Dr. Dubey has over 17 years (post PhD) of research, teaching, and consulting experience within the broad fields of environmental, sustainable/resilient engineering and circular economy approaches, addressing the nexus among sustainability, resiliency, infrastructure, waste, energy, and the environment. His research expertise includes: (1) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and techno-economic assessment of emerging/next-generation technologies for solving sustainability challenges related to energy systems, built infrastructure and processing and manufacturing; (2) Decarbonization of the urban infrastructure, especially for integrated waste management systems; (3) Characterization and engineering applications of waste/recycled materials including beneficial reuse risk assessment; and (4) Resource Recovery from solid and liquid waste streams. His research has been funded by several national, international agencies such as United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); National Geographic Society (NGS); International Transport Forum (ITF) - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris; Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Circular Initiative, Singapore; Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Department of Science and Technology (DST), India; Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Auckland Regional Council, New Zealand among others. Prior to PhD, he has 4 years of industry experience as a Civil/Environmental Engineer in the area of petrochemical, refineries and offshore oil platforms.
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Anaerobic co-digestion of food waste with pretreated yard waste: A comparative study of methane production, kinetic modeling and energy balance Panigrahi S., Sharma H. B., Dubey B. K. By Journal of Cleaner Production 243 118480- (2020)
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Accelerated carbonation of biochar reinforced cement-fly ash composites: Enhancing and sequestering CO2 in building materials Praneeth S., Guo R. , Wang T. , Dubey B. K., Sarmah A. K. By Construction and Building Materials 244 118363- (2020)
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Hydrothermal carbonization of renewable waste biomass for solid biofuel production: A discussion on process mechanism, the influence of process parameters, environmental performance and fuel properties of hydrochar Sharma H. B., Sarmah A. K., Dubey B. K. By Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 123 109761- (2020)
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Porous media transport of iron nanoparticles for site remediation application: A review of lab scale column study, transport modelling and field-scale application Mondal A., Dubey B. K., Arora M. , Mumford K. By Journal of Hazardous Materials 123443- (2020)
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A critical review on operating parameters and strategies to improve the biogas yield from anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste Panigrahi S., Dubey B. K. By Renewable Energy 143 779-797 (2019)
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Anaerobic co-digestion of food waste with pretreated yard waste: A comparative study of methane production, kinetic modeling and energy balance Panigrahi S., Sharma H. B., Dubey B. K. By Journal of Cleaner Production 118480- (2019)
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Electrochemical pretreatment of yard waste to improve biogas production: Understanding the mechanism of delignification, and energy balance Panigrahi S., Dubey B. K. By Bioresource technology 292 121958- (2019)
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Electrode materials with highest surface area and specific capacitance cannot be the only deciding factor for applicability in energy storage devices Inference of combined life cycle assessment and electrochemical studies Sharma V., Biswas S. , Baranidharan S. , Haldar P. , Dubey B. K., Chandra A. By ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7 5385-5392 (2019)
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Novel low cost proton exchange membrane made from sulphonated biochar for application in microbial fuel cells Chakraborty I., Das S. , Dubey B. K., Ghangrekar M. M. By Materials Chemistry and Physics 239 122025- (2019)
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Hydrothermal carbonization of yard waste for solid bio-fuel production: Study on combustion kinetic, energy properties, grindability and flowability of hydrochar Sharma H. B., Panigrahi S. , Dubey B. K. By Waste Management 91 108-119 (2019)
Principal Investigator
- Annual Compliance Audit for Ash utilization in the FY 2022-23 and 2023-24 of the DVC MTPS to be conducted by Central Pollution Control Board CPCB authorized auditor and submission of Audit report to CPCB and SPCB Damodar Valley Corporation
- Design and Preparation of Detailed Project Report and Technical Assistance for Installation of Faecal
Sludge Treatment Facilities for Rural Areas in West Bengal The Member Secretary, STARPARD, Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal,
- Detailed Project Report On Integrated Solid Waste Management Plant with the basic design of MRF and Bio-CNG plant for New Town, Kolkata NEWTOWN KOLKATA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,The CEO, NKGSCCL
