About Dr Vihangraj Kulkarni

Dr. Vihangraj Kulkarni is currently working in the position of Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Silchar. Dr. Kulkarni pursued his Ph.D. and M.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. His research interests include Industrial Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Water and Wastewater treatment and Composting. Dr. Kulkarni has published 6 International Journal with 47 citations and 269 reads, 12 conferences and seminar articles, and contributed to the book “Utilization of Fly ash in construction industries" in capacity of editor. Dr. Kulkarni’s PhD research work is based on “Remediation of Lead-acid Battery Wastewater and Sludge: Synthesis of Functionalized Sorbents and Manufacturing of Fired Clay Bricks.” Dr. Kulkarni has contributed to various research & consultancy projects and is Nodal Officer to National Clean Air Program (NCAP), IIT Kanpur at NIT Silchar. He is working on a consultancy project on the preparation of the District Environment Plan for Dhemaji District of Assam and "Random inspection of hazardous waste inventory" for the Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi. He is also a member of state level expert committee of Assam in implementing National Clean Air Program (NCAP). Dr. Kulkarni served as Head of the department earlier in Government Engineering College Banswara, Rajasthan where he established Environmental Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering laboratories under TEQIP III. Dr. Kulkarni was a vital member in the upgradation of the academic and administrative work of the institute. At present, he is involved in the green policy framing of NIT Silchar. In research, Dr. Kulkarni has been a supervisor to 03 PG students and 01 Ph.D. scholar (ongoing). As a research outreach activity, he has organized 02 international conferences and many faculty development programs in the field of environmental engineering. He has been an invited speaker for more than 20 institutes.