Dr. Suvendu Manna

Assistant Professor 

Date of Joining: 10/1/2020 (Regular)

B.Sc. (Hons) (Microbiology),  Vidyasagar University

M.Sc.  (Microbiology), Vidyasagar University

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Area of Specialization

Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Microbiology

Research & Publications:

International Journals-

• Suvendu Manna, Snigdha Prakash, Papita Das, Synthesis of graphene oxide nano-materials coated bio-char using carbonaceous industrial waste for phenol separation from water, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physiochemical and Engineering Aspects,  581, 123818, 2019, IMPACT FACTOR: 3.131; ISSN: 0927-7757, 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.123818
• Suvendu Manna, Sandipan Bhattacharya, Shubhalakshmi Sengupta, Papita Das, Synthesis of graphene oxide dots coated biomatrices and its application for the removal of multiple pollutants present in wastewater, Journal of Cleaner Production, 203, 83–88, 2018, IMPACT FACTOR: 6.395; ISSN: 0959-6526, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.261
• Swapnila Roy, Shubhalakhsmi Sengupta, Suvendu Manna, Papita Das, Chemically reduced tea waste biochar and its application in treatment of fluoride containing wastewater: Batch and Optimization using Response Surface Methodology, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 116, 553-563, 2018, IMPACT FACTOR: 4.384; ISSN: 0957-5820
• Swapnila Roy, Shubhalakhsmi Sengupta, Suvendu Manna, Papita Das, Rice husk derived silica and its application for treatment of fluoride containing wastewater: batch study and Modeling using Artificial Neural Network analysis. Desalination and Water Treatment, 105, 73-82, 2018. IMPACT FACTOR: 1.383; ISSN: 1944-3994
• Suvendu Manna, P. Saha, D. Roy, Akhikari B., P. Das. Fixed bed column study for water defluoridation using neem oil-phenolic resin treated plant biosorbents. Journal of Environmental Management, 212, 424-432, 2018. IMPACT FACTOR: 4.865; ISSN: 0301-4797, No. of Citations: 2
• Suvendu Manna, D Roy, B Adhikari, S. Thomas, P. Das. Biomass for water defluoridation and current understanding on biosorption mechanisms: A review. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 37(6), 1560–1572. 2018. IMPACT FACTOR: 1.596; ISSN: 1944-7450, No. of Citations: 2
• Swapnila Roy, Suvendu Manna, Shubhalakhsmi Sengupta, Antara Ganguly, Sudipta Goswami, Papita Das. Comparative assessment on Defluoridation of waste water using chemical and bio-reduced graphene oxide: Batch, Thermodynamic, Kinetics and Optimization using Response Surface Methodology and Artificial Neural Network.  Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 111, 221–231, (2017). IMPACT FACTOR: 4.384; ISSN: 0957-5820, No. of Citations: 17
• Swapnila Roy, Papita Das, Subhalakhsmi Sengupta, Suvendu Manna. Calcium impregnated activated charcoal: Optimization and efficiency for the treatment of fluoride containing solution in batch and fixed bed reactor. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 109, 18–29, (2017). IMPACT FACTOR: 4.384; ISSN: 0957-5820, No. of Citations: 3
• Suvendu Manna, P Saha, D Roy, D Gopakumar, S Thomas. Rapid methylene blue adsorption using modified lignocellulosic materials. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 107, 346–356, (2017). IMPACT FACTOR: 4.384; ISSN: 0957-5820, No. of Citations: 26
• Suvendu Manna, P Saha, D Roy, R Sen, B Adhikari. Removal of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid from aqueous medium using modified jute. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 67, 292–299, (2016). IMPACT FACTOR: 3.834; ISSN no- 1876-1070, No. of Citations: 11
