Dr. Bhaskar Sen Gupta - TATIUC Website

BHASKAR SENGUPTA : CURRICULUM VITAE
Bhaskar is an internationally recognized environmentalist who specializes in water issues in the
developing countries and is the winner of St Andrews Prize for the Environment in 2010. He has
also won Times Outstanding Research Team Award in London, World Bank Innovation Fair
Championship in Cape Town and Asian Water Industry Award in Kuala Lumpur in 2010 as well as
IChemE(UK) Ambani Annual Prize in 2009. His work on arsenic remediation has been cited by
MSN, Yahoo, Voice of America, BBC Northern Ireland, Channel 4 news, Times of India, Calcutta
Telegraph and many more agencies.
Contact Details: School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering
Queen’s University Belfast, BT9 5AG UK
Tel: +44(0)2890974554; Email: B.Sengupta@qub.ac.uk
Nationality: British
Civil status: Married with two children
Current position:
Reader in Environmental Engineering, School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering
Formerly Queen’s Academic Ambassador to Malaysia (June 2008- 31 Aug 2010)
Other appointments:
1. Adjunct Professor of Water Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering,
Bengal Engineering and Science University (IIT Status Central University in India)
2. Honorary Professor, TATI University College, a deemed university wholly owned by the
State of Terengganu, Malaysia.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Calcutta (1989).
2. MBA (2 yrs part time programme) from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India in
1986. (Av. Grade B + ): project in environmental economics
3. Master in Chemical Engineering (Distinction, 2 years full time) from Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore in 1982. CGPA 3.6/4.0: project in environmental engineering
4. Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (I Class Hons, 5 years full time) from Jadavpur University,
Calcutta, India in 1980 (In south Asia, Chemical Eng. Programme was first started in Jadavpur
University in 1921)
5. Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching, Queen’s University Belfast, 2002.
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Employment History
R& D Engineer in Aluminium Smelter, Hirakud Works, ALCAN, India, 1982-1983:
Main responsibilities: managing operations in shift and environmental audit.
Senior Management Trainee, Paper Mill, British American Tobacco, India, 1983-1984
Main responsibilities: managing operations in shift; water and wastewater treatment
Plant-in-charge, Business Forms Limited, Calcutta, India, 1984-1985.
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta; 1985-1989
Reader in Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta; 1989-1992
Lecturer in Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Post Graduate Studies and Research, University
of Malaya, 1993-1995.
Associate Professor of Environmental Management, Institute of Post Graduate Studies
University of Malaya, 1995- 2000
Director (Full time) Inno Environmental Control Sdn. Bhd, A Malaysian Technology
Development Corporation Enterprise, 1998-2000.
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast (2000-2005)
Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast (2006-2007)
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, School of Planning, Architecture and
Civil Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast (2007-2010)
Academic Ambassador of Queen’s University (Central Appointment) (2008-2010)
This appointment is first of its kind in Queen’s University made by University’s Management
Board. As the ambassador, I am responsible for developing strategic research and academic links
in Malaysia and India. I report to Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic) for my ambassadorial work.
This strategic appointment has been reported by Times Higher Education, Belfast
Telegraph and Irish News.
Supervision :
Supervised 6 PhD, one M.Phil and many M.Sc students (India, Malaysia and UK). Currently
supervising 4 PhD students.
PhD:
Supervised:
Courses taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels (India, UK and Malaysia)
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Fluid Mechanics, Particle Technology, Heat Transfer, Mass transfer, Reaction Engineering,
Operations Research, Quality Management, Air, Water and Noise Pollution, Design, Transport
Phenomena, Multiphase Processes, Materials science, Biochemical Engineering.
Membership
Life Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineer
Member, American Chemical Society
Publications
Published 70 paper in refereed journals and presented 55 papers in conferences.
Contributed 13 chapters in five books
Awards
1. Winner of St Andrews Prize for the Environment, 2010
(http://www.thestandrewsprize.com/); received a cash prize of US$ 75,000.
2. Received Asia Water Management Excellence Award , 2010
(http://www.asiawater.org/) – Asia’s most prestigious water award.
3. Winner of IChemE(UK) Ambani Prize , US$ 10,000 and a trophy for
outstanding chemical engineering innovation for resource-poor people
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4. One of the two champions in World Bank Innovation Fair held in Cape Town in
April 2010.
