CSIR - NEIST

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Particulars of organization, functions and duties

Education : Ph.D (Energy Engineering)

ID. No.: 1180

Contact Details: +91-0376-2370121 Extn: 2420/2421 Fax: 0376-2370011

Email id : prasenjit@neist.res.in

Research Interest

Projects(Ongoing & Completed)

Development of Co-gasification process of NER coal and agro residue (biomass) for generation of power and fuel. (On-going)
Development of graphene supercapacitors using Northeastern coal for power applications. (On-going)
Modeling carbonaceous aerosol source influence and atmospheric effects. (On-going)
Assessment of air, water and soil quality in Baghjan oil Blowout site and its vicinity, Tinsukia, Assam. (Completed)
Probing the changing atmosphere and its impacts in Indo-Gangetic Plains and Himalayan regions (AIM-IGPHim): Emission Inventory for Airborne Aerosols in NER India. (Completed)
Development of feasibility assessment model for adaptation of underground coal gasification technology in the North-East region of India. (Completed)
Emission from coal-based industries-development of predictive models (Completed)

List of Publications

Chemical composition and toxicological profiles of atmospheric particulate matter: Evidence from in vitro and in vivo preclinical models, Science of the Total Environment, 1020 (2026) 181553. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181553)
A worldwide aerosol phenomenology: Elemental and organic carbon in PM2.5 and PM10, Atmospheric Environment, 2025, 358, 121338. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2025.121338)
Drivers of PM2.5 episodes and exceedance in India: A synthesis from the 4 COALESCE network, Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2024JD040834.(https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD040834)
Fabrication of pouch cell supercapacitors using abundant coal feedstock and their hybridization with Li-ion battery for e-rickshaw application, Journal of Energy Storage, 2024, Vol. 78, 110312,(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.110312)
Geochemical and petrological studies of high sulfur coal and overburden from Makum coalfield (Northeast India) towards understanding and mitigation of acid mine drainage, Vol.:(0123456789)International Journal of Coal Science & Technology (2024) 11:7 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s40789-023-00658-6)
Mineralogical Control on Ash Fusion Temperatures of some High Sulfur Indian coals by oxides generated during combustion. 2023, International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization, Vol. 43, No. 5, 815 830 (https://doi.org/10.1080/19392699.2022.20788)

Patents/Technologies

Process for production of activated carbon from sub-bituminous Tertiary high sulfur Indian coals by ultrasonic-assisted chemical activation. Inventors: Binoy K Saikia, Tonkeswar Das, Prasenjit Saikia, Dipankar Neog, Mousumi Bora, Santhi Maria Benoy, Patent Application: 0052NF2020 (Filed in: India).
Process for the production of high-grade graphene from coal. Inventors: Binoy K Saikia, Abhishek Hazarika, Debashis Sarma, Prasenjit Saikia, Tonkeswar Das, Ashutosh Thakur, Ajit Singh, Patent Application No. 202411032275 (Filed in: India).
Process for the production of graphene from subbituminous coal. Inventors: Binoy K Saikia, Abhishek Hazarika, Debashis Sarma, Prasenjit Saikia, Tonkeswar Das, Ashutosh Thakur, Ajit Singh, Patent Application No. 0060NF2024 (Filed in: India, US, China, Europe and Canada).

Awards and Fellowships

Received “NESA Fellowship of the Year Award-2024” given by National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi on 21st November, 2024.
Received best Interactive Poster Award in International conference on “Next Generation plant production and bioresources utilization Technologies” (NGPPBUT-2019) at IIT, Guwahati during 11th to 13th February, 2019.
Received Indian Institute of Mineral Engineer’s (IIME) Best Paper Award (Tamotia Award) under Environmental Topics related to Mineral Processing for the paper entitled “Ambient air quality and emission characteristics in and around a non-recovery type coke oven using high sulphur coal”, published in Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 530-531 (2015) pp.304-313.
National Renewable Energy Fellowship (as Senior Research Fellow) of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India (2005 to 2009).
National Renewable Energy Fellowship (as Post Doctoral Fellow) of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India (2010-2011).
Nominated for Young Engineer’s Award-2011 given by Senior Engineer’s Forum, Greater Guwahati.

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Last updated date : 8/04/2026