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Centre for the Environment Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS 1. Bhaskar Das, Tapas K Mandal, Sanjukta Patra (2013) Phenol degradation by Chlorella Pyrenoidosa, International Conference on Algal Biorefinery: A potential Source of Food, Feed, Biochemicals,Biofuels and Biofertilizers, January 10-12, 2013, IIT Kharagpur. 2. Samarpita Basu (2013) Paper presentation in the International Conference on Algal Biorefinery (ICAB 2013) held at IIT Kharagpur during January 11-12, 2013. 3. M. Laskar, M. P. Mohanty, Bharti Brahmacharimayum and P. K. Ghosh (2013) Kinetics of sulfate bioreduction and sulfide oxidation by mixed microbial consortia. Poster presentation at International Congress of Environmental research (ICER 2013), December 19 21, 2013, Aurangabad, India (Accepted for presentation). 4. Deepmoni Deka (2013) Applications of Remote sensing and GIS for conservation and restoration of forest bio-diversity resources in North east region. Regional Seminar on Ecorestoration for Development in NE India, April 22-23, 2013. (Presentation). 5. Isha Vishan, Ajay Kalamdhad (2013) "Microbial population, stability and maturity analysis of rotary drum composting of water hyacinth"international conference on advances in Biotechnology & Bioinformatics & X convention of the Biotech Research society, India, Nov 25-27, 2013. 6. Nayanmoni Gogoi, Anil Kumar, Utpal Bora and Chandan Mahanta (2012) Development of Majuli Bioresource Database, Poster presented in International Symposium on Bioengineering, organized by IITG Biotech Hub, Centre for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India, 10 th December, 2012. 7. Nayanmoni Gogoi, Utpal Bora and Chandan Mahanta (2012) Life Cycle Assessment and Ecology, Poster presented in One Day Symposium on Environment and Us, organized by Centre for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India, 5 th June, 2012. 8. Sushant Singh and Vikash Kumar Dubey (2012) Biomarkers: Effect of pollutants on biological systems. Quality improvement programme (QIP) on Green Chemistry and Clean Technology. Organized by the Centre for Environment, IIT Guwahati. November 26-28, 2012. 9. Sushant Singh, Abhay Narayan Singh, Anil Verma and Vikash Kumar Dubey (2012) Nanoencapsulating superoxide dismutase/catalase towards enhancing antioxidative defense against generated oxidative stress. 81 st Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists (India) &

Symposium on Chemistry and Biology: Two Weapons against Diseases. Science city, Kolkata (W.B). November 8-11, 2012. (Poster presentation) 10. Deepmoni Deka, Arun Goyal (2012) Role of Bioethanol in global climate change. One day symposium on Environment and Us. IIT Guwahati, Guwahati. June 05, 2012. (Poster presentation). 11. Sushant Singh, Abhay Narayan Singh, Anil Verma and Vikash Kumar Dubey (2012) Response to metal stress in plant: Superoxide dismutase, its purification and characterization from Cicer arietinum L.seedlings. One day symposium on Environment and Us. IIT Guwahati, Guwahati. June 05, 2012. (Poster presentation). 12. Deepmoni Deka, Saprativ P. Das, Rajeev Ravindran and Arun Goyal (2012) Water hyacinth as a potential source of biofuel for sustainable development. Oral presentation, International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Urban Ecosystems, February 24-26, 2012, IIT Guwahati, Assam. 13. Bharti Brahmacharimayum and Pranab. K. Ghosh (2012) Biological sulfate reduction. Poster session presented at World Congress on Biotechnology, May 4 6, 2012, Hyderabad. 14. Bharti Brahmacharimayum and P.K. Ghosh. (2012) Bioreactors for sulfate reduction. International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Urban Ecosystems ENSURE 2012, February 24 26, 2012, IIT Guwahati, India. 15. Bharti Brahmacharimayum and P.K.Ghosh (2012) Acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment to reduce sulfate into elemental sulfur by microaerobic process. Poster session presented at National Conference on Forest, Environment and Climate change: Issues and Challenges, January 30 31, 2012, Bilaspur, India. 16. J. Anandkumar and Biplab Mandal (2012) Multi contaminant adsorption behaviour of activated carbon: Kinetic and mechanistic approach. International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Urban Ecosystems (ENSURE-2012), February 24-26, IIT Guwahati, INDIA. 17. Atreyi Ghosh (2012) A comparative study between a pure strain and a mixed consortium regarding utilization of different carbon sources for perchlorate degradation. World congress on biotechnology, May 4-6, Hyderabad. 18. Surya Singh Presented a Poster in "One Day Symposium on Environment and Us"organized by Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati, Assam on Jun. 5,2012. 19. Surya Singh, Anil Verma (2012) International conference and workshop on environment, sustainability and development (Iswesd 2012), Sibsagar, Assam. 20. Arup K. Sarma and Banasri Sarma (2012) Optimal Ecological Management Practices for Minimizing Impact of Climate Change and Watershed Degradation Due to Urbanization, presented in

