Best Poster Award" in an International Conference on "Emerging Trends in Nanomaterials Science & Technology ( ICETNMST - 2017 )" held at NIT Nagaland during 4-6th January 2017. The title of the paper is "Scale Up Synthesis And Experimental Investigation Of Porous Metal Organic Frameworks In Gas Adsorption".", [2017] Ms Shymali Sarma, "Congratulation to Ms Shymali Sarma for being selected for the Newton-Bhaba award for which she would be getting an opportunity to spend a part of her research tenure at the University of Nottingham.", [2017] Mr. Sushobhan Pradhan, Mr. Arup Jyoti Borah, Mr. Pritam Dikshit and Mr. Maneesh Poddar, "Congratulation to Prof. V.S. Moholkar and his research team comprising of Mr. Sushobhan Pradhan, Mr. Arup Jyoti Borah, Mr. Pritam Dikshit and Mr. Maneesh Poddar for being selected for the National Award for Technology Innovation in the field of Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastic Processing. The prize comprises of Rs 2 lakhs cash award along with a shield and citation.", [2017] Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pal, "Congratulation to Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pal and his PhD supervisor Dr. Vimal Katiyar for being selected for Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards for 2017 which will be conferred during function at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 05th March", [2017] Binota Thokchom, "Binota Thokchom, IPDF has been awarded the best Oral Presentation for the topic entitled “Development and the Synthesis of multifunctional magnetic nanocatalyst for Sonoelectrolytic water treatment process” in the Nano Catalysis session at APCAT-7, 2017 event in Mumbai, India", [2017] Mr. Abhishek Shukla, "Congratulation to Mr. Abhishek Shukla (Research Scholar) for being selected for the Best Oral Presentation Award along with cash prize for his paper in the Technical Session "Food and Bio-Process Engineering" at ETAE - 2016 organized by Agricultural and Food Engineering Dept., IIT Kharagpur", [2016]
The research program in Chemical Engineering at IITG aims at training researchers in Chemical Engineering and Science to develop a value based and sustainable society.
IIT Guwahati offers a variety of continuing programs (short term course, workshops, online certificate courses, and internship programs) to students, academic, scientific and technical staff, professionals...
The department has been establishing outreach programmes at various levels and some of these have been already making a mark in the society.