Professional and Community Activities

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

 2018: Thematic Speaker for Smart Resources Management Session during Smart Cities Workshop: Sustainable Urban Development, Organized by Heidelberg University, ORF, Mizoram University in Collaboration with SPA, CNRS, GIZ and Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, Presentation title: eSmart Resource Management for Sustainable Urbanization, April 27, 2018, Aizawl, India.
 2017: Thematic Speaker and Moderator for Smart Resources Management Session during India-EU Dialogue Smart Cities: Sustainable Urbanization, Organized by Heidelberg University, Delegation of the EU to India, ORF, BayIND in Collaboration with SPA, CNRS, GIZ and Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, Presentation title: How to achieve Smart Resource Management for Sustainable Urbanization, Oct 13-14, 2017, Bangalore, India
 2017: Presented on topic Integrated Waste Management for a Smart City, under the session Smart Resource Management during Smart Cities Workshop Sustainable Urban Development Organized by Heidelberg University, ORF, SPA and BayIND in Collaboration with Xavier University
Bhubaneswar and Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, Sep 21-22, 2017.
 2017 onward: Subject Expert Member of State Level Advisory Committee for Solid Waste Management, Ministry of Urban Development and Urban Affairs, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata, India.
 2017: Chaired/Moderated a Session on “Fate and Presence of Environmental Contaminants in Communities” at the AEESP 2017 Conference, June 20-22, 2017, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
 2016 onward: Member of the Team for Appraisal of Solid Waste Management (SWM) DPRs under Swacch Bharat Mission (Clean India Mission) for Urban Towns in Bihar, India.
 2016 onward: Member, IIT Consortium responsible for Technical Project Appraisals of Projects Proposed under Namami Gange Program of National Mission of Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation, New Delhi, India. The panel meets once a month on average to review outstanding submitted project proposals for approval.
 2016-2019: Associate Editor, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association (JA&WMA), a Taylor and Francis Journal.
 2016: Organizing Team Core Member: 6th International Conference on Solid Waste Management, Nov 24 to 26th, 2016 at Jadavpur University, Kolkata; organized in collaboration with The Energy and Research Institute (TERI), Indian Institute of Science – Center for Sustainable Technology and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
 2016: Chaired the Session on “Mainstreaming Life Cycle Thinking in Decision Making Process” at the Indian Conference on Life Cycle Management (ILCM), Oct 17th -18th , New Delhi, India
 2016: Co-Chair, National Conference on Electronic Waste Management, Jan 13-14, 2016, XLRI, Jamshedpur, India, Organized in collaboration with The University of Queensland, Australia and Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, India
 2016: Program Officer for National Service Scheme (NSS) Unit #1 at Indian Institute of TechnologyKharagpur, Our unit is working with three elementary schools helping the teachers in innovative teaching methods in the science and math education. We also work in a village on water and sanitation issues.
 2016: Book Proposal Review for the Book “Advances in Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants”/CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group.
 2015 onward: Editor-in-Chief for the Journal “Expert Opinion on Environmental Biology” http://www.scitechnol.com/expert-opinion-on-environmental-biology.php
 2015 onward: Advisory Board Member, Clean Up and Recycle for Environment (CURE), NGO working in the area of Electronics Waste Management, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
 2014-15: Member, Organic Waste Facility Public Liaison Committee, City of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
 2014 onward: Member “Council of Reference” Waste-Aid an NGO connecting vulnerable communities to waste management resources and expertise

 2014 Member, Scientific Committee, Global Development Symposium, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario May 4 – May 7, 2014  2014: Reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grant Program
 2013 onward: Serving on AEESP's Student Services Committee  2013 onward: Serving as Writer and Reviewer for Training Resources Pack for Hazardous Waste Management being developed by the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) in association with United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
 2013-14: Co-Chair, City of Guelph Solid Waste Management Master Plan Review Public Steering Committee
 2013 onward: Member, Expert Panel for International Institute of Waste Management, Bhopal, India
 2013: Member, Working Group “Waste Minimization and Recycling”, International Solid Waste Association
 2013: Member, Working Group “Climate Change and Waste Management”, International Solid Waste Association
 2013: Member Working Group on “Risk Assessment” of Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC), 50 F Street, NW, Suite 350, Washington, DC 20001
 2012-13: Reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) College and Community Innovation Grant Program
 2012-13: Reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) Grant Program
 2012-13: Reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant Program
 2011-12Served as International Expert: Municipal Solid Waste Management and Institutional Strengthening for Environmental Sustainability, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Country Project Nigeria, Programme for Implementation of Green Industry
for POPs Pollution Prevention and Reduction
 2012 Organizer and Moderator of Environmental Nanotechnology Session during the 28th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediment, Water and Energy, Oct 15th to 18th, 2012, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
 2012 – Present, Member-Editorial Board of the “Journal of Experts Opinion on Environmental Biology” SciTechnol – An OMICS Group Initiative, Henderson, NV, USA
 2012-Present, Member-Editorial Board of the “Journal of Waste Management” Hindawi Publishing Corporation, New York, USA

