Dr. BHASKAR BISHAYEE

Intend to build a career as a key player in challenging and creative environment with committed & dedicated people of leading corporation, which will help me to utilize my potential completely for both the organization and my personal growth.
Work Experience:
Worked as a Project Assistant in CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) from 2015-2017. In this tenure, I prepared different low-cost adsorbents for removal of pollutants from groundwater, testing several water quality parameters like pH, TDS, Conductivity, Salinity, Hardness, Alkalinity, BOD, COD, TOC etc. Prepare lab reports and collected samples from different locations in Durgapur. I also performed column study for checking removal (%) of fluoride using various adsorbents by varying different operating parameters like bed height, initial concentration and flow rate.

EDUCATION

1. B. Tech from D.I.A.T.M. in Chemical Engineering, Year: 2008-2012
2. M. Tech from NIT Durgapur in Chemical Engineering, Year: 2012-2014
3. Ph.D. from NIT Durgapur in Chemical Engineering, Year: 2016-2024.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Water Science and Technology, Process Chemistry and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Chemical Health and Safety

Scopus Publications

Effect of total dissolved solids (TDS) on removal of fluoride from synthetic wastewater using alumina: Batch study, modelling, and optimization
Abhay Kumar, Nandan Shashikant Prabhune, Bhaskar Bishayee, Sushmita Nandi, Abhilasha Rai, Bulti Kandar, Sandip Kumar Lahiri, Susmita Dutta
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2025
Enhancing selenium removal using pre-treated natural clay: experimental investigation and predictive modeling
Gude Ramesh, Biswajit Ruj, Bhaskar Bishayee, Rishya Prava Chatterjee, Ramesh Kumar, Moonis Ali Khan, Byong-Hun Jeon, Jayato Nayak, Sankha Chakrabortty
Environmental Research Communications, 2024
A heat treatment methodology was adopted as a pretreatment strategy, altering the porous structure of the clay to minimize leaching for selenium adsorption in an aqueous system. Rigorous experiments were carried out in batch mode to determine optimal parameters across various variables, including contact time, adsorbent dosages, selenium concentrations, pH, temperature, and stirring speed during selenium removal using natural clay. Investigating several kinetic and isotherm models revealed the best fitting for the pseudo-second-order and the Langmuir isotherm. Endothermic and spontaneous characteristics of the adsorption process were shown during thermodynamic analysis. In this study, a predictive model for the efficiency of selenium separation was established using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Additionally, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN), a data-driven model, was employed for comparative analysis. The predictive model exhibited a high degree of agreement with experimental data, demonstrated by a low relative error of <0.10, a high regression coefficient of >0.97), and a substantial Willmott-d index of >0.95. Moreover, the efficacy of pre-activated clay in selenium removal was assessed, revealing the superior performance of ANN models over RSM models in forecasting the efficiency of the adsorption process. This research significantly advances an effective and sustainable material for selenium removal, providing valuable insights into predictive modeling techniques applicable to similar contexts to boost scale-up confidence during industrial implementation in affected regions.
