Books, Patent and Publications

Book- Authored

1.  PK Tewari, 2020, Advanced Water Technologies: Concepts & Applications, ISBN: 9781138106604, CRC

 Press, Taylor & Francis Group (USA).

2.  PK Tewari, 2016, Nanocomposite Membrane Technology: Fundamentals & Applications,  

ISBN: 9781466576827, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (USA).

Patents

1.  TK Dey, Avishek Pal, RC Bindal, PK Tewari, 2015, Nanofiltration Membranes with Surface Negative Charge 

for Fractional Separation of Mono- and Multivalent Ionic Species, Indian Patent Number 343289. 

2.  TK Dey, Avishek Pal, RC Bindal, PK Tewari, 2014, Charged Thin Film Composite Nanofiltration Membrane 

and Process of its Production, Indian Patent Number 308260.

Chapters Contributed to Books

1. Sumit Kamal, Pradip K Tewari, 2024, Ammonia Decomposition using Catalytic Membrane Reactor for 

Hydrogen Production, in the book ‘Energy, Environment and Sustainability’ ed by Avinash Kumar Agarwal, 

Springer, Chapter 10; ISBN: 978-981-97-0506--1

2. A.K. Ghosh & P.K. Tewari, 2014, Next Generation Nanocomposite Ultrafiltration Membranes for Water 

Purification, Nanotechnology: Recent Trends, Emerging Issues & Future Directions; Edited by Nazrul Islam, 

Nova Publishers, New York, Chapter 15; pp 349-361.

3.   S. Kar& P.K. Tewari, 2013, Nanotechnology for Domestic water Purification, Nanotechnology in Eco-efficient

 Construction; Edited by F. Pacheco-Torgal et al; Woodhead publishing; Chapter 16; pp 364-427.

4.    S.T. Panicker and P.K. Tewari, 2011, Nuclear Energy for Water Desalination, Nuclear Energy Encyclopaedia, 

John Wiley & Sons, pp 65-70.

5.   H.K. Sadhukhan, B.M. Misra, P.K.Tewari, 1997, Desalination and Waste Water Treatment to Augment Water

Resources, Part III: Water Purification in the book ,entitled Water Management, Purification and Conservation 

in Arid climates, Technoeconomic Publishing Co. Inc. (1997).

6.   P.K. Tewari, 1996, Bubble Dynamics and Boiling Heat Transfer in a Thin Film on a Horizontal Tube at 

Atmospheric and Sub-atmospheric Pressures, Encyclopedia on Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Abu Dhabi.

7.    H.K. Sadhukhan, P.K. Tewari, 1996, Small Desalination Plants (SDPs), Encyclopedia on Life Support 

Systems (EOLSS), Abu Dhabi.

Research Publications in Journals

1. Hansa Muvel, Manoj Kumar Jindal, Pradip Kumar Tewari, Vikky Anand, Advancements in Electro-

coagulation for Oily Wastewater Treatment Mechanisms, Efficiency, and Applications, J Water Process 

Engineering, 68 (2024), 106291-106311. 

2. Annu Tyagi, Vikky Anand, Pradip Kumar Tewari, Model based zero liquid discharge desalination for

 land-locked arid and semiarid regions in India, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 65 (2024), 

105774-105783.

3. Sumit Kamal, Pradip K Tewari, Developments towards Low Energy Processes, Chemical Industry Digest, 

35, No 9 (2022) 

 4. Amita Bedar, R. K. Lenka, N. K. Goel, S. Kumar, R. Jain, B. G. Singh, P. K. Tewari, R. C. Bindal, and S. Kar, 

Enhancement of gamma radiation stability of polysulfone membrane matrix by reinforcement of hybrid 

nanomaterials of nanodiamond and ceria", RSC Materials Advances, 1 (2020), 1220-1231

5.  Amita Bedar, Pradip Kumar Tewari, Ramesh Kumar Bindal, Soumitra Kar, 2020, Enhancing Gamma-radiation 

Resistant Property of Polysulfone Membranes with Carboxylated Nanodiamond: Impact and Effect of Surface 

Tunability, Applied Surface Science, Vol 507, pp 144897.

6.  Amita Bedar, V. Kumar, A.K. Debnath, N.N. Kumar, R. Jain, P.K. Tewari, R.C Bindal, S. Kar, 2020, Effect of 

Nanodiamond Size on Gamma Radiation Resistance Property of Polysulfone Nanodiamond Mixed Matrix 

Membrane, Diamond and Related Materials,  108, 107963.

7.  Amita Bedar, Nitesh Goswami, Amit K. Singha, Virendra Kumar, Anil K. Debnath, Debasis  Sen, Vinod K. 

Aswal, Sanjay Kumar, Dhanadeep Dutta, Biju Keshavkumar, Sharvaari  Ghodke, Ratnesh Jain, Beena G. 

Singh, Pradip K. Tewari, Ramesh C Bindal, Soumitra  Kar, 2020, Nanodiamond as a State-of-the-Art 

Material for Enhancing the Gamma Radiation Resistance Properties of Polymeric Membranes, Nanoscale

 Advances, 2, 1214.,

8.  Amita Bedar, R.K. Lenka, N. Goswami, V. Kumar, A.K. Debnath, D. Sen, S. Kumar, S. Ghodke, P.K. Tewari, 

R.C Bindal, S. Kar, 2019, Polysulfone-Ceria Mixed Matrix Membrane with Enhanced Radiation Resistance

Behaviour, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater, 1, 1854.

9.  Soumitra Kar, Avishek Pal, Mahesh Subramanian, J. Nuwad, R.C. Bindal, S. Chattopadhyay, P.K. Tewari, 

2016, High-Throughput Mixed-Matrix Membrane with Superior Anti-Bacterial Properties: A Facile Approach

 towards Development of Point-of-Use Water Purification Device, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 297, 

pp 193-206.

10.     A. Shriniwas Rao, S. Sujeesh, A. Sanyal, P.K. Tewari, L.M. Gantayet, 2016, Effect of Agitation Speed

 and Fluid Velocity on Heat Transfer Performance in Agitated Bunsen Reactor of Iodine-Sulphur 

Thermo-Chemical Cycle, International J Nuclear Hydrogen Production and Applications, Vol 3, 

No.1, pp 65-79.

11.   A. Shriniwas Rao, S. Sujeesh, Nafees A. Vakil, H.Z. Fani, A. Sanyal, P.K. Tewari, L.M. Gantayet, 2016, 

Study of Bunsen Reaction in Agitated Reactor Operating in Counter Current Mode for Iodine-Sulphur 

Thermo-Chemical Process, International J Nuclear Hydrogen Production and Applications, Vol 3, No 1, 

pp 12-31.

12.   Nitesh Goswami, Soumitra Kar, R.C. Bindal, P.K. Tewari, 2016, Modeling of Membrane Reactor for

 Hydrogen Production by HI Decomposition: Studies on Catalyst Activity and Nonisothermality in 

Packed Bed and Coated Wall Configurations, International J Nuclear Hydrogen Production and 

Applications, Vol 3, No 1, pp 1-11.

13. P.K. Tewari, 2016, Indigenous Water Technologies and Green Engineering, Chemical Engineering

 World, May pp 26.

14.  Avishek Pal, Soumitra.Kar, A.K. Debnath, D.K. Aswal, R.C. Bindal and P.K. Tewari,2015, 

Reinforcement of Nanostructured Reduced Graphene Oxide: A Facile Approach to Develop High 

Performance Nanocomposite Ultrafiltration Membranes Minimizing the Trade-Off  between Flux

 And Selectivity, RSC Adv., Vol 5, pp 46801-46816.

15.  A. Shriniwas Rao, S. Sujeesh, V. Nafees Ahmed, H.Z. Fani, P.K. Tewari, L.M. Gantayet,  2015, 

Study of Effect of High Pressures and Elevated Temperatures on Bunsen Reactionof Iodine 

Sulfur Thermochemical Process, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,  pp 1-9.

16.  Avishek Pal, T K Dey, AnshuSinghal, R C Bindal, P K Tewari, 2015, Nano-Zno Impregnated 

Inorganic–Polymer Hybrid Thin Film Nanocomposite Nanofiltration Membranes: An Investigation 

of Variation in Structure, Morphology and Transport Properties”, RSC Advances, Vol 5, pp 34134-34151.

17. Saly Thomas Panicker, P.K. Tewari, D. Goswami, 2015, Rural-Friendly Drinking Water Purification 

Systems, BARC News Letter, pp 22-25.

18. P.K. Tewari, 2015, Emerging Trends in Water Purification and Desalination in India, Journal of Desalination 

& Water Purification, Vol. 1, pp 3-5.

19.  S K Satpati, S Pal, D Goswami, P K Tewari, S B Roy, 2015, Extraction of Uranium from Nuclear 

Industrial Effluent using Polyacrylhydroxamic Acid Sorbent, International Journal of Environmental Science 

& Technology, Vol 5, pp 255-262.

20. S.K. Satpati, S. Biswas, S. Pal, S.B.  Roy, P.K. Tewari, 2015, Separation and Recovery of Uranium 

from Wastewater using Sorbent Functionalized with Hydroxamic Acid, Sep. Sci. Technol., Vol. 50, pp 387 – 394.

21.  D. Sen, A.K. Ghosh, S. Mazumdar, R.C. Bindal, P.K. Tewari, 2014, Novel Polysulfone - Spray Dried Silica 

Composite Membrane for Water Purification: Synthesis, Characterization And Performance Evaluation, 

Separation & Purification Technology, Vol. 123, pp 79-86.

22.  V.S. Mamtani, K.P. Bhattacharyya, S.Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2014, Fouling Studies of Capillary 

Ultrafiltration Membrane, Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 52, pp 542-551. 

23. Nitesh Goswami, Soumitra Kar, R.C. Bindal, P.K. Tewari, 2014, Modelling of Membrane Reactor for 

Hydrogen Production by HI Decomposition: Studies on Catalyst Activity and Non-Isothermality in 

Packed Bed and Coated Wall Configurations, International J Nuclear Hydrogen Production & Application, 

Vol. 3, pp1-11.

24. Bitan Ghosh, A.K. Ghosh, R.C. Bindal, P.K. Tewari, 2014, Effect of Addition of Iron Salt in Amine Solution on 

Performance of PEI-IPC Based Polyamide Composite RO Membranes, J Polymer Materials, Vol. 31, pp 29-38.

25. AK Adak, PK Tewari, 2014, Technical Feasibility Study for Coupling a Desalination Plant to an Advanced 

Heavy Water Reactor, Desalination, Vol 337, pp 76-82.

26. N. Goswami, K.K. Singh, S. Kar, R,C. Bindal, P.K. Tewari, 2014, Numerical Simulations of HI 

Decomposition in Packed Bed Membrane Reactors, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 39, pp 18182-18193.

27. A.K. Ghosh, R.C. Bindal, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2013, Concentration of Ammonium Diuranate Effluent 

Reverse Osmosis and Forward Osmosis Membrane Processes", Desalination and Water Treatment; Vol 52, pp 1-3.

28. Nitesh Goswami, Soumitra Kar, R C Bindal, P K Tewari, 2013, A Review of Thermochemical Cycles for 

Hydrogen Production: Analysis of Potential of Membrane Technology in IS, UT-3 and CuCl Cycles",

 Int J Nuclear Hydrogen Production & Applications, Vol 2, pp 282-316.

