Dr. Arghya Ghosh

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2026), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
• M.Tech in Environmental Science and Technology (2017), National Institute of Technology Durgapur

• Assistant Professor (September 2026 - Present), Faculty of Engineering, Assam down town University
• Project Associate (February 2026 - May 2026), IIT Guwahati
• Associate Project Engineer (May 2024 – January 2025), IIT Guwahati

• Leaching Assessment of Contaminant
• Landfill Engineering and Landfill Mining
• Characterization of Contaminated Sites
• Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Water
• Water Quality Modelling
• Groundwater Flow & Contaminant Transport Modelling

PUBLICATIONS

Published in peer-reviewed journals

1. Ghosh, A., & Kartha, S. A. (2025). Effect of different pHs and liquid-to-solid ratios on leaching behavior of heavy metals from landfill-mined-soil-like-fractions. Journal of Environmental Management, 376, 124421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124421.

2. Ghosh, A., & Kartha, S. A. (2023) Composition and characteristics of excavated materials from a legacy waste dumpsite: Potential of landfill biomining. Environmental Research and Technology, 6(2),108-117. https://doi.org/10.35208/ert.1245574.

3. Ghosh, A., & Mondal, S. (2019). Application of multivariate statistics towards the geochemical evaluation of fluoride enrichment in groundwater at Shilabati river bank, West Bengal, India. Environmental Engineering Research, 24(2), 279-288. https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2018.178.

4. Ghosh, A., Kartha, S.A., Mondal, S., Dutta, R. (2019). Physical and Numerical Modeling of Non-Reactive Solute Transport in a Heterogeneous Laboratory Aquifer Model. Hydrology Journal (IAH), 42, 27-40.

Conference Proceedings and Abstracts

1. Ghosh, A., & Kartha, S. A. (2024). Assessment of pH-Dependent Leaching Characteristics of Heavy Metals from Landfill-Mined-Fine-Fractions. In 5th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering (EGRWSE-2024). Warsaw, Poland, July 4-6, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1873-6_16

2. Ghosh, A., & Kartha, S. A. (2023). Landfill Biomining of Legacy Waste Dumpsite: Assessing its Potential for Resource Recovery from the Excavated Waste. In International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) 2023 World Congress. Muscat, Oman, 30th October – 1st November 2023.

3. Ghosh, A., & Kartha, S. A. (2023). Evaluation of Heavy Metals Leachability Potential of Landfill-Mined-Fine-Fractions under Various Environmental Conditions. In International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) 2023 World Congress. Muscat, Oman, 30th October – 1st November 2023.

4. Ghosh, A., & Kartha, S. A. (2023). Assessment of Total Content and Leaching Potential of Heavy Metals from Landfill-mined Fine Fractions Under Various Reuse Scenarios. In International Conference on Solid Wastes 2023: Waste Management in Circular Economy and Climate Resilience (ICSWHK 2023). Hong Kong, 31st May – 3rd June 2023.

5. Ghosh, A., Gogoi, N., Kartha, S. A., & Mondal, S. (2023). Geochemical Evaluation and Spatiotemporal Distribution of Fluoride in Groundwater of the Sedimentary Alluvial Plain of Bankura District, West Bengal, India. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU-9327). https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-9327.

6. Ghosh, A., Kartha, S. A., & Mondal, S. (2022). Simulation of Fluoride Migration in Groundwater of the Affected Areas of Shilabati Riverbank, West Bengal, India. In Sustainable Water Resources Management: Proceedings of SWARM 2020 (pp. 217-227). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7535-5_24.

7. Ghosh, A., & Kartha, S. A. (2022). Simulation of heavy metals migration in groundwater from a non-engineered landfill to an eco-sensitive wetland. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Id: H13A-07), 12-16 December 2022, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
DOI: 10.22541/essoar.167252706.69360449/v1.

8. Ghosh, A., & Kartha, S. A. (2020). Assessment of feasibility and viability of landfill mining of open dumpsites in INDIA. In Fifth Symposium on Urban Mining and Circular Economy, (SUM 2020). Padova, Italy, 18-20 November 2020.

9. Ghosh, A., Kartha, S.A., Mondal, S., Dutta, R. (2019). Integration of physical and numerical modeling of solute transport in a laboratory aquifer model using visual MODFLOW. In Proceedings of the 8th International Groundwater Conference on Sustainable Management of Soil-Water Resources, IGWC-2019, October 21-24, 2019, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.

10. Ghosh, A., & Mondal, S. (2016) Assessment of Geochemistry and Spatial Distribution of Fluoride in Groundwater of Simlapal Block of Bankura District, West Bengal. In India International Science Festival (IISF) - Young Scientists’ Conclave (YSC). New Delhi 12th December 2016.

Book Chapter

1. Ghosh, A., & Kartha, S. A. (2024). Landfill biomining of legacy waste dumpsites in India: process, challenges and future perspective. In Environmental Engineering and Waste Management: Recent Trends and Perspectives (pp. 377-390). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58441-1_13.

• Received the Ministry of Education, Government of India fellowship for five years during the Ph.D. program.
• ISSMGE Foundation Grant to attend the 5th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering (EGRWSE-2024) in Warsaw, Poland, July 2024.
• Student Activity Reimbursement Fund (STAF) from IIT Guwahati to attend ISWA 2023 World Congress at Muscat, Oman, October 2023.
• Partial Travel Grant from the Organizing Committee to attend the Sixth EurAsia Waste Management Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, October 2022.
• Selected as an International Advisory Board Member for the Symposium on Circular Economy and Urban Mining (SUM) 2022, 2024 & 2025 (A flagship event organized annually by IWWG (International Waste Working Group).