IIT-Bombay National Conference

on
Advances in Environmental Science and Engineering
December 8-9, 2003

LIST OF TECHNICAL PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED

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AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH
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1. Effect of Aerosols, Clouds and Atmospheric Pollutants on the Terrestrial AE-01

Biosphere
Dev Niyogi, Fitzgerald Booker, Dehui Chen, Fei Chen, Hsin-I Chang, Teddy
Holt, Vinod Saxena and Rany Wells

2. Elemental Analysis of Aerosol Samples from Gobindgarh Using PIXE AE-02

Ashok Kumar, Pardeep Sidhu, T.R. Rautray, M. Sudarshan, Ajay Kumar,
N. Puri, Nirmal Singh, M.L. Garg and D.K. Dhawan

3. Effect of Phasing Out of Leaded Gasoline on Intake and Absorption of AE-03

Lead from Atmospheric Aerosol
S.K. Jha, S.B. Chavan and V.D. Puranik

4. Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Associated with AE-04

Size-segregated Atmospheric Aerosols
S.K. Sahu, G.G. Pandit, R.S. Patil, T.N. Mahadevan and V.D. Puranik

5. Estimation of Road Dust Resuspension at Traffic Junctions Using Trace AE-05

Elements
A. Vinod Kumar and R.S. Patil

6. A Carbon Black Model for Control of Soot Emission from Diesel Engine AE-06
A. Vinod Kumar

7. Development of a Cylindrical Aerosol Mobility Analyzer System AE-07

T. Das, A. Khan, M.D. Patel, B.K. Sapra, K. Somanathan, and Y.S. Mayya

8. Indigenous Development of A Dual Configuration Cascade Impactor AE-08

S. Singh, A. Khan, R. Balasubramaniam, B.K. Sapra and Y.S. Mayya

9. Design and Development of a PM2.5 sampler AE-09

S.T. Manikandan, Faby sunny, R.M. Tripathi, T.N.Mahadevan and Y.S. Mayya

10. Effect of Nucleation, Condensation and Coagulation on Particle Size AE-10

Distribution in IC Engines Tailpipes
Ajay Kumar Chaudhary and Virendra Sethi
11. Considering Plant Ecological Concepts for Improving Deposition Velocity AE-11
Estimates in Air Pollution Models
Dev Niyogi and Kiran Alapaty

12. Real Time Aerosol Analysis for Elemental Carbon, UV-Absorbing AE-12
Aromatics, Diesel Exhaust and Tobacco Smoke
Tony Hansen and A.K. Mahbubani

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AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND MODELLING
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13. An Evaluation Study of a Combined Diagnostic Prognostic Approach for AQ-01

Developing Wind Field Inputs to Air Quality Modeling
A. Chandrasekar and P.G. Georgopoulos

14. Measurements of Surface Ozone Over Tropical Rural Site in India AQ-02
A.D. Kakade, S.B. Debaje and D.B. Jadhav

15. Vehicular Exhaust Pollution In Delhi City AQ-03

S.M. Shiva Nagendra and Mukesh Khare

16. Assessment of Assimilative Capacity of Chembur in Bombay AQ-04

P. Goyal and C. Prakash

17. Levels of Benzo-A-Pyrene (BAP) in Ambient Air of Indian Metropolis AQ-05

Jovita A. Manuel, K.M. Phadke, S.D. Joshi, Asha Lalwani, Animesh
Kumar and Z.H. Hasan

18. An Expert System for Estimation of Population Exposure in An AQ-06

Urban Region
Milind M. Kulkarni and Rashmi S. Patil

19. Contribution of Alkaline and Acidic Sources to Precipitation at Delhi AQ-07

Suresh Tiwari, G.A. Momin, P.S.P. Rao, P.D. Safai, K.Ali and D.M. Chateb

20. Ambient Air Quality Monitoring of Nanded City, Maharashtra AQ-08

D.B. Panaskar, A.S. Mishra and J. Shaikh

21. A Study of the Noise Levels of Jodhpur City AQ-09

Ashok Dhariwal

22. Online Air Pollution Monitoring Station in Hyderabad AQ-10

Y. Anjaneyulu, I. Jayakumar, V. Himabindu, P.V. Mukunda Rao,
G. Sagareswar, T.H. Rao and K.V. Ramani

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BIOREMEDIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
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23. Performance Evaluation of a Biosystem Treating BTX Under Substrate BT-01

