Sidhartha Bhattacharyya

Sidhartha Bhattacharyya works as the Manager (Research Infrastructure) in the Research and Development Office at Ashoka University. He provides assistance to faculty/departments in the installation, maintenance and operation of research facilities. He helps in the tracking of all lab purchases and mediates between individual/departmental/central requisitions. He also liaison with the Project and Maintenance team related to research infrastructure, maintenance of equipment and lab safety.

Sidhartha holds a B.Sc. in Geology from Presidency College, Kolkata and an M.Sc. in Applied Geology from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Sidhartha later obtained his PhD in Geology from The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA. His research focused on studying the effects of natural weathering processes and artificial treatment techniques in the attenuation of toxic metals from coal ash. Before joining Ashoka University, Sidhartha served as the Manager of Geochemical Research Laboratory at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA for 11 years where he was responsible for the maintenance and day-to-day operations of ICP/IC instruments used to analyze metals and inorganic anions in water, soil, rock and biological samples.