News & Updates

1. The International Workshop on "Fostering Deep Membrane Science Research for Desalination, Brine Reclamation, and Resource Extraction (MemSci-Brine)" successfully concluded on December 6th in the presence of esteemed dignitaries, faculty members, researchers, participants, and students. The event was organized by the Department of Hydrology in collaboration with the Centre for Nanotechnology at IIT Roorkee, India, and co-hosted by the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) as a partner institute.

Over the three-day workshop, distinguished speakers delivered engaging and insightful talks covering all thematic areas of the event. The program also included brainstorming sessions involving representatives from industry, research institutions, startups, and academia.

🎉 A proud highlight of the inaugural session was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany, to strengthen collaboration in cutting-edge membrane science research.

This event marks a significant milestone in advancing innovative solutions for sustainable water management and resource recovery. The eminent speakers included:

• Prof. Ho Kyong Shon (Director, ARC Research Hub for Nutrients in a Circular Economy, University of Technology Sydney, Australia)

• Prof. Alicia Kyoungjin An (Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

• Prof. Sirshendu De (Professor, Department Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur)

• Dr. Volkan Filiz (Head, Institute of Membrane Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany)

• Prof. Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta (Professor, Department Civil Engineering, MNIT Jaipur, India)

• Prof. Vinay Kumar Srivastava (President, Indian Desalination Association)

• Dr. Young Ho Kim (Director, India Korea Center for Research and Innovation)

• Prof. Sanghyun Jeong (Professor, Pusan National University, South Korea)

• Prof. Patrick Loulergue (Associate Professor, Rennes Institute of Chemical Sciences, France)

• Prof. Bhaskar Jyoti Deka (Assistant Professor, Advanced Membrane Research Lab, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee)

• Prof. Jiaxin Guo (Associate Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)

• Prof. Adewale Olalekan Giwa (Assistant Professor, University of Sharjah, UAE) 

• Dr. Sarah Glaß (Scientist, Microporous Polymers, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany)

• Dr. Ketan R. Patel (Principal Scientist, Membrane Science and Separation Technology Division, CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, India)

• Prof. Akshay Modi (Assistant Professor, IISER Bhopal)

• Dr. Suprotim Das (TATA Steel Limited, Jamshedpur)

• Prof. Gopinath Packirisamy (Professor, Department of BSBE, IIT Roorkee)

• Prof. Hari Prakash Veluswamy (Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee)

• Prof. Anshul Yadav (Assistant Professor, WRDM, IIT Roorkee)

• Prof. Abhijit Maiti (Associate Professor, Department of Polymer & Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee)

• Mr. Rakesh Vankayala (Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.)

• Prof. Himanshu Joshi (Visiting Professor, Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee)

• Mr. Azam Ali Khan (CEO, TIDES Business Incubator, IIT Roorkee).

2. Advanced Membrane Research Lab is delighted to share that Prof. Bhaskar Jyoti Deka and his students (Gaurav Vaghela & Mohd Sahil) have been bestowed with the prestigious YUKTI Innovation Challenge 2023 (Yukti 2.0) by the Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India. This recognition reflects the exceptional dedication and ingenuity demonstrated by the team. 

3. Delighted to share about the successful completion of 3 days International workshop on "Membrane Technologies for Desalination, Energy and Water Sustainability (MemDEW)" during 18th to 20th October 2023, sponsored by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

Heartfelt gratitude to our esteem keynote speakers (international as well as national) Prof. Ho Kyong Shon (University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Prof. Alicia Kyoungjin An (City University of Hong Kong), Prof. Achintya Bezbaruah (North Dakota State University, US), Prof. Sanghyun Jeong (Pusan National University, South Korea), Prof. Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta (MNIT Jaipur, India), Prof. Jiaxin Guo (XI'AN Jiaotong University), Prof. Swatantra Pratap Singh (IIT Bombay), Prof. Shrutidhara Sarma (IIT Jodhpur), Prof. Shobha Shukla (IIT Bombay), Dr. Racha Surya Murali (Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun), Prof. Manish Kumar (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies), Prof. Gopinath Packirisamy (IIT Roorkee), Prof. Himanshu Joshi (IIT Roorkee), Prof. Amit Bhosle (IIT Roorkee), Prof. Abhijit Maiti (IIT Roorkee), Dr. Tina Chakrabarty (Reliance R&D Centre, Reliance Industries Ltd., Navi Mumbai), Dr. Ratikanta Nayak (NIST, Berhampur), Prof. Krishna Mohan Poluri (IIT Roorkee), Prof. Brijesh Kumar Yadav (IIT Roorkee), Prof. Hari Prakash Veluswamy (IIT Roorkee), Prof. Sumit Sen (IIT Roorkee), Dr. Vinay Kumar Tyagi (NIH Roorkee), Prof. Basant Yadav (IIT Roorkee). 

4. Job Alert: Opportunities for passionate candidates to work on research project in my group. 

Essential Qualification: BTech/BE & MTech/ME in "Chemical/Environmental/Civil/Polymer Engineering/Chemistry or Equivalent" alongwith GATE score. Job Alert: Opportunities for passionate candidates to work on research project in my group. 

Essential Qualification: BTech/BE & MTech/ME in "Chemical/Environmental/Civil/Polymer Engineering/Chemistry or Equivalent" alongwith GATE score. 

5. Recipient of Technology Readiness Level Booster (TRLB) from IIT Roorkee.

6. It is my great pleasure to share that my PhD student (Gaurav Vaghela) has been awarded with distinguished "Award for Asian Young Professional on Water Research", "Excellent Abstract Award", along with "International Travel Support" at 13th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE-13). This symposium was organized by Research Center for Water Environment Technology (RECWET), the University of Tokyo (UTokyo, Japan), Southeast Asian Center for Water Environment Technology (SACWET), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT, Thailand), in cooperation with National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan (NIES, Japan).

Title of the talk: Roughness enhanced electrospray hydrophobic membrane for separation of dye from textile wastewater via membrane distillation. Authors: Gaurav Vaghela, Mohd Sahil and Bhaskar Jyoti Deka

About the authors:

Gaurav Vaghela: PhD research scholar under the supervision of Dr. Bhaskar Jyoti Deka

Mohd Sahil: M.Tech student under the supervision of Dr. Bhaskar Jyoti Deka

It is really a proud moment for all of us to receive such a recognition in global platform.

http://www.recwet.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/seawe/young_water_award