The SAGE Impact Leaders will be both Indian and International students registered at participating institutes. For information on the Junior and Senior Ambassadors, please see: https://sites.google.com/echonetwork.in/sagereport2023/home. The PhD SAGE Fellows will be selected through National and International calls in early 2024. The projects will be supported for three years (a typical PhD fellowship period).
Host Institute: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
Host Academic Supervisor: Indumathi Nambi, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (EWRE) Division, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
Co-Project Supervisors:
Barth F Smets, Independent Consultant
Claus Helix-Nielsen, Professor & Head, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, DTU; President, Danish Natural Science Academy, Technical University of Denmark (DTU); Danish Natural Science Academy
Devarajan Ramanujan, Head of Section Design and Manufacturing and Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical & Production Engineering - Design & Manufacturing, Aarhus University
Nandakumar E, Chief Executive Officer, International Centre for Clean Water (ICCW)
Disna Eheliyagoda, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mechanical & Production Engineering, Aarhus University
Advisors:
Ayushi Biswas, Hydrogeologist and Geoinformatics Analyst, Biome Environmental Trust, Research Associate, Hasiru Dala and Azim Premji University
Girija Ramakrishna, Technical Expert (Reuse & Circularity), Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society (CDD) India
I. Sajid Hussain, Chief Operating Officer, Tamil Nadu Water Investment Co Ltd (TWIC)
Sonal Shreya, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University
A feasibility study of scalable water circularity systems such as nature-based decentralised, digital, forward osmosis, and other systems at the tertiary stage of wastewater treatment in and around Ward 50, Bengaluru.
Feasibility study of existing solutions through stakeholder consultations with needs, risks, and benefits assessment
Economic analysis to understand economic and resource expenditure analysis in existing systems
Chemical analysis of treatment plants
Qualitative analysis
To set up a circular water system in the existing paradigm in Bengaluru.
Institutions in India and Denmark
Water circularity industries and startups
Local industries in and around Ward 50, Bengaluru
Datasets from water circularity industries
Networks to establish partnerships