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Prof manish kumar

Professor
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Expertise

Environmental Engineering

My research's overarching objective is to ascertain, broaden, comprehend, & develop various dimensions of the fate, transport, and remediation of geogenic, micro, microbial, and emerging contaminants in the freshwater systems. I am currently also working in broadening the base of waste water epidemiology in post covid scenario.

Personal Information

Prof manish kumar

Male
house no 346 Krishna Vatika Lane 13 Mohit Nagar
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India - 248001


Experience

  • Professor

    Department of Health, Safety, and Environment and Civil Engineering

    University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

  • Assistant Professor

    Earth Sciences

    Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar

  • Assistant Professor

    Department of Environmental Science

    Tezpur University


Qualification

  • Ph.D.

    University of Tokyo

  • M.Phil

    Jawaharlal Nehru University

  • M.Sc.

    Jawaharlal Nehru University

  • B.Sc.

    Lalit Narayan Mithila University


Honours and Awards

2021

Expert Panel on “Antimicrobial Resistance and Impact on the Environment”

UNEP

2020

Member of Technical Advisory Group (TAG)

Grand Challenges India (GCI) program of Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST)-GoI, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust

2020

Fellow

The Royal Society of Chemistry

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2021

Expert Panel on “Antimicrobial Resistance and Impact on the Environment”

UNEP

2020

Member of Technical Advisory Group (TAG)

Grand Challenges India (GCI) program of Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST)-GoI, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust

2020

Fellow

The Royal Society of Chemistry

2020

Letter of Appreciation for Teaching

Dean (Academic), IIT Gandhinagar.

2018

Faculty Research Award

Careers 360

2018

Best Poster Award

National Symposium on Environment (NSE), IITGN, Gandhinagar

2018

Best Research Paper Award

6th International Symposium on “Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering Practices for Sustainable Development” (ACEPS-2018),

2016

Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), the Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI) and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF).

2014

Research Grant Award

Kurita Water and Environment Foundation (KWEF), Tokyo, Japan

2013

Best Poster Award

co-author at “1st International Forum on Asian Water Environment Technology (IFAWET)” held in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

2013

Best Poster Award

co-author at the workshop on "Water Quality: Status and Strategies" Organized on 12th & 13th December, 2013 at Guwahati by Public Health Engineering Department, Govt. of Assam, IIT Guwahati, and UNICEF.

2012

Best Research Award

4th IWA Asia-Pacific Young Water Professionals (APWYP-2012) conference, Tokyo.

2010

Post-doctoral fellowship

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

2009

Post-doctoral fellowship

Brain-Korea (BK-21) project, Kunsan National University, South Korea

2007

Young Researcher Fund

JSPS Centers of Excellence (COE), Tokyo, Japan

2006

Monbukagakusho Scholarship

Environmental Sciences through HRD ministry of India.

2005

Linnaeus-Palme stipend

an exchange student from SIDA, Sweden.

2003

National Eligibility Test (NET)

University Grant Commission (UGC), India.

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2022

Groundwater Predictive Modelling for Geogenic Contaminants

Ashwin Singh, IIT Gandhinagar

2021

Sustainable Utilization of Sludge

Kaling Taki, IIT Guwahati

2019

Hydro-geochemical controls on arsenic mobilization and associated health risk in the alluvial aquifers of The Ganga and The Brahmaputra floodplain, India

Arbind Kumar Patel, Tezpur University

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2022

Groundwater Predictive Modelling for Geogenic Contaminants

Ashwin Singh, IIT Gandhinagar

2021

Sustainable Utilization of Sludge

Kaling Taki, IIT Guwahati

2019

Hydro-geochemical controls on arsenic mobilization and associated health risk in the alluvial aquifers of The Ganga and The Brahmaputra floodplain, India

Arbind Kumar Patel, Tezpur University

2017

Metal transport and complexation in fresh and waste water systems using sequential extraction, biotic ligand and speciation models.

Anindita Gogoi, Tezpur University

2016

Coupled application of geochemistry, isotope and SWAT modeling to understanding nutrient dynamics in the Brahmaputra River system.

