Novel Approaches Towards Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Technologies

Dr. Arvind Kumar Mungray is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at National Institute of Technology Surat (SV-NIT). He completed his Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering) from I.I.T. Roorkee, Masters (Chemical Engineering) from IIT BHU Varanasi, and B. Tech. from H. B. T. I. Kanpur (UP) (INDIA). His research area is Wastewater treatment (biological), up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor, Microbial fuel cell (MFC), nanotechnology, Decentralization of wastewater, hybrid system, Waste to Energy, etc. He received the ‘Young Engineer’s award’ 2011 from Institution of Engineers India. He has completed/ongoing 7 Sponsored research projects from DST, NRB-DRDO, NIT (R & D) etc. He has received more than 1 crore rupees research grant from various funding sources. He has supervised 5 Ph.D. and currently 6 research scholars are ongoing. He has published more than 60 research papers in International publications with Google scholar h index 19, and seven Book Chapters. He has filed 3 Indian patents based on his research area.He is a Life Member in professional bodies like IIChE (Indian institute of Chemical Engineers), The Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society of Technical Education, Indian Water Resources Society, Indian Environmental Association. He is the Fellow Membership (F.I.C.C.E.) in “International Congress of Chemistry and Environment”. He is currently a guest Editor of the journal ‘Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments’ (Elsevier), Guest Editor and Editorial Board Member of Energy NEXUS Journal (Elsevier), and Guest Editor in Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ESPR) (Springer) Journal.He has delivered many Expert lecture on ‘Integrated planning of sustainable wastewater management’ at various reputed institutions like IIT and NITs, and state Engineering Institutes. He is the Reviewer of almost 30 SCI listed journals. He is currently focused on decentralized wastewater treatment system for waste to energy generation concept by using bio-electrochemical systems. His group is currently working on the resource recovery (Electricity, fertilizer and fresh water) from neat Human Urine. His group is developed and patented Forward Osmosis membranes, novel FO-MD reactors, which are the integral part of the water recovery from waste. Currently handing a project sponsored from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for generating resources from human urine for space mission.

Dr. Alka A. Mungray is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at National Institute of Technology Surat (SV-NIT). Her research area is wastewater treatment (Membrane), Forward osmosis (FO), Osmotic microbial fuel cell (OMFC), Polymer nanocomposite membranes, Desalination etc. She has two patents on her credit and three more have applied. She has completed/ongoing 5 Sponsored research projects from ISRO, DST, NRB-DRDO, NIT (R & D) etc. She has started one start up as “URISOL” with her team members. She has published more than 40 research papers in International publications with Google scholar h index 16, and two Book Chapters. She has supervised 3 Ph.D. and currently 5 research scholars are ongoing. She has delivered many Expert lecture at various reputed institutions like NITs and state Engineering Institutes.She is a Life Member in professional bodies like IIChE (Indian institute of Chemical Engineers), The Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society of Technical Education, Indian Water Resources Society, Indian Environmental Association. She is the Fellow Membership (F.I.C.C.E.) in “International Congress of Chemistry and Environment”. She is the Reviewer of more than 15 SCI listed journals. She is currently focused on forward osmosis, osmotic microbial fuel cell, sea water desalination and preparation of different membranes. Her group is currently working on the resource recovery (Electricity, fertilizer and fresh water) from neat Human Urine. Her group is developed and patented Forward Osmosis membranes, novel FO-MD reactors, which are the integral part of the water recovery from waste. Currently handing a project sponsored from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for generating drinking water from human urine.

Professor Dr. Shriram S. Sonawane is a distinguished academic and researcher with over 22 years of professional experience. He is currently serving as a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur. Dr. Sonawane has guided 12 PhD scholars, 55 PG and UG students. Throughout his career, he has made groundbreaking contributions to several advanced and interdisciplinary domains, including nanotechnology, polymers, nanocomposites, nano-biotechnology, microfluidics, process engineering, and process simulation and modeling. Dr. Sonawane’s research outputs are both prolific and impactful. He has authored over 200 research articles in SCI-indexed journals, with his work achieving significant global recognition. He successfully executed numerous high value projects funded by prestigious national agencies such as DST, SERB and ISRO, India. Dr, Sonawane holds more than 12 patents, many of which have been granted. He is an authors and editor of 35 book and book chapters published by Elsevier and CRC Press. Dr. Sonawane awarded by various prestigious awards such as Dr. C.V. Raman Distinguished Scientist Award (2022), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Best Engineer Award (2021). He was elected as a Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences in 2020 and was nominated for the coveted Shanti Swarup

Professor Shirish Sonawane currently workings as Professor at NIT Warangal India and Dean Research and Consultancy. He has published more than 200 SCI journal and 36 book chapters and 2 books. He has filed 19 patents out of them 6 patents have been granted. Presently 2 PDF, 7 PhD and 2 M. Tech students are working and 17 Ph.Ds. are awarded. Sonoprocess engineering, cavitation based Nanotechnology, Waste water treatment, process development for nanoparticle synthesis, polymer nanocomposite etc. are some of the interest fields. He received funding from MeitY, Govt. of India (2021) and DST WTI project, Govt. of India (2021), earlier he got international projects such as Indo-Tunisia Bilateral Project sponsored by DST, Govt. of India (2017), Indo-Russia DST-RFBR (2018), IMPRINT SERB project (2020), BIRAC-SRISTI- GYTI project, Govt. of India (2017), Department of Information and Technology, Government of India (2014). He had also dealt with 19 consultancy projects and 25 Research and development projects sponsored by various international and Indian government agencies and few of the projects are transferred in technology form to respective organization or industry. Dr. Shirish Sonawane has effectively combined synthesis and characterization of novel nano materials for successful application in state of the art processes such as paints, coatings, nano fluids, wastewater treatment, nanofiltration, fuel cells, and membranes. He is recipient of BOYSCAST Fellowship from DST, (2008-2009); Heritage Fellowship from Erasmus Mundus Program (European commission) in 2013; DST Young Scientists award (2007); Institution of Engineers India award (2016); Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences award (2016); (2017), BIRAC-SRISTI- GYTI award (2017), V.N.M.M award from IIT-Roorkee (2017), Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences award (2017), Institution of Engineers India (2017), Alexander Von Humboldt Connect Program Germany (2020), NASI member (2020), NAWA (2020), IIChE Award for the Year 2020: Hindustan Dorr-Oliver Award (2020). He is the editorial board member of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Nanoscience, Advances in Nanoparticles; Journal of Foods and Raw materials; Biotechnology, Chemical & Environmental Engineering and Chief Editor of Scientific Journal of Bulletin of the SUS University Series -Food and Biotechnology.