Area Of Specializations/ Interest
- Environmental Engineering/ Waste Water Treatment
Publications
Published a paper titled, “Effectiveness of Reed Bed Technology for Waste Water
treatment at Surface level and root zone level” in International Journal of Science & Research, ISSN: 2319-7064, Paper ID: SR23215150735 , Vol. 12, Issue:2, pp.990-995, February 2023.
Professional Memberships
Experience
- Working as Assistant Professor in CE Dept. of LMCST from 06/07/2016 till date
- Worked as Assistant Professor in CE Dept. of Marian Engineering College,
Trivandrum from 07/06/2010 to 01/02/2013
PROGRAMMES CO-ORDINATED/CONDUCTED
1. Joint Coordinator of technical talk on ‘Floating Ideas’ on 12 th February 2020 at LOMAA Hall by Er. Nanma Gireesh (Co-Founder NestAbide / Translational-Civil Engineer/ Consultant / TEDx Speaker) organised by FECTA, the Civil Engineering Association of LMCST in association with IEDC LMCST.
2. Member of the technical committee of 3 rd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research by IFREP conducted online on 19/07/2020.
3. Joint coordinator of the webinar on ‘Water Literacy for Civil Engineers’ by Mr.Shiva Kumar, Founder of Rain Water Literacy Foundation organised by LIMS and CE Dept. of LMCST on 5 th August 2020.
4. Staff Coordinator for Technical fest conducted by FECTA the Civil Engineering Association of LMCST as part of Equinox in 2018 and 2019.
5. Coordinator for the elocution competition conducted as part of the National Science Day Celebrations in LMCST on 28 th February 2018 funded by KSCSTE.
Any Other
Training/FDP/Workshop/Seminar/ Conference attended/Co-ordinated
- Participated in the DTE sponsored six days FDP on “Recent Advancements in Waste to Energy Technologies “ organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum from 9 to 14 th January 2023.
- Successfully completed the 12 weeks NPTEL Online Certification Course on Municipal Solid Waste Management conducted by IIT Guwahati in October 2022
- Successfully completed the 3 day training on Geospatial Technology Trends organised by Kerala State Remote Sensing And Environment Center from 20th to 22nd October 2022
- Participated in the Online Faculty Development Programme on “Advances in Sustainable Materials and Technologies” sponsored by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology GoI organised by E & ICT Academy, NIT Warangal and Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Hyderabad during 18-27th July 2022
- Participated in the webinar on ‘An insight to Carbon Footprint’ organised by the Nature Club of LMCST on 2nd October 2021
- Co-ordinated the technical seminar on the topic “CONCRETE-AN ENIGMATIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL” on 19th June 2021
- Co-ordinated and attended the technical talk on ‘Air Pollution Due to Industrial Activities’ on 5th June, 2021, organized by FECTA, Department of Civil Engineering, LMCST, Trivandrum
- Participated in the 2-day online workshop on ‘Transformation Through NAAC Accreditation Process, A National Level Workshop for Higher Educational Institutions’ conducted by Institute for Academic Excellence, Hyderabad in collaboration with Collegiate Education, Technical Education Department, Telangana State on 21st and 22nd June 2021
- Completed the International short term training programme on ‘Civil Engineering Breakthroughs and Innovations’ conducted by Department of Civil Engineering, Carmel College of Engineering and Technology from 8th to 11th November 2021
- Participated in the breast cancer awareness session by Tech Fest, IIT Mumbai under the initiative Nidaan from 8th to 10th October 2021
- Successfully completed the COP+26 2021 International Climate Action Course organized by ICUN based on United Nations COP26,2021, UK supported by Raman Science Centre
- Participated in the DTE sponsored online training programme on ‘Climate Change Challenges-Mitigation and Adaptation’ from 15th to 20th March 2021 organized by the College of Engineering Trivandrum
- Participated in the live webinar on ‘Wetlands and Water’ on 4/2/21 organized by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering division of CE dept. and Nature club of MBCET
- Participated in the global webinar series on” ENVIRONMENT AND EMERGENCIES IN THE FACE OF COVID-19, CRISIS WASTE MANAGEMENT: COVID-19 AN BEYOND on 23rd September 2020 organised by UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit and NIDM
- Participated in the global webinar series on “ENVIRONMENT AND EMERGENCIES IN THE FACE OF COVID-19: ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATION IN EMERGENCIES: LOCALISATION AND LOCKDOWN CHALLENGES” on 19th AUGUST 2020 organised by UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit and NIDM
- Attended the Live Webinar on ‘STABILIZED LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT BY ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES’ organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli on 30th July 2020
- Participated in the global webinar series on ‘Environment and Emergencies in the face of COVID-19’: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A PANDEMIC CONTEXT organised by UN OCHA and NIDM on 29th July 2020
