Dr. Karthik Balasundaram

Assistant Professor

Brief Bio
As a born minimalist, my love for environment has continuously driven me to look for practical solutions to various environmental pollution problems. With a perfect blend of strong academic background, interdisciplinary skill set and scientific temper, I continuously strive to achieve high standards both in my teaching and research. If your intellect is challenged by environmental pollution problem and you are ready to give nothing but the best then I am just an email away.

Brief Bio

As a born minimalist, my love for environment has continuously driven me to look for practical solutions to various environmental pollution problems. With a perfect blend of strong academic background, interdisciplinary skill set and scientific temper, I continuously strive to achieve high standards both in my teaching and research. If your intellect is challenged by environmental pollution problem and you are ready to give nothing but the best then I am just an email away.

Research Interest
Environmental chemistry
Physio-chemical methods for removal of heavy metals and emerging contaminants from water and wastewater
Resource recovery from waste
Environment risk assessment.

Education:-

Degree	Year	Specialization	University
PhD	2017	Environmental Engineering	IIT Kanpur
M.Tech	2008	Environmental Engineering	IIT Kanpur
B.Tech	2005	Civil Engineering

Publications

Contact Details

Phone:	0712-2802249
Email:	karthik@civ.vnit.ac.in
Address:	Department of Civil Engineering, VNIT Nagpur

Sponsored Research Projects

Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year	Amount (in Lakhs INR)

Consultancy Projects

Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year	Amount (in Lakhs INR)
Third party technical scrutiny for sewer lines	NIT, Nagpur	PI	2022	1,50,000
Audit of Inventory for Hazardous Waste Management	CPCB, New Delhi	PI	2021	2,88,000
Vetting of hydraulic design & drawings of 5.5 MLD WTP at Yol Cantt	SRM Builders	PI	2022	59,000
Scrutiny of Hydraulic design & drawings of 3.5 MLD WTP for Urali Kanchan Water Supply Scheme Dist. Pune	Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran	PI	2023	59,000
Vetting of hydraulic design & drawings of 5.2 MLD WTP at Badour Shehar Tehsil Sandhole district Mandi (HP).	P.G. Constructions Dewas	PI	2023	59,000
Vetting of electrical and mechanical components of SBR technology for 6 MLD STP Katol, Nagpur	Nagar Parishad Katol	PI	2023	165,200
Performance Analysis of Shree-Jee Associates Bio-STP.	Shree-Jee Associates Aurangabad	PI	2023	177000
Vetting of hydraulic design & drawings of 5 MLD WTP at Paithan	Bhalerao & co	PI	2024	59000

Book or Book Chapters

Description	Author(s)	Publisher	ISBN	Year

Patents

Patent Title	Application No.	Date	Present Staus
A METHOD FOR BIO-RECOVERY OFCOAGULANT FROM THE SLUDGE GENERATED IN WATER TREATMENT PROCESS	429033	28/04/2022	Granted

STTP & Workshop

Title	Funding Agency	Host Institute	Dates	No. of Participants
Design of Experiments: A statistical tool for systematic data collection, analysis and optimization	DST-SERB	VNIT	25-29 July 2022	25

Administrative Responsibilities

Responsibility	Institute	Year
Department Exam coordinator	VNIT	2020-21
Examination Incharge	VNIT	2021-22
Faculty in-charge, Student Mentor Program	VNIT	2018-2021
Faculty in-charge, E-cell	VNIT	2021-2022

Awards & Honors

Year	Award Description