Dr. Pranab Kumar Ghosh Home

Education :

Ph.D – Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (Aug 1998 - Oct 2002)
M.Tech (Environmental Engineering) – Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (1998)
BSc.Engg. (Civil)– BCE Bhagalpur (T. M. Bhagalpur University)

Professional Experience

Designation	Duration employed	Employer
Professor	Since April 2015	IIT Guwahati (IITG), India
Associate Professor	April 2011 - April 2015	IIT Guwahati (IITG), India
Assistant Professor	Dec. 2004 - April 2011	IIT Guwahati (IITG), India
Lecturer	July 2004 – Nov. 2004	Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India
Senior Lecturer	June 2003 – July 2004	Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India
Research Engineer	Oct. 2002 – June 2003	Thapar Centre for Industrial Research and Development (TCIRD), Patiala, India
Lecturer	Jan 1998 – May 1998	Indian Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IIME), Dhanbad, India

Work Experience Abroad

DST, India, funded collaborative research work under BOYSCAST (2008-09) scheme, in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Michigan, USA, for a period of 12 months during June 2009 to June 2010.

Research Interest

Biological water and wastewater treatment using mixed microbial culture
Adsorption, ion-exchange and electromembrane processes of water and wastewater treatment

Fellowship/ Scholarship

BOYSCAST 2008-09 fellowship
Institute Research Scholarship during Ph.D. program (August 1998- October 2002)
GATE scholarship during M. Tech. (1996-1997)
State merit scholarship (on the basis of metric result) during I. Sc. (1986-1988)

Publications:

Book/ Book chapter

Brahmacharimayum, B. and Ghosh, P. K. (2017). “Bioreactor System for Bioreduction of Sulfate Rich Wastewater”. Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-620-2-07561-9.
Ghosh, A., Pakshirajan, K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014). “Bioremediation of perchlorate contaminated environment”, a chapter of the book “Biological Remediation of Explosive Residues”. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-01082-3.
Sahoo, N. K., Pakshirajan, K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2012). “Design of Bioreactor for bioremediation of Industrial Wastewater”. Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-659-26091-9.