• P Saha, S Chowdhury, Suvendu Manna, D Roy, R Sen, B Adhikari. New bio-based surface treatment to improve strength and durability of Bombax ceiba. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 4(1), 76-84, (2015).  IMPACT FACTOR: 6.97, ISSN no- 2168-0485, No. of Citations: 10
• P Saha, Suvendu Manna, D Roy, S Chowdhury, B Adhikari. Biodegradation of chemically modified jute fibers. Journal of Natural Fibers 12(6), 542-551, (2015). IMPACT FACTOR: 1.076, ISSN no- 1544-0478 (Print), 1544-046X (Online)
• Suvendu Manna, P Saha, D Roy, R Sen, B Adhikari. Defluoridation potential of jute fibers grafted with fatty acyl chain.  Applied Surface Science, 356, 33-38, (2015). IMPACT FACTOR: 5.155, ISSN no- 0169-4332, No. of Citations: 11
• Suvendu Manna, D Roy, P Saha, B Adhikari. Defluoridation of aqueous solution using alkali-steam treated water hyacinth and elephant grass.  Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 50, 2015-222, (2015). IMPACT FACTOR: 3.834, ISSN no- 1876-1070, No. of Citations: 17
• P Saha, D Roy, Suvendu Manna, S Chowdhury, S Banik, Ra Sen, J-O Jo, J K Kim, B Adhikari. Biodegradation of chemically modified lignocellulosic sisal fibers: study of the mechanism for enzymatic degradation of cellulose. ePolymers 15 (3), 185-194, (2015). IMPACT FACTOR: 1.491, ISSN no- 1618-7229, No. of Citations: 3
• S Ghatak, Suvendu Manna, D Roy.First-order assessment of the influence of three EPS and calcite producing microbes isolated from a cemented sand site on soil shear strength. Geomicrobiology Journal 32(9), 761-770, (2015), IMPACT FACTOR: 1.433, ISSN no- 0149-0451 (Print), 1521-0529 (Online), No. of Citations: 2
• P Saha, Suvendu Manna, D Roy, M C Kim, S Chowdhury, S De, R Sen, B Adhikari, J K Kim. Effect of photodegradation of lignocellulosic fibers transesterified with vegetable oil. Fibers and Polymers 15 (11), 2345-2354, (2014). IMPACT FACTOR: 1.439, ISSN no-  1229-9197 (Print), 1875-0052 (Online), No. of Citations: 5
• A K Behera, S Avancha, Suvendu Manna, R Sen, B Adhikari. Effect of nanoclay on physical, mechanical and microbial degradation of jute reinforced soymilk based nano-biocomposites. Polymer Engineering and Science 54, 345-354 (2014). IMPACT FACTOR: 1.92, ISSN no-1548-2634, No. of Citations: 6
• Suvendu Manna, P Saha, D Roy, R Sen, B Adhikari. Enhanced biodegradation resistance of biomodified jute fibers. Carbohydrate Polymers 93(2), 597-603, (2013). IMPACT FACTOR: 6.044, ISSN no- 0144-8617, No. of Citations: 22
• P Saha, Suvendu Manna, D Roy, R Sen, B Adhikari, S Roy. Durability of transesterified jute-geotextiles. Geotextiles and Geomembranes 35, 69-75. (2013). IMPACT FACTOR: 3.972, ISSN no- 0266-1144, No. of Citations: 47
• P Saha, Suvendu Manna, R Sen, D Roy, B Adhikari. Durability of lignocellulosic fibers treated with vegetable oil-phenolic resin.  Carbohydrate Polymers 87,  1628-36 (2012) IMPACT FACTOR: 6.044, ISSN no- 0144-8617, No. of Citations: 25
• S Roychowdhury, Suvensu Manna, Prosenjit Saha, R K Basak, R Sen, B Adhikari. Composition analysis and material characterization of an emulsifying extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) produced by Bacillus megaterium RB-05: A hydrodynamic sediment-attached isolate of fresh water origin.  Journal of Applied Microbiology 111, 1381-93 (2011) IMPACT FACTOR: 2.683, ISSN no- 1365-2672, No. of Citations: 25
• P Saha, Suvendu Manna, S Roy Chowdhury, R Sen, D Roy, B Adhikari. Enhancement of tensile strength of lignocellulosic jute fibers by alkali-steam treatment.  Bioresource Technology 101, 3182-3187, (2010), IMPACT FACTOR: 6.669, ISSN no- 0960-8524, No. of Citations: 225
• D Banerjee, Suvendu Manna, S Mahapatra and B R Pati. Fungal Endophytes in Three Medicinal Plants of Lameaceae. Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica 56, 243. (2009) IMPACT FACTOR: 1.107, ISSN no- 1588-2640, No. of Citations: 47

