Subijoy Dutta is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in Maryland, USA. He has authored two books : “Sustainable Mining Practices – A Global Perspective”, published July 2005 by Balkema Publishers and “Environmental Treatment Technologies for Hazardous and Medical Wastes”, published in March 2002 by Tata McGraw Hill Publishing. Mr. Dutta received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, India in 1972. He completed his first MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma USA in 1981. In 1984 he finished a second MS in Petroleum/Geological Engineering from the same Oklahoma University In 1992 he stepped forward to provide help towards cleaning the Yamuna River. He collected an inordinate amount of data, and met with the Delhi authorities and offered to provide assistance. He formed the Yamuna Foundation in 2000 and had many local volunteers in Agra and Delhi area. He later founded the Rivers of the World Foundation in 2007 along with a few esteemed professionals in US. Mr. Dutta worked for the US EPA in Washington, DC for 20 years as a Senior Engineer. He has assisted the Central Pollution Board, New Delhi, in their development of regulations and guidance concerning medical waste management and landfills Mr. Dutta received the National Award in Washington, DC for Individual Excellence in Environmental Restoration from U.S. Air Force in 1991 from the Air Force Chief of Staff, Merrill McPeak in Washington, DC. This outstanding performance, and cash award was given to recognize his work on design and implementation of a superfund site, a radioactive waste disposal site and three toxic landfill sites within 2.5 years at the Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, OK. In 1997 Mr. Dutta received EPA’s Unsung Hero of the Year Award from EPA Administrator, Carol Browner for his dedicated voluntary work spending his personal funds towards the Yamuna River cleanup efforts in India.
This book is an excellent practitioner's guide to a wide range of issues that professionals may encounter with hazardous waste in a variety of environmental situations. The author has incorporated the latest developments and science in hazardous waste, including identification, monitoring, mitigation, cross-media transfer, management, and control of hazardous waste in an easy to read resource book. Environmental issues and impacts affecting the land, water, and air are dressed in depth. There are many case studies used throughout the book to illustrate successes and failures in this critical environmental protection area. Project costs are included where available to provide an estimate of the economic impact of cleanup efforts and options. It is particularly applicable to professionals and others that need a practical, working handbook to address the wide range of field conditions that may be encountered at hazardous waste sites. The book will also be a very useful resource for students preparing for a career in environmental protection and hazardous waste management. -- William E. Roper, PhD, P.E. Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA In this latest book by Subijoy Dutta, P.E, on Municipal, Industrial and Medical Waste management, the author has exhaustively dealt with all the pertinent issues. Of particular interest to me as a medical practitioner is Chapter 14, where special emphasis is placed on COVID-related wastes and their management. Wide readership will justify the author's labor and passion that has gone into this creative book. -- Dr. Kumar Kanti Das, F.A.C.S, F.R.C.S, Kalyani Hospital, Silchar, India