Principal Investigator
Dr. Arya V​
Associate Professor
Department of Civil 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
Tanya​
PhD Topic: Removal of microplastics from wastewater by electrocoagulation
Shreya​
PhD Topic: Membrane processes for water treatment
Naorem Nandeshwori Devi​
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Subhajit Das​
PhD Topic: Preparation of a sustainable microbial carrier using sugarcane bagasse for Sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) system
Rishikesh Ray
PhD Topic: Sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation process for the removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater
Sriram Vasudevan
Khalid Bin Ashraf​
MS (R)
Past Research Students:
Dr. Angel Joseph
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PhD Topic:Plant-based TiO2-rGO nanocomposite for the removal of emerging contaminants
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Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Technical University Berlin, Germany
Dr. Ashish Sengar
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PhD Topic:Fate and removal of pharmaceutical compounds in membrane bioreactor
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Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Dr. Susan N James
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PhD Topic:Fate and removal of recalcitrant pharmaceuticals in biological nitrogen removal system
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Current Position:
Assistant Professor at University of Technology, Bahrain
Past postdoctoral researchers:
Roumi Bhattacharya​
Postdoctoral researcher