Dr. Uday Chand Ghosh, Reader
ucg.chem@presidencycollegekolkata.ac.in
ucghosh@yahoo.co.in
Area of Specialisation: Inorganic Chemistry

Academic Profile
B. Sc.(Burdwan University), M.Sc. (Visva-Bharati University), Ph. D. (Visva-Bharati University)

Areas of Interest
• Toxic waste management
• Adsorption-desorption science
• Nano material synthesis and characterization
• Removal of fluoride /arsenic from contaminated ground water

Areas of Research
Toxic industrial waste management
Adsorption-desorption science
Nano material synthesis and characterization
Removal of fluoride /arsenic from contaminated ground water

Ongoing Research Projects
Development of defluoridation media for contaminated ground water and its lab to field application. Sponsored by Ministry of Water Resources and Central Ground Water Board (New Delhi)

Arsenic Removal by Adsorption on synthetic Hydrous Mixed Oxides from Sub-Surface Water. UGC (New Delhi)

Nano-oxide synthesis and characterization and application to sorption science. CSIR direct fellowship projects.

Research Group
Present Members
Saswati Goswami (S. R. F.)
Krishna Biswas (JRF), Koushik Gupta (JRF), Tina Basu (JRF) and Sushanta Debnath (part time)

FormerMembers
Dr. Biswas R. Manna, Dr. Subhas Chandra Bhat

Teaching
(1) Inorganic Chemistry in B. Sc. Honours and pass level,
(2) Chemistry of f-block elements in M. Sc 1 st year and
(3) application of organometallic compounds in synthetic organic chemistry in M. Sc. 2 nd year.

Patent
Arsenic Recovery from its Contaminated Waste by Direct Precipitation (Patent No. 206913).

List of publications
1. Adsorption Kinetics of Fluoride on Hydrous Iron(III)-Zirconium (IV) Mixed Oxide. K. Biswas, D. Bandhyapadyay, U. C. Ghosh; Adsorption (2007). 13, 83-94.

2. Adsorption of Fluoride from Aqueous Solution by a Synthetic Iron(III)- Aluminium(III) Mixed Oxide. K. Biswas, S. Saha, U. C. Ghosh; Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. (2007), 46, 5346-5356.

3. Kinetics, Isotherm and Thermodynamics for Cr(III) and Cr(VI) Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions by Crystalline Hydrous Titanium Oxide. S. Debnath, U. C. Ghosh; J. Chem. Thermodynamics (2008), 40, 67-77.

4. Fluoride in water in parts of Raniganj Coalfield, West Bengal. A. Chatterjee, R. K. Roy, U. C. Ghosh, T. Pramanik, S. P. Kabi and K. Biswas. Current Science (2008)
94 (3), 309-311.

5. Synthesis and characterization of nanostructure hydrous iron-titanium binary mixed oxide for arsenic sorption. K. Gupta, S. Saha, U. C. Ghosh; J. Nanopart. Res. (2008) DOI 10.1007/s11051-008-9410-3 (online published).

6. Arsenic removal using hydrous nanostructure iron (III)- titanium(IV) binary mixed oxide from aqueous solution. K.Gupta, U.C. Ghosh, J.Hazard. Mate. (2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.04.034 (online published).

7. Studies on Removal and Recovery of Chromium(VI) and Chromium(III) from Water by Hydrated Zirconium Oxide (HZO). S.C.Bhat, B.R.Manna, M.Dasgupta and U.C.Ghosh; J.Chem.Environ. Res.(2001), 10, 321-331.

8. Studies on Management of Arsenic Contaminated Waste. Part-I: Application of Leaching and Precipitation. S. Halder, M. Dasgupta and U.C.Ghosh; J.Ind.Pollu.Contol (2002), 18,213-221.

9. Removal of Arsenic from Groundwater using Crystalline Hydrous Ferric Oxide (CHFO). B.R.Manna, S.Dey and U.C.Ghosh, Water Quality Res. J. Canada (2003), 38, 193-210.

