2nd International Conference on Pollution Control for Clean Environment (ICPCCE-2025)
(Hybrid Mode)
December 22-23, 2025, IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Makarand M. Ghangrekar, IIT Kharagpur
He is Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers; Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India; Fellow of Biotech Research Society India; Elected Member European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and Member of American Society of Civil Engineers and International Water Association. He is life member of Institution of Engineers, India, Indian Society for Technical Education; Electrochemical Society of India (ECSI); and Indian Association for Environmental Management.
He had been visiting Professor at University of Augsburg, Germany and Visiting Scientist to Ben Gurion University, Israel and University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK under Marie Curie fellowship by European Union. He had stint as a faculty of various capacities in renowned engineering colleges and research laboratory. He has been working in the field of anaerobic wastewater treatment, bioenergy recovery during wastewater treatment using microbial fuel cell (MFC) and bio-electrochemical systems. He is recognized worldwide in scientific community for his research contribution in the development of bio-electrochemical processes and his research group stands among the top two research labs in the world in terms of scientific publications. The first of its kind MFC based onsite toilet waste treatment system ‘Bioelectric toilet’ developed by him received wide publicity in electronic and print media. He has successfully completed multinational collaborative projects with European Countries and few of the projects are ongoing. He has also provided design of industrial wastewaters and sewage treatment plants in India and abroad. He has been working on setting up wastewater treatment plants to produce reusable quality treated water at affordable cost. At present he is coordinating one such project jointly funded by European Union and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He has worked as a member of IIT consortium for rejuvenation of water quality of River Ganga. He has been helping various state Governments (Odissa, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal) and industries for providing wastewater collection and treatment solutions. Having two years of industrial experience and 29 years of teaching experience, he has guided 36 Ph.D. Research Scholars and 65 Master students’ projects. He has contributed 334 research papers in journals of international repute, and contributed 105 book chapters. His research work has been presented in more than 294 conferences in India and abroad. He has written text book on ‘Wastewater to Water’ published by Springer and Edited three books published by Wiley, namely Microbial Electrochemical Technologies; Microconstituents in the environment; and Microplastics in Environment. He has delivered invited lectures in the various reputed universities in the world to name a few, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Bremen and Augusburg, Germany; University of Tartu, Estonia, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Hong Kong University, UiT Narvik, Norway, etc. He has visited several universities in the world from USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. He has received recognition for his research contribution by getting elected as Fellow, INAE and NASI; VAISWIK award 2020, Member ASCE; receiving Swachha Bharat Award 2017; Gandhian Young Technology Innovation awards; National Design Award and Best paper Awards by Institution of Engineers, India, Distinguished Speaker Award by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineering, etc.
Prof. Brajesh Kumar Dubey, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Brajesh Kr. Dubey is Professor of Environmental Engineering and Management at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, where he directs the Circular Engineering Research Group. His research spans over two decades in advancing sustainable and resilient waste management systems through life cycle assessment, circularity assessment, and resource recovery strategies. He has contributed extensively to integrated solid waste management, beneficial reuse of waste-derived materials, and decarbonization pathways for urban infrastructure. With more than 350 publications and service on several international editorial boards and committees, Dr. Dubey’s work integrates science, policy, and technology to advance circular economy transitions in waste management.
Title: Assessment of Plastic pollution in the surface water - Modeling the impact of population and waste management systems in urban areas
Prof. Arvind Kumar Nema, IIT Delhi
Dr Arvind Nema obtained Ph.D. in Environmental Science & Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1997. He has been involved in research, teaching and consulting in the field of Environmental Engineering and management. He has worked with Environmental Management Centre, Mumbai (March 1997 - May 1999), MN NIT Allahabad (May 1999 - December 2000) and National Institute of Industrial Engineering, NITIE, Mumbai, India (December 2000 - September 2002). He has been working with IIT Delhi since September 2002. He has published 90+ research papers in referred international Journals. He has guided 25 PhDs and 70 master’s theses.
His main research focuses on the analysis of environmental systems, environmental impact and risk assessment, and integrated waste management, etc. He also works in the area of application of heuristics in decision making related to environmental management issues in multi-criteria, multi-objective, multi-decision makers’ paradigm. Dr Nema has contributed as expert member in Central Pollution Control Board’s steering committee for Environmental Action Plan for Critically polluted Areas, and technical committee for utilization of hazardous waste as a supplementary resource or for energy recovery or after processing under Rule 11 of Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules 2008; Expert Member for CPHEEO, MoUD, Govt of India Committee for Preparing Manual on Sewerage and Sewage Management; Expert Member for MoEFs Project. Steering Committee and Technical Expert Committee for Remediation of Hazardous Waste Contaminated Dump Sites; and Expert Member for the State Environmental Appraisal Committee for evaluating Proposals. He had been Vice-Chairman GATE from 2012 to 2014, Chairman GATE in 2015, Vice-Chairman JEE (Advanced) in 2016, Chairman JEE (Advanced) in 2017, Associate Dean (Hostel Management) from 2018 to 2020, Dean (Student Affairs) from 2020 to 2022, Head, Department of Civil Engineering from 2022 to 2024 and Provost/ Deputy Executive Director at IIT Delhi – Abu Dhabi from January 2024 – December 2024. He has been a member (senate nominee) of the Board of Governors at IIT Delhi since January 2024.