29. Soumitra Kar, R. C. Bindal, P. K. Tewari, 2012, Carbon Nano-tube Membranes for Desalination 

and Water Purification: Challenges and Opportunities , Nano Today, Vol 7, pp 385-389.

30. Payel Sarkar, S. Prabhakar, D. Goswami, P.K. Tewari, 2012, Mathematical Model for the Removal

 of Trace Metal by Complexation Ultrafiltration", Desalination & Water Treatment, Vol 51, pp 4435-4446.

31. P K Tewari, Abhjeet Raha, Madhu Vinjamur, 2012, Integrated Zero Liquid Discharge Desalination with 

Seawater Flue Gas Desulphurisation: A New Green Technology, Water Today April pp 30-42.

32. S Kar, M Subramanian, A K Ghosh, R C Bindal, S Prabhakar, J Nuwad, C G S Pillai, S Chattopadhyay, 

P K Tewari, 2011, Potential of Nanoparticles for Water Purification: A Case Study on Anti-biofouling Behaviour of 

Metal based Polymeric Nano-composite Membrane, Desalination &Water Treatment, Vol 27, pp 224-230.

33. A K Ghosh R C Bindal S Prabhakar and P K Tewari, 2011, Effect of Additives in Amine Solution on 

Performance of Aliphatic-Aromatic and Aromatic- Aromatic Polyamide Composite Reverse Osmosis Membrane, 

J Polymer Mater Vol 28, pp 505-514.

34. T.L. Prasad, P.K. Tewari& D. Sathiyamurthy, 2011, Sorption Kinetic Studies using Metal Chelate 

Embedded Polymers for Recovery of Heavy metals from Desalination effluents, Int J Nuclear Desalination 

Vol 4, No 3, pp 261-276.

35. Sujoy Biswas, Sangita Pal, S.B. Roy, P.K. Tewari, 2011,Selection & Design Criteria of Supported Liquid 

membrane for the Treatment of Rad-waste, Int J Nuclear Desalination Vol 4, pp 248-260.

36. Payel Sarkar, S. Prabhakar, Sushil Tiwari, D. Goswami, P.K. Tewari, 2011, Recovery of Water from 

saturated Solutions by membrane Processes, Desalination & water Treatment Vol 36, pp 65-74.

37. Soumitra Kar, R.C. Bindal, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2011, The Application of membrane Reactor 

Technology in Hydrogen Production using S-I Thermochemical Process- A Road Map, International Journal of 

Hydrogen Energy, Vol 37, pp 3612-3620.

38. T K Dey, R C Bindal, S Prabhakar and P K Tewari, 2011, Thin Film Composite Type Positively Charged 

Nano-Filtration Membrane for Separation of Aqueous Streams and Nuclear Effluents, Int J Nuclear Desalination, 

Vol 4, pp 285-293.

40. SangitaPal, P K Tewari, 2011, Composite Sorbent for Attrition Minimisation, Desalination & Water Treatment 

Journal, Vol28, pp 1-6.

37. Soumitra Kar, R.C. Bindal, S Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, S. Ramanathan, J. Nuwad, C.G. S. Pillai, 2011, 

Membrane Development for Applications in Hydrogen Production using S-I Thermochemical Route, 

International Journal of Nuclear Hydrogen Production and Applications Vol.2, pp 227-236.

38. A.K. Ghosh, R. C. Bindal, S. Prabhakar, P. K. Tewari, 2011, Composite Polyamide Reverse Osmosis 

- Recent Developments & Future Directions, BARC Newsletter, Vol. 321 pp 43-51.

39. Saied Dardour, P.K. Tewari, 2011, The CEA/BARC Collaboration on the Use of Nuclear reactors for 

Desalination, Int J Nuclear Desalination Vol 4, pp 207-217.

40.  P.K. Tewari, 2011, Challenges & Approaches to Integrated water Resource Management", Int J 

Nuclear Desalination Vol 4, pp 199-206.

41.  T.L. Prasad, P.K. Tewari, D. Sathiyamoorthy, 2010, Parametric Studies on Radiation Grafting of 

Polymer Sorbents for Recovery of Heavy Metals from Seawater, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Vol 49, pp 6559-6565.

42. Sangita Pal, S. Prabhakar, K.L. Thalor, P.K. Tewari, 2010, Strategy of Deriving 'Wealth from Waste' 

from Concentrated Brine of Desalination Plant, Int. J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol.4,  pp 189-197.

43. R. Nagraj, V. Murugan, A.Y. Dangore, K.L. Thalor, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2010, Techno-economic 

Feasibility Study of providing Variable Frequency Drive for High Pressure Pump at NDDP Kalpakkam, 

Int. J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol. 4,  pp 162-173.

44. G. Kishore, S. Nisan, S. Dardour, A.K. Adak, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2010,  Development of a 

Simulator (INFMED) for the MED/ VC Plant, Desalination & Water Treatment, Vol 21,  pp 364-374.

45. Vishnu Pandey, R. Nagraj, A.Y. Dangore, K.L. Thalor, S. Prabhakar, V.K. Srivastava and P.K. Tewari, 

2010, Process Control in Multi-Stage Flash Desalination Industry", Int. J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol. 4, 

pp 174-183.

46. Sangita Pal, S.K. Satpati, K. Hareendran, Sanjukta Kumar, K.L. Thalor, S.B. Roy and P.K. Tewari, 2010, 

Recovery and Pre-concentration of Uranium from Secondary Effluent using Novel Resin, International 

Journal of Nuclear Desalination, Vol.4,  pp 28-36.

47. T.K. Dey, S Prabhakar and P.K. Tewari, 2010, Recent Advances in Polymeric Membranes for Pressure 

Driven Applications, Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering, Vol. 3, pp 195-207.

