Dr. Shubhra Sekhar Chakraborty
General Details
Email ID:shuvroking@gmail.com
Phone No.:+91-70440-56041
Designation:Assistant Professor
Department:Faculty of Agriculture
Higher Education
  • Ph.D
Teaching Experience
  • 3.5 Years
Area of Interest
Solid Waste management, Microbial remediation and Phytoremediation
Research Highlights
  • Agricultural Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Molecular genetics; Water and waste water characterization & different types of treatment techniques, Bioremediation, phytoremediation.
Publications
In Peer Reviewed Journals
  • Shubhrasekhar C., Supriya M., Karthik L., Gaurav K. and Bhaskara Rao K. V., (2013) Isolation, Characterization and Application of Biosurfactant Produced by Marine Actinobacteria Isolated from Saltpan Soil from costal area of Andhra Pradesh, India. Research journal of biotechnology, Vol. 8(1), 18-25.
  • Shubhrasekhar Chakraborty and R. Naresh Kumar, (2016), Assessment of groundwater quality near a MSW landfill site using standard and AHP based water quality index: a case study from Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188(6):335 (1-18), DOI 10.1007/s10661-016-5336-x.
  • Kshitij Ranjan, Shubhrasekhar Chakraborty, Mohini Verma, Jawed Iqbal and R. Naresh Kumar (2016). Co-treatment of old landfill leachate and municipal wastewater in sequencing batch reactor (sbr): effect of landfill leachate concentration, Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 51 (4), 377-387, DOI: 10.2166/wqrjc.2016.020.
  • S Chakraborty, PK Mohanty, J Iqbal, RN Kumar (2020). Can electrocoagulation be an effective post-treatment option for SBR treated landfill leachate and municipal wastewater mixture? Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2020.057 (came online on 17-02-2020).
  • Shubhrasekhar Chakraborty; Mohini Verma; Jawed Iqbal; R. Naresh Kumar, (Communicated). How much spatial and temporal variations in groundwater microbiology can occur following open dumping of municipal solid wastes? Indian Journal of Microbiology, Springer publication.

Book Chapters: NA

In Conference and Proceedings
  • Shubhrasekhar Chakraborty, Kshitij Ranjan, Mohini Verma, Jawed Iqbal and R. Naresh Kumar, (2015) Assessing the feasibility of co-treatment of landfill leachate and municipal wastewater in sequencing batch reactor (SBR). Proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment, 12-13 March, ASCE VIT University chaptaer, Vellore, India. Paper ID: ICES-WR006, ISBN: 978-81-923320-6-2, pages: 574-578.
  • Mohini Verma, Shubhrasekhar Chakraborty, and R. Naresh Kumar, (2015), Evaluation of coagulation-flocculation process as pretreatment option for landfill leachate using alum, ferric chloride and poly-acrylamide grafted gum ghatti. Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, March 15-18, The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, Widener University Philadelphia, PA U.S.A. pages: 1016-1026.
  • Shubhrasekhar Chakraborty, Pratap Kumar Mohanty, R. Naresh Kumar, (2016), Coupled sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and electro-coagulation process for co-treatment of landfill leachate and municipal wastewater. Proceedings of the All India seminar on Sustainable technology for Cleaner Environment, February 13th -14th, 2016 organized by NIT Rourkela and Institution of Engineers, pages: 48.
  • Shubhrasekhar Chakraborty, Pratap Kumar Mohanty, R. Naresh Kumar, (2016), Co-treatment of landfill leachate and municipal wastewater by combined sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and electro-coagulation process, Proceedings of International Conference on Waste Management, April 1st-2nd, 2016 organized by IIT Guwahati, pages: 125-126.
  • Shubhrasekhar Chakraborty, Dewanshu Kumar, Gopal Pathak and R. Naresh Kumar, (2017), Can sequencing batch reactor (SBR) be effective for N and P removal from municipal wastewater?, Proceedings of National Conference on Construction Management, Mechanization & Environmental Sustainability, February 21st and 22nd, 2017 organized by BIT Mesra, Ranchi.