 2011 Organizer and Moderator of Environmental Nanotechnology Session during the 27th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediment, Water and Energy, Oct 17th to 20th, 2011, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
 2011 Solid Waste Management Book Proposal Review for Elsevier Limited, Oxford, UK
 2011-Present, Member-Editorial Board of the “The Scientific World Journal of Environmental Chemistry”, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, New York, USA
 2011- Present, Member, Scientific Advisory Board, The Association for Environmental Health and Sciences Foundation, Amherst, MA
 2011 EPA Proposal Review for RFA, EPA-ORD-NRMRL-C1-11-07
 2010 – Present, Consultant/Advisor to Zeal Environmental Technologies Limited, Takoradi, Ghana; a consulting firm that deals with the management of oil drilling generated waste and West African Gas Pipeline Condensate.
 2010, American Society of Public Health (ASPH) Working Group Member for the Global Health Core Competency Development Project, Washington DC
 2010, NIEHS Proposal Review for RFA-ES-09-003 Hazmat Training at DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex and RFA-ES-09-004 Hazardous Materials Worker Health and Safety Training
 2010, Reviewer, Diversity Research Grants, Tennessee Board of Regents, Nashville, Tennessee

 2010 Member, Organizing Committee, 3rd International Congress of Environmental Research, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius, September 16-18, 2010
 2009, Reviewer for Graduate Fellowship Applications under U.S. EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program
 2009 & 2007, Peer Reviewer for Proposals received by U.S. EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.
 2008, Coordinator, International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-2008), Goa, India, December 18th
–December 20th 2008.
 2007, Consultant to “World Bank” on Assessing Fate of Arsenic during the Management of Diseased Animal Wastes
 2004, Summer Environmental Enrichment Program funded by NSF, Co-taught a course on “Environmental chemistry and waste management” for a class comprising high school students and teachers from various Gainesville, Florida schools.
 2004, Session Chair, “Special Waste Management”, International Conference on Solid Waste Technology, Winder University, Philadelphia, USA
 2003, Summer Environmental Enrichment Program funded by NSF, Co-taught a course “Environmental waste chemistry” for a class comprising high school students and teachers from various Gainesville, Florida schools.

A reviewer of reputed journals

1. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
2. Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T)
3. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
4. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
5. Geotextile and Geomembrane
6. Environmental Engineering Science
7. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
8. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (Inderscience)
9. Journal of Nanoparticle Research
10.Journal of Air and Waste Management Association
11.Journal of Environmental Engineering - ASCE
12. Journal of Hazardous Material
13. Resource Conservation and Recycling
14. Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal
15. Waste Management
16. Waste Management and Research
17. Science of the Total Environment
18. Journal of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology (JECE)
19. International Journal on Water, Sanitation and Development
20. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry (Taylor and Francis journal)
21. Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution

TRAINING WORKSHOPs/SHORT TERM COURSES CONDUCTED

2017: Design and Delivery of One Day Workshop on Integrated Waste Management at Bilaspur University, Bilaspur, MP, India, July 25th, 2017.
2017: Design and Delivery of Five Day Short Term Course on “Sustainable Engineering: Concepts and Applications” offered at College of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University,June 26th to June 30th, Chongqing, China.
2016: Design and Delivery of Three Day Short Term Course on “Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment: From Theory to Practical Applications” offered at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, WB, India, Sep 14th to 16th, 2016.
2016: Design and Delivery of Short Term Course on “Waste Management & Resource Recovery” with a focus on Urban Issues at College of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, July 1st to July 9th, Chongqing, China
2016: Design and Delivery of Two Day Training Program on Electronic Waste Management at DVC Towers, Damodar Valley Corporation (a power sector company), Kolkata, Mar 17th and 18th , 2016; Kolkata, India
2015: Design and Delivery of One week Course on “Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) as a Tool for Sustainable Engineering”, at College of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Dec14th to Dec 18th, Chongqing, China
2015: Design and Delivery of 4-Day Course on “Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Management – Global Issues”, at College of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing University, Dec 21st to Dec 24th, Chongqing, China
2015: Co-Instructor for Training Workshop on “Waste Management” at Northern Coalfields Ltd., Singrauli, MP, India, November 16th, 2015.
2015: Co-Instructor for Capacity Building Programme on Hazardous Waste Management” at NTPC, Singrauli, MP, India, 17th
-18th November, 2015.
2015: Co-Instructor and Facilitator for Capacity Building Training Program for Electronic Waste Management, Organized at Hotel Sagar Plaza, Pune, Oct 30th -31st, 2015 by International Institute of Waste Management, Bhopal, India.
2015: Co-Instructor for Short Term Course on “Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Environmental Clearance of Projects” Sept 15-19, 2015, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
2013: Main Instructor at the Capacity Building Training/Workshop on Electronics Waste Management, Organized by International Institute of Waste Management, Bhopal; April 25-26, 2013, India.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