48. A.K. Adak, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2010, Thermal Coupling System Analysis of a Nuclear Desalination 

Plant, International Journal of Nuclear Desalination, Vol. 4, pp 123-133.

49. Saly T. Panicker, K.L. Thalor, P.K. Tewari, 2010, Solar Desalination, BARC Newsletter, Vol 312, pp 17-20.

50. V. Nagar, R. Shashidhar, A.K. Sharma, J.R. Bandekar, R.C. Bindal, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2009, 

Evaluation of the Efficiency of Polysulfone Ultrafiltration Membrane based Water Purifiers for Microbiological 

Decontamination, Int. J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol. 3, pp 260-272.

51. T.L. Prasad, A.K. Saxena, P.K. Tewari and D. Sathiyamoorthy, 2009, An Engineering Scale Study on 

Radiation Grafting of Polymeric Adsorbents for Recovery of Heavy Metal Ions from Seawater, Nuclear 

Engineering and Technology, Vol 41, pp 1101-1108.

52. V. Ramachandhran, A.K. Ghosh, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2009, Preparation & Separation Performance 

Studies on Composite Polyamide Membranes using Different Amine Systems and Support Membranes, 

J. Polymer Materials, Vol.26,  pp 177-185.

53. S.T. Panicker, P.K. Tewari, 2009, Sun Energy to purify Drinking Water, The Solar Quarterly, Vol 2, pp.56-57.

54. R. Nagaraj, V. Murugan, A.Y. Dangore, K.L. Thalor, A.K. Saxena, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2008, 

Improvement In Motor Performance During High-Pressure Pump Starting at NDDP, Kalpakkam, Int. J. Nuclear 

Desalination, Vol. 3, pp  56-68.

55. Soumitra Kar, R.C. Bindal, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, K. Dasgupta, D. Sathiyamoorthy, 2008, Potential Of 

Carbon Nanotubes In Water Purification: An Approach Towards the Development of an Integrated 

Membrane System, Int. J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol.3, pp 143-150.

56. A. Raha, I.S. Rao, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2008, R&D Areas for Next-Generation 

Desalination and Water Purification Technologies, Int. J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol.3, pp  33-55.

57. V. Murugan, R. Nagaraj, A.Y. Dangore, S. Prabhakar and P.K. Tewari, 2008, Experiences with the 

Conventional Pretreatment System in the Seawater Reverse Osmosis Plant at Kalpakkam, Int. J. Nuclear 

Desalination, Vol. 3, pp 27-32.

58. K. Dasgupta, Soumitra Kar, Ramani Venugopalan, R.C. Bindal, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, S. Bhattacharya, 

S.K. Gupta, D. Sathiyamoorthy, 2008, Self-standing geometry of aligned carbon nanotubes with high surface 

area, Materials Letters, Vol 62, pp 1989-1992.

59. V. Ramachandhran, Sangita Pal, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2008, Desalting Membranes and Sorptive 

Polymers, ISRAPS Bulletin Vol. 20.

60. J. Justin Robert Paden, P.K. Tewari, D. Venkatram, D. Barnabas, 2007, Spray Flash Evaporator for Low 

Temperature Saline Water Desalination Application, International J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol 2, pp 393-405.

61. A.K. Adak, G. Kishore, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2007, Mechanical vapor Compression Desalination 

Plant at Trombay, , International J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol 2, pp 353-362.

62. A. Raha, A. Srivastava, I,S. Rao, M. Majumdar, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2007,Seawater Desalination 

utilizing Waste Heat by Low Temperature Evaporation, International J. Nuclear Desalination Vol 2, pp 342-352.

63. P.K. Tewari, 2007, Potential for Desalination in India, International J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol 2, pp 303-310.

64. P.K. Tewari, 2007, Nuclear Desalination, Indian Nuclear Society News, Vol.4, pp 3-6.

65. P.K. Tewari, V. Ramachandhran, 2007, Emerging Trends in Membrane Research, Chemical Industry Digest, 

August pp 74-78.

66. Saly T. Panicker, P.K. Tewari, 2007, Safety And Reliability Aspects of Seawater Reverse Osmosis 

Desalination Plant of Nuclear Desalination Demonstration Project, Int. J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol. 2, 

pp 244-252.

67. A.K. Adak, I.S. Rao, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2007, Nuclear Desalination by Waste Heat Utilisation in an 

Advanced Heavy Water Reactor, Int. J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol.2, pp 234-243.

68. A. Raha, I.S. Rao, G. Kishore, M. Mazumdar, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2007, Utilization of Waster 

Heat for Desalination by Low Temperature Evaporation Technology, Nuclear India, Vol. 40, pp 7-8.

69. S. Prabhakar, Saly T. Panicker, P.K. Tewari, 2007, Safety and Reliability Aspects of Seawater Reverse 

Osmosis Desalination Plants, International J Nuclear Desalination Vol 2, pp 244-252.

70. P.K. Tewari, 2006, Recent Trends in Desalination & Water Reuse in India, International Desalination & Water 

Reuse Quarterly.

71. P.K. Tewari, 2006, Nuclear Energy for Water Security, Atoms for Peace: An International Journal, Vol. 1,

 pp 199-205.

72. Sangita Pal, V. Ramachandhra, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, M. Sundersanan, 2006, Polyhydroxamic Acid 

Sorbents for Uranium Recovery, Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 

Vol 43,  pp 735-747.

73. M. Chandrasekhar, M. Majumdar, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2006, Low Grade Heat Utilization for 

Seawater Desalination by the HTTF Process", International Journal of Nuclear Desalination, Vol. 2, pp 96-102.

74. V. Murugan, K. Rajanbabu, S.A. Tiwari, C. Balasubramanian, Manoj Kumar Yadav, A.Y. Dangore, S. 

Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2006, Fouling and Cleaning of Seawater Reverse Osmosis Membranes in Kalpakkam 

Nuclear Desalination Plant, International Journal of Nuclear Desalination, Vol.2, pp 172-178.