5. Winner of Times Higher Education Outstanding Engineering Research Team
Award
Other awards:
1. National Scholarship in School leaving Examination, 1975
2. Upendranath Memorial Scholarship in the Undergraduate Course of Bachelor of Engineering
3. Full Scholarship (tuition and subsistence) for M.Eng Studies
4. British Council CICHE Fellowship (Malaysia-UK) to work in Oxford University, 1996-1999 (four
visits)- to work on membrane processes with Professor Z. F. Cui.
5. TOKTEN (United Nations) Fellowship for non resident Indians to work at National Metallurgical
Laboratory, India, 1999.
6. British Council –Enterprise Ireland to work on industrial crystallization with Dr. B. Glennon,
University College Dublin, 2001.
7. British Council Travel Fellowship (UK-Malaysia) to give invited lectures on water management
in Malaysia, 2002.
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8. British Council ARC – Science partnership fellowship to work with Professor H. Raupenstrauch,
on solid waste management, University of Graz, 2003.
9. British Council, PSP, Science Partnership Programme to work on sustainability with Professor
Peter Glavic, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 2004.
10. British Council Science partnership programme to work with Dr. Nur Dirim, Ege University,
Turkey on packaging materials for food preservation, 2005-2006.
11. British Council DelPHE Projects – two awards India (2008-2011) and Cambodia (2010-2013)
12. Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship (UK-India) 2011
Research Grants (during tenure at Queen’s):
1. European Commission Research Grant (Asia Pro Eco II) as Principal Investigator and
Coordinator of the project: Low cost treatment of groundwater for removal of arsenic in
South Asia, (TIPOT) 4,38,906 Euros (www.qub.ac.uk/tipot); Year 2004-2007.
2. World Bank Development Marketplace Project (DM 880 : Year 2006) as Chief Consultant
and PI awarded to TIPOT Consortium : US$ 200,000, year 2007-2009. Project website:
www.insituarsenic.org (launched by the Indian partner).
3. DelPHE Grant (British Council / DFID) of £75,000 for academic link and research link with
Bengal Engineering and Science University (Calcutta) and Institute of Environmental
Management and Stdies (TATA Steel) as the Principal Investigator.
4. Two UK-India Post Doctoral Research Fellowships (British Council) - £25,000 (2007-2008)
5. International prize money (St Andrews and IChemE, US$85,000.00)
Evidence of esteem
1. Honorary Professor of University College TATI, founded and owned by the State Government
of Terengganu, Malaysia.
2. Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering (Water Resources), Bengal Engineering and Science
University (IIT Status University, Government of India)
3. Member of the Editorial Board, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering (Springer),
Progress in Industrial Ecology (Inderscience), Kluwer Chemical Engineering Book
Series (1998-2002).
4. Examiner of PhD Thesis: Oxford University, Queen’s University, University College Dublin,
University of Limerick, University of Malaya, Bharatidasan University, Jadavur University and
Bengal Engineering and Science University (India).
5. Reviewer of various journals in chemical and environmental engineering.
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6. Invited lectures at Oxford University, University of Bradford, Eindhoven University, University
of Maribor, University College TATI, Bengal Engineering and Science University, IIT Delhi,
TERI and IEMS (TATA Steel).
7. My work on arsenic removal from groundwater in India has been cited by Yahoo, MSN,
Channel 4, Virgin Media, CORDIS, Belfast Telegraph, BBC Ulster, UTV radio, Irish News,
Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Irish Daily Star, Times of India, Telegraph (Calcutta edition), Malaysia
Sun and many more news agencies.
8. I have acted as a water expert in BBC Ulster to comment on Coliform outbreak in water
supply in April 2009.
9. I appeared as an expert commentator on tap water attachments in an Irish Television
Programme (RTE 1), ‘Buyer Beware’ in October 2008.
10. I was the Co-Chairman of the International Conference ‘Industrial Pollution and Sustainable
Development’ organised by University of Maribor, Slovenia in December 2005 (held at Terme
Maribor).
11. I was the Chairman of EC sponsored trade conference on water in Calcutta (Kolkata); held at
Sonar Kolkata in January 2007.
12. I was the Chairman of a workshop organized by Institute of Environmental Management and
Studies (TATA Steel) on groundwater treatment in January 2007.
13. I conduct regular training courses in India and Malaysia on water and wastewater treatment.
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