the Seventh International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Science 2012, 25th to 28th June, Barcelona, Spain. 21. Banasri Sarma, Arup K. Sarma and Chandan Mahanta (2011): Optimal Ecological Management Practices (EMPs) For Controlling Sediment and Water Yield from Hilly Urban Watersheds. Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Materials and Techniques for Infrastructure Development (AMTID 2011), NIT Calicut, India, 28-30 September 2011. 22. Chandan Mahanta, Arup K. Sarma and Banasri Sarma (2011): Water Quality Degradation in the Tributaries of the Brahmaputra-Barak Basin and Their Environmental Management Strategy, World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability Proceedings of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress ASCE Conf. Proc. doi:10.1061/41173(414)483. 23. Naresh K. Sahoo, Pranab K. Ghosh, Kanan Pakshirajan (2011) Kinetics of 4-bromophenol degradation using calcium alginate immobilized Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6. International conference on advanced in civil engineering. KL University, Guntur Andra Pradesh India, 21-23 October (2011). 24. Naresh K. Sahoo, Kanan Pakshirajan, Pranab K.Ghosh (2011) Biodegradation of p-bromophenol using Ca-alginate immobilized Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 gel beads (Poster). International conference on Climate change and Water. Organized by Department of humanities science of Indian institute of Technology Guwahati 3-5 January 2011. 25. Aditi Banerjee, Aloke K. Ghoshal (2010) Biodegradation of phenol by isolated bacillus cereus immobilized in alginate. Oral presentation: 2010 AlChE Annual meeting, Salt lake city, UT 26. Aditi Banerjee, Aloke K. Ghoshal (2010) Biodegradation of refinery wastewater by free and immobilized bacillus cereus. Oral presentation: 2010 AlChe Annual meeting, Salt lake city, UT. 27. Naresh K. Sahoo, Kanan Pakshirajan, Pranab K. Ghosh (2010) Batch biodegradation of para- Bromophenol by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6. International conference on genomics sciences (Poster). VII Convention of BRSI organized by Department of Biotechnology of Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai During 12-14 November 2010. 28. Naresh K. Sahoo, Kanan Pakshirajan, Pranab K. Ghosh (2010) Kinetics of growth and biodegradation of p-nitrophenol and p-chlorophenol by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 (Oral). Ninth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering. Organized by Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 2-5 Aug 2010. 29. Naresh K. Sahoo, Kanan Pakshirajan, Pranab K. Ghosh (2010) Growth and biodegradation kinetics of p-bromophenol and p-nitrophenol by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 (Poster). International

conference Environmental Health and Toxicity. Organized by Department of Civil Engineering of Indian institute of Technology, Kanpur, 15-17 March 2010. 30. Naresh K. Sahoo, Kanan Pakshirajan, Pranab K. Ghosh (2009) Effect of Culture Conditions and Degradation Kinetics of Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 Enhancing the Biodegradation of 4- Chlorophenol (Poster). Int conference on Emerging Trend in Biotechnology. VI Convention of BRSI, Organized by Department of Biotechnology of Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 4-6 Dec 2009. 31. Naresh K. Sahoo, Kanan Pakshirajan, Pranab K. Ghosh (2008) Screening of media constituents for chlorophenol biodegradation by Arthrubactor chlorophenolicus A6 employing full factorial design of experiments (Oral). ChEmference 08, organized at Department of Chemical Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 5-6 July 2008. 32. Naresh K. Sahoo, Kanan Pakshirajan, Pranab K. Ghosh (2007) Evaluation of actinomycetes and bacteria isolated from soil samples in biodegradation of chlorophenols (Poster). 48th Annual conference of AMI, Organized by Department of Biotechnology of Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 18-21 December 2007. 33. Banasri Sarma, Arup K. Sarma and Chandan Mahanta (2011): Geographic Information System for Environmental Management of Large River Systems, Abstract Book of International Conference on the Status and Future of the Worlds Large Rivers, 11 14 April 2011, Vienna, Page No: 110, ISBN: 978-80-7399-518-8 34. Banasri Sarma, Arup K. Sarma and Chandan Mahanta (2010): GIS Based Inventory of the Rivers of Northeastern Region of India for their Conservation and Management, Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering (ICHE 2010),at IIT Madras, Chennai, India 2-5 August,2010, Page No: 655-664,ISBN: 978-93-80689-01-02. 35. Banasri Sarma, Arup K. Sarma. and Chandan Mahanta (2010) Geographic Information System for River Water Quality Monitoring, Proceedings of National Seminar On Clean Water For Healthy World, 25th Water resource Day organized by The Institute of Engineers (India), Assam State Centre, 26th May 2010, pp 35-40 36. Banasri Sarma and Arup K. Sarma (2010). Impact of Embankment System on Water Bodies of Majuli Island: A GIS Based Study, in the book Sustainable Water Resources Management and Impact of Climate Change, BS Publications, Hyderabad-500095, 2010, pp 333-343, ISBN : 978-81-7800-226-2. 37. Anandkumar J and Mandal, B. (2012). Multi contaminant adsorption behavior of activated carbon: Kinetic and mechanistic approach. International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Urban Ecosystems (ENSURE- 2012), February 24-26, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, INDIA.

