Green R & D

IITG Faculty Members and their Areas of Research in Green Sciences and Technology
Even before the inception of Green Office IITG, several faculty members of IIT Guwahati have been working in diverse research areas related to Green R&D. The following table summarizes their specific fields of research interests in Green Sciences and Technology. Please visit the respective website of the faculty for further details.

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Sl. No.	59Name of Faculty	Department	Research Areas	Email ID	Web Link
1	Dr. Biman Mandal	Biosciences & Bioengineering	Natural biomaterials for human tissue engineering and stem cells.	biman.mandal@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
2	Dr. Debasish Das	Biosciences & Bioengineering	Novel microalgal isolates as cell factory for biodiesel production, Development of Clostridium sp. as a cell factory for butanol production, Lignocellulosic ethanol fermentation involving recombinant hydrolytic enzymes expressed and isolated from Escherichia coli	debasishd@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
3	Dr. Lalit Pandey	Biosciences & Bioengineering	Reduction of Waste generation Recycling of treated waste as by-product Energy recovery from waste	lalitpandey@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
4	Dr. Sanjukta Patra	Biosciences & Bioengineering	Environmental Pollution Control Bioremediation	sanjukta@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
5	Dr. U. Bora	Biosciences & Bioengineering	Biomaterials	ubora@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
6	Dr. K. Pakshirajan	Biosciences & Bioengineering	Environmental Biotechnology: Biological removal and recovery of inorganic compounds from wastewaters Biological treatment of industrial wastewaters Biodegradation of xenobiotics Biofuels	pakshi@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
7	Prof. Rakhi Chaturvedi	Biosciences & Bioengineering	Plant Tissue Culture	rakhi.chaturvedi@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
8	Prof. V. V. Dasu	Biosciences & Bioengineering	Bioenergy	veeranki@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
9	Prof. Pranab Goswami	Centre for Energy/ Biosciences & Bioengineering	Biofuel cell as green technology to generate electricity	pgoswami@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
10	Dr. Animes Kr. Golder	Chemical Engineering	Electroremediation of water/ wastewater Physiochemical water / wastewater treatment techniques Bioremediation Electrochemical corrosion.	animes@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
11	Dr. Dipankar Bandyopadhyay	Chemical Engineering	Fuel and Solar Cells Large Scale Integration of Green Micro-solar and Micro-fuel Cell	dipban@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
12	Dr. Kaustubha Mohanty	Chemical Engineering	Biological Wastewater Treatment (Biosorption, Biodegradation, Bioremediation), Multiphase Reactors (Air-lift Reactors and Bioreactors), Biofuels (Bio-H2 and Bio-Ethanol), Pyrolysis of Biomass towards valued added products such as Bio-oil & Bio Chemicals, Ionic Liquids (Applications in Separation of Pollutants & Bio-products)	kmohanty@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
13	Dr. M. K. Purkait	Chemical Engineering	Production of value added product from CO2 Exaction of value added production from plants Membrane technology	mihir@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
14	Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela	Chemical Engineering	Catalytic bio-oil upgradation to transportation fuels Catalytic conversion of wood based biomass to value added chemicals CO2 reduction to chemicals and fuels	peelanr@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
15	Dr. S. K. Majumder	Chemical Engineering	Multiphase Flow and reactor development Hydrodynamics in multiphase flow Mineral processing Process intensifications Micro-nano bubble science and technology and its applications	skmaju@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
16	Dr. Sasidhar Gumma	Chemical Engineering	CO2 capture and removal from gaseous streams using adsorption and absorption Hydrogen storage materials	s.gumma@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
17	Dr. Senthilmurugan S	Chemical Engineering	Waste to Energy Waste and waste water treatment (WWWT) for Process Industries, Novel Desalination Technologies, Smart Water Grid	senthilmurugan@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
18	Dr. Tamal Banerjee	Chemical Engineering	Electronic Structure calculations on Emerging Pollutants Desulphurization and Dinitrification studies using Ionic Liquids Dissolution of Lignocellulosic Biomass in Green Solvents	tamalb@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
19	Dr. Vaibhav V. Goud	Chemical Engineering	Bio-energy Biolubricant, Utilisation of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Production of Fuel/Chemicals, Wastewater Treatment	vvgoud@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
20	Dr. Vimal Katiyar	Chemical Engineering	Bio-degradable polymers Clean Energy	vkatiyar@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
21	Prof. Aloke Kumar Ghoshal	Chemical Engineering	Environmental Pollution Control. Pyrolysis of waste plastics. Liquid membranes for pollution control Adsorption technology for industrial scale CO2 removal	aloke@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
22	Prof. Ramagopal Uppaluri	Chemical Engineering	Ceramic membrane based wastewater treatment Technoeconomic analysis of novel processes/technologies	ramgopalu@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
23	Dr. Pankaj Tiwari	Chemical Engineering	Conversion of carbonaceous solid waste to useful chemicals CO2 flooding for EOR applications	pankaj.tiwari@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
23	Dr. Bhubaneshwar Mandal	Chemistry	Renewable reagent development for various organic transformations	bmandal@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
24	Dr. K. Mahata	Chemistry	Solar fuel from water	kingsuk@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
25	Dr. Lal Mohan Kundu	Chemistry	Green Chemistry Clean Technology	lmkundu@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
26	Dr. M. Qureshi	Chemistry	CdS - ZnO based solar cells Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Diodes Stable and Efficient complex oxides for Hydrogen generation	mq@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
27	Prof B. K. Patel	Chemistry	Green Chemistry	patel@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
