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    Prof. M. Chandrasekhar

    Professor (HAG)

    Department of Civil Engineering

    National Institute of Technology, Warangal - 506004, Telangana, INDIA

    : 380mcs@gmail.com/ mcs@nitw.ac.in : 09908132001

     SUMMARY

     

    Name                          

    MATLI CHANDRA SEKHAR  

    Father’s Name

    M Gangi Reddy

    Date of Birth

    28/11/1963

    Present Position          

    Professor – Higher Administrative Grade (HAG)

    Department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Warangal 

    Education                    

    B. Tech. (Civil);  M. Tech. (Env. Engg.); Ph. D (Civil, NITW)                              

    Professional Experience  

    Teaching UG and PG students for the last 30 years.

    Research Guidance

    Ph D: Awarded-2, Submitted-1 and ongoing-6, M. Tech Theses - 62; B. Tech.- Many projects.

    Administrative Experience

    Dean, Planning & Development

    Head, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Warangal

    Registrar, NIT Warangal

    Chairman, Games Committee, NIT Warangal

    Head, Water & Environment Division 

    Head, Training and Placements, NIT, Warangal

    Director (Academic Affairs), Institute for Electronic Governance, JKC, GoAP (on Deputation)

     Other Assignments

    Member, State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), MoEF, Govt of AP, GOI Gazette May 2021.

    Member, Curriculum Revision, AP State Council for Higher Education, Govt of AP

    Member (UGC Nominee), BOG, Andhra University College of Engineering, Vizag.

    BOS Member for SV University, Tirupati; JNTU, Anantapur, Hyderabad; Kakatiya University, Warangal, Vignan University, Guntur. 

    Member, DAC, Engineering Staff College of India

    Member for Expert Committee on Environmental Flows of Krishna – Godavari Rivers.

    Governing Body Member for Engineering Colleges

    Publications                

    Journals -38;              Reviewed Articles – 8;          Book Chapters - 2

    Int. Conf. – 40;         National Conferences - 35

     

    Awards/Honours

    1. Member, State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), MoEF, Govt of AP, GOI Gazette May’21.
    2. Member, Curriculum Revision, AP State Council for Higher Education, Govt of AP
    3. Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Analytical Chemistry Letters. 
    4. Offered Honorary Rosalind Member of London Journals Press - Membership ID#KJ52424 (2020)
    5. Appointed by UGC as Member, Governing Body, Andhra University College of Engineering, Vizag (2018-21)
    6. Selected for Erasmus+ KA107 Cycle 2019-2022 Teaching staff mobility at the University of Santiago, Compostilla, Spain
    7. Participated in Leadership for Academic Professionals (LEAP), MHRD, hosted by AMU and Monash University (Dec 2019 – Feb 2020)
    8. Member of State Level Advisory Body Meeting on Monitoring and Implementing of SWM Rules, 2016, Govt of Telangana.
    9. Organized International Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development, September 13-15, 2019
    10. Developed online course content for two subjects under Pedagogy Project of MHRD, Govt of India.
    11. Awarded Subject Prize instituted by Ministry of Water Resources, Govt of India, for the Paper titled ‘Modelling Dissolved Pollutants in Krishna River Using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference Systems’ (published in the Series ‘A’ Journal of IEI, Vol. 95, Issue 1) at the 30th Indian Engineering Congress, Guwahati (2015)
    12. Appointed as One Man Committee Member by National Green Tribunal.
    13. Offered Scholarship under Heritage Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Project on Staff Mobility at Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, 2014.
    14. Invited for I International Consultative Training Workshop on “Participatory Management of Natural Resources in Arid and Semi-arid Lands”, 9 - 23 December 2011, Tehran, Iran 
    15. Member of Divisional Advisory Committee, EMD, Engineering Staff College of India, Hyderabad
    16. Nominated by MHRD, GoI for Tech & Vocational Education Training (TVET) program at Singapore, March 2011.
    17. Authored a text Book titled Environmental Science, Published by Hitech Publishers. 
    18. Coordinated several Workshops and Summer Schools and delivered lectures as Resource Person.
    19. Invited to teach a course on Environmental Engg. at the Prestina Summer Univ. (2002).
    20. Invited for participation in the World Wide Water - Junior Environmental Scientists (WWW – JES) Workshop at the University of Water, Paris (May 21 - 25, 2002) 
    21. Invited for Research Discussions by University of Essen, Germany and Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
    22. Offered Scholarship by the DCAMM International Graduate Research School for participating in a course on Transport and Biodegradation in heterogeneous Groundwater Aquifers, during August, 2000.
    23. Offered Scholarship by the Max Plank Institute, Hamburg for a course on Beyond Kyoto -, July-Nov., 2000.
    24. Shared a Gold Medal and Memento for Best Contribution as Team Leader in the Janmabhoomi Programme involving peoples’ participation, Jan’97.
    25. Visited several countries for presentation of research papers, workshops, research discussions, teaching, etc.