38. Anandkumar J and Mandal, B. (2011). Effect of different chemical treatments on the adsorption of strontium from synthetic wastewater. International Conference on Sustainable Water Resource Management and Treatment Technologies (Water 2011 - NEERI), January 19-21, Nagpur, INDIA. 39. Anandkumar J and Mandal, B. (2009). Utilization of Aegle Marmelos Correa Fruit Shell as a Novel Sorbent for Methylene Blue Adsorption. Spring National Meeting of "The American Institute of Chemical Engineers" (AIChE-2009), April 26-30, Tampa (FL), USA, North America. 40. Anandkumar J and Mandal, B. (2008). Study on the Preparation of Cashew Husk Adsorbents and Biosorption of Cr6+ from Aqueous Solution. International Congress on Environmental research (ICER-2008), December 18-20, Goa, INDIA. 41. Anandkumar, J and Mandal, B. (2010). Removal mechanism of Cr(VI) and Rhodamine B from aqueous solution using HCl treated adsorbent. The Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-2010), Dec 27-29, Annamalainagar, INDIA. 42. Anandkumar, J and Mandal, B. (2009). Equilibrium and kinetic modeling of Malachite green and Cu (II) adsorption by surface enhanced Aegle marmelos correa shell. The Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON- 2009), Dec 27-30, Visakhapatnam, INDIA. 43. Anandkumar, J and Mandal, B. (2008). Adsorption of chromium (VI) from aqueous solution using Bael fruit (Aegle marmelos correa) shell as an adsorbent. The Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-2008), Dec 26-30,Chandigarh, INDIA. 44. B.P. Sahariah, B.J. Deka and S. Chakraborty, (2008). Anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic three stages attached growth system for removal of ammonia. International Congress on Environmental Research (ICER-2008), Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Goa Campus, December 18-20, India. 45. B. P. Sahariah and S. Chakraborty, (2011). Performance of anoxic fed batch biofilm reactor treating synthetic wastewater containing thiocyanate, nitrate-n and ammonia-n with varied influent phenol. International Conference on sustainable Water Resource Management and Treatment Technologies (Water-2011), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, January 19-21, India. 46. B. P. Sahariah and S. Chakraborty, (2012). Performance evaluation of Anoxic Fed Batch Reactor Treating Synthetic Wastewater Containing Phenol, Thiocyanate, and Nitrate-N at different HRT. International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Urban Ecosystems (ENSURE 2012). Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, February 24-26, India. 47. B. P. Sahariah, and S. Chakraborty,(2010). Effect of nitrate-n on the performance of anoxic fed batch reactor treating synthetic wastewater containing phenol, thiocyanate and ammonia-n. The

Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2010), Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, December 27-29, India. 48. Attended Young Ecologist Talk and Interact (YETI) - 2011, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam. December 13-15. 2011. 49. Sushant Singh, Abhay Narayan Singh, Anil Verma and Vikash Kumar Dubey. Heavy metal stress induced Superoxide dimutase: Purification and characterization from Cicer arietinum L. seedlings. 80 th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists (SBC). Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP). Lucknow (U.P). November 12-15, 2011. (Poster presentation) 50. Sushant Singh, Anil Verma and Vikash Kumar Dubey. Effects of increasing Aluminium metal stress in germinating chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seeds. International Conference on Climate Change and Water: Assessing vulnerability, impact, and adaptation in the Eastern Himalayas. IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam. January 3-5, 2011. (Poster presentation) 51. Sushant Singh, Anil Verma and Vikash Kumar Dubey. Oxidative stress analysis in germinated Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seeds under Copper ions. International Conference on Frontiers on Biological Sciences (INCOFIBS). NIT Rourkela, Rourkela, Odisha. October 1-3, 2010. (Oral presentation) 52. Brahmacharimayum, B. and Ghosh, P.K. (2011). A study on efficiency of five different carbon sources on Sulfate Reduction. Poster session presented at International Congress of Environmental research (ICER 2011), December 15 17, 2011, Surat, India. 