Lecturer

Personal Information

Room No. 1214-A, Department of Chemical Engineering, FD-I

Office: +91 (1596) 245073, Extn. 215

Mob.+919351617870

Email: subhajit@bits-pilani.ac.in; subh.jit@gmail.com

COURSES INSTRUCTING

In Current Semester (August-December, 2011)

• CHE C431: Selected Chemical Engineering Operations
• PEAB ZC412: Process Equipment Design

QUALIFICATIONS

M.E. in Chemical Engineering, BITS, Pilani, 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Presently working as a Lecturer, BITS-Pilani (August, 2009 onwards)

Worked as Associate Consultant in Wipro HCIT (August, 2008 to June, 2009)

Worked as Senior Project Engineer in Wipro Technologies (August, 2007 to July, 2008)

Worked as Engineer in HPL, Haldia (September, 2003 to February, 2005)

RESEARCH AREAS

Biological Based Pollutant Removal Techniques: Biofiltration, Biosorption

Nanotechnology and Science: Nanoparticles, Porous materials, Thin films, Nanocomposites preparation from polymers

Membrane Technology: Surface functionalized PVA membrane and its application in heavy metal removal

PROJECTS

• Biofiltration for Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Industrial Wastewater

• Removal of Zn(II) and Cr(VI) from Industrial Wastewater by Acclimated Mixed Culture

• Application of Surface Functionalized PVA Membrane In Removal of Various Industrial Wastewater Contaminants

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOP ATTENDED

• 5th International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (ICCE-2011), Glory Beach Resort, Port Dickson, Negeri Senbilan, Malaysia, May 27-29, 2011

• 63rd Annual session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON 2010), Annamalainagar, December 27-29, 2010

• Attended 5th Summer School Programme on “Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals” held at Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon organized by Petrotech society, New Delhi, July 7-11, 2010

• Annual Session of National Conference on Surfactants, Emulsions & Biocolloids with Special Focus on Biomimetic Systems (NATCOSEB XIII-BIMS), BITS, Pilani, February 22-24, 2007

• 59th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON 2006), Bharuch, December 27-30, 2006.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications

• Suresh Gupta, Smita Raghuvanshi and Subhajit Majumder , “Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Waste Water by Biofiltration Technique: A review”. Water Digest ( Communicated ).

• Majumder Subhajit, Raghuvanshi Smita and Gupta Suresh, "Biodegradation Kinectics of Cr(VI) by Acclimated Mixed Culture", Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment ,Vol 15(No. 2), 2011.

Conference Proceedings

• Majumder Subhajit , Raghuvanshi Smita and Gupta Suresh, “Biodegradation Kinetics of Cr (VI) by Acclimated Mixed Culture”. Proceedings of 5th International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (ICCE-2011), Glory Beach Resort, Port Dickson, Negeri Senbilan, Malaysia, May 27-29, 2011

• Subhajit Majumder and Suresh Gupta , "Biofiltration for Heavy Metals Removal: A State-of-the-art Review". Proceedings of International Symposium & 63rd Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2010), Department of Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University, December 27-29, 2010

• S.Majumder and Smita Raghuvanshi, “Application of Surface Functionalized PVA Membrane for the Removal of Cr(VI) ion from Waste Water”, Proceedings of National Conference on Surfactants, Emulsions & Biocolloids with Special Focus on Biomimetic Systems (NATCOSEB XII-BIMS), BITS-Pilani, Pilani. Feb 22-24, 2007

• Saptarshi Chattopadhyay, Subhajit Majumder, Ashish Dubey and Kailash L. Wasewar, “Modelling of Moving Gas Flow in Ozone Contacting Process in a Rotating Packed Bed”. Proceedings of International Symposium & 59th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2006), Bharuch, December 27-30, 2006.

Books/ Book Chapters

• Smita Raghuvanshi, Subhajit Majumder and Suresh Gupta, "Biofiltration: Essentials, Research and Applications". In Bioremediation and Sustainability: Research and Applications, Edited by Romeela Mohee and Ackmez Mudhoo, Scrivener Publishing LLC., USA, (Communicated).

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Life Associate Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (LAMIIChE)

Fellow of International Congress of Chemistry and Environment (FICCE)

Life member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Visited Indo-Bharat Rayon, Indonesia (an Aditya Birla Group Unit) to completely familiarize with the manufacturing process/technology/equipment etc as a part of industry-academia linkage/collaboration, June 14-27, 2011.