2829	Prof. Gopal Das	Chemistry	Environmental Chemistry and Water Research Biomineralization and Biomimetic Material Chemistry	gdas@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
30	Prof. J. B. Baruah	Chemistry	Green chemistry	juba@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
31	Prof. T. Punniyamurthy	Chemistry	Sustainable Technology and Chemistry	tpunni@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
32	Dr. P. K. Ghosh	Civil Engineering	Water treatment for domestic and industrial use Domestic and Industrial wastewater treatment Sludge treatment by physicochemical and biological process	pkghosh@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
33	Dr. Ajay Kalamdhad	Civil Engineering	Solid waste management Mechanical composting and vermicomposting Analysis of solid wastes	kajay@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
34	Dr. Manish Kumar Goyal	Civil Engineering	Soil carbon sequestration Clean development mechanism Carbon footprint	mkgoyal@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
35	Prof. Saswati Chakraborty	Civil Engineering	Water and Wastewater Treatment Biodegradation of Industrial Wastewater Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater	saswati@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
36	Dr. Sharad Ghokale	Civil Engineering	Air pollution and environmental noise Air quality modeling for traffic, industries, power plants Traffic flow and emission, atmospheric dispersion Indoor air quality, EIA, source apportionment, human exposure	sharadbg@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
37	Dr. Sri Harsha Kota	Civil Engineering	Formation, transformation and chemical mechanisms of air pollutants near roadways Development of air quality models Estimation of emission factors Source apportionment of air pollutants Regional air quality	harshakota@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
38	Prof. Arup Kr. Sarma	Civil Engineering	Ecological Management Practices for managing hilly watershed.	aks@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
39	Prof. Chandan Mahanta	Civil Engineering	Water Quality Environmental Impact, Risk Assessment and Management Environmental Geo-informatics	chandan@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
40	Prof. M. Jawed	Civil Engineering	Biological Processes Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Heavy Metal Removal and Recovery Water Treatment and Supply Domestic & Industrial Wastewater Treatment	jawed@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
41	Dr. Arindam Dey	Civil Engineering	Geosynthetics based sustainable designs in geotechnical engineering.	arindam.dey@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
42	Dr. Boeing Laishram	Civil Engineering	Sustainable infrastructure development	boeing@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
43	Dr. S. Sreedeep	Civil Engineering	Reuse of fly ash Utilizing waste for waste containment applications Nuclear waste management	srees@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
44	Dr. Suresh A. Kartha	Civil Engineering	Environmental Landfill Leaching Contaminant Transport Modeling Environmental pollution control in hydrometallurgy	kartha@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
45	Dr. A Murali Krishna	Civil Enginering	Use of scrap tyre materials in Geotechnical and Geosynthetic applications	amurali@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
46	Dr. Shareka Iqbal	Design	Adaptive Reuse, Solar Passive Architecture	Shareka.iqbal@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
47	Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee	Design	Design for sustainability Bio-inspired design	sharmistha@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
48	Dr. Sougata Karmakar	Design	Bio-inspired product design Electricity generation from human powered ergometer	karmakar.sougata@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
49	Prof. P. Yammiyavar	Design	Architecture - Renewable energy Energy efficient building design Interiors and Environments Green Design Methodologies Smart Cities	pradeep@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
50	Dr. Anamika Barua	Humanities and Social Sciences	Climate Change Water and livelihoods Sustainable Cities Ecological Foot print Transboundary Waters and hydro diplomacy	abarua@iitg.ac.in	Click here
51	Prof. Krishna Barua	Humanities and Social Sciences	Eco-criticism Eco-Aesthetics	krishna@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
52	Prof. Archana Barua	Humanities and Social Sciences	Environmental Ethics Eco-phenomenology	archana@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
53	Prof. N. Tripathi	Humanities and Social Sciences	Environmental Psychology	nachi@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
54	Dr. Ganesh Narayanan	Mechanical Engineering	Green and sustainable manufacturing Welding replacement Green design of rigid tools green formability of sheets	ganu@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
55	Dr. M. Ravi Sankar	Mechanical Engineering	Sustainable Manufacturing Bio medical Devices Bio-Materials Bio-MEMS	evmrs@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
56	Dr. P. Muthukumar	Mechanical Engineering	Hydrogen Energy (Storage and Applications) Metal hydride based thermal machines Porous medium combustion Waste heat recovery Thermal energy storage systems	pmkumar@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
57	Dr. S. Chandramohan	Mechanical Engineering	Renewable Energy Non-Conventional Energy Sources	cmsomayaji@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
58	Dr. Sachin D. Kore	Mechanical Engineering	Electromagnetic Pulse Welding (Green Welding with no heat, no sparks, no smoke, no radiation)	sdk@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
59	Dr. Swarup Bag	Mechanical Engineering	Green Manufacturing	swarupbag@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
60	Prof. P. Mahanta	Mechanical Engineering	Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy	pinak@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
61	Prof. U. K. Saha	Mechanical Engineering	Wind Energy Conversion	saha@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
62	Dr. Padmakumar Padmanabhan	Physics	Atomistic simulation of materials for energy and the Environment	padmakumarp@iitg.ernet.in	Click here
63	Prof. Pratima Agarwal	Physics	Solar cell	pratima@iitg.ernet.in	Click here

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