Updates
October, 2019
- Visited the IFAT in Mumbai during 16-18 October. Great to meet with companies working with water & wastewater treatment, water testing and monitoring.
August, 2019
- Started the MOOC "Circular Economy - Sustainable Materials Management" on Coursera by Lund University, EIT RawMaterials, VITO, @Geological Survey of Denmark, National Technical University of Athens, Ghent University & Technische Universiteit Delft The course is designed by experts in the circular economy area and during this course, you will learn a lot. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or expert, I am damn sure that you'll learn something new out of this MOOC.
- Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eWJA588
July, 2019
- Started MOOC Coursera course online on "Writing Winning Resumes and Cover Letters by University of Maryland, College Park"
June, 2019
- Started working as an intern with Mesotope, the Singapore based startup for manufacturing of Activated Carbon for energy storage
May, 2019
- Great learning and networking experience during Ozwater'19 at Melbourne! Many thanks to Australian Water Association (AWA), Australian Water Partnership (AWP) and Australian Government for the support :)
April, 2019
- I have been selected for the International Young Water Professional Scholarship to attend Ozwater'19 conference during 5-11 May at Melbourne. Australian Water Partnership and Australian Aid are the prime sponsor of this event and they have selected 10 participants from the Asia-Pacific region to promote the sustainability and governance in the water and sanitation sector.
March, 2019
- Started MOOC on "From Source to Sea to Sustainability" by UN Environment which covers the basics of the scientific, economic, political,and social issues around wastewater and nutrient pollution. Sign up here: environmentacademy.org/
February, 2019
- We're organizing the University Skill Challenge Competition with the help of BORDA and University of KwaZulu-Natal at 5th International Faecal Sludge Management Conference (FSM5) at Cape Town, SA during 18-23 Feb (Web: fsm5.susana.org/en/)
January, 2019
- Felicitated by "GOLD MEDAL" for the first rank throughout Master's program. Whoaa!
- Received Best lecture award at 51st Annual Convention 2019 by Indian Water Works Association (IWWA), Indore www.iwwa.info/
December, 2018
- Attended an annual meeting of Young Professional Group of CIWEM (Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management), UK
November, 2018
- Participated in online webinar discussion by Cambi on Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment with CAMBI THP (Thermal Heat Process)
October, 2018
- Selected as an abstract reviewer for 9th International Young Water Professional (IWA YWP) Conference to be held 23-27 June 2019 in Toronto.
September, 2018
- Finally completed the cewas water and sanitation Start-Up programme in Switzerland. Now back to pavilion (India) !
- Great opportunity to interact with Young Water Solutions in Brussels with the presence of H.E. Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium at the pitching night.
August, 2018
- Water and Sanitation Entrepreneurship training at cewas in Switzerland (13 Aug-15 Sep)
- Attended the World Water Week in Stockholm during 26-31 Aug and met with many people working in WASH, environmental engineering and agriculture
July, 2018
- Finally finished the summer course at SCELSE, Singapore with the certificate!
June, 2018
- Started the summer course at Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University(NTU). Found interesting!
May, 2018
- Successfully completed my dissertation in masters. Finally looking forward to get my thesis from printing press. Whoa!
April, 2018
- I have been selected for summer course at Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University(NTU), Singapore during 18 June - 6 July, 2018 www.scelse.sg/Page/SummerCourse
March, 2018
- Successfully defended my Mid Semester Review(MSR) for my masters dissertation on 7th March.
- Attended the International Conference On Advances in Chemical Sciences and Allied fields of Science, Health, Education & Environment at Career College, Bhopal during 8-10 March.
- Presented my research work on SBBR at 40th annual day of Indian Water Works Association, Ahmedabad Centre, Gujarat on 24th March.
February, 2018
- Presented an oral presentation on "Treatment of Domestic Sewage by Sequential Batch Biofilm Reactor(SBBR)" at 2nd International Conference on Waste Management(Recycle-2018), organised by Waste Management Research Group at IIT Guwahati, Assam, India on 22-24th February, 2018.
- Attended the two day workshop on "Environmental Sustainability through Science-based tools and approaches", which is jointly organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry(FICCI), Sustainable Recycling Industries, ecoinvent, Quantis and Gujarat Environment Management Institute(GEMI) at GEMI, Gandhinagar.
January, 2018
- Attended 4th Information & Networking Event, EU-India Call on Water at Vadodara, Gujarat. This call was organised by European Commission (Horizon 2020) and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India collaboratively.
December, 2017
- Successfully defended my dissertation phase-I on "Treatment of Domestic Sewage by Sequential Batch Biofilm Reactor" at Gujarat Technological University. Now moving for my second phase of dissertation on field study of SBBR with domestic sewage.
November, 2017
- Abstract on "Treatment of Domestic Sewage by Sequential Batch Biofilm Reactor" is selected for oral presentation at International Conference on Waste Management(Recycle-2018), IIT Guwahati(22-24 February, 2018)
October, 2017
- Presented a poster on "Treatment of Domestic Sewage by Sequential Batch Biofilm Reactor(SBBR)" at 3rd India International Science Festival(IISF), Chennai, India (Organized by Ministry of Science & Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences and National Institute of Ocean Technology)
- Attended 8th National Conference on "Industrial, Urban and Electronic waste management-2017" at Ahmedabad Management Association(AMA), Ahmedabad
September, 2017
- Attended "Student Start-Up Innovation Policy(SSIP)" launching program by Government of Gujarat at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar
- Abstract on "Treatment of Domestic Sewage by Sequencial Batch Biofilm Reactor(SBBR)" is selected for poster presentation at IISF-2017 at Chennai
- Participated in "Ozone Day" quiz competition, organized by Gujarat Environmental Management Institute(GEMI), Gandhinagar
- Submitted an abstract at 3rd India International Science Festival-2017(IISF), Chennai (Organized by Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences)
August, 2017
- Won prize in Quiz competition which is organised by Ahmedabad Management Association(AMA)
- Applied for Young Water Fellowship(YWF)
June-July, 2017
June-July, 2017
- Completed a Four week Reinvent the Toilet Sanitation Internship at RTI International, Ahmedabad
May, 2017
- Abstract on "Biological Nutrient Removal from domestic wastewater with Membrane Bio-Reactor: A Critical Review" is selected for poster presentation at IWA Young Water Professional conference (December, 2017) at Cape Town, South Africa
April, 2017
- Presented a poster on "Anaerobic Membrane-Bioreactor for Treatment of the Landfill leachate: A Brief Review" at International Conference on “Integrated Solid Waste Management Practices in Developing Countries” at NEERI, Nagpur, India
March, 2017
- Paper presentation on “Noise Pollution & Human Health: A Review” at National Conference on Noise and Air Pollution (NAP – 2017) organized by S. V. National Institute of Technology(SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat
February, 2017
- Attended the 4th International Conference on Faecal Sludge Management (FSM4) at Chennai, India
January, 2017
- Got travel grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation(Seattle, WA, USA) for 4th International Conference on Faecal Sludge Management(FSM4) at Chennai, India
- Attended the One-Week Short-Term Training Programme on Recent Advances in Waste Management at S. V. National Institute of Technology(SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat
December, 2016
- Attended the 2nd India International Science Festival (IISF-2016) at New Delhi, India
November, 2016
- Presented paper on "Study on use of fruit peels as a fertilizer" at National Conference on Recent Advances in Environmental Science and Engineering, JIET, Jodhpur, Rajashthan
October, 2016
- Attended Two days Workshop on “Noise & Air Pollution: Challenges & Opportunities” (NAP COP-16) at SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat