Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati - 781039, India

IITG Faculty Members and their Areas of Research in Green Sciences and Technology
Even before the inception of Green Office IITG, several faculty members of IIT Guwahati have been working in diverse research areas related to Green R&D. The following table summarizes their specific fields of research interests in Green Sciences and Technology. Please visit the respective website of the faculty for further details.

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Sl. No. 59Name of Faculty Department Research Areas Email ID Web Link
1 Dr. Biman Mandal

Biosciences & Bioengineering

  • Natural biomaterials for human tissue engineering and stem cells.
  • biman.mandal@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    2 Dr. Debasish Das Biosciences & Bioengineering
  • Novel microalgal isolates as cell factory for biodiesel production,
  • Development of Clostridium sp. as a cell factory for butanol production,
  • Lignocellulosic ethanol fermentation involving recombinant hydrolytic enzymes expressed and isolated from Escherichia coli
  • debasishd@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    3 Dr. Lalit Pandey Biosciences & Bioengineering
  • Reduction of Waste generation
  • Recycling of treated waste as by-product
  • Energy recovery from waste
  • lalitpandey@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    4 Dr. Sanjukta Patra Biosciences & Bioengineering
  • Environmental Pollution Control
  • Bioremediation
  • sanjukta@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    5 Dr. U. Bora Biosciences & Bioengineering
  • Biomaterials
  • ubora@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    6 Dr. K. Pakshirajan Biosciences & Bioengineering
  • Environmental Biotechnology: Biological removal and recovery of inorganic compounds from wastewaters
  • Biological treatment of industrial wastewaters
  • Biodegradation of xenobiotics
  • Biofuels
  • pakshi@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    7 Prof. Rakhi Chaturvedi Biosciences & Bioengineering
  • Plant Tissue Culture
  • rakhi.chaturvedi@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    8 Prof. V. V. Dasu Biosciences & Bioengineering
  • Bioenergy
  • veeranki@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    9 Prof. Pranab Goswami Centre for Energy/ Biosciences & Bioengineering
  • Biofuel cell as green technology to generate electricity
  • pgoswami@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    10 Dr. Animes Kr. Golder Chemical Engineering
  • Electroremediation of water/ wastewater
  • Physiochemical water / wastewater treatment techniques
  • Bioremediation
  • Electrochemical corrosion.
  • animes@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    11 Dr. Dipankar Bandyopadhyay Chemical Engineering
  • Fuel and Solar Cells
  • Large Scale Integration of Green Micro-solar and Micro-fuel Cell
  • dipban@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    12

    Dr. Kaustubha Mohanty

    Chemical Engineering
  • Biological Wastewater Treatment (Biosorption, Biodegradation, Bioremediation),
  • Multiphase Reactors (Air-lift Reactors and Bioreactors),
  • Biofuels (Bio-H2 and Bio-Ethanol),
  • Pyrolysis of Biomass towards valued added products such as Bio-oil & Bio
  • Chemicals, Ionic Liquids (Applications in Separation of Pollutants & Bio-products)
  • kmohanty@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    13 Dr. M. K. Purkait Chemical Engineering
  • Production of value added product from CO2
  • Exaction of value added production from plants
  • Membrane technology
  • mihir@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    14 Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela Chemical Engineering
  • Catalytic bio-oil upgradation to transportation fuels
  • Catalytic conversion of wood based biomass to value added chemicals
  • CO2 reduction to chemicals and fuels
  • peelanr@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    15 Dr. S. K. Majumder Chemical Engineering
  • Multiphase Flow and reactor development
  • Hydrodynamics in multiphase flow
  • Mineral processing
  • Process intensifications
  • Micro-nano bubble science and technology and its applications
  • skmaju@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    16 Dr. Sasidhar Gumma Chemical Engineering
  • CO2 capture and removal from gaseous streams using adsorption and absorption
  • Hydrogen storage materials
  • s.gumma@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    17 Dr. Senthilmurugan S Chemical Engineering
  • Waste to Energy
  • Waste and waste water treatment (WWWT) for Process Industries,
  • Novel Desalination Technologies,
  • Smart Water Grid
  • senthilmurugan@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    18 Dr. Tamal Banerjee Chemical Engineering
  • Electronic Structure calculations on Emerging Pollutants
  • Desulphurization and Dinitrification studies using Ionic Liquids
  • Dissolution of Lignocellulosic Biomass in Green Solvents
  • tamalb@iitg.ernet.in

