Center for
the Environment| Award, Scholarship, Patent details | Student Name | Photo |
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| Best oral presentation for the paper titled
"Unveiling the Pesticidal Potential of Edible Mushrooms: A Concise Review on Secondary Metabolites" at
the International Conference on Current Trends in Biological Sciences organized by the School of Life
Sciences, Mizoram University during 18-20 March, 2024.
Certificate Link |
Ashlesha Manta
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| Best oral presentation award at International Conference on Trends in Chemical,
Energy and Environmental Engineering(ChemEEE-2024), Oranized by Department of Chemical Engineering, held
during Feb 19-21, 2024 at Indiate Institute of Petroleum and Energy,Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Certificate Link |
Anurag Mishra
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| Best oral presentation award at International Conference on Trends in Chemical,
Energy and Environmental Engineering(ChemEEE-2024), Oranized by Department of Chemical Engineering, held
during Feb 19-21, 2024 at Indiate Institute of Petroleum and Energy,Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Certificate Link |
Shilpa Nandi
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| Best Paper Award (Oral Presentation) in IIChE-CHEMCON 2023 held at Heritage
Institute of Technology , Kolkata during 27-30 December, 2023 entitled "Fabrication of Novel Tubular
Ceramic membrane using pyrophylite and Activated carbon by Extrusion method and its performance in
Ultrafiltration of Treated oily wastewater"
Certificate Link |
Aswani K. Viswanath
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| AMI best poster presentation award in molecular microbiology catagory at 64th
Annual International Conference "Microbes for LiFE: A strategy for well-being (MLiFE-2023)" organised at
Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh - 284128 during 1-3 december, 2023. Title of the poster :
"Bacterial-Derived Anticancer Agents and Biogenic Gold Nanoparticles: Unveiling a Multifaceted Strategy
for Targeting Tumour Cells and Advancing Therapeutic Interventions"
Certificate Link |
Gourav Bhattacharjee
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| Awarded ACCTI-Young Scientist Award-2023 at Carbo-XXXVII International conference
on basic Analytical and allied Sciences at the interface of Carbohydrates and Biomass Valorisation,
Jointly organized by Delhi Technological University and Association of Carbohydrate Chemist &
Technologists (India) during November 30-December 02, 2023
Certificate Link |
Akshita Kanwar
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| Selected one of the one of the Ten best poster presenters of the Carbo-XXXVII
International conference on basic Analytical and allied Sciences at the interface of Carbohydrates and
Biomass Valorisation, Jointly organized by Delhi Technological University and Association of
Carbohydrate Chemist & Technologists (India) during November 30-December 02, 2023.
Certificate Link |
Akshita Kanwar
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| Patent entitled: Process for preparation of high surface area activated carbon by
using waste tea leaves
Patent grand date: 23- November, 2023 Patentee: Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait, Mr. Somnath Chanda and Dr. Piyal Mondal Certificate Link |
Somnath Chanda
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| Patent entitled: Process for removal of Chromium from Linz-Donawitz slag
Patent grand date: 18-September 2023 Patentee: Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait and Dr. Deepti Certificate Link |
Dr. Deepti
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| Two scholarships for attending the conference "European Society for Biomaterials”
from 4th- 8th of September 2023 at Davos, Switzerland, Switzerland.
(1) International Travel Support Scheme, SERB (2) Rudolf Cimdins scholarship (Covers the Registration Fees provided by the European Society for Biomaterials) |
Vivek Singh Yadav
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| Best Poster Presentation Award at the "Materials Today Conference 2023",
Singapore during 2-5 August 2023 .This conference has been organized by Elsevier Materials Science Team
focusing on how materials science research plays a vital role in addressing major global challenges.
Certificate Link |
Prangan Duarah
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| Best poster Presentation Award entitled "Removal of methylene blue dye using cow
dung based biosorbents from aqueous solution." on the National Conference on Gau-Vigyan in Modern Life
and Medical Science (NCGV-2023) held on May 20-21, 2023 at IIT Guwahati.