75. P.K. Srivastava, A. Agrawal, K.B. Mehra, P.K. Tewari, S. Ramanujam and P.B. Kulkarni, 2006, Rainwater 

Harvesting Measures at BARC, Trombay, Mumbai : A Case Study, International Journal of Nuclear Desalination, 

Vol.2, pp 158-165.

76. A.Y. Dangore, S. Prabhakar and P.K. Tewari, 2006, Experiences in construction and operation of 

nuclear desalination demonstration plant", International Journal of Nuclear Desalination, Vol.2, pp 153-157.

77. Saly T Panicker, S. Prabhakar and P.K.Tewari, 2006, Influence of Feed Quality on Seawater Reverse 

Osmosis Performance, International Journal of Nuclear Desalination, Vol.2, pp 166-171.

78. S.A. Tiwari, D. Goswami, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2006, Assessment of Ultrafiltration Pretreatment 

System for SWRO Plant, International Journal of Nuclear Desalination, Vo.2, pp 132-138.

79. G. Kishore, A. Raha, A.K. Adak, V.K. Srivastava and P.K. Tewari, 2006, Steady and Transient 

State Analysis of MED-VC Desalination Plant, International Journal of Nuclear Desalination, Vol. 2, pp 117-131.

80. P.K. Tewari, R.C. Bindal, 2005, Cylindrical UF Device solves Tap Quality Problems, Desalination & Water 

Reuse, Vol.15, pp 30-33.

81. P.K. Tewari, 2005, Role of Desalination and Water Purification to meet Water Needs, Environmental 

Geochemistry, Vol 8,  pp 84-88.

82. V. Ramachandhran, S. Prabhakar and P.K. Tewari, 2004, Membrane Processes in Nuclear Industry, 

BARC News letter, 246, pp 8-12.

83. P.K. Tewari, 2004, Nuclear Desalination in India, Nuclear View Points, Vol. 50, pp 12-13 (in Japanese).

84. P.K. Tewari, 2004, Membrane Technology Applications in the Industries, ibid.

85. H.S. Sodaye, Payel Bakshi, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2004, Defluoridation of Contaminated Sources 

using Membrane technology, ibid.

86. V. Murugan, C. Balasubramanian, S. Prabhakar, A.Y. Dangore, P.K. Tewari, 2004, Operational Experience 

of Sea Water RO Plant at Nuclear Desalination Demonstration Project, Kalpakkam, ibid.

87. S. Shivayyanamath S., P.K. Tewari, D. Venkatram, A.K. Adak, G. Kishore, 2004,  Hybrid Desalination 

Processes, ibid.88. H.S. Sodaye, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2004. Proton Conducting Composite 

Membranes from Blends of Sulfonated Poly(a-methyl styrene) with poly (Vinylidene Fluoride), ibid.

89. R.C. Bindal, P.K. Tewari, 2004,On-line Domestic Water Purifier Based on Polysulfone Ultrafiltration Membrane, 

Nuclear India, Vol 37, Issue 11-12, pp 17-19.

90. A.K. Adak, P.K. Tewari, 2004, Coupling Aspects of an MSF Desalination Plant and Loss of the Electrical 

Power Generation of a Nuclear Power Plant: Case Study", International J. Nuclear Desalination, Vol. 1,

 No.3, pp 373-381.

91. P.K. Tewari, S. Prabhakar, 2004, Membrane Technology and its range of Applications, Chemical Industry 

Digest, pp 66-77.

92. P.K. Tewari, B.M. Misra, 2003, Innovative Trends in Desalination, Chemical Industry Digest, 

March-April 2003, pp 57-58.

93. P.K. Tewari, Water Desalination, Nov 2003, Technical News Bulletin, pp 22-23,

94. S. Shivayyamath, P.K. Tewari, 2003, Simulation of Startup Characteristic of Multi Stage Flash (MSF) 

Desalination Plants", Desalination, Vol 155, pp 277-286.

95. P.K. Tewari, B.M. Misra, 2002, Technological Innovations in Desalination, Nuclear India, Vol. 35, pp 7-8.

96. P.K. Tewari, B.M. Misra, 2002, Emerging Trends in R&D on Desalination in India, Desalination & Water 

Reuse, Vol.12,  pp 46-49.

100. P.K. Tewari, 2002, Potential Application of Waste Heat for Desalination in PHWR, INDAG Newsletter, 

Vol. 2. Sept 2002.

101. P.K. Tewari, I.S. Rao, 2002, LTE Desalination Utilizing Waste Heat from a Nuclear Research Reactor, 

Desalination, Vol. 150,  pp 45-49.

102. S. Shivayyanamath, P.K. Tewari, 2002, Thermal Desalination, InDA Newsletter.

103.  P.K. Tewari, B.M. Misra, 2001, Technological Innovations in Desalination, BARC News Letter, No.212.

104.  P.K. Tewari, 1994, Desalination for Development of Industrial India, InDA News, Vol. 2, pp 3-4.

105.  P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, M.P.S. Ramani, 1994, Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor Desalination in the 

Indian Context, Desalination, 95, pp 299-306.

106.  P.K. Tewari, S. Prabhakar, M.P.S. Ramani, 1990, Evaluation of Thermal Desalination and Reverse 

Osmosis for the Production of Boiler Feed Water from Seawater for Coastal Thermal Power Stations

 in India, Desalination, Vol 79, pp 85-93.

107.   M.S. Hanra, P.K. Tewari, M.P.S. Ramani,1990, 425 m3/d Multistage Flash Desalination Plant 

Commissioned at Trombay, Nuclear India, Vol 27, pp  4-6.