- Attended the 6 days online FDP organized by Department of Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering, Sree Buddha College Of Engineering, Alappuzha on ‘CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH
SOLUTIONS’ from 21st to 28th July 2020
- Attended the webinar on ‘WASTEWATER REUSE- POLICIES &CHALLENGES’ on 10 July 2020 organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita College of Engineering and Technology, Nagercoil
- Attended the webinar on ‘FUNDING PROJECTS, CONSULTANCIES AND BOOK WRITING’ by Dr. D P Kothari, Former VC, VIT University organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of Vimal Jyothi
Engineering College, Kannur on 8th July 2020
- Attended the webinar on ‘INTRODUCTION TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS’ conducted by IPR Cell LMCST in association with IPRICK, KSCSTE Kerala on 25th June 2020
- Participated in the AICTE sponsored short term Course (QIP) on ‘Contempory Technologies for Water and Waste water management’ at TKM College of Engineering, Kollam from 7th to 12th Jan 2019
- Participated in the two day national seminar on ‘Recent Trends in Environmental Engineering and Management’ at UKF College of Engineering and Technology on 15th and 16th February 2019
- Participated in the five-day internship programme on ‘LAKE REJUVENATION’ organised by Translational research and Professional Leadership Centre of Govt.Engineering College, Barton Hill Thiruvananthapuram in association with ASAP & Akkulam Destination Management Council Kerala during June-July 2019
- Participated in the DTE sponsored training programme on ‘Environmental Challenges and Civil Engineering Solutions’ organised by the Environmental Division, CE dept. of College of Engineering Trivandrum from 9th to 14th December 2019
- Guided the B.Tech project titled ‘Grey water treatment using Reed bed Technology ‘ won the award for innovative project in the idea fest competition of KSCSTE in 2018
- Attended a Faculty Development program on Pedagogy for online and blended teaching-learning process conducted by IIT Bombay from September 14, 2017 – November 20, 2017
- Participated in the workshop on “Modern Data Acquisition-Total Station” organised by the Dept. of Civil Engineering LMCST on 23-06-2017
- Participated in the FDP on ‘Field Surveying using Total Station ‘organised by the Dept. of Civil Engineering LMCST on 28th and 29th June 2017.
- Attended the DTE sponsored FDP on ‘Sustainable Engineering-The Road Ahead’ organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram from 10th to 15th July 2017.
- Attended a Faculty Development program on Foundation program in ICT for Education conducted by IIT Bombay from August 3, 2017 – September 13 2017
- Attended a workshop on “Motivation of research work” on 26th October 2016 at Marian Engineering College, Trivandrum
- Attended the FDP in “Concepts Coaching” conducted by ICT Academy of Kerala from 7th to 11th July 2016 at LMCT Trivandrum
- Participated in the workshop of TECHSYNOD ’16, National Conference on Recent Trends in Computer Science & Engineering and Sustainability in Civil Engineering organised by Mohandas College of Engineering & Technology from 19th-21st December 2016
- Participated in the Microteaching session on December 2016 at LMCST
- Participated in the one-day workshop on “Research Methodology and Recent Softwares in Civil Engineering” held at Dept. of Civil Engineering, Marian Engineering College Trivandrum on 6th July 2012
- Attended a STTP-QIP on ‘Numerical Methods for Optimal Geotechnical designs’ organised by Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras from 17th to 22nd January 2011
- Attended a short-term training programme on ‘Recent Advances in Concrete Technology and RCC Design ’held at Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram from 29th November-4th December, 2010
- Participated in the All India seminar on ‘Metro Traffic System for Greater Cochin’ organised by The Institute of Engineers India on 18th & 19th October 2006
Paper presented
- Presented a paper titled “Water Treatment using FloatingWetlands” in the 3 rd
International Conference on Advances in Science, Engineering And Management (ICASEM 2022) organised by Lords Institute of Engineering andTechnology Hyderabad in association with Institute For Engineering Research and Publication from 18th to 19th November 2022
- Presented a paper on the ‘Biodegradation of Phenol in an up flow anaerobic fixed film reactor ‘at the DTE sponsored National Seminar on Health, Safety and Environment from 9th to 11th March 2010 at Govt. Engineering College Thrissur.
Responsibilities Held
1. NAAC Criteria I Coordinator
2. Member of Department Advisory Committee
3. Staff Coordinator- FECTA
4. Website Committee- Department Coordinator
5. News Letter-Department Coordinator
6. PRHR Committee- Department Coordinator
7. Students Grievance Redressal Committee- Department Coordinator
8. KTU internal audit – Department Coordinator from 2016 to 2019
9. KTU monthly audit report Department Coordinator