Certificate Link |
Anurag Mishra
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| Best Oral Presentation Award entitled " Replacing Jaggery-based Jeevamrutha
Bio-fertilizer with other Carbon Substrates for Various Nutritional Factors in Assam" on the National
Conference on Gau-Vigyan in Modern Life and Medical Science (NCGV-2023) held on May 20-21, 2023 at IIT
Guwahati.
Certificate Link |
Dr. Udaratta Bhattacharjee
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| First Place in SCIENTIFIQUE: ORAL PRESENTATION under the Centre for Environment
category, during the Research & Industrial Conclave- Integration '23 held at IIT Guwahati on 14-16 May
2023.
Certificate Link |
Ravi Vashist
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| First Place in SCIENTIFIQUE: POSTER PRESENTATION under the Centre for Environment
category, during the Research & Industrial Conclave- Integration '23 held at IIT Guwahati on 14-16 May,
2023.
Certificate Link |
Aniket Banerjee
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| First Best Poster Presentation poster titled "Biopolymer for Climate Change
Mitigation" in the 6th International Symposium on Advances in Sustainable Polymers - 2023 held on
11-13th April, 2023 at Nepal Academy of Science and Technology , Lalitpur , Kathmandu , Nepal
Photograph Link |
Krishna Kanta Bora
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| Name of the scholarship: Prime Minister's Research Fellow (Lateral , Dec 2022)
Received on: March, 2023 Awarded by MHRD, Govt of India. |
Shalini Prajapati |
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| Name of the Award: Member of the Royal Society of Biology, London.
Date: January 2023 Elected as a Member of the Royal Society of Biology, London Certificate Link |
Aniket Banerjee |
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| Name of the Award: STE-Young Researcher award
Date: January 2023 Reason of the award: In recognition of my outstanding contribution in contemporary research. Award Letter |
Sayantan Singha |
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| Name of the Award: Fellow of The Linnean Society, London
Date: April 2022 Reason of the award: Research impact, publications, academics and scientific achievements/deliberations Certificate Link |
Sayantan Singha |
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| Received the Best Flash Presentation & Poster Award for research work entitled
“Construction,expression,purification and biochemical characterization of a chimeric cellulase
(AtGH1-L1-AtGH8) of β-glucosidase (AtGH1) and β-1,4-endoglucanase (AtGH8) from thermophilic bacterium
Acetivibrio thermocellus ATCC 27405 for lignocellulosic bioethanol production” at Biotech Research
Society India's International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Bioresources and Bioeconomy
(BRSI-BSBB-22) held between 7th -10th December 2022, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati,
Assam, India.
Certificate Link |
Akshita Kanwar |
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| Best flash presentation and poster award in the International Conference on
Biotechnology for Sustainable Bioresources and Bioeconomy (BSBB-2022) jointly organized by IIT Guwahati
and Biotech Research Society at IIT Guwahati during Dec 07-11, 2022
Certificate Link |
Dr. Udaratta Bhattacharjee |
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| Name of the scholarship: Prime Minister's Research Fellow (October 2022).
Received on: October 2022 Awarded by MHRD, Govt of India. |
Shilpa Nandi |
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| "Best Paper Award" in North East Research Conclave (NERC) - 2022, 20-23th Jan
2022, held at IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India (Oral Presentation)
Paper Title: Photocatalytic Degradation of CIP by Waste Pineapple Peel-based Ni/TiO2 Photocatalyst under Visible Light. Certificate Link |
Ravi Vashist |
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| Name of the award: Fellow of Bose Science Society, The award is given to
recognize outstanding contribution in the field of Nanochemistry and Chemical Biology.
