Sankha Chakrabortty

Research Overview

Dr. Sankha Chakrabortty an assistant professor of School of Biotechnology/Chemical Technology, KIIT Deemed to be University, India, is a renowned researcher with over 10 years of expertise in the domains of Environmental Engineering and Green Technology. He has had his research published in over 32 SCI/SCOPUS indexed high impact factor journals and has filed seven patents. Dr. Chakrabortty’s research philosophy has also been published as book chapters in over fifteen high-value books. He has just published one book as a Co-Editor. He has garnered 14 awards/achievements from different organizations over the course of his ten-year research career. He received the SPRINGER publisher’s “Best Paper Award-2015” in 2015, and the “Best Researcher Award-2020” from an international organisation last year, as well as the “NESA Young Scientist of the Year 2020” from the National Environmental Science Academy. In addition, Dr. Chakrabortty received another award from KIIT University in the field of “STE-Young Scientist Award (Faculty Category)” for his remarkable research effort.

Sponsored Research Projects

1. Green Synthesis of Vanillin by Solar Photo-catalytic Reforming of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Faculty Promotion Research Scheme, University Grant Commission (UGC), Government of India (10 lakh rupees)
2. Fabrication of Al2O3 containing cellulose based Ag NPs encapsulated Collagen dressing and investigation of its Therapeutic Opportunities in Diabetic Wound Healing, Ministry of Mines, Government of India (30 lakh rupees)
3. Capture and Conversion of CO2 to Methanol through Photocatalyst and Solar driven Membrane System, SERB, DST, Government of India, (22 lakh rupees)
4. Installation of 2 Nos Improved Iron Removal Plant on Market Seeding at Satyam Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., M/S Satyam Iron & Steel Co. Pvt. Ltd. and M/S Satyam Smelters (P) Ltd. (2 lakh rupees)

Patents

1. PAL, Parimal, CHAKRABORTTY, Sankha, A high flux low energy osmotic system for arsenic removal at low cost, Patent no: 333616, 1003/KOL/2014 (Granted)
2. CHAKRABORTTY, Sankha and RUJ, Biswajit, A process for the synthesis of graphene based nano-catalyst and use thereof in high methanol production, 201811047387, 16/12/2019 (Filed)
3. CHAKRABORTTY, Sankha and RUJ, Biswajit, A process for the development of hydrogen exfoliation graphene based photocatalyst, 201811046955, 12/12/2018 (Filed)
4. RUJ, Biswajit, DEBBARMA, Swarup Ranjan, CHAKRABORTTY, Sankha and MONDAL, Preetam Kumar, A composition for high strength concrete blocks utilizing arsenic and iron-rich sludge and a process for the preparation thereof, 201911040875, 10/10/2019 (Filed)
5. RUJ, Biswajit, DEBBARMA, Swarup Ranjan, CHAKRABORTTY, Sankha and MONDAL, Preetam Kumar, Thermal treatment towards safe disposal of arsenic-rich sludge and its process thereof, 202011009039, 03/03/2020 (Filed)
6. RUJ, Biswajit, DEBBARMA, Swarup Ranjan, CHAKRABORTTY, Sankha and SAHA, Arup, A process for the safe disposal of fluoride-rich sludge and its use thereof in concrete block production, 201913053662, 24/12/2019 (Filed)
7. Nitika Tiwari, Sanjay Sarkar, Kali Sashank, Kundan Samal, Sanjib Moulick, Benu Gopal Mohapatra, Shirsendu Banerjee, Sankha Chakraborty, Sasmita Samant, P. K. Mohapatra, Suraj Kumar Tripathy, METAL DOPED FECAL SLUDGE BIOCHAR FOR TREATMENT OF WATER, E106/5/2022/KOL (202231000798), 06/01/2022

