AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

• Head, Department of Civil Engg. - 2019-Cont.
• Nucleous Member of Directorate of Research (DoR), MUJ - 2019-20
• Nucleous Member of Directorate of Student Welfare (DSW), MUJ - 2018-19
• Research Coordinator, Department of Civil Engneering, MUJ - 2018-19
• Lab In-charge Environmental Engg. Laboratory - 2017-20

Life Member

• Indian Society for Technical Education
• Indian Water Work Association, India
• International Society for Environmental Information Sciences, India

• Institute of Engineers (India)
• UK Research Council Member - International Development Peer Review College 
• Member - International Association for Safety, Quality and Environmental Management

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS 

• Grant by DST, RAJASTHAN with a budget outlay of Rs. 5.9 lacs to conduct various Behaviour change training programs in the field of Women Empowerment, Safety, Health and Hygiene and on Community-based Sanitation Activities in the rural areas of the country.
• Grant by DST, RAJASTHAN for a Societal project under the scheme of Swachh Bharat Mission for the assessment of innovative sanitation technology for the management of solid and liquid waste management for a duration of three years with a budget outlay of Rs. 21.21 lacs.
• Grant from UNESCO-IHE Delft, Netherlands and BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION (BMGF) for online course on Faecal Sludge Management with a budget outlay of Rs. 10 lacs.
• Travel Grant for attending Second IWA workshop on Community Scale Resource Oriented Sanitation Treatment Systems organized by AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI) held on 7-8 September 2017 in Singapore. 
• Short Action Programs funded by BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION (BMGF) for creating awareness in academic institutions on Faecal Sludge Management with a budget outlay of Rs. 16 lacs.
• Travel Grant by UK Research Council for attending GCRF Global Engagement Meeting held on 7-9 November, 2017 in New Delhi, India.
• Travel Grant by UK Research Council for attending GCRF Global Engagement Meeting held on 5-7 February 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.
• Enhanced Seed Grant through Endowment fund from Manipal University Jaipur for two-year duration with a budget outlay of Rs 2.5 lacs for a research project to be carried out as Co-Principal Investigator.
• Seed Money Grant for a research project entitled ‘Development of low cost water purifier for rural India’ for a duration of one year with a budget outlay of Rs. 1.0 lac to be carried out as Co-Principal Investigator at Manipal University Jaipur.
• Research Grant by SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India under its ECR scheme for a project of three year duration with a budgaet outlay of approx. Rs. 30 lacs to be carried out as Co-Principal Investigator at Manipal University Jaipur
• Invited for Talk on the topic of “Low-cost onsite sanitation system for developing countries” at Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management & Gramothan, Jaipur.
•  Co-Chairing a Session in the National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Water Quantity and Quality Management –II” held on 29-30 March, 2019 at Poornima University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
• MHRD Scholarship received during academic years 2002 to 2004 in order to persue M.Tech from MNIT, Jaipur,  Rajasthan.
• Teaching Assistantship from MHRD, during academic years 2010 to 2014 in order to persue PhD from Indian Institue of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand.  
• Keynote speaker in a two-day Workshop on Mainstreaming Citywide Sanitation: Opportunities and Challenges for Excreta Management organised by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) supported by BILL & MELINDA GATES Foundation at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 4-5 April 24, 2016
• Technical Note in a Book prepared by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India, with a Solid and Liquid Waste Management project under Swachh Bharat Activities.
• Best Paper Award in National Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Environment “NCSIE 2016” held on April 08-09, 2016 organized by Poornima Institute of Engineering & Technology.
• Organized “ROBOKRITI” workshop conducted by TECHPHILIA in association with APOGEE’09- BITS PILANI held at KITE.
• Organized  one day workshop ‘FOSSNIGMA’ at KITE-SOM about computer language awareness.

Work Experience