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“Dr. Vihangraj Kulkarni is currently working in the position of Assistant Professor at Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Silchar. Dr. Kulkarni pursued his PhD and M.Tech from 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 preparation of District Environment Plan for Dhemaji District of Assam and “”Random inspection of hazardous waste inventory”” for Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi. He is also member of state level expert committee of Assam in implementing National Clean Air Program (NCAP).
Dr. Kulkarni served as Head of 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 members in the upgradation of academic and administrative work of the institue. At present he is involved in green policy framing of NIT Silchar.
In research, Dr. Kulkarni has been supervisor to 03 PG students and 01 PhD 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.
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 PATENT(S)

EDITORSHIP

BOOKS / BOOK CHAPTERS

• Shiv Lal, Kulkarni V V, Deepesh Bansal, Bhuvana Joshi, and Ajay Bhatt (2018) Utilization of Fly ash in construction industries: The way forward, ISBN: 978-81-7906-751-2.

SUBJECTS TAUGHT (INCLUDING SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING)

• Building Planning Drawing (UG level, Core Subject)
• Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures (UG level, Elective Subject)
• Water Supply Engineering I (UG level, Core Subject)
• Sewage Disposal and Air Pollution (UG level, Core Subject)
• Geotechnical Engineering I (UG level, Core Subject)
• Water Resource Engineering I (UG level, Core Subject)
• Environmental Science and Engineering (UG Level, Core Subject)

MEMBER

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

• Worked as Head of the department from 16.01.2019 to 30.08.2020 at Government Engineering College Banswara, Rajasthan
• Served as convener of institute curriculum activity at Government Engineering College Banswara, Rajasthan from 14.08.2018 to 30.08.2020.
• Environmental engineering laboratory in charge from 24.08.2020 to 30.08.2020 at Government Engineering College Banswara, Rajasthan
• Departmental Startup cell representative at Government Engineering College Banswara, Rajasthan from 19.01.2020 to 30.08.2020.
• Served as Member (Institute grievance redressal committee) at Government Engineering College Banswara, Rajasthan from 14.08.2018 to 30.08.2020.
• Established Environmental Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering laboratory at Government Engineering College Banswara, Rajasthan Under TEQIP III.
• Departmental Coordinator (2019-21) for Virtual laboratory at NIT Silchar, Assam
• Innovation Ambassador Innovation Cell, AICTE at NIT Silchar, Assam
• Member, DUPC NIT Silchar during 2022-2022.
• Member, Departmental Purchase Committee, NIT Silchar during 2022-2022.

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWED FROM

International Journals Publication

1. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2016). “Synthesis of a functionalized fibrous adsorbent of high uptake capacity: a study on Pb(II) uptake and simple acidic site model development”. RSC Advances 6(7), 5341-9, 10.1039/C5RA20497F
2. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2017). “Synergistic effect using a functionalized dual-site adsorbent in Pb(II) and Cu(II) uptake and comparison with mono-site resins”. Journal of Water Process Engineering 18, 92-101, 10.1016/j.jwpe.2017.06.009
3. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2018). “Synthesis and characterization of carboxylic cation exchange bio-resin for heavy metal remediation”. Journal of Hazardous Materials 341, 201-217, 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.07.043
4. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2018). “Critical analysis and valorization potential of battery industry sludge: Speciation, risk assessment and metal recovery”. Journal of Cleaner Production 171, 820-830, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.064
5. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2019) “Production of composite clay bricks: A value-added solution to hazardous sludge through effective heavy metal fixation” Construction and Building Materials 201, 391-400, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.12.187
6. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2018) “Electrokinetic Reactor for Heavy Metals removal from Industrial Wastewater Sludges: Design Aspects” International Journal of Engineering Research 7 (sp. issue 4), 634-636
7. S. Kumar, V. V. Kulkarni, R. Jangir (2021) “Covalent-Organic Framework Composites: A Review Report on Synthesis Methods”. ChemistrySelect 6, 11201 https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202102435

 National / International Conferences

1. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2012) “Environmental Significance of Perchlorate in Aqueous Systems and its Removal Technologies”. Paper presented in International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Urban Ecosystems (ENSURE 2012) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, Feb 24-26.
2. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2013) “Comparative Performance of Weak and Strong Acidic Cation-exchange Resins in Cu(II) Removal: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies”. Published paper in Indian Chemical Engineering congress (CHEMCON) at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India, December 27-30.
3. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2014) “Removal of Pb(II) by Weak and Strong Acidic Cation-Exchange Resins: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies”. Presented poster in Indian Chemical Engineering congress (CHEMCON) at University Institute of Chemical Technology, Punjab University, India, December 27-30.
4. Vihangraj V. Kulkarni, Animes Kumar Golder and Pranab Kumar Ghosh (2015) “Understanding the Potential Hazard and Nature of Battery Wastewater Sludge”. Presented poster in National Conference on Challenges in Environmental Research (NCOCER) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, June 4-6.
5. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2015) “Characterization and heavy metals speciation of Battery wastewater Sludge”. Presented poster in Indian Chemical Engineering congress (CHEMCON) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, December 27-30.
6. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2015) “Effect of co-occurring ions on removal of Pb(II) by ion exchange resin”. Published a paper in A National Conference on New Frontiers in Civil Engineering: Challenges and Opportunities in North-East India at Royal School of Engineering & Technology Guwahati, India, November 5-6.
7. Kulkarni, V. V. and Ghosh, P. K. (2016) “Comparison of ion exchange and modified waste activated carbon for perchlorate removal”. Published a paper in International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (ICWEES) at AISECT University, Bhopal, India, March 15-18.
8. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2016) “Effect of sludge acidification on speciation behavior of heavy metals in battery wastewater sludge during electrochemical remediation”. Presented paper in International Conference on Waste Management (Recycle) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, April 1-2.
9. Kulkarni, V. V., Kaushik Sarkar and Ghosh, P. K. (2018) “Synthesis and application of low cost adsorbent in Zn (II) removal by sulphuric acid treated arecanut husk”. Presented paper in an International Conference on Waste Management (Recycle) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, Feb 22-24.
10. Prajapati A. B., Pitroda J. R., Raval A. D. and Kulkarni V. V. (2019) “Utilization of Solid Waste in Cement Brick: A Review”. Presented paper in an International Conference on Environment al Pollution and Its Control (EPIC 2019) at Government Engineering College Banswara (Raj.), India, Feb 18-19.
11. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2016) “Sympathizing potential of functionalized arecanut husk for metal removal through its characterization”. Presented paper in Reflux at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, March 25-27.
12. Kulkarni, V. V., Golder, A. K. and Ghosh, P. K. (2016) “Synthesis and development of carboxylic bio-resin for heavy metal remediation” Presented poster in National Conference on Recent Advances in Environmental Research (RAER), Organized by Centre for Environment, at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India June 4-5, 2016.