Our Advisors
Mr. Debnath Banerjee was graduated in Chemical Engineering in 1972 from Jadavpur University. Mr. Banerjee is a seasoned professional in the field of Utilities and Process Engineering with a career spanning over more than five decades. Mr. Banerjee has previously held positions like Trainee, Chemical Engineer, Fluid System Engineer in the early stages (1972—1982) of his illustrated career in companies like Jenson & Nicholson (India) Ltd., P.C. Chanda & Company Ltd., United Consultants (I) Pvt Ltd. After that he has joined prestigious M. N. Dastur & Company (P) Ltd in 1982 and retired from the same as Chief Engineer (Process & Utilities) in 2005. From 2005 to 2011 he has taken the responsibilities like Sr. General Manager (Process – Technical) in Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd. (EPC Division); Executive Vice President in Zoom Developers Pvt. Ltd. (EPC Division) and Chief Design Consultant in Ion Exchange Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. From 2011 onwards he is working as freelance consultant in various organizations of high repute like Tata Consulting Engineers, Eureka Engineering Works etc.
Mr. Banerjee’s core areas of expertise are fluid system design including water system, Project planning, Report Preparation, Design, Detail Engineering of pump house, cooling towers, filtration, softening and Demin plants, waste water treatment plants of various types, water quality analyses and monitoring, EIA/EMP preparation etc, Piping Engineering. He is also adept in Business Development, Tender Monitoring, Team Building for EPC Firms.
Mr. Banerjee is currently associated as a Technical Adviser at Magtech.
Debnath Banerjee
Prof. Somnath Mukherjee
Prof. (Dr.) Somnath Mukherjee was graduated in Civil Engineering from Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur (now known as IIEST, Shibpur) in 1980. Prof. Mukherjee has more than four decades of professional experience both in Academia and Industry. His main areas of expertise are Water treatment plant, municipality sewage treatment plant, Geoenvironmental Engineering. Liquid retaining structures. Biological reactor design.
After his graduation, he worked as Graduate Engineer Trainee in ACME Consultants for a brief period before moving back to Academia again and completed his Master of Technology Degree in Environmental Engineering from IIT-KGP in 1983. For the period 1983 to 1989, Prof. Mukherjee worked in the industry in various positions like Civil Engineer, Engineer, Senior Design Engineer, and Senior Engineer for organizations like Standard Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Turnkey International Ltd., Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd., NTPC LTD. He returned to academia in 1989 again as Lecturer in IIT, Kharagpur and simultaneously started his PhD program there. He completed his doctoral degree in 1993 from IIT-KGP in Environmental Engineering with dissertation topic as “COD Removal and Denitrification in Up Flow Anaerobic Fixed Film Reactor”. From 1993 to 2023 he worked as a faculty (Reader, and then Professor) in the Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University. After retirement from JU, he is now working as Adjunct Professor in Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, and as independent researcher/consultant.
Dr. Mukherjee has published about 86 articles in Peer-reviewed international journals and 60 articles in conference proceedings till date. He has also authored/co-authored two books. He is a regular reviewer for 12 peer-reviewed journals. He is also member of several prestigious academic/government bodies like AICTE, UPSC (Engineering Services Exam & Interview), WBPSC, WBUT, UIT–Burdwan, BIRAC, WBPCB, Kalyani University, etc. and acted/acting as Examiner for WBPSC, WBUT, NIT-Durgapur, NIT-Patna, IIEST-Shibpur, IIT Kharagpur, UIT Burdwan, NIT Agartala, Anna University- Chennai, Coal India etc.
During his diverse career, Dr. Mukherjee worked in more than high value consultancy projects (in the myriad domains of Structural Engineering to Public Health Engineering) with clients like PHED, Government of West Bengal, NTPC Limited, Hindustan Copper Limited, Jamnagar City Project, Government of Inda, National Dairy Development Board, Government of West Bengal, Howrah Improvement Trust, Coal India, KMDA etc.
Prof. Mukherjee is now associated as Technical Adviser with Magtech.