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    19 Dr. Vaibhav V. Goud  Chemical Engineering
  • Bio-energy Biolubricant,
  • Utilisation of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Production of Fuel/Chemicals,
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • vvgoud@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    20 Dr. Vimal Katiyar Chemical Engineering
  • Bio-degradable polymers
  • Clean Energy
  • vkatiyar@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    21 Prof. Aloke Kumar Ghoshal Chemical Engineering
  • Environmental Pollution Control.
  • Pyrolysis of waste plastics.
  • Liquid membranes for pollution control
  • Adsorption technology  for industrial scale CO2 removal
  • aloke@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    22 Prof. Ramagopal Uppaluri Chemical Engineering
  • Ceramic membrane based wastewater treatment
  • Technoeconomic analysis of novel processes/technologies
  • ramgopalu@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    23 Dr. Pankaj Tiwari Chemical Engineering
  • Conversion of carbonaceous solid waste to useful chemicals
  • CO2 flooding for EOR applications
  • pankaj.tiwari@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    23 Dr. Bhubaneshwar Mandal Chemistry
  • Renewable reagent development for various organic transformations
  • bmandal@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    24 Dr. K. Mahata Chemistry
  • Solar fuel from water
  • kingsuk@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    25 Dr. Lal Mohan Kundu Chemistry
  • Green Chemistry
  • Clean Technology
  • lmkundu@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    26 Dr. M. Qureshi Chemistry
  • CdS  - ZnO based solar cells
  • Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Diodes
  • Stable and Efficient complex oxides for Hydrogen generation
  • mq@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    27 Prof B. K. Patel Chemistry
  • Green Chemistry
  • patel@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    2829 Prof. Gopal Das Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry and Water Research
  • Biomineralization and Biomimetic Material Chemistry
  • gdas@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    30 Prof. J. B. Baruah Chemistry
  • Green chemistry
  • juba@iitg.ernet.in

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    31 Prof. T. Punniyamurthy Chemistry
  • Sustainable Technology and Chemistry
  • tpunni@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    32 Dr. P. K. Ghosh Civil Engineering
  • Water treatment for domestic and industrial use
  • Domestic and Industrial wastewater treatment
  • Sludge treatment by physicochemical and biological process
  • pkghosh@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    33

    Dr. Ajay Kalamdhad

    Civil Engineering
  • Solid waste management
  • Mechanical composting and vermicomposting
  • Analysis of solid wastes
  • kajay@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    34 Dr. Manish Kumar Goyal Civil Engineering
  • Soil carbon sequestration
  • Clean development mechanism
  • Carbon footprint
  • mkgoyal@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    35 Prof. Saswati Chakraborty Civil Engineering
  • Water and Wastewater Treatment
  • Biodegradation of Industrial Wastewater
  • Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater
  • saswati@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    36 Dr. Sharad Ghokale Civil Engineering
  • Air pollution and environmental noise
  • Air quality modeling for traffic, industries, power plants
  • Traffic flow and emission, atmospheric dispersion
  • Indoor air quality, EIA, source apportionment, human exposure
  • sharadbg@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    37 Dr. Sri Harsha Kota Civil Engineering
  • Formation, transformation and chemical mechanisms of air pollutants near roadways
  • Development of air quality models
  • Estimation of emission factors
  • Source apportionment of air pollutants
  • Regional air quality
  • harshakota@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    38 Prof. Arup Kr. Sarma Civil Engineering
  • Ecological Management Practices for managing hilly watershed.
  • aks@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    39 Prof. Chandan Mahanta Civil Engineering
  • Water Quality
  • Environmental Impact, Risk Assessment and Management
  • Environmental Geo-informatics
  • chandan@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    40

