Civil Engineering Department

Sarkar Sudipta

Sarkar, Sudipta
Professor
Specialization : Environmental Engineering
Room No : 215-A, B
sudipta.sarkar[at]ce[dot]iitr[dot]ac[dot]in
(O) 91-1332-284756 (R) 91-1332-286756

Areas of Interest

Wastewater Treatment, Industrial Wastewater, Greywater Reuse, Nutrient Recovery, Antibiotic Resistance
Solid Waste Management, Use of Insects for Management of Organic and Municipal Solid Waste
Water Treatment, Removal of Trace Contaminants, Hybrid Adsorbents, Desalination

Wastewater Treatment, Industrial Wastewater, Greywater Reuse, Nutrient Recovery, Antibiotic Resistance

Solid Waste Management, Use of Insects for Management of Organic and Municipal Solid Waste

Water Treatment, Removal of Trace Contaminants, Hybrid Adsorbents, Desalination

Honors and Awards

Award	Awarding Organisation	Year
Reinvent The Toilet Challenge Award from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	Indain Institute of Technology, Roorkee	2014
1st Prize Reed-Elsevier Environmental Challenge (on behalf of Tagore-SenGupta Foundation, USA)	Lehigh University	2011
EPA P3 Honorable Mention Award by USEPA	Lehigh University	2011
Award of Merit from the Division of Environmental Chemistry, American Chemical Society	Lehigh University	2010
Mondialogo Engineering Award by UNESCO-Daimler Chrysler	Lehigh University	2009
Award of Merit in OCEA category by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)	Lehigh University	2008
EPA P3 Award by US Environmental Protection Agency	Lehigh University	2007
Best Poster Award in Fresh Ideas Section at AWWA Conference (ACE 2006)	Lehigh University	2006
Mondialogo Engineering Award by UNESCO-Daimler Chrysler	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology	2005
Best Paper to Arushi (MTech Student) in International Conf. Adv. in Engg. and Tech. at Chandigarh	Indain Institute of Technology, Roorkee	2014
Summer Undergraduate Research Assistance ( Indain Institute of Technology, Roorkee ) to my students Abhinav and D. Thandele	Indain Institute of Technology, Roorkee	2014
Summer Undergraduate Research Assistance (Indain Institute of Technology, Roorkee ) to my students S. Agrawal and R. Gupta	Indain Institute of Technology, Roorkee	2013
Kathpalia Award to Arushi ( M. Tech Student ) for Best Thesis in research work related to Environment	Indain Institute of Technology, Roorkee	2014

Professional Background

From	To	Designation	Organisation
Oct 2023	Continuing	Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
2019	Oct 2023	Associate Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
2012	2018	Assistant Professor	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
2011	2012	Assistant Professor	Thapar University, Patiala
2006	2011	Post-Doctoral Research Associate	Lehigh University, USA
2004	2004	Visiting Research Scientist	Lehigh University, USA
2001	2003	Project Manager, Arsenic Remediation Project and Research Associate	Bengal Engineering and Science University
1996	2006	Senior Engineer (Water Systems)	M N Dastur and Co. Ltd. (Consulting Engineers), Kolkata

Educational Details

Degree	Subject	University	Year
Ph.D.	Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering)	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) (Erstwhile BESU)	2006
M.E.	Environmental Engineering	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) (Erstwhile BESU)	2000
B.E.	Civil Engineering	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (erstwhile Bengal Engineering College)	1995

Journal Publication

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Sarkar, S. and Gupta, A. (2003). Treatment of chrome-plating wastewater (Cr+6) using activated alumina. NEERI, India.

Sarkar, S., Gupta, A., Biswas, R., Deb, A., Greenleaf, J. E. and Sen, Gupta, A.K. (2005). Well-Head arsenic removal units in remote villages of Indian Subcontinent: Field results and performance evaluation. Water Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.04.002

Blaney, L. M., Sarkar S. and Sen,Gupta, A. K. (2007). Arsenic removal from groundwater by household sand filters: Comparative field study, model calculations, and health benefits. Environmental Science and Technology.

