पेट्रोलियम अनुसंधान केंद्र
CENTRE FOR PETROLEUM RESEARCH
CSIR-NORTH EAST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
A Constituent Laboratory of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
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Dr. Rajashree Borgohain, Post Dostoral Fellow
Dr. Rajashree Borgohain, Post Dostoral Fellow
Position: Project Scientist-I
Address: Tarajan Gayan Gaon, Jorhat, Assam, India
Email: borgohainrajashree@gmail.com
Research Area:
Rajashree Borgohain is currently working as a Project Scientist-I at CSIR–North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat. She has joined CSIR NEIST in October 2025 in the project "Polymers, their composites and membranes for sustainable development of petroleum industries". Her research primarily focuses on the development of polymeric and mixed matrix membranes for gas separation, particularly CO₂/N₂ , CO2/CH4 and CO2/H2 separation.
Her expertise includes CO₂-selective membranes, biomaterial-functionalized mixed matrix membranes, sorption and transport modelling, and membrane-based separation processes. She is actively involved in developing sustainable, energy-efficient separation technologies relevant to industrial and environmental applications.
Educational Qualification:
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India
(Research focus: CO₂-selective polymer membranes)M.Tech. in Polymer Science & Technology,
Tezpur University, Assam, IndiaB.E. in Chemical Engineering,
Assam Engineering College, Assam, India
Publication Details:
Research Articles Published: 10
Book Chapters: 3
Books Edited: 1 (Elsevier)
Conference Presentations: 10
Ms. Prarthana Bora, Research Fellow, SRF, DST-INSPIRE
Position: Research Scholar
Address: Research Scholar Hostel, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat.
Mobile: 8822301448
Email: prarthanabora365@gmail.com
Research Area:
Prarthana Bora has joined Chemical Engineering group on February, 2021 as Project Associate in the Project entitled “Polymers, their composites and polymeric membrane for sustainable development in petroleum industries.” In this project she is dealing with the membrane-based separation of various gas mixtures. In January, 2022 session she has joined PhD programme under AcSIR as a JRF, DST-INSPIRE fellow. Her main focus is to develop novel materials for selective separation of olefin/paraffin and CO2/N2 etc.
Educational Qualification:
2020, M.Sc. in Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India (Specialization in Organic Chemistry)
2018, B. Sc. in Chemistry, D K D College, Assam, India
Publications Details:
Paper Published: 1
Book chapter: 5
Mr. Chinmoy Bhuyan, Research Fellow, SRF (Direct)
Mr. Chinmoy Bhuyan, Research Fellow, SRF (Direct)
Position: Research Scholar
Address: Vill. - Gopalpur, P.O. Ellengi Satra, Dist. Biswanath, Assam-784168
Mobile: +91 7002479427
Email: chinmoy081gmail.com
Research Area:
Chinmoy Bhuyan joined the Centre for Petroleum Research, Chemical Engineering Group, CSIR-NEIST on February 2021 as a Project Associate-I in the project entitled “Polymers, their composites and polymeric membranes for sustainable development of petroleum industries" under the guidance of Dr. Swapnali Hazarika. He has enrolled in the AcSIR PhD programme in August, 2022 under the supervision of Dr. Swapnali Hazarika. The main objective of his research is to design and develop high-performing polymeric nanocomposite membranes from bioresource-based chemical platforms for the removal of organic contaminants from wastewater for making the water reusable.
Educational Qualification:
2020 M.Sc. in Chemistry ,Gauhati University, Assam, India
2018 B.Sc. in Chemistry, Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati, Assam, India
Publication Details:
Paper Published: 2
Book Chapter: 4
Mr. Parashmoni Rajguru, Research Fellow, SRF (Direct)
Mr. Parashmoni Rajguru, Research Fellow, SRF (Direct)
Position: Research Scholar
Address: Lukhurakhan gaon, Jorhat, 785682
Mobile: +917086361678
E-mail: parashmonirajguru2017@gmail.com
Research Area:
Parashmoni Rajguru joined the Centre for Petroleum Research (CPR), Chemical Engineering Group on February, 2021 as a project Associate-I in the project entitled “Polymers , their composites and polymeric membranes for sustainable development of petroleum industries”. He has enrolled for his PhD in August 2022 under the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR). His focus of the research is on the fabrication of polymeric membrane for wastewater treatment. To meet the global demand of quality water it crucial to remove toxic elements from industrial wastewater to make it reusable as well as to protect our environment and the health of both animals and humans. Being a solvent free separation process membranes have high demand in separation technology because of their potential to remove wide variety of substances in a continuous manner with minimum requirement of energy and maintenance. Therefore he is working on nanomaterial based high performance functionalized membrane for wastewater treatment applying both experimental and computational approach.