At IIT Kharagpur, India
 Autumn 2015 onward: Faculty Advisor, 2015-19 Undergraduate Students Batch
 July 2015 onward: Assistant Warden, Madan Mohan Malviya Hall of Residence
 Jan 2016 onward: Program Officer - National Service Scheme (NSS)
 May 2016 onward: Member, Faculty Search Committee
 May 2016 onward: Member, Academic Curriculum Review Committee
 July 2016 onward: Laboratory In-charge – Environmental Engineering

At University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
 2013 onward: Faculty Advisor, Engineers Without Border Student Chapter at University of Guelph
 2013-15: Co-op Coordinator for Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Engineering BEng Program
 2012-14: Member, Industrial Advisory Committee, School of Engineering, University of Guelph
 2012-15: Member, Graduate Committee, School of Engineering, University of Guelph
 2012: Member, Awards Committee, School of Engineering, University of Guelph
 2012-13: Member, Working Group on Graduate Attributes “Environment and Society & Business and Project Management”

At East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
 2011:Inter-Professional Education (IPE) committee, The Academy Health Science Center, East Tennessee State University
 2011: Member, Sustainability Tracking and Rating System Curriculum and Research Planning Task Force, ETSU
 2010: Member “Search Committee: Web Content Developer Position” Office of E-Learning, ETSU
 2010-2011: UG student advisor for the Department of Environmental Health
 2009: Member of Ad-Hoc Working Group on Alumni Affairs for the College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
 2009-2011: Member, Graduate Student Admissions Committee

At University of Auckland, New Zealand
 2008-2009: Assessor for Masters’ Thesis for Environmental, Water Resources, Construction Management and LCA and Sustainability Clusters in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The role of Assessor was to ensure uniformity in evaluations/grading and expected standards of the Masters Thesis.
 2008-2009: Member, Scholarship Committee for Scholarships in Civil and Environmental Engineering Program
 2008-2009: Member – Graduate Student Admission Committee for Environmental Engineering Program.

Training Programs Attended

 Training Workshop (2 Days) on “Life Cycle of Products, Processes & Services (LCA Training with Hands on practice using Sima Pro for LCA Project Managers, Engineers and Designers)”, Nov 28th&29th 2012, Organized jointly by Interuniversity Research Center for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG) and The Sustainability Learning Centre, Toronto, Canada
 Training Workshop on “Adding Sustainability to Engineering Education”, Center for Sustainable Engineering, Syracuse University; June 4-5, 2012.
 Participated and attended 25th Annual Teaching & Learning Innovations Conference, organized at University of Guelph by Center for Open Learning and Educational Support, May 1, 2012.
 Participated at the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Workshop, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) 2011 Research and Education Conference, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, July 10th 2011.
 Completed 2 Semester (2010-11) Course at East Tennessee State University titled “Faculty Grant Leadership Course”. The faculty members who took the course were given assistance in the following specific activities: Refine and/or develop their research/academic program, Identification of funding sources, Targeting and “packaging” a proposal to funding agencies, Identifying and contacting the
appropriate agency or sponsor staff for additional guidance and in developing a well “packaged” proposal.
 Attended and Participated at the National Science Foundation Workshop “NSF Day at Middle Tennessee State University”, December 18, 2009 Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
 Completed 2 Semester (2009-10) Course at East Tennessee State University titled “Faculty Technology Leadership”. This course supports faculty who are interested in integrating technology with education. Course content includes the use of course management system applications, multimedia applications, and applications required for efficient and effective delivery of electronic course materials. Production and incorporation of a multimedia learning unit into a course is the capstone project for this course. This course also prepares faculty to develop and teach online courses.
 Three day workshop on “Introduction to University Teaching and Learning” organized by Center for Academic Development, The University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ; September 2008.
 Half day Teaching Workshop on “Getting Students Taking Responsibility” organized by Center for Academic Development, The University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ; September 2008.
 One day Teaching Workshop on “Getting Participation in a Large Class” organized by Center for Academic Development, The University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ; August 2008.
 One day Workshop on “The Art of Graduate Research Supervision” organized by Center for Academic Development, The University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ; June 2008.
 Bioreactor Landfill Workshop, Two day Workshop on Design and Operational Issues of Bioreactor Landfill by Hinkely Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Orlando, Florida, May 2006.
 MINTEQA2 Two day Workshop on Geochemical and Hydrological Modeling and Training, Organized by Allison Geosciences Consultants, Inc. at Atlanta, USA. May 2004.
 Two day training workshop on “Principle of Arsenic Behavior in Florida’s Soil” Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, March 4-5, 2002, Gainesville, Florida.