1. Assessment of Water Quality, Preparation of Water Safety, Incident Management Plan, and Enhancement of Technical Capability of Water QualityAssurance Cell for drinking water supply in Odisha, WATCO, Govt. of Odisha (ongoing)
2. Available best alternative technologies for decentralized wastewater treatment and resource recovery in India: Saraswati 2.0 (Indo-EU collaborative project, Horizon 2020), DST, Ongoing
3. Greywater treatment and reuse by combined sequencing batch reactor and solar photocatalytic reactor, DST (WTI), Completed.
4. Bioelectricity recovery during treatment of kitchen waste in combined leach bed reactor and low-cost microbial fuel cell, DST (SERB), Completed.
5. Rice mill wastewater treatment and bio- electricity generation in low-cost microbial fuel cell employing ceramic separator, DST (SERB), Completed

• Water and Wastewater Engineering
• Wastewater Treatment
• Advanced Water and Wastewater Engineering
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Solid Waste Management
• Water and Wastewater Engineering Laboratory
• Engineering Drawing and Computer Graphics
• Environmental Design Sessional
• Environmental Monitoring Laboratory

1. Somdipta Bagchi                 [Completed]
2. Rishi Gurjar                         [Completed]
3. Aryama Raychaudhuri         [Completed]
4. Kumari Priyanka                  [Completed]
5. Soumyadeep Bhaduri          [Ongoing]
6. Divyesh Parde                     [Ongoing]
7. Rahul Ghosh                       [Ongoing]
8. Praveen Rajpurohit             [Ongoing]
9. Manaswee Ipsita                 [Ongoing]

1. Ghosh, R., Behera, M., Enhancing microbial electrosynthesis with ZIF-67/PANI composite as cathode catalyst for conversion of CO2 to organics, Fuel, 423, 139342
2. Bhaduri, S., Behera, M., 2026, Electrochemical performance enhancement of microbial fuel cells using metal wire-augmented anodes and SBA-modified ceramic membranes, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 103 (10), 102988
3. Rajpurohit, P., Singh, Y., Bhaduri, S., Behera, M., 2026, Comparative Assessment and Optimization of MnCo2O4-Modified Carbon Felt and Graphite Plate Cathodes in Domestic Wastewater-Fed Microbial Fuel Cells, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 103 (9), 102946
4. Das, S., Malhari, M., Sahoo, S.S., Mishra, P., Starkl, M., Brunner, N., Behera, M., 2026, Measuring household affordability for treated wastewater for non-potable purposes, Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 16 (4), 237-255
5. Ghosh, R., Behera, M., 2026, Selective Enrichment of Halotolerant Consortia: A Strategy for Enhanced CO2 Conversion to Acetate in Microbial Electrosynthesis, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 122407.
6. Ghosh, R., Behera, M., Enhancing CO2 reduction in microbial electrosynthesis with a multifunctional PANI/ZIF-67/MXene composite cathode catalyst, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 87, 104913.
7. Parde, D., Singh, A., Behera, M., Dash, R.R., 2026, Anammox-Moving Bed biofilm reactor Data-Driven optimization: Insights into anammox process stability and performance, Bioresource Technology, 441, 133655.
8. Dewangan R., Ghosh, R., Behera, M., Mandal, A., 2025, From waste to watts: performance assessment of upcycled aluminium electrodes in microbial fuel cells for treatment of domestic wastewater, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 83, 104676
9. Bhaduri, S., Ghosh, R., Kumar, S., behera, M., 2025, Photosynthetic microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment and electricity production, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 102(10), 102041
10. Parde, D., Singh, A., Behera, M., Dash, R.R, 2025, Substrate dynamics on anammox inhibition during domestic wastewater treatment under controlled and ambient temperature, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 204, 106158
11. Bagchi, S., Behera, M., 2025, Methanogenesis suppression during pharmaceutical wastewater treatment in ceramic separator microbial fuel cell, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 236 (8), 528.