- Fast Forward to SDG6: Acceptable and Affordable Water in Secondary Indian Cities (4WARD) Department of Science and Technology
- LCA on Indian Transport Sector for Decarbonization Framework OECD on behalf of the International Transport Forum
- Manufacturing of 3D printed SiSiC ceramic prototypes using sustainable raw materials, as customized bio-carbon obtained from microalgal biomass of carbon sequestration process and optimized recycled SiC from industrial waste SuoCAM Indo-German Science & Technology Centre
- Resource Recovery from organic waste with a circular economy approach Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Apex Committee of SPARC
- Sustainability and Microstructural Assessment of ecocrete using industrial byproducts and artificial aggregates for coastal applications Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
- Technical Assistance for Installation of 30 KLD Faecal
Sludge Treatment Plants
at Kharagpur Municipality on Pilot basis Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Department
- Technical assistance for installation of 30 KLD Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) at Siliguri Municipal Corporation on Pilot Basis Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Department
- Technical vetting of design/drawing for different clear water mains and distribution network for the work of Execution of Rural piped water supply project pertaining to 23 GP of Kishore Nagar Block and 03 GP of Athamallik block of Angul district including Five years Operation & Maintenance ENVIROTECH SOLUTIONS
- Water Resource Management under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 IIT DELHI
- ZDHYDRO: Development of an integrated zero discharge model for sewage sludge to enhance hydrogen production Department of Science and Technology
- ZDHYDRO: Development of an integrated zero discharge model for sewage sludge to enhance hydrogen production (ZME) Department of Science and Technology (International Bilateral Cooperation Division)
Co-Principal Investigator
- Development of new building materials using agricultural waste in India A way forward Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Environmental and economic cost quantification
of decentralized vs centralized municipal solid waste management in lndia Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation CPHEEO
- Evaluation and Testing of Water Sample Various Government and Non-Government Organisations,NBCC (INDIA) LTD
- Faecal Sewage Treatment Plant with MBBR based Hybrid technology of capacity 30 KLD D D Builder Enviro Engineering Pvt Ltd.
- Identifying Best Available Technologies for Decentralized Waste-Water Treatment and Resource Recovery for India Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology (International Multilateral and Regional Cooperation Division)
- Loss management of water supply pipe network a smart leak detection approach Public Health Engineering Directorate
- Preparation of Detailed Project report (DPR) on Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) The Member Secretary, STARPARD, Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal,
- Quantification of plastics losses from landfills using surveillance cameras coupled with AI-based image processing architecture IIT KHARAGPUR AI4ICPS I HUB FOUNDATION
- Reusing Waste Jute Caddies for Textile Industry Effluent Treatment: Development, Piloting and Life Cycle Assessment (Ministry Part) Department of Science and Technology
- Review and Update of the Master Plan for the IIT Kharagpur campus IIT KHARAGPUR
- Vetting of STP Designs ECOKART TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED
Ph. D. Students
Akash Tripathi
Area of Research: Advance oxidation process
Anil
Area of Research: Sewage treatment and reuse
Anjaly P Thomas
Area of Research: Integrated Waste Management
Baishali Chakrabarti
Area of Research: Life Cycle Assessment
Binod Kumar Yadav
Area of Research: Plastic Losses to the Environment
Chinmayee Das
Area of Research: Heterogeneous Photocatalysis
Doki Manmadha Manikanta
Area of Research: Wastewater treatment
Emmanuel Sebastian Kunnel
Area of Research:
Gopika Ashokan
Area of Research: Water Treatment
Hema Jha
Area of Research: Biocarbon production from waste sources
Kasa Vara Prasad
Area of Research: Microplastics Fate and Transport
Kiran Behera
Area of Research: Wastewater Management
Munmun Mukherjee
Area of Research: Water treatment
Rajarshi Bhar
Area of Research: Solid waste management and resource recovery
Rakesh Kumar Panda
Area of Research: Carbon Footprint Calculations - Methods Development
Reshu Singh
Area of Research: Wastewater Treatment
Rupam Bandyopadhyay
Area of Research: Materials for environmental remediation
Sahil Chauhan
Area of Research: Resource Recovery and Value added products from Waste Materials
Samar Mahata
Area of Research: Bio-Hydrogen from Food Waste and Sludge
Shraddha Yadav
Area of Research: Advance Wastewater treatment
Srishti Mishra
Area of Research: Water Quality
Sunandan Naha
Area of Research:
Suryansu Kar
Area of Research: environmental microbiology
Tajamul Shafi
Area of Research: Wastewater Treatment
Unnikrishna Menon
Area of Research: Waste Resource Recovery
MS Students
Joydeepa Taran
Area of Research: Biocarbon production from waste sources
Pankaj Kumar
Area of Research: Wastewater Treatment