Updates

2024

Sarosh, S.; Kulkarni, R. M.; Varma, E.; Sirivibha, S. P.; Ramaswami, S. Recirculating aquaculture system and nitrification – A review. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science. [accepted]

Kumari, S.; Ramaswami, S. Embracing urine diversion for sustainable (waste)water management: common practices, advantages, and challenges. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science. [accepted]

The Institution of Engineers (India) conferred the ‘IEI Young Engineers Award 2023-24’ on Sreenivasan Ramaswami in recognition of his contributions in the field of Environmental Engineering.  

Saquib Sarosh receives International Travel Support (ITS) from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANFR) of the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) for attending 19th IWA LET conference.

Patent application filed! "Biofilter for ammonia removal by nitrification in recirculating aquaculture systems". Inventors: Sreenivasan Ramaswami and Saquib Sarosh.

2023

May 2023: Bachelor thesis research of Sirivibha S P, Esha Varma and Kavya B V  receives recognition bagging 2nd place at Pradarshana-2023, Ramaiah Institute of Technology. 

April 2023: Student project proposal by Sirivibha S P, Esha Varma and Kavya B V - final year B.Tech Chemical engineering students from MSRIT Bangalore, working in the Lab towards their Bachelor thesis - titled "High-rate packed bed biofilm reactors for robust and reliable nitrification of recirculating aquaculture system effluents" gets selected in the 46th series of Student Project Programme (SPP): 2022-23 of the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology.

Mar 2023: Dr. Soni Kumari joins the group as postdoctoral researcher. Work on nitrification of aquaculture effluent published in Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification journal.

Feb 2023: Project with Epitome Components Pvt. Ltd.  towards treatment of about 600 m³/d wastewater aimed at water recycling and reuse.

2020-2022

Oct 2022: Vardhman receives Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship from the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, GoI.  Saquib clears comprehensive examination.

Sep 2022:  Young achiever award  2021 conferred on Dr. Sreenivasan by NIT Tiruchirappalli. 

Jul 2022: Dr. Sreenivasan presents on "Hybrid processes for the removal of organic micropollutants" at the Indo-German workshop "SuWaRec" at Hamburg University of Technology, Germany.

May 2022: Dr. Ajinkya K. Ranade joins the group as postdoctoral researcher. 

Apr 2022:  Work on modelling of adsorption of organic micropollutants published in Water Research. 

Feb 2022: Funding acquired from IGSTC for Indo-German workshop on the topic "Securing sustainable treatment for drinking water production and water recycling with focus on anionic contaminants "SuWaRec". 20-22 July 2022,  Hamburg University of Technology, Germany.

Jan 2022: The Lab receives SERB grant for research on removal of organic micropollutants. Lunawat Vardhman Manoj joins the Lab as doctoral researcher.

Nov 2021: Dr. Sreenivasan receives Young Achievers Award (YAA) from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli.

Oct 2021: Excursion to STP in IISc campus as part of the course Sustainable Wastewater Management.

Feb 2021: Keerthi N S and Richa Agrawal joins the Lab as doctoral researchers.

Oct 2020: Seed grant of Rs. 95 lakhs sanctioned by the Indian Institute of Science for establishing the Lab. Saquib Sarosh joins the Lab as doctoral researcher.

Jul 2020: SusPaani Lab was formed.