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Prof Mihir Kumar Purkait

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Head of the Department,

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  • Chemical Engineering

Publications

Total Articles 210
Books 0
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Professional Recognition

2018

Herdillia Award for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE).
2009

Young Scientist Medal Award

Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
2009

The Young Engineers Award in the field of Chemical Engineering

The Institute of Engineers (India)
2009

Young Scientist Award

Department of Science & Technology (DST)
2007

Dr. A.V. Rama Rao Foundation’s Best Ph.D Thesis and Research Award in Chemical Engineering/Technology

Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)

Community & Membership

2020

Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India

PAC member
2020

IIT Roorkee

Expert in Faculty selection committee

Betkuchi terminal for their Rain water harvesting plant. Water Quality Task Force member o

Advisory committee member
2018

107 MLD drinking water supply of GAMMON India

Advisory Committee member
2016

PHED, Govt of Assam

Core Committee member of Task Force
2018

M/s Vixudha Bio Products Pvt. Ltd.

Technical director
2016

RD Grow Green India Pvt. Ltd

Technical director
2010

International Journal of Chemical Research.

Associate Editor
2010

Journal of Biomedical and Bioengineering

Associate Editor
2011

Journal of Membrane Science & Technology

Editorial Board Member
2008

International Journal of BioSciences and Technology

Guest Editor
2007

International Journal of Chemical Engineering Research

Editorial Board member
2008

International Journal of BioSciences and Technology

Honorary Member of the Editorial Board
2012

International Journal of Nano Science and Technology

Member of the Editorial Board

American Institute of Chemical Engineers, USA

2018
Member

Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), UK

2017
Fellow

Institute of Engineers (India) (FIE)

2016
Fellow

BOYSCAST (DST), Govt. of India

2009
Fellow

Eco Ethic International Union - Germany

2007
Life Member

Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers - India

2005
Life Member

National Ecology and Environment Foundation, India

2005
Life Member

Indian Society for Life Cycle Assessment, India

2004
Life Member

Global Economic Progress & Research Association

2003
Life Member

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# Separation processes: (Adsorption, extraction, ectrocoagulation, various surfactant mediate processes, RO/NF/UF/MF etc. # Membrane technology: Smart/stimuli responsive membranes (Fabrication and application of Ceramic/polymeric membranes for environmental, biological and chemical separation). # Extraction of value added products from plant and industrial sources # Treatment of industrial effluent and waste management # Catalysis, Nanoparticles and nanocomposites # Fruit and vegetable

Personal Details

  • Male
  • Professor
  • Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039
Ph.D
Other Institute 2004
M TECH
Other Institute 2001
B Tech
Other Institute 1999
Head of the Department May 2018 – Present
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Professor Jun 2015 – Present
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Associate Professor Nov 2008 – Jun 2015
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Assistant Professor - Selection Grade Jun 2005 – Oct 2008
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Senior Lecturer Dec 2004 – Jun 2005
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Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

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Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore

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Kaustubha

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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

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Jadavpur University

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Prof Mihir Kumar Purkait

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Murchana

Dr Murchana Changmai

Birla Institute of Technology and Science

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J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology

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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

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Birla Institute of Technology and Science

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Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

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Scholarly Work

Development of catalysts and a prototype device for conversion of CO2 to fuels/chemicals

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator

60 Lacs

2020 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Functionalized membranes for efficient wastewater treatment and food processing

Funding Agency: Styrelsen for Forskning og Uddannelse, Denmark

Principal Investigator (IITG)

200 Lacs

2020 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Development of House Hold Prototype for the Treatment of Arsenic Contaminated Drinking Water

Funding Agency: MHRD

Principal Investigator

3 Lacs

2019 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Study of presence of surface active agents in the inlet stream of Sureka Projects for Drinking water plant and Remedial action thereon

Funding Agency: Sureka Projects Pvt Limited Guwahati

Principal Investigator (IITG)

.25 Lacs

2019 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Electrocoagulation Techniques for the Treatment of Rejected Stream of Nanofiltration

Funding Agency: TATA STEEL

Principal Investigator

14.4 Lacs

2018 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Treatment of highly saline effluent by using surface active agent

Funding Agency: TATA STEEL

Principal Investigator

14.8 Lacs

2018 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Ceramic Filter Candle for water treatment

Funding Agency: Hamilton Housewares Pvt Limited, Mumbai

Principal Investigator

.6 lacs

2018 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Centre of Technological Excellent in water purification

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator (IITG)

110 Lacs

2018 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Polluted River Stretches-Preparation of Action Plan for North Eastern States

Funding Agency: CPCB

Principal Investigator

2.4 Lacs

2018 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Implementation of suitable water treatment plant at Balipara Substation (Sonitpur), Assam, Power Grid Corporation of India

Funding Agency: POWER GRID

Principal Investigator

.4 lacs

2016 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Installation of water treatment plant in the campus POWERGRID corp. India, Khalariat, Meghalay

Funding Agency: POWER GRID

Principal Investigator

.3 Lacs

2016 - Ongoing

Ongoing
CO2-Selective Ceramic Membrane for Separation of CO2 from Flue Gas and Natural Gas’

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

co-Principal Investigator

80 Lacs

2016 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Treatment of contaminated drinking water using a hybrid low-cost process

Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Principal Investigator

112 Lacs

2015 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Development of portable water purification system for pathogen and other contaminants free drinking water

Funding Agency: DRDO

Principal Investigator

12.4 Lacs

2015 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Utilization and synthesis of fly ash based bi-functional catalyst in bio-diesel production.

