IIT Madras-BTCM
IIT Madras-BTCM

Radhakrishna G Pillai Main

Dr. INDUMATHI M. NAMBI

 
Room No.353,
Third Floor, NAC II
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600036. Tamil Nadu, INDIA
indunambi@civil.iitm.ac.in +91-44-22574289
indumnambi@gmail.com
Dr. INDUMATHI M. NAMBI has been a Professor in Civil Engineering at IIT Madras since 2005, a primary research focus is on water quality — specifically groundwater, industrialwastewater treatment, and water body restoration. Prof. Indumathi has been activelyadvancing the conversion of research ideas from lab to practice through problem-directed research, projects, and entrepreneurship. She serves on national and state expert committees like the Jal Jeevan Mission, UnnatBharat Abhiyan, and Remediation of contaminated sites with NCEF. She has alsoestablished and served as PI and governing board of Centre for Urbanization, Buildingsand Environment (CUBE), sponsored by the Government of Tamil Nadu, and Centre forTechnology Development, Demonstration and Dissemination, sponsored by Tamil NaduPollution Control Board. Her commitment to training engineers holistically motivated herto help develop a new Minor stream: "Sustainable Environmental and InfrastructureSystems." She is the director of Samudyoga Waste Chakra, a start-up offering sustainablewaste management through carbon-reducing technologies, and founded Water Chakra in2018 to recover water and nutrients from urine using waterless urinals. Prof. Indumathi launched and organizes the "Carbon Zero Challenge", a national-levelcontest promoting cleantech innovation and entrepreneurship among students andearly-stage start-ups. She is also the Principal Investigator of the Ideas to ImpactChallenge, which serves as a precursor to the Carbon Zero Challenge. In addition, sheserves as the National Chairperson for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition.  

Earned Degrees

Ph.D Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1999
Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, USA , 8 Clarkson Ave., Potsdam, New York 13699


M.E Environmental Engineering, 1993
Center for Environmental Studies, Anna University, Chennai, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600025


B.E Civil Engineering, 1991
College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai , Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600025


Awards and Honours

Magudam Award , Science and Technology Category, CNN News 18 / 2017, 2017

Gandhian Young Technology Innovator Award (GYTI), Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI), New Delhi, IndiaNew Delhi, 2015

Member (2014 to 2019), State Expert Appraisal Committee for EIA Ministry of Environment and Forests, GoI , 2019

Technical Expert Committee Member (2016 to 2019) , Central Pollution Control Board, NCEF Project for remediation of Contaminated Sites 2016 - 2019 , 2019

Expert Committee Member, Solid Waste Management (2015 to 2018) , Chennai Corporation, Government of Tamil Nadu, India 2015- 2018 , 2018

Expert Committee Member, Reverse Osmosis Plants , Chennai Metro Water and Sewerage Supply Board, Tamil Nadu, India 2016, 2016

Technical expert committee, Kerala State Planning Board for Irrigation projects 2017, 2017

Research Areas

 Ground water – Contaminant fate and transport.
 Remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater – Chromium,Petroleum compound pesticide & micro pollutants
 Hazardous chemicals – Risk assessment and management
 Water Treatment, Wastewater reuse, Solid waste managment
 Industrial Waste Water Treatment – Electro plating, tannery and textile.
 Environment Impact Assessment
 Electro Chemical methods for contaminated water & Soil
 Biogas from food waste .
 Microfuel cells coupled waste water treatment & Chromium recovery.
 Petro Chemical waste & waste water treatment
 Removal of antibiotics & antimicrobial resistance in water system

Professional Experiences

 2015 – present : Professor, Indian Institute of technology Madras, Chennai, India.
 july 2012 – 2015 : Associate Professor, Indian Institute of technology Madras, Chennai, India.
 june 2005 – june2012 : Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of technology Madras, Chennai, India.
 june 2003 – May 2005 : Senior Research Associate and Consultant, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, , Chennai, India.
 January 2000 – November 2002 : Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, U.S.A
 october 1993 – July 1994 : Design Engineer, Larsen & Toubro Inc., ECC, Manapakkam, , Chennai,India
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