Students

Ph.D. Students

Ms. Anusha Ganta

Ms. Anusha Ganta

anusai1222@gmail.com

Research Interest(s) : Wastewater treatment, Microbial fuel cells, Electrochemical treatment of waste, Bioelectrochemistry, Energy recovery, Hydrogen generation
Tentative Thesis Title : Hydrogen generation from urine using aluminium oxidation process .

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Ms. D CATHERINE

Ms. D CATHERINE

CATHYDP@GMAIL.COM

Co-guide(s) : Others
research interest(s) :Dry ad, bio methanation, co digestion
tentative thesis title : Dry anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and sewage sludge

Ms. KIRUTHIKA ESWARI VELMAIEL

Ms. KIRUTHIKA ESWARI VELMAIEL

kiruthika.eswari@gmail.com

Research Interest(s) : Photocatalysis; Antibiotic resistance;
Tentative Thesis Title : Removal of Antibiotics from wastewater by visible light photocatalyst

Ms. SONAM TANTUVOY

Ms. SONAM TANTUVOY

ce18d029@smail.iitm.ac.in

Co-guide(s) : Indumathi M. Nambi
Research Interest(s) : Heavy metals, VOC , soil treatment
Tentative Thesis Title : Microwave assisted degradation of PAH contaminated soil
Ms. Thara M V

Ms. Thara M V

Research Interest(s) : Antimicrobial Resistance

Ms. Angel Jessieleena A

Ms. Angel Jessieleena A

ce20d034@smail.iitm.ac.in; jessieangela@gmail.com

Designation: Research Scholar
Field of expertise: water/wastewater; microplastics – monitoring, quantification & characterization
and weathering behaviour

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Ms. Anju Anna John

Ms. Anju Anna John

ce20d049@smail.iitm.ac.in

Research Interest(s) : Water and wastewater treatment, Electrochemical advanced oxidation processes for water treatment

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Ms. G Venkata Koulini

Ms. G Venkata Koulini

CE21D050@smail.iitm.ac.in

Tentative Thesis Title : Detection and degradation of forever chemicals

Ms. Geethapriyai Murugavel

Ms. Geethapriyai Murugavel

bt18d304@smail.Iitm.ac.in

Research Interest(s) : Bio-electrochemical systems, recalcitrant pollutant degradation wastewater treatment

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M.S. Students

M. Tech Students

Ms. PAUSALI PRADHAN

Ms. PAUSALI PRADHAN

ce22s014@smail.iitm.ac.in

Research Interest(s) : Advanced water and wastewater treatment, waste management, life cycle assessment
Mr. Souvik Pal

Mr. Souvik Pal

ce21s400@smail.iitm.ac.in

Research Interest(s) : Field of expertise: Techno-Commercial feasibility of waste management, ESG Reporting, Sustainable Product Management, Entrepreneurship acumen.

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Subhajeet Sikdar

Subhajeet Sikdar

ce22m028@smail.iitm.ac.in subhajeetsikdar15@gmail.com

Professional Title : M.Tech in Environmental Engineering

Organization: IIT Madras
Field of expertise: Techno-Commercial feasibility of organic waste management, details characterization and cytotoxic analysis of BSFL compost, Sustainability, Life Cycle Assessment, ESG reporting.

Project Group

Post Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Renu S

Dr. Renu S

Area of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Large language model (LLM), Eco informatics, Sustainable development

Dr. Karthikeyan Velayutham

Dr. Karthikeyan Velayutham

karthikeyandv@imail.iitm.ac.in, karthikeyandv@gmail.com

Designation: Postdoctoral Researcher
Specialties: Enzyme Technology, Microbial fuel cell (MFC), Industrial wastewater treatment, Bio-electrochemistry, Bioenergy from biomass, and Bio-waste valorization.

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Dr. Selvendiran Periyasamy

Dr. Selvendiran Periyasamy

selvendiran.pp@gmail.com

Research Interest(s) : Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs), Electrochemical water treatment, Water Chemistry, Disinfection by-products, Wastewater treatment, Environmental Photocatalysis, Contaminants of Emerging Concern
DST-SERB Project Title : Electrochemical advanced oxidation processes for the destruction of PFAS in water

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Dr.Ranjith Kumar R

Dr.Ranjith Kumar R

Project Officer IIT Madras

Research Interest(s) : Solid waste Management, Industrial Waste water management, Nanotechnology in mitigation of environmental issues.

Ms. Hima Bindu V

Ms. Hima Bindu V

Projects

Engineering and management of projects related to sustainable restoration of water bodies

Contamination transport from dumpsites

Recovery of nutrients from urine

Ms. Ayshwarya Rajagopalan

Ms. Ayshwarya Rajagopalan

Designation– Project Associate

Area of Interest– Solid Waste management, Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental, , Social, and Governance.

Ms. Sahana Balasubramanian

Ms. Sahana Balasubramanian

Designation : Project Associate

Areas of interest: ESG, Sustainability, Climate Change , Circular Economy, Wastewater treatment and Solid waste Management

Ms. Hema Kala

Ms. Hema Kala

Designation : Senior Executive

Mr. Mathiyalagan

Mr. Mathiyalagan

Ms. Arathy Viswanathan

Ms. Arathy Viswanathan

Position: Junior research fellow
Area of interest: Antimicrobial resistance genes and Metagenomics

Past Members

Dr. Dhivakar Govindarajan

Dr. Dhivakar Govindarajan

dhivakar@annauniv.edu

Thesis Title : Modelling and experimentation on Circular Economy, Sustainable Energy Technologies, Fate and Transport of Contaminants, Capacitive Deionization, Monitoring of PFAs and PFOAs, Microwave Pyrolysis, Waste management, and Non-invasive imaging of pollutant transport.

