Sanchita Chakravarty

Accomplished Chief Scientist at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, driving innovative research and securing funding. Expert in experimental design and data analysis, with proven leadership in mentoring teams. Enhanced industry visibility through strategic partnerships and presentations. Authored numerous publications, advancing scientific knowledge and methodologies. Spearheaded initiatives that improved research capabilities by 30%.

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• Analytical Investigation and inter-component effect of critical compounds in water resources: Quantification, transportation in biota and remediation., BMBF-CSIR, Project Leader
• Development of Hydrogen standards for zirconium alloys, BRNS Project, Project Leader
• Inventorization of Lead, cadmium, Mercury and Arsenic in Paints, Distempers and Pigments, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Project Leader
• Advancement in Metrology, CSIR Network, Project Leader
• Measurement Innovation in Science and Technology (MIST), CSIR-Network, Project Leader
• Quality Evaluation of Coal- Cores explored from different regions of India, Ministry of Coal, Project Leader
• Evaluation of coal core characteristics of different region of Orissa, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd.(CMPDIL), Project Leader
• Preparation of coke from non-coking coal, Project Leader
• Distribution of trace elements and Rare Earth elements in soil and sediments of India, GSI, Kolkata, Project Leader
• Bench Scale Study on Reducing Ash Content (Mineral Matter) from Washery Grade Coking Coal and High Ash Non- Coking Coal through Oil Agglomeration, Coal India Ltd, Project Leader
• Lab Scale Study on Reducing Ash Content (Mineral Matter) from Bhubaneswari, Kaniha and Hingula Coal Through Oil Agglomeration, Project Leader