12. Parde, D., Behera, M., Dash, R.R., 2025, Assessment of reactor configurations and key factors for enhanced anammox-based nitrogen removal, Chemosphere, 370, 143972.
13. Parde, D., Behera, M., Dash, R.R., Bhunia P., Tenno, T., Zekker, I., 2025, Enhanced anammox cultivation using mixed sludge and optimized nitrite- ammonium ratio, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 69, 106694
14. Rajpurohit, P., Behera, M., 2025. High-strength domestic wastewater treatment using Epipremnum aureum as the cathodic plant in a constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 69, 106724
15. Challa, M., Dash, R.R., Behera, M., 2024, A review on treatment of rice mill wastewater with emphasis on biological technologies, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 195, 105895
16. Bhaduri, S., Behera, M., 2024, Advancement in constructed wetland microbial fuel cell process for wastewater treatment and electricity generation: a review, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-34574-2
17. Ghosh, R., Parde, D., Bhaduri, S., Purohit, P., Behera, M., 2024,Occurrence, fate, transport, and removal technologies of emerging contaminants: A review on recent advances and future perspectives, Clean Soil Air Water, https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.202300259
18. Parde, D., Behera, M., Dash, R.R.,Bhunia, P., 2024, A review on anammox processes: Strategies for enhancing bacterial growth and performance in wastewater treatment, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 191, 105812
19. Bhaduri, S., Behera, M., 2024, From single-chamber to multi-anodic microbial fuel cells: A review, Journal of Environmental Management, 355, 120465.
20. Bagchi S, Behera M., 2023, Pharmaceutical wastewater treatment in ceramic separator MFC: Optimisation of operating parameters to improve organic removal and power generation, Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, 6, 100063
21. Roy, S.V., Raychaudhuri, A., Behera, M., Neelancherry, R., 2023, Elimination of pharmaceuticals from wastewater using microbial fuel cell-based bio-electro-Fenton process, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, accepted, doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-28424-w.
22. Raychaudhuri, A., Kumari, A., Behera, M., 2023, Investigating the potential of a ceramic-based microbial fuel cell for concomitant nutrient removal and power recovery from rice mill wastewater, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (ASCE), 27(4), 04023021-1-8, doi: 10.1061/JHTRBP.HZENG-1225.
23. Gurjar, R., Behera, M., 2023, Optimization and modelling of volatile fatty acid generation in a leachate bed reactor for utilization in microbial fuel cells, Water and Environment Journal, 37, 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12861
24. Raychaudhuri, A., Behera, M., 2023, Biodegradation and power production kinetics in microbial fuel cell during rice mill wastewater treatment, Fuel, 339, 126904, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.126904
25. Gurjar, R., Behera, M., 2023, Integrating operating conditions to develop a neural network for predicting organics removal and power density in an earthen microbial fuel cell treating leachate, Biofuels 14 (1), 49-58, 10.1080/17597269.2022.2116769
26. Gurjar, R.; Behera, M., 2022, Inhibition kinetics of volatile fatty acid-rich leachate on substrate utilization and electricity generation in an earthen microbial fuel cell, Environmental Processes, 9,61, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-022-00614-7
27. Gurjar, R.; Behera, M., 2022, Bio-Electrochemical Performance of a Ceramic Microbial Fuel Cell Treating Kitchen Waste Leachate: Effect of Organic Loading Rate and Anode Electrode Surface Area, Fermentation, 8(10), 544. https://doi.org/10.3390/ fermentation8100544
28. Raychaudhuri, A., Behera, M., 2022, Effect of operating parameters on rice mill wastewater treatment in an acidogenic chamber and MFC coupled system, Bioresource Technology Reports, 20, 101249, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2022.101249
29. Bagchi S, Sahoo, R.N., Behera M., 2022, Sodium nitrate as a methanogenesis suppressor in earthen separator microbial fuel cell treating rice mill wastewater, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 61803–61810. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14940-0
30. Gurjar, R., Behera, M., 2022, Exploring necessity to pre-treat organic fraction of waste prior to use in an earthen MFC modified with bentonite, Water Science & Technology, 86 (4), 656-671. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.244
31. Priyanka, K., Neelancherry R, Behera, M., 2022, Sequential biological and solar photocatalytic treatment system for greywater treatment, Water Science and Technology, 86(3), 584-595, https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.229
32. Priyanka, K., Behera, M., Neelancherry R, 2022, Greywater treatment in SBR-SND reactor – optimization of hydraulic retention time, volumetric exchange ratio and sludge retention time, Environmental Technology, https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2022.2072238
33. Raychaudhuri, A., Sahoo, R.N., Behera, M., 2022, Sequential anaerobic-aerobic treatment of rice mill wastewater and simultaneous power generation in microbial fuel cell, Environmental Technology, https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2022.2053753
34. Bagchi, S., Behera, M., 2022, Effect of pharmaceutical on performance of earthen pot microbial fuel cell, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive waste, (ASCE), 26(2), 04021057-1-8
35. Raychaudhuri, A., Sahoo, R.N., Behera, M., 2021, Application of clayware ceramic separator modified with silica in microbial fuel cell for bioelectricity generation during rice mill wastewater treatment, Water Science and Technology, 84 (1), 66-76.
