This institute is probably the only institute in West Bengal where more that 40 % faculties are having valuable industrial experience, which helps to groom the students as per the industrial needs. Secondly here about 30% faculties are having Doctoral Degrees & rest are Post Graduates and continuing their Doctoral work, except three who are pursuing their Post Graduate Degree. The introductions & current research activities of our faculties are as follows:

DEPARTMENT of CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY

Ceramic Technology deals with the Technology of Refractories (High Temperature Withstanding Materials), Glass, Whitewares (Sanitarywares, Crockeries, High Tension Insulators),Cement, Coatings( Like Enamel, High Temp Coatings)Electronic Materials, Magnetic Materials, Materials for application in Space Sc., Atomic Research,Medical & Defence,

Dr. P. G. Pal, Professor & Officer In charge of the institute, had his B.Sc.(H) from Narasingha Dutta college &B.Tech. from Calcutta University .He did a very important work in this college on sintering Magnesia-Alumina Ceramics and got his PhD in Technology from Calcutta University. He worked as Asst.Prof. in Ceramics & Cement Technology Dept at PDA College of Engg, Guberga,Karnataka.He worked also in Tata Refractories as Head,R&D, and developed a host of products for application in various metallurgical industries specially Copper industries. His current research interest is on Sintering of Alumina-Magnesia Spinel. He has completed a project on working lining of Steel Ladle jointly with TISCO. He is having no of publication in different journals.

Dr. Saikat Maitra, Professor & Head of the Department ,had his B.Sc.(H) from Presidency College & B.Tech,M.Tech & Ph.D. from Calcutta University. He has been teaching Solid State Chemistry, Advance Ceramics & Environment. He was in Sabbatical leave at Technology University of Petronas, Malaysia, as Associate Professor & recently has came back & re-joined the department. He has a large number of National & International Publications. His present research works are in the field of Kinetic Study, Thin film & Nano Technology. He is having industrial experience in Whitewares & Refractory industries. He has successfully guided three PhD thesis He is having a patent in his name.

Mr. R. Sen, Asst.Professor, had his B.Tech from this institute and M.Tech from B.H.U. He has been teaching Materials Sc.& his current research interest is on Phase Transition in Aluminium-Magenesium-Scandium based alloys by Positron Annihilation Technique in collaboration with Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, He also doing a project work on Jute-Cement Composite materials for road construction jointly with IIT-Khargpur and sponsored by All India Jute Manufacturers Association.

Dr. Kaberi Das, Asst Professor, had her B.Sc. (H) from Presidency College & B.Tech, M.Tech & PhD from Calcutta University. Her current research interest is in the development of Natural Raw Materials, High Performance Zirconium based ceramics: fly ash & Blast furnace Slag based Whitewares & Glass Ceramics. She has recently completed a project sponsored by AICTE on Magnesia based materials and got another project sanctioned by UGC on Natural Raw Materials. She is having two patents in her name & number of publications in National & International Journals

Mr. R. C. Das, Asst.Professor, had his B.Tech from this institute and M.Tech from B.H.U.He has been teaching Whitewares, Kilns & Furnace and Quality Assurance. . He is having long industrial experience in Whitewares & TQM. He is presently working on RPS project sponsored by AICTE on “Development of Wear Resistance Ceramics using Fly Ash”. He is a qualified lead Auditor for ISO 9001,ISO 14001,OHSAS and he is a Master Black Belt on Six Sigma.

Dr. Srimanta Patra, Asst.Professor, had his B.Sc. (H) from Belur Vidyamandir & B.Tech, M.Tech & PhD from Calcutta University. He has been teaching cement Tech & Non Oxide Ceramics. His current research interest is on synthesis & characterization of High Temp. Ceramic Semiconductors. He is also in charge of Nano Technology lab.

Mr. P. Guha, Asst.Professor & in charge of Training & Placement, obtained his B.Sc.(H) from Scottish Church College &B.Tech & M.Tech from Calcutta University and obtained Gold Medal. Apart from T&P activities, he is involved in teaching Metallurgy. . He is having long industrial experience in Metallurgical Chemicals & Refractory industries His current research interest is in the study of sintering of ceramic composites.

Dr. Tapas Kr. Bhattacharya, Sr. Lecturer, had his B.Sc.(H), B.Tech & M.Tech. from Calcutta University & PhD from Jadavpur University. He has been teaching Whitewares, Ceramic Raw Materials, Chemical Thermodynamics & Kinetics. His present research work is on Whitewares product from cheaper waste materials like Fly Ash & Slag, Synthetic Ceramic Raw Materials and he has a number of Publications on his credit.
Basic Science & Engineering Division

Dr. Saibal Ray, Associate Professor in Physics had his M.Sc from IIT-KGP & Ph.D. from Jadavpur University. His current research interest is on General Relativity & Stellar Astrophysics, Brane-world model and Galactic Dynamics, Dark Energy theory & Cosmic expansion. He has been teaching classical Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics & Quantum Mechanics. He is having a number of papers published in reputed international journals. He has successfully guided two Ph.D. scholars and has been guiding several other scholars.