International Journal

Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2018) Critical analysis and valorization potential of battery industry sludge: Speciation, risk assessment and metal recovery. Journal of Cleaner Production.171, 820-30. (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.064
Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2018). Synthesis and characterization of carboxylic cation exchange bio-resin for heavy metal remediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 341, 207 – 2018. (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.07.043
Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, Animes Kumar and Ghosh, P. K. (2017). Synergistic effect using a functionalized dual-site adsorbent in Pb(II) and Cu(II) uptake and comparison with mono-site resins. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 18, 92-101. (Elsevier). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2017.06.009
Sahoo, N.K., Pakshirajan, K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2016). Evaluation of 4-chlorophenol biodegradation by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 in an upflow packed bed reactor. Advanced Science Letters. 22(2), 519 – 523. (American Scientific Publishers). DOI: 10.1166/asl.2016.6843
Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, Animes Kumar and Ghosh, P. K. (2016). Synthesis of a functionalized fibrous adsorbent of high uptake capacity: A study on Pb(II) uptake and simple acidic site model development. RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 5341-5349. (Royal Society of Chemistry). DOI: 10.1039/C5RA20497F.
Brahmacharimayum, B. and Ghosh, P. K. (2015). Effects of different environmental and operating conditions on sulfate bioreduction in shake flasks by mixed bacterial culture predominantly Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Desalination and Water Treatment. (Taylor & Francis). DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1087336.
Ranga Rao Pandu, Ngullie N., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh P. K. (2015). Arsenic Removal from Contaminated Water by Various Physicochemical Processes. International Journal of Environmental Science & Development. 6(5), 357-362. DOI: 10.7763/IJESD.2015.V6.618
Sahoo, N.K., Ghosh, P. K. and Pakshirajan, K. (2015). Treatment of Refinery Wastewater Using Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 in an Upflow Packed Bed Reactor. Desalination and Water Treatment. (Taylor & Francis). 55(7), 1762-1770. doi: 10.1080/19443994.2014.930798
Brahmacharimayum, B. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014). Sulfate Bioreduction and elemental sulfur formation in a packed bed reactor. Journal of Environment and Chemical Engineering. 2(3), 1287-1293. (Elsevier). DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2014.05.018
Sahoo, N.K., Pakshirajan, K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014). Evaluation of 4-bromophenol biodegradation in mixed pollutants system by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 in an upﬂow packed bed reactor. Biodegradation. (Springer). 25(5), 705-18. doi: 10.1007/s10532-014-9693-2.
Dharnaik, A. S. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014). Hexavalent Chromium [Cr(VI)] removal by Electrochemical Ion-exchange Process. Environmental Technology. (Taylor & Francis).35(18) 2272-2279. DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2014.902108
Sahoo, N. K., Pakshirajan, K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014). Biodegradation of 4-Bromophenol by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 in batch shake flasks and in a continuously operated packed bed reactor. Biodegradation. 25(2), 265-276. (Springer). DOI 10.1007/s10532-013-9658-x.
Sahoo, N. K., Ghosh, P. K. and Pakshirajan, K. (2013) Biodegradation of 4-Bromophenol using Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 in a newly designed packed bed reactor. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 115(2), 182-188. (Elsevier).
Ghosh, P. K., Balagurunathan, S. and Basa, C. A. (2012). Electrochemical migration of nickel ion (Ni²⁺) in contaminated sludge. Journal of hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste Management. 16(3): 201-206. (ASCE).
Brahmacharimayum, B. and Ghosh, P. K. (2012). A study on efficiency of five different carbon sources on Sulfate Reduction. Journal of Environmental and Research Development. 7(1): 416-420. (JERAD).
Sahoo, N. K., Ghosh, P. K. and Pakshirajan, K. and (2011). Kinetics of 4-bromophenol degradation using calcium alginate immobilized Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6. International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering. 4(6), 663-668.
Sahoo, N. K., Pakshirajan, K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2011). Batch biodegradation of para-Nitrophenol Using Arthrobacter Chlorophenolicus A6. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 165(7-8):1587-96. (Springer).
Sahoo, N.K., Pakshirajan, K., Ghosh, P.K. (2011). Biodegradation of p-nitrophenol using Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 in a novel upflow packed bed reactor. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 190, 729-737. (Elsevier).
Sahoo, N.K., Pakshirajan, K., Ghosh, P.K. and Ghosh, A. (2011). Biodegradation of 4-chlorophenol by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6: Effect of culture conditions and degradation kinetics. Biodegradation. 22(2), 275-286. (Springer). doi: 10.1007/s10532-010-9396-2.
Ghosh, A., Pakshirajan, K., Ghosh, P.K. and Sahoo, N. K. (2011). “Perchlorate degradation by an indigenous microbial consortium predominantly Burkholderia sp.” Journal of Hazardous Materials. 187, 133-139. (Elsevier).
Sahoo, N.K., Pakshirajan, K. and Ghosh, P.K. (2010). Enhancing the biodegradation of 4-chlorophenol by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 via medium development. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 64, 474-480. (Elsevier). DOI 10.1007/s10532-010-9396-2
Ghosh, P. K. (2009). Hexavalent Chromium [Cr(VI)] removal by acid modified waste activated carbons. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 171, 116–122. (Elsevier).
Basha, C. A., Ghosh, P. K. and Gajalakshmi, G. (2008). Total Dissolved solids removal by electrochemical ion exchange (EIX) process. Electrochimica Acta. 54, 474-483. (Elsevier).
Ghosh, P. K. and Philip, L. (2006). Environmental Significance of Atrazine in Aqueous Systems and its Removal by Biological Processes: An Overview. GLOBAL NEST: the International Journal. 8(2), 159-178. (GNEST)
Ghosh, P. K., Philip, L. and Bandyopadhyay, M. (2005). Management of Atrazine Bearing Wastewater Using an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor–Adsorption System. Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management. 9(2), 112-121. (ASCE).
Ghosh, P. K. and Philip, L. (2005). “Performance evaluation of waste activated carbon on atrazine removal from contaminated water”. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B: B40(3), 425-441 (Taylor and Francis).
Ghosh, P. K. and Philip, L. (2004) “Atrazine degradation in anaerobic environment by a mixed microbial consortium”. Water Research. 38, 2277–2284. (Elsevier).
Gupta, S., Pal, A., Ghosh, P. K. and Bandyopadhyay, M. (2003). Performance of waste activated carbon a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of anionic surfactant from aquatic environment. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A. Vol. A38(2), 381 – 397. (Marcel Dekker).
Ghosh, P. K., Philip, L. and Bandyopadhyay, M. (2001). "Anaerobic Treatment of Atrazine Bearing Wastewater", Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B. Vol. B36(3), 301-316. (Marcel Dekker).