International Conferences:

• Suvendu Manna, Prosenjit Saha, Debasis Roy, Basudam Adhikari, Ramkrishna Sen, Fluoride biosorption with modified Eichhornia crassipes and Typha elephantina. 7th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology organized by American Academy of Science at Houston, Texus, USA from June 9-14, 2014.
• Basudam Adhikari, Suvendu Manna, Prosenjit Saha, Debasis Roy, Removal of Fluoride from Water Using Chemically Modified Jute. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology organized by American Academy of Science at Houston, Texus, USA from June 9-14, 2014., ISBN NO
• Suvendu Manna, Papita Das, Debasis Roy. Dye containing wastewater treatment using jute. 6th International conference on solid waste management-IconSWM-2016, held at Jadavpur University, from November 24-26, 2016. ISBN NO- 978-0976885368

Book Chapter Published:

• Suvendu Manna, Papita Das, Debasis Roy. Dye-Containing Wastewater Treatment Using Treated Jute. In: Ghosh S. (eds) Waste Management and Resource Efficiency. Springer, Singapore, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7290-1_105, ISBN No- 978-981-10-7289-5
• Shubhalakshmi Sengupta, Suvendu Manna, Uttariya Roy, Papita Das, Manufacturing of Biodegradable Poly Lactic Acid (PLA): Green Alternatives to Petroleum Derived Plastics. In: Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, 2018,  Elsevier Publishing. Doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.11013-6,
• Uttariya Roy, Suvendu Manna, Shubhalakshmi Sengupta, Papita Das, Siddhartha Datta, Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay, Avijit Bhowal. Dye Removal Using Microbial Biosorbents., In: Crini, Lichtfouse (eds.) Green Adsorbents for Pollutant Removal, Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 19, pp 253–280. Springer Nature, Switzerland AG, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92162-4_8, ISBN No- 978-3-319-92161-7
• Jaideep Adhikari, Suvendu Manna, Sukanya Chowdhury Saha, Prosenjit Saha, Debasis Roy, Basudam Adhikary. Lignocellulosic Materials for Geotextile and Geocomposites for Engineering Applications., In: Kalia S. (eds) Lignocellulosic Composite Materials. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Springer, Cham, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68696-7_9, ISBN no- 978-3-319-68695-0
• Suvendu Manna, Prosenjit Saha, Sukanya Chowdhury, Sabu Thomas. Alkali Treatment to Improve Physical,Mechanical and Chemical Properties of Lignocellulosic Natural Fibers for Use in Various Applications, In: Kuila A. and Sharma V. (eds) Lignocellulosic biomass production and industrial applications, pp. 47–63, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. 2017. doi: 10.1002/9781119323686.ch3., ISBN NO- 9781119323600
• Suvendu Manna, Deepu Gopakumar, Debasis Roy, Prosenjit Saha, Sabu Thomas. Nanobiomaterials for Removal of Fluoride and Chlorophenols from Water. In: New Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental Remediation, 2018, pp-487-498, Elsevier Publishing,  Doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-811033-1.00020-2. ISBN NO- 978-0-12-811033-1
• Deepu A. Gopakumar, Suvendu Manna, Daniel Pasquini, Sabu Thomas, Yves Grohen. Nanocellulose: extraction and application as a sustainable material for waste water purification. In: New Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental Remediation, 2018, pp-469-486, Elsevier Publishing, Doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-811033-1.00019-6, ISBN NO- 978-0-12-811033-1

Patent:

• Methods for decreasing aqueous halides and organohalides level using plant biomass, Debasis Roy, Suvendu Manna, Ramkrishna Sen, Prosenjit Saha, Basudam Adhikari, US Patent Application US-14/310815 (2014). (Published on Dec 25, 2014, Patent publication no-20140374357)