    Achievements 

    1. Member, Budget Allocation Committee for NITs
    2. Organized workshops/ seminars/summer schools for faculty/ research groups on advanced topics.
    3. Invited for lectures in Workshops/ Training Programmes/ Refresher Courses/ summer schools.
    4. Designed course curriculum for PG Program in Environmental Engineering and Waste Management   
    1. Expansion of the JKC program to 800+ colleges from 250+ colleges. 
    2. Planning, Coordinating& Monitoring training programs in 800 colleges and about 80,000 students in the state of Andhra Pradesh promoting for skill development and training on Industry grade skills.
    3. Initiated training programs on Modular Employable Skills (MES) to JKC students and till date about 5000 students are trained and certified under MES (GOI) scheme.
    4. Introduced of certification programs in Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, Tallly, SAP, Autodesk, etc for JKC students.
    5. Designed online examination for Skill Assessment and diagnosis of strengths and weaknesses.
    6. Promotion of various Industry – Academia connect programs supported by Infosys, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, etc.
    7. Academic Coordination of Special Training Program (STP) under Affirmative Action (conceived by Sri Narayana Murthy, Infosys) – 10 batches completed out of 12 batches in India

    Course Taught Previously

    Subjects Offered (at UG and PG level)

    Environmental Engineering–I (Water Supply & Treatment), Environmental Engineering–II (Wastewater Treatment), Env. Impact Assessment, Environmental Studies, Water Quality Management, Water Treatment Systems, Environmental Systems Engineering, Solid Waste Management, Ecology, Microbiology &Env. Chemistry, Air Pollution & Control, Industrial Wastewater Treatment

    Publications

    JOURNALS

     

    1. Rakesh Kadaverugu,, Chandra Sekhar M & Rajesh B. (2021) Improving accuracy in simulation of urban wind flows by dynamic downscaling WRF with OpenFOAM, Urban Climate, Volume 38, July 2021, 100912,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100912,

    Chandra Sekhar M and Nivedita (2021). River water quality modelling using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), International Journal of Environment (IJE Nepal), Vol. 10 No. 1,  https://doi.org/10.3126/ije.v10i1.38417

