Principal Investigator
Dr. Arya V
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Water and Wastewater treatment
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Emerging contaminants and Water quality
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Membrane processes
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Advanced oxidation processes
EDUCATION
2018
Ph.D. in Environmental Engieering
IIT Madras
2012
M.Tech in Environmental Engineering
IIT Madras
2010
B.Tech in Civil Engineering
College of Engineering,Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1. Associate Professor - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi - Since Mar 2025
2. Assistant Professor - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi - July 2018 to Mar 2025
3. Junior Research Associate - Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society, Bangalore - Aug 2017- Jan 2018
(Technology taskforce member, Gates foundation)
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
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INAE Young Engineer - 2025
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INAE Young Associate - 2025
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Young Faculty Incentive Fellowship, IIT Delhi 2018-2021
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Gandhian Young Technological Innovation appreciation award, SRISTI, 2018
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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Member of Royal Society of Chemistry
2. Member of International Water Association
3. Member of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
4. Member of American Chemical Society
List of Ongoing Research Students:
Deepanshu Wadhwa
PhD Topic: Environmental fate of emerging organic contaminants
Shreya
PhD Topic: Membrane processes for water treatment
Tanya
PhD Topic: Removal of microplastics from wastewater by electrocoagulation
Naorem Nandeshwori Devi
PhD Topic: Degradation of microplastics by oxidative techniques
Khalid Bin Ashraf
MS (R) Topic: Sequential Remediation of Cobalt and Neodymium and Upcycling of Exhausted Sugarcane Bagasse Biochar for Supercapacitor Applications
Subhajit Das
PhD Topic: Preparation of a sustainable microbial carrier using sugarcane bagasse for Sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) system
PhD Topic: Sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation process for the removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater
Rishikesh Ray
PhD Topic: Treatment of emerging contaminants using nature based solutions
Sriram Vasudevan
PhD Topic: Cross-regional Comparison of contaminants of Emerging Concern in Urban Catchments
Co-Supervisors:
Prof. Kevin Thomas &
Prof. Sarit Kaserzon (University of Queensland)
Past Research Students:
Dr. Angel Joseph
PhD Topic:Plant-based TiO2-rGO nanocomposite for the removal of emerging contaminants
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Technical University Berlin, Germany
Dr. Ashish Sengar
PhD Topic:Fate and removal of pharmaceutical compounds in membrane bioreactor
Current Position: JSPS Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Science
Dr. Susan N James
PhD Topic:Fate and removal of recalcitrant pharmaceuticals in biological nitrogen removal system
Current Position:
Assistant Professor at University of Technology, Bahrain
Past postdoctoral researchers:
Roumi Bhattacharya
Postdoctoral researcher