Sarkar, S., Blaney, L. M., Gupta, A. and Ghosh, D. (2007). Use of ArsenXnp, a hybrid anion exchanger for arsenic removal in remote villages in the Indian Subcontinent. Reactive and Functional Polymers. DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2007.07.047

Sarkar, S., Blaney, L. M., Gupta, A., Ghosh, D. and Sen, Gupta, A. K. (2008). Arsenic removal from groundwater and its safe containment in a rural environment: validation of a sustainable approach. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1021/es702556t

Sarkar, S. and Sen, Gupta, A. K. (2008). A New Hybrid Ion Exchange-Nanofiltration (HIX-NF) Separation Process for Energy Efficient Desalination: Process Concept and Laboratory Evaluation. Journal of Membrane Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.06.058

Sarkar, S. and Sen, Gupta, A. K. (2009). A Hybrid Ion Exchange-Nanofiltration (HIX-NF) Process for Energy Efficient Desalination of Brackish/Seawater. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply. DOI: 10.2166/ws.2009.634

Sarkar, S., Sen, Gupta, A. K. and Prakash, P. (2010). The Donnan Membrane Principle: Opportunities for Sustainable Engineered Processes and MaterialsA Hybrid Ion Exchange-Nanofiltration (HIX-NF) Process for Energy Efficient Desalination of Brackish/Seawater. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1021/es9024029

Sarkar, S., Greenleaf, J. E., Gupta, A., Ghosh, D., Blaney, L. M., Bandyopadhyay, P., Biswas, R., Dutta, A. K. and Sen, Gupta, A. K. (2010). Evolution of Community-Based Arsenic Removal Systems in Remote Villages: Assessment of Decade-Long Operation. Water Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.072

10.

Sarkar, S.; Chatterjee, P.K.; Cumbal, L.H.; SenGupta, A.K. (2010). Hybrid Ion Exchanger Supported Nanocomposites: Sorption and Sensing for Environmental Applications, Invited paper. Chemical Engineering Journal. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.11.075

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Sarkar, S., Sen, Gupta, A. K., Greenleaf, J. E. and El-Moselhy, M. (2011). Energy Recovery from Acid-Base Neutralization Process through pH-Sensitive Polymeric Ion-Exchangers. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. DOI: 10.1021/ie201652p

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Sarkar, S., Guibal, E., Quignard, F. and Sen, Gupta, A. K. (2012). Polymer-supported metals and metal oxide nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, and applications. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0715-2

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Sarkar, S., Greenleaf, J. E., Gupta, A., Uy, D. and Sen, Gupta A. K. (2012). Sustainable Engineered Processes to Mitigate Global Arsenic Crisis in Drinking Water: Challenges and Progress. The Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-062011-081101

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Ghosh, D., Sarkar, S., Sengupta, A. K. and Gupta, A. (2014). Investigation on the Long-Term Storage and Fate of Arsenic Obtained as a Treatment Residual: A Case Study. Journal of Hazardous Materials. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.02.015

15.

Vakil, K. A., Sharma, M. K., Bhatia, A., Kazmi, A. A. and Sarkar, S. (2014). Characterization of greywater in an Indian middle-class household and investigation of physicochemical treatment using electrocoagulation. Separation and Purification Technology. DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2014.04.018

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Tomar, G., Thareja, A. and Sarkar, S. (2014). Fluoride removal by a hybrid fluoride-selective adsorbent. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply. DOI: 10.2166/ws.2014.072

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Tomar, G., Thareja, A. and Sarkar, S. (2015). Enhanced fluoride removal by hydroxyapatite-modified activated alumina. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s13762-014-0653-5

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Pandey, S., Singh, N. K., Bansal, A. K., Arutchelvan, V. and Sarkar, S. (2015). Alleviation of toxic hexavalent chromium using indigenous aerobic bacteria isolated from contaminated sites of tannery industry. Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2015.1084635

19.