36. Raychaudhuri, A., Behera, M., 2021, Enhancement of bioelectricity generation by integrating acidogenic compartment into a dual-chambered microbial fuel cell during rice mill wastewater treatment, Process Biochemistry, 105, 19-26.
37. Thakur, I., Jena, S., Panda, R.K., Behera, M., Pattanaik, S.K., 2021, Groundwater vulnerability assessment from a drinking water perspective: case study in a tropical groundwater basin in eastern India, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (ASCE), 25 (3), 05021004
38. Bagchi S, Behera M. 2021, Bioaugmentation using Pseudomonas aeruginosa with an approach of intermittent aeration for enhanced power generation in ceramic MFC, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 45, 101138.
39. Bagchi S, Behera M. 2021, Evaluation of the effect of anolyte recirculation and anolyte ph on the performance of a microbial fuel cell employing ceramic separator, Process Biochemistry, 102, 207-212.
40. Bagchi S, Behera M. 2021, Methanogenesis suppression and increased power generation in microbial fuel cell during treatment of chloroform containing wastewater, Journal of Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 148, 249-255.
41. Raychaudhuri, A., Behera, M., 2020, Ceramic membrane modified with rice husk ash for application in microbial fuel cells. Electrochimica Acta, 363. 13726.
42. Priyanka, K., Neelancherry, R., Behera, M., 2020. Greywater treatment using modified solar photocatalyst- degradation kinetics, pathway, and toxicity analysis. Separation and Purification Technology, 117319
43. Bagchi, S, Behera M., 2020, Assessment of Heavy Metal Removal in Different Bio-electrochemical Systems – A Review, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (ASCE), 24 (3), 04020010.
44. Raychaudhuri, A., Behera, M., 2020, Comparative evaluation of methanogenesis suppression methods in microbial fuel cell during rice mill wastewater treatment, Environmental Technology and Innovation, 17, 100509.
45. Gurjar, R., Behera, M., Treatment of organic fraction of municipal solid waste in bioelectrochemical systems – A review, 2020, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (ASCE), 24(3), 04020018.
46. Priyanka, K., Behera, M., Neelancherry Remya, 2020, Greywater treatment in sequencing batch reactor using simultaneous nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal with kinetic studies of phosphate adsorption onto corn cob, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (ASCE), 24(3), 04020017.
47. Raychaudhuri, Aryama, Behera, M., 2020, Process optimization in microbial fuel cell using design of experiment methodology: A review, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (ASCE), 24 (3): 04020013.
48. Bagchi, S, Behera M., 2020, Evaluating the Effect of the Antibiotic Ampicillin on Performance of a Low-Cost Microbial Fuel Cell”. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (ASCE), 24 (3), 04020011.
49. Bagchi, S., Behera, M., 2020, Performance evaluation of microbial fuel cells employing ceramic separator of different surface area modified with mineral cation exchanger, SN Applied Sciences, 2, 309.
