Dibyajyoti Haldar Author

Dr. Mihir Kumar Purkait received his Ph.D and M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IITKGP) after completing his B.Tech and B.Sc (Hons) in Chemistry from University of Calcutta. He has also done his post PhD research in MIT (USA). Prof. Purkait is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) UK, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET) UK, Fellow of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (FIIChE) India, Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (FAScT) India, and Fellow of Institute of Engineers (FIE) India. He is the director of 2 incubated company (viz. RD Grow Green India Pvt. Ltd. and Vixudha Bio Products Ltd.). He is also a technical advisor of Gammon India Ltd and Indian Oil Corporation, Bethkuchi for their water treatment plant. He is currently the Chair Professor for National Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM) Govt. of India, an initiative to provide safe drinking water to every rural household. He has also received several awards like; BOYSCAST Fellow award (2009-10) from the DST, Young Engineers Award in the field of Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Engineers (India, 2009), Young Scientist Medal award from the Indian National Science Academy (INSA, 2009), and Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation national fellowship from Indian National Academy of Engineering. His current research activities are focused in four distinct areas namely i) advanced separation technologies, ii) waste to energy, iii) smart materials for various applications and iv) process intensification. In each area, his goal is to synthesize stimuli responsive materials and to develop a more fundamental understanding of the factors governing the performance of the chemical and biochemical processes. He has more than 20 years of experience in academics and research and has published more than 300 papers in different reputed journals (Citation: >13,000, h-index = 66, i-10 index = 160). To his credit are 12 patents and 10 books. He has completed 34 sponsored and consultancy projects from various funding agencies and has guided 18 Ph.D students. Dr. Dibyajyoti Haldar is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), India. He obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Agartala (NITA), India, and his MTech in Environmental Science and Technology from the National Institute of Technology Durgapur (NITDGP), India. His research work includes conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars, enzymatic hydrolysis and kinetics, biofuels, and formation of value-added products derived from agricultural wastes and processes intensification. He has published 12 scientific research and review papers in various reputable international journals. He is the author of several book chapters and a book published by Elsevier. During his PhD, he received the best oral presentation award in a one-day workshop on “'Current Trends in Scientific Research” at Research Scholars’ Day 2018 organized by the National Institute of Technology Agartala, India. He is a potential reviewer of several international journals. He has attended several conferences of national and international repute.