Aparna Das, Tezpur University

2016

Imprints of long-range transported pollution on Eastern Himalayan high altitude lakes through geochemical, isotopic, and anthropogenic signature

Jyoti Prakash Deka, Tezpur University

2016

Understanding arsenic phase distribution and co-contamination perspective with fluoride in the Brahmaputra flood plains, Assam, India.

Nilotpal Das, Tezpur University

2016

Assessment of heavy metal behavior in the context of sediment-water interaction and climate change: A study on the Brahmaputra River, Assam

Pallavi Das, Tezpur University

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Membership In Professional Bodies

2020

the Royal Society of Chemistry

Fellow,

2018

International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAHs)-Indian National Chapter

Member

2017

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

Member

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2020

the Royal Society of Chemistry

Fellow,

2018

International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAHs)-Indian National Chapter

Member

2017

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

Member

2017

International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAHs)

Lifetime Member

2016

International Society for Groundwater Sustainable Development (ISGSD)

Secretary and Member

2014

International Water Association (IWA)

Member

2014

Indian Society of Applied Geochemists (ISAG), India

Member

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Membership In Committees

2018

Local Organizing Committee for Twentieth National Symposium on Environment (NSE-20) organized between 13-15th December, 2018 by BARC and IITGN.

Convener,

2018

Technical session, (T3.5) at 45th IAH Congress, Daejeon, Korea 9th – 14th September 2018.

Co-Chair

2018

NH8.1/HS5.13/SSS13.60 sessions at European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2018, Austria.

Convener,

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2018

Local Organizing Committee for Twentieth National Symposium on Environment (NSE-20) organized between 13-15th December, 2018 by BARC and IITGN.

Convener,

2018

Technical session, (T3.5) at 45th IAH Congress, Daejeon, Korea 9th – 14th September 2018.

Co-Chair

2018

NH8.1/HS5.13/SSS13.60 sessions at European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2018, Austria.

Convener,

2018

Global/Regional Environmental Changes and their Consequences at the 45th International Association of Hydrogeologist (IAH) Congress at Daejoeon, South Korea

Convener,

2018

session on Geogenic Contaminants, for Geological Society of America, USA – 2018.

Convener,

2018

International Seminar on “Land and Water Issues in South East Asia” during 18-20th Jan, 2018 at NERIWALM, Tezpur, Assam.

technical director

2018

“Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering Practices for Sustainable Development” (ACEPS-2018), Sri Lanka on 15th March, 2018.

member

2017

International Symposium on Sustainable Urban Environment (ISSUE 2017), Asia Pacific Network (APN)-Global Change Research (GCR) organized by Tezpur University, Assam, India, 23rd - 24th June 2017.

Convener,

2016

MHRD-GIAN International Workshop on “Hydrology: An Interdisciplinary Science of Water” held at Tezpur University from 4th-14th January, 2016.

co-ordinator

2016

Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainability in 2016

techincal commitee member

2014

Past and Present Geochemical Processes - Impacts on Climate Change”, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

Organizing committee member of National seminar

2013

Department of Science and Technology (DST)-Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Science Camp (23rd -27th December, 2013) at Tezpur University Campus.

co-ordinator

2013

“1st International Forum on Asian Water Environment (IFAWET) at Delhi, India” (18-20th December, 2013).

International/Local organizing committee member

2013

Session: Isotope hydrology, 1st IFAWET on 18th – 20th December, 2013.

Chair

2013

Sixth International Groundwater Conference (IGWC-2015), Chennai, India.

Co-Chair

2012

DST-INSPIRE Science Camp (11th -16th June, 2012) at Tezpur University Campus

Coordinator for DST-INSPIRE Science Camp

2012

Session B5: River Water Pollution at 10th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environmental, 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam (8-10th November 2012)

Co-Chair

2011

Water Environment at 9th SEAWE in December 1-3, 2011, Bangkok, Thailand

Co-Chair

2010

The 8th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE), Phuket, Thailand” (24-26th October, 2010).

organizing secratary

2010

Water Environment in the Tropics at 8th SEAWE, Phuket, Thailand” in 2010

Co-Chair

2008

Tokyo International Exchange Centre organized at Odaiba, Tokyo (Sept 23rd, 2008).

Panelist

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