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Prof. P Venkateswara Rao

PhD (BITS Pilani)

Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Room No: 762E   +91-870-2462127
pvenku@nitw.ac.in Edit Profile Bio Sketch

Research Areas

 Anaerobic digestion of waste materials 

 Industrial Waste Management 

 Life Cycle Analysis of Enviornmental Systems 

 Low cost water treatment technologies 

 Organic waste management 

 Resource recovery from waste 

 Wastewater treatment 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Environmental Engineering-2(CE304)
  • Water Supply Systems(CE5302)
  • Water Supply Systems(CE36003)
  • Environmental Impact Assessment and Management(CE36050)
  • Environmental Management(CE395)
  • Life Cycle Analysis(CE5314)
  • Geographical Information Systems Laboratory(CE5505)
  • Waste Processing Technologies(CE5851)
  • Seminar - II(CE5898)
  • Seminar - II(CE5398)
  • Dissertation Work Part - B(CE6899)
  • Comprehensive Viva(CE6847)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(CE6849)
  • Environmental Impact Assessment and Management(CE5353)
  • Design of Water Supply and Sewerage Systems(CE5712)
  • Seminar - I(CE5848)
  • Waste Characterization and Analysis Lab(CE5854)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-8833-3402
  • SCOPUS ID: 35786515500
  • Google Scholar ID: bR9xL9kAAAAJ


  • Valorization of chicken offal waste to solid fuel by hydrothermal carbonization: Characterization, effect of process parameters on combustion behavior and reaction pathways, By Shashank Srivastava, Pothireddygari Muralidhar Reddy, Polisetty Venkateswara Rao, Elsevier, Fuel, vol.384, pp.133983, 2025
  • Biochar symbiosis in Anaerobic Digestion to enhance biogas production: A Comprehensive Review, By Ranarup Kundu, Bella Kunnoth, Sridhar Pilli, Venkateswara Rao Polisetty, R.,D. Tyagi, Elsevier, Journal of Environmental Management, vol.344, pp.118743, 2023
  • A comparison of ultrasonic, ozone, and enzyme pre-treatments on cheese whey degradation for enhancement of anaerobic digestion, By Bella K, Sridhar Pilli, P. Venkateswara Rao, Elsevier, Journal of Environmental Management, vol.340, pp.117960, 2023
  • Predictive modelling of methane yield in biochar-amended cheese whey and septage co-digestion: Exploring synergistic effects using Gompertz and neural networks, By K Bella, Sridhar Pilli, P Venkateswara Rao, RD Tyagi, Pergamon, Chemosphere, vol., pp., 2024
  • Novel hybrid system for organic matter removal and energy production from dairy and textile wastewaters: anaerobic digestion and electrocoagulation approach, By Subhamoy Ghosh, Bella Kunnoth, Sridhar Pilli, P Venkateswara Rao, Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, vol., pp., 2024
  • Rice straw anaerobic co-digestion: Comparing various pre-treatment techniques to enhance biogas production, By Sagarika Mothe, MJ Sukesh, P Venkateswara Rao, P Sridhar, Elsevier, Bioresource Technology Reports, vol., pp., 2024
  • Performance evaluation of hydrodynamic cavitation in combination with AOPs for degradation of tannery wastewater, By Sneha Korpe, P Venkateswara Rao, Shirish H Sonawane, Elsevier, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol., pp., 2023
  • Sustainable Management of Rice Mill Wastewater: An Approach towards Circular Economy, By Nagarajuna, K., Pilli, S., & Tyagi, R.D , Elsevier, Journal of Environmental Management, vol.348, pp.119248, 2023
  • Composting of grease trap scum waste and green waste: Studying the effects of mix composition on physicochemical and biological process parameters, By Santhoshi Chitthaluri, Polisetty Venkateswara Rao, Islamic Azad University-Isfahan, International Journal of Recycling Organic Waste in Agriculture, vol., pp., 2023

Audit of the City Annual Action Plan for Nalgonda City

  • Role Joint-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MoEFCC
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 600000
  • Status Ongoing

Conversion of Napier grass to sugars using hydrothermal pre-treatment.

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Haritham Innovative Techn. LLP
  • Duration 5 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 561000
  • Status Completed

Co-Digestion of STP secondary Sludge with organic wastes in urban/peri-urban areas; process optimization scale up and field demonstration

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST TDT
  • Duration 7 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Completed

Investigating the effect of co-digestion and advanced sludge pre-treatment methods on anaerobic conversion potential of the organic wastes

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DBT
  • Duration 49 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2742800
  • Status Completed

Development of efficient bioleaching process for the metal recovery from spent catalysts

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DBT
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2656600
  • Status Completed

Design, development and prototype production of ceramic pot filters for water treatment

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MHRD, NITW
  • Duration 18 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 400000
  • Status Completed

Design, development and prototype production of ceramic pot filters for water treatment

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor BITS Pilani
  • Duration 5 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Completed


ATCHALA MADHU SUDAN REDDY

  • Area of Research: Energy Recovery from Slaughterhouse Waste

Bukke Lavanya

  • Area of Research: Decentralized household Water Treatment systems

KARAM DEEPAK

  • Area of Research: Energy Recovery from paper and pulp industry effluents

Saravanan J

  • Area of Research: Sustainable design of systems using recycled materials.

Soujanya Jonnalagadda

  • Area of Research: Energy recovery from urban wastes using sustainable methods
  • Chairperson, Campus Waste Management Committee (Continuing from May, 2023)
  • Chairperson, Campus Water Supply Committee (Continuing from May, 2023)
  • Faculty Advisor (December, 2022 - December, 2024)
  • Member of the committee for the Drinking water (August, 2021 - April, 2023)
  • Member, Local Purchase committee (March, 2021 - May, 2022)
  • Deputy Registrar (Purchase and Stores) (October, 2020 - July, 2021)
  • Faculty In charge (Biogas Plant) (Continuing from June, 2020)
  • Associate Dean (Planning and Development) (May, 2020 - May, 2022)
  • Member Jal Shakthi Abhiyaan (Continuing from September, 2019)
  • Member of Swachhtha Committee (Continuing from July, 2019)
  • Coordinator, EMP (TEQIP-III) (January, 2019 - June, 2022)
  • Warden, IFC-A (November, 2018 - November, 2020)
  • Member: Plant Protection Committee (May, 2017 - April, 2020)
  • Member: NITW-UBA Committee (April, 2017 - June, 2023)
  • Faculty Coordinator Youth Red Cross (September, 2016 - August, 2021)
  • National Service Scheme Coordinator (October, 2014 - September, 2018)