Ms. Aastha Dutta is currently working as an Assistant Professor with Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Aurangabad. She specializes in teaching varied polymer science topics including Applied Science, Biopolymers, Organic Chemistry, Polymer Recycling and Waste Management, Polymer Reaction Engineering, Physical Chemistry of Polymers, Elastomer Technology, Instrumental Analysis of Polymers, Plastic Technology-II, Process Calculation, Surface Coating Technology at the UG level. She has earlier worked as an R&D Lab Incharge with CTR Industries Pvt Ltd.

Ms. Dutta organized the National Conference on ‘Recent Advances in Polymers’ in August 2010. She also convened the National Symposium on Biopolymers in March 2011 and Techno millennium ‘Smart Materials’ in September 2012. Ms. Dutta is the member of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), the leading national professional non-profit making Society for technical education in the country.  She has attended key events like the Mahaexpo Engineering Conference in 2017, the Faculty Development Program on Advanced Analytical testing and characterization in 2018, and NAAC and OBE workshops. Ms. Dutta has authored several research papers which have been published in reputed peer-reviewed journals and publications (Springer, Elsevier, International Journal of Science, Engineering and Management (IJSEM) and Chemistry International Journal).

Ms. Dutta completed her B.Sc Tech (Plastics) from Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly known as U.D.C.T) Mumbai in 2000 and ME (Chemical) from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (B.A.M.U) Aurangabad in 2016.