Dr. Ankit Agarwalla
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: ankit.agarwalla[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: +91 9101100500(O)
Other Academic Achievements
- Conferences Attended for Presenting Paper:
- A.Agarwalla, B.Prasad, Development of Thin-Film Composite Membranes for CO2/N2 Separation, International Conference on Membranes for Decarbonization & Sustainability (MDCS), IIT Bombay, February 2026.
- A.Agarwalla, B.Prasad, Chitosan-Integrated Thin-Film Composite Membrane On Pes Support For Selective CO2 Separation, International Symposium On Designer Polymers & Materials (ISDPM-2025), IISER Pune, October 2025.
- Agarwalla, K.Mohanty, Fabrication and characterization of low-cost kaolin based tubularceramic membrane for microalgal harvesting, Membrane Science and Technology 2023, Phuket, Thailand, September 2023.
- A. Agarwalla, K. Mohanty, Fabrication and characterization of low-cost kaolin based tubular ceramic membrane for microalgal harvesting, Advances in Algal Research Symposium 2023, IIT Guwahati, 12th June 2023.
- A. Agarwalla, K. Mohanty, Powdered activated carbon based treatment of harvested microalgal culture effluent for reducing water footprint and enhancing biofuel production, World water Day Celebration 2023, PDEU, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 22nd March 2023.
- A. Agarwalla, K. Mohanty, Powdered activated carbon based treatment of harvested microalgal culture effluent for reducing water footprint and enhancing biofuel production, India-Dalhousie Student Research Symposium 2022, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie, 21st July 2022.
- A. Agarwalla, K. Mohanty, Comprehensive characterization, development, and application of natural/Assam kaolin-based ceramic microfiltration membrane, NERC 2022, IIT Guwahati.
- A. Agarwalla, K. Mohanty, Comprehensive characterization, development, and application of natural/Assam kaolin-based ceramic microfiltration membrane, 74th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON - 2021), CSIR - Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, 26th – 30th Dec, 2021.
- Award and Honors:
- Awarded Doctoral Fellowship from the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India (2018-2023).
- Cleared national level GATE exam twice (2015 and 2017).
- Recognized as a core volunteer in organizing international symposium “International Symposium on Advances in Algal Research (AAR-2023)” in IIT Guwahati
- Awarded the Anundoram Borooah Award for securing First Division with Star marks in High School Leaving Certificate Examination, 2007.
- Received several awards in annual sports tournament at hall of residence.
- Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
- Bioresource Technology
- Other Significant Achievements:
- Developed lecture notes for the course named “Biomass conversion and Biorefinery” taught by Dr. Kaustubha Mohanty, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati as a part of the ‘National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)’curriculum (2021). Also served as the Teaching Assistant of the course for next three years (2022, 2023, 2024)
- Teaching assistant for the course “Solid Fluid Operation Laboratory” in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati under Dr. Amit Kumar (Jan 2023-April 2023)
- Teaching assistant for the instrument “BET Analyzer” in the Analytical Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati during (July 2022-November 2022)
- Teaching assistant for the course “Mass Transfer Laboratory” in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati under Dr. Chandan Das and Dr. Mahuya De (Jan 2022-April 2022)
- Teaching assistant for the instrument “Delsa Nano Particle Analyzer” in the Analytical Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati during (July 2021-November 2021)
- Teaching assistant for the course “Mass Transfer Laboratory” in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati under Dr. Chandan Das and Dr. Mahuya De (Jan 2021- April 2021)
- Teaching assistant for the course “Membranes” in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati under Dr. Kaustubha Mohanty (July 2020-November 2020)
- Teaching assistant for the course “Mass Transfer Operation” in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati under Dr. Kaustubha Mohanty (Jan 2019-April 2019)