53. Nayanmoni Gogoi and Utpal Bora (2011) Participated in Short Term Course on Cancer Biology 2011: Theoretical Aspects, organized by IITG Biotech Hub, Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India, 26 th to 27 th August, 2011 54. Nayanmoni Gogoi, Chandan Mahanta and Utpal Bora (2011) Evaluation of Floodplain Characteristics of Brahmaputra River for Sustainable Development and Best Management Practices, Poster presented in International Conference on Climate Change and Water: Assessing vulnerability, impact and adaptation in the Eastern Himalayas, organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India, 3 rd to 5 th January, 2011 55. Nayanmoni Gogoi and Utpal Bora (2010) Participated in National Symposium on Biodiversity of Assam: Status, development and Conservation, Assam Science Society, Celebration of International Year of Biodiversity, organized by the Assam Science Society, Jawaharnagar, Khanpara, Assam, India, 4 th to 5 th December, 2010 56. Nayanmoni Gogoi, Utpal Bora and Chandan Mahanta (2011) Nutrient Cycling in Wetland Ecosystems, Speed Talk cum Poster presented in Young Ecologists Talk and Interact, 2011, organized by Centre for the Environment, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India, 13 th to 15 th December, 2011

57. Nayanmoni Gogoi (2010) Participated in International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission Seminar: Land Use, Biodiversity and Climate Change, organized by the Department of Geography, Cotton College, 11 th to 13 th December, 2010 58. Nayanmoni Gogoi, Shamim Rahman and Utpal Bora (2010) Biodiversity of the Ganga River, Poster presented in International Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change, organized by CORAL, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, 21 st to 23 rd December, 2010 59. Nayanmoni Gogoi (2010) Participated in National Seminar on Sustainable Management and Conservation of Environment, organized by the Department of Botany, Moran College, Moranhat, Assam, 3 rd to 4 th June, 2010. 60. Nayanmoni Gogoi, Chandan Mahanta and Utpal Bora (2012) Ecological Perspective of Brahmaputra River Floodplain Paper presented in International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Urban Ecosystems, 2012, organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, 24 th to 26 th February, 2012 61. Bhaskar Das, Tapas K Mandal, Sanjukta Patra, Pathway of phenol degradation in C.pyrenoidosa, Young ecologists Talk and Interact, 13-15 th December 2011, IIT Guwahati 62. Bhaskar Das, Tapas K Mandal, Sanjukta Patra, Microalgae in remediation of organic pollutants, Symposium on Environment and Us, 5 th June 2012, IIT Guwahati 63. Bhaskar Das, Mukesh Meher, Sanjukta Patra, Bioinformatics: An Environmental Perspective, Symposium on Environment and Us, 5 th June 2012, IIT Guwahati. 64. Rajeev Ravindran, Saprativ P. Das, Deepmoni Deka and Arun Goyal (2011) Bench scale bioethanol production involving recombinant C. thermocellum hydrolytic enzymes and fermentative microbes. 52nd annual conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, International Conference on Microbial Biotechnology for Sustainable development, November 3-6, 2011, Punjab University, Chandigarh, IM 118, p 195. 65. Deepmoni Deka, Ashish Sharma, Dinesh Goyal and Arun Goyal (2009) Partial purification and characterization of an alkaline carboxymethyl cellulase from a new isolate of Bacillus sp. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, December 2-6, 2009, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, p-179. 66. Deepmoni Deka, Mohammad Jawed and Arun Goyal (2008) Screening, isolation, biochemical characterization and enzymatic assays of cellulolytic microorganism isolated from soil. International Congress on Bioprocesses in Food Industries (5 th Convention of Biotech Research Society of India, November 6-8, 2008, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. p97-98. 67. Ashish Sharma, Nadeem Akhtar, Deepmoni Deka, Arun Goyal and Dinesh Goyal (2008) Isolation and characterization of cellulose degrading bacteria. International Symposium on Microbial