Versatility Condition
 Shihabudheen M.M, Venkat Raman and Ligy Philip

24. Degradation of Acid Azo Dye by PEROXIDASE BT-02

S. Venkata Mohan, K. Krishna Prasad and P.N. Sarma

25. Partial Sequence Analysis of a Putative Replicon from a Cryptic Plasmid BT-03
pNM214 of a Hydrocarbon Utilizing Marine Bacillus Pumilus Isolate
C.B. Jagtap and Pradeep Kumar

26. Biosorption Studies of Heavy Metals by P. Aeruginosa and S. Cerevisiae BT-04

P.B. Kalburgi and S.A. Kadapure

27. Groundwater Pollution In-Situ Remediation/ Bioremediation Using BT-05

Circulation Wells
T.I. Eldho

28. Sorption of Cadmium from Aqueous Solution by Epichlorohydrin BT-06

Pretreated Rice Husk
Upendra Kumar and Manas Bandyopadhyay

29. Biodegradation of Phthalate Isomers by Pseudomonas Strain PP4 BT-07

Debesh C. Bhattacharya and Prashant S. Phale

30. Evaluation of Various Bimetallic Systems for Their Efficacy to BT-08

Dechlorinate DDT
Sumit Kumar Gautam and Sumathi Suresh

31. Elucidation of Microbial Mechanisms for NAPL Uptake and Implications BT-09
on Substrate Utilization Kinetics
Suparna Mukherji and Gita Mohapatra

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BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
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32. Alternatives to Incineration of Biomedical Waste – A Survey BW-01

Surjit S. Katoch

33. Biomedical Waste - Status and Strategies of Treatment – A Case Study of BW-02
Cochin City
Peeter K. Varkey, V.S. Achari, T.V. Jacob and V.N. Sivasankara Pillai

34. Treatment and Disposal of Biomedical Waste BW-03

S.K. Sharma

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CLEANER TECHNOLOGY AND WASTE MINIMISATION
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35. The Use of Green Solvents in Industrial Chemical Processes: Some CT-01
Recent Developments and Constraints
R.J. Krupadam, R. Sarin and P.R. Salve
36. Role of Green Technology in Combating Environmental Pollution CT-02
R.K. Khitoliya, Rahul Kumar and Nidhi Mahajan

37. New Concept to Environmental Management – Integrating LCA and CT-03

Exergy
S. N. Pati, B.S. Roy and H. Veeramani

38. Developments in Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion Technology to CT-04

Fire Low Grade Fossil Fuels
A.K. Subramanian and K. Aravinth

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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATIONS
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39. Needs of Awareness Building for Sustainable Development EP-01

Hasan Mahmud and Jahir Bin Alam

40. Role of Environmental Policy and Regulations in Achieving EP-02

Sustainable Development
Gopal Pathak

41. Academic Research Initiatives on Post Mining Environment Through EP-03

National Environmental Policy
V.L. Narasimham and K. Pathak

42. Ozone Layer Depletion and Global Warming: Montreal Protocol and E-P04
Kyoto Protocol
Saurabh Gupta

43. Impact of Environmental Issues on Competitiveness and Sustainability EP-05

of Indian Pulp and Paper Industry
S. Panwar, N. Endlay, R.M. Mathur and A.G. Kulkarni

44. Environment Management at RCF, MUMBAI EP-06

P.M.C. Nair

45. Change Management for Effective Implementation of Environment EP-07

Management Systems
Shruti N. Apte

46. Environment: Can Technology Take Care of Everything? EP-08

Alka Parikh

47. Integration of Environmental Policy with Business Profitability - A Case EP-09

Study of NPCIL
Jitendra Singh, P.M. Wagh and B. Ramamirtham

48. Fluidized Bed Technologies for High Ash Indian Coals - A Techno- EP-10
Economic Evaluation
V.K. Sethi, D.N. Reddy and Savita Vyas

49. The Effect of Policy Lag in the Implementation of Mitigation Measure EP-11
B.K. Chandra Kiran
50. An Analysis of Long-run Environmental Impacts and Multi-criteria-based EP-12
Prioritisation of the Natural Dyes in the Indian Textile Industry
G. Badri Narayanan

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SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
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51. A Study on Solid Waste Management System of Sylhet City Corporation SH-01
M.T. Rahman, K.E. Haque and M.M. Hasan