108.  P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, M.P.S. Ramani, A. Chatterjee, S.P. Mahajan, 1989,  Nucleate Boiling in a Thin 

Film on a Horizontal Tube at Atmospheric and Sub Atmospheric Pressure, Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 

Vol 32, pp 723-728.

109.   P.K. Tewari, M.S. Hanra, R.K. Verma, M.P.S. Ramani, 1989, Studies on MSF desalination-Process 

Design, Construction and Startup of a Prototype MSF Plant in India.", Desalination, Vol 73, pp 359-370.

110.    P.K. Tewari, 1988, Thermal Desalination vs Seawater Reverse Osmosis, IMS Bulletin, Vol 1.

111.    P.K. Tewari, M.S.Hanra, M.P.S. Ramani, 1987, Relative Technoeconomics of Multistage Flash 

Distillation and Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination - A Case Study, Desalination, Vol 64, pp 203-210.

112.    P.K. Tewari, 1987, Fresh Water Generator for Ships, Nuclear India,Vol 25,No 12

113.   P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, M.P.S. Ramani, S.P. Mahajan, 1986, Effect of Surface Roughness and Polymeric 

Additive on Nucleate Pool Boiling at Sub Atmospheric Pressures, International Communications in Heat and 

Mass Transfer, Vol 13, pp 503-514.

114.  P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, M.P.S. Ramani, S.P. Mahajan, 1985, Studies on Nucleate Boiling of Sodium 

Chloride Solutions at atmospheric and Sub Atmospheric Pressures, Desalination, Vol. 52, pp 335-344.

Articles published in seminars, symposia, conference volumes

1. Yogendra Chauhan and Pradip K Tewari, New Wastewater Treatment, International Conference on 

Desalination and Wastewater Treatment (InDACON2022), MBM University, 26-27 March 2022 

2. Sunil Duhan, Badal Kumar, Anuj, Nirmal Gehlot, Hanwant Rathore, Meraj Ahmad, Himanchal, Pankaj Jakhar, 

Ambesh Dixit, Pradip K Tewari and Anand Plappally, Comparative study of water analysis kits for 

evaluating fluoride removal using Potash Alum modified salty clay ceramic filters in Pali district, 

Rajasthan, India, BRICS NUs: Water Resource

and Pollution Treatment [WRPT-21] International conference, 6th-8th July, 2021. 

3. Amita Bedar, P.K. Tewari, R.C. Bindal, S.Kar, 2019, Gamma radiation Resistant Behaviour of Polysulfone 

Nanodiamond Mixed Matrix Membrane: the Effect of NNnnnanoparticle Size and Loading, 4th International 

Conference on Material Science and Engineering, Paris, France.

4. Soumitra Kar, P. K. Tewari, 2012, Preparation, Characterisation and Performance Evaluation of Anti-biofouling 

Property of Carbon Nanotube- Polysulfone Nanocomposite Membrane", Carbon Materials, pp 181-185.

5. P.K. Tewari, I. Khamis, 2007, An Overview of Global Activities in Nuclear Desalination, International 

Conference on Non-Electric Applications of Nuclear Power: Seawater Desalination, Hydrogen Production 

and other Industrial Applications, 16-19 April 2007, Oarai, japan (IAEA-CN-152-53).

6. S. Prabhakar, saly T. Panicker, D. Goswami, P.K. Tewari, 2007, Pretreatment Options for Reverse Osmosis 

Desalination-Techno-economic Assessment under India Conditions, IDA World Congress-Maspalomas, 

Gran Canaria-Spain, October 21-26 (IDAWC/MP-07-053).

7. A.K. Saxena, T.L. Prasad, P.K. Tewari, 2006, Hazard and Operability Studies for Uranium Recovery from 

Seawater", Reliability, Safety and Hazard, Trombay.

8. A. Raha, G. Kishore, A.K. Adak, I.S. Rao, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2006, Safety Aspects of Nuclear 

Desalination Plant, Reliability, Safety and Hazard, Trombay.

9. P. Ray, S.T. Rajan, P.K. Tewari, P.K. Ghosh, 2005, Water Desalination and Isotope Hydrology, 2005, 

Sixteenth Annual Conference of Indian Nuclear Society (INSAC-2005), Nov. 15-18, 2005, BARC, Mumbai.

10. S. Prabhakar, R.C. Bindal, P.K. Tewari, 2005, Materials Behind Nuclear Technology for Future: Role of 

Membranes", Sixteenth Annual Conference of Indian Nuclear Society (INSAC-2005), Nov. 15-18, 2005, 

BARC, Mumbai.

11. A. Raha, G. Kishore, A.K. Adak, I.S. Rao, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2005, Thermo-economic 

Considerations for Coupling A Desalination Plant with a Power Plant,Sixteenth Annual Conference of 

Indian Nuclear Society(INSAC-2005), Nov. 15-18, 2005, BARC, Mumbai.

12.  P.K. Tewari, 2005, Potential Application of Nuclear Waste Heat for Desalination, International Desalination 

Association World Congress, Singapore.

13. P.K. Tewari, Water Desalination, 2005, Workshop on Impact of Nuclear Science and Technology- Opportunities 

& Perspectives, Andhra University Visakhapatnam.

14.  A. K. Pabby, J.V. Sonavane, N.S. Rathore, S.K. Gupta, S.R. Savant, A.K. Venugopal, R.D. Changarani, 

P.K. Dey, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2005, Pilot Plant Experience of Ultrafiltration Membrane Technology for 

Removal of Activity from Fuel Pond Water in Reprocessing Plant, NUCMAR-05 Amritsar.

15. H. S. Sodaye, S. Prabhakar, P. K. Tewari, 2005, Desalination and Water Purification Technologies Developed 

By BARC, SCOPE, XIIth General Assembly.

