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Sirshendu De obtained his Bachelors, Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur.
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He is a professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Sirshendu De"s research interests include membrane separations, transport processes and flow through micro-channels. He joined Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur in the year 1998.
In 2011, he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the engineering category.
He is also a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad. Besides being a prolific scientist, De has also published a number of books and holder of a number of patents.
His most important invention being the low cost arsenic filter, whereby he designed an ultra low cost arsenic filter directed for the rural households of India. He is also the developer of an indigenous, low cost process for spinning dialysis membrane.
De has over 200 international journal publications/peer reviewed articles, over 50 conference presentations (national and international).
He is the hoder of 15 patents (national and international), has authored 7 books and 4 of his developed technologies have been transferred to the industry. His work has been cited over 3400 times, with his H-index being 34. Presently he is the INAE Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur.
Membrane separations (analysis, design and development of ultrafiltration / reverse osmosis systems), Application of mathematical methods and modeling for transport processes.
Heat and mass transfer. Modeling of material processing.
Pollution control. Effluent treatment. 1.
A low cost hollow fiber membrane spinning unit
2. Complete table top set up of hollow fiber membrane module.
3. Design of pilot scale nanfiltration and ultrafiltration units.
4. Design of pilot unit for ceramic membrane filtration. 5. Design of low cost arsenic filter unit both for community and domestic scales.
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De has won almost every award in the field of Chemical Engineering from Amar Dye Chem award ( 2000) to Herdilia Award (2010). He has also won INAE Young Engineer award (2001),Young Engineer award, Department Of Science and Technology (2001), Sisir Kumar Mitra memorial award (2003), Department of Atomic EnergySRC Outstanding Investigator award (2012) and Silver Jubilee Young Engineer award (2012) from the Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi. He has won National Award for Technology Innovation in category of polymers in public healthcare as well as being adjudged in Top 10 of Department of Science and Technology-Lockheed Martin award for Industrial Craft ² Business Development Support for this technology.
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Recipient K.F. Antia Memorial award, Institute Engineering, 1994-1995, Amar Dye Chemical award, Indian Institute Chemical Engineers, 2000, Sisr Kumar Mitra Memorial award, 2003, Young Engineer award, Department of Science and Technology, 2001, Young Engineer, Indian National Academy Engineering, 2001. Grantee ISIRD project, IIT Kharagpur, 1997-1999, Mission Project, 2003-2004, Research Project, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, 2000-2003, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 2000-2003, Consultancy Project, Gas Authority of India Ltd., 2001-2003, Research Project, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India, 2002-2004, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India, 2003-2005, Department of Science & Technology, since 2004.Recipient K.F. Antia Memorial award, Institute Engineering, 1994-1995, Amar Dye Chemical award, Indian Institute Chemical Engineers, 2000, Sisr Kumar Mitra Memorial award, 2003, Young Engineer award, Department of Science and Technology, 2001, Young Engineer, Indian National Academy Engineering, 2001. Grantee ISIRD project, IIT Kharagpur, 1997-1999, Mission Project, 2003-2004, Research Project, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, 2000-2003, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 2000-2003, Consultancy Project, Gas Authority of India Ltd., 2001-2003, Research Project, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India, 2002-2004, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India, 2003-2005, Department of Science & Technology, since 2004.