IIT-Bombay National Conference on Advances in Environmental Science and Engineering December 8-9, 2003
LIST OF TECHNICAL PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED _________________________________________________________________ AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH __________________________________________________________________________________________________
1.
Effect of Aerosols, Clouds and Atmospheric Pollutants on the Terrestrial Biosphere Dev Niyogi, Fitzgerald Booker, Dehui Chen, Fei Chen, Hsin-I Chang, Teddy Holt, Vinod Saxena and Rany Wells
AE-01
2.
Elemental Analysis of Aerosol Samples from Gobindgarh Using PIXE Ashok Kumar, Pardeep Sidhu, T.R. Rautray, M. Sudarshan, Ajay Kumar, N. Puri, Nirmal Singh, M.L. Garg and D.K. Dhawan
AE-02
3.
Effect of Phasing Out of Leaded Gasoline on Intake and Absorption of Lead from Atmospheric Aerosol S.K. Jha, S.B. Chavan and V.D. Puranik
AE-03
4.
Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Associated with Size-segregated Atmospheric Aerosols S.K. Sahu, G.G. Pandit, R.S. Patil, T.N. Mahadevan and V.D. Puranik
AE-04
5.
Estimation of Road Dust Resuspension at Traffic Junctions Using Trace Elements A. Vinod Kumar and R.S. Patil
6.
A Carbon Black Model for Control of Soot Emission from Diesel Engine A. Vinod Kumar
7.
Development of a Cylindrical Aerosol Mobility Analyzer System T. Das, A. Khan, M.D. Patel, B.K. Sapra, K. Somanathan, and Y.S. Mayya
AE-07
8.
Indigenous Development of A Dual Configuration Cascade Impactor S. Singh, A. Khan, R. Balasubramaniam, B.K. Sapra and Y.S. Mayya
AE-08
9.
Design and Development of a PM2.5 sampler 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 Distribution in IC Engines Tailpipes Ajay Kumar Chaudhary and Virendra Sethi
AE-05
AE-06
AE-09
AE-10
11.
Considering Plant Ecological Concepts for Improving Deposition Velocity Estimates in Air Pollution Models Dev Niyogi and Kiran Alapaty
AE-11
12.
Real Time Aerosol Analysis for Elemental Carbon, UV-Absorbing Aromatics, Diesel Exhaust and Tobacco Smoke Tony Hansen and A.K. Mahbubani
AE-12
_________________________________________________________________ AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND MODELLING __________________________________________________________________________________________________
13.
An Evaluation Study of a Combined Diagnostic Prognostic Approach for Developing Wind Field Inputs to Air Quality Modeling A. Chandrasekar and P.G. Georgopoulos
AQ-01
14.
Measurements of Surface Ozone Over Tropical Rural Site in India A.D. Kakade, S.B. Debaje and D.B. Jadhav
15.
Vehicular Exhaust Pollution In Delhi City S.M. Shiva Nagendra and Mukesh Khare
16.
Assessment of Assimilative Capacity of Chembur in Bombay P. Goyal and C. Prakash
AQ-04
17.
Levels of Benzo-A-Pyrene (BAP) in Ambient Air of Indian Metropolis Jovita A. Manuel, K.M. Phadke, S.D. Joshi, Asha Lalwani, Animesh Kumar and Z.H. Hasan
AQ-05
18.
An Expert System for Estimation of Population Exposure in An Urban Region Milind M. Kulkarni and Rashmi S. Patil
19.
Contribution of Alkaline and Acidic Sources to Precipitation at Delhi 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 D.B. Panaskar, A.S. Mishra and J. Shaikh
21.
A Study of the Noise Levels of Jodhpur City Ashok Dhariwal
AQ-09
22.
Online Air Pollution Monitoring Station in Hyderabad Y. Anjaneyulu, I. Jayakumar, V. Himabindu, P.V. Mukunda Rao, G. Sagareswar, T.H. Rao and K.V. Ramani
AQ-10
AQ-02
AQ-03
AQ-06
AQ-07
AQ-08
_________________________________________________________________ BIOREMEDIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY __________________________________________________________________________________________________
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 S. Venkata Mohan, K. Krishna Prasad and P.N. Sarma
BT-02
25.