52. Guidelines on Sustainable Health Care Waste Management in Bangladesh SH-02

Mohammad Ali and Jahir Bin Alam

53. City Cleaning Program with Available Existing Resources in the SH-03
Municipality
Jagadish Chandra Saha

54. Modeling of Solid Circulation Rate for Recirculating Fluidized Beds SH-04
Munish Kumar Chandel and Babu J. Alappat

55. Applicability of Present Techniques for Landfill Leachate Treatment- A SH-05

Review
Gaurav Bhardwaj and A.K. Mittal

56. Meliorated Vermicomposting for Processing Human Excretions as a SH-06

Terminal Step in Eco-sanitation
D. Puri, H. S. Bhandari, P. Srivastava, K.D.S. Yadav, Pranveer S. Satvat
and Vinod Tare

57. Role of Soil Bedding and Covering in Vermicomposting SH-07

Pranveer S. Satvat and Vinod Tare

58. Prediction of MSW in Delhi: Application of sARIMA model SH-08

Ankit Agarwal, Ashish Singhmar, Arvind Kumar Nema and Atul Kumar Mittal

59. Municipal Solid Waste Characterization and Study of Its Relationship SH-09
with Socio-Economic Segments: A Case Study
Vamsi Krishna Sridharan, Sinivasan N. and Gagan Aggrawal

60. Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste SH-10

S.K. Sharma

61. Incineration - a Cleaner Technology for Waste Treatment: A Case Study SH-11
Ulhas G. Sawaiker

62. Microbiological Evaluation of Distillery Waste Composting SH-12

D.S. Mali

63. Co-composting of Municipal Solid Waste with Sewage Sludge - an SH-13

Integrated Approach
Anand Vashi

64. Designing Landfills to Prevent Ground Water Pollution SH-14

 Ankit Agarwal and G.V. Ramana

65. Characterization and Management of Municipal Soild Waste of Burdwan SH-15

Municipality, West Bengal
R.N. Saha, S.K. Bose, S. Gupta, N. Mondal and J.K. Datta

66. Hazardous Waste Management in Ship Breaking Industry SH-16

M.H. Fulekar

67. Health Effects due to Solid Waste Disposal at Gorai Dumping Ground, SH-17
Mumbai
S.G. Tendolkar, L.R. Menon, B.T. Nighot, J. Gregrat, H.S. Shinde,
M.A. Bhaskar and A.U. Athavale

68. Aerobic and Vermicomposting of Municipal and Agricultural Solid Waste SH-18
S.M. Prakash and Lokeshwari M.

69. Pollution Potental of Ship-Breaking Activities SH-19

Suvamoy Adak, K.D. Choudhury and S.K. Singh

70. Environmental Analysis of Tyre Strips – Few Investigations SH-20

K.G. Guptha and D.M. Dewaikar

71. Appropriate Landfilling of Municipal Solid Waste SH-21

B.V.S. Viswanadham

72. Centrifuge Model Studies on the Deformation Behaviour of Clay Liners SH-22
B.V.S. Viswanadham and K.V. Mahesh

73. Technologies for Physico-Chemical Remediation of Soils, Aquifers and SH-23

Sediments
Amit B. Mahindrakar and Shyam R. Asolekar

74. Solid Waste Recycling and Reuse in Steel Manufacturing – Options and SH-24
Constraints
S.Mitra Mazumder, S.Bhattacharrya, G.D.Maheshwari, Prabhat Kumar and
R.N.Singh

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WATER QUALITY AND WATER TREATMENT
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75. Rainwater Harvesting: Comparison between Existing Techniques and WQ-01

Its Modification
Hasan Mahmud, Noor Ahmed, Kawser Ahmed Khan and Atiya Rahman

76. Novel Adsorbents for Removal of Toxic Metals from Water WQ-02
Sanskriti Sharma, Alips Srivastava, M.T. Companywala and Kshipra Misra

77. Optimal Design of Water Treatment Plant Using Genetic Algorithm WQ-03
Ajay K. Gupta and R.K. Shrivastava

78. Preliminary Study of River Narmada (Hoshangabad, MP) with Reference WQ-04
to Adsorbable Organic Halides (AOX)
 P.C. Seth, V.B. Apale, P.K. Shrivastava and R. Singh

79. Marine Environment Protection – International Regulatory Regimes WQ-05

Brijendra K. Saxena

80. Stress Identification and Harbor Water Quality - Conceptual Model WQ-06
Jayaprada Chunduri

81. Community Participation in Repair and Maintenance of Hand Pump WQ-07

Tube Wells in Rural Areas – An Overview
B.M. Hota and N. Sahu

82. Mumbai’s Water Resources: The Need for Reforms in their Management WQ-08
Ramakrishna Nallathiga

83. Collector Wells: The Sustainable Source of Municipal and Industrial WQ-09
Water Supply
Anil K. Dikshit

84. Integrated Evaluation of Few Natural Coagulants for Water Treatment WQ-10
P.K. Raghuwanshi, Hitendra Kumar Bhuptawat and Sanjeev Chaudhari

85. Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Developing Ground Water Protection WQ-11
Plan
P.D. Karkhanis and Ashok K. Keshari

86. Sampling and Preservation Artifacts in Arsenic Analysis: Implications for WQ-12
Public Health Issues in the Developing Countries
Piyush Kant Pandey, Sushama Yadav, Sumita Nair and Madhurima Pandey

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MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
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87. Lysimeteric Treatment Approach for Pulp & Paper Mill Effluent Using WW-01
Column Heights as a Variant
A. Kumar, V. Singhal, B.D. Joshi and J.P.N. Rai

88. Zero-Valent Iron Mediated Dehalogenation of Chlorinated Organic WW-02

Compounds
Alok Sinha and Purnendu Bose

89. Chemical Wastewater Treatment by Anaerobic Sequential Batch WW-03

Biofilm Reactor (ASBBR) with Biofilm Configuration
S. Venkata Mohan, N. Chandrasekhar Rao and P.N. Sarma

90. Peripheral Eco-system for Sustainability of Urban Lakes WW-04

Sandeep T. Tayade and Rakesh Kumar

91. Removal of Chromium from Tannery Waste using Treated Red WW-05
Onion Skin
J. Senthilnathan and K. Palanivelu

92. Performance of UASB Reactor for the Treatment of Chromium Contaminated WW-06
Sewage
 Asif Ali Siddiqui and I.H. Farooqi

93. Effective Treatment Technologies for Textile Processing Effluent WW-07

S. Mohanasundaram

94. Software for Design and Operation of UASB Reactor WW-08

M.M. Ghangrekar and Smita Takalkar

95. Activated Sludge Process Control by Behaviour of SST for Treating WW-09
Dairy Waste Water
M.K. Saseetharan, J. Jeyanthi and G.L. Sathyamoorthy

96. Application of Energy Efficient System in CETP WW-10

M.A. Naik

97. Pulp and Paper Effluent Treatment by Electrochemical Methods WW-11

G. Durai and K. Srinivasan

98. Simulation of UASB Reactor’s Performance Treating Cornstarch WW-12

Wastewater
R.P. Singh

99. Hydraulic Design of a Wetland for Industrial Wastewater Treatment WW-13

T.V. Reshmidevi and Kapil Gupta

100. Agricultural Reuse of Sewage Effluent in View of Management of WW-14

Environmental Protection: An Experiment
J.S. Patel and G.S. Parthasarathy

101. Innovative Solution for Low BOD: COD CETP Effluents WW-15
H.B. Singh, S.B. Bhalerao, D.A. Shaikh and Sangeeta Chattaraj

102. Environmental Monitoring of the Schedule-I Industries WW-16

Avinash Deshmukh

103. Anaerobic Digestion of Piggery Waste WW-17

Pravin D. Nemade, Sunil Kumar and Tushar Zanje

104. Appropriate Treatment of Domestic Wastewater: Theoretical WW-18

Foundation and Practical Realities
Manoj K.M. Chaturvedi, Shyamsunder D. Langote and Shyam R. Asolekar

105. Two Stage Oxidation (Fenton's and Biological) of Reactive Dye WW-19
Wastewater
R.N. Saha and H. Veeramani

106. Treatment of Distillery Spent Wash by Hybrid Reactor WW-20

Sunil Kumar Gupta and S.K. Gupta

107. Uncertainty Analysis of Activated Sludge System for Treatment WW-21

of Domestic Wastewater
Puneet Sarna and Sanjeev Chaudhari

108. New Concepts in Effluent Treatment and Recycle: Cyclic Activated WW-22
Sludge Technology (C-Tech) and Membrane Bioreactor Technology
(C-Mem)
 Aparna Kapoor

109. Relative Removal Efficiency of Macrophytes under Tropical Climatic WW-23

Condition
Ashwani Wanganeo

110. Design and Development of Energy Efficient and Cost Effective WW-24
Hybrid Wastewater Treatment System
D.N. Ravi Shankar, K.S. Lokesh, R. Venkataraman and T.P. Halappa Gowda

111. Nitrogen Control in the Indian Water Resources: Lessons to be Learnt WW-25
from the Experience of the West
Deepak R. Dubey and Shyam R. Asolekar

112. Biodegradation of Chlorobenzene in Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket WW-26

Reactor
R.P. Borkar and S.K. Gupta