Civil Engineering Department

Rajpal Ankur

Rajpal, Ankur
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specialization : Environmental Engineering
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Areas of Interest

Wastewater treatment
Solid waste management
Micropollutants removal in water/wastewater
Sludge treatment

Wastewater treatment

Solid waste management

Micropollutants removal in water/wastewater

Sludge treatment

Honors and Awards

Award	Awarding Organisation	Year
Young Scientist Award	Dr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Jaipur	2019
Postdoctoral Fellowship	Hongkong Baptist University, Hongkong	2015
Senior Research Fellowship	Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi	2011

Professional Background

From	To	Designation	Organisation
June 2024	Continuing	Postdoctoral Fellow	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
January 2022	May 2024	Project Scientist II	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
April 2015	March 2021	Research Associate	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Oct 2013	March 2015	Postdoctoral Fellow	Hongkong Baptist University, Hongkong
April 2011	September 2013	Senior Research Fellow	Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi

Educational Details

Degree	Subject	University	Year
Ph.D.	Environmental Science	Gurukul Kangri University Haridwar	2012
M.Sc.	Environmental Science	Gurukul Kangri University Haridwar	2006
B.Sc.	Chemistry, Botany, Zoology	MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly	2002

Journal Publication

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Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R. and Chopra, A. K. (2011). Stabilization of Anaerobic Digester Sludge through Vermicomposting. Int. Journal of Applied and Natural Sciences. Volume: 3 Number: 2 Pages: 232-237

Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R., Sasi, K. S. and Chopra, A. K. (2012). Onsite Domestic Organic Waste Treatment through Vermitechnology Using Indigenous Earthworm Species. ISWA, J. Waste Management and Research. DOI: 10.1177/0734242X11403798

Arora, S., Kumar, T., Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R. (2012). Vermifiltration: A Low Cost Sustainable Alternative for Wastewater Treatment. Int. J. of Environmental Research and Development. Volume: 3 Pages: 33-36

Arora, S., Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R. and Kumar T (2012). An Eco-friendly and Innovative Technology for Wastewater Treatment. Int. J. of Environmental Science: Development and Monitoring. Volume: 4 Number: 4 Pages: 35-37

Madan, S., Bhatia, A., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2012). Maturity Assessment of Rotary Drum and Windrow Composts in terms of Germination Index and Enzymatic Activities. International Journal of Applied Sciences and Engineering Research.

Bhatia, A., Madan, S., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2013). Techniques To Analyse Microbial Diversity During Composting – A Review. Indian journal of biotechnology.

Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R., Chopra, A. K. and Kumar, T. (2013). Vermistabilization and Nutrient Enhancement of Anaerobic Digestate through Earthworm Species Perionyx Excavates and Perionyx Sansibaricus. J. Material Cycle and Waste Management. DOI: 10.1007/s10163-013-0167-0

Arora, S., Rajpal, A., Kumar, T., Bhargava, R. and Kazmi, A. A. (2014). A comparative study of wastewater treatment through vermifiltration using different filter media. Water Science and Technology. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.318

Arora, S., Rajpala, A., Kumara, T., Bhargavaa, R. and Kazmi, A. A. (2014). Pathogen removal during wastewater treatment by vermifiltration. Environmental Technology. DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2014.911358

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Tyagi, V. K., Lo, S. L. and Rajpal, A. (2014). Chemically coupled microwave and ultrasonic prehydrolysis of pulp and paper mill waste activated sludge: Effect on sludge solubilisation and anaerobic digestion. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2426-y

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Kumar, T., Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R. and Hari Prasad, K. S. (2014). Performance evaluation of vermifilter at different hydraulic loading rate using river bed material. Ecol. Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.10.028

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Rajpal, A., Arora, S., Bhatia, A., Kumar, T., Bhargava, R., Chopra, A. K. and Kazmi, A. A. (2014). Co-treatment of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and sewage by vermireactor. Ecological Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.012

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Arora, S., Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R., Pruthi, V., Bhatia, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2014). Antibacterial and enzymatic activity of microbial community during wastewater treatment by pilot scale vermifiltration system. Bioresource Technology. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.041

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Arora, S., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2016). Antimicrobial Activity of Bacterial Community for Removal of Pathogens during Vermifiltration. Journal of Environmental Engineering. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001080

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Gani, K. M., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2016). Contamination level of four priority phthalates in North Indian wastewater treatment plants and their fate in sequencing batch reactor systems. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. DOI: 10.1039/C5EM00583C

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Kumar, T., Rajpal, A., Arora, S., Bhargava, R., Hari Prasad, K. S. and Kazmi, A. A. (2016). A comparative study on vermifiltration using epigeic earthworm Eisenia fetida and Eudrilus eugeniae. Desalination and Water Treatment. DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1010230

