Current Indian Science

Dr Papita Das is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata India and Joint Director, School of Advanced Studies in Industrial Pollution Control Engineering, Jadavpur University. She has expertise in highly topical domains of environmental chemical engineering: (1) Nanotechnology (2) wastewater treatment, (3) environmental microbiology, (4) Biofuel generation from biomass, and (5) sustainable materials for environmental remediation and biofuel generation. Her research team has made notable contributions on several key areas related to “Environmental Sustainability”, which have been recognized with awards in recent years. She is ranked in World Ranking of top 2% Scientist (2020) published by Stanford University which represents the top 2% the most –cited scientists in various discipline (Rank 614 among 55697 researchers in the field of Chemical Engineering based on career long impact) and also awarded 8th National Award for Technology Innovation by Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Govt. of India in 2018, Women Scientist – BRSI, Young Scientist Award –BRSI. Further, her research has produced over 165 refereed International publications and 36 Book chapters, 12 Books and others which have been well received by the global scientific community through citations (Google Scholar, h index 39, citations 7126).

Dr. Tamal Mandal is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the National institute of Technology, Durgapur. He did PhD in Chemical Engg from the Jadavpur University, Kolkata, M.Tech in Chemical Engg from the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, M.Tech in Biotechnology from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and B. Tech in Chemical Engg from the Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Dr. A. Murugesan did post graduation in chemistry from C. B. M. College, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India. He did his doctoral studies during 2010 to 2013, from the Dept of Applied Science and Technology, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India under the supervision of Dr. S. Sivanesan. He worked as Research Associate, from 2013 to 2014. Then from 2014 to 2016, he worked as CSIR-Research Associate at Polymer Advanced Materials Lab, Dept of Polymer Science and Engineering, CSIR-NCL, Pune under the guidance of Dr. S. Sivaram. Dr. A. Murugesan became the Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Polymer Science at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in 2016. He obtained Bharat Vikas Award for Publications - ISR/BVA/2017-18 and Scibay Young Researcher Award by Society for Chemical and Synthetic Biology at Scibay International Conference on Science, Engineering, Technology and Management, at Chennai. Murugesan has researched on various fields like Conversion of plastic waste into alternative fuels and value-add chemicals, Pyrolysis of catalytic depolymerization, Polymeric membrane synthesis, Upcycling of polymer wastes, Porous polymers for energy related applications, Adsorption Separation Technology and Wastewater treatment. He has published 26 journal papers and 1 patent work. He is supervising five Ph.D. scholars and guiding many UG and PG students. He has completed four faculty funded and seven student funded sponsored projects. He is a reviewer in many international journals like Chemical Engineering Journal, Environment Progress and Sustainable Energy, etc. He has Lifetime membership in the Society of Polymer Science, India, MS No: 452; and a lifetime membership in Association of Chemistry Teachers, Maharashtra, India, MS No: 2268 professional bodies.