Received on: 21 December, 2021 Awarded by Bose Science Society. Certificate Link |
Dr. Sayantan Sinha |
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| Name of the scholarship: Prime Minister's Research Fellow (Lateral entry, May
2021 scheme)
Received on: October 2021 Awarded by MHRD, Govt of India. |
Prangan Duarah |
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| Name of the scholarship: Prime Minister's Research Fellow (Lateral entry, May
2021 scheme)
Received on: October 2021 Awarded by MHRD, Govt of India. |
Debolina Ghosh |
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| Name of the scholarship: Prime Minister's Research Fellow (Lateral entry, May
2021 scheme)
Received on: October 2021 Awarded by MHRD, Govt of India. |
Sumona Koley |
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| Best Thesis Award, 2021 (23rd Convocation)
Thesis title: Environmentally benign synthesis of Sn(II) based metal-organic-framework and its derivative SnO2 nanoparticles for the decontamination of water . Supervisor: Prof. Gopal Das |
Dr. Arnab Ghosh |
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| Patent entitled: Separation of ions from rejected stream of industrial
wastewater.
Patent Grant date: 11.02.2021 Patentee: Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait, Dr. Deepti, Apurva Sinha, Dr. Pinakpani Biswas, Dr. Supriya Sarkar Certificate Link |
Dr. Deepti |
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| Name of the award: Best Poster
Conference name: International conference, ICONN-2021 (Virtual Conference) , Feb 01-03, 2021 Certificate Link |
Dr. Jinat Aktar |
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| Best Paper in “5th International Conference on Bioenergy, Environmental and
Sustainable Technologies” , 29-30 January, 2021
Certificate Link |
Dr. Poulami Datta |
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| Name of the scholarship: Prime Minister's Research Fellow (Lateral entry, May
2020 scheme)
Received on: October 2020 Awarded by MHRD, Govt of India. |
Himadree Das |
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| Name of the scholarship: Prime Minister's Research Fellow (Lateral entry, May
2020 scheme)
Received on: October 2020 Awarded by MHRD, Govt of India. |
Aniket Banerjee |
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| Name of the award: Member of the Royal Society of Biology, London, UK
Nature of the award: Election as a Member of the Royal Society of Biology is based on the research competency, publications, academics and scientific achievements. A member is entitled to use the designatory letters MRSB after his/her name. These letters signify to all that you are a professional biologist, well qualified and subject to a rigorous code of conduct. Certificate Link |
Dr. Sayantan Sinha |
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| Name of the award: Certificate of Honor for Best Research Paper Presentation
Nature of the award: Outreach Program organized by R&D Section IIT Guwahati in association with Indian International Science Festival, GOI. The competition was organized amongst PhD and postdoctoral students/researchers amongst all departments of IIT Guwahati. Certificate Link |
Dr. Sayantan Sinha |
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| Name of the award: DST-BRICS Young Scientist Fellow
Nature of the award: I was selected as one of the 20 young scientists to represent Republic of India at the BRICS Nation Young Scientist Conclave (YSC) at Russia 2020. The selection is based on research competency, publications, academics and achievements. Additionally as a requirement of selection for the Young Innovator Prize at the BRICS YSC all the BRICS countries select two to four projects for oral presentation at the forum. This time our project titled “Development of a Fluorescent Peptide based sensor for rapid and specific detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Environment” was selected by DST, GOI to be presented at the BRICS platform. |
Dr. Sayantan Sinha |
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| Name of the award: InSc Research Excellence Award
Nature of the award: The award is given based on exemplary achievements in research and academics. |
Dr. Sayantan Sinha |
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| Best Thesis Award ,2020
Thesis title: Enhancement of biogas production from rice straw by co-digestion and pretreatment techniques Supervisor - Prof. Ajay S. Kalamdhad and Co-Supervisor - Prof. V.V. Goud |
Dr. Jyoti Kainthola |
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| Award Name: Best oral presentation at DST-UKIERI supported WORKSHOP CUM SYMPOSIUM
ON Bio-inspired Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications, IIT Guwahati, 12 - 13 Feb, 2020
Paper title: Evaluation of Oil Washing Efficiency of the Biosurfactant Produced by Bacillus tequilensis from Assam Reservoir Soil |