10. Studies on Management of Chromium(VI)-contaminated Industrial Waste Effluent using Hydrous Titanium Oxide (HTO).U.C.Ghosh, S.Debnath and S.C.Bhat; Water, Air & Soil Pollu.(2003), 143, 245-256.

11. Studies on Management of Pb(II)-contaminated Industrial Waste Water by Pistia Stratios. S.C.Bhat, B.R.Manna and U.C.Ghosh; J. Ind. Pollu. Control (2003), 19, 1-8.

12. Trace Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater Upgradation using Granular Hydrated Zirconium Oxide (GHZO). B.R.Manna, J.Hossain and U.C.Ghosh; J. Indus. Pollu. Control (2004), 20, 247-266.

13. Hydrous Ferric Oxide (HFO)- A Scavenger for Fluoride from Contaminated Water. S.Dey, S.Goswami and U.C.Ghosh; Water, Air & Soil Pollu. (2004), 158, 311-323.

14. Studies on Removal of Fluoride by Hydrated Zirconium Oxide (HZO) from Aqueous Solution. S.Goswami, S.Dey and U.C.Ghosh; J. Chem. Environ. Res. (2004),13, 117-126.

15. Crystalline Hydrous Titanium(IV) Oxide (CHTO)- An Arsenic(III) Scavenger from Natural Water. B.R.Manna,M.Dasgupta and U.C.Ghosh; J. Water Supply Res. and Technol.-AQUA, (2004), 53, 483-495.

16. Pilot-Scale Performance of Iron and Arsenic Removal from Groundwater. B.R.Manna and U.C.Ghosh; Water Qual. Res. J. Canada (2005) 40(1), 82-92.

17. Studies on Removal of Pb(II) by Hydrous Titanium Oxide (HTO) from Industrial Waste Effluent. S.C.Bhat, S. Palchoudhury, B. R.Manna, S. Goswami, and U.C.Ghosh; J. Ind. Chem. Soc. (2005) 82(7), 632-636.

18. Studies on Adsorption Behaviour of Cr(VI) onto Synthetic Hydrous Stannic Oxide. S. Goswami and U. C. Ghosh; J. Water SA (2005) 31 (4), 597-602.

19. Removal of Trace Chromium(VI) from Contaminated Water: Bio-sorption by Ipomea Aquatica. S. C. Bhat, S. Goswami and U. C. Ghosh; J. Environ.Sci. Eng. (2005), 47 (4), 316-321.

20. Crystalline Hydrous Ferric Oxide (CHFO): An Adsorbent for Cr(VI)-Contaminated Industrial Waste Water Treatment. S.Goswami and S. C. Bhat and U. C. Ghosh; J. Water Environ. Resource Research, (2006),78 (9) 986-993.

21. Hydrous Iron (III)- Tin (IV) Binary Mixed Oxide: Arsenic Adsorption Behavior from Aqueous Solution. U. C. Ghosh, D. Bandhyapadhyay B. R. Manna and M.Mandal; Water Qual. Res. J. Canada, (2006) 41(2), 198-209.

22. Adsorption Behaviour of Arsenic from Aqueous Solution on Synthetic Hydrous Stannic Oxide. B.R.Manna, and U,C.Ghosh; J.Hazard. Mate. (2007) 144 (1-2), 522-531.

23. Adsorption Kinetics of Fluoride on Hydrous Iron(III)-Zirconium (IV) Mixed Oxide. K. Biswas, D. Bandhyapadyay and U. C. Ghosh; Adsorption (2007) (Published online, DOI 10.1007/s10450-007-9000-1).

24. Fluoride Sorption on Synthetic Hydrous Iron(III), Zirconium(IV) and Iron(III)-Zirconium(IV) Mixed Oxide: Comparison on pH-effect, Isotherm and Thermodynamics. K. Biswas, D. Bandhyapadhyay and U. C. Ghosh; J. Env. Sci. Eng. (2007). (In press).