50. K., Priyanka, Neelancherry R., Behera, M., 2019. Comparison of titanium dioxide based catalysts preparation methods in the mineralization and nutrients removal from greywater by solar photocatalysis, Journal of Cleaner Production, 235, 1-10
51. Bagchi, S., Behera, M., 2019. Methanogenesis suppression in microbial fuel cell by aluminium dosing, Bioelectrochemistry, 129, 206-210.
52. Behara, M., Ghangrakar M.M., 2017, Optimization of operating conditions for maximizing power generation and organic matter removal in microbial fuel cell, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 143(4), 40160901:401609010.
53. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar. M.M., 2010, Performance evaluation of low cost microbial fuel cell fabricated using earthen pot with biotic and abiotic cathode, Bioresource Technology, 101(4), 1183-1189.
54. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., More, T.T., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2010., Rice mill wastewater treatment in microbial fuel cells fabricated using proton exchange membrane and earthen pot at different pH, Bioelectrochemistry, 79(2), 228-233.
55. More, T.T., Behera, M., Ghangrekar. M.M., 2010, Study of the effect of the cathode surface area and sonication of inoculum on the power production of the microbial fuel cell, International Journal of Anaerobic Digestion and Renewable Energy, 1(1), 59-64.
56. Jana, P.S., Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2010, Performance comparison of up-flow microbial fuel cells fabricated using proton exchange membrane and earthen cylinder, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35 (11), 5681-5686.
57. Ghangrekar, M.M., Murthy, S.S.R., Behera, M., Duteanu, N.M., 2010, Effect of sulfate concentration in the wastewater on microbial fuel cell performance, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 9(9), 1227-1234.
58. Behera, M., Murthy, S.S.R., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2011, Effect of operating temperature on performance of Microbial fuel cell, Water Science and Technology, 64(4), 917-922.
59. Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2011, Electricity generation in low cost microbial fuel cell made up of earthenware of different thickness, Water Science and Technology, 64(12), 2468 – 2473.
60. Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., 2009, Performance of microbial fuel cell in response to change in sludge loading rate at different anodic feed pH. Bioresource Technology, 100 (21), 5114-5121.

1. Bhaduri, S., Ghosh, R., Shukla, R., & Behera, M. Efficient treatment of azo dye wastewater with simultaneous energy generation by microbial fuel cell. 7 th IWA International Conference on Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment (ECOSTP2025), 23-26 June 2025, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
2. Parde, D., Behera, M., Dash, R. R., Bhunia, P., Anammox-MBBR Reactor Performance: Assessing COD/N Ratio Impact and Ambient Condition Adaptability. International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development (AEESD 2025), 28-29 March 2025, Bhubaneswar, India.
3. Rajpurohit P., Behera M., Effect of Ferric oxide/TiO2 coating on FTO glass in enhanced power production and COD removal, International perspectives on water and environment (IPWE 2025), 8-10 January 2025, Bhopal, India.
4. Ghosh, R., Behera, M., Enhancing Microbial Electrosynthesis Performance with ZIF-67 Coated Carbon Felt Biocathode, International Perspectives in Water and Environment (IPWE 2025) Conference, 8-10 January 2025, Bhopal, India.
5. Parde, D., Behera, M., Dash, R. R., Bhunia, P., Enhancing Domestic Wastewater Treatment Efficiency: A Pilot-Scale Study of Anaerobic Treatment Combined with Deammonification. International Perspectives in Water and Environment (IPWE 2025), 8-10 January 2025, Bhopal, India
6. Rajpurohit, P., Behera, M., Boosting Power Production and COD Degradation in MFCs via Ferric Oxide/TiO2 Coated FTO Glass,” International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment and Energy (ICBSEE- 2024), 29 Novemebr-1 December 2024, NIT Rourkela, Odisha.
