DESCRIPTION :

• Dr. M.G Sujana is presently working as Scientist-G (Formerly Chief Scientist) in Environment & Sustainability Department of CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar. 
• Her Area of Expertise:
  ➢ Water and wastewater treatment: Fluoride and Arsenic mitigation
  ➢ Solid/Liquid Waste Management & Circular Economy;
  ➢ Development of nano sorbents for energy and environmental applications
  She has more than 30 years R &D experience, worked in number of Government, Industry and CSIR sponsored projects in the fields of Environmental Chemistry, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Solid Waste Management & Circular Economy. Contributions for strategic sector includes environmental aspects during the process development and solid and liquid waste management. She has published more than 50 technical papers in national and international SCI journals and international symposiums/seminars. Her significant contribution as a principal investigator lead to development of a technology for fluoride problem in drinking water. She is also working as Professor, Faculty of Chemical Sciences at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar for Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) guiding Ph. D and B.Tech., M. Tech., and M.Sc students for their thesis work.
  

• Scientist-B, 1992-97 (RRL, Bhubaneswar)
• Scientist-C, 1997-2003(RRL, Bhubaneswar)
• Scientist-E1, 2003-09 (CSIR_IMMT, Bhubaneswar)
• Principal Scientist, 2009-2014(CSIR_IMMT, Bhubaneswar)
• Sr. Principal Scientist 2014-2019 (CSIR_IMMT, Bhubaneswar)
• Scientist G (formerly Chief Scientist) from 2019 onwards....

Valorization of solid industrial byproducts/mine rejects for energy and environmental applications.

Water and Wastewater treatment.

Solid and liquid waste management and safe disposal studies during the process flow sheet development for recovery of critical minerals/metals (Cobalt, Nickel, Titanium, Vanadium, Lithium, Manganese, Magnesium, and Rare Earth Elements from primary ores, low grade ores/secondaries, etc.

• U Panbude, V Palwe, MG Sujana, P Nagababu, Effective visible light driven photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline and ciprofloxacin with enhanced heteroaromatic structures and bioaccumulation studies, -Sustainable Materials and Technologies, Volume 47, 15 April 2026; IF 9.
• Satyajeet Arya, Remya Neelancherry, M.G. Sujana* Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Activity of Titanium Dioxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites for Diclofenac Degradation: Process Optimization via Response Surface Methodology. Water Air Soil Pollut (2026) 237:886 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-026-09547-5. IF 3.0
• RT Kamble, Sujana M G*  Biomolecule‐assisted synthesis of magnetic biochar from betel nut husk and iron ore tailings: characterization and arsenic elimination studies - Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology Volume100, Issue 8, Pages 1724-1736, 2025, IF: 2.4
•  Rutuja T. Kamble, Satyajeet Arya, Sujana M. Gude*; Biosynthesized Fe–Cu bimetallic nanocomposite: Characterization and arsenic remediation, J. of the Indian Chemical Society Vol.102, Issue 12, 2025, IF: 3.4
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• Sujana M. G. and S. Anand, Ferric Hydroxide: Preparation, Characterisation and Fluoride Removal Studies From Water.” by Desalination and Water Treatment Volume 52, Issue 34-36, October 2014, pages 6453-6463; 24 Oct 2014, IF: 1.631, (Citations -5).
• Sujana, M.G. Alisha, M and Acharya, B.C, Hydrous ferric oxide doped alginate beads for fluoride removal: adsorption kinetics and equilibrium studies” Applied Surface Science. 270 (2013), 767-776, IF: 3.381 (Citations 47).
• Sujana M. G., S. Anand, Desalination, Fluoride removal studies from contaminated ground water by using bauxite. 267 (2011) 222–227, IF: 5.527, (Citations:81).
• Sujana M. G, S. Anand, Iron and aluminium based mixed hydroxides: A novel sorbent for fluoride removal from aqueous solutions. Applied Surface Science 256 (2010) 6956–6962, IF: 3.387 (Citations:71).
• Sujana. M. G., Soma G., Vasumathi N. and Anand S., Studies on fluoride adsorption capacities of amorphous Fe/Al mixed hydroxides from aqueous solutions. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry130 (2009) 392, 749–754, IF: 2.101 (Citations:119).
• Sujana, M. G., Pradhan, H. K. and Anand, S., Studies on sorption of some geomaterials for fluoride removal from aqueous solutions. Journal of Hazardous. Materials 161 (2009) 120–125,IF: 3.925, (Citations: 48).
• Sujana, M. G., Chattopadyay, K.K and Anand, S, Characterisation and optical properties of nano-ceria synthesized by surfactant-mediated precipitation technique in mixed solvent system.. Applied Surface Science, Volume 254, Issue 22, 15 September 2008, Pg. 7405-7409, IF: 3.387, (Citations:38).

1. US 2023/0415121 A1 Mixed metal oxide hydroxide biopolymer composite beads and a process thereof. 

Ongoing Projects

• Extraction of sand and other minerals from Overburden and Carbonaceous Wastes – Phase I; Sponsored by NTPC

Mining Ltd. Coal Mining Headquarter. (59 L) April 2026-March 2027; PL

• Extraction of minerals from Thermal Flyash – Phase I; Sponsored by NTPC Mining Ltd. Coal Mining Headquarter. (59

Lakhs) April 2026-March 2027; Co-PL

• Characterization and Feasibility of Recovering Trace and Rare Earth Elements from Coal / Fly ash / bottom ash, Shale,

Clay, Sandstone, and Granite Rock (3 y(15/04/2026) Rs.100 L + GST; Co-PL

• Titanium dioxide recovery and waste management from vanadiferrous titano-magnetite and ilmenite concentrates. Cost

200 Lakhs; May 2025 to 31st April 2026; CSIRO Australia; Co-PL

• Technology development of polymetallic nodules (Metallurgy); Rs 3112 Lakhs Activity-in-charge, MoES, New Delhi

• Advanced recovery of the battery materials and REE from ores and wastes’ (AISRF Round 14) (Member); IndoAustralia Project, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and Department of Industry, Science, Energy

and Resources (DISER), Australia.

• Setting up of pilot cum demonstration plant for recovery of alumina and value-added products from fly ash (Member);

Ministry of Mines, NALCO & CSIR.

• Hematite production and recovery of valuable metals from Jarosite (Member); Hindustan Zinc Ltd. Udaipur 2026