Dr. Poulami Datta |
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| Award Name: Best poster presentation at DST-UKIERI supportedWORKSHOP CUM
SYMPOSIUM ON Bio-inspired Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications, IIT Guwahati, 12 - 13 Feb, 2020
Paper title: Efficient pollutants removal property of materials synthesized from plant polyphenols and iron. |
Dr. Jinat Aktar |
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| First position in Oral presentation at National Conference on Issues and
Challenges in Water Treatment and Allied Research for Sustainable Environment (Water 2020), IIT
Guwahati, 23-25 Jan, 2020
Paper title: Separation of chloride and sulphate ions from nano filtration rejected water from steel industry |
Dr. Deepti Nair |
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| First position in Oral presentation at National Conference on Issues and
Challenges in Water Treatment and Allied Research for Sustainable Environment (Water 2020), IIT
Guwahati, 23-25 Jan, 2020
Paper title: Valorization of Rhodococcus opacus biomass cultivated using refinery wastewater by hydrothermal liquefaction |
Dr. Tanushree Paul |
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| Best Poster presentation at National Conference on Issues and Challenges in Water
Treatment and Allied Research for Sustainable Environment (Water 2020), IIT Guwahati, 23-25 Jan, 2020.
Paper title: Investigating the Potential of Biosurfactants for MEOR Application. |
Dr. Poulami Datta |
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| 2nd position in Oral presentation at national Conference WATER 2020, IITG
Paper title: Role of seed sludge and oil degrading microorganisms in aerobic granular treatment of hydrocarbon-rich wastewater with phyto-toxicity analysis. Duration : 23-25 Jan, 2020 |
Dr. Sayanti Ghosh |
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| Second Position in poster presentation at National Conference on Issues and
Challenges in Water Treatment and Allied Research for Sustainable Environment (Water 2020), IIT
Guwahati, 23-25 Jan, 2020
Paper title: Changes in Aeribic Biomass Sludge of Sequencing Batch Reactor Fed with Piggery Wastewater |
Dr. Rajneesh Kumar |
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| Third Position in poster presentation at National Conference on Issues and
Challenges in Water Treatment and Allied Research for Sustainable Environment (Water 2020), IIT
Guwahati, 23-25 Jan, 2020
Paper title: CEfficient dye removal property of materials synthesized from plant polyphenols and iron in an insoluble powder form. |
Dr. Jinat Aktar |
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| Third Position (Shared) in poster presentation at National Conference on Issues
and Challenges in Water Treatment and Allied Research for Sustainable Environment (Water 2020), IIT
Guwahati, 23-25 Jan, 2020
|
Dr. Jayakrishnan U |
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| 3rd Position in poster presentation at National Conference on Issues and
Challenges in Water Treatment and Allied Research for Sustainable Environment (Water 2020), IIT
Guwahati, 23-25 Jan, 2020
Paper title: "Sorption of Carbon Dioxide on Sn (II)-TMA Metal-Organic Framework" |
Dr. Arnab Ghosh |
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| Best Poster at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM 2020), IIT
Kharagpur
Paper title: Facile Synthesis of Sn(II) MOF using Waste PET Bottles as Source of Organic Linker: Trace Arsenate Remediation from Aqueous Medium, date: 06-08 JAN, 2020 |
Dr. Arnab Ghosh |
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| Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship-2019, Scholarship Period – 3rd Jan 2020- 3rd
Jan 2021
Host University: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, Lab Details: Lau Laboratory for Bioinspired Interfacial Materials, Technology Group Dept: Pure and Applied Chemistry Host Supervisor: Dr K H Aaron Lau Host Co-Supervisor: Dr Christine Davidson |
Dr. Aquib Jawed |
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| DST-SERB International Travel Support for attending “Engineering Sustainable
Development Conference 2019, at Seoul South Korea” (Travel Grant)
Paper Title:’ “Aerobic Granulation of Micrococcus aloeverae Strain SG002 and its Application in Oil Remediation and Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) Production” |
Dr. Sayanti Ghosh |
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| IconSWM Excellence award 2019 for best paper in 9th IconSWM-CE, organized by
ISWMAW
at KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from November 27-30, 2019. Oral presentation on “Pollutant removal
kinetics
of aerobic granular reactors operated with different inoculums and hydraulic retention times during
diesel
wastewater treatment” by Sayanti Ghosh and Prof. Saswati Chakraborty.