Partial Sequence Analysis of a Putative Replicon from a Cryptic Plasmid 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 P.B. Kalburgi and S.A. Kadapure
27.
Groundwater Pollution In-Situ Remediation/ Bioremediation Using Circulation Wells T.I. Eldho
BT-05
28.
Sorption of Cadmium from Aqueous Solution by Epichlorohydrin Pretreated Rice Husk Upendra Kumar and Manas Bandyopadhyay
BT-06
29.
Biodegradation of Phthalate Isomers by Pseudomonas Strain PP4 Debesh C. Bhattacharya and Prashant S. Phale
30.
Evaluation of Various Bimetallic Systems for Their Efficacy to Dechlorinate DDT Sumit Kumar Gautam and Sumathi Suresh
31.
Elucidation of Microbial Mechanisms for NAPL Uptake and Implications on Substrate Utilization Kinetics Suparna Mukherji and Gita Mohapatra
BT-03
BT-04
BT-07
BT-08
BT-09
_________________________________________________________________ BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT __________________________________________________________________________________________________
32.
Alternatives to Incineration of Biomedical Waste – A Survey Surjit S. Katoch
33.
Biomedical Waste - Status and Strategies of Treatment – A Case Study of Cochin City Peeter K. Varkey, V.S. Achari, T.V. Jacob and V.N. Sivasankara Pillai
34.
Treatment and Disposal of Biomedical Waste S.K. Sharma
BW-01
BW-02
BW-03
_________________________________________________________________ CLEANER TECHNOLOGY AND WASTE MINIMISATION __________________________________________________________________________________________________
35.
The Use of Green Solvents in Industrial Chemical Processes: Some Recent Developments and Constraints R.J. Krupadam, R. Sarin and P.R. Salve
CT-01
36.
Role of Green Technology in Combating Environmental Pollution R.K. Khitoliya, Rahul Kumar and Nidhi Mahajan
CT-02
37.
New Concept to Environmental Management – Integrating LCA and Exergy S. N. Pati, B.S. Roy and H. Veeramani
CT-03
38.
Developments in Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion Technology to Fire Low Grade Fossil Fuels A.K. Subramanian and K. Aravinth
CT-04
_________________________________________________________________ ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATIONS __________________________________________________________________________________________________
39.
Needs of Awareness Building for Sustainable Development Hasan Mahmud and Jahir Bin Alam
EP-01
40.
Role of Environmental Policy and Regulations in Achieving Sustainable Development Gopal Pathak
EP-02
41.
Academic Research Initiatives on Post Mining Environment Through National Environmental Policy V.L. Narasimham and K. Pathak
EP-03
42.
Ozone Layer Depletion and Global Warming: Montreal Protocol and Kyoto Protocol Saurabh Gupta
43.
Impact of Environmental Issues on Competitiveness and Sustainability of Indian Pulp and Paper Industry S. Panwar, N. Endlay, R.M. Mathur and A.G. Kulkarni
44.
Environment Management at RCF, MUMBAI P.M.C. Nair
45.
Change Management for Effective Implementation of Environment Management Systems Shruti N. Apte
EP-07
46.
Environment: Can Technology Take Care of Everything? Alka Parikh
EP-08
47.
Integration of Environmental Policy with Business Profitability - A Case Study of NPCIL Jitendra Singh, P.M. Wagh and B. Ramamirtham
E-P04
48.
Fluidized Bed Technologies for High Ash Indian Coals - A TechnoEconomic Evaluation V.K. Sethi, D.N. Reddy and Savita Vyas
49.
The Effect of Policy Lag in the Implementation of Mitigation Measure B.K. Chandra Kiran
EP-05
EP-06
EP-09
EP-10
EP-11
50.
An Analysis of Long-run Environmental Impacts and Multi-criteria-based Prioritisation of the Natural Dyes in the Indian Textile Industry G. Badri Narayanan
EP-12
_________________________________________________________________ SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT __________________________________________________________________________________________________
51.
A Study on Solid Waste Management System of Sylhet City Corporation M.T. Rahman, K.E. Haque and M.M. Hasan
52.
Guidelines on Sustainable Health Care Waste Management in Bangladesh Mohammad Ali and Jahir Bin Alam
SH-02
53.
