CSIR - NEIST

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Particulars of organization, functions and duties

Education : BE (Mechanical Engineering), ME (Mechanical Engineering)

ID. No.: 1247

Contact Details: +91 0376-2370117 | Fax: 0376-2370011

Email id : dhanjit.neist@csir.res.in, dasdhanjit11@gmail.com

Research Interest

Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Composite Materials, Waste Utilization, Design Customized Equipment, Design and Simulation

Projects(Ongoing & Completed)

Design and development of 500kg capacity solar-biomass hybrid distillation unit with the mobile type distillation Vessel and its field demonstration for entrepreneurship development.(PI)
Design and development of small-scale essential oil distillation unit for extraction of essential oil from locally available black pepper and mint (PI).
Electricity generation from a free-flowing river for the ST community in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.(CO-PI)
Preparation of performance standard of bamboo chipping unit established at Assam Bio Refinery Pvt. Ltd., Numaligarh, Golaghat (Co-PI)
CSIR-NEIST Skill development Training Centre under CSIR Integrated Skill Initiatives. (Co-PI)
Development of Bioformulation for Faecal Sludge Treatment and performance Evaluation through Pilot Scale Demonstration.(Co-PI)
Extraction and purification of caffeine from caffeine rich (30%) tea extract.(Co-PI)
Structural Stability Assessment of ATC Tower cum Technical Block Building at Dibrugarh Airport.(Co-PI)

List of Publications

Rice husk and bamboo bio-char reinforced polylectic acid hybrid composites: Evaluation of Mechanical, thermal and physical properties. Eulala Vengadeshan, Swaminathan Muralidharan, Dhanjit Das, Thirugnanasambandan Arunkuma, Express Polymer Letters. DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2025.63
Modelling and Optimization of Micro-EDM Process Parameters for Kevlar-Carbon Interlayer Composite using Artificial Neural Network and RSM-Based Box Behnken Design. Dutta, Hrishikesh ; Chaurasia, Satish ; Das, Dhanjit; Debnath, Kishore. Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering. DOI: 10.1177/09544089251349250
Production and applications of biochar, Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals, DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12 824419-7.00012-1

List of Key Patents with brief description

Natural Tea Bag from Indian Bay Leaf and the Process of making Thereof. Application No:202511078075 dated 14/08/2025(Filed) Principal Inventor.
Small Scale Steam cum Hydro Oil Extraction unit for Black Peeper and Agarwood. (Principal Inventor) Application No: 482194-001 dated 18/11/2025(Filed)
A Process for the extraction of Caffeine from Tea Waste. (Co Inventor) Application No: 202511057209 dated 13/06/2025, Technology transfer commercialization.
Process for production of decaffeinated tea. Application No:202511116171 dated 21/11/2025. Technology transfer for commercialization.

Awards

Scholarship from Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD),for two year Master of Engineering Programme. Awarding Agency: MHRD,Govt. of India.
Received Best Poster Award for the poster titled “Development of solar biomass hybrid distillation unit with mobile type distillation vessel and its field demonstration for entrepreneurship development” during National Conference on Science for Society, Environment and Sustainability (SSES-2022) will be November, 2022 at CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat.
National Merit Scholarship for SEBA class 10th Exam.

Address: CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology (Formerly Regional Research Laboratory), Jorhat-785006, Assam
Email: director.neist@csir.res.in
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Last updated date : 8/04/2026