• Debasree Saha, Sanchita Chakravarty, D. Shome, A. K. Kundu, D. Chatterjee, Distribution and affinity of trace elements in Samaleswari Coal, Eastern India, 2016, Fuel, Elsevier, 150, 376-388, 3.61
• Vivek Mishra, Tishrota Bhowmik, Sanchita Chakravarty, Atul Kumar Verma, Mamta Sharma, Influence of coal quality on combustion behavior and mineral phase transformation, 2016, Fuel, Elsevier, 186, 443-445, 3.6
• B. Hazra, A. K. Verma, A.K. Bandyopadhyay, S. Chakravarty, J. Buragohain, S. K. Samad, A. K. Prasad, FTIR, XRD, XRF and SEM characteristics of Permian shales of India, 2016, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Elsevier, 32, 239 - 255, 2.8
• Saha, D; Chatterjee, D; Chakravarty, S; Mazumder, M, Trace element geochemistry and mineralogy of coal from Samaleswari open cast coal block (S-OCB), Eastern India, 2018, Physics and Chemistry of Earth, Elsevier, 104, 47-57, 1.9
• Dutta, Madhulika and Khare, Puja and Chakravarty, S and Saikia, Durlov and Saikia, Binoy K, Physico-chemical and elemental investigation of aqueous leaching of high sulfur coal and mine overburden from Ledo coalfield of Northeast India, 2018, International Journal of Coal Science and Technology, Elsevier, 5(3), 265-281, 1.5
• Kumari, Archana and Jha, Manis K and Pathak, D D and Chakravarty, S and Lee, Jae-chun, Processes developed for the separation of europium (Eu) from various resources, 2018, Separation and Purification Reviews, Elsevier, 1-31, 4.2
• Kumari, Archana; Jha, S; Patel, JN; Chakravarty, S; Jha, MK; Pathak, DD, Processing of monazite leach liquor for the recovery of light rare earth metals (LREMs), 2018, Minerals Engineering, Elsevier, 129, 9-14, 2.7
• Ashok Mohanty, Saswati Chakladar, Subhajik Mallik, Sanchita Chakravarty, Structural Characterization of coking component of an Indian coal, 2019, Fuel, Elsevier, 249, 411-417, 6.6
• V. Mishra, S. Chakravarty, RB Finkelman, A.K. Verma, Geochemistry of rare earth elements in lower Gondwana coal in Talchir Coal basin, India, 2019, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Elsevier, 2.8
• Archana Kumari, Rukshana Parween, Sanchita Chakravarty, Kavita Parmar, Devendra Deo Pathak, Jae-chun Lee, Manis Kumar Jha, Novel approach to recover rare earth metals (REMs) from Indian coal bottom ash, 2019, Hydrometallurgy, Elsevier, 187, 1-7, 3.3
• Saswati Chakladar, Ashok Mohanty, Sujata Mandal, Sanchita Chakravarty, Structural evaluation of coking component of West Bokaro coal of Indian origin, 2019, International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization, Taylor and Francis, DOI: 10.1080/19392699.2019.1663345, 2.5
• K. Chakravarty, Vivek Mishra, S. Chakravarty, S. Chakladar, V. K. Saxena, and S. Bhattacharya, Mineralogical Study of Beneficiated and Carbonized Indian Coking Coal for Better Utilization: A Case Study, 2019, Natural Resources Research, Springer, DOI.org/10.1007/s11053-019-09581-7, 5.5
• Sanchita Chakravarty, K. Chakravarty, Vivek Mishra, Saswati Chakladar, Ashok Mohanty, Mamta Sharma, Characterisation of chemical structure with relative density: Case study on three different ranks of coal, 2020, Natural Resources Research, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s11053-020-09629-z, 5.5
• Saswati Chakladar, Sanchita Chakravarty, Ashok Mohanty, TC Alex, Sanjay Kumar, Quality improvement of heat altered coals: A preliminary feasibility study, 2020, Environmental Technology & Innovation, Elsevier, 18, 100764, 7.7
• Riya Banerjee, Ashok Mohanty, Sanchita Chakravarty, Saswati Chakladar, Paromita Biswas, A single-step process to leach out rare earth elements from coal ash using organic carboxylic acids, 2021, Hydrometallurgy, Elsevier, 201, 105575, 4.0
• Saswati Chakladar, Ashok Mohanty, Prasanjeet Kumar Patar, Sanchita Chakravarty, Sujata Mandal, Subhajit Mallick, B.C. Jha, Navin Kumar Singh & B.N. Shukla, Demineralization of high ash non-coking coal fines of Indian origin using Castor oil: Implications of wet milling, 2021, International Journal of Coal Preparation and utilization, Taylor and Francis, 42:11, 3213-3234, 2.7
• Saswati Chakladar, Prasanjeet Patar, Dhiraj Vishwakarma, Ashok Mohanty, Subhajit Mallick, Sanchita Chakravarty, Demineralization of high ash coal fines of Indian origin using Mahua oil, 2021, Cleaner Engineering and Technology, Science Direct, 100222, 2.7
• Saswati Chakladar, Dhiraj Vishwakarma, Prasanjeet Patar, Ashok Mohanty, Sanchita Chakravarty, Chiranjib Patra, Effect of surfactant, ionic strength, mineralogical composition and surface morphology on zeta potential of bituminous coals, 2022, International Journal of Coal Preparation and utilization, Taylor and Francis, https://doi.org/10.1080/19392699.2022.2061963, 2.7
• Chakladar, Saswati, Riya Banerjee, Ashok Mohanty, Sanchita Chakravarty, and Prasanjeet Kumar Patar, Turpentine oil: a novel and natural bridging liquid for agglomeration of coal fines of high ash coals, 2022, International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization, Taylor and Francis, 42, 7, 2028-2040, 2.7
• Riya Banerjee, Saswati Chakladar, Ashok Mohanty, Sanchita Chakravarty, Shyamal Kumar Chattopadhyay, Leaching characteristics of rare earth elements from coal ash using organosulphonic acids, 2022, Minerals Engineering, Elsevier, 107664, 4.7
• Riya Banerjee, Saswati Chakladar, Ashok Mohanty, Sanchita Chakravarty, Shyamal Kumar Chattopadhyay, M.K.Jha, Review on the environment friendly leaching of rare earth elements from the secondary resources using organic acids, 2022, Geosystem Engineering, Taylor and Francis, https://doi.org/10.1080/12269328.2022.2135139, 1.42
• Saswati Chakladar, Subhajit Mallick, Ashok Mohanty, Dhiraj Vishwakarma, Sanchita Chakravarty, Natural Gums as a novel, potent and natural additive towards coke making: A preliminary feasibility study, 2022, International Journal of Coal Preparation and utilization, Taylor and Francis, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19392699.2022.2149509, 2.7
• Petrović, M., Fiket, Ž., Medunić, G., & Chakravarty, S., Mobility of metals and metalloids from SHOS coal ash and slag deposit: mineralogical and geochemical constraints., 2022, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19074-5, 5.1
• Alok Kumar, Sneha Kumari, Khairul Azlan Mustapha, Saswati Chakladar, Sanchita Chakravarty, Geochemical characteristics of the Rajmahal coals in Dhulia North Block, Eastern India: implication to their utilization and environment, 2023, Environ Geochem Health., Springer, doi:10.1007/s10653-023-01475-1, 4.8
• Sneha Kumari, Toushali Roy, Saswati Chakladar, Alok Kumar, Md. Arif, Ashok Mohanty, Rajen Kundu, Sanchita Chakravarty, Distribution, mode of occurrence, and significance of rare-earth elements in coal from Samaleswari open cast coal blocks, Odisha, India with their provenance and paleodepositional environment, 2023, Environmental Earth Sciences, Springer nature, DOI : 10.1007/s12665-023-10777-7, 2.8
• Riya Banerjee, Saswati Chakladar, Shyamal Kumar Chattopadhyay, Sanchita Chakravarty, Leaching of rare earth elements from coal ash using low molecular weight organocarboxylic acids: Complexation overview & Kinetic evaluation, 2023, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.21670, 2.0
• Riya Banerjee, Saswati Chakladar, Alok Kumar, Shyamal Kumar Chattopadhyay and Sanchita Chakravarty, Petrology and Association of Rare Earth Elements in magmatically altered high ash coal of Indian origin, 2023, International Journal of Coal science and Technology, Springer, Under review, 8.3
• Saswati Chakladar, Riya Banerjee, Tatjana Ivošević, Sanchita Chakravarty, Željka Fiket, Gordana Medunić, Selective recovery of calcium from estuarine sediments of Raša Bay, 2023, Environmental Earth Sciences, Springer nature, Under review, 2.8
• Saswati Chakladar, Sneha Kumari, Alok Kumar, Sanchita Chakravarty and Allan Kolker, Distribution of Trace Elements and Rare Earth Elements in coal from Bhalukasba Surni coal block, Rajmahal coalfield, Eastern India, 2023, International Journal of Coal science and Technology, Springer, Under review, 8.3

