HT Correspondent
NAGAON, Jan 24: Dr Udaratta Bhattacharjee, daughter of Pratick Bhattacharjee and Mamoni Sarma Bhattacharjee of Nagaon Amulapatty, has been selected for post-doctoral research at the Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Industrial Management, Nagoya in Japan.
Dr Bhattacharya will be working on a project related to the remediation of groundwater using organohalide-respiring bacteria and related microbiology. She has received approval for a professor visa from the Ministry of Japan for this purpose.
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It is noteworthy that Dr Bhattacharya completed her doctorate degree from IIT Guwahati. Previously, her work received acknowledgment through two conference awards for her contributions in developing and modifying a particular bio-fertiliser commonly used by Indian rural communities to improve soil microbial consortium, plant growth, and nutritional factors. This was achieved by incorporating cheap precursors such as water hyacinth and waste tea leaves.
Dr Bhattacharjee was felicitated with international and national awards in the International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Bioresources and Bioeconomy in 2022 and the National Conference on Gau-Vigyan in Modern Life and Medical Science in 2023 for her best poster and oral presentation skills. Dr Bhattacharjee has a total of 7 publications in Google Scholar.
Apart from her research work, she has written a preface and provided editorial assistance in the book ‘Conservation of Biodiversity in Northeastern States: Proceedings of NERC 2022’ from Springer Nature, as mentioned in the release.
