Sirshendu De (born 10 July 1967)[1] is an Indian engineering scientist. He is a professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur.[2][3]
Sirshendu De | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sirshendu De 10 July 1967 |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Known for | Membrane Separations; R&D; Innovation |
| Awards | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical Engineering |
| Institutions | IIT Kharagpur |
De obtained his Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur. He began working at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur in the year 1998.[4]
Awards
editDe's honors in chemical engineering include the Amar Dye Chem Award (2000), the INAE Young Engineer Award (2001), the Sisir Kumar Mitra Memorial Award (2003), and the Herdilia Award (2010). In 2012, he received the DAE-SRC Outstanding Investigator Award and the Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award.[5] In 2011, he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology.[6]
He developed a low-cost arsenic water filter designed for use in rural Indian households.[7] As of 2026, De has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and authored eight books. He holds 15 patents and has transferred four technologies to industrial partners for commercial application. His work has been cited over 3,400 times.[8]
References
edit- ↑ Sciences, Indian Academy of. "Indian Academy of Sciences". fellows.ias.ac.in. Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ "Entry of Sirshendu De in Office of Resources and Alumni, India Institute of Technology Kanpur".
- ↑ "Entry of Sirshendu De in faculty details of Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur website".
- ↑ "Prof Sirshendu De | IIT Kanpur". www.iitk.ac.in. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ "Entry of Sirshendu De in Office of Resources and Alumni, India Institute of Technology Kanpur".
- ↑ Prize, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. "Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". ssbprize.gov.in. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ "The Better India - With This Low-Cost Arsenic Water Filter, an IIT Kharagpur Professor Wants to Helps Lakhs of Indians".
- ↑ "Entry of Sirshendu De in ResearchGate".