. P. I. of the DST- Fast Track project on “Bio-inspired fracture of soft gel” during 2015-2018.

2. P. I. of the SERB -SRG project on “Microfluidic photocatalytic reactor for waste water treatment” during 2020-2022.

3. P.I. of Faculty Research Grant, Microfluidic photocatalytic degradation of dyes exploiting ZnO based nanocomposite, Rs: 5 L, 2019 onwards.

4. S Das, UG Innovative Project, Synthesis of TiO2.MgO nanocomposite by electrochemical method and its antibacterial and photocatalytic activity. Rs. 1 L, 2019 -2020.

1. Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT-Calicut from May, 2018 onwards.
2. DST-Young Scientist Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee from 2015 to 2018.
3. Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee, 2014 to  2015.
4. Guest Faculty in the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee one semester, 2014.
5. Served as Chemical Engineer in C. P. Consultant Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 6 months, 2006.

1. US Patent -9869596, “A non-contact method for measurement of strain profile at a location interposed within a soft deformable object with dynamic evolution of the strain under dynamic loading or fracture of the object”. A. Ghatak, S. Das and S. Laha,  US 14/888,211 (PCT/IN2014/000283), IndIan Council of Medical Research and IIT-Kanpur, Granted on 16.01.2018.

2. Indian Patent-419445 “A needle for puncturing”. A. Ghatak and S. Das, Application Number: 3053/DEL/2010 filed by IIT-Kanpur . Date of patent granted on 27/01/2023

1. Received SERB-Young Scientist Fellowship
2. Intellectual Ventures Invention Award (IN-810177), By Intellectual Ventures Asia PTE ltd 2010 for patent.
3. The paper “Puncturing of soft gel with multi-tip needles”. Susmita Das and Animangsu Ghatak , Journal of Material Science Vol. 46, 2011,  pp. 2895-2904 has been selected as one of the twelve Finalist for The Sapphire Prize, 2011 by Journal of Material Science, Springer.
4. Shortlisted for “M P Chary Award” 2012 held in SCHEMCON 2012.

Received DST-Young Scientist Fellowship from 2015-2018

. One of my student  S. Vishwanathan received "BEST PAPER AWARD" in the international conference ICHEEC2021 Organizing team at NIT Jalandhar ,2021

1. Shalini V, S Das, “Textile effluent treatment by electrochemical methods -A critical review” Accepted in Woodhead publications Ltd. 2019.

1. S. Das, A. Ghatak, “Puncturing of soft gel with multi-tip needles”. Journal of Material Science 46 (2011) 2895-2904.
2. S. Das, S. Laha, A. Ghatak, “Co-operative effect of closely spaced intruding objects puncturing into a soft solid”. Soft Matter 10 (2014) 6059-6067.
3. S. Das, V. C. Srivastava, “Copper succinate nanoparticles synthesis by electrochemical method: Effect of pH on structural, thermal and textural properties”. Materials Letters 150 (2015) 130-134.
4. S. Das, V. C. Srivastava, “Heretical nanostructured ZnO.CuO nanocomposite and its photocatalytic activity”. Journal of Nano Research 35 (2015) 21-26.
5. S. Das, V. C. Srivastava, “Microfluidic-based photocatalytic microreactor for environmental application: A review of fabrication substrates and techniques, and operating parameters” Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 15 (2016) 714-730.
6. S. Das, V. C. Srivastava, “Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Succinate and Copper Oxide Nanoparticles by Electrochemical Treatment: Optimization by Taguchi Robust Analysis”.  Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 94 (2016) 1322-1327.
7. S. Das, V. C. Srivastava, “Synthesis and characterization of ZnO-MgO nanocomposite by co-precipitation method” Smart Science 4 (2016) 190-195.
8. S. Das, V. C. Srivastava, “Recent advances in fabrication of photocatalytic micro-reactor” Materials Science Forum 855 (2016) 156-167.
9. S. Das, V. C. Srivastava, “Synthesis and characterization of ZnO-CuO nanocomposite by electrochemical method” Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 57 (2017) 173-177.
10. S. Das*, V. C. Srivastava, “An overview of synthesis of Cu doped ZnO nanocomposite and its various application.” Nanotechnology Reviews 7 (2018) 267-282. 
11. A. Tyagi, S. Das, V. C. Srivastava, “Removal of toxic hydroquinone: comparative studies on use of iron impregnated granular activated carbon as absorbent and catalyst” Environmental Engineering Research 24 (2019) 474-483.
12. S. Vishwanathan, SreeLaxmi, S. Nandan, S. Jayan, M. Lijo, S. Das* “Effect of experimental parameters on photocatalytic degradation efficiency of TiO₂ nanoparticles synthesized by electrochemical method towards Rhodamine B dye solution under natural sunlight” Environmental Science and Pollution Research,   30, 8448–8463 (2023)
13. S. Vishwanathan, S Das*, “Glucose-mediated one-pot hydrothermal synthesis of hollow MgO.ZnO microspheres with enhanced natural sunlight photocatalytic activity” Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023, 30(4):8512-8525.
14. P Rao Potti; V C Srivastava; P Kumar; S Das; N Kumar; U L Štangar ” Synthesis of Sn-doped ZnO catalysts by solution combustion method for photocatalytic activity: a parametric study” International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2023, 20, 5043–5050.  
15. P S Reddy and S Das*, “Modeling of photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B dye by TiO₂ nanoparticles under natural sunlight using Artificial Neural Networks” Chemical Engineering and Technology 46 (2023) 1-10.
16. S Das*, S Moon, R Kaur, G Sharma, P Kumar, U L Štangar “Artificial Neural Network modelling of photocatalytic degradation of textile wastewater: A review of photocatalyst, optimum parameters and model topology” Catalysis Reviews, 2024.
17. G Sharma, S Das*, Praveen Kumar, Urška Lavrenčič Štangar . Parametric effect of continuous synthesis of metal nanoparticles within microchannels and application: A review study. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 203 (2024) 142-156.

Soft matter, Fracture, Polymers, Nanotechnology, Environmental engineering,Microfluidic reactor.