Dr. Suantak Kamsonlian


Dr. Suantak Kamsonlian

Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: suantakk[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 05322271589(O) 07565942699(M)

Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:

Two Day Workshop on Advanced Mathematical & Computational Methods in Engineering from March 20-21, 2017 at Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jhansi, India.
Online short-term course on Novel Approaches in Wastewater Treatment (NAWT-2022) jointly organized by Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj during February 01-05, 2022.

Chair in Conferences:

Technical chair and organising secretary in a two days TEQIP-III sponsored National Conference on "Industrial Application Of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (IANN - 2019)" during November 15-16, 2019 organised by Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Physics, MNNIT Allahabad.
Organising secretary in a two days TEQIP-III sponsored National Conference on "Industrial Application Of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (IANN - 2019)" during November 15-16, 2019 organised by Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Physics, MNNIT Allahabad.
Technical chair in the First International Conference on "Advancement in Energy (ऊर्जाSangam-2023)" during December 18-20, 2023 organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad.

Award and Honors:

Awarded Young Researcher in Young Researchers Conference (YRC) at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India (2011)
Received Meritorious Award (Professional Excellence) at 31st Delhi Siamsin Pawlpi (SSPP) Conference, 2013
Received Honour Award - 2015 at General Head quarters Siamsin Pawlpi (SSPP), Churachandpur, Manipur (India)
Received Meritorious Award - 2015 at General Head quarters Siamsin Pawlpi (SSPP), Churachandpur, Manipur (India)

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:

Coordinator (Technical Sessions) in the 6th International and 43rd National Conference of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2016) held during 15-17 December 2016 at MNNIT Allahabad.
Convenor of one day workshop on Experimental Approach in Analytical Electrochemistry (EAAE-2017) in association with Kanopy Techno Solution Pvt. Ltd, IIT Kanpur held on January28,2017, MNNIT Allahabad.
Organizing Secretary of a Short Term Course on Modelling and Optimization of Chemical & Biochemical Processes (MOCBP-2017) during January 16 ¬ 21, 2017 at MNNIT Allahabad.
Coordinator of Two-Day International Workshop on Application of Multiphysics and Inverse Modeling to Industrial Problems (AMIMIP-2016) held on December 18-19, 2016, MNNIT Allahabad.
Coordinator of Short Term Course on Water Pollution and Wastewater Treatment (WPWT-2015) held on January 27-31, 2015 at MNNIT Allahabad.
Coordinator of Two Workshop on “Research -Academia-Industry Interaction (RAII-2018)” held on February 03-04, 2018 at MNNIT Allahabad.
Coordinator of one day workshop on “Hindi Typing” held on June 27, 2018 at MNNIT Allahabad.
Coordinator of First Short Term Course on “Industrial Applications of Heat Transfer Operations (IAHTO – I: 2018)”organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering on October 10, 2018 at MNNIT Allahabad.
Coordinator of One week Short Term Course on New Trends In Wastewater Treatment and its Reuse (NTWT-2019) organised by Chemical Engineering Department, MNNIT Allahabad on March 12-16, 2019.
Coordinator of self financed six weeks workshop cum summer training on “Research Aspects in Chemical Engineering (RACE– 2019)” organized by Chemical Engineering Department, MNNIT Allahabad during May 24 - July 06, 2019.
Organising secretary in an International Conference on “Energy and Environmental Technologies for Sustainable Development, Chem-Conflux20” held at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj during February 14-16, 2020.
Coordinator of online short-term course on Opportunities and Challenges for Employment and Entrepreneurship in Chemical and Bio-Process Industries (OCEE -2021) jointly organized by Chemical Engineering Department and Biotechnology Department, MNNIT Allahabad during March 16-20, 2021.
Coordinator of online short-term course on Novel Approaches in Wastewater Treatment (NAWT-2022) jointly organized by Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj during February 01-05, 2022.
Organising secretary in an International Conference on “Technological Interventions for Sustainability, Chem-Conflux22” jointly organised by Chemical Engineering Department, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology and School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia which was held at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj during April 14-16, 2022.
Coordinator of campaign on Swachhta Pakhwada 2022 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj during February 01-015, 2022.
Convenor of Research Facility Training Programme on “Analytical electrochemical techniques for wastewater treatment (AETWT)” sponsored by SERB, GoI in association with Kanopy Techno Solution Pvt. Ltd, IIT Kanpur held on October 27, 2022 at ChED, MNNIT Allahabad.
Event Coordinator of World Environment Day 2023 organized by Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj held on June 05, 2023.