    1. Rakesh Kadaverugu,, Chandra Sekhar M & Rajesh Biniwale (2021) Suitability of WRF model for simulating meteorological variables in rural, semi-urban and urban environments of Central India, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 133, pages1379–1393, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-021-00816-y.
    2. Saaniya Syed and Chandra Sekhar M (2021) Prediction of Effects of Climate Change Scenarios on Water Quality of Tungabhadra River Using Historical Data, Indian Journal of Ecology (Accepted).
    3. Chandra Sekhar M and Ankit Kumar (2021) Development of Design Tool for Sizing of Asp using Kinetics and Performance Data from Operational Plants, Journal of Water Resources and Pollution Studies, 2021, 6 (2): 45 - 59; e-ISSN: 2581-5326
    4. Chandra Sekhar M and Vinay S. H (2021) Hydrological Modelling Studies of Paravar River Basin, a Tributary of River Godavari using HEC-HMS Model, Journal of Water Engg. and Management, 2021, 2(1) : 48-54.
    5. Rakesh Kadaverugu, Chandrakant Gurav, Ankush Rai, Asheesh Sharma, Chandra Sekhar M & Rajesh Biniwale (2021) Quantification of heat mitigation by urban green spaces using InVEST model—a scenario analysis of Nagpur City, India. Arab J Geosci 14, 82 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-06380-w
    6. Chandra Sekhar, M. Nimmy John (2020), Estimation of Soil Loss from Watershed for Identifying High Risk Erosion Zones Using GIS, Journal of Water Engg. and Management, 2020, 1(3) : 08-16, DOI:10.47884/jweam.v1i3pp07-15.
    7. Chandra Sekhar, M. Bhansker C, Rakesh K (2019), Co-firing Municipal Solid Waste with Coal – A case study on Warangal city, India, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology (p-ISSN 0972-6268; e-ISSN 2395-3454), Vol. 18, No. 1, March, 2019).
    8. Rakesh Kadaverugu, Asheesh Sharma, Chandra Sekhar M, Rajesh B (2019) High Resolution Urban Air Quality Modeling by Coupling CFD and Mesoscale Models: A Review, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences https://doi.org/10.1007/s13143-019-00110-3, Korean Meteorological Society, Springer Publications.
    9. Sirpa Akhil kumar, Sahu S.K, Bhangare R.C, Tiwari M, Ajmal P.Y, Rathod T.D, Chandra Sekhar M, Pandit G.G. (2018) Determination of Henry’s Constant of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Using Epics-Spme-GC Technique,  International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology, Vol. 4, Issue 3, 00. 145-152, Print ISSN: 2395-6011, Online ISSN: 2395-602X
    10. Bob Pears, I, and  M. Chandra Sekhar (2016) - The Pathetic Condition of Hussain Sagar Lake Increasing of Water Pollution after Immersion of Ganesh-Idols in the Year-2016, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, International Journal of Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences (IJREAS), http://euroasiapub.org/journals.php, Vol. 6 Issue 10, October - 2016, pp. 136~143 ISSN(O): 2249-3905, ISSN(P) : 2349-6525 | Impact Factor: 6.573 | Thomson Reuters ID: L-5236-2015
    11. Bob Pears, I, Prasad, C.V.V and M. Chandra Sekhar (2016) Assessment of Water Quality Status of Musi River: A Tributary of River Krishna in India, International Journal of Engineering Sc. & Computing, Vol. 6 (11), pp. 3415-3422. ISSN XXXX XXXX © 2016 IJESC.
    12. G. Shiva Kumar, Juwel Bharadwaj, P. Lakshmi Sruthi and M. Chandra Sekhar (2016) - Removal of Ammonia Nitrogen (NH4 -N) from Landfill Leachate by Chemical Treatment, Indian Journal of Sc.& Tech., Vol 9(30), ISSN (Print) : 0974-6846 ISSN (Online) : 0974-5645
    13. Bob Pears, I, Murali Mohan K and  M. Chandra Sekhar (2015) Hydro chemical analysis of ground water quality in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy areas of A.P India in the year 2008, International Journal of Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences (IJREAS), Available online at http://euroasiapub.org/journals.php Vol. 6, Issue 11, November - 2016, pp. 106~118 ISSN(O): 2249-3905, ISSN(P) : 2349-6525 | Impact Factor: 6.573 | Thomson Reuters ID: L-5236-2015
    14. Bob Pears, I, Murali Mohan, K and M. Chandra Sekhar (2015) Monitoring of Fluoride and Nitrate concentrations in the ground water of Hyderabad, A.P, India. International Journal of Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences (IJREAS) Available online at http://euroasiapub.org/journals.php Vol. 6 Issue 11, November - 2016, pp. 94~105 ISSN(O): 2249-3905, ISSN(P) : 2349-6525 | Impact Factor: 6.573 | Thomson Reuters ID: L-5236-2015.
    15. Chandra Sekhar, M. (2015), Assessment of Pollution in Lakes Drained by Urban Catchment, International Journal of Environmental Engineering– IJEE, Volume 2 : Issue 1 [ISSN : 2374-1724], pp.136-139, DOI : 10.15224/978-1-63248-033-0-96.
    16. Chandra Sekhar, M. and N. V. Umamahesh, (2014), Modelling Dissolved Pollutants in Krishna River Using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference Systems, Journal of Institution of Engineers, Series A, Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1007/s40030-014-0064-0  
    17. Chandra Sekhar, M and Surender Reddy K  (2013) Regression Models for Prediction of Water Quality In Krishna River, Journal of Energy Technologies and Policy, www.iiste.org, ISSN 2224-3232 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0573 (Online) Vol.3, No.11, pp. 178-181, Special Issue.
    18. G. Venkatesham, M. Chandra Sekhar, T.Bala Narsaiah, RS Dave (2013), Municipal Solid Waste Management - A Review, Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India, Vol. 2013-14, No. 2, July 2013 pp 36-42.
    19. Andal M, M. Chandra Sekhar, G.K.Viswanadh (2012) Diffusion Characteristics of Geosynthetic Clay Liners Amended with Partial Replacement of Bentonite by Flyash, Journal of Textiles and Light Industrial Science and Technology, Oct. 2012, Vol. 1 Iss. 2, PP. 20-23.
    20. Andal M, M. Chandra Sekhar, G.K.Viswanadh (2012), Hydraulic Conductivity of GCL with Bentonite – Silica Fume Matrix, Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering, v.6, n.2, pp.109-112, ISSN 1982-3932, doi: 10.4090/juee.2012.v6n2.109112  
    21. Andal M, M. Chandra Sekhar, G.K.Viswanadh (2012), Sulphate ion Diffusion in Modified Geosynthetic Clay Liners, International Journal of Emerging Technology & Advanced Engineering, Website:www.ijetae.com (ISSN 2250-2459, Vol. 2, Issue 7, pp.254-257, July 2012)
    22. Andal, M, M. Chadnra Sekhar and G K Viswanath (2011). Hydraulic Conductivity of Ameliorated Geosynthetic Clay Liners, Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol16 (2011) pp. 1362–1368.
    23. Srikanth DSK, B Sudhakar, K Siva Rama Krishna, P Vasudeva Rao and M. Chandra Sekhar (2011) Determining Water Quality Index for Evaluation of Water Quality of River Godavari, Int. Journal of Engg Research & Applications, ISSN 2248-9642, Vol 1, Issue 2, pp. 174-182. 
    24. Sesha Sreenivas. B, M. Chandra Sekhar and  B. Shailamber (2008) Assessment of dissolved pollutants in Krishna river using mass balance approach, Journal of AP Academy of Sciences, Vol.12(4), pp. 393-398
    25. Chandra Sekhar, M. and K. Chakravarthy (2008). Removal of Lead from Aqueous Effluents by Adsorption on Coconut Shell Carbon,  Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, Vol.50, No.2, pp.137-140.
    26. B. S. Sreenivas, Chandra Sekhar, M. and S. Reddy (2008). Impact of Disposal of Wastewater Effluents on Water Quality of Godavari at Badrachalam, Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 28, No. 1,  pp. 9 - 17. 
    27. Chandra Sekhar. M and MVK Satya Prasad (2006) Regression Models for Assessment of Dissolved Pollutants in Krishna River, Journal of Indian Water Resources Society, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 46-49.
    28. Chandra Sekhar, M.and N. V. Umamahesh (2004). Mass Balance Approach for Assessment of Pollution Load in a River, Journal of Environmental Science & Engineering, Vol.46, No.2, pp.159-171.
    29. Chandra Sekhar, M. and G. Appa Rao (2004) Assessment of air quality around a coal mine using ORAQI indices. Jl. of Indian Association of Env. Management, 30(2):103-106.
    30. Chandra Sekhar, M, and Indira, Ch, (2003).,Modelling chloride – discharge relationships in Krishna river basin, International Journal of Water Science & Technology, Vol. 48, No. 7, pp. 57-63.
    31. Chandra Sekhar, M. and N. V. Umamahesh (2002). Impact of Land use on Water Quality of the River Krishna, Journal of Hydrology, Vol.25, No. 2&3, pp33-43.
    32. Chandra Sekhar, M.  & K. Chakravarthy(2000). Study of Removal of Zinc by Coal and Clay Minerals, Journal of Indian Water Works Association, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 305-307.
    33. Chandra Sekhar, M (1999). The Use of Drastic Modeling Indices for the Assessment of Groundwater Pollution, Impact of Urban Growth on Surface Water and Groundwater Quality, Ellis. B (eds.), IAHS Publication No. 259, pp. 111-113.
    34. Satyanarayana, M. and Chandra Sekhar, M. (1996). Occurrence & Control of  Trihalo-methanes in Drinking Waters, Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 16, No. 6,  pp. 423 - 426.
    35. Chandra Sekhar, M. (1996). Water Quality Criteria for Irrigation, Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 217 - 219. 
    36. Chandra Sekhar, M & Anand Raj, P. (1995). Land use - Water Quality Modeling:  A Case Study, International Journal of Water Science & Technology, Vol. 31, No. 8, pp. 383-386.
    37. Chandra Sekhar, M. (1994). Surveillance of Water Quality Parameters in Relation to Land use - A Case Study of Warangal Town in Andhra Pradesh, Journal of Indian Water Works Association, July - Sept., 1994, pp. 177-178.