Conference/ workshop/ symposium

Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2016) Effect of sludge acidification on speciation behavior of heavy metals in battery wastewater sludge during electrochemical remediation. Presented paper in International Conference on Waste Management (Recycle) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, April 1-2, 2016.
Kulkarni, V. V. and Ghosh, P. K. (2016) Comparison of ion exchange and modified waste activated carbon for perchlorate removal. Published a paper in International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (ICWEES)at AISECT University, Bhopal, India, March 15-18, 2016.
Bhande Ranjeeta and Ghosh P K. Oxyanion removal by biological process: A review. International Conference, AISECT University Bhopal.15-18 March, 2016.
Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2016) Sympathizing potential of functionalized arecanut husk for metal removal through its characterization. Presented paper in Reflux at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, March 25-27, 2016.
Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2015) Characterization and heavy metals speciation of Battery wastewater Sludge. Presented poster in Indian Chemical Engineering congress (CHEMCON) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, December 27-30, 2015.
Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2015) Effect of co-occurring ions on removal of Pb(II) byion exchange resin. Published a paper in A National Conference on New Frontiers in Civil Engineering: Challenges and Opportunities in North-East Indiaat Royal School of Engineering & Technology Guwahati, India, November 5-6.
Vihangraj V. Kulkarni, Animes Kumar Golder and Pranab Kumar Ghosh(2015). Understanding the Potential Hazard and Nature of Battery Wastewater Sludge. Presented poster in National Conference on Challenges in Environmental Research (NCOCER) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, June 4-6.
Mohanty, M. P., Brahmacharimayum, B. and Ghosh, P.K. (2014).Simultaneous bioreduction of sulfate and nitrate in batch shake flasks .National Conference on Sustainable Development of Environmental Systems, Organized by Centre for Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, June 20-21, 2014.
Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014) Removal Of Pb(II) by Weak And Strong Acidic Cation-Exchange Resins: Kinetic And Thermodynamic Studies. Presented poster inIndian Chemical Engineering congress (CHEMCON )at University Institute of Chemical Technology, Punjab University, India,December27-30.
Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014). Removal Of Pb(II) by Weak And Strong Acidic Cation-Exchange Resins: Kinetic And Thermodynamic Studies" having id "ES/0050" has been accepted for "Oral". In Chemcon 2014.
Brahmacharimayum, B. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014) Sulfate Reduction in a Fixed Film Anaerobic Reactor under Shock Loading Conditions. International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering. Paris, France. September 15-16, 2014. Published in Journal: APCBEE; Procedia, PII: S2212-6708(14)00299-1; DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.12.079
Rao, P. R., Ngullie N., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014). Arsenic Removal from contaminated water BY ion exchange, electro membrane and electrochemical ion exchange processes. International Conference in Substantial Environmental technology 2014 (ICSET 2014). Dubai, UAE. August 22-22, 2014.
Brahmacharimayum, B., Mohanty, M. P. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014). A review on the intermediates, pathways and enzymes utilized in dissimilatory sulfate reduction. International Conference on Harnessing Natural Resources for Sustainable Development-Global Trend, Guwahati, India, January 29-30,2014.
Mohanty,M.P. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014) “A review on various Bio-kinetic models used in biological sulfate reduction.” Oral presentation at International Conference on Harnessing Natural Resources for sustainable development – A global trend (IHNRSD-14 ), January 29-31, 2014, Guwahati, India.
Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2013) Comparative Performance of Weak and Strong Acidic Cation-exchange Resins in Cu(II) Removal: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies. Published paper in Indian Chemical Engineering congress (CHEMCON) at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India, December 27-30.
MohantyM. P., Laskar M., Brahmacharimayum B. and Ghosh P. K. (2013). Kinetics of Sulfate Bioreduction and Sulfide Oxidation by Mixed Microbial Consortia. Poster presentation in 6^th International Congress of Environmental research 'ICER-2013'. December 19-21, 2013, Aurangabad, India.
Upadhyaya, G., Ghosh, P. K., Hayes, K. and Raskin, L. (2012). Drinking Water Production Using an Anaerobic Fixed-Bed Bioreactor from Water Sources Contaminated with Nitrate and Uranium. 2012 Water Quality Technology Conference during November 4-8, 2012; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abraham S. P., Sahoo, N. K., Pakshirajan K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2012) Batch and Column Study on 4-cp Removal Using Calcium Alginate Immobilized Arthrobacter Chlorophenolicus A6. International conference International conference on future environment and energy, ICFEE 2012, held at Singapore during February 26-28, 2012.
Brahmacharimayum, B. and Ghosh, P. K. (2012). Biological sulfate reduction. International conference on Environmentally Sustainable Urban Ecosystem (ENSURE 2012) held at IIT Guwahati, India, during 27-28 February, 2012.
Ghosh, A., Shakya, A., Kulkarni, V. V. and Ghosh, P. K. (2012). Environmental Significance of Perchlorate in Aqueous Systems and its Removal Technologies. International conference on Environmentally Sustainable Urban Ecosystem (ENSURE 2012) held at IIT Guwahati, India, during 27-28 February, 2012.
Brahmacharimayum, B. and Ghosh, P. K. (2012). Acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment to remove sulfate into elemental sulfur by microaerobic process. National Conference on Forestry, Environment and climate change: Issues and Challenges 2012 held at Bilaspur, India, during January 30-31, 2012.
Brahmacharimayum, B. and Ghosh, P. K. (2011). A study on efficiency of five different carbon sources on Sulfate Reduction. 4th International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-11) held at Surat, India, during 15- 17 December, 2011.
Ghosh, P. K., Upadhyaya, G., Raskin, L. and Hayes, K. F. (2011). Comparison of uranium and nitrate removal from simulated groundwater using mixed microbial consortia in the presence and absence of iron. Presented in IWA conference on “Microbes in Wastewater and Waste Treatment, Bioremediation and Energy Production, held in Goa, India during January 24-27, 2011.
Sahoo, N.K., Pakshirajan, K., Ghosh, P.K. (2011). Biodegradation of p-bromophenol using Ca-alginate immobilized Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 gel beads (Poster). International conference on Climate change and Water. Organized by Department of humanities science of Indian institute of Technology Guwahati During 3^rd -5^th January 2011
Sahoo, N.K., Pakshirajan, K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2010) Batch biodegradation of para- Bromophenol by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6. (Poster presentation by Sahoo, N. K.). International conference on genomics sciences. VII Convention of BRSI, organized by the Department of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai, India, during November 12-14.
Sahoo, N.K., Pakshirajan, K.and Ghosh, P. K. (2010) Kinetics of growth and biodegradation of p-nitrophenol and p-chlorophenol by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6. In Proceedings of Ninth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering. IIT Madras, Chennai, India during August 2-5.
Clancy, T.; Upadhyaya, G.; Ghosh, P.; Jackson, J., Hayes, K. and Raskin, L. (2010). Biologically Active Carbon Reactors for the Removal of Arsenic and Uranium from Drinking Water. Poster presentation (by Clancy, T.) in ACE10, American Water Works Association, Chicago, Illinois, June 20-24, 2010.
Sahoo, N.K., Pakshirajan, K.and Ghosh, P. K. (2010) Growth and biodegradation kinetics of p-bromophenol and p-nitrophenol by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6. International conference on Environmental Health and Toxicity organized by IIT Kanpur, India during March 15-17.