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Rajpal A., and Khan A. A. (2016). Handling and Disposal of Hazardous Waste: A Case Study in India. Int. Journal of Applied Sciences and Engineering Research. DOI: 10.6080/ijaser.05029

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Kumar, S., Kazmi, A. A., Ghosh, N. C., Kumar, V. and Rajpal, A. (2018). Urban stormwater runoff treatment of Nainital Lake's catchment: an application of ballasted sand flocculation technology. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply. DOI: 10.2166/ws.2018.148

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Rajpal, A., Kazmi, A. A. and Tyagi, V. K. (2020). Solid waste management in rural areas nearby river Ganga at Haridwar in Uttarakhand, India.. J. Appl. Nat. Sci.. DOI: 10.31018/jans.v12i4.2394

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Kumar, S., Ghosh, N. C., Kazmi, A. A., Jain, S. K., Kumar, V. and Rajpal, A. (2020). Hybrid approach for urban hilly catchment runoff modelling and prediction of pollutant loads. Hydrological Sciences Journal. DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2020.1821034

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Tyagi, V. K., Bhatia, A., Kubota, K., Rajpal, A., Ahmed, B., Khan, A. A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2020). Microbial community dynamics in anaerobic digesters treating organic fraction of municipal solid waste. Environmental Technology & Innovation. DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2020.101303

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Tiwari, S., Banafsha, A., Verma, M., Rajpal, A., Kazmi, A. A. and Tyagi, V. K. (2021). Carbon based conductive material-facilitated anaerobic co-digestion of agro waste under thermophilic conditions. Waste Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.01.032

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Arora S., Saraswat S., Rajpal A., Shringi H., Mishra R., Sethi J., Rajvanshi J., Nag A., Saxena S., Kazmi A. A. (2021). Effect of earthworms in removal and fate of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistant genes (ARG) during clinical laboratory wastewater treatment by vermifiltration. Sci. of Total Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145152

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Arora, S., Nag, A., Rajpal, A., Tyagi, V. K., Tiwari, S., Sethi, J., Sutaria, D., Shringi, H., Rajvanshi, J., Saxena, S., Shrivastava, S. T., Srivastava, V., Gupta, A. B., Kumar, M. and Kazmi A. A. (2021). Imprints of lockdown and treatment processes on the wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2: a curious case of fourteen plants in northern India. Water. DOI: 10.3390/w13162265

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Srivastava, G., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2021). A comparative analysis of simultaneous nutrient removal in two full-scale advanced SBR-based sewage treatment plants. Int. Journal of Science and Research. DOI: 10.21275/SR21219182305

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Osmani, S. A., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2021). Upgradation of conventional MBBR into Aerobic/Anoxic/Aerobic configuration: A case study of carbon and nitrogen removal based sewage treatment plant. Journal of Water Process Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.101921

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Rajpal, A., Srivastava, G., Bhatia, A., Singh, J., Ukai, Y. and Kazmi, A. A. (2021). Optimization to maximize nitrogen removal and microbial diversity in PVA-gel based process for treatment of municipal wastewater. Environmental Technology & Innovation. DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2020.101314

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Srivastava, G., Gani, K. M., Rajpal, A., Singh, J., Bux, F. and Kazmi, A. A. (2021). Reduced sludge production in a polyvinyl alcohol gel-based oxic-anoxic-oxic configured pilot-scale plant. Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. DOI: -

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Rajpal, A., Bhatia, A., Tomar, N., Kazmi, A. A., Ojha, C. S. P. and Tyagi, V. K. (2022). Insight into a novel post-anoxic integrated biofilm process for wastewater treatment and reclamation. Journal of Water Process Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.102957

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Rajpal, A., Ali, M., Choudhury, M., Almohana, A. I., Alali, A. F., A. Munshi, F. M., Khursheed, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2022). Abattoir Wastewater Treatment Plants in India: Understanding and Performance Evaluation. Frontiers in Environmental Sciencel. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.881623

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Srivastava, G., Rajpal, A., Khursheed, A., Nadda, A. K., Tyagi, V. K. and Kazmi, A. A. (2022). Influence of variations in wastewater on simultaneous nutrient removal in pre-anoxic selector attached full-scale sequencing batch reactor. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s13762-022-04052-8

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Dubey, M., Rajpal, A., Vellanki, B. P. and Kazmi, A. A. (2022). Occurrence, removal, and mass balance of contaminants of emerging concern in biological nutrient removal-based sewage treatment plants: Role of redox conditions in biotransformation and sorption. Science of The Total Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152131

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Sude, G., Rajpal, A., Tyagi, V. K., Sharma, K., Mutiyar, P. K., Panday, B. K., Pandey, R. P. and Kazmi, A. A. (2023). Evaluation of sludge quality in Indian sewage treatment plants to develop quality control indices. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25320-1

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Shyamal, D. S., Ali, M., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2024). Assessment of 150 TPD mechanical biological treatment (MBT) based municipal solid waste treatment and disposal facilities. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. DOI: 10.1007/s10163-024-02008-3

Book / Book Chapters

Bhatia, A. and Rajpal, A. (2017). Effect of heavy metal toxicity to the operational parameters of wastewater treatment plant during the Indian festival of colors.