16. Payel Bakshi, R. C. Bindal, S. Prabhakar, P. K. Tewari, 2005, Membraned based point of Use devices for 

Societal Benefits, SCOPE, XIIth General Assembly.

17. I. Das, V. Sugadan, V.K. Srivastava and P.K. Tewari, 2005, Design Aspects of Cu-Ni to CS Weld Joints for MSF 

Plants,  SCOPE, XIIth General Assembly.

18. C.P. Saradhi, I.S. Rao, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, K.Sasidharan, Surendra Kumar, A. Srivastava, R.C.

 Sharma, 2005, Operating Experience of LTE Desalination Plant Utilizing Waste Heat from Nuclear Research 

Reactor, Trombay Symposium on Desalination and Water Reuse-05.

19. H. S. Sodaye, PayelBakshi, S. Prabhakar, P. K. Tewari, 2004, Defluoridation using Reverse Osmosis 

Design Analysis and Experimental Results of a Small Scale Village Plant, National Seminar on Membrane 

Science & Technology: Challenges and Opportunities, Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat.

20. P.K. Tewari, 2004, "Membrane Technology for the treatment of Industrial Effluents", SFSTEC-2004.

21. D. Goswami, S.T. Panicker, S. Prabhakar, P.K. Tewari, 2004, Economic Aspects of Nuclear Desalination 

Demonstration Plant in India, International Workshop on Techno-economic Aspects of Nuclear Desalination, 

Jakarta, Indonesia.

22. S. Prabhakar, Saly T. Panicker, and P.K. Tewari, 2004, Role of Reverse Osmosis in Nuclear Desalination, ,

 INSAC-2004.

23. A.K. Adak, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2004, Coupling Aspects of Multi-Effect Distillation (MED) Desalination 

Plant with PHWR, INSAC-2004.

24. I.S. Rao, V.K. Srivastava and P.K. Tewari,2004, Design Aspects of LTE Desalination Plant Utilizing Waste 

Heat from Nuclear Research Reactor", INSAC-2004.

25. S. Shivayyamath, A.K. Adak, V.K. Srivastava, P.K. Tewari, 2004, Various Considerations in the Scale-up 

Design of Multi Stage Flash Distillation Modules, CHEMCON-2004.

26. M. Majumdar, I.S. Rao, P.K.Tewari, 2003, Advances in Design of Cooling Water System in Thermal 

Desalination Plants, All India Convention on Cooling Water system Performance Optimization.

27. P.K. Tewari, Thermal Desalination Systems, 2003, National Seminar on Desalination and Membrane 

Technology: Present & Future.

28. M. Chatterjee, G.N. Sashi Kumar, A.K. Mahendra, V.D. Puranik, P.K. Tewari P.K.,G. Gouthaman, 2002, Steady 

State Analysis of Multistage Flash Desalination Process, CHECON-2002, Hyderabad.

29. G.N. Sashi Kumar, M. Chatterjee, A.K. Mahendra, P.K. Tewari, V.D. Puranik, G. Gouthaman, 2002, 

Performance Ratio of Multistage Desalination Plant, National Seminar and Workshop on Advanced 

Separation Processes (NWSASP-2002),

30. P.K. Tewari, B.M. Misra, B. Bhattacharjee, 2001, Design Details of a Hybrid MSF-RO Desalination Plant, 

International Desalination Association (IDA) World Congress.

31. P.K. Tewari, B.M. Misra, 2001, Nuclear Desalination Demonstration Project (NDDP) in India, International 

Desalination Advisory Group (INDAG) Meeting, IAEA (Vienna), Sept. 2001.

32. P.K. Tewari, 2000, Steam Extraction Evaluation for Desalination, INVAP S.E. Meeting, Bariloche, Argentina, 

5-7 Dec. 2000.

33. P.K. Tewari, B.M. Misra, 1999, Large Size Desalination Plants to Augment Water Resources, Water Asia-99, 

 Delhi, January 19-21 (1999).

34. P.K. Tewari, B.M. Misra, B.Bhattacharjee, 1999, Futuristic Trends in Hybrid System for Desalination, IDA 

World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse, Santigo, California, August 29-Sept. 2, 1999.

35. P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, B.M. Misra, 1998, Recent Trends in Thermal Desalination, National Workshop on 

Control of Brackishness in Drinking Water, CSMCRI, Bhavngar, July 28-29, 1998.

36. P.K. Tewari, B.M. Misra, 1997, Nuclear Desalination, Proceedings of the Round Table on Desalination: 

Cost Considerations, Chennai (25-26 April 1997).

37. P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, B.M. Misra, H.K. Sadhukhan, 1997, Low Temperature Vacuum Evaporation 

Process for Seawater Desalination Using Waste Heat from PHWR, IAEA-SM-347/34, Symposium on

 Desalination of Seawater with Nuclear Energy, Taejon, Republic of Korea (26-30 May 1997).

38. P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, B.M. Misra, H.K. Sadhukhan, 1997, Large Size Desalination and Water Reuse Plants 

to Augment Sources in Scarcity Areas in India, IDA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse, 

Madrid, Spain (6-9 October 1997).

39. A.K. Adak, P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, B.M. Misra, 1997, Studies on Transient Behavior of a Mulieffect 

Desalination (MED) Plant, Symposium on Advances in Chemical Engineering, BARC, Mumbai, 97-104 (1997).

40. P.K. Tewari, V.K. Srivastava, B.M. Misra, H.K. Sadhukhan, 1997, Desalination and Water Reuse in India, 

Water Asia-97, Oct. 27-29, 1997, New Delhi, pp 555-562.

41. P.K. Tewari, B.M. Misra, 1997, Transient Behavior Aspects of Hybrid MSF-RO Nuclear Desalination Plant, 

Advisory Meeting on Operation Modes of Nuclear Desalination Plants, Nov. 3-5, 1997.