Recent Publications

1. Sanjay Sarkar, Nitika Tiwari, Meerambika Behera, Sankha Chakrabortty, Kavya Jhingran, Kali Sanjay, Shirsendu Banerjee, Suraj K. Tripathy, Facile synthesis, characterization and application of magnetic Fe3O4-coir pith composites for the removal of methyl violet from aqueous solution: Kinetics, isotherm, thermodynamics and parametric optimization, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 99 (2022) 100447
2. Meerambika Behera, Nitika Tiwari, Shirsendu Banerjee, Abdul Rauf Sheik, Manish Kumar, Madhubanti Pal, Parimal Pal, Rishya Prava Chatterjee, Sankha Chakrabortty, Suraj K. Tripathy, Ag/biochar nanocomposites demonstrate remarkable catalytic activity towards reduction of p-nitrophenol via restricted agglomeration and leaching characteristics, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 642 (2022) 128616, DOI: https://chemical.kiit.ac.in//doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128616, Impact Factor: 4.55
3. Biswajit Ruj, Bhaskar Bishayee, Rishya Prava Chatterjee, Ankita Mukherjee, Arup Saha, Jayato Nayak, Sankha Chakrabortty*, An economical strategy towards the managing of selenium pollution from contaminated water: a current state-of-the-art review, Journal of Environmental Management, 2021, Volume 304, 15 February 2022, 114143. https://chemical.kiit.ac.in//doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114143, Impact Factor: 6.75
4. Bhaskar Bishayee, Biswajit Ruj, Santanu Nandi, Rishya Prava Chatterjee, Aparajita Mallick, Prasenjit Chakraborty, Jayato Nayak, Sankha Chakrabortty*, Sorptive elimination of fluoride from contaminated groundwater in a fixed bed column: a kinetic model validation based study, Indian Journal of the Chemical Socity, Volume 99, Issue 1, January 2022, 100302, https://chemical.kiit.ac.in//doi.org/10.1016/j.jics.2021.100302, Impact Factor: 0.29
5. Bhaskar Bishayee, Rishya Prava Chatterjee, Biswajit Ruj, Sankha Chakrabortty*, Jayato Nayak, Strategic management of nitrate pollution from contaminated water using viable adsorbents: An economic assessment-based review with possible policy suggestions, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 303, 1 February 2022, 114081, https://chemical.kiit.ac.in//doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.11408, Impact Factor: 6.75
6. Sanjay Sarkar, Nitika Tiwari, Aradhana Basu, Meerambika Behera, Bhaskar Das, Sankha Chakrabortty, Kali Sanjay, Mrutyunjay Suar, Tapan Kumar Adhya, Shirsendu Banerjee, Suraj K.Tripathy, Sorptive removal of malachite green from aqueous solution by magnetite/coir pith supported sodium alginate beads : Kinetics, isotherms, thermodynamics and parametric optimization, Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021, https://chemical.kiit.ac.in//doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.101818, Impact Factor: 5.35
7. Meerambika Behera, Nitika Tiwari, Aradhana Basu, Smruti Rekha Mishra, Shirsendu Banerjee, Sankha Chakrabortty Suraj K.Tripathy, Maghemite/ZnO nanocomposites: A highly efficient, reusable and non-noble metal catalyst for reduction of 4-nitrophenol, Advanced Powder Technology, 2021, https://chemical.kiit.ac.in//doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2021.06.005, Impact Factor: 4.85
8. Facile synthesis, characterization and application of heterogeneous Al@Si materials for adsorptive mitigation of fluoride: optimization and cost analysis, Bhaskar Bishayee, Biswajit Ruj, Sankha Chakrabortty*, Jayato Nayak, Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring & Management, 2021, 1016/j.enmm.2021.100490, 2021, pp. 100490
9. Biswajit Ruj, Sankha Chakrabortty*, Jayato Nayak, Rishyaprava Chatterjee, A treatment of arsenic sludge generated from groundwater treatment plant: A review towards a sustainable solution, South African Journal of Chemical Engineering 37 (2021) 214–226.
10. Meeraambika Behera, Shirsendu Banerjee, Jayato Nayak, Sankha Chakrabortty*, Suraj K Tripathy, A review on the treatment of textile industry waste effluents towards the development of efficient mitigation strategy: material and integrated photo-catalytic system design, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier), https://chemical.kiit.ac.in//doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.105277, Impact Factor: 5.85

Achievements/Distinctions/Honored

• Delivered Guest Lecture in the TechnoBiz “Environmental News Hour” programme (YouTube live session), Thailand
• Delivered Guest Lecture to the Amirkabir University of Technology (Autumn School, Wastewater Filtration), Tehran, Iran, 19th December, 2021
• Awarded as “STE Young Researcher Award-2021 (Faculty Category)” by Save the Environment (STE), India, january-2022
• Awarded as “Environmentalist of the Year-2021” by National Environmental Science Academy, India, Dec. 2021
• Awarded as “Young Scientist 2020” by National Environmental Science Academy,India, December 2020
• Awarded as “NESIN 2020 Best Researcher Award” by ScienceFather, October 2020
• Achieved START-UP RESEARCH GRANT under UGC-FACULTY RESEARCH PROMOTION SCHEME, 2020
• Awarded as DS KOTHARI POST DOC FELLOW (Post-Doc), University Grant Commission (UGC), 2019
• Awarded as National Post-Doctoral Fellow (Post-Doc), SERB-DST, Government of India, 2017
• Best Research Paper Award (One Plaque and 1000-euro cash prize), SPRINGER Publisher, 2016.
• DST-INSPIRE Fellowship for doctoral study (for university Topper), Department of Science and Technology, 2012
• Gold Medal and Rank Certificate (University topper) National Institute of Technology Durgapur,
• Awarded as Best Domain paper for the year of 2014-2016, Awarded by BioMedLib™ journal.
• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Score: 496, All India Rank: 446: Percentile: 97.5

Overall Journal Publications: 32; Citations: 530; h-index-12; i-10-index-13, Total Impact Factor: 135, Book Chapters published: 15, Conference attended: 15; Faculty Development Programme/ Workshop attended: 13

Membership with Professional Bodies

• International Association of Advanced Materials (Membership Number: 64879122455 )
• Life membership of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (Membership Number: LM-65320)
• Life membership of National Environmental Science Academy (L/M Number: 2053)
• Life membership of Save the Environment Socity (L/M Number: 0075)
• Life Membership of International Water Association (IWA Publisher) (Membership number: 1606951)

Life membership Asia Society of Researchers (Senior Member Number: R219022601)

Editorial Board Member:

International Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Technology

Guest Editor:

Frontiers in Chemical Engineering

Review Editor:

Frontiers in Environmental Chemical Engineering

Research Lab

The lab is involved in the development of environmentally friendly and environmentally friendly technologies by utilizing the primary and secondary resources that are accessible. It has an expertise in processing the materials/composites from different types industrial waste materials (inorganic/organic). Metal oxide based composites, as well as their manufacture and surface modification, are used in a variety of environmental and energy applications. Diverse studies are being carried out to determine the adsorption/photocatalytic behaviour of composites (metal oxides impregnated/waste materials) in batch and continuous mode operations for the adsorption or degradation of organic and inorganic contaminants in wastewater. This lab also collaborates with a number of Indian and foreign institutions to do research in several areas, including smart materials and devices, special types of energy material synthesis, and more.