Sahoo, N.K., Pakshirajan, K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2009) Effect of Culture Conditions and Degradation Kinetics of Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 Enhancing the Biodegradation of 4-Chlorophenol. International conference on Emerging Trend in Biotechnology. VI Convention of BRSI, BHU, India, during December 2-6.
Ghosh, A., Ghosh, P. K., Pakshirajan K. and Daverey A. (2008). Perchlorate and its environmental Effects. 2^nd International Congress of Environmental Research ICER-08, held at Goa, India during 18-20 Dec 2008.
Ghosh, P. K. and Hemakumar, K. (2008). “Chromium(VI) removal with waste activated carbon”. International Conference on Environment 2008 (ICENV 2008) on Environmental Management and Technologies towards Sustainable Development, to be held at Penang, Malayasia, during 15^th to 17^th December 2008.
Ghosh P. K. (2008). Sulfate removal by combined Electrochemical and ion-exchange (EIX) process. National Conference on Integrated Water and Wastewater Management (IWWM 2008), 45^th Annual Conference of IAEM, organized by School of water resource engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. (20-22 Nov 2008).
Ghosh, A., Ghosh P. K. and Pakshirajan K. (2008). Perchlorate degradation by Dechlorosoma KJ. National Conference on Integrated Water and Wastewater Management (IWWM 2008), 45^th Annual Conference of IAEM, organized by School of water resource engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. (20-22 Nov 2008).
Sahoo, N., Pakshirajan, K. and Ghosh,P. K. (2008). Screening of media constituents for chlorophenol biodegradation by Arthrubactor chlorophenolicus A6 employing full factorial design of experiments. ChEmference’08, organized at Department of Chemical Engineering of Indian Inistitute of Technology Kanpur during 5^th-6^th July 2008.
Ghosh, P. K., Basha C. A. and Gajalakshmi G. (2008). “Chloride Removal by Combined Electrochemical and Ion-exchange Process”. National Conference on Household Water Treatment Technologies (HWTT-2008), organized by Department of Environmental Engineering, Hindustan College of Science and Technology, during 24^th -25^th July 2008.
Sahoo, N., Pakshirajan K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2007). “Evaluation of Actinomycetes and bacteria isolated from soil samples in biodegradation of chlorophenols”. 48^th AMI conference held in IIT Madras on 18^th December 2007.
Tanwar, P. K., Ghosh, P. K. and Nandy, T. (2005). “Enhanced Biological Nutrient Removal using Sequencing Batch Reactor Technology.” International Conference on Environment and Development: Challenges and Opportunities 2005 (ICEDCO 2005) organized by Swami Shradhanand College in University of Delhi (Venue: School of Environmental Studies) during the period 4-6 March 2005.
Balakumaran, K., Thamaraiselvi and Ghosh, P. K. (2004). Biological removal of Cr(VI) from wastewater. National Conference on “Development in water science and Management”, conducted on March 2004 by the Department of Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore.
Ghosh, P. K., Philip, L. and Bandyopadhyay, M. (2002). “Treatment of atrazine bearing wastewater by mixed methanogenic culture.” 28th WEDC Conference on sustainable environmental sanitation and water services co-organized by WEDC and Institution of Public Health Engineers, India (IPHE) held during 18-22 November 2002.
Ghosh, P. K., Philip, L. and Bandyopadhyay, M. (2002). "Effects of Atrazine on Methanogenic Activity of Anaerobic Mixed Microbial Culture". International Conference conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur on Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE 2002) during the period January 3-5, 2002.
Ghosh, P. K., Philip, L. and Bandyopadhyay M. (2001). "Effect of Atrazine on Anaerobic Treatment Process". Indian Association for Environmental Management (IAEM). Conference on Recent Advances in Waste Management (RAWM), organized jointly by Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) during February 23-25, 2001.
Ghosh, P. K., Philip, L. and Bandyopadhyay, M. (2000). "Anaerobic Treatment of Atrazine Bearing Wastewaters". Ninth Annual Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) Conference and Exhibition, 2^nd - 6^th October 2000, Trinidad and Tobago on Sustainability in Water and Waste Management in Caribbean.

