CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject |
Subject code |
Semester |
| Environmental Engineering II |
CE-1507 |
5th Sem |
| Environmental Engg. Lab |
CE-1564 |
5th Sem |
| Elements of Civil Engineering |
CE 10101A |
2nd Sem |
| Material Testing Lab |
CE-1362 |
3rd Sem |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree |
Specialisation |
Institute |
Year of passing |
| PhD |
Environmental Engineering |
IIT Kharagpur |
2021 |
| M -Tech |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
LPU, Punjab |
2016 |
| B -Tech |
Civil Engineering |
LPU, Punjab |
2015 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation |
Designation |
Role |
Tenure |
| MC Consulting Engineers Pvt. Limited |
Intern |
Worked in QC & QA of construction of National Highway 75E in Sidhi-Singruali section in the state of Madhya Pradesh. |
(June-July) 2014) |
| LPU, Punjab |
Junior Research Fellow (Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India and IC-IMPACT Canada-India Research Centre of Excellence jointly funded project) |
(1) Development of a pilot-scale pyrolysis unit to produce biochar from different agricultural feedstocks at different temperatures and at variable residence times. (2) Monthly analysis of Buddha Nallah wastewater at different location (Ludhiana, Punjab) for heavy metal and general pollution. (3) Batch and column adsorption study for heavy removal from prepare biochar. Making plans and preliminary study for the use of biochar for onsite flood plain filtration unit at Buddha Nallah Ludhiana. |
0.8 year- 2016 |
| NPTEL (IIT Kharagpur) |
Teaching Assistant for NPTEL Courses 1. Integrated Waste Management for Smart Cities 2. Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science |
(1) Developed course material, presentations, weekly quizzes and assignments along with course instructor. (2)Instrumental in uploading the material and managing online discussion board (3)Conducted online tutorial session |
2017-2019 |
| IIT Kharagpur |
Teaching Assistantship |
supervising students for their laboratory projects. (2)Evaluation of assignments and organization of seminars |
2017-2020 |
| IIT Kharagpur |
Member (as research scholar) of third-party inspection and appraisal team of IIT Kharagpur responsible for Technical Project Appraisals of Projects: Proposed under Namami Ganga Program of National Mission of Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation, New Delhi, India |
To review and monitor the performance of the wastewater treatment units on the basis of detailed onsite review, examination of appropriate documents and discussions with the executing agencies and other key stakeholders. |
2016-19 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Primary: Integrated solid waste management, Waste Conversion Techniques, Circular Economy, Secondary: Himalayan River Pollution, Plastic and Microplastic Pollution in natural Environment.
Thermochemical Conversion of organic waste and biosolids, and Solid Waste Management
: Solid Waste Management, Circular Economy, Thermochemical Conversion, Solid Biofuel
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
Professional Affiliations and Contributions
Member of Solid waste Association of North America - SWANA
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SWANA ID (1685759)
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International Water Association
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IWA ID (1624326)
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Editorial Board Member of Frontiers in Sustainability (Waste Management Section)
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https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainability/sections/waste-management#editorial-board
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Invited review editor on the Editorial Board of Bioenergy and Biofuels (specialty section of Frontiers in Energy Research and Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology).
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https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1059933/overview
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Reviewer of International Reputed journal
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· Waste management Q1, SCI index (Elsevier)
· Bioresource Technology Q1, SCI index (Elsevier)
· Bioresource Technology Report Q1, SCI index (Elsevier)
· Applied Energy, Q1, SCI Index (Elsevier)
· Sustainability, (Q2, SCIE, Scopus index, MDPI)
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Scholarships/Honors/Awards/Achievements
1. MHRD Scholarship during Ph.D. at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2017-2021).
2. Institutional merit scholarship for 2011-16 (by LPU, Punjab) for doing B-Tech + M-Tech.
3. Merit Scholarship for Higher Education (until M-Tech) by Ministry of Human Resource Development Department (HRDD), Govt. of Sikkim.
4. Rank 3rd in district level science seminar (2008) (Title: Conservation of Biodiversity), Department of Science & Technology, Government of Sikkim, India.
5. Institution funding of (IIT Kharagpur) to attain International Conference in Milan, Italy.
Conference /workshop/seminars
International
1. Second International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials, and Sustainable Engineering, UIC, Chicago, June 16-20, 2019 (Oral Presentation).
2. The 8 th International Conference on Clean Green Energy, ICCGE 2019. Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta" P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Building N. 6 -20133, Milan, Italy (Oral presentation).
3. International Conference on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable Eco Systems 2018, NIT Trichy (Oral Presentation, presenter received best presentation).
National
4. Indian Conference on Life Cycle Management (ILCM 2019), Ahmedabad Gujarat, India. ‘Smart phone based product life cycle application for better implementation of circular economy’.
5. Smart cities workshop (Sustainable urban development), conducted by Consulate General of Federal Republic of Germany, Kolkata and Heidelberg University, 2018.
6. The 8 th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management, 2018, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. India.
7. Solid waste management and challenges in municipalities and ULBs, Conducted by Jadavpur University, 2017.
8. National Conference on Technical Advancement in Civil Engineering (NCTACE-2016)-LPU
9. District Science seminar 2007 and 2008, organized by Department of science and technology, Government of Sikkim.