Dr. Sankar Roy, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering obtained his B.E.,M.E. & Ph.D. from Jadavpur University. He has been teaching Mechanical Sciences, Engg Graphics & Workshop practices, Project in Fracture Mechanics & design of Furnace Equipment in PG classes. His current research interest includes Computational Fluid dynamics & Fracture Mechanics where he has made a very important contribution in developing mathematical Models. He is having some industrial experience also.

Dr. Krishnendu Dutta, Assistant Prof. in Mathematics obtained his B.Sc(H) from St Xaviers College & got M.Sc, & PhD. (Sc.) in Pure Math from Calcutta University. He is the Ex head of the Department of of Mathematics at Future Inst. of Engg & Mgt and also HOD of Dept of Math ,Krishnanagar Govt. College. He has a teaching experience of nine years both Engg. Math and Degree Honours Mathematics course.He has eleven years of research experience & carried out different research projects. His research area includes Set Topology, Fuzzy Topology, Functional analysis etc.He has a good number of National & International publications in his credit. He has recently visited University of Texas, USA to deliver an invited talk on “ Fuzzy Function Space”.

Mr. Ranjan Roy, Associate Prof. in Chemical Technology had his B.E & M.E from Jadavpur University. He has been teaching Chem. Engg. Unit Operations, Fuels and Energy Audit. His current research interest is on Synthesis of Polycrystalline High Temp Semiconductors.

Dr. (Mrs.) Kabita Das, Asst. Prof. in Electrical Engg. Obtained her B.Sc.(H) from Bethune College & B.Tech & M.Tech from Inst.of Radio Physics & Electronics, Calcutta University and PhD from Jadavpur University. She has been teaching Electrical Engineering, Control System and Circuit Theory. She has done an important work on the Development of Modified & Artificial Neural Network models for precise estimation of the mechanical properties of 18:8 Stainless Steel for her PhD Thesis.

Mr. Subrata Ghosh, Associate Prof of Geology , had his BSc(H) from Presidency College, Kolkata & M.Sc from Calcutta University. As a State Scholar in Geology of the Govt. of West Bengal he went to the University of Edinburgh (Scotland, U.K) and obtained his M.Phil Degree from there. Earlier he taught Geology at both UG & PG levels at Durgapur Govt. College and served in administrative capacity as a Joint DPI in the Directorate of Public Instruction, WB at Bikash Bhavan, Kolkata. For his doctoral research he has been working on the Main Central Thrust Zone in the Higher Garhwal-Kumaun Himalayas.


Dr. Debdulal Maity, Asst. Prof. of Chemistry obtained his B.Sc.(H) from R.K.Mission Narendrapur & M Sc. in inorganic chemistry from Calcutta University and PhD degree from Calcutta University. He has been teaching Chemistry & Environment Sc. His research interest is in The Synthesis & Chacterterization of different inorganic complexes based on Schiff base Ligands involving oxime moiety of different transition metals.He has a number of published paper in renowned journals.

Dr. Swarup Ranjan Sahoo, Asst.Prof of Physics did his B Sc.(Hons) from P.K.College & obtained M Sc. & PhD from Jadavpur University. He has been teaching Engineering physics, Material Science & Electromagnetic Field Theory since last ten years. His fields of research work are High Energy Nuclear Physics and Seismic Surveillance by Measurement Radon using solid state Nuclear Track Detector. He has presented several research papers in many national & international conferences.Dr.Sahoo published more than twenty research papers in different esteemed national & international journals.

DEPARTMENT of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Information Technology an application area of theoretical knowledge of computer Sc.& Knowledge Management gives stress on latest & emerging application domain from internet to intranet, web programming to core programming with the concept of automation, computer architecture, multimedia, database, security aspect of computer & web-world


Dr. Mausumi Maitra, Associate.Prof & Head of the Department, obtained her B.Sc.(H) from Presidency College and B.Tech,M.Tech & PhD. from Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics, Calcutta University. She has been teaching Microprocessor & Micro controller, Communications, and Computer Architecture& Organisation. Her current research interest is in VLSI Design & Image Processing. She has successfully completed an AICTE MODROB project for development of VLSI Lab. Presently she also having in her credit two MODROB project of AICTE & one Major Research project of UGC She has worked in CEERI, Pilani as Scientist for more than two years She has also served Kalyani Govt Engg College as Asst of Professor of Electronics & Communication for four year.