Bhatia, A., Rajpal, A., Tyagi, V. K. and Kazmi, A. A. (2019). Environmental assessment and implementation of mitigation plan to protect the environment: a case study of Yamuna bridge project, Delhi (India). Springer

Rajpal, A., Bhatia, A., Tomar, N. and Kazmi, A. A. (2020). Small-Scale PVA Gel-Based Innovative Solution for Wastewater Treatment Wastewater treatment. Springer

Bhatia, A., Rajpal, A., Deka, B. J., Kazmi, A. A. and Tyagi, V. K. (2021). Valorization of biowaste to bio-wealth using celluase enzyme during pre-hydrolysis simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process. CRC Press

Qadri, R. Z., Ali, M., Rajpal, A., Kazmi, A. A., Tawfik, A. and Tyagi, V. K. (2021). Anaerobic wastewater treatment for energy recovery and water reclamation. Elsevier

Rajpal, A., Tomar, N., Bhatia, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2022). Small-Scale PVA Gel-Based Innovative Solution for Wastewater Treatment. Springer Nature

Srivastava, G., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2022). Role of Bio-Selectors in Performing Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification in Sequencing Batch Reactor-Based STPs of India. Springer

Tyagi, V. K., Bhatia, A., Gaur, R. Z., Khan, A. A., Khursheed, A., Rajpal, A., Ali, M., Om, S. and Kazmi, A. A. (2022). Cyclic Technology–Based Sequencing Batch Reactors (SBR) Treating Municipal Wastewater: Full-Scale Experience. Springer

Bhatia, A., Rajpal, A., Deka, B. J., Kazmi, A. A. and Tyagi, V. K. (2022). Valorization of Biowaste to Biowealth Using Cellulase Enzyme During Prehydrolysis Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation Process. CRC Press

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Aboudi, K., Rajpal, A., Tyagi, V. K. and Tawfik, A. (2023). Aerobic treatment of landfill leachate. IWA publish

Conference Publication

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Rajpal, A. and Bhatt, D. (2006). Avian Biodiversity in Different Altitudinal Gradients of Nainital District in Uttarancha. UGC SAP Seminar on Bio-Diversity of Uttaranchal State. Place: Haridwar

Khwairakpam, M. Rajpal, A. and Bhargava, R. (2008). Vermicomposting of Organic Wastes Using Mono and Polycultures of Three Different Earthworm Species. Sixteenth national symposiumon Environment (NSE – 16). Place: Hisar

Rajpal, A. and Bhargava, R. (2008). Use of Indigenous Earthworms for Waste Recycle through Vermitechnology. Third Congress on Uttarakhand State Science and Technology. Place: IIT Roorkee

Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R. and Chopra, A. K. (2011). Vermicomposting of Digester Sludge Without Pretreatment. World congress for man and nature. Place: G.K.V. Haridwar

Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R. and Chopra, A. K. (2011). Comparative Study on Indigenous and Exotic Earthworms during Integrated Waste Management through Vermitechnology. The twenty-sixth international conference on solid waste technology and management. Place: Philadelphia, PA U.S.A.

Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R., Sasi, K. S. and Chopra, A. K. (2011). Microbial Decomposition Efficiency in Vegetable Waste by Utilizing Indigenous (Perionyx excavatus) and Exotic (Eisenia fetida) Earthworms Species. International Water association (IWA). Place: Goa

Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R. and Chopra, A. K. (2011). Habitat wise Distribution Pattern of Earthworm Species in Uttarakhand, India. National conference on environmental management and biodiversity conservation, AICTE. Place: Rishikesh

Chopra, A. K., Pathak, C., Srivastava, S. and Rajpal, A. (2011). A Preliminary Study on Cr removal from Paper Mill Effluent Using Low-Cost Biosorbent. National conference on environmental management and biodiversity conservation, AICTE. Place: Rishikesh

Sudipti, A., Rajpal, A. and Bhargava, R (2013). Performance Evaluation of a Vermifilter for Removal of Pathogen from Synthetic Wastewater. 8th Congress on Uttarakhand State Science and Technology. Place: Doon University

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Rajpal, A., Bhargava, R. and Chopra, A. K. (2013). Integrated Waste Treatment through Vermitechnology for Small Communities. International conference on solid waste management: International conference on solid waste management: Innovation of technology and management. Place: Hong Kong