     

    Book Chapters

    1. Rakesh Kadaverugu,, Chandra Sekhar M & Rajesh Biniwale (2021) Process-based Scenario Analyses of Future Socio-environmental Systems: Recent Efforts and a Salient Research Agenda for Decision Making, Modeling and Simulation of Environmental Systems: A Computation Approach'',  CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group) (accepted).
    2. Chandra Sekhar, M and G. Venkatesam (2021) Assessment of Quality of Compost Derived from Municipal Solid Waste, Handbook of Solid Waste Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7525-9_13-1, Springer Nature Pvt Ltd, Singapore.

     

    Reviewed Articles

    1. Chandra Sekhar, M.and N. V. Umamahesh (2002). Impact of Monsoon rainfall on Stream Water Chemistry, Water Resource Management in Arid Regions, Singh. V.P. et al. (eds.), Balkema Publications, Vol.3, pp. 3-11.
    2. Chandra Sekhar, M. (2002). Modelling Dissolved Oxygen Profiles in a River, Water Resource Management in Arid Regions, Singh. V.P. et al. (eds.), Balkema Publications, Vol.3, pp. 13 -18.
    3. Chandra Sekhar, M.  & K. Chakravarthy (2001). Coal and Clay Minerals for removal of Zinc, Advances in Environmental Materials, White, Stegemann (eds.), Material Research Society, Vol. II, pp. 151-156.
    4. Chandra Sekhar, M (2000). Non-Point Source Pollution Trends in an Urban Groundwater Area, Groundwater 2000, Bjerg (eds.), Balkema Publications,  pp. 489-490.
    5. Chandra Sekhar, M. (1998). Management of Lake Catchment - Towards Sustainability, Water Quality & its Management, CVJ Varma (eds.), Balkema Publications,  pp.115-119.
    6. Chandra Sekhar, M. (1997). Impact of Opencast Coal Mining on the Air Environment, Engineering Geology & Environment,  Marino, Koukis, Tsiambaos & Stoumaras (eds.) Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 2487-2493.
    7. Chandra Sekhar, M. (1997). Assessment of Ambient Air Quality in an Urban Ecosystem, Urban Ecology,  J. Breuste, H. Feldmann, O. Uhlmann (eds.) Springer–Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 109-113.
    8. Chandra Sekhar, M. (1997).Disposal of Industrial Wastewater into Irrigation Drains - A Worthwhile Consideration Applicable for Coastal Environment, International Conference on Flow Regimes from International Experiments and Network Data (FRIEND’97), Vol. 15/19, pp. 129-132,  Slovenia.

     

     INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

    1. Rakesh Kadaverugu, Chandra Sekhar M & Rajesh Biniwale (2020) High resolution urban air quality modelling using a multi-scale approach, VIII Open Foam Conferences 2020, ESI Global Digital Event, October 13-15, 2020.
    2. G V Sai Krishna , M. Chandra Sekhar (2020). “Analysis of Heavy Metal Contamination and Assessment Through Multivariate Statistical Techniques and Quality Indices: A Case Study on Jeedimetla, Hyderabad, India”, RECYCLE-2020, 13-14 February, 2020,IIT Guwahati.
    3. G V Sai Krishna, M. Chandra Sekhar (2019) “Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater and Advancement through Zeolites-A Review”, International Conference on Innovative trends in Civil Engineering for sustainable Development, 13-15 September, 2019. NIT Warangal, Warangal.
    4. A. Nithin Kumar, M. Chandra Sekhar (2019). Review on Sewage sludge as source of sustainable agriculture. Indian Conference on Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering, 1-2 March 2019, NIT Allahabad, Allahabad India
    5. A. Nithin Kumar, M. Chandra Sekhar (2019). Review on application of sewage sludge as fertiliser. International Conference on Innovative trends in Civil Engineering for sustainable Development, 13-15 September, 2019. NIT Warangal, Warangal.
    6. Kadaverugu R, Sharma A, Matli C, Biniwale R (2019) - High resolution air quality modeling for sustainable urban planning, International Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ITCSD – 2019), NIT Warangal, Spet13-14, 2019.
    7. M. Sagarika and M. Chandra Sekhar, (2018). Experimental Studies on the Effect of Premixing Methods in Anaerobic Digester with Corn Stover, International Conference on Diversification Trends in Engineering Technology and Applied Sciences (DTETA), Tokyo, March 22-23, 2018.
    8. Chandra Sekhar M  and Ranadeer Reddy A (2017) Studies on Efficiency of UASB Reactor during Sludge Granulation, VII  Int. Conf. on Chemical, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Sc. (CAENS-2017), Nov. 20-21, 2017, ISBN 978-93-86878-04-5, pp. 40-45. http://urst.org/siteadmin/upload/8094U1117201.pdf
    9. Shamma Damani and Chandra Sekhar M, (2015),  Fluoride removal in water using low cost locally available industrial wastes,  International Conference on Environment and Ecology (ICEE-2015)  March 2-4, 2015, Kolkata (INDIA)
    10. Binay Kumar Tripathy, and  Chandra Sekhar M (2015), Catalytic oxidation of waste water using hydrogen peroxide and flyash as catalyst,  International Conference on Environment and Ecology (ICEE-2015)  March 2-4, 2015, Kolkata (INDIA)
    11. M Chandra Sekhar and Mahesh, (2015),  Probability studies for assessment of dissolved oxygen profiles in Krishna river,  International Conference on Chemical, Environmental and Biological Sciences (CEBS-2015)  March 18-19, 2015 Dubai (UAE).
    12. Chandra Sekhar, M and S.V.N.Vamsi, (2015), Performance Analysis of a Ceramic Microfiltration Membrane, International Conference on Environment and Ecology (ICEE-2015)  March 2-4, 2015, Kolkata (INDIA)
    13. G.Venkatesham, M. Chandra Sekhar, T. Bala Narsaiah (2014) Assessment of the quality of Windrow composting produced from Municipal solid resource (waste)”- 4th International Conference on Solid Waste Management and Exhibition on Municipal Services, Clean technology January 28-30, 2014 at Hyderabad, India
    14. Animesh Rai, M. Chandra Sekhar, Rajeev Kumar Pandey, Krishnendu Kundu, (2013) - Effect of Process Parameters for Standardization of Estrification of cottonseed for production of Biodiesel” in International Conference on Environment, Health and Industrial Biotechnology (BioSangam 2013) organised by Dept of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru Institute of Technology Allahabad, Allahabad Uttar Pradesh India on 21st to 23rd November 2013.  (ISBN: 978-93-83083-41-1.2013 & UID No: BPD008, Page-425)
    15. Chandra Sekhar, M  (2011) INRM Practices and Issues in India with Emphasis on Best Management Practices – Case Studies, 1st Int. Consultative Training Workshop on “Participatory Management of Natural Resources in Arid and Semi-arid Lands”, Iran(December). 
    16. Bob Pears, I, Murali Mohan, K and , M. Chandra Sekhar(2010) Hydro-chemical Analysis of groundwater quality in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy Areas of AP, India in the year 2008, Int. Conf. on Climate Change Perspectives and Projections – A System Approach, (December).
    17. Bob Pears, I, Murali Mohan, K and , M. Chandra Sekhar(2010) Major Ion Chemistry of Ground Water of Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy Areas of AP, India in the year 2007, International Conference on Green Summit on Climate Change – Issues and Concerns, (November).
    18. Bob Pears, I, Murali Mohan, K and , M. Chandra Sekhar(2010) Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Hyderabad with respect to Fluoride and Nitrates, International Congress on Environmental Research, (September)
    19. Bob Pears, I, Prasad, C.V.V and , M. Chandra Sekhar(2010) Assessment of Water Quality Status of Musi River : A Tributary of River Krishna in India, International Congress on Environmental Research, (September)
    20. Chandra Sekhar, M.,Amarnath Reddy A & Radhakrishna K V (2009). Imparting Employable Skills Through Jawahar Knowledge Centre Initiative By The Government Of Andhra Pradesh, India, Global Colloquium on Engineering Education at Budapest, Hungary, (October). 
    21. Chandra Sekhar, M. & Amarnath Reddy A (2008). Jawahar Knowledge Centre – A Step towards enabling students for acquiring Industry Grade Skills, 38th ISTE National Convention and IFEES International Conference at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar,  (December)  
    22. Chandra Sekhar, M, and Sreenivasulu, (2007). Modelling nutrients contributed by overland flow, Int. Symposium on Ecohydrulics, New Zealand, (February).  
    23. Chandra Sekhar, M and S. Sathish Kumar (2005). Assessment and Prediction of Nutrient Loads Contributed by Musi River Basin, International River Symposium, Brisbane (September)  
    24. Chandra Sekhar, M (2005). Airborne Metallic Particulates from Urban Sources in A Growing Tropical Town, IAMAS, Beijing, China (July)
    25. Chandra Sekhar, M. and N. V. Umamahesh (2004). Base Flow Contributions to Dissolved Pollutant Loads in Krishna River, I AOGS Assembly, Singapore (June).
    26. Chandra Sekhar, M (2002). Apportionment of pollutant loads arising from catchment, WORLD WATER FORUM, Kyoto, (March). 
    27. Chandra Sekhar, M, N. V. Umamahesh (2002). Material balances for modeling non-point source pollution, I World Wide Workshop for Junior Environmental Scientists (May).
    28. Chandra Sekhar, M, N. V. Umamahesh and Sreenivasulu (2002). Assessment of pollutant loads in a river by indirect approach, International Conference on Automation in Water Quality Monitoring Networks, Vienna, Austria (May)
    29. Chandra Sekhar, M, N. V. Umamahesh and M. V. K. Satya Prasad (2001). Modelling Dissolved Solids Using Indirect Approaches, VI Scientific Assembly of the IAHS, Maastricht, Netherlands (July).
    30. Chandra Sekhar, M.and N. V. Umamahesh (2001). Application of Mass Balances for Separation of Point and Non-point Loads, V Int. Conf.  on Diffuse/Non-point Pollution and Watershed Management, Milwaukee, USA (June)
    31. Chandra Sekhar, M and N. V. Umamahesh (2000). Approaches for Modelling Non-Point Source Pollution from a Watershed, Int. Conference on Agricultural Effects on Ground and Surface Waters, Wageningen, Netherlands, (October).
    32. Chandra Sekhar, M. and Sathish Kumar, S.(1998).Macro Model for Assessment and Prediction of Nutrient Loads - a case study, Proceedings of International Symposium on Comprehensive Watershed Management, Beijing, China.
    33. Chandra Sekhar, M. (1998).Integrated Water Quality Management Plan for Bhadri Lake,  Proceedings of International Conference on World Water Resources at the beginning of the 21st Century, IHP V, No. 18, pp. 241-245, Paris, France.
    34. Chandra Sekhar, M. (1997).Characterization and Treatment of Effluents from Paint Industry, International Conference on Industrial Pollution and Control Technologies, pp. 142-146, India.
    35. Chandra Sekhar, M.  (1997). Restoration of lake Ecosystems - A case Study, VII Int. Conf. Conservation & Management of Lakes, ARGENTINA.
    36. Chandra Sekhar,M. (1996). Seasonal Variations of Metallic Levels in Water Supplies - a Case Study, International Conference on Aspects of Conflicts in Reservoir Development & Management, pp. 631-641,  London.
    37. Chandra Sekhar, M. (1996). Air Quality Monitoring by Source Apportionment Studies, International Conference on Urban Climatology, Germany.
    38. Chandra Sekhar,M. (1995). Control of Heavy Metal Contamination in Drinking Water Sources, International CBIP R&D Session, New Delhi.
    39. Chandra Sekhar, M. (1995).Impact of Non-Point Source pollution from the Catchment on Water Quality - A Statistical Approach, VI Int. Conference Conservation & Management of Lakes, JAPAN.
    40. Reddy, K.M., Chandra Sekhar, M.& Ramprasad,G. (1994).Impact of Pilgrimage on   Environment of Tirupati-An Important Pilgrim Town in India, VII Int. Symposium on Resource & Environmental Monitoring, pp. 349-352, BRAZIL.
    41. Reddy, 1`            K.M., Natrajan, S., Chandra Sekhar, M & Rao, S.V.L.N. (1993). GIS software in Parallel Mode, GIS/LIS Annual Conference, U.S.A.

