Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta is a Professor in the Environmental Engineering Division of the Civil Engineering Department and Head, School of Water Resources, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and is actively involved in teaching, research and consultancy. His research interests are primarily focused on water treatment, wastewater treatment and reuse, environmental impact assessment, monitoring and modelling of air and water pollution, geogenic pollutant scavenging etc. He has more than 60 publications in top-ranking International journals and is credited with more than 2300 citations in Scopus. Dr. Gupta is a renowned technical consultant in the arena of environmental engineering having more than 30 completed/ongoing projects of national and international importance to his credit. He has served as the guest editor of the International Journal of Ecology and Development for the Special issue in 2006 and was in the Editorial Advisory Board of Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering in 2008.
Principal Investigator
- Distribution Design and Drawings and Proof Checking and Technical Vetting for the work of Execution of Rural Piped Water Supply project pertaining to 15 GP Balipatna Block in Khorda District including 05 years of operation and maintenance
- PAVITR- Potential and Validation of Sustainable Natural and Advance Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Monitoring and Safe Water Reuse in India
- Preparation of Conceptual Plan for Sewage Treatment Facilities at Gua Ore Mines Township [GOM].
- Preparation of Design and Drawings and Technical Vetting of Design/Drawing in Halia Block (Ahugi Kala) of Mirzapur District for State Water and Sanitation Mission Projects
- Preparation of Design and Drawings and Technical Vetting of Design/Drawing in Lalgganj Block (Mahdev) of Mirzapur District for State Water and Sanitation Mission Projects
- Preparation of process & hydraulic design & drawings and proof checking and technical vetting of Water Treatment Plants of 27.1 MLD, 36 MLD and 16.67 MLD in Angul, Korraput and Khurda districts.
- Technical checking and vetting of process and hydraulic design and drawings of Sankrail WTP project entitled "Surveying, Design, engineering, Supplying, Construction, Erection, Testing, Commissioning of Raw Water Pump House over Fixed type Intake jetty near Manikpur ferry ghat (Hooghly river), approach road for carrying construction materials, box culvert class AA loading(min internal width 4,5mt) for cannel crossing at intake site, Bank Protection, Substation Building for Intake, Raw Water Risi
- Technical evaluation of proposed 4 MLD sewage treatment plant at HDC in connection with the project. Survey, investigation, design, construction, testing, commissioning of 4MLD sewage treatment plant along with rehabilitation of sewage network laying grey water and treated water network for Haldia township at Haldia including operation and maintenance (O&M) for five years on EPC mode
- Technical Vetting of Hydraulic and Process Design, Flow Diagram, Treatment Technology, General Arrangement Drawing as well as all Structural, Electro-mechanical and Instrumentation Design-Drawing for Interception and Diversion Structures, Lifting Stations, Main Pumping Station, Effluent Pumping Station, Sewerage Network and 35 MLD STP in Maheshtala Municipality in the State of West Bengal under HAM
- Third Party Quality Audit for Works Taken Up under JJM Scheme
Co-Principal Investigator
- A Numerical Modelling Framework for Wetland Management Department of Science and Technology
- Centre for Technological Excellence in Water Purification Department of Science and Technology
- Centre for Technological Excellence in Water Purification (CTEWP) Department of Science and Technology
- Evaluation and Testing of Water Sample Various Government and Non-Government Organisations
- Evaluation and Testing of Water Sample NBCC (INDIA) LTD
Ph. D. Students
Adarsh Singh
Area of Research: Wastewater Management
Akash Rawat
Area of Research: Wastewater Treatment
Arnab Das
Area of Research: Reservoir water management
Arpan Roy
Area of Research: Water treatment
Bramha Gupta
Area of Research: Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Daisy Koch
Area of Research: WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT
Daundkar Ramesh Kailas
Area of Research: Urban flood modelling and management
Debjyoti Debnath
Area of Research: Industrial Waste Water Treatment
Duduku Saidulu
Area of Research: Wastewater Treatment
Humayun Kabir
Area of Research: Wastewater Treatment
Mahak Jain
Area of Research: Wastewater Treatment
Maharishi Upadhyay
Area of Research: Wastewater Management
Pilla Sai Kiran
Area of Research: Wastewater Treatment
Pranjal Ghosal
Area of Research: Water Treatment
Rahul Singh
Area of Research: Environmental Hydrology
Sandipan Ganguly
Area of Research: Ground Water Quality Modelling
Saraswat Dey
Area of Research: Wastewater Treatment
Veeravalli Preetham
Area of Research: Wastewater Management
Vishal Kumar Parida
Area of Research: Wastewater Management