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Bhargava, R., Rajpal, A. and Sasi, S. K. (2013). Organic Waste Treatment through Bio-methenation and Vermicomposting. International conference on solid waste management: Innovation of technology and management. Place: Hong Kong

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Kazmi, A. A., Sudipti, A., Rajpal, A. and Renu Bhargava (2014). Pathogen removal from domestic wastewater in vermifiltration. The International water association specialist conference global challenges: sustainable wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Place: Kathmandu, Nepal

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Rajpal, A., Bhatia, A., Sudipti, A., Kumar, T., Sahoo, J., Bhargava, R. and Kazmi, A. A. (2015). Microbial Diversity in Vermifilter Used for the Co-Treatment of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) and Sewage. International conference on solid waste management: Innovation of technology and management. Place: Hong Kong

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Rajpal, A., Singh, R. P., Bhatia, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2016). Nutrient-Removal Via Aeration Management Strategy In Cyclic Technology Based SBR. International Conference On Innovations in Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems, ISWATS. Place: Pune, India

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Rajpal, A., Zaheer, M .Y. and Kazmi, A. A. (2017). Treatment of Domestic Sewage Using PVA Gel Based Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor. 7th International Ground Water Conference Water Security, Challenges and Climate Change Adaptation. Place: NIH, Delhi, India

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Rajpal, A., Kazmi, A. A. (2017). Extended mechanical dewatering of sludge in solar drying plant. Integrated Solid Waste Management Practices in Developing Countries 2017, ISWMPDC. Place: NEERI, Nagpur, India

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Kazmi, A. A., Kumar, S., Ghosh, N. C. and Rajpal, A. (2017). Performance Evaluation of Ballasted Sand Flocculation Technique for Urban Runoff Treatment. 6th International Conference On Civil, Architectural and Environmental Sciences (CAES-17). Place: Dubai

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Mandawat, P., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2017). Quantification, characterization of solid waste management system in Ganga villages of Haridwar. Proceedings “Integrated Solid Waste Management Practice in Developing Countries-2017. Place: CSIR-NEERI,Nagpur Page No: 179

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Rajpal, A., Gani, K. M., Srivastava, G., Ali, M. and Kazmi, A. A. (2018). PVA gel based integrated fixed film activated sludge process (IFAS) for the Nitrogen removal in decentralised wastewater treatment. "Recycle-2018", International Conference on Waste Management (ICWM). Place: IIT, Guwahati, Assam

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Kazmi, A. A., Kumar, S., Ghosh, N. C. and Rajpal, A. (2018). Ballasted Sand flocculation technology for stormwater runoff treatment. Twenty first International water technology conference, IWTC. Place: Ismailia, Egypt Page No: 76

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Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2018). Protected machine-driven dewatering of sludge under solar sludge drying plant in India. 2nd Int. Conference on Waste Management Recycle 2018. Place: IIT Guwahati, India

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Rajpal, A., Tomar, N. and Kazmi, A. A. (2018). Development and Performance Evaluation of Small-Scale PVA-Gel Based IFAS System for Organics. 1st First National Conference on Biotechnology and Environment for Sustainable Development- BioESD2019. Place: Jaipur, India

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Tomar, N., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2018). Pilot-Scale Studies on Pre-denitrification process for Organic Matter and Nitrogen Removal. Environmental Pollution AMU. Place: AMU, Aligarh

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Latif, S. A. A., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2021). Upgradation of a full-scale 3.5 MLD common MBBR sewage treatment plant for biological. 3rd Int. Conference on Waste Management Recycle 2021. Place: IIT Guwahati, India

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Qadri, R. Z. Z., Rajpal, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2021). Co-treatment of septage in sewage treatment plants. 3rd Int. Conference on Waste Management Recycle 2021. Place: IIT Guwahati, India

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Rajpal, A., Garg, A. and Kazmi, A. A. (2022). Optimization of lab-scale treatment of wastewater through PVA-Gel based system. 14th International Conference on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE-14) 2022. Place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Rajpal, A., Garg, A., and Kazmi, A. A. (2022). Optimization of Package Onsite Wastewater Treatment System (Johkasou) for Carbon and Nitrogen Removal. 13th International Conference on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE-13) 2022. Place: Bangkok, Thailand

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Rajpal, A., Sude, G., Tyagi, V. K. and Kazmi, A. A. (2023). Evaluation of sewage sludge quality and sludge treatment technologies for the reutilization potential in India. 10th International Conference on Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management. Place: Chania, Greece

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Rajpal, A., Sude, G., Tyagi, V. K. and Kazmi, A. A. (2023). Potential utilization of sewage sludge for cost effective natural farming in India: Characterization and Treatment. 4th International Conference on International conference on solid waste management: Circular Economy. Place: Hongkong

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