Dr. Susmita Kundu

CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute

Principal Scientist

Functional Materials & Devices Division

Phone : +91-33 -2473-3469/76/77/96 (Extn. 3527)
Mobile: +91-9432363625
Fax: +91-33-2473-30957
E-mail: ksusmita@cgcri.res.in

Joined CSIR-CGCRI on 2009

S.No.	Positions held	Name of the Institute	Tenure
1.	Jr. Scientist	Centre for advanced materials Processing Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur	2005-2008
2.	Scientist	-Do-	2008-2009
3.	Scientist	Sensor and Actuator Division, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata	2009-2013
4.	Sr. Scientist	-Do-	2013-2019
5.	Pr. Scientist	Functional Materials and Devices Division	2019- Contd.

Synthesis and characterization of advanced novel metal oxide nanocomposites
Sol-gel thin films for different applications
Electrochromic thin films for smart window and display applications
Indigenous fabrication of micro-/nano-scale sensing platforms based on metal oxide sensors for ultrasensitive detection of chemicals.
Gas (CO, LPG, NH₃) and volatile organic vapour (acetone, ethanol) sensors
Gel casing process for Net Shape Manufacturing

Indigenous development of electrochromic films with fast kinetics
Novel materials identified for selective ppm level acetone sensing involved in the development of breath analyser for diabetes monitoring.
Development of suitable materials for high temperature CO and low temperature ammonia sensing
Gelcasting from natural source was developed for fabricating dense and porous ceramic having engineering and medical application.

CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship in 2003
Best oral presentation in National Seminar on Thin Film & MEMS Science & Technology at Jadavpur University in 2014
One of the “Young Woman Achiever” recognised by Vivekananda Vijnan Mission, West Bengal Chapter of Vijnana Bharati in 2020
Best Paper award in International Conference (ICNCAS 2023) at Cambridge Institute of Technology, Bangalore, in 2023.

Member of Professional Bodies

Publication Details:

Paper published in SCI Journals: 32 International/ National Conference paper presentations: 40

Best five publications:

Sovandeb Sen, Sourav Maity, Susmita Kundu*, “Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) decorated NiO-SnO₂ nanocomposite based sensor towards room temperature diabetic biomarker detection”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 966 (2023) 171553. F. :6.3.
Saheli Bhattacharjee, Sovandeb Sen, Soumya Samanta, Susmita Kundu*, “Study the role of rGO in enhancing the electrochromic performance of WO₃ film”, Electrochimica Acta, 427 (2022) 140820. (I.F-7.3)
Sovandeb Sen, Sourav Maity and Susmita Kundu* , “Fabrication of Fe doped reduced graphene oxide (rGO) decorated WO₃ based low temperature ppm level acetone sensor: Unveiling sensing mechanism by impedance spectroscopy”, Sensors and Actuators B, 361 (2022) 131706 (I.F-9.2)
Susmita Kundu*, R. Sudarshan, Mousumi Narjinary, “Pd impregnated gallia : tin oxide nanocomposite – an excellent high temperature carbon monoxide sensor”, Sensor and Actuator B, 254 (2018) 437-447. (I.F-9.2)
Susmita Kundu, Amit Kumar, Sovandeb Sen, Amit Nilabh, Biosynthesis of SnO₂ and comparison of its CO sensing performance with conventional process, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 818 (2020) Article: 152841 (I.F. 6.4)

Invited Lectures:

“Development of nanostructured MOS based indigenous sensing platforms foe environmental and biomedical application” in the International Conference on Chemical and Environmental Sciences (ICCAES 2019) held at Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata during Sept. 19-21, 2019.
Advanced Nanomaterials based gas sensors for environmental and biomedical application” on June 28, 2020 in Two Days National Level Webinar on: Emerging Trends in Chemical & Material Sciences” organized by The Department of Chemistry & Physics, Gokhale Memorial Girls’ College, Kolkata, on 28th & 29th June, 2020.
“An Overview of Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) based Chemoresistive Sensors for Different Applications” presented on December 04,2020 through webinar at PSG Institute of Advanced Studies PSG College of Technology
Coimbatore-641004, Tamil Nadu

Summary: Completed: 3 Ongoing: 3

Summary:

Ph. D. Ongoing -3, M. Tech Completed: 6 M. Sc. Completed: 4 Internship completed: 8