Prof. B. J. Alappat, IIT Delhi
Dr. Babu Alappat holds Ph.D (in Environmental Engineering) from IIT Bombay and a Postdoc from Ecole Des Mines, Nantes, France. He has more than 28 years of teaching and research experience in the field of Environmental Engineering. Currently, Dr. Alappat is a Professor (HAG) of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi. Also, he is a Visiting Professor in the Department of System Enegetics and Environment, IMT Atlantique, Nantes, France since 2004.
He specialises in Environmental Engineering, especially on the Incineration Techniques, Fluidized Bed Reactors and Solid Waste Management. He has published more than 200 research papers in International & National Journals and Conferences. He is a reviewer of many International Journals and has guided several Ph.D and M.Tech projects. His contributions in the area of waste management includes both Incineration techniques and landfilling. The Landfill Pollution Potential Index (LPPI) and Leachate Pollution Index (LPI) developed by Prof. Alappat and his team have been in extensive use for quantifying the pollution potential of uncontrolled landfills. Also, he has worked extensively on fluidized bed incineration of liquid and solid wastes especially in Re-Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactors (RCFBs). Presently, he is active in the research on the incineration of Municipal Solid Waste for energy recovery. His research team recently formulated a technique to asses the incinerability of Municipal Solid Waste (named i-index) and prepared an Incinerability map of India. Prof. Alappat is a consultant to many Govermental and Non-Govermental organisations and Technical Expert in many committees.
Title: An Analysis of Waste-Energy through Incineration
Prof. Cecilia Lalande, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Cecilia Lalander is a Researcher and Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Her research focuses on developing sustainable technologies for safe nutrient recycling to the food chain, with a particular emphasis on hygiene aspects and process technology in black soldier fly larvae composting. She earned her PhD from Monash University, Australia, and has since established herself as a leading scholar in waste management and sanitation. Dr. Lalander has co-supervised three PhD graduates and currently supervises multiple doctoral and master’s students. She has published 49 peer-reviewed research articles (h-index 27, >2600 citations) and presented at international conferences worldwide. Beyond academia, she has contributed to applied sanitation work, including serving as a sanitation and faecal sludge management expert with the Swedish Red Cross in Bangladesh. Her career blends fundamental research, applied innovation, and global engagement for sustainable waste valorization
Prof.Dr.Ir. Jules B. Van Lier, Delft University of Technology
Jules van Lier is since 2008 full professor “Wastewater Treatment / Environmental Engineering” at the Department of Water Management of TU Delft and was head of the Section Sanitary Engineering in the period 2010-2025. From 2009 onwards he holds a 0.2 fte seconded position at UN-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands, where he focuses on North-South academic cooperation. Jules received both his MSc and PhD from Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
Jules van Lier is specialized in anaerobic treatment technology, and his research interest comprises the development of cost-effective technologies for (waste)water treatment, sludge and slurry treatment, recovery of resources from waste streams, such as water, nutrients, biogas, and the reuse of reclaimed water for industrial and/or agricultural purposes. His particular interest is developing technologies implementable in the global south. He (co-)authored over 320 scientific papers and book chapters, chaired the Anaerobic Digestion Specialist group of the International Water Association (IWA) between 2001 and 2009, and became nominated member of the IWA Fellow programme in 2011. His TUD online professional education course on anaerobic wastewater treatment is highly appreciated by learners. In 2025 he received the prestigious Dunbar Medal awarded by the European Water Association in cooperation with IFAT (Munich), in recognition of his career achievements.
Prof. Hiroaki FURUMAI, Chuo University
Dr. Hiroaki Furumai is an Institute Professor at the Research and Development Initiative, Chuo University and a Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo. After retiring from the University of Tokyo in March 2022, he established a research unit at Chuo University in April and continue his research. He has served as Chair of the Board of Trustees, WaterAid Japan since April 2024. He is also a Program officer, EIG-CONCERT-Japan “Solutions for Carbon-Neutral Cities”, EIG CONCERT-Japan “Oceans: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation”, and NEXUS Japan－Philippines“Water Security”managed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency.
After receiving the Docter of Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1984, he worked at Tohoku University, Kyushu University, and Ibaraki University. From 1997 he worked at the University of Tokyo and became a professor in 1998 and engaged in teaching and research for 25 years. His research themes at the University of Tokyo include 1) Sustainable urban drainage management focusing on flood control and wet weather pollution, 2) Control of microbial function and microbial community in water treatment and distribution systems, 3) Management of unregulated organic matter for water use. Then he focused on the research on advancement of urban drainage management at Chuo University. He was the project leader of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) research project entitled by “Development of well-balanced urban water use system adapted to climate change”, in which safe and stable water supply was focused in highly populated metropolitan areas in Asia. He also conducted the JST research project entitled by “Real-time Prediction and Control of Urban Flood Risk” toward the implementation of advanced control of urban drainage facilities by developing a novel inundation forecast model that can integrate meteorological observation and rainfall forecast information. He has served on the board of the International Water Association (IWA) since 2012 and hosted the World Water Congress and Exhibition in Tokyo in 2018. He served as his IWA Fellow in 2010 and later became an IWA Distinguished Fellow (2018- ). He is an advisor for the Japan Society for Water Environment (2017-) after serving as vice president (2014-2017) and president (2016-2017). He is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Water and Environmental Technology. He also served as an editorial board member for several academic journals, including Water Research and Urban Water Journal.