Apurba Koley

Dr. Apurba Koley

PhD in Environmental Science, Department of Environmental Studies, Siksha-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati
Project Associate II, Project Science, Technology, and Innovation Hub (STI Hub) funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
Former Project Assistant, Project BEFWAM of BBSRC - UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Director (Academics), Centre for Environmental Research Education and Development (CERED), Friends of Environment

Research Areas:

Renewable Energy
Aquatic Weeds
Industrial Waste & Water Pollution
Soil Pollution
Ecotourism and Sustainable Development

Academic Qualification

PhD in Environmental Science: Bio-energy Laboratory, Department of Environmental Studies, Visva-Bharati, India (2020- Present)
Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental and Occupational Health (PGDEOH): Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, India (2021- Present)
Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development (PGDRD): Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, India (2019-2021)
M.Sc. (Environmental Science): Department of Environmental Studies, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West-Bengal, India, (2017-2019)
B.Sc. (Environmental Science): Department of Environmental Science, Netaji Mahavidyalaya The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West-Bengal, (2014-2017)

Publications

Articles

Koley, Apurba, Nitu Gupta, Sandipan Banerjee, Arunkumar Patchaiyappan, Tapas Bagdi, Rai Dhar Ruchi, Sristi Debnath et al. "Sustainable bio-valorisation of water hyacinth for enhancing rural livelihood and achieving sustainable development goals." Bioresource Technology Reports (2025): 102352. (Impact Factor: 4.3)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2025.102352
Koley, Apurba, Richik GhoshThakur, Kaushik Das, Nitu Gupta, Aishiki Banerjee, Binoy Kumar Show, Anudeb Ghosh et al. "Growth Dynamics and Nutrient Removal from Biogas Slurry Using Water Hyacinth." Sustainability 16, no. 11 (2024): 4450. (Impact Factor: 3.9)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114450
Koley, Apurba, Purbali Mukhopadhyay, Nitu Gupta, Ananya Singh, Anudeb Ghosh, Binoy Kumar Show, Richik GhoshThakur, Shibani Chaudhury, Amit Kumar Hazra, and Srinivasan Balachandran. "Biogas production potential of aquatic weeds as the next-generation feedstock for bioenergy production: a review." Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ESPR) 30, no. 52 (2023): 111802-111832. (Impact Factor: 5.8)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30191-7
Nahar, Gaurav, Apurba Koley, Subhadip Garai, Srinivasan Balachandran, and Andrew B. Ross. "Enhancing Biogas Production Through the Co-Digestion of Fish Waste (FW) and Water Hyacinth (WH) Using Cow Dung as an Inoculum: Effect of FW/WH Ratio." Applied Sciences 14, no. 21 (2024): 9880. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14219880 (Impact Factor: 2.5)
Bagdi, Tapas, Apurba Koley, Niladri Das, Suman Das, Sujan Gayen, Anuradha Sarkar, Sreya Ghosh et al. "Health risk assessment among biogas and conventional cooking fuel users in different socioeconomic conditions of rural West Bengal." (2025). Nature Environment and Pollution Technology (NEPT), 24(4), p.B4295. https://doi.org/10.46488/NEPT.2025.v24i04.B4295

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Book Chapters

Koley, Apurba, Nitu Gupta, Nitu Gupta, Ananya Singh, Richik GhoshThakur and Srinivasan Balachandran. "Microalgae-Based Biofuel for Sustainable Bioenergy Production". In Application of Microbial Technology in Wastewater Treatment and Bioenergy Recovery, pp . 359-384. Singapore: Springer Nature, Singapore, 2024.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3458-0_14
Gupta, Nitu, Sandipan Banerjee, Apurba Koley, Aman Basu, Nayanmoni Gogoi, Raza Rafiqul Hoque, Narayan Chandra Mandal, and Srinivasan Balachandran. "Fungal Strategies for the Remediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons." In Bioremediation for Sustainable Environmental Cleanup, pp. 86-108. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2024.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003277941-6
Koley, Apurba, Anudeb Ghosh, Sandipan Banerjee, Nitu Gupta, Richik Ghosh Thakur, Binoy Kumar Show, Shibani Chaudhury, et al. "Phytoremediation of Wastewater Discharged from Paper and Pulp, Textile and Dairy Industries using Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)." In Bioremediation for Sustainable Environmental Cleanup, pp. 238-261. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2024.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003277941-14
Koley, Apurba, Douglas Bray, Sandipan Banerjee, Sudeshna Sarkar, Richik Ghosh Thahur, Amit Kumar Hazra, Narayan Chandra Mandal et al. "Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) a sustainable strategy for heavy metals removal from contaminated waterbodies." In Bioremediation of Toxic Metal (loid) s, pp. 95-114. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2022. ;
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003229940-6
Gupta, Nitu, Sandipan Banerjee, Apurba Koley, Aman Basu, Nayanmoni Gogoi, Raza Rafiqul Hoque, Narayan Chandra Mandal, and Srinivasan Balachandran. "Fungal strategies for the remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons." In Bioremediation for sustainable environmental cleanup, pp. 86-108. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2024.

