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
Chair Professor, National Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM), Min. of Jal Shakti (Govt. of India)
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(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 | Alumni and External Relations, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | January 2021 onwards |
Chair Professor | National Jal Jeevan Mission, Govt of India | March 2022 to March 2027 |
Head | Centre for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | May 2018 to February 2021 |
Professor | Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | July 2015 onwards |
Associate Professor | Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | November 2008 to June 2015 |
Assistant Professor | Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | September 2005 to November 2008 |
Senior Lecturer | Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | December 2004 to September 2005 |
Honorary Positions:
Member of Important Committee:
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