     

     RECENT NATIONAL CONFERENCES

    1. Chandra Sekhar, M. Sustainable Agricultural Practices, National workshop on “Efficient Use of Available Water Resources for More Crop per Drop" VNR - VJIT, Hyderbad, 18-20 March 2015
    2. Chandana N and M. Chandra Shekhar (2015). “Landfill Design of A Case Study of Rajnandgaon City, Chhattisgarh”. CHEMIX’15 National Conference on Inter & Intra-Disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering VNIT Nagpur.
    3. Animesh Rai, M. Chandra Sekhar (2014) - Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Rajnandgaon City, Chhattisgarh” in National Conference on Environment: Pollution and Protection (EPP-2014) organized by Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, West Bengal, India on 30th January to 1st February 2014. (Vol. EPP 2014, Page-106) 
    4. N..Haripriya, M. Chandra Sekhar, (2014)-"Importance of standardization in design and implementation of small scale sewage treatment plant packages" in National conference on Environment: pollution and protection(EPP 2014) organised by the Department of Earth and Environmental studies, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, India on January 30th-February 1st, 2014. (Volume of Abstracts EPP 2014 pp.76, January 30 –February 1, 2014)

    PHDs Supervised

    Ph Ds Supervised 

    1. A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON COMPOSTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
    2. Diffusion Characteristics of Geosynthetic Clay Liners Amended with Partial Replacement of Bentonite by Flyash
    3. Hydro chemical analysis and evaluation of groundwater in greater Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy dist
    4. Development of multi-scale air quality modeling framework

     