Dutta, A. and Sarkar, S. (2015). Sequencing Batch Reactor for Wastewater Treatment: Recent Advances. Current Pollution Reports. DOI: 10.1007/s40726-015-0016-y

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Lamba, R., Kumar, S. and Sarkar, S. (2017). Esterification of decanoic acid with methanol using Amberlyst 15: Reaction Kinetics. Chemical Engineering Communications. DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2017.1387540

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Purkaystha, D., Sarkar, S., Roy, P. and Kazmi, A. A. (2017). Isolation and morphological study of ecologically important insect Hermetia Illucens collected from Roorkee compost plants. Pollution. DOI: 10.7508/PJ.2017.03. 010

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SenGupta, A. K., German, M., Chatterjee, P., Shaw, A., Sarkar, S., Watkins, T. A., Rahman, M. and Chowdhury, M. (2017). Breakthrough technology or breakthrough solutions: what are we really after ?. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05540

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Pandey, S. and Sarkar, S. (2017). Anaerobic treatment of wastewater using a two-stage packed-bed reactor containing polyvinyl alcohol gel beads as biofilm carrier.. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2017.02.013

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Chanthapon, N., Praipipat, P., Sarkar, S. and Padungthon, S. (2017). Characterization and Performance Validation of Hybrid Cation Exchanger Containing Hydrated Ferric Oxide Nanoparticles (HCIX-Fe) for Lead Removal from Battery. Manufacturing Wastewater, Key Engineering Materials. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.718.67

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Chanthapon, N., Praipipat, P., Sarkar, S. and Padungthon, S. (2017). Synthesis, Characterization and Performance Validation of Hybrid Cation Exchanger Containing Hydrated Ferric Oxide Nanoparticles (HCIX-Fe) for Lead Removal from Battery Manufacturing Wastewater. Key Engineering Materials. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.718.67

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Sen,Gupta, A. K. German, M., Chatterjee, P., Shaw, A., Sarkar, S, Watkins, T. A., Rahman, M. and Chowdhury, M. (2017). Breakthrough technology or breakthrough solutions: what are we really after?. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05540

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Lamba, R., Sarkar, S. and Kumar, S. (2018). Solid acid catalyst supported synthesis and fuel properties of ethyl decanoate. Fuel. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.02.131

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Chanthapon, N., Sarkar, S., Kidkhunthod, P. and Padungthon, S. (2018). Lead removal by a reusable gel cation exchange resin containing nano-scale zero-valent iron. Chemical Engineering Journal. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.08.133

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Kurasam, J., Sihag, P., Mandal, P. K. and Sarkar, S. (2018). Presence of fluoroquinolone resistance with persistent occurrence of gyrA gene mutations in a municipal wastewater treatment plant in India. Chemosphere. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.08.011

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Pandey, S. and Sarkar, S. (2019). Spatial distribution of major bacterial species and different volatile fatty acids in a two-phase anaerobic biofilm reactor with PVA gel beads as bio-carrier. Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2019.1605525

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Lamba, R. and Sarkar, S. (2019). Synergistic effect of mixed alcohols on esterification of decanoic acid with amberlyst 15 as catalyst. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. DOI: 10.1002/ep.13103

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Pandey, S. and Sarkar, S. (2019). Performance Evaluation and Substrate Removal Kinetics of an Anaerobic Packed-Bed Biofilm Reactor. International Journal of Environmental Research. DOI: 10.1007/s41742-019-00168-x

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Wiriyathamcharoen, S., Sarkar, S., Jiemvarangkul, P., Nguyen, T. T., Klysubun, W. and Padungthon, S. (2020). Synthesis optimization of hybrid anion exchanger containing triethylamine functional groups and hydrated Fe(III) oxide nanoparticles for simultaneous nitrate and phosphate removal. Chemical Engineering Journal. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.122671

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Verma, R. and Sarkar, S. (2020). Trace Cr(VI) Removal: Evidence of Redox-Active Ion Exchange by a Weak-Base Anion Exchanger. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c04347