42. P.K. Tewari, B.M. Misra, Desalination of Brackish and Seawater by Distillation Techniques, Desalination of 

Brackish and Seawater by Distillation Techniques, Symposium on Industrial Water Treatment, Chennai 

(Feb. 6-7, 1996).

43. P.K. Tewari, 1996, Desalination and Water Reuse - A Portrait of BARC's R&D Efforts", Senior officers 

meet of Maharashtra Government, India, May 1996.

44. P.K. Tewari, 1996, Small Thermal Desalination Plants at BARC, Indo-Kazak seminar on operating experience, 

Kalpakkam, India (6-8 Aug. 1996).

45. P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, B.M. Misra, H.K. Sadhukhan,1995, Fresh Water Generator Onboard a Floating 

Platform, IAEA-TCM on floating nuclear plants for seawater desalination , Obninsk, The Russian Federation, 

May 29-31 (1995).

46. P.K. Tewari, S. Prabhakar, B.M. Misra, H.K. Sadhukhan,1995, Cost Reduction Strategies in Thermal and 

Membrane Desalination in India, IDA World Congress on Desalination & Water Sciences, Abhudhabi, 

U.A.E, (18-24 Nov.1995).

47. P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, B.M. Misra, H.K. Sadhukhan,1995, Seawater Desalination Using Pressurized 

Heavy Water Reactor in Indian Coast, IDA World Congress on Desalination & Water Sciences, Abhudhabi,

U.A.E, (18-24 Nov.1995).

48. P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, 1994, Horizontal Tube Falling Film Nucleate Boiling at Sub Atmospheric 

Pressures for Sodium Chloride Solutions, First ISHMT-ASME Conference, BARC Bombay (Jan. 5-7, 1994).

49. A.K. Saxena, P.K. Tewari, D. Venkatram, 1994, Process Dynamics Analysis and Automation of an MSF 

Plant, Advances in chemical engineering in nuclear and process industries (ACE-94), BARC Bombay 

(Jan.9-11,1994).

50. A.K. Adak, P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, B.M. Misra, 1994, Technoeconomic Evaluation of Setting up a 

2700 m3/d Multi-Effect Distillation (MED) Plant for Seawater Desalination in India, Advances in chemical 

engineering in nuclear and process industries (ACE-94), BARC Bombay (Jan.9-11,1994).

51. P.K. Tewari, 1994, Desalination/ Multieffect Evaporation, One day seminar on Advances in Separation 

Technology, IIChE, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, June 2 (1994).

52. P.K. Tewari, 1994, Thermal Desalination, One day seminar on Desalination and Water Reuse, Indian 

Desalination Association, Bombay, September 24, (1994).

53. P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, B.M. Misra, H.K. Sadhukhan, 1993, High Performance Horizontal Tube Thin 

Film (HTTF) Evaporators for Desalination of Seawater, Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-93), 

IIT/UDCT Bombay (Dec.15-18,1993).

54. M.P.S. Ramani, P.K. Tewari, D. Venkatram, A.K. Saxena, 1992, Online Computer for Troubleshooting in 

and Performance Evaluation of Multistage Flash (MSF) Desalination Plants, National symposium on computer 

applications in power plants (SCAPP-92), BARC, Bombay (Dec.8-10, 1992).

55. S. Prabhakar,P.K. Tewari, M.P.S. Ramani, Role of Desalination and Water Recycle in Industrial Water

 Management, Second Afro-Asian Conference on urban water management (1991-2010), Bombay, India 

(25-28 Nov.,1991).

56. P.K. Tewari, P.K. Ghosh, R.K. Verma, M.P.S. Ramani,1985, Analysis of Dual Purpose Power cum 

Desalination Plant, Seminar on Energy Conservation in Process Industries, Institution Engineers, 

Roorkee, India (1985).

57. 1985, Combined Effect of Surface Roughness and Polymeric Additive on Nucleate Pool Boiling at Low Heat

Flux, Eighth national HMT Conference, Waltair, India (1985).

58. P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, M.P.S. Ramani, 1984, Effect of Polymeric Additives on Nucleate Pool Boiling 

at Sub Atmospheric Pressures, Thirty-sixth annual session of IIChE, Pune , India (1984).

59. P.K. Tewari, U.S. Bhagwat, R.K. Verma, M.P.S. Ramani, 1984, Design Details of 425 m3/d Multistage 

Flash (MSF) Desalination Plant, Third national desalination conference, CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, India.

60. P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, M.P.S. Ramani, S.P. Mahajan,1983, Effect of Surface Roughness on Nucleate 

Boiling of Sodium Chloride Solutions at Atmospheric and Sub Atmospheric Pressures, HM-F13-83, 

Seventh national HMT Conference, IIT., Kharagpur, India.

61. P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, 1982, Considerations for Designing Entrainment Separators for Desalination 

Evaporators, Thirty-fifth annual session of IIChE, Waltair, India.

62. C.G. Malewar, P.K. Tewari, M. Somaraju, 1981, Cost Optimization on Multistage Flash Evaporators for 

Desalination of Seawater, HMT-111-81, Sixth National HMT Conference, IIT, Madras, India.

Other Publications/ Reports

1. A.K. Adak, P.K. Tewari, R.K. Verma, B.M. Misra, 2001, Design Considerations of Coupling 

Multistage Flash (MSF) Desalination Plant of NDDP with MAPS, BARC/2001/I/003.

2. P.K. Tewari, 1987, Nucleate Boiling Heat Transfer Studies on Rough Surfaces at Atmospheric 

and Sub Atmospheric Pressures, Ph.D. Thesis, Chemical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of 

Technology, Bombay, India.

3. P.K. Tewari, 1984, Comments on Boiling of Suspension of solid Particles in Water, , International 

Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol 27,No 12.