Awards & Recognitions

• Biographical Record included in Marquis Who's Who in the World -2012-13, 2015-16, 2018
• Chairman, Environmental Engineering Session, CHEMCON 2010
• Dr. A.V. Rama Rao Foundation's Best Ph.D. Thesis and Research Award in Chemical Engineering/Technology" for the year 2010 from Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE).
• Best paper presentation award for the paper entitled "Optimization of composition of foam controlling agent for process industries", presented in NCFCE 2007, IIT Guwahati.
• Repertoire at National Seminar cum workshop on "Innovative Prospects in Food Processing: Integration of Engineering and Biological Sciences" at Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Tezpur University, March 27-28, 2015

Invited Talk:

• Invited talk on "Arsenic contamination in drinking water: An overview” at TEQIP III Sponsored Symposium on “Rise of Arsenicosis and Fluorosis like diseases in the North-Eastern states of India – Technologies and techniques for mitigation" at Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati, January 23, 2020
• Invited talk on "Use of plastic in daily life", at  Indian Railway, Rangiya Division/N.F. Railway, September 16, 2019
• Invited talk on "Recent advances in food, energy and wastewater treatment in Chemical Engineering" at 35th National Convention of Chemical Engineers on the theme “The food-energy-water (FEW) nexus-challenges for Chemical Engineers at The Institution of Engineers (India), Assam State Centre, Guwahati on September 6, 2019.
• Invited talk on Advanced Separation Processes: An Overview at TEQIP-III Sponsored Symposium on Advances in Separation Techniques, Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati, 15 March, 2019
• Invited talk on Application of membranes in fruit juice clarification at TEQIP-III Sponsored Symposium on Advances in Separation Techniques, Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati, 15 March, 2019
• Invited talk on Production of value-aided chemicals from solid, liquid and gaseous wastes at CPCB Sponsored Training Programme: Cleaner Technologies & Waste Minimization for Prevention of Industrial Pollution and Four R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover - case studies, Centre for the Environment, 24-26 October, 2018
• Invited talk on " Production of value-aided chemicals from solid, liquid and gaseous wastes" at CPCB Sponsored Training Programme " Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati, 25 Oct., 2018
• Invited talk on "Water and Wastewater Treatment using Novel Membrane Separation Technology" at TEQIP Short Term Course on "Recent Advances in Materials, Energy & Environmental Engineering", Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 16-20 July, 2018
• Invited talk on "Membrane Based Separation of Oily Wastewater"at TEQIP Short Term Course on "Recent Advances in Materials, Energy & Environmental Engineering",  Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 16-20 July, 2018
• Invited talk at Kiyoto Institute of Technology-IIT Guwahati Joint symposium, KIT, Japan, 4th August, 2016.
• Invited talk at Gifu University-IIT Guwahati Joint symposium, Gifu University, Japan, 1st August, 2016.
• Invited talk at TechXetra 2015, "Annual, national-level techno-cultural festival of Tezpur University" Tezpur University, 30th Oct to 1st Nov., 2015.
• Invited talk at National Seminar cum workshop on "Innovative Prospects in Food Processing: Integration of Engineering and Biological Sciences" at Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Tezpur University, March 27-28, 2015.
• Invited talk at TEQIP STC on "Emerging Micropollutants in the Environment: Occurrence, Transportation, Monitoring and Treatment" at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, March 02-05, 2015.
• Invited talk on "Applications of Membrane Technology for the Treatment of Organic Pollutants" at Defence Research Lab, DRDO, Tezpur, December 16-17, 2014.
• Invited talk on "Introduction to Membrane Separation Technology" at Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati, December 9-10, 2014.
• Invited lecture on "Water and wastewater treatment using electrospun PVA nanofiber membranes" at The Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati, 20th June, 201
• Invited lecture on "Low cost ceramic membranes: A new approach towards membrane technology" at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India, 16th April, 2014.
• Invited lecture on, "QIP STC on: Advanced Chemical Process Design (ACPD)" at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 08-12 July 2013.
•  Invited lecture on "QIP Short Term Course on Biotechniques for Pollution Control and Resource Recovery" at Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati, July 1-5, 2013.
• Invited lecture and conduction of training at Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati in 3-day training program (26th-28th Nov. 2012) on "Green Chemistry and Clean Technology", funded by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India.

Workshop attended:

• 7th International Conference on Chemical and Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, March 6-8, 2020
• 11th World Congress on Water Resources and Environment (EWRA 2019), “Managing Water Resources for a Sustainable Future”, Madrid, Spain, 25-29 June 2019
• Workshop on Role of IPR in Entrepreneurship Development, April 9, 2004, IIT Kharagpur (Organized by SRIC, IIT Kharagpur).
• Workshop of International Patenting: Issues and Methods, January 13, 2005, IIT Kharagpur (Organized by SRIC, IIT Kharagpur).
• National Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights Education and Research, December 2-3, 2005, IIT Kharagpur (Organized by SRIC, IIT Kharagpur in association with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
• Industry-Academia Workshop on "Technology Imperatives for Exploration and Production of Oil & Gas" March 17-20, 2010, Oil and natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and Petroleum Federation of India (PETROFED), Kaziranga, Assam.