26 November 1987

~3 YRS INDUSTRY, 1 YR TEACHING

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Wastewater Engineering, Design of Water Treatment Units, Elements of Chemical Engineering, Stoichiometry

Water and Wastewater Treatment Scheme Design, Water Pollution and Remediation

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i) Awarded Department of Science and Technology travel grant for attending a conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ii) Funded by DST, India for visiting England (UK) for discussion on small scale wastewater treatment systems developed by HYDROK, UK and development of WISDOM software with University of Exeter, UK.
iii) Awarded Zilla Swachh Bharat Prerak [ZSBP] fellowship funded by joint initiative of The Tata Trusts & The Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Government of India.
iv) Awarded Department of Science and Technology, India travel grant for attending a conference in Haifa, Israel.

i) 1st prize in ‘Summer Innovation Challenge’ under “Student Start-up & Innovation Policy” by Government of Gujarat (Honorable Chief Minister). The theme was wastewater purification and title of the proposed design was “Design and study of a fixed-media based IFAS reactor for efficient removal of nitrogen, phosphorus, and emerging contaminants from municipal wastewater”.
ii) Awarded BIOTHON (Hackathon of Biotech Solutions for State Problems) project under the aegis of Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, India for the research titled “Design and development of a poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) gel beads based moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) for sewage treatment: A sustainable and robust solution for future smart cities’’ under the theme ‘Swachh Bharat’.
iii) Awarded BIOTHON (Hackathon of Biotech Solutions for State Problems) project under the aegis of Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission, India for the research titled “Design and Development of a Rotary Drum Composter: A Robust and Sustainable Solution for Municipal Waste Management’’ under the theme ‘Swachh Bharat’.
iv) Best Poster presentation award in IFAWET, 2013 at JNU, New Delhi.
v) Awarded GATE scholarship for M. Tech program at IIT Kharagpur.
vi) Awarded MHRD scholarship for PhD program at IIT Roorkee

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American Society of Civil Engineering (Membership ID: 10538884)
International Water Association (Membership ID: 1601034)
Institution of Engineers, India (Membership ID: AM157531-5)

?Yadav, M., Soni, K., Soni, B.K., Singh, N.K., Bamniya, B.R. 2019. Source Apportionment of particulate matter, gaseous pollutants, and volatile organic compounds in a future smart city of India. Urban Climate (Accepted).
?Singh, N.K., Yadav, M., Singh, R.P., Kazmi, A.A. 2018. Efficacy analysis of a field scale IFAS reactor under different aeration strategies applied at high aeration rates: A statistical comparative analysis for practical feasibility. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 27, 185-192.
?Yadav, M., Sahu, S. P., Singh, N.K. 2019. Multivariate Statistical Assessment of Ambient Air Pollution in two Coalfields having different Coal transportation strategy: A Comparative Study in Eastern India. Journal of Cleaner Production, 207, 97-110.
?Sahu, V., Elumalai, P.E., Gautam, S., Singh, N.K., Singh, P. 2018. Characterization of indoor settled dust and investigation of indoor air quality in different micro-environments. International Journal of Environmental Health Research 28, 419-431.
?Singh, N. K., Pandey, S., Singh, R.P., Dahiya, R.P., Gautam, S., Kazmi, A. A. 2018. Effect of intermittent aeration cycles on EPS production and sludge characteristics in a field scale IFAS reactor. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 23, 230-238.
?Singh, N. K., Kazmi, A. A. 2018. Performance and cost analysis of decentralized wastewater treatment plants: A case study from Northern India. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ASCE), 144(3): 05017024
?Yadav, M., Singh, N. K. 2017. Isotherm Investigation for the sorption of Fluoride onto Bio-F: Comparison of linear and non-linear regression method. Applied Water Science, 7 (8), 4793–4800.
?Singh, N. K., Singh, R. P., Kazmi, A. A. 2017. Environmental impact assessment of a package type IFAS reactor during construction and operational phases: A life cycle approach. Water Science and Technology, 75, 2246-2256.
?Singh N. K, Bhatia A, Kazmi A. A. 2017. Effect of intermittent aeration strategies on treatment performance and microbial community of an IFAS reactor treating municipal wastewater. Environmental Technology, 38(22), 2866-2876.
?Bhatia, A., Singh, N. K., Bhando, T., Pathania, R. and Kazmi, A. A., 2017. Effect of intermittent aeration on microbial diversity in an intermittently aerated IFAS reactor treating municipal wastewater: A field study. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 52, 440-448.
?Singh, N. K. & Kazmi, A. A. 2016. Environmental performance and microbial investigation of a single stage aerobic integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) reactor treating municipal wastewater. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 4, 2225-2237.
?Kumar, T., Hari Prasad, K. S. & Singh, N. K. 2016. Substrate removal kinetics and performance assessment of a vermifilter bioreactor under organic shock load conditions. Water Science and Technology 74, 1177-1184.
?Singh, N. K., Kazmi, A. A., Starkl, M. 2016. Treatment performance and microbial diversity under dissolved oxygen stress conditions: Insights from a single stage IFAS reactor treating municipal wastewater. Journal of The Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 65, 197-203.
?Gani, K. M., Singh, J., Singh, N. K., Ali, M., Rose, V., Kazmi, A. A. 2016. Nitrogen and carbon removal efficiency of a polyvinyl alcohol gel based moving bed biofilm reactor system. Water Science and Technology 73, 1511-1519.
?Singh, N. K., Pandey, S., Singh, S., Singh, S., Kazmi, A.A. 2016. Post treatment of UASB effluent by using inorganic coagulants: Role of zeta potential and characterization of solid residue. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 4, 1495-1503.
?Singh, N. K., Singh, J., Bhatia, A. & Kazmi, A. A. 2016. A Pilot-Scale Study on PVA Gel Beads based Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge (IFAS) Plant for Municipal Wastewater Treatment. Water Science & Technology 72, 113-123.
?Singh, N. K., Kazmi, A. A. & Starkl, M. 2015. Environmental performance of an Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge (IFAS) reactor treating actual domestic wastewater during start-up phase. Water Science & Technology 72, 1840-1850.
?Pandey, S., Singh, N. K., Bansal, A. K., Arutchelvan, V. & Sarkar, S. 2016. Alleviation of toxic hexavalent chromium using indigenous novel aerobic bacteria isolated from contaminated sites of tannery industry. Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology 46, 517-523
?Singh, N. K., Kazmi, A. A. & Starkl, M. 2015. A review on full-scale decentralized wastewater treatment systems: techno-economical approach. Water Science & Technology 71, 468-478.
?Ali, M., Singh, N. K., Bhatia, A., Singh, S., Khurseed, A. & Kazmi, A. A. 2015. Sulfide Production Control in UASB Reactor by Addition of Iron Salt. Journal of Environmental Engineering 141, 6014008.
?Yadav, M., Singh, N. K. Brighu, U. & Mathur, S. 2015. Adsorption of F on Bio-Filter sorbent: kinetics, equilibrium, and thermodynamic study. Desalination and Water Treatment 56, 463-474
?Singh, N. K., Saha, S. & Pal, A. 2015. Methyl r

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