• S. Chakravarty, Utilization of manganese nodule residue for the removal of arsenic from groundwater, 2008, 2nd International Congress, Valencia, Spain
• S. Chakravarty, Removal of Lead from aqueous solution using newspaper pulp, 2008, International Conference, Jaipur, India
• S. Chakravarty, Proficiency Test for Proximate Analysis of Coal: Advances in Determination of Moisture, Ash, Volatile Matter and Total Sulphur, 2013, 8th International Conference on Advances in Metrology, NPL, New Delhi
• S. Chakravarty, Uncertainty of measurement for determination of major elements in iron ore using ICP-OES, 2010, XI International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology, NML, Jamshedpur
• S. Chakravarty, Invited Talk on Advance Coal Characterization, 2015, International Conference on Clean Coal Technology, Toronto, Canada

• A process to prepare coke from non-coking coal using natural gums as additives, S.Chakravarty, A.K.Mohanty, S.Chakladar, S.Mallick, R.Das Biswas and M.Sharma, 0123NF2019, 03/01/22, India, Approved
• A process to induce coking properties in non-coking coal for coke making using expandable graphite and molasses, S.Chakravarty, A.K.Mohanty, S.Chakladar, M.Sharma, R.Das Biswas and S.Mallick, PAT-0528/2018/IN, India, Applied
• An alternate process for production of coke using non-coking and semi-coking coals, Sanchita Chakravarty, Ashok Kumar Mohanty, Saswati Chakladar, Mamta Sharma, Rupa Das Biswas, Shaik Saida, 0241NF2016, India, Granted

• Clean Coal Technologies, Oil agglomeration towards quality enhancement of high ash coals: The Indian scenario, Saswati Chakladar, Ashok Kumar Mohanty, Sanchita Chakravarty, Springer, 2021
• Advances in drinking water Purification, Arsenic removal using iron and manganese based adsorbents: Scope of utilizing natural resources and waste, Sanchita Chakravarty, Saswati Chakladar, Riya Banerjee, Elsevier, 2023

• Title: Chief Scientist
• Date of Birth: 01/22/66

1)       Utilization of non coking coal for coke making process, Sponsored by M/s Coal IndiaLtd.

2)       Textural, Mineralogical and geochemical constraints of the low grade iron ore deposits of Odisha- Jharkhand sector around Barbil: Scientific interest and Industrial concern, Sponsored by M/s Tata Steel

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