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Prof. Pilli Sridhar

PhD (INRS)

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Civil Engineering

Room No: +91-870-2462151
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Research Areas

 Anaerobic digestion

  Biodiesel, Bioplastic, Bio-flocculant

  bio-energy production from wastewater, wastewater sludge

 Treatment of Emerging contaminants

 Water/wastewater treatment, life cycle analysis,

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Solid Waste Management(CE5802)
  • Comprehensive Viva-voce(CE6347)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(CE6349)
  • Comprehensive Viva(CE6847)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(CE6849)
  • Environmental Engineering-2(CE304)
  • Solid Waste Management(CE36005)
  • Design Thinking(CE1101)
  • Wastewater Treatment Systems(CE5352)
  • Waste Characterization and Analysis Laboratory(CE36006)
  • Dissertation Work Part - B(CE6899)
  • Dissertation Work Part - B(CE6399)
  • Wastewater Treatment Systems(CE36004)
  • Minor Project(CE36096)
  • Advanced Environmental Engineering Lab(CE5304)
  • Circular Economy for Sustainable Development(CE5812)
  • Seminar - I(CE5848)
  • Waste Characterization and Analysis Lab(CE5854)
  • Environmental Impact Assessment and Management(CE5353)
  • Seminar - II(CE5898)
  • Environmental Monitoring Laboratory(CE5354)
  • ORC ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3278-4757
  • SCOPUS ID: Scopus Author ID: 37031805300
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EN6NOs4AAAAJ&hl=en


  • Pre-treatment and post-treatment strategies for enhancing anaerobic digestion in poultry slaughterhouse wastewater management, By MSR Atchala, PV Rao, S Pilli, A Pawar, R Ganiga, RD Tyagi, Elsevier , Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment 9, 100199, vol.9, pp.1-16, 2025
  • Optimizing autoclave pretreatment and inoculum-to-substrate ratio for enhanced anaerobic digestion of poultry slaughterhouse wastewater, By Madhu Sudan Reddy Atchala, Polisetty Venkateswara Rao, Sridhar Pilli, RD Tyagi, Elsevier , Journal of Environmental Management, vol.375, pp.1-10, 2025
  • Predictive Modelling of Methane Yield in Biochar- amended Cheese Whey and Septage co-digestion: Exploring Synergistic Effects using Gompertz and Neural Networks., By Bella, K., Pilli, S., Rao, P.V. Tyagi, R.D. , Elsevier, Chemosphere, vol.353, pp.141558, 2024
  • Design of supervisory adaptive fuzzy control for enhanced energy saving in a sequencing batch reactor-based wastewater treatment plant, By Indranil Dey, Pilli, S.,, Seshagiri Rao Ambati, springer, Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol., pp., 2024
  • Rice straw anaerobic co-digestion: Comparing various pre-treatment techniques to enhance biogas production, By Mothe, S., Polisetty, V.R., Pilli, S. , Elsevier, Bioresource Technology Reports, vol.25, pp.101788, 2024
  • Novel Hybrid System for Organic Matter Removal and Energy Production from Dairy and Textile Wastewater: Anaerobic Digestion and Electrocoagulation Approach, By Subhamoy Ghosh., Pilli, S., P Venkateswara Rao, & RD Tyagi, springer, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, vol., pp., 2024
  • Pre-treated technologies for Crude Glycerol: A Source for Production of Value-Added Products, By Gopal, B., Pilli, S., Sumanth C., Tyagi, R.D, springer, Circular Economy and Sustainability , vol., pp., 2023
  • Sources, occurrence and toxic effects of emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), By Manojkumar, Y., Pilli, S., Rao, P.V., Tyagi, R.D. 2023, Elsevier, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, vol.97, pp.107174, 2023
  • Influence of Seasons on the Effluent Quality in SBR-Based Wastewater Treatment Plants, By Indranil Dey, Seshagiri Rao Ambati, Prashant Navnath Bhos, Sridhar Pilli, Springer, Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology, vol.46, pp.491-505, 2024
  • Effects of different parameters and co-digestion options on anaerobic digestion of parboiled rice mill wastewater: a review, By Chilaka Chetan Naveen, Bella Kunnoth, Sridhar Pilli, Polisetty Venkateswara Rao, Rao Y Surampalli, Tian C Zhang, Puspendu Bhunia, Springer, BioenergyResearch, vol.17, pp.1191-1207, 2024

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

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Haritham Innovative Technologies LLP
  • Duration 8 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 5.61
  • Status Completed

Development of Advanced Automatic Control based Wastewater Treatment Process towards Sustainable Water-Energy-Food Nexus

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST
  • Duration 42 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 6748000
  • Status Completed

Studies on VFA production with food waste residues in anaerobic process

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Institut National de la Recherché Scientifique
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Completed


KANDAGATLA NAGARJUNA

  • Area of Research: anaerobic co-digestion of rice mill wastewater

MANOJKUMAR Y

  • Area of Research: Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances
  • M.Tech Environmental Engineering Course Coordinator (Continuing from June, 2024)
  • Wastewater Treatment Plant Incharge (Continuing from March, 2024)
  • Environmental Lab Incharge (Continuing from October, 2022)
  • Waste Management Course Coordinator (Continuing from January, 2022)