Eco-synthesis, characterization and application of waste plastics pyrolysis char in arsenic removal from contaminated water: An integrated circular framework with parametric response surface methodology optimization-cum-artificial neural network model
Ankita Mukherjee, Biswajit Ruj, Anup Kumar Sadhukhan, Parthapratim Gupta, Sankha Chakrabortty, Rishyaprava Chatterjee, Bhaskar Bishayee
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024
Reutilization of ferro-arsenic waste sludge for the development of concrete blocks through solidification: conservation of natural aggregates with policy suggestion
Biswajit Ruj, Jayato Nayak, Swarup Ranjan Debbarma, Preetam Kumar Mondal, Bhaskar Bishayee, Rishya Prava Chatterjee, Sankha Chakrabortty
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews, 2024
In the present study, arsenic sludge and iron sludge extracted from a laboratory scale water treatment plant were aimed to reutilize for the development of concrete blocks. Three different grades (M15, M20 and M25) of concrete blocks were made by blending of arsenic sludge and improved iron sludge (50% sand and 40% iron sludge) in the range of density of 425 to 535 kg/m3 at an optimum ratio of 10:90 (arsenic: iron sludge) followed by mixing of designed quantity cement, coarse aggregates, water and additives. Concrete blocks developed based on this such combination exhibited 26 MPa, 32 MPa and 41 MPa compressive strengths, and 4.68 MPa, 5.92 MPa and 7.78 MPa tensile strengths for M15, M20 and M25, respectively. In comparison with the developed concrete blocks and the blocks made with 10% arsenic sludge and 90% fresh sand, the developed ones (employing 50% sand, 40% iron sludge and 10% arsenic sludge) showed more than 200% higher strength perseverance on average. Successful Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) and compressive strength of the sludge-fixed concrete cubes classified it as a non-hazardous and completely safe to use value-added material. This process involves stabilization of arsenic-rich sludge generated from high-volume long-run laboratory-based arsenic-iron abatement set-up from contaminated water with successful fixation in solid matrix of concrete through complete substitution of natural fine aggregates (river sand) in cement mixture. Techno-economic assessment reveals such concrete block preparation at $0.09 each which is lesser than 1/2 of the present market price of same quality concrete block in India.
Modeling, optimization and comparative study on abatement of fluoride from synthetic solution using activated laterite soil and fly ash
Bhaskar Bishayee, Abhay Kumar, Sandip Kumar Lahiri, Susmita Dutta, Biswajit Ruj
Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2023
Transformation of agro-biomass into vanillin through novel membrane integrated value-addition process: a state-of-art review
Jayato Nayak, Aradhana Basu, Pinaki Dey, Ramesh Kumar, Anuradha Upadhaya, Sanchari Ghosh, Bhaskar Bishayee, Smruti Rekha Mishra, Suraj K. Tripathy, Shirsendu Banerjee, Madhubanti Pal, Parimal Pal, Snehasish Mishra, Bikram Basak, Byong-Hun Jeon, Sankha Chakrabortty
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2023
Management of tannery waste effluents towards the reclamation of clean water using an integrated membrane system: A state-of-the-art review
Ramesh Kumar, Aradhana Basu, Bhaskar Bishayee, Rishya Prava Chatterjee, Meeraambika Behera, Wei Lun Ang, Parimal Pal, Maulin Shah, Suraj K. Tripathy, Selvaraj Ambika, V. Aruna Janani, Sankha Chakrabortty, Jayato Nayak, Byong-Hun Jeon
Environmental Research, 2023
End-of-pipe treatment of secondary treated coke-oven wastewater for removal of fluoride, cyanide, phenol, ammoniacal-N and nitrate using waste material: Experiment, modelling and optimization
Bhaskar Bishayee, Abhilasha Rai, Abhay Kumar, Biswajit Kamila, Biswajit Ruj, Susmita Dutta
Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2023
Tertiary treatment of coke-oven wastewater using suspended and immobilized whole live cells of constructed bacterial–microalgal consortium: modeling and optimization using ANN–GA hybrid methodology
Abhilasha Rai, Bhaskar Bishayee, Annasha Dey, Abhay Kumar, Sandip Kumar Lahiri, Jitamanyu Chakrabarty, Susmita Dutta
Water Science and Technology, 2023
Coke-oven wastewater (CW), containing an array of toxic pollutants above permissible limits even after conventional primary and secondary treatment, needs a tertiary (polishing) step to meet the statutory limit. In the present study, a suitable bacterial–microalgal consortium (Culture C) was constructed using bacterial (Culture B: Bacillus sp. NITD 19) and microalgal (Culture A: a consortium of Chlorella sp. and Synechococcus sp.) cultures at different ratios (v/v) and the potential of these cultures for tertiary treatment of CW was assessed. Culture C4 (Culture B:Culture A = 1:4) with inoculum size: 10% (v/v) was selected for the treatment of wastewater since the maximum growth (3.08 ± 0.57 g/L) and maximum chlorophyll content (4.05 ± 0.66 mg/L) were achieved for such culture in PLE-enriched BG-11 medium. During treatment of real secondary treated coke-oven effluent using Culture C4 in a closed photobioreactor, the removal of phenol (80.32 ± 2.76%), ammonium ions (47.85 ± 1.83%), fluoride (65.0 ± 4.12%), and nitrate (39.45 ± 3.42%) was observed after 24 h. In a packed bed bioreactor containing immobilized C4 culture, the maximum removal was obtained at the lowest flow rate (20 mL/h) and highest column bed height (20 cm). Artificial intelligence-based techniques were used for modeling and optimization of the process.
