Recent Advances in Sustainable Waste Management Practices: Proceedings of Swmp 2023

Dr. Kunwar D. Yadav

Dr. Kunwar D. Yadav is Associate Professor at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat. With over 15 years of experience in the field of Environmental Engineering as Academician, he was Incharge Registrar, Prof. Incharge (Administration) of SVNIT, Surat, and currently handling institute-level responsibilities such as Coordinator at Regional Coordinating Institute--UBA, and Associate Dean (R&C). He established himself in other various key positions as well such as Environmental Auditor at Gujarat Pollution Control Board; Solid Waste Management Expert at Hon National Green Tribunal; Waste Management Expert at Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat; International Ecosan Expert at Capacity Building Trainer for Ecological Sanitation; and National Compost Expert at GIZ/MoU&UA, New Delhi. He is Lifetime member of various professional bodies like Indian Water Works Association (IWWA), International Water Association (IWA), National Solid Waste Association of India (NSWAI), and International Solid Waste Association (ISWA).

He received his Ph.D. from IIT, Kanpur in 2009. His area of interest is mainly but not limited to ecological sanitation, solid waste management, composting/vermicomposting of organic waste, and reuse/recycling of graywater. He has published 5 book chapters and 81 publications in various reputed international and national journals and conferences. He has seven granted patents/IPRs. Furthermore, Dr. Yadav has served as both Principal Investigator and Co-principal Investigator on numerous sponsored research projects with a total grant amount of more than 45 lakh funded by SVNIT, Surat, and Department of Science and Technology (DST) over the period of 2009 to 2017.

Dr. Yadav has organized more than 40 training and workshop programs in SVNIT, Surat. He attended many conferences and workshops and also delivered expert lecture talks all over India and abroad sharing his knowledge and experience.

Dr. Namrata Jariwala

Dr. Namrata Jariwala is working as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department at S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat. She is having 23 years of teaching experience. She has obtained her bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and master's degree in Environmental Engineering from M S University, Vadodara. She was awarded gold medal for securing highest marks in bachelor's study. She has obtained Ph.D. from S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat.

She has guided 5 Ph.D. students and 24 M.Tech. students. She has wide experience of development of laboratories in the field of Environmental Engineering. Apart from the academic career, she has handled and involved various consultancy projects of CPCB, GPCB, Surat Municipal Corporation, and of other local government bodies in the area of Environmental Engineering. She is Coordinator of Environmental audit cell for schedule I industries at SVNIT.

She has published 26 papers in national journals and international journals. She has presented many papers in national and international conferences at USA, Italy, and London. She has organized 3 interdisciplinary international conferences and various faculty development programs. She has also coordinated the training program for Environmental Auditor with GPCB Gandhinagar.

Her area of research is health and risk studies in environmental engineering, air pollution-related studies, soft computing techniques in environmental engineering, and fuzzy logic and its application.

Dr. Amit Kumar

Dr. Amit Kumar serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur. With an extensive background in both research and industry, he has contributed to projects in India and the USA. His areas of interest are environmental risk assessment, material flow analysis, solid waste engineering, landfills and waste dumps, legacy waste mining and treatment, and water reuse.

Dr. Alok Sinha

Dr. Alok Sinha is currently serving as Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering and Dean (Infrastructure) at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. Dr. Sinha did his Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur in Environmental Engineering and taught in colleges like SRMSCET Bareilly, HBTI Kanpur, and IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. He has carried research in development of ZVI technology for in-situ remediation of contaminated groundwater with pollutants like halogenated organic compounds, pesticides, chromium, etc. He has also been granted a patent on "Novel system for regenerating and reusing nZVI/ZVI particles in wastewater treatment". He has more than 60 publications in peer-reviewed journal and is Guest Editor for "Frontiers in Environmental Science". He has been awarded Best Paper Award by BITS Pilani. He has received Certificate of Excellence for Knimbus "Young Innovator Award" for the year 2013-14. He is Fellow Member of The Institution of Engineers (India). He has guided 13 Ph.D. thesis and more than 35 M.Tech. theses and has completed many R&D and consultancy proposals. Currently, he is working in the area of water and wastewater treatment of industrial origin with special emphasis on emerging contaminants using various techniques like nanotechnology, AOPs, and electrochemical and combination of biological and physico-chemical methods.

Dr. Kunwar D. Yadav

Dr. Kunwar D. Yadav 是薩達爾·瓦拉布·拜哈伊國立技術學院（Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat）的副教授。他在環境工程領域擁有超過15年的學術經驗，曾擔任該校的登記主任、行政教授，目前負責學院層級的職責，如區域協調機構UBA的協調員及副院長（研究與合作）。他在其他多個重要職位上也建立了自己的聲譽，例如在古吉拉特邦污染控制委員會擔任環境審計師；在印度國家綠色法庭擔任固體廢物管理專家；在蘇拉特市政府擔任廢物管理專家；擔任生態衛生的國際生態衛生專家及能力建設培訓師；以及在新德里GIZ/MoU&UA擔任國家堆肥專家。他是多個專業機構的終身會員，如印度水務協會（IWWA）、國際水務協會（IWA）、印度國家固體廢物協會（NSWAI）及國際固體廢物協會（ISWA）。

他於2009年在印度理工學院坎普爾分校（IIT Kanpur）獲得博士學位。他的研究興趣主要集中於生態衛生、固體廢物管理、有機廢物的堆肥/蚯蚓堆肥及灰水的重用/回收。他已發表5篇書章及81篇在各大國際和國內期刊及會議上的論文。他擁有七項已授權的專利/知識產權。此外，Yadav博士在2009年至2017年間，擔任多個贊助研究項目的首席研究員及共同首席研究員，這些項目的總資助金額超過450萬盧比，由蘇拉特的SVNIT及科學與技術部（DST）提供。

Yadav博士在蘇拉特的SVNIT組織了超過40個培訓和工作坊計畫。他參加了許多會議和工作坊，並在全印度及國外發表專題演講，分享他的知識和經驗。

Dr. Namrata Jariwala

Dr. Namrata Jariwala 目前在S. V. 國立技術學院（S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat）的土木工程系擔任助理教授。她擁有23年的教學經驗，並在M S University, Vadodara獲得土木工程學士學位及環境工程碩士學位。因在學士學位中獲得最高分數，她獲得了金牌。她在S. V. 國立技術學院獲得博士學位。

她指導過5名博士生和24名碩士生。她在環境工程領域的實驗室發展方面擁有豐富的經驗。除了學術生涯外，她還參與了多個CPCB、GPCB、蘇拉特市政府及其他地方政府機構的環境工程諮詢項目。她是SVNIT的環境審計小組的協調員，負責第一類工業的環境審計。

她在國內和國際期刊上發表了26篇論文，並在美國、意大利和倫敦的國內外會議上發表了多篇論文。她組織了3場跨學科的國際會議及多個教師發展計畫。她還協調了與GPCB Gandhinagar的環境審計員培訓計畫。

她的研究領域包括環境工程中的健康與風險研究、空氣污染相關研究、環境工程中的軟計算技術，以及模糊邏輯及其應用。

Dr. Amit Kumar

Dr. Amit Kumar 在馬拉維亞國立技術學院（Malaviya National Institute of Technology, MNIT）斐濟的土木工程系擔任助理教授。他在研究和產業方面擁有廣泛的背景，並參與了印度和美國的多個項目。他的研究興趣包括環境風險評估、物質流分析、固體廢物工程、垃圾填埋場及廢物堆放、遺留廢物等。