Short term courses/ seminars conducted

Coordinator of QIP STC on “Recent Trends and Technologies in industrial waste treatment and management” organized at Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati, during 3-7 December 2007. Co-coordinator: Dr. S. B. Gokhale.

Teachings:

UG courses:

Course No.	Course Name	Instructor/Tutor/Coordinator	Remarks
ME 111	Engineering Drawing	Instructor and Tutor
CE 307	Environmental Engineering 1	Instructor	With laboratory
CE 401	Environmental Engineering 2	Instructor
CE 204	Civil Engineering Drawing	Instructor	With laboratory (Old course)
CE 312	Seminar	Coordinator	Old Course
CE 400	Introduction to Project	Coordinator
CE 498	Project	Coordinator

PG courses:

Course No.	Course Name	Instructor/Tutor/ Coordinator	Remarks
CE 521	Process Chemistry for Water and Wastewater Treatment	Instructor	With laboratory
CE 522	Physico-chemical Processes in Environmental Engineering	Instructor
CE 524	Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering	Instructor
CE 525	Solid and Hazardous Waste Management	Instructor
CE 664	Industrial Wastewater Pollution Control	Instructor
CE 527	Design of Environmental Engineering Systems	Evaluator with all the group members
CE 554	Unit Processes and operations in water treatment	Instructor	Old course
CE 557	Water Chemistry and microbiology	Instructor	Old course

Guidance

Doctor of Philosophy

Name of student	Roll No.	Status	Co-Guide
Naresh Kumar Sahoo	06615204	Degree Awarded	Dr. K. Pakshirajan (Biotech.)
Atreyi Ghosh	06615203	Degree Awarded	Dr. K. Pakshirajan (Biotech.)
Bharati Brahmacharimayum	08615205	Degree Awarded	------
Arvind Kumar Shakya	10610404	Completed	------
Kulkarni V. Vijaykumar	126104003	Continuing	Dr. A. K. Golder (Chemical)
Ranjeeta Bhande	146104040	Continuing	------
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M. Tech. Project Guidance:

Name of student	Roll No.
Naruttom Das	144104095
Ramkishor J. Kashyap	144104115
Pratik Prakash Kulkarni	134104080
Perla Harish	134104082
Dhananjay Singh Shyamal	134104095
Mohit Prakash Mohanty	124104084
Akshay Kumar	124104085
Rajesh Kumar Meena	11410489
Mahasweta Laskar	114104110
Mr. Kulkarni Vihangraj Vijaykumar	10410464
Pandu Ranga Rao B.	09410461
Sujith P. Abraham	09410453
Nzanthung Ngullie	07410452
Dharnaik Amit Shivaputra	07410449
Hema Kumar Kanipakam	06410426
Norbu Sangey	04410425