Prof. (Dr.) Pankaj Kumar Roy was graduated in Civil Engineering from NIT, Silchar in 2002. And then worked as Software Engineer for 3 years before moving into academia again in 2000 and completed his ME (Environmental Engineering) from Jadavpur University in 2002. He has completed his doctoral degree in 2006 from Jadavpur University specializing in Environmental Engineering. Prof. Roy is currently a Professor and the Former Director of the School of Water Resources Engineering and the School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University. He has acted as DEAN of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Law and Management, Jadavpur University from 2019-2021.
He has completed more than 25 national and international research projects funded by the World Bank, EU, State DST, DST-NRDMS, PHED, WBCPCB etc. and has conducted more than 35 consultancy research projects. He has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience. He has published more than 316 research articles in national and international journals and published more than 50 research articles as book chapters.
He is now working with Switch ON Foundation and Water for People to train and support rural women by offering skill enhancement of groundwater monitoring and level measurement to make them empowered and environmental benefits. He is currently supervising 28 Research Scholars. He is presently the Principal Investigator of the World Bank project entitled “Appointment of Agency for Baseline and User Satisfaction Survey of West Bengal Inland Water Transport Logistics and Spatial Development Project” which has a duration of 3 years and costs over 2.35 Crore.
Prof. Roy is also member of 27 professional /academic / policy making bodies like Institution of Engineers, Institution of Public Health Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE, Member, Coasts, Oceans, Ports and River Institute of ASCE, The Indian Science Congress Association, Advisory Board of Sustain Awards 2022 of Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) etc.
Prof. Roy has received many awards in his illustrated career like Young Scientist Award (Institute of Engineers, Govt. of India), 1st National Doctorate Fellow by AICTE at JU (Govt. of India), Internship Fellowship (University of Pisa, Italy), IEI Young Engineers Award (Institution of Engineers (India), Government of India) and Sir Ganga Ram Memorial Prize (The Institution of Engineers, India).
Dr. Roy’s areas of expertise are Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Climate Change and its impact on Water Resources Engineering, Surface Water Pollution and its mitigation, Groundwater Dynamics, Watershed Technology and Management, Forest Hydrology, Water Conservation Technology, Hydro-Geological Investigation, Surface and Ground Water Interaction, Solid Waste Management, Hydrological and Environmental Modelling, Environmental Monitoring, Water and Waste Water Characteristics, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Anti Bacteriological Studies in Surface and Ground Water, Hydraulic Structure and Hydel Power Engineering.
Currently, Prof. Roy is associated with Magtech as Scientific Adviser.
Prof. Pankaj Kumar Roy
Prof. Ujjwal Saha
Prof. Ujjwal Saha has obtained his Bachelor of Civil Engineering from IIEST-Shibpur, West Bengal in 2002 and Master of Engineering (Water Resources) in 2004 from Jadavpur University. After the Dr. Saha has joined Irrigation and Waterways Directorate, Government of West Bengal as Assistant Engineer and stays there till 2008. He started his doctoral program in Water Resources Engineering in 2008 and obtained his PhD from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2015. Dr. Saha has previously worked as Assistant Professor in NIT, Raipur and now currently working as Assistant Professor in the IIEST, Shibpur.
Dr. Saha has published 18 scientific articles in the international peer-reviewed journals, 1 article in national peer-reviewed journals and 3 national-level conference papers. Dr. Saha has organized two training courses and 4 seminars. Dr. Saha has given 5 invited lectures. Dr. Saha has also been invited to internal research visits twice. Dr. Saha is also life member of Indian Water Resources Society and Institute of Engineers.
Till date, Dr. Saha has managed/delivered 7 consultancy projects with cumulative consultancy fees of more than INR. 50 Lakhs.
Dr. Saha’s research interests are Stochastic Rainfall Modeling, Storm Water Design, Climate Change (Impact) Studies, Urban Hydrology; his expertise covers myriad aspects of Water Resources Engineering like Flood Protection Works, Catchment Area Treatment, Rainwater Harvesting, Hydrology & Hydraulics of Weirs, Climate Smart Decision Support System etc.
Currently, Prof. Saha is associated with Magtech as Scientific Adviser.