Removal of Fluoride from Synthetic Wastewater Using Carbonised Saw Dust and Suspended and Immobilised Culture of Pseudomonas oleovorans Strain NITD 20-A Comparative Study
Bhaskar Bishayee, Abhilasha Rai, Biswajit Ruj, Susmita Dutta
Asian Journal of Water Environment and Pollution, 2022
In the present research, three agents such as saw dust (carbonised), waste of the timber industry, suspended bacterial cells of Pseudomonas oleovorans strain NITD 20 and immobilised whole live bacterial cells were used individually for fluoride removal from synthetic wastewater. Carbonised saw dust was used first as an adsorbent at optimum conditions such as pH 7±0.2, initial fluoride concentration of 15 mg·L-1, particle size of 0.10 mm, adsorbent dose of 60 g·L-1, contact time of 10 h and stirring speed of 120 rpm, and it showed 79.04±0.196% fluoride removal. In the present study, both suspended and immobilised cells of ‘Pseudomonas oleovorans strain NITD 20’ were used for the defluoridation process. Immobilisation was done onto the carbonised saw dust. The maximum removal was observed for suspended cells at 94.5±2.1% and immobilised cells at 98±1.23% in 10 h and 8 h incubation periods, respectively, from 15 mg·L-1 fluoride containing synthetic wastewater.
An economical strategy towards the managing of selenium pollution from contaminated water: A current state-of-the-art review
Biswajit Ruj, Bhaskar Bishayee, Rishya Prava Chatterjee, Ankita Mukherjee, Arup Saha, Jayato Nayak, Sankha Chakrabortty
Journal of Environmental Management, 2022
Strategic management of nitrate pollution from contaminated water using viable adsorbents: An economic assessment-based review with possible policy suggestions
Bhaskar Bishayee, Rishya Prava Chatterjee, Biswajit Ruj, Sankha Chakrabortty, Jayato Nayak
Journal of Environmental Management, 2022
Sorptive elimination of fluoride from contaminated groundwater in a fixed bed column: A kinetic model validation based study
Bhaskar Bishayee, Biswajit Ruj, Santanu Nandi, Rishya Prava Chatterjee, Aparajita Mallick, Prasenjit Chakraborty, Jayato Nayak, Sankha Chakrabortty
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2022
Facile synthesis, characterization and application of heterogeneous Al@Si materials for adsorptive mitigation of fluoride: Optimization and cost analysis
Bhaskar Bishayee, Biswajit Ruj, Sankha Chakrabortty, Jayato Nayak
Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring and Management, 2021

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Artificial Neural Network Approach for Modeling and Optimization of Removal of Heavy Metals from Ash Pond Water using Robust Hybrid Technology
A Kumar, B Bishayee
Journal of Water Technology, 2650001 , 2025
2025
Effect of total dissolved solids (TDS) on removal of fluoride from synthetic wastewater using alumina: Batch study, modelling, and optimization
A Kumar, NS Prabhune, B Bishayee, S Nandi, A Rai, B Kandar, SK Lahiri, ...
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 102 (1), 101552 , 2025
2025
Citations: 3
Enhancing selenium removal using pre-treated natural clay: experimental investigation and predictive modeling
G Ramesh, B Ruj, B Bishayee, RP Chatterjee, R Kumar, MA Khan, ...
Environmental Research Communications 6 (11), 115010 , 2024
2024
Citations: 2
Eco-synthesis, characterization and application of waste plastics pyrolysis char in arsenic removal from contaminated water: An integrated circular framework with parametric …
A Mukherjee, B Ruj, AK Sadhukhan, P Gupta, S Chakrabortty, ...