Research/Consultancy Projects

Externally funded projects

Reference	Funding Agency	Duration	Status/start date	Investigator(s)
				(PI)	(CoI)
22(0672)/14/EMR-II	CSIR, India	3 yrs	January 2015-	Dr. R. Uppaluri	Dr. P. K. Ghosh Dr. A. Golder
W.11017/44/2011-WQ	MDWS, India	3 yrs	Dec 2013 -	Dr. P. K. Ghosh	---
22(0609)/12/EMR-II	CSIR, India	3 yrs	January 2013	Dr. P. K. Ghosh	---
SR/FTP/ETA-24/2007	DST, India	3 yrs	Completed	Dr. P. K. Ghosh	---

Consultancy Projects

Project Title	Sponsoring Agency
· Characterisation of sludge from secondary treatment plant of Nagaon Paper mill	HPCL, Kagaznagar
· Performance study of primary clarifier of ETP in HPCL, Kagaznagar	HPCL, Kagaznagar
· Investigation of water quality for the work of proposed Brahmaputra Bridge	Gamon India Ltd.
· Construction of 1000 seater Boys hostel no 9 at IIT Guwahati- Investigation of water quality	Ms/ Badri Rai & Co., Duliagang.
· Construction of Students centre Phase II, canteens and covered stage at IIT Guwahati campus - Investigation of water quality	M/S Arunoday Construction Co(P) Ltd., Guwahati
· Construction of 18 units of D typw quarters in 3 blocks (Phase IV) at IITG campus – Investigation of water quality	M/S S. M. Khetawat, Nagaon
· Water characterization related to hydropower project in Lumba Distt., Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India.	M/s: NJC Hydropower Limited, Noida
· Suitability of water sample for construction purpose	M/S: NTPC
· Operation and maintenance services of sewage treatment plant including pumping station, rising mains and external sewerage lines at IITG campus.	M/S D. P. Traders

Other Activities:

Members of various committees of the Department/ Institute

Lab In charge (Env. Engg. Lab), CE, IITG – 2010-12
DUPC Secretary, Dept. of CE / IUPC member, IITG (since Sept. 2013 - Dec 2015)
DUGCRC coordinator, chairman of Dept. of CE / CUGCRC member of IITG
Steering committee member of Green Office, IITG
Steering Committee member of Centre for Environment, IITG

Invited Lecture/Guest Lectures as resource person

· Invited lecture as resource person for a workshop on “Water quality in Assam: Status and Strategies” by Water Sanitation Support Organization (WSSO), PHE of Govt. of Assam, on 12-13 Dec 2013 at PHED, Bethuchi, Guwahati. Topic: Drinking water treatment techonologies with emphasis on microbial contamination.

· Invited lectures as resource person for “QIP STC on Biotechniques for Pollution Control and Resource Recovery” organized at Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati during 1-5 July 2013. Topic: Biological process and privies of a conservancy system of sanitation.

· Invited lecture as Junior Researcher at “Indo-US Workshop on Water Quality and Sustainability”, organized at IIT Chennai during 7-11 January 2013. Topic: “Biological process on simultaneous removal of uranium and nitrate from contaminated water”.

· Invited lecture for “A day long workshop” on 4^th August 2008, organized by Public Health Engineering (PHE), in the context of the International year of Sanitation, 2008 on “Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM).”

· Invited Lecture for “A two day training program” from 31.01.2008 to 01.02.2008, organized by Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) under the sponsorship of Ministry of DoNER, Govt. of India on Urban Development issues in the North-East.

· Invited lectures as resource person for QIP-STC on “Recent Developments in Wastewater Treatment using Anaerobic Reactors”, IIT Guwahati during 25-29 Dec. 2006. Topic: Treatment of atrazine bearing wastewater by combined UASB-Adsorption system.

· Invited lecture in an “NGO meet” organized by APCB in January 2005 at Institution of Engineers building. Topic: Municipal Solid Waste Management.

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