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Raka Mondal

Also known as: Raka Mukherjee

Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy, University of Oxford, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

ORCID iD 0000-0003-4554-4055
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Academic Credentials:
Year
Degree
Details
2012-2016
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Broad Area of research: Mixed matrix membrane: preparation, characterisation and applications in liquid separation, Supervisor: Prof. Sirshendu De, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India
2010-2012
M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering
Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
M. Tech. Thesis Title: Heavy metal sensing using conducting polymer and transmission line model of the same, Supervisor: Prof. Siddhartha Panda, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India
2006-2010
B.E., Undergraduate (Chemical Engineering)
Institute: Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
B. Tech. project: Prediction of permeate flux during membrane filtration with the aid of Artificial Neural Network. Supervisor: Prof. Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India


Awards:
SERB International Research Experience (SIRE) for the year 2022-2023, supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Vice-Chancellor's Innovation Award for Team Work, 2018 by University of Oxford for the collaborative work between IIT Kharagpur and University of Oxford.
Research funding under the short-term scientific mission (STSM) scheme by MI-NET for a joint project with Water Development Authority, Limassol and University of Cyprus in the year 2017.
Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award Appreciation for “Adsorptive removal of phenolic compounds using mixed matrix membrane of cellulose acetate phthalate and alumina nanoparticle" in the year 2014.
Second award for best poster in Research Scholars’ Day, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, 2015.

Current area of research:
Fabrication of next generation polymer electrolytes for PEM fuel cell.
Modeling of proton transport process through the composite polymer electrolyte: investigation of structure-property relationship.
Multiscale modeling of photocatalytic systems with coupled fluid and mass transport.
Advanced water treatment with novel visible light activated immobilized photocatalytic system.

PhD guidance: Guidance to 2 PhD students (on-going) as co-guide

Research Project
Institute Research Grant on PEM membrane fabrication for fuel cells (2022-2025).
SIRE fellowship project for collaboration with University of Oxford, 2022
Short-term scientific mission (STSM) scheme by MI-NET for a joint project with Water Development Authority, Limassol and University of Cyprus as a continuation of work in the 125th study group in Cyprus.


Invited Talks
A talk on 'Occupational, Environmental and Industrial Toxicology' in National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on 'Multi-Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience with special emphasis on Chemical and Industrial Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience', during 9th - 13th May 2022.

R. Mukherjee and S. De, Invited talk in Tata-Steel at Jamshedpur, India on “Application of mixed matrix membrane for treatment of steel plant effluents” on 27-28th April 2015.

Employment

  • Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy Assistant Professor
    2019 - Present
  • University of Oxford Post-doctoral Researcher
    2016 - 2017

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur PhD
    2012 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (22)