Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait
Professor
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.
- Phone No: +91 361 258 2262/+91 99542 48807
- Email: mihir@iitg.ac.in
- Room No: 105
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Dr. Mihir Kumar Purkait is a Professor (HAG) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG). Presently he is holding Professor Chair of National Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM), Min. of Jal Shakti (Govt. of India). He is energetically involved in frontier areas of Chemical Engineering with his major research interest in the field of advanced separation processes and material science. Prof. Purkait has a portfolio of multifarious innovations and inventions in both fundamental and applied research. He has made an outstanding contribution to develop the fundamental concept and mechanism of smart and intelligent responsive materials (thermo-responsive, pH-responsive, dual / multi stimuli-responsive, and piezoelectric) for a wide range of separation applications. He has the credit for commercializing various technologies for up and downstream operation of water purification, many water treatment technologies for contaminated drinking water and industrial wastewater, bio-separation, value-added product separation from plant and agricultural resources, and electrochemical reduction of CO2 to several liquid fuels. His major research areas and output in terms of the number of publications are shown below. Prof. Purkait has done outstanding contribution in translational and applied research on two major sustainable development goals, SDGs (SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation; SDG 9: Industry and Innovation; SDG 12: Production). Quality and quantity of his research is reflected in terms of large number of publications, patents, technology transfer, start-ups, projects, consultancies and involvement with various national and international scientific committees. His work has remarkable relevance in societal as well as industrial sectors. He has more than 23 years of experience in research & academics. With his research team he has published more than 350 high quality International journal papers with h-index of 79 (Citation > 18,000), 14 granted patents and made 3 technology transfer. He has authored 18 books, completed 42 sponsored projects/consultancies funded by various Govt agencies and industries. Prof. Purkait has supervised 24 PhD students and >48 M Tech students on fundamental and applied research. For his scientific and societal contribution, he has been awarded several national level prestigious award from INAE, NASI, INSA, DST etc. He has worked as visiting professor of 3 foreign universities and involved in various international scientific/funding organizations as ECC/PAC expert member like European Science Foundation (ESF, France), Fund for Scientific Research; FWO Flanders, Brussel (Belgium) etc. Prof. Purkait is also actively involved in different capacity like ECC / EC / PAC / selection committee member / advisor / consultant etc in various Govt (state & central) bodies including DST, SERB, DBT, AICTE, BIS, IITs, NITs, Universities, Waste to Wealth (W2W) mission and National Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) of Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Govt of India and public sector companies. |
Dr. Mihir Kumar Purkait
Chair Professor, National Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM), Min. of Jal Shakti (Govt. of India)
Professor (HAG), 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
Books authored: https://www.amazon.in/s?k=mihir+kumar+purkait&crid=34TLQFXL5NV4W&sprefix=%2Caps%2C245&ref=nb_sb_ss_recent_1_0_recent
Administrative Activities
- Professor Chair, National Jal Jeevan Mission, Min. of Jal Shakti (GoI), March 2022 onward.
- Dean, Alumni and External Affairs (IITG), Jan, 2021 to March, 2024.
- Head, Centre for the Environment (IITG), May, 2018 to Feb, 2021.
- Warden of Kapili Hostel (IITG): July, 2008 to July, 2010.
- Associate warden of Kapili Hostel (IITG): July, 2005 to July, 2008.
- Member of Co-ordination committee, Central Instrumental Facility (CIF)
- Member of IADC
- Member of DDC
- Secretary, DPPC
- Various departmental responsibilities like; T&P in charge, time table committee member, faculty advisor of UG and PG batches etc.
- Member of SCSP and TSP Committee
- Member of Advisory Board to RAM cell (15/9/16 to 3 yrs)
- Member of selection committee for the TS/JTS
- Organized TEQIP Sponsored Workshop on Rise of Arsenicosis and Fluorosis like diseases in the North-Eastern states of India – Technologies and techniques for mitigation. January 23rd - 24th, 2020, Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati.
- Organized CPCB sponsored Workshop on Polluted River Stretches-Preparation of Action Plan for North East States 25 February, 2019 at IIT Guwahati.
- Organized CPCB Sponsored short term course on Cleaner Technologies & Waste Minimization for Prevention of Industrial Pollution and Four R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover - case studies, 24th - 26th October 2018, Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati.
- Organized TEQIP short term course on Surfactant mediated pollutant removal techniques, January 19 - 23, 2016, Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati.
- Organizing Secretary of the National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Engineering (NCFCE-2007). 12th to 14th Dec., 2007 at IIT Guwahati.
- Coordinator of a QIP Short Term Course on Advances in Membrane Separations Technology. 10th to 14th Dec., 2007 at IIT Guwahati.
- Coordinator of a QIP Short Term Course on Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena in Process Technology, 14th to 18th July, 2008 at IIT Guwahati.