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Dr. Sayanti Ghosh |
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| Name of Award: Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship-2019 Scholarship Period - 1st
Oct 2019-30th Sept 2020
Host University: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland Lab Details: Smart Materials and Device Technology Group Dept: Pure and Applied Chemistry Host Supervisor: Dr Aruna Ivaturi Host Co-Supervisor: Dr Leonard Berlouis |
Dr. Smruti Ranjan Dash |
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| Received Best Poster Award in the paper entitled “Eco-toxicity analysis of
biologically treated refinery wastewater following cell recycle with tubular membrane” at Nutraceuticals
and Chronic Diseases (INCD-
2019) held on September 23-25, 2019, organized by Biosciences and Bio- engineering Department Indian
Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
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Dr. Tanushree Paul |
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| Name of Award:
2nd position (Rs.75,000/- as Ignition grant for startup) North East Hackathon-2019, 5th September 2019.
Organized by: Assam Science & Technology University (ASTU), Guwahati, Assam. Proposal Name: 3D-Printing & Artificial Neural Networks Based Platforms for Customized Nutrition & Charcoal Products from Green Tea (Jointly submitted with Dr. Suramita Chanda from SMCH, Assam) |
Somnath Chanda |
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| Received Second prize in poster presentation entitled “Refinery wastewater treatment using the oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus and bio- oil production from the lipid rich bacterial biomass by hydrothermal liquefaction" at Research Conclave 2019, held on 14-17 March 2019, organized by Student Academic Board, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. | Dr. Tanushree Paul |
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| Received best Oral presentation award in Research Conclave 2019, held at IIT Guwahati. The title of the presentation was: ‘Garlic-derived Organosulfur Compounds and Analogues: An Efficient Synthetic Methodology and Anti-proliferative Activities’. | Dr. Debojit Bhattacharjee |
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| Best Paper in the Oral Presentation held in 2nd International Conference on New
Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2019) at NIT WARANGAL during 15-16
Feb, 2019
Paper title: “ Green synthesis of tin metal organic framework using waste Pet bottles as source of organic linker for efficient removal of fluoride” |
Dr. Arnab Ghosh |
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| Name of Award: Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF) Bioenergy award for
cutting edge research (B-ACER) internship for a period of 6 months to undertake research at the
University of Utah, USA on “Designing a consortium using anaerobic bacteria for efficient hydrolysis to
enhance biogas production” to be hosted by Dr. Ramesh Goel, Professor and Graduate Director Civil &
Environmental Engineering University of Utah, USA
Duration: August 2018- January 2019
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Dr. Jyoti Kaintholia |
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| Received Best Poster Award in the paper entitled "Bioreactor strategies for refinery wastewater treatment using Rhodococcus opacus and bio-oil production by hydrothermal liquefaction" at the 'International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment and Energy (ICBSEE-2018)' held on 6-7 December 2018 at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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Dr. Tanushree Paul |
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| First prize in “North East Biostart” Innovation and Talent Search Contest.
Name of the Organization: Guwahati Biotech Park Paper title: Utilization of Waste Motor Oil and Oily Wastewater: Degradation with Product Formulation. Form of award: Memento, Certificate and Rs. 30,000/- Cash Prize Date of Award:5th April, 2018 |
Dr. Sayanti Ghosh
Dr. Poulami Paul |
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