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Awards

Best Speaker Award (2024)

2nd International Conference on Environment
Organized by: Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

Best Presentation Award (2023)

9th International Conference on Environment and Ecology
Organized by: Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India

Best Young Researcher Award (2024)

International Conference on Climate Change and Environmental Protection -2024 & International Award Ceremony (PRAJNA - 2024)

Jointly Organized by Sidvi Foundation and Globethics South Asia Centre (Geneva, Switzerland) on 4th - 5th June at Telengana, India

Best Young Scientist Award (2024)

International Conference on Ecotoxicology and Environmental Sciences (ICEES 2024)

Jointly Organized by Amity University Jharkhand and Institute of Ecotoxicology and Environment Sciences on 21st - 22nd October 2024 at Amity University Jharkhand

List of International and National Seminar/Conference Participated and Paper Presented

Tirthankar Mallick and Apurba Koley – Study of Properties of Soap Industry Effluents of Joypur, Bankura, WB, India, Paper Presented in the “ International Conference on Mother Earth: Environmental Crisis & Sustainable Strategies”, Organized by Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West-Bengal, India, on 11-13th January’ 2018 ;
Apurba Koley & Dr. S. Balachandran –“ Plastic Waste Management in Santiniketan, Bolpur, West Bengal” Paper presented in the “ National Seminar on Waste Management of Local Self Government (Municipalities and Panchayats)” Organized by Palli Samgathana Vibhaga (PSV), Visva-Bharati, Sanitiniketan, WB, India on 16-17th March’2018
Apurba Koley, Subrata Das, Sumit Kumar Khan –“Sustainable Treatment of Waste Water generated from the Hostels of Visva-Bharati” Poster Presented in the “ National Seminar on Waste Management of Local Self Government (Municipalities and Panchayats)” Organized by Palli Samgathana Vibhaga (PSV), Visva-Bharati, Sanitiniketan, WB, India on 16-17th March’2018
Dawn Bazely, Aman Basu, S. Balachandran, Apurba Koley – “ What makes Santiniketan an Ecotourism Destination”, Paper Presented in the “ International Interdisciplinary Conference on Road Map for the Development of Ecotourism in and around Santiniketan & Birbhum”, Organized by Public Relations Office, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, WB, India, on 23rd -25th March’ 2018;
Apurba Koley, Dr. S. Balachandran, Dr. Krishanu Sarkar-“ Development of Sustainable Ecotourism Practices by empowering Local People in Santiniketan”, Paper Presented in the “ International Conference on Development of Cultural Tourism in and around Santiniketan & Birbhum” Organized by Public Relations Office, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, WB, India on 16th -18th November’ 2018.
Apurba Koley, Dr. S. Balachandran, Dr. Krishanu Sarkar –“ Appling Adaptive Management for Development of Sustainable Ecotourism Practices in Santiniketan, Bolpur”, Paper Presented in the “ International Seminar on Globalization and Paradigm Shift in Teachers Education”, Organized by Rajendra Academy For Teachers’ Education, Durgapur, WB, India on 31st March’ 2019.
Apurba Koley, Aishiki Banerjee, Aman Basu, Binoy Kumar Show, Prof Amit Kumar Hazra, Prof. Shibani Chaudhury, Dr S Balachandran - Sustainable Removal of Nutrient by Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), Paper Presented in the Fourth INTERNATIONAL (WEBINAR) CONFERENCE on “Mother Earth, organized by Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India on 27th August to 29th August, 2020
Apurba Koley, Purbali Mukhopadhyay, Anudeb Ghosh, Binoy Kumar Show, Richik GhoshThakur, Shibani Chaudhury, Amit Kumar Hazra, S. Balachandran (2022) Biological methane potential of aquatic weeds as the next generation feedstock for Bioenergy production. In Bilateral International Conference on Ecotoxicology and Environmental Science, Organized by Khulna University, Bangladesh, 19th -20th October, 2022.
Apurba Koley, Purbali Mukhopadhyay, Binoy Kumar Show, Anudeb Ghosh, Srinivasan Balachandran (2022) Biogas production potentiality of Water Hyacinth, Pistia and Duckweed: A comparative analysis, In National Symposium: ''Recent Trends in Sustainable Technology - Techno - Commercial Developments'';, held at Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata on 9 th September, 2022 and co-hosted by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) and Department of Chemical Engineering, HIT-K.
Apurba Koley, Purbali Mukhopadhyay, Anudeb Ghosh, Binoy Kumar Show, Ananya Singh, Shibani Chaudury, Amit Kumar Hazra, Srinivasan Balachandran (2023) Sustainable use of Water Hyacinth through phytoremediation, anaerobic digestion, composting and vermicomposting to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), IN 46th Indian Social Science Congress, January 27-31, 2023, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

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Outreach Activities And Collaborations

Tamilnadu

Participated in a research activity in Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, exploring traditional water harvesting practices through Water Quality analysis, PRA and surveys—an insightful experience!

Tripura

Conducted PRA, surveys, and a training program in Chorilam village, Sipahijala, Tripura—an enriching experience in rural development!

Pune

Extended our research to Panchale, a remote village near Pune, Maharashtra, to explore barriers to biogas adoption in rural areas. Through PRA with villagers near Dimbhe Dam.

Puducherry

We had the opportunity to extend another research activity to Pondicherry. As part of the Livelihood Workshop on Water Hyacinth organized by SVARNIM PUDUCHERRY, we conducted a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) with rural women in Bagur village, one of the historical villages of the Union Territory.

Technical Profile

ICP-OES (Model: Thermo iCAP PRO XP): Heavy Metals in Soil and Water Sample.
Gas Chromatography (GC) (Model: Shimazdu): Volatile fatty acids using Flame ionizing detectors (FID) and Gas composting analysis using Thermal conductivity detector (TCD).
Ion Chromatography (Model: Mehtrom Basic IC Plus): Cations, Anions and Mono-sugars etc.
Spectrophotometer (Model: Shimazdu and): Reducing Sugars, Carbohydrate, COD, Chlorophyll, Phosphate and different biochemical parameters)
Portable VA Heavy Metal Analyser (Mehtrom): Heavy metals in water
Automatic Methane Potential Testing System (AMPTS) (Model: Bioprocess Control AMPTS II): BMP measurement
Air Quality Monitoring Instrument (Model: Yes Air): SOx, NOx, PM 2.5, CO Etc.
CHNS-O Analyser (Model: Thermo Flash 2000): Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Sulful analysis
Portable Water Quality Monitoring Instrument (Model: Thermo): pH, EC, TDS, Salt, DO, Nitrate, CO2, Ammonia etc.
Basic Environmental Laboratory Instruments like: Hotplate, Homogenizing and centrifugation equipment, pH and Conductivity Meters, Noise Meter, Hot air oven, Digital weighing machine, High Volume sampler, Kjeldahl apparatus, etc.

Professional Competencies

Water Sampling and Analysis (DO, BOD, COD, Hardness, Acidity, Alkalinity, TDS, and TSS etc.)
Biogas Production and Analysis (Digester Preparation, Set-up Preparation, Gas Sampling and Measurement, COD, Volatile fatty acids, Reducing sugars, Carbohydrate, Protein, etc.)
Soil Sampling and Analysis (Nitrogen, Phosphate, Potassium, Organic Carbon, Heavy Metals etc.)
Ambient air sampling and Analysis (Particulate Matter, CO, SOx, NOx, VOCs, etc.)
Noise Monitoring (Real-time noise monitoring)
Other Environmental Parameters (Chlorophyll)
Report Preparation (Project report preparation, PowerPoint presentation, documentation)
Data Analysis and Basic computer applications (Data analysis using SPSS, Minitab, Orange, Wikipedia editing, Website designing)
Article Writing (Research/ review Paper writing, graphical representation, etc.)