He is also the Foundation Professor of'Membrane Separations and Director of the NJIT Center for Membrane Technologies.
from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur and both his MS and PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Sirkar was previously a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur prior to arriving at NJIT in 1992.
He has also authored 156 refereed articles and 18 book chapters, and is a co-editor of the widely used Membrane Handbook.
Sirkar has received numerous honors and awards throughout his research life.