    LIST OF M.TECH. THESES SUPERVISED

    1. Application of satellite data in comparative studies for prediction of PM2.5 using regression analysis (2021)
    2. Treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater using UV oxidation with combination of Graphene oxide and Titanium dioxide as catalysts (2021)
    3. Studies on Seasonal Variations of PM2.5 and PM10 in some of the Indian Cities using MINITAB 18 Software (2021)
    4. Prediction of water quality of river Godavari  Using Artificial Neural Networks (2021)
    5. Treatment of Leachate and Agriculture Return Water using Algal-Bacterial Co-Culture (2020)
    6. Experimental Studies on Pellets Prepared from Different Types of Municipal Solid Wastes (2020)
    7. Studies on Removal of Methylene Blue using Graphene Synthesized by Different Methods (2020)
    8. Dynamic Modelling on Activated Sludge Process Using STOAT (2020)
    9. Design of Outfall System for disposal of Brine and Commercial Salt Recovery from Desalination Plant (2019)
    10. Numerical simulation and validation of regional air quality of eastern Maharashtra: using WRF-Chem (2019)
    11. Development of design tool for sizing ASP using microbial kinetics and performance data of operational plants (2019)
    12. Inclusive management of urban drain silt and application of LCA (2019)
    13. Evaluation of metals in ambient atmosphere and source identification study over Warangal region (2019)
    14. Determination of Henry’s Constants of Polychlorinated Biphenyls using EPICS-SPME-GC Technique & Scavenging Action of Rainwater (2018)
    15. Assessment of Suspended Particulate Matter in Urban Ambient Atmosphere (2018)
    16. Trace Analysis of Heavy Metals in Water using Multivariate Statistical Techniques in Jeedimetla Industrial Park (2018)
    17. Experimental Studies on Removal of Chromium from Tannery Wastewater using Chemical Precipitation and Adsorption (2018)
    18. Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Quality of River Tungabhadra (2018)
    19. Studies on waste to energy options using MSW and coal for co-firing (2017)
    20. Assessment of groundwater quality in Hussainsagar catchment area by using multivariate statistical analysis (2017)
    21. Comparison of pre-mixing methods of cornstover in solid state anaerobic digestion (2017)
    22. Removal of Ammonia - Nitrogen from Landfill Leachate by Enhancing Struvite Precipitation Potential (2016)
    23. Automobile Pollution Modeling Using CALINE4 Approach with GIS Techniques (2016)
    24. Removal of Copper and Nickel from Aqueous solution using Non-Conventional Adsorbents (2016)
    25. River Water Quality Modeling using Principal Component Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression (2016)
    26. Hydrological Modeling studies of Pravara Basin (2016)
    27. Indoor Air quality assessment in two micro environment (2015)
    28. Indoor Air quality assessment in some municipality school in Mumbai. (2015)
    29. Advanced oxidation treatment of tannery waste water using fly ash catalyst. (2015)
    30. Turbidity, COD, TSS and silica removal using different membrane filtration technique (2015)
    31. Fluoride removal using locally available industrial waste like fly ash and bottom ash and their modification. (2015)
    32. The influence of single point source of pollutants on surrounding area (Warsaw City) (2015)
    33. Rainfall Induced Landslide Hazard Assessment  (2015)
    34. Role of Supply Chain Management in Construction Industry (2015)
    35. Application of Surface Response Methodology for Adsorption of Fluoride from water using Aluminium Hydroxide Coated RHC  (2014)
    36. Municipal Solid waste management: A case study of RAJNANDGAON, Chattisgarh (2014).
    37. A Study on impacts on Environment due to MSW dumpsites (2014).
    38. Application of GIS for identification of suitable Landfill Site (2014).
    39. Bioremediation of hexavalent Chromium by sulphate reducing bacteria (2014).
    40. Study of Water Balance of Dharmasagar Catchment Area (2014).
    41. Risk Management in Construction Industry (2014)
    42. Investigation of quality and fertilizing potential of composts produced from MSW (2013)
    43. Characterization and Management of Municipal Solid Waste of Warangal, (2007)
    44. Software development for design of industrial wastewater treatment plant using Visual Basic (2007)
    45. Determination of WQI and its application in river water quality evaluation (2006)
    46. Estimation of peak discharge for ungauged watershed using geomorphologic parameters developed through GIS approach (2006)
    47. Development of WQI for River Godavari and Indravathi (2006)
    48. Assessment of Chemical Weathering Rates in Krishna and Godavari River Basins (2006) 
    49. Development of GIS database for quantitative & qualitative analysis of groundwater in Warangal district. (2005)
    50. Watershed Prioritization and Estimation of Runoff – A GIS Approach (2004)
    51. Modeling Quality of Groundwater in Warangal District using FEM and GIS (2004)
    52. Software development for design of sewage treatment plant using Visual Basic (2004)
    53. Probability Studies for Assessment of Dissolved Oxygen Profiles in Krishna River (2003)
    54. Modeling Nutrients Contributed by Overland Flow from the River Basin (2002)
    55. Application of mass balances for assessment of pollutant transport in Krishna River (2002)
    56. Modeling Chloride – Discharge Relationships in Krishna River Basin (2002)
    57. Analysis of Solid Waste and Web Enabled Design of Landfill Using JAVA (2000)
    58. Modeling Dissolved Solids using Land use Characteristics (2000)
    59. Indirect Approach for Modeling Water Quality (2000)
    60. Mass balance Approach for Assessment of Pollutant Loads (1999)
    61. Statistical Approach to Study the Impacts of Land use on Water Quality (1998)
    62. Macro-Model for Assessment and Prediction of Nutrient loads from the Musi River Catchment (1997)
    63. Assessment of Groundwater Pollution Potential by Drastic Indices (1997)
    64. Removal of Lead by Adsorption technique on  Activated Rice Husk Carbon (1993)
    65. An Experimental Study on Removal of Zinc by Adsorption on Coal and Clay Minerals  (1992)
    66. Study on Land use-Water Quality Relationships in Badri Catchment (1992)