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Mr. Kishore Kumar K

Mr. Kishore Kumar K

Projects:
Sustainable restoration of sembakkam lake
Assessing the levels of contamination in and around perungudi soild waste dumping site at and Kodungaiyur.
Conventional grey water treatment system.
Microplastic assessment in waterbodies.

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Ms. Archana James

Ms. Archana James

Projects:
Proof checking of designs of water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants and sewer networks
Studies on electrochemical reduction of chromium in dual phase systems.

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Mr. Rajagopal Sadhasivam

Mr. Rajagopal Sadhasivam

ce20d087@smail.iit.ac.in

Co-guide(s) : Prof. Venkatraman Srinivasan
Research Interest(s) : Groundwater, saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers, laboratory simulation of porous media flow

Alumni

Dr. Sasikaladevi R

Dr. Sasikaladevi R

sasikaladevi94@gmail.com

Co-guide : Dr.Sathyanararayana N GummadiYear of Graduation : June 2023
Research Interest(s) : Environmental Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biological Wastewater Treatment
Thesis Title :Mitigation of environmental antimicrobial resistance dissemination through low cost electro-oxidation technology

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Dr. Nitha Ayinippully Nalarajan

Dr. Nitha Ayinippully Nalarajan

Co-guide : Dr.Suresh Kumar G
Year of Graduation : Jan 2022
Research Interest(s) : Groundwater modelingThesis Title : Numerical Investigations On The Dynamics Of Capture Zones In Heterogeneous Aquifers With Recharge Wells

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Dr. Bokam Rajasekhar

Dr. Bokam Rajasekhar

Year of Graduation : 2020
Thesis Title : Characterization and treatment of petroleum contaminated ground water.
Organization: Research Associate , IIT M

Dr. Ramya Srinivasan

Dr. Ramya Srinivasan

Year of Graduation : 2020
Thesis Title : Enhancing biofilm growth and its application in treating emerging contaminants by electrochemical methods

Dr. Divyapriya Govindaraj

Dr. Divyapriya Govindaraj

Year of Graduation : 2018
Thesis Title : Development of modified electro-Fenton process for the removal of emerging contaminants from water and wastewater
Organization: Fulbright-Nehru Post-Doctoral Fellow at Virginia Tech

Dr. Sahila Beegum

Dr. Sahila Beegum

Year of Graduation : 2018
Thesis Title : Integration Of Thesis Title Solute Transport And Water Flow Model For Unsaturated And Saturated Soil Zone

Dr. Sharanya Sriram

Dr. Sharanya Sriram

Year of Graduation : 2018
Thesis Title : Electrochemical remediation of aqueous and soil matrices contaminated with hexavalent chromium
Organization: Post Doctoral Research Associate UNL USDA-ARS

Dr. Devasena M Sridhar

Dr. Devasena M Sridhar

Year of Graduation : 2011
Thesis Title : Migration, entrapment and in-situ remediation of elemental mercury in porous media
Organization: Associate Professor at PSG Institute of technology and applied research

Dr. Omkar Gaonkar

Dr. Omkar Gaonkar

Year of Graduation : 2018
Thesis Title : Transport and Transformation of pesticides in an unsaturated system of organically amended soils
Organization: Program Coordinator, Toxics Link

Dr. Anju Elizbath Peter

Dr. Anju Elizbath Peter

Year of Graduation : 2018 
Thesis Title : Characterization of air emissions from the open burning of municipal solid waste (MSW) and their impacts on air and water quality at the surrounding area
Organization: PDF, IIT Palakkad

Dr. Praveena Gangadharan

Dr. Praveena Gangadharan

Year of Graduation : 2017
Thesis Title : Wastewater treatment coupled with resource recovery and energy production using microbial fuel cells
Organization: Assistant Professor.IIT Palakkad

Dr. Ambika. S

Dr. Ambika. S

Year of Graduation : 2017
Thesis Title : Enhanced removal of chromium and phenol from contaminated water systems using nanostructure and nanozerovalent iron
Organization: Assistant Professor.IIT Hydrabad

Dr. Mekala C

Dr. Mekala C

Year of Graduation : 2015
Thesis Title : Impacts of reusing wastewater for irrigation and groundwater recharge
Organization: Subject Matter Expert, L and T Constructions

Dr. M Vasudevan

Dr. M Vasudevan

Year of Graduation : 2014
Thesis Title : Fate and transport of contaminant from petroleum spilled area
Organization: Assistant Professor . Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu.

Dr. Berlin M

Dr. Berlin M

Year of Graduation : 2014
Thesis Title : Modelling nitrate transport in vadose and saturated subsurface during irrigation with wastewater
Organization: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology – Arunachal Pradesh

Dr. Pavithra M

Dr. Pavithra M

Year of Graduation : 2014
Thesis Title : Dissolution and contaminant transport in aquifers with spatially and temporally variable hydraulic properties.

Dr. Albino D.J.

Dr. Albino D.J.

Year of Graduation : 2011
Thesis Title : Coupled dissolution, biosurfactant production and biodegradation of Tetrachloroethylene under anaerobic conditions