Mrs. Paramita Dey, Asst. Prof., obtained her B.Tech from Kalyani Govt. Engg.College & M.Tech from Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics, Calcutta University. She has been teaching Digital Electronics, Data Communications& Networking, Mobile Communication Image Processing etc. Her current research interest is on VLSI design and development of LDMOS through simulation.

Mrs. Somdatta Chakraborty, Asst. Prof, did her B.Tech in Civil Engg from HBTI, Kanpur and M.Tech. in IT from Bengal Engg. & Sc. University. She had also worked in industry before joining in teaching. She has been teaching Image Processing, Web Technology and Multimedia. Her current Research interest is on Hyperspectral Image Processing of Remotely Sensed Images .She has obtained grant from UGC and Dept of Sc.& Tech(DST) to carry out research in the area of Multispectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing.

Mr. R. Mandal, Asst. Prof, obtained his B.Tech from Jalpaiguri Govt. Engg. College & M.Tech in IT from Bengal Engg. & Sc. University. He has been teaching computer networking, & Mobile communication. His current Research area is Mobility Management.

Mr. Atanu Pal, Asst. Prof, obtained his B.Tech from WBUT.He has been teaching Networking, DBMS, Computer Architecture, Software Engg.,Multimedia & Numerical Methods. His current research area is in Computer Network..

Mrs. Shyma Mandal, Asst. Prof, obtained her B.Tech from GCELT under WBUT. She has been teaching Data Structure, Database Mgt., Operation Research, Automata, Computer Sc & Operation Research,Data Mining & Data warehousing. At present her research area is in Wireless Security & related issues. Recently She has completed her M.E from Jadavpur University

Mr. Pranay Adak, Asst. Prof obtained his B.Tech from Kolaghat Engg College under WBUT.He has been Teaching Multimedia, Image Processing, Remote Sensing, GIS, Programming Languages. He is pursuing his M.Tech from Jadavpur University

DEPARTMENT of COMPUTER SCS. & ENGG.

CSE course tries to give broad vision about computation, algorithm & theory, computer network& computer security, computer vision& pattern recognition, VLSI& computer architecture, multimedia database & information retrieval etc.

Dr. Prasanta Narayan Dutta, Associate Professor in Mathematics had his M.Sc.& M.Phil from Calcutta University & PhD from Jadavpur University. He has been teaching Mathematics, Operation Research , Graph Theory at different UG & PG level for more than three decades. His field of interest includes Numerical Analysis, Graph Theory& Functional Analysis. His Current research is about investigation of Fixed point of Functions in Metric Space, Probabilistic and Fuzzy Metric spaces. He has a considerable number of publications in his credit.

Mrs. Kalpana Saha, Asst. Prof & Head of the Department, obtained her BSc (H) in Physics from Calcutta Univ. B.Tech in Instrumentation & Electronics from Jadavpur University & M.E from B.E College( Cal.Univ). She has been teaching software Engg.,Introduction to computing and Principles of Programming language. At present she is doing work on 3G wireless communications for her Doctoral Thesis.

Mr. Soumit Chowdhury, Asst. Prof, an alumni of this college got his B.Tech degree from Calcutta University & M.Tech in Computer Tech. from Jadavpur University. His teaching area includes Network Services, Java & OOPS, DBMS, Data Compression & Cryptography Distributed system & Advance Java Programming, Distributed database Mgt System. His current Research areas are focused on Data Compression/ Encryption/Encoding Techniques.

Mr. Bimal Pal, Asst. Prof had his B.Sc from Calcutta University followed by AMIE(ECE) and M.Tech(IT) from Bengal Engg & Sc. University. He has been teaching microprocessor, Communication Engg., Digital Signal Processing & Data Communication& Networking. He has long industrial experience in Electronic Industry. His current research interest is in The Fourier Analysis of ECG-Signals using DSP.


Mrs. Sohini Dasgupta, Asst. Prof, had her B.Tech from Burdwan University & M.E from Jadavpur University. She has been teaching DBMS& Operating Systems. Her field of interest includes wireless communication & Grid Computing. She is presently working on Dynamic Development & Configuration of Distributed System.

Mr.Partha Ghosh, Asst. Prof, had his B.Sc (H) from R.K.Mission Vidyamandira , Belur & B.E from Vidyasagar University & M.Tech from Kalyani University. He has been teaching Operating System, Automata, Image Processing& GIS and System Software& Administration. His Current research area is in Identification of Gene Regulatory N/Ws by Strategic Gene Disruption & Gene Expression Data.

Mr. Ranjit Kr. Mandal Asst. Prof. in CSE Dept obtained her B.Tech in Computer Sc & Engg. from Bengal Engg & Sc. University and M.Tech. in Computer Sc & Engg.from Jadavpur University. He has been teaching Computer Organization & Architecture, Language Processor etc. He has served Jalpaiguri Govt Engg College for seven years and Govt. College of Engg. & Textile Technology, Berhampore for two years.