Invited Speakers at Geoenvironment-2020



Invited Speakers Organisation Title of Presentation

Prof. Gopal Achari
Schulich School ofEngineering, University of Calgary
Canada
Risk-based remediation planning of contaminated sites

Dr. Ronald James Thiessen
Principal Consultant Advisian, Calgary
Canada
Prioritisation of contaminated sites using sparse data

Prof. Peter Dietrich
HoD and Professor Helmholtz Centre forEnvironmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig Germany Assessment of contaminated sites: Balancing between goal specifications, modelling and sitecharacterization efforts

Dr. Michael Harbottle
School of Engineering
Cardiff University
UK
The circular geoenvironment - Maximising geoenvironmental services to minimize environmental harm

Dr. Ingo Holzle
Transdisciplinarity Lab(TdLab)
Department ofEnvironmental SystemScience,
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Heavy metal in soils from landfills - An international review

Prof. G L SivakumarBabu
Professor
IIScBangalore
Bengaluru
Approach for bioremediation of municipal solid waste dumps

Prof. Indumathi M Nambi
Professor
IIT Madras
Chennai
Mitigating human health risk due to petroleum contamination of groundwater through advanced electrochemical oxidation methods

Dr. J. K. Saha
Principal Scientist & Head,
ICAR-Indian Institute ofSoil Science
Bhopal
Safe concentration limit of heavy metals in soil and compost: Approaches in their determination

Dr. Natesan Manickam
Senior PrincipalScientist & Professor
CSIR-Indian Institute ofToxicology Research
Lucknow
Bio-Strategies for assessment and remediation of sites contaminated with recalcitrant compounds

Prof. Pinaki Sar
Professor
IIT Kharagpur
Kharagpur
Geomicrobiology for remediation of contaminated subsurface

Dr.Tapan Chakrabarti
Retired Scientist 'H'&
Retired Professor
CSIR-NEERI,& VNIT Nagpur
Nagpur
Remediation of Contaminated Sites: Two case Studies

Dr. Atul Narayan Vaidya
Chief Scientist & Head
CSIR- NEERI
Nagpur
Insights on remediation of soil for mercury contamination

Mr. Gowri Sankar Kowtha
Director
Stratus Environmental Inc.
USA
Challenges in assessment of the subsurface in India and the need to use the right tools

Mr. Vinoth Ramachandran Manager
Stratus Environmental Inc.
Chennai
Challenges in assessment of the subsurface in India and the need to use the right tools

Mr. Sunil Kulkarni
CEO
Innovative and Quality Solutions
Secunderabad
Case Study: Subsurface investigation on Perchloro-ethylene sites (Michigan, USA)

Mr. Sanjay Rana
Managing Director
PARSAN Overseas Pvt. Limited
New Delhi
1. Use of airborne, surface, and borehole geophysical techniques at contaminated sitesbr /> 2. Case Study: Integrated geophysical investigations at a tailing pond

Mr. Padmanabhan Girinathannair
Technical Director
ERM
Bangalore
Case Studies on use of XRF and PID/VOC Detector for sub-surface investigation and remediation

Mr. Anthony Cole
Technical Director
AECOM
Malaysia
Choosing the appropriate remedial application for your site.

Mr. Chetan Zaveri
Executive Director
AECOM
Mumbai
Choosing the appropriate remedial application for your site.

Mr. Sangram A Kadam
Director
Kadam Enviro GIDC Makarpura
Baroda
Inventory of Probably Contaminated Sites in India

Mr. Rajat Srivastav
India Operations and Practice Lead
JACOBS
Delhi
Use of sustainability principles and field screening tools to optimize contaminated media disposal volume for soil remediation project in India

Mr. Manoj Patel
Sr. General Manager
BEIL Infrastructure Limited
Ankleshwar
Case study of hazardous waste landfill site

Mr. Kamlesh Parikh
CEO
BRCPL
Vadodara
Contamination caused by open dumpsites in Delhi: Results of sub-surface investigations

Mr. Wesley McCall
International Sales Manager
M/s Geoprobe Systems
USA
Direct push methods for environmental sampling & logging at contaminated sites

Mr. Adam McMath
International SalesManager
M/s Geoprobe Systems
USA
Review of OIP application for geoenvironmental investigations

Mr. Orlando Leite
Vice President
IRIS Instruments
France
Recent Advances in 3D Electrical Resistivity for Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering

Mr. Malathesh MR
Director
M/s Thermo Fisher Scientific
Bangalore
On-site Screening of Heavy Metals in Soils using the Thermo Scientific Niton XL3t GOLDD + Handheld XRF Analyzer

Prof. Manoj Datta
Professor
IIT Delhi
New Delhi
A comparison of soil sampling methods for environmental and geotechnical studies

Prof. G.V. Ramana
Professor
IIT Delhi
New Delhi
Advantages of environmental subsurface profiling over soil sampling

Prof. R. Ayothiraman
Professor
IIT Delhi
New Delhi
A comparison of soil sampling methods for environmental and geotechnical studies

Dr. P. Vangla
Assistant Professor
IIT Delhi
New Delhi
Advantages of environmental subsurface profiling over soil sampling

Dr. Soumya Chatterjee
Head
Biodegradation Technology Division & TIRC Rajbhasa Divisions
DRDO
Tezpur
Entailing Transformation in Sanitation Facilities using DRDO Biotoilet, an Eco-friendly andAppropriate Sanitation Solution

Mr. B. Vinod Babu
Additional Director& Nodal officer
CPCB
Delhi
Status of Contaminated Sites in India

Mr. G. Rambabu
Scientist-D
Waste Management Division-I
CPCB
Delhi
Status of Contaminated Sites in India

Mr. Narendra Prakash
Project Manager
JACOBS
UK
Use of sustainability principles and field screening tools to optimize contaminated mediadisposal volume for soil remediation project in India

Mr. Parampreet Singh
Director
M/s Avantech Engineering
Consortium Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi
State-of-the-art GPR technologies for surveying of contaminated sites