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.