    Awards and Honors

    Awards/Honours

    1. Member, State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), MoEF, Govt of AP, GOI Gazette May 2021.
    2. Member, Curriculum Revision, AP State Council for Higher Education, Govt of AP
    3. Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Analytical Chemistry Letters. 
    4. Offered Honorary Rosalind Member of London Journals Press - Membership ID#KJ52424 (2020)
    5. Appointed by UGC as Member, Governing Body, Andhra University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam (2018-21)
    6. Selected for Erasmus+ KA107 Cycle 2019-2022 Teaching staff mobility at the University of Santiago, Compostilla, Spain
    7. Participated in Leadership for Academic Professionals (LEAP), MHRD, hosted by AMU and Monash University (Dec 2019 – Feb 2020)
    8. Member of State Level Advisory Body Meeting on Monitoring and Implementing of SWM Rules, 2016, Govt of Telangana.
    9. Organized International Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development, September 13-15, 2019
    10. Developed online course content for two subjects under Pedagogy Project of MHRD, Govt of India.
    11. Awarded Subject Prize instituted by Ministry of Water Resources, Govt of India, for the Paper titled ‘Modelling Dissolved Pollutants in Krishna River Using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference Systems’ (published in the Series ‘A’ Journal of IEI, Vol. 95, Issue 1) at the 30th Indian Engineering Congress, Guwahati (2015)
    12. Appointed as One Man Committee Member by National Green Tribunal.
    13. Offered Scholarship under Heritage Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Project on Staff Mobility at Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, 2014.
    14. Invited for I International Consultative Training Workshop on “Participatory Management of Natural Resources in Arid and Semi-arid Lands”, 9 - 23 December 2011, Tehran, Iran 
    15. Member of Divisional Advisory Committee, EMD, Engineering Staff College of India, Hyderabad
    16. Nominated by MHRD, GoI for Tech & Vocational Education Training (TVET) program at Singapore, March 2011.
    17. Authored a text Book titled Environmental Science, Published by Hitech Publishers. 
    18. Coordinated several Workshops and Summer Schools and delivered lectures as Resource Person.
    19. Invited to teach a course on Environmental Engg. at the Prestina Summer Univ. (2002).
    20. Invited for participation in World Wide Water - Junior Environmental Scientists (WWW – JES) Workshop at the Univ. of Water, Paris, May’02.
    21. Invited for Research Discussions by University of Essen, Germany and Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
    22. Offered Scholarship by the DCAMM International Graduate Research School for participating in a course on Transport and Biodegradation in heterogeneous Groundwater Aquifers, during August, 2000.
    23. Offered Scholarship by the Max Plank Institute, Hamburg for a course on Beyond Kyoto -, July-Nov., 2000.
    24. Shared a Gold Medal and Memento for Best Contribution as Team Leader in the Janmabhoomi Programme involving peoples’ participation Jan’97.
    25. Visited several countries for presentation of research papers, workshops, research discussions, teaching, etc.

     

    Visits Abroad

    1. Australia - For attending Leadership for Academic Professionals (LEAP), MHRD, hosted by Monash University  (Feb 2020)
    2. USA – For follow-up of MoU Activities with University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Nov 2019.
    3. Tokyo - To present paper Int. Conference on Diversification Trends in Engineering Tech.& Applied Sciences March, 2018
    4. Malaysia - To present a paper in the VII  Int. Conf. on Chemical, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Sc. (CAENS-2017), Nov. 2017.
    5. Dubai - To present paper International Conference on Chemical, Environmental and Biological Sciences (CEBS-2015) March, 2015.
    6. Malaysia – To present paper in II Int. Conf. on Advances in Applied Science & Environmental Engg. (ASEE 2014) December, 2014
    7. Poland – Visited Warsaw University of Technology under Erasmus Mundus (Heritage) Exchange Program. 
    8. Bangkok - To present a paper in the International Conference on Energy, Environment and Economics, December 1-4, 2013.
    9. Tehran, Iran – Invited for I International Consultative Training Workshop on Natural resources Management. (2011)
    10. Sydney, Australia – Invited for Adobe Education Leadership Forum 2010; ‘Enabling our Students for a Digital Future’ (Mar”10)
    11. Singapore – Invited by Oracle Academy for Oracle Academy Instructor Institute - Regional Academy   (July, 2008)
    12. Christchurch – Invited to participate and present a paper in the Int. Symposium on Ecohydrulics, (February, 2007)
    13. Brisbane -  To  present a paper in the River Symposium – 2005, September, 2005
    14. China – Invited to present a paper in IAMAS – 2005, Beijing, China (July 2005)
    15. Paris – Invited to participate in Young Environmental Scientists Workshop, (May 2005)
    16. Singapore – To participate and present Paper in I AOGS Assembly, June 2004.
    17. Kyoto, Japan – To participate in the WORLD WATER FORUM and present a paper, March, 2003.
    18. Amsterdam– To participate and present paper in the International Conference on Diffuse Pollution, (October, 2002).
    19. Australia– To participate and present paper in the River Symposium, Brisbane, (September, 2002).
    20. Kuwait– To present papers in the Int. Conf. on Water Resources Management in Arid Regions, (March, 2002). 
    21. Maastricht, Netherlands– For presenting a research paper in the VI IAHS Scientific Assembly, July, 2001.
    22. Singapore - To participate in the Int. Conf. on Materials for Advanced Technologies, July, 2001
    23. USA – To present a paper in V Int. Conf. on Diffuse/Non-point Pollution & Watershed Management, June, 2001.
    24. Wageningen, – To participate in the Int. Conf. on Agricultural Effects on Ground & Surface Waters, October, 2000
    25.  Copenhagen, Denmark – To participate and present a paper in the Int. Conf. on Ground Water Research, June, 2000.
    1. Birmingham, UK  - To participate in the IUGG (International Union of Geology & Geodesy) Assembly, July 1999.
    2. Leipzig, Germany – To participate in the International Conference on Urban Ecology, June 1997.
    3. Essen, Germany – To participate & present a paper in the International Conference on Urban Climatology, June 1996.
    4. Tsukuba, Japan – To present a paper in the VI Int. Conference Conservation & Management of Lakes, October, 1995.

    Additional Responsibility

    Administrative Experience

      • Dean – Planning & Development
      • Head, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Warangal
      • Registrar, NIT Warangal
      • Chairman, Games Committee, NIT Warangal
      • Head, Water & Environment Division, NIT Warangal
      • Head, Training and Placements, NIT Warangal
      • Director (Academic Affairs) – Functional head of Academics Division.
      • BOS Member for SV University, Tirupati, JNTU, Anantapur, Hyderabad and Kakinada, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Vignan University, Guntur
      • Member for Expert Committee on Environmental Flows of Krishna – Godavari rivers.
      • Governing Body Member for few Engineering Colleges, Member, DAC, Engineering Staff College of India
      • Faculty Incharge of Water & Drainage facilities, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Consultancy of Water & Environment Division.