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 12 (1), 111824 , 2024
2024
Citations: 10
Reutilization of ferro-arsenic waste sludge for the development of concrete blocks through solidification: conservation of natural aggregates with policy suggestion
B Ruj, J Nayak, SR Debbarma, PK Mondal, B Bishayee, RP Chatterjee, ...
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews 40 (1), 112-139 , 2024
2024
Citations: 2
Modeling, optimization and comparative study on abatement of fluoride from synthetic solution using activated laterite soil and fly ash
B Bishayee, A Kumar, SK Lahiri, S Dutta, B Ruj
Groundwater for Sustainable Development 23, 101016 , 2023
2023
Citations: 4
Transformation of agro-biomass into vanillin through novel membrane integrated value-addition process: a state-of-art review
J Nayak, A Basu, P Dey, R Kumar, A Upadhaya, S Ghosh, B Bishayee, ...
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 13 (16), 14317-14340 , 2023
2023
Citations: 48
Management of tannery waste effluents towards the reclamation of clean water using an integrated membrane system: A state-of-the-art review
R Kumar, A Basu, B Bishayee, RP Chatterjee, M Behera, WL Ang, P Pal, ...
Environmental research 229, 115881 , 2023
2023
Citations: 66
End-of-pipe treatment of secondary treated coke-oven wastewater for removal of fluoride, cyanide, phenol, ammoniacal-N and nitrate using waste material: Experiment, modelling …
B Bishayee, A Rai, A Kumar, B Kamila, B Ruj, S Dutta
Chemical Engineering Research and Design 194, 439-460 , 2023
2023
Citations: 12
Tertiary treatment of coke-oven wastewater using suspended and immobilized whole live cells of constructed bacterial–microalgal consortium: modeling and optimization using ANN …
A Rai, B Bishayee, A Dey, A Kumar, SK Lahiri, J Chakrabarty, S Dutta
Water Science & Technology 87 (3), 509-526 , 2023
2023
Citations: 14
Removal of Fluoride from Synthetic Wastewater Using Carbonised Saw Dust and Suspended and Immobilised Culture of Pseudomonas oleovorans Strain NITD 20 …
B Bishayee, A Rai, B Ruj, S Dutta
Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution 19 (6), 111-118 , 2022
2022
Citations: 3
An economical strategy towards the managing of selenium pollution from contaminated water: A current state-of-the-art review
B Ruj, B Bishayee, RP Chatterjee, A Mukherjee, A Saha, J Nayak, ...
Journal of environmental management 304, 114143 , 2022
2022
Citations: 42
Strategic management of nitrate pollution from contaminated water using viable adsorbents: An economic assessment-based review with possible policy suggestions
B Bishayee, RP Chatterjee, B Ruj, S Chakrabortty, J Nayak
Journal of environmental management 303, 114081 , 2022
2022
Citations: 72
Sorptive elimination of fluoride from contaminated groundwater in a fixed bed column: A kinetic model validation based study
B Bishayee, B Ruj, S Nandi, RP Chatterjee, A Mallick, P Chakraborty, ...
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 99 (1), 100302 , 2022
2022
Citations: 15
Facile synthesis, characterization and application of heterogeneous Al@ Si materials for adsorptive mitigation of fluoride: Optimization and cost analysis
B Bishayee, B Ruj, S Chakrabortty, J Nayak
Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management 16, 100490 , 2021
2021
Citations: 16
Adsorptive decontamination of water containing fluoride using waste material
B Bishayee, B Ruj, S Dutta
Journal of Indian Chemical Society 97 (10), 1784-1791 , 2020
2020
Citations: 8

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Strategic management of nitrate pollution from contaminated water using viable adsorbents: An economic assessment-based review with possible policy suggestions
B Bishayee, RP Chatterjee, B Ruj, S Chakrabortty, J Nayak
Journal of environmental management 303, 114081 , 2022
2022
Citations: 72
Management of tannery waste effluents towards the reclamation of clean water using an integrated membrane system: A state-of-the-art review
R Kumar, A Basu, B Bishayee, RP Chatterjee, M Behera, WL Ang, P Pal, ...