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Das, S., Ray, S. and Sarkar, S. (2020). Early Strength Development in Concrete using Preformed CSH Nano Crystals. Construction and Building Materials. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117214

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Purkayastha, D., Sarkar, S. (2020). Physicochemical Structure Analysis of Chitin Extracted from Pupa Exuviae and Dead Imago of Wild Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens). Journal of Polymer and Environment. DOI: 10.1007/s10924-019-01620-x

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Verma, R. and Sarkar, S. (2020). Trace Cr (VI) Removal: Evidence of Redox-Active Ion Exchange by a Weak-Base Anion Exchanger. 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c04347. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117214

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Purkayastha, D. and Sarkar, S. (2021). Sustainable waste management using black soldier fly larva: a review. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s13762-021-03524-7

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Verma, R., Maji, P. K. and Sarkar, S. (2021). Comprehensive investigation of the mechanism for Cr(VI) removal from contaminated water using coconut husk as a biosorbent. Journal of Cleaner Production. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128117

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Verma, R., Maji, P. K. and Sarkar, S. (2022). Detailed investigation of effective trace Cr(VI) removal mechanism by anion exchange resin with phenol–formaldehyde matrix. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2022.03.047

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Laiju, A. R. and Sarkar, S. (2022). A novel hybrid ferrous sulfide impregnated anion exchanger for trace removal of hexavalent chromium from contaminated water. Chemosphere. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135369

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Purkayastha, D. and Sarkar, S. (2022). Black soldier fly larvae for treatment and segregation of commingled municipal solid waste at different environmental conditions. Journal of Environmental Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114060

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Verma, R., Maji, P. K. and Sarkar, S. (2022). Synthesis and validation of polystyrene-based polyethylenimine composite for Cr(VI) removal from aqueous solution: Performance and mechanism. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.107119

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Kurasam, J., Mandal, P. K. and Sarkar, S. (2022). Selective Proliferation of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in the Biological Treatment Process at a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant in India. Journal of Environmental Engineering. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001980

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Priya, E., Kumar, S., Verma, C., Sarkar, S., and Maji, P. K. (2022). A comprehensive review on technological advances of adsorption for removing nitrate and phosphate from waste water. Journal of Water Process Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.103159

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Das, L., Bhatti, M. S., Gilhotra, V., Sarkar, S. and Kazmi, A. A. (2022). Remediation of arsenic contaminated groundwater by electrocoagulation: Process optimization using response surface methodology. Minerals Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2022.107881

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Purkayastha, D. and Sarkar, S. (2023). Performance evaluation of black soldier fly larvae fed on human faeces, food waste and their mixture. Journal of Environmental Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116727

Research Projects

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1. Title:- An Enterprise-Driven High Quality Community Toilet System Sustaining on Commercial Values Generated by Black Soldier Fly Larvae Grown on Human Faces and by Fertilizer Derived from Urine
Sponsor: Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, New Delhi	Sanctioned Year: 2014-15	Amount: ₹ 51.20 Lakhs	Role: PI

2. Title:- Development of Agriculture Waste-based Accelerator for Enhanced Concrete Hardening (AgWACH)
Sponsor: National Building Construction Corporation Ltd., New Delhi	Sanctioned Year: 2015-16	Amount: ₹ 36.60 Lakhs	Role: PI

3. Title:- Trash to Treasure Black Soldier Fly Larvae for Auto Segregation and Conversion of MSW to Value-added end Products
Sponsor: MHRD	Sanctioned Year: 2017-18	Amount: ₹ 47.10 Lakhs	Role: PI

4. Title:- Hybrid presrix process for simulataneous remediation of acid mine drainage and recovery of individual metal sulfides
Sponsor: CMPDI	Sanctioned Year: 2018-19	Amount: ₹ 74.50 Lakhs	Role: PI