7. Ghosh, R., Behera, M., Enhancing microbial electrosynthesis with polyaniline as cathode catalyst for CO2 capture and conversion to green chemicals, 24th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry (EMEC 2024), 26-29 November, 2024, Alicante, Spain
8. Parde, D., Behera, M., Energy-Efficient UASB De-ammonification for Wastewater Management, 24th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry (EMEC 2024), 26 – 29 November 2024, Alicante, Spain
9. Bhaduri, S., Behera, M., Anode modification with metal wire extensions for application in the microbial fuel cell, Sustainable Advanced Technologies for Environmental Management (SATEM 2023), 20-22 December 2023, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, West Bengal, India.
10. Parde, Behera, M., Dash, R.R., Bhunia, P., Tenno, T., Zekker, I., Domestic Wastewater Treatment by Integrating UASB and Anammox-MBBR Technology, International Conference on Pollution Control for Clean Environment (ICPCCE 2023), 15-16 December 2023, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
11. Bhaduri, S., Behera, M., Earthen cation exchange membrane modification with sugarcane bagasse ash for enhancing performance of microbial fuel cells, International Conference on Pollution Control for Clean Environment (ICPCCE 2023), 15-16 December 2023, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
12. Rajpurohit, P., Behera, M., Treatment of Domestic Wastewater using Constructed wetland coupled microbial fuel cell (CW-MFC), International Conference on Pollution Control for Clean Environment (ICPCCE 2023), 15-16 December 2023, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
13. Bhaduri, S., Ghosh, R., Kumar, S., Behera, M., Domestic Wastewater Treatment and Simultaneous Electricity Production by Photosynthetic Microbial Fuel Cell, Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE 2023), 5-9 November 2023, Perth, Australia.
14. Parde, D., Behera, M., Dash, R.R., Performance study of low-strength wastewater treatment using a combination of UASB and Anammox-MBBR, Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE 2023), 5-9 November 2023, Perth, Australia.
15. Bhaduri, S., Alam, M.S., Behera, M., Sustainable Energy Generation and Efficient Domestic Wastewater Treatment by Multi Anodic Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells, International Symposium on Sustainable Waste Management (ISSWM 2023), 22-24 September 2023, Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India.
16. Soumyadeep Bhaduri, Md. Sajid Alam and Manaswini Behera, Domestic Wastewater Treatment and Energy Production by Multi-anode Shared Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell Technology, Conference on Desalination, Brine Management and Water Recycling (DeSaltM23), 21-22 July, 2023, IIT Bombay, Maharashtra, India
17. Challa Mallikarjuna, Anurag Rai, Rajesh Roshan Dash, Manaswini Behera, Removal of organics from rice mill wastewater in a moving bed biofilm reactor, 13th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE-13), 13-15 December 2022, Bangkok, Thailand
18. Soumyadeep Bhaduri, Divyesh Parde, Ashish Mallick and Manaswini Behera, Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cell Technology for Treatment of Dairy Wastewater, 3rd International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment and Energy (ICBSEE 2022), 20-24 June, 2022, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India
19. Raychaudhuri, A., Behera, M. Effect of influent pH and hydraulic retention time on bioelectricity generation during rice mill wastewater treatment in integrated acidogenic reactor and microbial fuel cell, 2nd International Conference on Chemical, Bio, and Environmental Engineering (CHEMBIOEN 2021), 20 – 22 August 2021, NIT Jalandhar, India.
20. Raychaudhuri, A., Behera, M. Kinetics of substrate utilization and power production in microbial fuel cell during treatment of rice mill wastewater, International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Research for Energy and Environmental Management (ASREEM 2021), 06 – 08 August 2021, SVNIT – Surat, India.
21. Priyanka, K., Remya, N., Behera, M., Greywater treatment in continuous-flow solar photocatalytic reactor using graphite supported nitrogen-doped TiO2, In Environmental Science and Engineering. 4th International Conference on Sustainable Development of Water and Environment (ICSDWE) 2021, March 12-13, Bangkok, Thailand
22. Raychaudhuri, A., and Behera, M. Electricity generation and simultaneous treatment of rice mill wastewater in acidogenic reactor-MFC integrated system: Investigation and optimization”, Challenges in environmental science and engineering (CESE 2020), 7 -8 November, 2020
23. Raychaudhuri, A., and Behera, M., Enhancement of bioelectricity generation by integrating acidogenic reactor into a dual-chambered microbial fuel cell”, Upscaling and field scale application of bio-electrochemical systems for wastewater treatment and bioenergy recovery, 26 – 27 February, 2020, IIT Kharagpur, India.