Educational Qualification:
2020, M.Sc. in Chemistry, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India
2018, B.Sc. in Chemistry (Honours), Kakojan College, Assam, India
Publication Details:
Paper Published: 2
Mr. Ravi Purbey, Research Fellow
Mr. Ravi Purbey, Research Fellow
Position: Research Scholar
Address: Jorhat-785001, Assam
Mobile: +917664859480
Email: ravipurbey00@gmail.com
Research Area:
Mr. Ravi Purbey joined the Polymer and Petroleum group on February, 2021, as a project associate in the project titled "Polymers, their composites, and polymeric membranes for the sustainable development of the petroleum industry". He is working on developing nanomaterials as well as altering them for use as nanofiller in the fabrication of polymer nanocomposites for a variety of uses. Moreover, he is also working on the development of effective procedures for turning polymeric waste into a variety of goods with added value. He enrolled in the Ph.D. programme under AcSIR for the August 2022 session.
Education Qualification:
2018, BSc. in Chemistry, from Jorhat Kendriya Mahavidyalaya, affiliated with the Dibrugarh University, Assam, India.
2020, Msc. in Applied Chemistry, from the National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam, India.
Ms. Chayanika Bharadwaj, Research Fellow
Ms. Chayanika Bharadwaj, Research Fellow
Position: Research Scholar
Address: Jorhat, Assam, Pin code: 785001.
Mobile: 8486181522
Email: bharadwajchayanika@gmail.com
Research Area:
Chayanika Bharadwaj joined the Polymer and Petroleum group on February 2021 as a Project Associate in the project titled “Polymers, their composites and polymeric membranes for the sustainable development of petroleum industry”. In this project she is dealing with the recycling of polymeric wastes in various value-added products. She has enrolled in Ph. D. under AcSIR from August 2022 session.
Education qualification:
2017, B. Sc. in Chemistry from Dibrugarh University, Assam, India.
2019, M. Sc. in Analytical Chemistry from Mumbai University, Maharashtra, India.
Mr. Pranjal Protim Dutta, Research Fellow
Mr. Pranjal Protim Dutta, Research Fellow
Position: Project Associate-I
Address: Charigaon Panchawati, P.O: Bahona, Jorhat, Assam
Mobile: 8638055193
Email: duttapranjal1234@gmail.com
Research Area:
Polymer chemistry - synthesis of polymers with controlled architecture by conventional free radical as well as various novel controlled radical polymerization techniques such as ATRP, RAFT polymerization. Characterization of synthesized polymers using various sophisticated analytical techniques such as IR, NMR spectroscopy and GPC. Kinetic as well as thermal studies of synthesized polymers and their structure-activity relationship for application as flow improver and pour point depressant to improve the rheological behaviour of waxy crude, diesel and lubricating oil.
Educational Qualification:
2018, B.Sc in Chemistry, Bahona College
2020, M.Sc in Chemistry, Dibrugarh University
Ms. Sudeepta Baruah, Research Fellow
Ms. Sudeepta Baruah, Research Fellow
Position: Research Scholar
Address: Biswanath Chariali , Assam
Mobile: 9365904605
Email: sudeeptabaruah94@gmail.com
Research Area:
Sudeepta has joined the Chemical Engineering Group on June 2021 in a collaborative project entitled “Removal of Phenol from Sour/Stripped water, its Value Addition and Recycle of Water” between CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology and Numaligarh Refinery Limited. She is currently working on the removal of phenol from wastewater through membrane technology. Her area of research includes development of nanomaterial based sensing membrane for detection of environmental pollutant. The need and desire to understand the environment, especially the quality of one’s local water and air, has continued to expand with the emergence of the digital age. Nanocomposite membranes represent a suite of technologies developed over the last years for the highly specific and sensitive detection of environmental contaminants. With the promise of facile, cost efficiency, field-conveyable technology, the ability to quantitatively understand nature in a systematic way will soon be a reality.
Educational Qualififation:
2015, B.Sc. Hons. (Chemistry), Biswanath College, Biswanath Chariali.
