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Sustainable Energy and Process Intensification

Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati

Welcome to Our Research Group

The Sustainable Energy and Process Intensification Research Group at IIT Guwahati develops scalable technologies for supercapacitors, biofuels, biomass conversion, cavitation, and wastewater treatment by integrating cavitation physics, sonochemistry, and material science to tackle global energy and environmental challenges.

"We develop sustainable technologies in supercapacitors, biofuels, cavitation, and wastewater treatment by combining material science with cavitation and sonochemistry."

— Prof. Vijayanand S. Moholkar

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Research Areas

News & Achievements

Featured News

Congratulations to Pushpita Das on Successfully Defending Her PhD Thesis!

30 May 2025

Ms. Pushpita Das, PhD scholar at the School of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati, successfully defended her thesis titled Investigations in Biodesulfurization of Dibenzothiophene (DBT) and its Alkyl Derivative using Rhodococcus rhodochrous MTCC 3552 .

Best Poster Award

Rishiraj Purkayastha Successfully Defends Doctoral Thesis for Gifu University

29 May 2025

Rishiraj Purkayastha, a Joint PhD scholar under the International Joint PhD Programme in Integrated Mechanical Engineering between IIT Guwahati and Gifu University, Japan, successfully defended his doctoral thesis for Gifu University

PhD Award

Prof. V. S. Moholkar Crosses 14,000 Citations

May 2025

Congratulations to Prof. V. S. Moholkar for achieving over 14,000 citations for his research contributions, reflecting his significant impact in the field of chemical engineering.

Other Highlights

  • Komal Verma's research paper accepted in Chemical Engineering Research and Design (ChERD): Intensification of industrial wastewater treatment using hydrodynamic cavitation-based hybrid ternary advanced oxidation processes 31 May 2025