Prahlad Ram Editor

Dr. Sughosh Madhav is presently working as a Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He has obtained his master degree from Department of Environmental Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi India. He earned his doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The area of his doctoral research is the environmental impact of textile effluents on groundwater and soil quality. He has published various research papers and book chapters in the field of environmental geochemistry, water pollution and wastewater remediation. He has edited 4 books in Elsevier, Springer and Wiley publications.

Dr. Himanshu Gupta is currently working as Head, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Gupta has received his Ph.D. degree in the field of Environmental-Analytical Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) in 2016. Dr Gupta’s research is focused on determination, degradation and removal of various environmental pollutants from water as well as wastewater. Dr. Gupta has rich experience in handling advance techniques including UV, IR, GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, AAS, ICP-MS, flame photometry, etc. He has published several refereed book chapters/ articles in professional books/ journals of international repute such as Chemosphere, Environmental Technology & Innovation, RSC Advances, Applied Water Science etc. Dr. Gupta has organized various conferences/workshops sponsored by different agencies such as DRDO, DST etc. Dr. Gupta is currently guiding 04 research scholars and one research scholar recently received her Ph.D. degree under his guidance.

Dr Arun Lal Srivastav is working as Associate Professor at Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh (India). He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India on the adsorption of nitrate and fluoride from water. Also, he has done post-doctoral research at National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. He is currently involved in the teaching of Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Disaster Management and Design Thinking to the undergraduate engineering students. His research interest includes water quality surveillance, climate change, water treatment, river ecosystem, soil health maintenance, engineering education, phytoremediation and waste management. He has published several research papers in various prestigious journals (Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis etc.) including some book chapters and conferences.

Dr Prahlad Ram is currently working as a Scientist D at the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He obtained his PhD degree in hydrogeology from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Dr Ram also served at the Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India from 2009 to 2015. His research work is mainly focused on hydrogeochemistry, groundwater quality and pollution assessment, and associated potential human health risks. Dr Ram has published nearly 15 research papers in various National and International journals.