24. Gurjar, R., and Behera, M. Effect of operating parameters on leachate quantity and quality generated during hydrolysis of kitchen waste”. RECYCLE 2020, 13-14 February, 2020, IIT Guwahati, India
25. Priyanka, K., Remya, N., Behera, M., Solar photocatalytic treatment of greywater with N-doped TiO2 for the optimization of parameters: Effect of pH, oxidant dosage and catalyst dosage, RECYCLE, 2020, 13-14 February, 2020, IIT Guwahati, India.
26. Bagchi, S., Behera, M., Evaluation of the effect of analyte recirculation and anolyte pH on the performance of a microbial fuel cell employing ceramic separator, 9th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards Circular Economy (9th IconSWM-CE 2019), 27 -30 November 2019, Bhubaneswar, India
27. Gurjar, R., Behera, M., Treatment of volatile fatty acid rich leachate in earthen microbial fuel cell obtained from hydrolysis of kitchen waste in leach bed reactor, 9th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards Circular Economy (9th IconSWM-CE 2019), 27 -30 November 2019, Bhubaneswar, India
28. Raychaudhuri, A., Sahoo, R.N., Behera, M., Rice mill wastewater treatment in microbial fuel cell operated in a sequential anaerobic-aerobic configuration. 9th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards Circular Economy (9th IconSWM-CE 2019), 27 -30 November 2019, Bhubaneswar, India
29. Priyanka, K., Behera, M., Neelancherry Remya, Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification coupled with phosphorus removal from greywater using sequencing batch reactor, 9th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards Circular Economy (9th IconSWM-CE 2019), 27 -30 November 2019, Bhubaneswar, India
30. Bagchi, S., Behera, M., Effect of anolyte recirculation on organic matter removal and power generation in microbial fuel cell during wastewater treatment, 12th International Conference on the “Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering” (CESE-2019), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 3-7 November, 2019
31. Bagchi, S., Behera, M., Performance evaluation of microbial fuel cells employing ceramic separators of different surface area modified with mineral cation exchanger, 6th International Water Association-Regional Membrane Technology Conference, 10-12 December, 2018, Vadodara, Gujrat, India.
32. Priyanka, K., Behera, M., Neelancherry, R., Evaluation of performance for the treatment of Greywater in sequencing batch reactor., 11th International Conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering, CESE, 4-8 November, 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.
33. Dhulipala, V.R., Gurjar R., and Behera, M., Bioelectricity Generation from Kitchen Waste in a Low Cost Earthenware Microbial Fuel Cell. Recycle (International Conference on Solid Waste Management), IIT-Guwahati, India, 22-24 February, 2018
34. Behera, S., Behera, M., Performance of low cost microbial fuel cell using earthenware separator, International Conference on Water, environment, energy and Society, AISECT University Bhopal, 15-18 March, 2016.
35. Behera, S., Behera, M., Evaluation of low cost Microbial fuel cell employing clayware separator of different thickness, International Conference on Waste Management “RECYCLE 2016’, IIT Guwahati, 1-2 April, 2016
36. Ghangrekar. M.M., Murthy, S.S.R., Behera M., Duteanu, N.M., Effect of sulfate concentration in the wastewater on microbial fuel cell performance, Journees d Electrochimie 2009, Sinaia, Romania – (6-10 July, 2009).
37. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar, M.M.,Electricity generation and wastewater treatment in a low cost up-flow microbial fuel cell fabricated with earthen cylinder, International Symposium on Bioenergy, IIT Kharagpur, India – (5-7 January, 2010).