City Cleaning Program with Available Existing Resources in the Municipality Jagadish Chandra Saha
SH-03
54.
Modeling of Solid Circulation Rate for Recirculating Fluidized Beds Munish Kumar Chandel and Babu J. Alappat
SH-04
55.
Applicability of Present Techniques for Landfill Leachate Treatment- A Review Gaurav Bhardwaj and A.K. Mittal
SH-05
56.
Meliorated Vermicomposting for Processing Human Excretions as a Terminal Step in Eco-sanitation D. Puri, H. S. Bhandari, P. Srivastava, K.D.S. Yadav, Pranveer S. Satvat and Vinod Tare
SH-06
57.
Role of Soil Bedding and Covering in Vermicomposting Pranveer S. Satvat and Vinod Tare
SH-07
58.
Prediction of MSW in Delhi: Application of sARIMA model Ankit Agarwal, Ashish Singhmar, Arvind Kumar Nema and Atul Kumar Mittal
SH-08
59.
Municipal Solid Waste Characterization and Study of Its Relationship with Socio-Economic Segments: A Case Study Vamsi Krishna Sridharan, Sinivasan N. and Gagan Aggrawal
60.
Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste S.K. Sharma
61.
Incineration - a Cleaner Technology for Waste Treatment: A Case Study Ulhas G. Sawaiker
SH-11
62.
Microbiological Evaluation of Distillery Waste Composting D.S. Mali
SH-12
63.
Co-composting of Municipal Solid Waste with Sewage Sludge - an Integrated Approach Anand Vashi
SH-13
64.
Designing Landfills to Prevent Ground Water Pollution
SH-01
SH-09
SH-10
SH-14
Ankit Agarwal and G.V. Ramana 65.
Characterization and Management of Municipal Soild Waste of Burdwan Municipality, West Bengal R.N. Saha, S.K. Bose, S. Gupta, N. Mondal and J.K. Datta
SH-15
66.
Hazardous Waste Management in Ship Breaking Industry M.H. Fulekar
SH-16
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 S.M. Prakash and Lokeshwari M.
SH-18
69.
Pollution Potental of Ship-Breaking Activities Suvamoy Adak, K.D. Choudhury and S.K. Singh
SH-19
70.
Environmental Analysis of Tyre Strips – Few Investigations K.G. Guptha and D.M. Dewaikar
71.
Appropriate Landfilling of Municipal Solid Waste B.V.S. Viswanadham
SH-21
72.
Centrifuge Model Studies on the Deformation Behaviour of Clay Liners B.V.S. Viswanadham and K.V. Mahesh
SH-22
73.
Technologies for Physico-Chemical Remediation of Soils, Aquifers and Sediments Amit B. Mahindrakar and Shyam R. Asolekar
74.
Solid Waste Recycling and Reuse in Steel Manufacturing – Options and Constraints S.Mitra Mazumder, S.Bhattacharrya, G.D.Maheshwari, Prabhat Kumar and R.N.Singh
SH-20
SH-23
SH-24
_________________________________________________________________ WATER QUALITY AND WATER TREATMENT __________________________________________________________________________________________________
75.
Rainwater Harvesting: Comparison between Existing Techniques and Its Modification Hasan Mahmud, Noor Ahmed, Kawser Ahmed Khan and Atiya Rahman
WQ-01
76.
Novel Adsorbents for Removal of Toxic Metals from Water Sanskriti Sharma, Alips Srivastava, M.T. Companywala and Kshipra Misra
WQ-02
77.
Optimal Design of Water Treatment Plant Using Genetic Algorithm Ajay K. Gupta and R.K. Shrivastava
WQ-03
78.
Preliminary Study of River Narmada (Hoshangabad, MP) with Reference to Adsorbable Organic Halides (AOX)
WQ-04
P.C. Seth, V.B. Apale, P.K. Shrivastava and R. Singh 79.
Marine Environment Protection – International Regulatory Regimes Brijendra K. Saxena
WQ-05
80.
Stress Identification and Harbor Water Quality - Conceptual Model Jayaprada Chunduri
81.
Community Participation in Repair and Maintenance of Hand Pump 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 Ramakrishna Nallathiga
83.
Collector Wells: The Sustainable Source of Municipal and Industrial Water Supply Anil K. Dikshit
WQ-09
84.