5. Title:- Synthesis and validation of New Class of Redox Active Adsorbe for Selective Removal of Trace Hexavalent Chromium from Contaminated Drinking Water
Sponsor: SERB, New Delhi	Sanctioned Year: 2019-20	Amount: ₹ 21.00 Lakhs	Role: PI

6. Title:- Nutri-Cycle Waste-derived Biodegradable Polymeric Hybrid Fertilizer BPHF for Recycling Nutrients from Treated Waste Water to Agricultural Fields
Sponsor: DST, New Delhi	Sanctioned Year: 2020-21	Amount: ₹ 37.55 Lakhs	Role: PI

7. Title:- Ion Exchange Driven Direct Carbon Capture and Sequestration System (IXDCCS)
Sponsor: United States-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF)	Sanctioned Year: 2023-24	Amount: ₹ 50.00 Lakhs	Role:

Administrative Background

Designation	Organisation	From Period	To Period
Member	Department Research Committee	2014
Officer-in-Charge	Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee	2013

Membership

S. No.	Membership
1.	American Chemical Society, Member

M. Tech. Dissertations

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S. No.	Project Title	Student Name	Co-Supervisor	Degree	Year
1.	Grey Water Treatment for Recycling and Reuse	Kuntal Vakil		PG	2013
2.	Performance evaluation of full-scale SBR based sewage treatment plants in India	Sanket Agrawal		PG	2014

Research Scholars

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Registration Year	Co-Supervisor
1.	To be Decided	Vikrant Ranyal	2017
2.	To be Decided	Divya Dixit	2018
3.	To be Decided	Jay Sharma	2019
4.	Water and wastewater treatment.	Mohd Faraz Khan	2021
5.	To be decided.	Debasree Roy	2023
6.	To be decided	Sakshi Jain	2023
7.	To be decided.	Ankush Bhalke	2024	Prof. Sudipta Sarkar,
8.	To be decided.	Rajan Kumar	2024	Prof. Sudipta Sarkar,

Ph.D. Supervised

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S. No.	Topic	Scholar Name	Status	Awarded Year
1.	Studies on a Two-Phase Anaerobic Biofilm Reactor	Siddhartha Pandey	Awarded	2018
2.	Trace removal of hexavalent chromium from drinking water using anion exchange resin	Laiju A R	Awarded	2020
3.	Waste Segregation and Treatment using Black Soldier Fly Larvae as Biological Agents	Debasree Purkayastha	Awarded	2021
4.	Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant as a Significant Reservoir of Antibiotic Resistance	Jahnavi. K	Awarded	2021
5.	Investigation & Synthesis Of High Capacity Adsorbents For Trace Removal of Cr(Vi) From Water	Renuka Verma	Awarded	2022
6.	Detailed Investigation and Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage Impacted Water.	Aparna Dutta	Awarded	2023

Teaching Engagements

S. No.	Course Name	Course Code	Class Name	Semester & Year
1.	Water Supply Engineering	CEN-209	B. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2023-24
2.	Technical Communication	CEN-391	B. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2020-21
3.	Construction Planning and Management	CEN-401	B. Tech.	Autumn
4.	Advanced Water and Wastewater Engineering	CEN-421	B. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2020-21
5.	Environmental Separation Processes	CEN-502	M. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2020-21
6.	Environmental Separation Processes	CEN-502	M. Tech.	Autumn Semester 2023-24
7.	Urban mass transit systems	CEN-563	PG	Autumn

Conference Publication

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Purkayastha, D. and Sarkar, S. (2019). Black soldier fly larvae for treating mixed unsegregated municipal solid waste. 34th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management. Place: Annapolis (Washington, D.C.), U.S.A.

Dutta, A. and Sarkar, S. (2019). Treatment of mining impacted water using novel polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gel beads bioreactor. EGU General Assembly. Place: Vienna, Austria

Kurasam, J. and Sarkar, S. (2020). Impact of activated sludge based sewage treatment plant in the proliferation of antibiotic resistant bacteria. 2nd ASCE India Conference. Place: Kolkata, India

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