    Prof. M. Jawed

    Civil Engineering
  • Biological Processes
  • Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment
  • Heavy Metal Removal and Recovery
  • Water Treatment and Supply
  • Domestic & Industrial Wastewater Treatment
  • jawed@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    41 Dr. Arindam Dey Civil Engineering
  • Geosynthetics based sustainable designs in geotechnical engineering.
  • arindam.dey@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    42 Dr. Boeing Laishram Civil Engineering
  • Sustainable infrastructure development
  • boeing@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    43 Dr. S. Sreedeep Civil Engineering
  • Reuse of fly ash
  • Utilizing waste for waste containment applications
  • Nuclear waste management
  • srees@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    44 Dr. Suresh A. Kartha Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Landfill Leaching
  • Contaminant Transport Modeling
  • Environmental pollution control in hydrometallurgy
  • kartha@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    45 Dr. A Murali Krishna Civil Enginering
  • Use of scrap tyre materials in Geotechnical and Geosynthetic applications
  • amurali@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    46 Dr. Shareka Iqbal Design
  • Adaptive Reuse, Solar Passive Architecture
  • Shareka.iqbal@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    47 Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee Design
  • Design for sustainability
  • Bio-inspired design
  • sharmistha@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    48 Dr. Sougata Karmakar Design
  • Bio-inspired product design
  • Electricity generation from human powered ergometer
  • karmakar.sougata@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    49 Prof. P. Yammiyavar Design
  • Architecture  - Renewable energy
  • Energy efficient building design
  • Interiors and Environments
  • Green Design Methodologies
  • Smart Cities
  • pradeep@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    50 Dr. Anamika Barua Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Climate Change
  • Water and livelihoods
  • Sustainable Cities
  • Ecological Foot print
  • Transboundary Waters and hydro diplomacy
  • abarua@iitg.ac.in Click here
    51 Prof. Krishna Barua Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Eco-criticism
  • Eco-Aesthetics
  • krishna@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    52 Prof. Archana Barua Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Eco-phenomenology
  • archana@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    53 Prof. N. Tripathi Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Environmental Psychology
  • nachi@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    54 Dr. Ganesh Narayanan Mechanical Engineering
  • Green and sustainable manufacturing
  • Welding replacement
  • Green design of rigid tools
  • green formability of sheets
  • ganu@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    55 Dr. M. Ravi Sankar Mechanical Engineering
  • Sustainable Manufacturing
  • Bio medical Devices
  • Bio-Materials
  • Bio-MEMS
  • evmrs@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    56 Dr. P. Muthukumar Mechanical Engineering
  • Hydrogen Energy (Storage and Applications)
  • Metal hydride based thermal machines
  • Porous medium combustion
  • Waste heat recovery
  • Thermal energy storage systems
  • pmkumar@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    57 Dr. S. Chandramohan Mechanical Engineering
  • Renewable Energy
  •  Non-Conventional Energy Sources
  • cmsomayaji@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    58 Dr. Sachin D. Kore Mechanical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Pulse Welding  (Green Welding with no heat, no sparks, no smoke, no radiation)
  • sdk@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    59 Dr. Swarup Bag Mechanical Engineering
  • Green Manufacturing
  • swarupbag@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    60

    Prof. P. Mahanta

    Mechanical Engineering
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy
  • pinak@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    61

    Prof. U. K. Saha

    Mechanical Engineering
  • Wind Energy Conversion
  • saha@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    62

    Dr. Padmakumar Padmanabhan

     Physics
  • Atomistic simulation of materials for energy and the Environment
  • padmakumarp@iitg.ernet.in Click here
    63

    Prof. Pratima Agarwal

    Physics
  • Solar cell
  • pratima@iitg.ernet.in Click here