Junior Research Fellow (GATE)
Feb 2020 - March 2021
Project Title: • Development of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and its impact on climate change for Cachar district, Assam, India
(Project Sanction No.- 3/13/2018/NSDI funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST-SERB) under Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India) - Employee ID: 546
–Principal Investigator: Dr. D. K. Ghose, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Silchar
Description: Developing a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) ushers new frontiers in efficient decision-making and aids to tackle any hazard causing element at the earliest. Such an infrastructure is vital for an under-developed region like Cachar, which is a district situated at the lower segment of the state of Assam (India). In this project, geo-spatial features and hydro-meteorological database were created using ArcGIS 10.5 tool after the procurement of data (about past 100 years) from governmental institutions. Furthermore, geospatial analysis was performed using Python 3.0 and various interpolation techniques to predict future change in weather pattern of the region.
Junior Research Fellow (GATE)
Sept 2019 - Dec 2019
Project Title: • Composting/Vermicomposting of Mikania micrantha kunth and its effect on soil
(Project Ref. No.- xCRTSPNSERB01203xMEK003/6033 funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST-SERB) under Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India) - Employee ID: 2019PS0158
–Principal Investigator: Dr. M. Khwairakpam, Centre for Rural Technology, IIT Guwahati
Description: Investigation of carbon-nitrogen dynamics in the pore-water of soil-compost mix is pivotal to decipher the shift in the mixed bacterial consortia. Terrestrial weeds like Mikania micrantha kunth are considered to be noxious and possess harmful allelochemicals, which are phyto-toxic in nature. Benign, cost-effective and engineered approach is a route for the utilization of such biomass (i.e., weeds) to produce compost using cow-dung (as inoculum) and saw-dust (as bulking agent), wherein the malign nature of the allelochemicals are mitigated using rotary drum composting and/or vermicomposting. Pot studies were conducted with alluvial soil for cultivating vegetables under ambient conditions to study the change in the physical matrix of the soil-compost mix along with the attenuation in allelochemicals after composting of the weed for agrarian use.
Teaching Assistant (GATE)
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Taught analytical techniques used in laboratory classes for water/wastewater to undergraduate students.
Supervisor: Prof. Pranab Kumar Ghosh, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati