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Mihir Kumar Purkait

Professor (HAG), Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati · Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

https://researchid.co/mihirpurkait
@iitg.ac.in
329Scopus Publications
23147Google Scholar Citations
86Google Scholar h-index
243Google Scholar i10-index

Biography

Dr. Mihir Kumar Purkait is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG). Presently he is holding Professor Chair of National Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM), Min. of Jal Shakti (Govt. of India). He is energetically involved in frontier areas of Chemical Engineering with his major research interest in the field of advanced separation processes and material science.

Education

Post PhD Research: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA, 2010-2011 Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2004. M.Tech.: Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2001. B. Tech.: Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta, 1999. B Sc (Honours in Chemistry): University of Calcutta, 1996

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Experimental realization of photo-induced degradation of diclofenac using sulfur-embedded carbon-nitride layered on ultrathin Bi-oxychloride nanosheet: Mechanistic and environmental insights
    Applied Surface Science, 2026
  2. Arsenic Removal Technologies: A Critical Review of Environmental Impacts, Economic Viability, and Scale-Up Challenges
    ACS Es and T Water, 2026
  3. Angular distribution of scattered projectile and ejected electron for single ionization in proton–helium collisions
    European Physical Journal Plus, 2026
  4. Faradaic and Nonfaradaic Electrode Innovations on Brackish Water Reduction by Capacitive Deionization: A Critical Review
    ACS Materials Letters, 2026
  5. Process intensification applied to microalgae based processes and products
    Handbook of Microalgae Based Processes and Products Fundamentals and Advances in Energy Food Feed Fertilizer and Bioactive Compounds, 2026

Research Outputs

He has more than 24 years of experience in research & academics. With his research team he has published more than 350 high quality International journal papers with h-index of 84 (citation > 22,000), 16 granted patents and made 3...

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