Key Research Areas :Membrane technology; Effluent treatment and waste management; Advanced separation processes; Catalysis; Nanoparticles and nano-composites; Bio-diesel; Bio-products, vegetable and fruit juice processing; CO2 to products and liquid fuels.
Dr. Mihir Kumar Purkait
Dean of Alumni and External Relations
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati - 781039, Assam, India
E. Mail: mihir@iitg.ac.in , mihirpurkait@gmail.com
Phone: +91-361-2582262 / 2183 (O), +91-9954248807 (Mobile)
Homepage: https://www.iitg.ac.in/chemeng/faculty_profile.php?name=mkp
Google Scholar Citation: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=9Z4kD-sAAAAJ&hl=en
Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2004.
M.Tech.: Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2001.
B.Tech.: Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta, 1999.
B. Sc. (Hons in Chemistry): University of Calcutta, 1996
Present and past positions held:
Dean
Chair Professor Head Professor |
January 2021 onwards
March 2022 to March 2027 May 2018 to January 2021 July 2015 onwards |
Alumni and External Relations, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati National Jal Jeevan Mission, Govt of India Centre for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati |
Associate Professor |
November 2008 to June 2015 |
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati |
Assistant Professor | September 2005 to November 2008 | Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati |
Senior Lecturer | December 2004 to September 2005 |
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
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Honorary Positions:
Member of Important Committee:
PAC member of Department of Biotechnology (PAC-DBT), Govt. of India, 2020-2022.
Expert in Faculty selection committee, IIT Roorkee, Feb (2020) and March (2021)
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