Integrated Evaluation of Few Natural Coagulants for Water Treatment P.K. Raghuwanshi, Hitendra Kumar Bhuptawat and Sanjeev Chaudhari
WQ-10
85.
Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Developing Ground Water Protection Plan P.D. Karkhanis and Ashok K. Keshari
WQ-11
86.
Sampling and Preservation Artifacts in Arsenic Analysis: Implications for Public Health Issues in the Developing Countries Piyush Kant Pandey, Sushama Yadav, Sumita Nair and Madhurima Pandey
WQ-06
WQ-07
WQ-08
WQ-12
_________________________________________________________________ MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT __________________________________________________________________________________________________
87.
Lysimeteric Treatment Approach for Pulp & Paper Mill Effluent Using 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 Compounds Alok Sinha and Purnendu Bose
WW-02
89.
Chemical Wastewater Treatment by Anaerobic Sequential Batch Biofilm Reactor (ASBBR) with Biofilm Configuration S. Venkata Mohan, N. Chandrasekhar Rao and P.N. Sarma
WW-03
90.
Peripheral Eco-system for Sustainability of Urban Lakes Sandeep T. Tayade and Rakesh Kumar
91.
Removal of Chromium from Tannery Waste using Treated Red Onion Skin J. Senthilnathan and K. Palanivelu
92.
WW-01
WW-04
WW-05
Performance of UASB Reactor for the Treatment of Chromium Contaminated Sewage
WW-06
Asif Ali Siddiqui and I.H. Farooqi 93.
Effective Treatment Technologies for Textile Processing Effluent S. Mohanasundaram
WW-07
94.
Software for Design and Operation of UASB Reactor M.M. Ghangrekar and Smita Takalkar
95.
Activated Sludge Process Control by Behaviour of SST for Treating Dairy Waste Water M.K. Saseetharan, J. Jeyanthi and G.L. Sathyamoorthy
96.
Application of Energy Efficient System in CETP M.A. Naik
97.
Pulp and Paper Effluent Treatment by Electrochemical Methods G. Durai and K. Srinivasan
WW-11
98.
Simulation of UASB Reactor’s Performance Treating Cornstarch Wastewater R.P. Singh
WW-12
99.
Hydraulic Design of a Wetland for Industrial Wastewater Treatment T.V. Reshmidevi and Kapil Gupta
WW-13
100.
Agricultural Reuse of Sewage Effluent in View of Management of Environmental Protection: An Experiment J.S. Patel and G.S. Parthasarathy
WW-14
101.
Innovative Solution for Low BOD: COD CETP Effluents H.B. Singh, S.B. Bhalerao, D.A. Shaikh and Sangeeta Chattaraj
WW-15
102.
Environmental Monitoring of the Schedule-I Industries Avinash Deshmukh
WW-16
WW-08
WW-09
WW-10
103.
Anaerobic Digestion of Piggery Waste Pravin D. Nemade, Sunil Kumar and Tushar Zanje
WW-17
104.
Appropriate Treatment of Domestic Wastewater: Theoretical Foundation and Practical Realities Manoj K.M. Chaturvedi, Shyamsunder D. Langote and Shyam R. Asolekar
WW-18
105.
Two Stage Oxidation (Fenton's and Biological) of Reactive Dye Wastewater R.N. Saha and H. Veeramani
WW-19
106.
Treatment of Distillery Spent Wash by Hybrid Reactor Sunil Kumar Gupta and S.K. Gupta
WW-20
107.
Uncertainty Analysis of Activated Sludge System for Treatment of Domestic Wastewater Puneet Sarna and Sanjeev Chaudhari
WW-21
108.
New Concepts in Effluent Treatment and Recycle: Cyclic Activated Sludge Technology (C-Tech) and Membrane Bioreactor Technology (C-Mem)
WW-22
Aparna Kapoor 109.
Relative Removal Efficiency of Macrophytes under Tropical Climatic Condition Ashwani Wanganeo
WW-23
110.
Design and Development of Energy Efficient and Cost Effective Hybrid Wastewater Treatment System D.N. Ravi Shankar, K.S. Lokesh, R. Venkataraman and T.P. Halappa Gowda
WW-24
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 Reactor R.P. Borkar and S.K. Gupta
WW-26