2018, M.Sc. in Chemistry, Assam Kaziranga University, Jorhat, Assam.
Ms. Pallabi Hazarika, Research Fellow
Ms. Pallabi Hazarika, Research Fellow
Position: Research Scholar
Address: Titabor, Jorhat, 785630
Mobile: 8638570820
Email: pallabihazarika1999@gmail.com
Reserach Area:
Pallabi Hazarika joined the Centre for Petroleum Research, Chemical Engineering Group on May 2023 as a Project Associate (Level-I) in the project entitled “Membrane Based Process for Treatment of Wastewater from Assam and Araken Basin, Jorhat Workcentre and Recycling of Water” and doing research under the guidance of Dr. Swapnali Hazarika. Her area of research includes extraction of biopolymers from agricultural waste products and conversion of these to nanocomposite in the preparation of electrospun biopolymer membrane for the treatment of Industrial wastewater. Electrospun membrane plays an important role in wastewater treatment, due to their high specific surface area, high porpsity and good functional ability. Therefore, more researches and development of electrospun membrane using biopolymer is highly demanding for waste water treatment.
Educational Qualification:
2020, B.Sc. in Chemistry, D.C.B Girls College, Jorhat
2022, M.Sc. in Chemistry, The Assam Kaziranga University, Jorhat
Ms. Runjun Duarah, Research Fellow
Ms. Runjun Duarah, Research Fellow
Position: Research Scholar
Address: Jhanji, Sivasagar
E-mail: rduarah18@gmail.com
Contact: 7086112391
Research Area:
Runjun Duarah has joined the Centre for Petroleum Research, Chemical Engineering Group on June 2023 as a Project Assistant in the project entitled “Membrane Based Process for Treatment of Waste Water from Assam and Araken Basin, Jorhat WorkCentre and Recycling of Water” and doing research under the guidance of Dr. Swapnali Hazarika. Her area of research includes the determination of oil and grease in different wastewater samples by partition gravimetric method. Wastewater containing high concentration of oil and grease are increasing in volume due to the expansion in the oil processing industries worldwide. This increased the percentage composition of oil and grease in wastewater stream, which in turn caused avert effects on the ecology. This invariably has identified oil and grease as emerging pollutants of concern in wastewater stream, and this has opened up research opportunities in the field of wastewater treatment.
Educational Qualification:
2020, B.Sc. in Chemistry, D.C.B Girls College, Jorhat
2022, M.Sc. in Chemistry, The Assam Kaziranga University, Jorhat
Mr. Ankur J Bhuyan, Research Fellow
Mr. Ankur J Bhuyan, Research Fellow
Position: Project Associate-I
Address: No.1 Karhalgaon, Majuli-785110
E-mail:ankurbhuyan471@gmail.com
Contact: +916002777297
Research Area:
Ankur Jyoti Bhuyan joined the Centre for Petroleum Research (CPR), Chemical Engineering Group at CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat on September 2025 as a Project Associate-I in the project entitled “Setting up of NRL-NEIST R&D Centre (NRDC): Development of Sustainable Nanocomposite Membrane for CO2 Capture from PSA off gas”. His research focuses on the development of nanocomposite membranes for effective gas separation especially CO2 and H2 separation with an approach to incorporate MOFs, COFs and hybrid structures to examine, improve and innovate gas separation systems with potential industrial applications.
Educational Qualification:
2025 M.Sc. in Chemistry, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram.
2023 B.Sc. in Chemistry, Jorhat Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam.
Ms. Nasreen Ara Rohman, Research Fellow
Ms. Nasreen Ara Rohman, Research Fellow
Position: Project Associate-I
Address: Demow Dehajan, Sivasagar-785662
E-mail: rohmannasreen5@gmail.com
Contact: +919678851388
Research Area:
Nasreen Ara Rohman has joined the Centre for Petroleum Research (CPR) Chemical Engineering Group on September, 2025 as a Project Associate-I in the project entitled “Polymers,their Composites andPolymeric Membranes for Sustainable Development of Petroleum Industries”. The main objective of her research is to developchiral electrospun membranes with enhanced molecular recognition and enantioselectivity for pharmaceutical and biochemical separations along with synthesis of chiral nanoparticles.
Educational Qualification:
2021 M.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya, India.
2019 B.Sc. in Chemistry (Hons.), Sibsagar College,Joysagar, Assam, India
CSIR- North East Institute of Science & Technology
(Formerly Regional Research Laboratory),
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