Dr. Animesh Debnath
Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering
Personal Details
Academic Qualifications:
B.E. in Civil Engineering, Tripura Engineering College (Presently National Institute of Technology Agartala), India;
M.Tech in Water Resources Utilization and Environmental Management, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India;
Ph.D in Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, India;
Faculty Post Doc from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.
Academic Awards and Scholarship received:
Awarded University gold medal for standing first in order of merit in B.E (Civil) Examination (2003);
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) (2004);
Awarded scholarship through GATE for M Tech program at IIT Guwahati, (2004-2006).
Experiences:
Industrial Experience: 06 years (2006-May 2012);
Teaching and Research: 08 years (June 2012 to till date).
Administrative Responsibilities:
Section In Charge (Environmental Engineering, CE Deptt) (2014-Continuing);
Lab In Charge (Environmental Engineering Lab, CE Deptt) (2014-Continuing);
PG Coordinator, Civil Department of NIT Agartala (August 2020 –2022);
Member, Departmental Under Graduate Programme Committee (DUPC, CE Deptt) (2012-Continuing);
Member, Purchase committee, Chemistry Department, NIT Agartala (October 2018 to till date);
Member, Purchase committee, Physics Department, NIT Agartala (October 2018 to till date);
Member, Purchase committee, CE Department, NIT Agartala (2023 to till date);
Procurement coordinator of CE Department for TEQIP-II (2017-Continuing);
Member, State Referral Institute Disaster Management (2012-2018);
Member, GATE Training Committee under TEQIP-III, NIT Agartala (July 2018 – till date);
Member, Industry Institute Interaction Cell under TEQIP-III, NIT Agartala (January 2018 – till date).
Membership of Professional Bodies:
Life member of Indian Desalination Association (Membership No: LM-516)
Member of Institute of Engineers (Membership No: M-166170-6)
Courses Taught:
Environmental Engineering-I (UG)
Environmental Engineering-II (UG)
Air pollution and control (PG)
Water Chemistry and microbiology (PG)
Ecology and Environmental Impact Assessment (PG)
Water Pollution Lab (PG)
Numerical analysis and computer programming (UG)
Civil Engineering Drawing (UG)
Invited Lectures:
Delivered lecture as special speaker in the program organized by The Institute of Engineers (India), Tripura State Centre on “Water Resource Management and Envisaging Environment” in connection with the Observance of Regional Language Promotional Day - 2024 on 23rd February 2024.
Delivered lecture as Resource person in the program organized by The Two days Training on " Inspection of Civil works for Administrative Officers and PRI bodies" to create a disaster Resilient Rural Infrastructure on 16th June 2023. The title of the lecture was “Quality of Water for Construction: Effects and Permissible Limits". The program was organized by CE Deptt. NIT Agartala in association with District Magistrate and Collector, Sipahjala District, Govt. of Tripura.
Delivered lecture as special speaker in the program organized by The Institute of Engineers (India), Tripura State Centre for World Environment Day on 5th June, 2023. The theme of the lecture was “Solutions for Plastic Pollution”. The program was organized by IEI Tripura State Centre, Pandit Nehru Complex, Agartala in association with the Tripura State Pollution Control Board and Central Institute of Petrochemicals & Technology .
Delivered lecture as special speaker in the program organized by The Institute of Engineers (India), Tripura State Centre for World Water Day on 22nd March, 2023. The theme of the lecture was “Accelerating Change for sustainable development”. The program was organized by IEI Tripura State Centre, Pandit Nehru Complex, Agartala in association with the Public Works Department (DWS), Govt. of Tripura.
Delivered lecture in the DST sponsored 5 days STUTI program on Challenges and opportunities in Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH-2023). The event was organized by Department of Bio Engineering, NIT Agartala, Tripura, India on 27th January 2023 and the topic of lecture was “Role of nanotechnology towards the removal of recalcitrant”
Delivered lecture as Resource person in one week Short Term Training Program on Electrochemical technology for environmental treatment and Clean Energy Conversion (ETCEC) 2020 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Calicut on 18th November 2020. The title of the lecture was “Application of Hybrid Nano-adsorbents for wastewater remediation”.
Delivered a lecture as Keynote Speaker in the International conference on Recent Trends in Engineering and Technology (RTET-2021) on 18th March 2021 organized by Mallabhum Institute of Technology (MIT), Bishnupur, West Bengal, India.
Delivered a lecture as Expert Speaker in the Webinar organized by Institute of Engineers (India), Tripura Local Centre, Civil Engineering Division on 23rd October 2021 on the topic "Ultrasound assisted adsorption technology for Textile industry wastewater sequestration".
Delivered a lecture as Resource Person in one week Faculty Development Program on Applications of Smart Materials and AI in Water and Wastewater Treatments organized by Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Manipur on 20th January 2022. The title of the lecture was "Applications of Polyaniline based novel nanocomposites for wastewater remediation".
Other Activities
Workshop Conducted:
Recent trends in water and wastewater treatment
Date: 12-16 August 2019