On-going Projects:

Co-gasification of biomass and petroleum coke for production of hydrogen-rich syngas: Kinetics and thermodynamic analysis funded by IIChE under scheme of Sustainable Energy & Environment (SEE)

Projects Completed:

R&D project titled Development of a novel electrochemical membrane bioreactor (EMBR) for the treatment of low strength municipal wastewater and generation of sustainable bioelectricity simultaneously funded by SERB, DST Govt. of India.
R&D project titled Removal of Zinc from contaminated water using low cost abundantly available adsorbents funded by Seed Money Project, MNNIT Allahabad.
R&D project titled Decolourisation of dyes from tannery wastewater using flocculation/ coagulation process funded by UG Project under TEQIP Phase-III.
R&D project titled Green synthesis of iron nano-particles from eucalyptus leaf extracts and its application funded by Design and innovation center (DIC), MNNIT Allahabad.

Consultancy(Ongoing):

CPCB, New Delhi (CP/239/JAN/2022-23 Dt. 19.01.2023)

Consultancy(Past):

CPCB, New Delhi (CP/027/APR/2017-18 Dt. 29.12.2017)
CPCB, New Delhi (CP/162/DEC/2017-18 Dt. 22.12.2017)
CPCB, New Delhi (CP/53/MAY/2018-19 Dt. 31.05.2019)
CPCB, New Delhi (CP/163/NOV/2020-21 Dt. 03.11.2020)
CPCB, New Delhi (CP/239/JAN/2021-22 Dt. 07.01.2022)

Expert Lectures:

A short term course on Water Pollution and Wastewater Treatment (WPWT) organised by Chemical Engg. Dept. and Civil Engg. Dept. of MNNIT Allahabad during January 27-31, 2015.
Training Program on Appropriate Water Treatment Technology for Rural Applications with Case Studies, March 19-21, 2015 sponsored by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of India at CED, MNNIT Allahabad.
National workshop on Biotechnology Approaches for Industrial Waste Management and Renewable Energy (IWMRE-2019) organised by Biotechnology Department, MNNIT Allahabad on April 1-7, 2019.
National Workshop on Water Treatment Options for Priority Drinking Water Pollutants in Rural Areas held on March 28-29, 2019 sponsored by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Govt. of India at CED, MNNIT Allahabad.
One-week Short Term Course on New Trends in Wastewater Treatment and its Reuse (NTWT-2019) organised by Chemical Engineering Department, MNNIT Allahabad on March 12-16, 2019.
A Webinar on " Awareness to MSMEs for transition from Single Use Plastic (SUP) to alternate materials- Environmental Challenges" organised by MSME-Development Institute Naini, Allahabad during July 29-30, 2021.
Webinar in association with Department of Chemical Engineering, MNNIT, Allahabad, on “Awareness Program to avoid Single Use Plastics" organised by MSME-Development Institute Naini, Allahabad during October 11, 2021.

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

Journal of Chemical Technology (Elsevier), Clean- soil, air, water (Wiley), Bioremediation Journal (Taylor and Francis), Separation Science and Technology (Taylor and Francis), African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (Academic Journal), Journal of Phytoremediation (Taylor and Francis), Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier), International Journal of Modern Physics B (World Scientific)

Books Reviewed:

Reviewed a book on “Process Safety Engineering and Management”, Wiley Publication (India).
Reviewed a book on “Chemical Industry Process Safety” by K.S.N. Raju, Mc. Graw Hill Education Publication (India).

Other Significant Achievements:

Participated at Systematic Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) on 25 January 2019 at Institute Seminar Hall, MNNIT Allahabad.
Participated in a talk on "Different analytical electrochemical techniques and their applications" by Electrochemistry, Metrohm India Pvt. Ltd. on 13.09.2022 (Tuesday) at 11:00 am at Departmental Seminar Hall, Dept. of Biotechnology