Training/Projects Undergone:
  • Participated and presented a research paper entitled "Isolation and Screening of Biosurfactant producing marine actinobacteria" in 2nd international SET Conference in April 20th -21st, 2011 organized by VIT University.
  • Attended and participated in an exhibition in the National Conference On Windows of Chemistry-I held on February 7th - 9th, 2008 organized by Bankura Sammilani College (Burdwan University).
  • Attended, participated and got 3rd position in a seminar and state level poster competition on Recent Advancement of Biological Sciences & 1st Annual Convention of the Biotech Research Society of India held on March 6th, 2010 organized by Vidyasagar University.
  • Attended international symposium on environmental exposure to mutagens and carcinogens on human health and the conference on "Environmental Mutagens" organized by Environmental Mutagen Society of India (EMSI) in February 4-6th, 2011 in VIT University.
  • Participated in the Annual Exhibitions (2007, 2008) of Microbiology department held on September 2008 and November 2007 organized by Bankura sammilani college (Burdwan University).
  • Completed successfully the basics six month programme "vidya" course on computer learning from Aptech computer education in 2005.
  • Participated and presented a research paper entitled "Characterization, Optimization and Application of Biosurfactant Produced by Marine Actinobacteria" in 3rd international SET Conference in November 18th - 19th, 2011 organized by VIT University.
  • Completed successfully a short term training programme on Analytical Instrumentation in AAS, HPLC, GC, FTIR and UV-VIS Spectrophotometer from VIT-TBI(Technology Business Incubator) sponsored by DST, New Delhi.
  • Have done a six month (Dec-May 2012) research project entitled "Construction of a Reporter System Suitable for Cell Based HIF Activity Assay" from BOSE INSTITUTE, Kolkata.
  • Participated and presented a research paper entitled "Assessing the feasibility of co-treatment of landfill leachate and municipal wastewater in sequencing batch reactor (SBR)." in International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment in March 12th -13th, 2015 organized by VIT University.
  • Work as Teaching Assistant in two week ISTE STTP on Environmental Studies conducted by IIT Bombay (under MHRD National mission of education scheme) from 02nd June-12th June, 2015.
  • Participated and presented a research paper entitled "Coupled sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and electro-coagulation process for co-treatment of landfill leachate and municipal wastewater." in All India seminar on Sustainable technology for Cleaner Environment in February 13th - 14th, 2016 organized by NIT Rourkela and Institution of Engineers.
  • Participated in Natioal Seminar on Recent Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering (RACEE 2016), held on February 25th- 26th , 2016 organized by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, BIT Mesra, Ranchi.
  • Participated and presented a research paper entitled "Co-treatment of landfill leachate and municipal wastewater by combined sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and electro-coagulation process." in International Conference on Waste Management, April 1st-2nd, 2016 organized by IIT Guwahati.
  • Participated and presented a research paper entitled "Can sequencing batch reactor (SBR) be effective for N and P removal from municipal wastewater?" in National Conference on Construction Management, Mechanization & Environmental Sustainability, February 21st and 22nd, 2017organized by BIT Mesra, Ranchi.
Awards/Honours:
  • Awarded with "BEST PAPER" award in International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment for presenting a research paper entitled "Assessing the feasibility of co-treatment of landfill leachate and municipal wastewater in sequencing batch reactor (SBR)" (VIT Vellore).
  • Awarded with "BEST PAPER" award in International Conference on Waste Management for presenting a research paper entitled "Co-treatment of landfill leachate and municipal wastewater by combined sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and electro-coagulation process" (IIT Guwahati).
  • Awarded with "BEST PAPER" award in National Conference on Construction Management, Mechanization & Environmental Sustainability for presenting a research paper entitled "Can sequencing batch reactor (SBR) be effective for N and P removal from municipal wastewater?" (BIT Mesra, Ranchi).
  • Life member of The Association of microbiologists of India [AMI] (membership no: 3901-2014).
  • Member of the advisory committee of a yearly journal "Bankurar Kheyali" (ISSN: 2348-389X) deals with historical literature of 3 districts of West-Bengal.