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Prof. Pilli Sridhar

PhD (INRS)

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Civil Engineering

Room No: +91-870-2462151
srenitw@nitw.ac.in
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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


  • 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
  • Biochar symbiosis in anaerobic digestion to enhance biogas production: A comprehensive review, By Kundu, R., Kunnoth, B., Pilli, S., Polisetty, V.R. and Tyagi, R.D, 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., Pilli, S., Rao, P.V, Elsevier, Journal of Environmental Management, vol.340, pp.117960, 2023
  • Rice mill wastewater management in the era of circular economy, By Kandagatla, N., Kunnoth, B., Sridhar, P., Tyagi, V., Rao, P.V. and Tyagi, R.D, Elsevier, Journal of Environmental Management, vol.348, pp.119248, 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Comparison of GHG emissions from open field burning and anaerobic digestion of rice straw, By Mothe, S., Polisetty, V.R., Sridhar, P., Surampalli, R.Y., Zhang, T.C., Tyagi, R.D., Bhunia, P, Taylor & Francis, Environmental Technology, vol., pp., 2022

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

SADHANA VANGAPALLI

  • Area of Research: Anaerobic digestion of Napier grass
  • 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)
  • Course Coordinator (Continuing from January, 2022)