Funding Agency: INSA

Principal Investigator

15 Lacs

2012 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Installation of Iron Arsenic and Fluoride removal unit in the Yurebam,substation, Imphal

Funding Agency: POWER GRID

Principal Investigator

.6050 lacks

2012 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Poly-N-vinylamides Derivatized Fouling-Resistant Membranes for Industrial Application

Funding Agency: CSIR

Principal Investigator

23 lacs

2012 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Treatment of contaminated drinking water using electrocoagulation technique

Funding Agency: DRDO

Principal Investigator

10 Lacs

2010 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Development of membrane based technology for the separation of coal from organic solvent

Funding Agency: TATA STEEL

Principal Investigator

9 Lacs

2008 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Optimization of mass transfer enhanced electroless plating process parameters for dense metal composite membrane fabrication

Funding Agency: CSIR

Principal Investigator

26 Lacs

2008 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Synthesis of a candidate surfactant for the membrane based separation of heavy metals

Funding Agency: CSIR

Principal Investigator

24 Lacs

2007 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Development of light weight Iron Removal Unit based on the principle developed by Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur

Funding Agency: DRDO

Principal Investigator

9.8 Lacs

2006 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Enhancement of Synthesis of Lipids from Microalgae (Microalgal Oil) for Biodiesel Production: Optimization Using Mechanistic Approach

Funding Agency: DRDO

co-Principal Investigator

9.8 Lacs

2006 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Improvement of existing Iron Removal Unit developed by DRL, Tezpur

Funding Agency: DRDO

Principal Investigator

10 Lacs

2006 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Development of indigenous technology for fluoride free drinking water

Funding Agency: DRDO

Principal Investigator

10.5 lacs

2006 - Ongoing

Ongoing

Synthesis of Polysulfone Membrane and Its Application to Separation of Oil from Oil-in-Water Emulsion

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2008

Preparation and Characterization of Low Cost Ceramic Composite Membranes for Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Applications

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2009

Removal of Fluoride, Iron and Arsenic from Drinking Water using a Combination of Electrocoagulation and Microfiltration

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2009

Green Synthetic Methodologies Using Innocuous Reagents & Removal of Nitrobenzene Using Cloud Point Extraction

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2010

Preparation, Characterization and Applications of clay supported composite membranes

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2011

Treatment Of Fluoride Containing Water Using Adsorption And Precipitation Followed By Microfiltration

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2013

Microfiltration Studies Using Low Cost Ceramic Membranes

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2014

Preparation and Characterization of Fouling Resistant Ultrafiltration Membranes

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2015

Preparation and Characterization of Flyash Based Catalyst for Transesterification of Mustard Oil

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2015

Electrochemical and photo electrochemical studies for CO2 reduction and dye removal using Co3O4 as anode

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2016

Preparation and Characterization of Hydrophilic Polysulfone Ultrafiltration Membranes

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2016

Fabrication of fly ash based ceramic membrane for tomato juice clarification and water treatment

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2019

Antifouling and smart polymeric ultrafiltration membranes for environmental and biological separations

University IIT Guwahati
Year 2019

Separation of ions from rejected stream of industrial wastewater

India
Chemical Sciences Application No. : 201831044754 Filed : 27-11-2018
Published : N/A Filed

A ceramic membrane, A process of preparation and application thereof

India
Chemical Sciences Application No. : 201831041890 Filed : 05-11-2018
Published : N/A Filed

Apparatus/System for electrolytic treatment of water

India
Chemical Sciences Application No. : 201831027259 Filed : 20-07-2018
Published : N/A Filed

Formulations containing Catechin flavonoids mixture produced by membrane separation technology

India
Chemical Sciences Patent No. : 296935 Filed : 30-07-2010
Published : 21-05-2018 Published

A fabrication process to produce defect-free inorganic ultrafiltration range ceramic membrane device

India
Chemical Sciences Application No. : 725/KOL/2010 Filed : 02-07-2010
Published : N/A Filed

Apparatus and method for removal of fluoride, iron, arsenic and microorganism from contaminated drinking water

India
Chemical Sciences Patent No. : 286481 Filed : 29-04-2010
Published : 21-08-2017 Published

Novel process technology for the production of sodium sulfosuccinic di-octadecyl diester,

India
Chemical Sciences Application No. : 482/KOL/2010 Filed : 29-04-2010
Published : N/A Filed

Production of catechins from natural sources using membrane based technology

India
Chemical Sciences Patent No. : 291190 Filed : 11-03-2010
Published : 29-12-2017 Published

Surfactant composition and method for enhanced oil recovery utilizing above aqueous surfactant composition

India
- Patent No. : 245703 Filed : 18-04-2007
Published : 04-02-2011 Published

Scholarly Publications

Hybrid electrocoagulation–microfiltration technique for treatment of nanofiltration rejected steel industry effluent

Open Access
Article
Authors: Changmai M.;Das P.P.;Mondal P.;Pasawan M.;Sinha A.;Biswas P.;Sarkar S.;Purkait M.K.

Metal removal efficiency of novel LD-slag-incorporated ceramic membrane from steel plant wastewater

Open Access
Article

Thermal Induced Membrane Separation Processes

Open Access
Book
Authors: Purkait M.K.;Singh R.;Mondal P.;Haldar D.

Lignocellulosic conversion into value-added products: A review

Open Access
Review

Separation of chloride and sulphate ions from nanofiltration rejected wastewater of steel industry

Open Access
Article
Authors: Deepti ;Sinha A.;Biswas P.;Sarkar S.;Bora U.;Purkait M.K.

Doxorubicin Loading Capacity of MIL-100(Fe): Effect of Synthesis Conditions

Open Access
Article

Utilization of LD slag from steel industry for the preparation of MF membrane

Open Access
Article
Authors: Deepti ;Sinha A.;Biswas P.;Sarkar S.;Bora U.;Purkait M.K.

Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes from Industrial Wastes Following Alkali Activation and Film Casting Method

Open Access
Article