Environmental research 229, 115881 , 2023
2023
Citations: 66
Transformation of agro-biomass into vanillin through novel membrane integrated value-addition process: a state-of-art review
J Nayak, A Basu, P Dey, R Kumar, A Upadhaya, S Ghosh, B Bishayee, ...
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 13 (16), 14317-14340 , 2023
2023
Citations: 48
An economical strategy towards the managing of selenium pollution from contaminated water: A current state-of-the-art review
B Ruj, B Bishayee, RP Chatterjee, A Mukherjee, A Saha, J Nayak, ...
Journal of environmental management 304, 114143 , 2022
2022
Citations: 42
Facile synthesis, characterization and application of heterogeneous Al@ Si materials for adsorptive mitigation of fluoride: Optimization and cost analysis
B Bishayee, B Ruj, S Chakrabortty, J Nayak
Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management 16, 100490 , 2021
2021
Citations: 16
Sorptive elimination of fluoride from contaminated groundwater in a fixed bed column: A kinetic model validation based study
B Bishayee, B Ruj, S Nandi, RP Chatterjee, A Mallick, P Chakraborty, ...
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 99 (1), 100302 , 2022
2022
Citations: 15
Tertiary treatment of coke-oven wastewater using suspended and immobilized whole live cells of constructed bacterial–microalgal consortium: modeling and optimization using ANN …
A Rai, B Bishayee, A Dey, A Kumar, SK Lahiri, J Chakrabarty, S Dutta
Water Science & Technology 87 (3), 509-526 , 2023
2023
Citations: 14
End-of-pipe treatment of secondary treated coke-oven wastewater for removal of fluoride, cyanide, phenol, ammoniacal-N and nitrate using waste material: Experiment, modelling …
B Bishayee, A Rai, A Kumar, B Kamila, B Ruj, S Dutta
Chemical Engineering Research and Design 194, 439-460 , 2023
2023
Citations: 12
Eco-synthesis, characterization and application of waste plastics pyrolysis char in arsenic removal from contaminated water: An integrated circular framework with parametric …
A Mukherjee, B Ruj, AK Sadhukhan, P Gupta, S Chakrabortty, ...
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 12 (1), 111824 , 2024
2024
Citations: 10
Adsorptive decontamination of water containing fluoride using waste material
B Bishayee, B Ruj, S Dutta
Journal of Indian Chemical Society 97 (10), 1784-1791 , 2020
2020
Citations: 8
Modeling, optimization and comparative study on abatement of fluoride from synthetic solution using activated laterite soil and fly ash
B Bishayee, A Kumar, SK Lahiri, S Dutta, B Ruj
Groundwater for Sustainable Development 23, 101016 , 2023
2023
Citations: 4
Effect of total dissolved solids (TDS) on removal of fluoride from synthetic wastewater using alumina: Batch study, modelling, and optimization
A Kumar, NS Prabhune, B Bishayee, S Nandi, A Rai, B Kandar, SK Lahiri, ...
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 102 (1), 101552 , 2025
2025
Citations: 3
Removal of Fluoride from Synthetic Wastewater Using Carbonised Saw Dust and Suspended and Immobilised Culture of Pseudomonas oleovorans Strain NITD 20 …
B Bishayee, A Rai, B Ruj, S Dutta
Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution 19 (6), 111-118 , 2022
2022
Citations: 3
Enhancing selenium removal using pre-treated natural clay: experimental investigation and predictive modeling
G Ramesh, B Ruj, B Bishayee, RP Chatterjee, R Kumar, MA Khan, ...
Environmental Research Communications 6 (11), 115010 , 2024
2024
Citations: 2
Reutilization of ferro-arsenic waste sludge for the development of concrete blocks through solidification: conservation of natural aggregates with policy suggestion
B Ruj, J Nayak, SR Debbarma, PK Mondal, B Bishayee, RP Chatterjee, ...
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews 40 (1), 112-139 , 2024
2024
Citations: 2
Artificial Neural Network Approach for Modeling and Optimization of Removal of Heavy Metals from Ash Pond Water using Robust Hybrid Technology
A Kumar, B Bishayee
Journal of Water Technology, 2650001 , 2025
2025