DESCRIPTION :

Research Expertise: Development of resin/media for removal of arsenic, iron and fluoride removal from ground water and its Validation. Study on carbon dynamics. Environment Impact Assessment and pollution monitoring. Water testing. Quality Manager of NABL accredited Environmental chemical lab for water, air and soil testing.

Upgrading of bio oil to convention fuel (diesel), Utilization of biomass for fuel and value added chemicals, upgrading of heavy crude oil, study of Petroleum product, Scientific study of various refining streams etc.

Contact Address: CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar

Email:arakshita@immt.res.in

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Mobile: 9410367996.

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At present I am working in Environmental &Sustainability Department under water, air and soil sediment theme. I have involved in Environment Impact Assessment Projects of Paradip Port Trust. I am also looking after Environmental Chemical Lab which is NABL accredited.   My research areas are mainly but not limited to Study on water, atmospheric air and soil quality, Environment Impact Assessment, Development of Catalyst, Study on Crude oil and Petroleum products and Upgrading of bio oi to conventional fuel etc.   There are four student pursuing their Ph.D. under me. Presently I am leading the following projects.

ü  Development of resin for removal of arsenic, fluoride and iron from ground water

ü  Study on different resin/media evaluation (import as well as export) for removal of iron/fluoride and arsenic removal efficiency.

ü  Study on Carbon Dynamics in Estuaries and Near-Shore Waters of Mahanadi and Dhamra for ISRO

ü  Lab scale study for technology validation of resin/media for removal of contaminates from ground water.   

Previously I had worked at Advanced Crude Oil Research Centre of CSIR-Indian Institute Petroleum, Dehradun as Head of Area. I was leading the project for development of T-6 fuel for Bramhos Missile sponsored by Defence.

• Area of Interest: Water treatment ,air pollution ,Environment Impact Assessment,
  

• PUBLICATIONS:

  ·         Spatiotemporal variation of atmospheric pollution and its plausible sources in an industrial populated city, Bay of Bengal, Paradip, India. Urban Climate, Vol 37, 2021: Rashmi Ranjan Behera Deepty Ranjan Satapathy^a Arakshita Majhi, Chitta Ranjan Panda^a

  ·         Anthropogenic influence on the physico-chemical parameters of Dhamra estuary and adjoining coastal water of the Bay of Bengal. Marine Pollution Bulletin. Vol 162: 2021. Sanhita Swain^a Biraja Kumar Sahu^b Suchismita Pattanaik^c Rajesh Kumar Sahoo^a Arakshita Majhi^a Deepty Ranjan Satapathy^a Chitta Ranjan Panda^a Rajdeep Roy^d Saroj Bandhu Choudhury

  ·         Air–Sea CO₂ dynamics from tropical estuarine system Mahanadi, India. Regional Studies in Marine Science. Vol 36, 2020: Suchismita Pattanaik^a Rajdeep Roy^b Rajesh Kumar Sahoo^a Saroj Bandhu Choudhury^b Chitta Ranjan Panda^a Deepty Ranjan Satapathy^a Arakshita Majhi^a Priya M.D’Costa^cM .V.R.Shesha Sai

  • Blending complexity of bio-oils. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, Volume 34, 2015 (Issue 293) Arakshita Majhi & Y K Sharma.
  • Wax Content of Crude Oil: A Function of Kinematic Viscosity and Pour Point. Petroleum Science and Technology, 33:381–387, 2015. Arakshita Majhi, Y. K. Sharma, V. S. Kukreti, K. P. Bhatt & R. Khanna.
  • Upgrading of bio-oils over PdO/Al2O3 catalyst and fractionation. Volume 107, May 2013, Pages 131-137 Arakshita Majhi, Y.K. Sharma, RajaramBal, Babita Behera Jagdish Kumar.
  • Blending optimization of Hempel distilled bio-oil with commercial diesel. Arakshita Majhi, Y.K. Sharma, and D.V. Naik. Fuel 2012, 96, 264-269.
  • Blending optimization of Hempel distilled bio-oil with commercial diesel. Arakshita Majhi, Y.K. Sharma, and D.V. Naik. Fuel 2012, 96, 264-269.
  • The Detection of kerosene as an Adulterant in Gasoline. Arakshita Majhi, V. S. Kukerti, Y. K. Sharma, R. Khanna & A. Datta. PST 2012, 30, 271-277.
  • Studies on Volatile Characteristics of Middle Distillates and Their Interdependency. A. Majhi, V. Kukreti, D. Sharma, S. R. Sharma and Y. K. Sharma. PST 2011, 29, 2397-2406.
  • The production and evaluation of bio-oil obtained from the jatropha curcas cake. Arakshita Majhi, Y.K. Sharma, D.V.Naik, and Rekha Chauhan. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 2011. DOI:10.1080/15567036.2011.645120).
  • Stock loss studies on breathing loss of gasoline. Y.K. Sharma, Arakshita Majhi, V.S. Kukerti, and M.O. Garg, Fuel, 2010, 89, 1695-1699.
  • The Detection of kerosene as an Adulterant in Gasoline. Arakshita Majhi, V. S. Kukerti, Y. K. Sharma, R. Khanna & A. Datta. PST 2012, 30, 271-277.
  • Stock loss studies on breathing loss of gasoline. Y.K. Sharma, Arakshita Majhi, V.S. Kukerti, and M.O. Garg, Fuel, 2010, 89, 1695-1699.
  • Studies on Volatile Characteristics of Middle Distillates and Their Interdependency. A. Majhi, V. Kukreti, D. Sharma, S. R. Sharma and Y. K. Sharma. PST 2011, 29, 2397-2406.
  • The production and evaluation of bio-oil obtained from the jatropha curcas cake. Arakshita Majhi, Y.K. Sharma, D.V.Naik, and Rekha Chauhan. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 2011(accepted). DOI:10.1080/15567036.2011.645120).

  Completed R&D Projects

   

  
  

ü  Study on Stock loss of gasoline

ü  Scientific Study of Operating Product Losses in SKO incurred by SKO Dealers

ü  Scientific Study of Operating Product Losses in HSD incurred by ROs/COCOs

ü  Conversion of bio oil to transport fuel

ü  Development of statistical methods for analysis of petroleum products and crude oil-Stock loss studies on gasoline

ü  Upgrading  of opportunity crude oil

ü  Development of strategic fuels

ü  Detail assay of  crude oil from different oil field of ONGC India

ü  Detail assay of  crude oil from different oil field of Oil India

ü  CS₂ compatibility study of heavy crude oil from Cairn India Ltd