38. Jana, P.S., Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., Wastewater treatment and electricity generation in novel up-flow microbial fuel cell under different organic loading rates, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Energy and Environment (ICETEE-2010), Chennai, India – (7-8 January, 2010).
39. Behera, M., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar, M.M., Electricity generation from synthetic wastewater and real sewage in an up flow dual chambered microbial fuel cell, International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-10), University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius- (16-18 September, 2010).
40. Behera, M., More, T.T., Jana, P.S., Ghangrekar, M.M., Rice mill wastewater treatment using microbial fuel cell, IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, Montreal, Canada – (19-24 September, 2010).
41. Behera, M., Murthy, S.S.R., Ghangrekar, M.M., Effect of Operating Temperature on Performance of Microbial Fuel Cell, IWA-Microbes in Wastewater and Waste Treatment, Bioremediation and Energy Production (MWT-2011), BITS Pilani, Goa campus, India- (24-27 January, 2011).
42. Bandaru, S.S.R., Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., Performance and economics of low cost clay cylinder microbial fuel cell for wastewater treatment, World Renewable Energy Congress, Linkoping, Sweden – (8-13 May, 2011)
43. Behera, M., Ghangrekar, M.M., Electricity generation in low cost microbial fuel cell made up of earthenware of different thickness, 8th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands- (6-10 June, 2011).
44. Ghangrekar M.M., Behera, M., Using wastewater as fuel in a low cost bioelectrochemical system to generate direct electricity, International Symposium on New Horizons in Bioenergy Research, IIT Kharagpur, India – (14-16 January, 2013).
45. Ghangrekar. M.M., Murthy, S.S.R., Behera M., Duteanu, N.M., Effect of sulfate concentration in the wastewater on microbial fuel cell performance, Journees d Electro-chimie, 6-10 July, 2009, Sinaia, Romania.

1. More, T.T., Behera, M., Ghangrekar. M.M., Study of the effect of the cathode surface area and sonication of inoculum on the power production of the microbial fuel cell, National conference on Anaerobic Digestion and Renewable Energy through Microbes (ADREM-2009), BITS Pilani, Goa campus, India – (13-15 January, 2009).
2. Behera, M., Bhattacharjee, S., Assessment of risk due to intake of groundwater contaminated with heavy metals at some places of West Bengal, India, National Conference onEnvironmental Pollution and Health-Problems and Solutions, organized by the International Development Centre Foundation in collaboration with CPCB, Delhi and COEH, India, (19-20 April, 2007).

• Jal Shakti Hackathon Award 2025 from Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS), Govt. of India on the occasion of World Water Day Conclave 2026
• Best Poster Award, AEESD 2025, International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development, Bhubaneswar, India
• Springer Best Paper Award at International Conference on Pollution Control for Clean Environment (ICPCCE-2023), IIT Bhubaneswar, India
• ISSWM Excellence Award for paper presentation at International Symposium on Sustainable Waste Management (ISSWM 2023), IEM Kolkata, India
• Best paper award for poster presentation at International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment and Energy (ICBSEE 2022), NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India.
• Associate Editor, “Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste”, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020
• “Odisha Young Scientist Award” in the category of Engineering and Technology for the year 2019, by Odisha Bigyan Academy, Science and Technology Department, Govt. of Odisha.
• IconSWM Excellence Award for the oral presentation at 9 th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards Circular Economy (ICONSWM 2019), Bhubaneswar, Odisha
• Best Young Scientist Award for oral presentation at the 11th International Conference in Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering, 2018 (CESE 2018), Bangkok
• Best paper Award at Recycle 2018, International Conference on Waste Management held at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
• Swedish International Development cooperation Agency (SIDA) fellowship to attend World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC 2011), Linkoping, Sweden by Swedish International Development cooperation Agency, Sweden
• Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS) fellowship to attend International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-10), University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius by CSIR, India.
• Chief Minister’s Merit Award for securing 7th position in state in High School Certificate Examination conducted by Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, Govt. of Odisha 1999

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