Students
Ph.D. Students
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
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
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
ce18d029@smail.iitm.ac.in
Research Interest(s) : Heavy metals, VOC , soil treatment
Tentative Thesis Title : Microwave assisted degradation of PAH contaminated soil
Ms. Thara M V
Research Interest(s) : Antimicrobial Resistance
Tentative Thesis Title : Treatment strategy to remove antibiotic-resistant genes from wastewater
Ms. Angel Jessieleena A
ce20d034@smail.iitm.ac.in; jessieangela@gmail.com
Field of expertise: …water/wastewater; microplastics – monitoring, quantification & characterization
and weathering behaviour
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Ms. Anju Anna John
ce20d049@smail.iitm.ac.in
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Ms. G Venkata Koulini
CE21D050@smail.iitm.ac.in
Tentative Thesis Title : Detection and degradation of forever chemicals
Ms. Geethapriyai Murugavel
bt18d304@smail.Iitm.ac.in
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Tentative Thesis Title : Petroleum hydrocarbon degradation using Microbial electrochemical technology
M.S. Students
M. Tech Students
Ms. PAUSALI PRADHAN
ce22s014@smail.iitm.ac.in
Mr. Souvik Pal
ce21s400@smail.iitm.ac.in
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Tentative Thesis Title : Unlocking Waste’s
Potential in Animal Feed Industry With The Help Of BSF Larvae
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
Area of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Large language model (LLM), Eco informatics, Sustainable development
Dr. Karthikeyan Velayutham
karthikeyandv@imail.iitm.ac.in, karthikeyandv@gmail.com
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
selvendiran.pp@gmail.com
DST-SERB Project Title : Electrochemical advanced oxidation processes for the destruction of PFAS in water
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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
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
Designation– Project Associate
Area of Interest– Solid Waste management, Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental, , Social, and Governance.
Ms. Sahana Balasubramanian
Designation : Project Associate
Areas of interest: ESG, Sustainability, Climate Change , Circular Economy, Wastewater treatment and Solid waste Management
Ms. Hema Kala
Designation : Senior Executive
Mr. Mathiyalagan
Ms. Arathy Viswanathan
Position: Junior research fellow
Area of interest: Antimicrobial resistance genes and Metagenomics
Past Members
Dr. Dhivakar Govindarajan
dhivakar@annauniv.edu
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Mr. Kishore Kumar K
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
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
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
sasikaladevi94@gmail.com
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
Year of Graduation : Jan 2022
Research Interest(s) : Groundwater modeling…Thesis Title : Numerical Investigations On The Dynamics Of Capture Zones In Heterogeneous Aquifers With Recharge Wells
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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
Year of Graduation : 2020
Thesis Title : Enhancing biofilm growth and its application in treating emerging contaminants by electrochemical methods
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Year of Graduation : 2014
Thesis Title : Dissolution and contaminant transport in aquifers with spatially and temporally variable hydraulic properties.
Dr. Albino D.J.
Year of Graduation : 2011
Thesis Title : Coupled dissolution, biosurfactant production and biodegradation of Tetrachloroethylene under anaerobic conditions