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Prof. P Hari Prasada Reddy

PhD (Indian Institute of Science )

Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Room No:   +91-870-2462145
hari@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Geoenvironmental Engineering 

 Solid Waste Management 

 Water and Wastewater Treatment 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Waste Management Design Laboratory(CE36009)
  • Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology(CE36001)
  • Environmental Engineering-1(CE255)
  • Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology(CE5301)
  • Hazardous Waste Management(CE5852)
  • Waste Management Design Lab(CE5855)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-1763-3256
  • SCOPUS ID: 26641450600
  • Google Scholar ID: stgi2p0AAAAJ


  • Enhancing Hydrothermal Carbonization of Food Waste with Landfill Leachate: Optimization, Methane Recovery, and Sustainable Energy Generation, By Sudheekar Reddy Periyavaram, K Bella, Lavakumar Uppala, P. Hari Prasad Reddy , ASCE, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, vol.28(4), pp.04024024, 2024
  • Thermal behaviour of hydrochar derived from hydrothermal carbonization of food waste using leachate as moisture source: Kinetic and thermodynamic analysis, By Sudheekar Reddy Periyavaram, Lavakumar Uppala, Srinivasan Sivaprakash, P. Hari Prasad Reddy, Elsevier, Bioresource Technology, vol.373, pp.128734, 2023
  • Hydrothermal carbonization of food waste: Process parameters optimization and biomethane potential evaluation of process water, By Sudheekar Reddy Periyavaram, K Bella, Lavakumar Uppala, P. Hari Prasad Reddy , Elsevier, Journal of Environmental Management, vol.347, pp.119132, 2023
  • Sorption Behaviour of Atrazine on Agricultural Soils of Different Characteristics: Equilibrium and Kinetics Studies, By Prasanta Majee, P Hari Prasad Reddy , Springer, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy , vol., pp., 2023
  • Transforming granite and marble waste into nano‐calcium silicates_an eco‐friendly synthesis and comprehensive characterization, By Aravind T., P Hari Prasad Reddy , Springer, Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol., pp., 2023
  • Pb(II) Removal using Calcium Silicates Synthesised from Industrial Wastes: Process Optimisation and Kinetic Modelling, By Aravind T., P Hari Prasad Reddy , Taylor & Francis, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, vol., pp., 2023
  • Sorption desorption behaviour of Imidacloprid in agricultural soils of Deccan plateau of Southern India: kinetics and thermodynamic analysis, By Prasanta Majee, P Hari Prasad Reddy , Taylor & Francis, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, vol., pp., 2023
  • Carbon material produced by hydrothermal carbonisation of food waste as an electrode material for supercapacitor application: A circular economy approach, By Saikrishna Venna, Hari Bhakta Sharma, Debabrata Mandal, Hari Prasad Reddy, Shamik Chowdhury, Amreesh Chandra and Brajesh K Dubey, Sage, Waste Management & Research, vol.40 (10), pp.1514-1526, 2022
  • Landfill leachate as an alternative moisture source for hydrothermal carbonization of municipal solid wastes to solid biofuels, By Venna S., Bhakta Sharma H., Hari Prasad Reddy P., Chowdhury S., Kumar Dubey B., Elsevier, Bioresource Technology, vol.320, Part B, pp.124410, 2021
  • Physicochemical and Energy Characteristics of Biochar and Hydrochar Derived from Cotton Stalks: A Comparative Study , By Prasanta Majee, Sudheekar Reddy Periyavaram, Lavakumar Uppala, P. Hari Prasad Reddy , Springer, BioEnergy Research, vol.18(20), pp., 2025

Fly ash to control acid/alkali induced volume changes in soils

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST-SERB
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2500000
  • Status Completed

Remediation of Acid/Alkali Polluted Soils Using Fly Ash

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MHRD
  • Duration 12 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 330000
  • Status Completed


A Srinivasa Reddy

  • Area of Research: Study on Change in Particulate Matter Levels and their Impacts from Airport Development

G Aparna

  • Area of Research: Feasibility of using Nanomaterials to Improve the Performance of Clay Liners in landfills

Mahanti Bhargavi

  • Area of Research: Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils Combined with Hydrothermal Carbonization

Uppala Lavakumar

  • Area of Research: Life Cycle Perspective of Hydrothermal Carbonization of Biomass for Resource Recovery
  • Young Engineering Researcher Award – 2017
  • Young Engineer of the year 2011
  • Professor In-charge (Department Information) (July, 2023 - July, 2024)
  • Vice President (Technical)- Student Activity Centre (Continuing from June, 2023)
  • Member of Medical Advisory Committee (Continuing from May, 2023)
  • Convener of NBA Coordination Committee (December, 2020 - July, 2021)
  • Associate Dean (Academic-PhD) (June, 2020 - July, 2021)
  • Division Head (Water and Environment Division) (October, 2018 - October, 2020)
  • Associate Dean (Academic-PG) (July, 2018 - June, 2020)