List of Publications and Patents:

1. Removal of fluoride from contaminated groundwater by cross flow nanofiltration: Transport

modeling and economic evaluation, S. Chakrabortty, M. Roy & P. Pal, Desalination (Elsevier),
313 115–124, 2013, Impact Factor: 6.60.
2. Water treatment in a new flux-enhancing, continuous forward osmosis design: Transport modelling
and economic evaluation towards scale up, Sankha Chakrabortty, Madhubonti Pal, Mousumi Roy,
Parimal Pal, Desalination (Elsevier), 365, 329–342, 2015, Impact Factor: 6.60.
3. A nanofiltration–coagulation integrated system for separation and stabilization of arsenic from
groundwater, P. Pal, S. Chakrabortty & L. Linnanen, Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier)
476–477, 601–610, 2014, Impact Factor: 4.60, Best Research Paper in Arsenic Research Domain
since 2014.
4. Arsenic removal from contaminated groundwater by membrane-integrated hybrid plant:
optimization and control using Visual Basic platform, S. Chakrabortty & M. Sen & P. Pal,
Environment Science & Pollution Research, Springer, 21(5):3840-57, 2014, Impact Factor: 2.80.
5. Fluoride in groundwater: low-cost separation and stabilization by response surface optimization,
Sankha Chakrabortty, Madhubonti Pal, Mousumi Roy & Parimal Pal, International Journal of
Environment Science and Technology (Springer), 13:813–824, 2016, Impact Factor: 2.02.
6. Treating complex industrial wastewater in a new membrane-integrated closed loop system for
recovery and reuse, Ritwik Thakura, Sankha Chakrabortty & Parimal Pal, Clean Techn Environ
Policy (Springer), 17:2299–2310, 2015, Impact Factor: 2.30, Best Research Paper Award-2015:
SPRINGER.
7. Developing a sustainable water resource management strategy for a fluoride-affected area: a
contingent valuation approach, M. Roy & S. Chakraborty, Clean Technology Environment Policy
(Springer), 16:341–349, 2014, Impact Factor: 2.30.
8. Purifying fluoride-contaminated water by a novel forward osmosis design with enhanced flux under
reduced concentration polarization, Madhubonti Pal, Sankha Chakrabortty, Parimal Pal & Lassi
Linnanen, Environment Science & Pollution Research (Springer), 22(15):11401-11, 2015, IF: 2.80.
9. Arsenic Separation by a Membrane-Integrated Hybrid Treatment System: Modeling, Simulation,
and Techno- Economic Evaluation, P. Pal, S. Chakraborty & M. Roy, Separation Science and
Technology (Taylor & Francis), 47, 1091–1101, 2012, Impact Factor: 1.20.
10. A Flux-Enhancing Forward Osmosis-Nanofiltration Integrated Treatment System for the Tannery
Wastewater Reclamation, Parimal Pal, Sankha Chakrabortty, Jayato Nayak, Suman Senapati
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9206-z, Impact Factor:
2.80.
11. Dynamic modelling of a Forward Osmosis-nanofiltration integrated system for hazardous
wastewater, Parimal Pal, Pallabi Das, Sankha Chakrabortty, Ritwik Thakura, Environment
Science & Pollution Research (Springer), DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7392-8, Impact Factor: 2.80.
12. Performance analysis and optimization of an advanced pharmaceutical wastewater treatment plant
through a visual basic software tool (PWWT.VB), Parimal Pal & Ritwik Thakura & Sankha
Chakrabortty, Environment Science & Pollution Research (Springer), 23(10):9901-17, 2016,
Impact Factor: 2.80.
13. Membrane-integrated physico-chemical treatment of coke-oven wastewater: transport modelling
and economic evaluation, R. Kumar & S. Chakrabortty & P. Pal, Environment Science & Pollution
Research (Springer), 22(8):6010-23, 2014, Impact Factor: 2.80.
14. Separating cyanide from coke waste-water by cross flow nanofiltration, R. Kumar, P. Bhakta, S.
Chakrabortty, P. Pal, Separation Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis), 46, 2119–2127 2011,
Impact Factor: 1.20.
15. Modeling and simulation of continuous production of L (+) glutamic acid in a membrane-integrated
bioreactor, Parimal Pal, Ramesh Kumar, D. Vikrama Chakravarthi, Sankha Chakrabortty,
Biochemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier), 106, 68–86, 2016, Impact Factor: 3.30.
16. Removing toxic contaminants from groundwater by graphene oxide nanocomposite in a membrane
module under response surface optimization, M. Pal, S. Chakrabortty, J. Nayak and P. Pal, Int. J.
Environ. Sci. Techno (Springer), I.F 2.02.

List of Patents Filed:

1. Title of Patent: A high flux low energy osmotic system for arsenic removal at low cost,
Authors: PAL, Parimal, CHAKRABORTTY, Sankha
Patent Status: Final stage of examination
Patent Number: 1003/KOL/2014 (Indian Patent)

2. Title of Patent: A process for the synthesis of graphene based nanocatalyst and use thereof in high
methanol production
Authors: CHAKRABORTTY, Sankha and RUJ, Biswajit
Patent Status: Patent Filed to Intellectual Property Unit (CSIR, New Delhi)
Patent Number/Reference Number: 201811047387 (Prov. Date: 14/12/2018)

3. Title of Patent: A process for the development of hydrogen exfoliation graphene based
photocatalyst.
Authors: CHAKRABORTTY, Sankha and RUJ, Biswajit
Patent Status: Patent Filed to Intellectual Property Unit (CSIR, New Delhi)
Patent Number/Reference Number: 201811046955 (Docket NO. 98765, CBR NO. 33230, Date:
12/12/2018)