EDUCATION
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
M.E. Environmental Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India
B.E. Civil Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
2019-till now Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
2018-2019 Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India
2017-2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
2016 WARI Researcher, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA
Exhibited “PFOA sensor” in IInventive 2025, IIT Madras (Role: Inventor and Faculty Mentor), 2025
Exhibited “HealthyRoute App” in IInventive 2025, IIT Madras (Inventor and Faculty Mentor), 2025
Best Poster Presentation Award, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, (MTech SE: Vishal S, PhD CC: Rahul S), 2024
Won BUILD Project, IIT Hyderabad, 2023-2024 (Role: Inventor and Faculty Mentor), 2023
Best Paper Award, RECYCLE 2023, IIT Guwahati, 18-19 May (MTech EWRM: Anuj Sharma), 2023
Best Paper Award, BACE 2023, Pondicherry Univ, 10-11th March (MTech CC: Parvathy AS), 2023
Won top 5 teams in Carbon Zero Challenge Competition, IIT Madras, 2018
Technical Excellence Award in Carbon Zero Challenge Competition, IIT Madras, 2018
WARI Fellowship at Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA during 1st May to 30th Oct, 2016
AOTULE-IITM conference travel grant to attend AOTULE, Singapore, 2015
IITM-Chennai travel grant to attend AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2014
IITM-Alumini Travel grant to attend conference ENSURE, India, 2012
AGU Student grant to attend AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2014
Government of India fellowship for PhD (2010 - 2014)
Best-Outgoing Student during M.E at PMCTW 2008
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Elsevier
Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, Elsevier
Journal of Hazardous Materials, Elsevier
Environmental Technology, Taylor and Francis
Journal of Water Process Engineering, Elsevier
J. Environmental Chemical Engineering, Elsevier
Environmental Research, Elsevier
Chemosphere, Elsevier
Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), Springer
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Indian Water Works Association (IWWA)
International Water Association (IWA)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
SPEAKER/PANELIST IN PREMIER ACADEMIC EVENTS
Next Generation Membranes for the Environmental Remediation and Critical Minerals Recovery, Gigri Hub Membrane Conf, IIT Bombay, 2-3 Mar India 2025
Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis of Crops (Water and Climate Change), AGU Fall Meeting 11-15 Dec USA 2023
Fate of Microplastics in Soil Environment, AGU 2023 Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec, SanFrancisco, USA 2023
Fate and Transport of Microplastics & Micropollutant in Environment, ACS Spring, 26-30 Mar, USA 2023
PhotoElectroFenton Treatment of Perfluorinated Compounds, ACS 2023, 26-30 Mar, Indianapolis, USA 2023
Fenton's Advanced Oxidation Process in Porous Media, InterPore 2022, 30 May- 2 June, Abu Dhabi, 2022
Sunlight-responsive photocatalyst Membrane for the Treatment of Emerging Contaminants, International Conference on Environmental Science and Engineering (ICESE-2022), 20-21 January 2022, IIT Bombay, India 2022
Opportunities and Challenges in Resource Recovery to Achieve Zero Waste Disposal, Zero Liquid Discharge Management, 15 May - 20 June 2021, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) 2021
Opportunities and Challenges in Resource Recovery from Waste, India – Russia Scientific Webinar on Waste to Wealth- Resource Recovery and value-added products through thermo-chemical and biological processing, organized by Embassy of India and Russian Academy of Science, 10-11 March 2021
Opportunities and Challenges in Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor for the Removal of Emerging Pollutants, RAMKY Enviro Ltd, 2021
Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor for the Removal of Emerging Pollutants, Panel 2: Environmental sustainability and assessment, Sustainable waste management Conference, September 15-17, 2020, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) 2020
Iron-based Treatment Systems - Opportunities and Challenges in Real-World Site Remediation, Ramky Enviro Ltd., 2020
Solar-Thermal based Treatment of Wastewater and Resource Recovery - An Approach towards Zero Liquid Discharge during the last year IIChE Online summer internship (OSIP2020), Zero Liquid Discharge Management” during 26, May 2020 to 10 June 2020 Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)