Associate Professor
Brief Profile
Dr Chakraborty obtained his PhD degree from IIT Madras in 1999 with a specialization in Surface Science and Catalysis. Between 1999 and 2012, he served the R&D effort of the India’s industry leader of Energy storage. He has rich experience in process development and applied research in the organization. He has been with IIT Kharagpur since January 2013.
Research Interests
His research interests include energy storage, heterogeneous catalysis, new material for energy storage, renewable energy management & networking, relevance of smart grid in the Indian perspective, smart meter data analytics, electric vehicle.
Courses Taught
- Product Development
- Innovation Management
- Management of Growth Ventures
Publications (Selected)
Priyanka Laha, Basab Chakraborty. “Low Carbon Electricity System for India in 2030 based on multi-objective multi-criteria assessment” Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier (2021), 135
Priyanka Laha, Basab Chakraborty, Poul Alberg Østergaard. Electricity system scenario development of India with import independence in 2030, Renewable Energy, Elsevier (2020), 151, 627-639
Jignesh Sindha, Basab Chakraborty and Debashish Chakravarty System Identification and Lateral Dynamics of the Active Tilt Controlled Electric Three Wheeler, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, ASME (2020), 142
Sunil K Pradhan and Basab Chakraborty, Substrate materials and novel designs for bipolar lead-acid batteries: A review, Journal of Energy Storage, Elsevier (2020), 32
Bipul Krishna Saha, B Chakraborty & Rohan Dutta. Estimation of Waste-heat and its Recovery Potential from Energy Intensive Industries, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, Springer (2020), 22(9), 1795-1814
Jagruti Thakur, Basab Chakraborty. Impact of compensation mechanisms for PV generation on residential consumers and shared net metering model for developing nations: A case study of India, Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier (2019), 218, 696-707
Manojit Ray and Basab Chakraborty. Impact of Evolving Technology on Collaborative Energy Access Scaling, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier (2019), 110, 13-27
Priyanka Laha & Basab Chakraborty. “Energy Model – A Tool for Preventing Energy Dysfunction” Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier publications, 73, 95-114, SCI
Jagruti Thakur and Basab Chakraborty. Intelli-Grid: Moving Towards Automation of Electric Grid in India, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier publications 42, 16-25.
Jagruti Thakur and Basab Chakraborty. A study of feasible smart tariff alternatives for smart grid integrated solar panels in India, Energy, Elsevier publications 93, 963-975.
B. Chakraborty and B. Viswanathan (1999) Surface acidity of MCM-41 by in situ IR studies of pyridine adsorption. Catal. Today, Elsevier publications 49(1), 253.
B. Chakraborty, A.C. Pulikottil and B. Viswanathan (1998) Physico-chemical and MAS NMR characterisation of mesoporous SAPO. Applied Catalysis:A., Elsevier publications 167(2), 173-181.
B. Chakraborty, A.C. Pulikottil, S. Das and B. Viswanathan (1997) Synthesis and characterisation of mesoporous SAPO materials. J. Chem. Soc. Chem Commun., Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 10, 911 – 912.
Patent
European Patent No. WO2010/058240 (2010)
Projects
Project Title : DEVELOPMENT OF BIPOLAR LEAD ACID BATTERY FOR RENEWABLE STORAGE APPLICATION
Principal Investigator : Dr. Basab Chakraborty
Co-Principal-Investigator : Dr. Tapas Bandopadhyay
Sponsor : Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
Project Title: DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED CURING OVEN
Principal Investigator : Dr. Basab Chakraborty
Co-Principal-Investigator : Dr. P.K. Das
Sponsor : Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.
Project Title: MANAGEMENT OF STORAGE DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Principal Investigator : Dr. Basab Chakraborty
Sponsor : SRIC, IIT Kharagpur
Project Title: IIT KHARAGPUR RESEARCH PARK, RAJARHAT, KOLKATA
Professor-In-Charge : Dr. P.P. Das
Co-Principal-Investigator : Dr. Basab Chakraborty
Sponsor : Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India
Project Title: SUPPORT TO TEPP OUTREACH CUM CLUSTER INNOVATION CENTRE (TOCIC) AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF KHARAGPUR UNDER PROMOTING INNOVATIONS IN INDIVIDUALS, START-UPS AND MSMES (PRISM)
Principal Investigator : MD, STEP
Co-Principal-Investigator : Dr. Basab Chakraborty
Sponsor : Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Govt. of India
Project Title: TEPP OUTREACH CENTRE
Principal Investigator : MD, STEP
Co-Principal-Investigator : Dr. Basab Chakraborty
Sponsor : Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
Project Title: TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INCUBATOR
Principal Investigator : MD, STEP
Co-Principal-Investigator : Dr. Basab Chakraborty
Sponsor : Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India