Biotechnology: Diversity, Genomics and Metagenomics (49th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India), December 18-20, 2008, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India. p348 68. Deepmoni Deka, Saprativ P. Das, Rajeev Ravindran, Mohammad Jawed, Debashish Das and Arun Goyal (2011) Approaches for identification of a combination of hydrolytic enzymes and fermentative microbes for bioethanol production from thatch grass. Symposium on Carbohydrates at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology (CARBO XXVI), November 23-25, 2011, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, PP-36, p64. 69. Deepmoni Deka, Saprativ P. Das, Mohammad Jawed and Arun Goyal (2010) Cellulase production under solid state culture by an isolated fungus using agrowaste for bioconversion to ethanol. Oral presentation, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biopharmaceuticals: Relevance to Human Health & 4 th Annual Convention of Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy, November 11-13, 2010, Thapar University, Patiala. 70. Deepmoni Deka, P. Bhargavi, Shuchi Singh, Saprativ P. Das., Ashish Sharma, Dinesh Goyal, Mohammad Jawed and Arun Goyal (2009) Activity enhancement of an alkaline cellulase from a new isolate of Bacillus sp. (AS3) by Statistical methods. 50th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, December 15-18, 2009, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, GM-117, p210. 71. Deepmoni Deka, Shweta Sinha, Ashish Sharma, Minakshi Datta, Arun Goyal and Dinesh Goyal (2008) Comparative characterization and optimization of cellulase activity of different bacterial and fungal strains. National Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology, February 8-9, 2008, Swami Vivekanand Mahavidyalaya, Udgir, Maharashtra, India, p43. 72. Deepmoni Deka, Sangeeta Bharali, Mohammad Jawed, C.M.G.A. Fontes and Arun Goyal (2006) Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of a bifunctional cellulase from Clostridium thermocellum.. 75th Annual Meeting of Society of Biological Chemists of India (SBCI), December 8-11, 2006, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, pp 42-43. 73. Sen, S., Dasu, V.V. and Mandal, B. (2009). Applications of Alkaline Protease from a Newly Isolated Bacillus pseudofirmus SVB1 in Abattoir Solid Waste Solubilization. The Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2009), Dec 27-30, Visakhapatnam, INDIA. 74. Sen, S., Mandal, B. and Dasu, V.V. (2009). Alkaline Protease: a Tool to Clean Environment. AIChE Spring National Meeting, April 26-30, 2009, Tampa (FL), USA. 75. S. Sen, B. Mandal and V. Venkata Dasu. (2008). Applications of alkaline protease from a newly isolated Bacillus pseudofirmus SVB1 in slaughter house waste biodegradation. International society of Biotechnology, December 28-30, Gangtok, INDIA.

76. S. Sen, V. Venkata Dasu and B, Mandal. (2008). Potential application of alkaline protease from Bacillus pseudofirmus SVB1 for removal of pathogens from sewage sludge and its solubilisation. International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-2008). December 18-20, Goa, INDIA. 77. S. Sen, V. Venkata Dasu and B. Mandal. (2008). The efficiency of crude alkaline protease from newly isolated Bacillus pseudofirmus SVB1 in removing protein residues from model solid (mica) surface. International congress on Bioprocesses in Food Industries & 5th BRSI Convention of the Biotech Research Society, November 6-8, Hyderabad, INDIA. 78. Sen, S., Dasu, V.V. and Mandal, B. (2008) Ecofriendly applications of alkaline protease from newly isolated Bacillus pseudofirmus SVB1. ChEmference-08, July 5-6, 2008, Kanpur, INDIA. 79. Sen, S., Dasu, V.V. and Mandal, B. (2007). Studies on Effect of Fermentation Medium Components on Production of Alkaline Protease from Tannery Waste Soil Isolate. Paper to be presented in The Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-2007), Dec 27-31, Kolkata, INDIA. 80. Sen, S., Dasu, V.V. and Mandal, B. (2007). Screening of medium components for alkaline protease production from a newly isolated microorganism using Plackett-Burman experimental design. The International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT-2007), Nov 26-29, Trivandrum, INDIA. 81. Sen, S., Dasu, V.V. and Mandal, B. (2006). Studies on effect of physical process parameters on production of alkaline protease from tannery waste soil isolate. The Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-2006), Dec 27-31, Gujarat, INDIA.