Curriculum Vitae of Dr. A.A.

Kazmi

Absar Ahmad KAZMI

Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee, 247667, Uttaranchal, India
Email: kazmifce@iitr.ernet.in, Absarakazmi@yahoo.com
Phone (Off): 91-1332-285725
Mobile: 91-9837262698
FAX (Off): 91-1332-275568

AREAS OF INTEREST

 Sustainable On-Site & Small-scale wastewater treatment systems.

 Sequencing Batch Reactor Activated Sludge Process.
 Rotary Drum composting of Solid Waste
 UASB Post Treatment systems
 Technology Development & Design of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant
 Water Quality Modeling and River Action Plan
 Environmental Management

EDUCATION

University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Doctor of Engineering in Environmental Engineering, (10/1999).
Thesis: Integrated Kinetic Model of Nutrient Removal and Reactive Settling for SBR.
Advisor: Prof. Hiroaki FURUMAI
GPA 4/4

Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering and Management, (07/1996).
Thesis: Evaluation of Yamuna Action Plan: Numerical Water Quality Modeling.
Advisors: Prof. Samorn MUTTAMARA and Prof. I.S. HANSEN
GPA 3.95/4 Rank (1st out of 50 students) Combined Environmental Engineering & Management

Z.H. College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Hon's), (07/93).
Thesis: Soil Investigation and Foundation Design for an Overhead Tank.
CPI 9.3/10 (Rank 1st in III and IV Year of B.Sc. Engg.)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Period Position Job Contents
August 2004 Associate Professor, from 1. Teaching Water supply & Treatment and Sewerage
to present December 2009 onwards Design & Sewage Treatment, Environmental
Management courses to undergraduate & Graduate
Assistant Professor July Students.
2004-December 2009) 2. Supervise Doctoral & Masters Students.
Department of Civil 3. Conduct Sponsored Research by CPCB (Ministry of Env.
Engineering, IIT, Roorkee. & Forests, India), DST, MoEF, UCOST, PCRA and
MHRD.
4. Design, Engineering & Development consultancy.
Advisory related works.
5. Continuing education courses for practicing engineers,
scientists and operators.
6. Other administrative & development works.
June-August Sewage Treatment Plant 1. Preparation of City Development Plan (Sewerage Sector)
2006 Expert for IPE, GHK for Dehradun, Nainital and Haridwar for JNNRUM
Consortium for ADB- Project
Uttaranchal Urban 2. ADB Project Number: 38272-01, April 2007, India:
Development Project Uttaranchal Urban Development Project: Prepared by

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GHK Consulting, UK in association with Infrastructure

Professionals Enterprise ENC Consulting Engineers
United Kingdom.
3. ADB-TA-4814, 68 mld Sewage Treatment Plant, Kargi
Dehradun, Design Report.
June-July Team Leader (Grade III), 1. Coordination of overseas branch and representative
2004 Nishihara Environment meeting.
Technology, Japan 2. Presentation on Nishihara’s composting and Yeast
Treatment Technology.
3. Proposals for international projects.

April 2001 Project Engineer, 1. Preparation of Operations and Maintenance Manuals for
to June 2004 Overseas Business Division, SBR, Yeast Cycle Process, Rotary Kiln type composting
Nishihara Environment processes for South East Asian Countries
Technology, Japan 2. Conceptual Planning & Design of municipal, industrial
wastewater and composting plants in South East Asia.
3. Preparation of technical documents & presentations for
different sewage and solid waste treatment technologies
of Nishihara.
4. Commissioning of septage/sludge treatment, sewage
treatment & Industrial wastewater treatment plants in
South East Asia.
August 2002 Water Quality Expert for 1. Developed water quality model based on the existing
to October Tokyo Engineering pollution load and simulated the effect of selected
2002 Consultants, Tokyo for scenarios with respect to reduced pollution loading into
JBIC (Japan Bank of the Yamuna River.
International 2. Allocate funding resources to the 33 towns based on
Cooperation),.Yamuna modeling studies.
Action Plan Project. 3. Conceptual design of 2, 10 and 25 MLD SBR plants for
Delhi Drains.
Nov 2000- Project Engineer, 1. Evaluation of Jet Aeration System mixing efficiency in A-
March 2001 Operation and Maintenance O Plant.
Section. Nishihara 2. Mixing Analysis in Oxidation Ditch.
Environment Technology, 3. Start up of Yeast Cycle Process plant for Cream Factory.
Japan 4. Preparation and Presentation of MAP (Magnesium
Ammonium Phosphate) recovery report.
5. Safety Patrol for construction sites.
6. O&M Inspection of Wastewater treatment Plant
equipment.
7. Installation of IC Decanter.
8. Operation and Maintenance of Jet Aeration Pumps.
April 2000- Design Engineer, Design 1. Design and Planning of SBR wastewater treatment plant
Nov. 2000 Section. Nishihara for 2000 persons based on JARUS and JS (Japan Sewage
Environment Technology, works specification).
Japan 2. Design and Planning of Oxidation ditch for 2050 persons
based on JARUS and JS (Japan Sewage works
specification).
3. Evaluation of Oxygen Transfer Efficiency for NEOFLEX
fine bubble diffuser system.
November R& D Engineer, Technology 1. Optimization and pilot scale study of OTV’s ACTIFLO
1999 to Development Section. process for water and wastewater treatment. Study the
April 2000 Nishihara Environment potential of natural polymers for tertiary wastewater and
Technology, Japan lake water treatment.

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ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS

1. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, Institution of Engineers, India (2010)
2. RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE (RAC), EXPERT MEMBER, National Ganga River
Basin Authority, Govt. of India (Jan 2010-)
3. RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, EXPERT MEMBER, UP JAL NIGAM, Selection of
appropriate STP Technology for Kanpur. (2009--
4. PRINCIPAL COORDINATOR, Implementation of Basic/Intermediate training (JICA-MoEF) for
sewerage workers under bilateral cooperation between India and Japan 2010
5. MEMBER, EXPERT COMMITTEE, UTTARAKHAND PEYJAL NIGAM, Selection of Pipe
material for Kumbh and other related works 2008-2009.
6. SESSION CHAIRMAN, Sixth International Symposium on South East Asian Water Environment.
Oct 27-29, 2008 Bandung, Indonesia.
7. JAPANESE GOVENRNMENT TRAVEL SUPPORT, International Symposium on South East Asian
Water Environment, Bandung, Indonesia (Nov. 2008).
8. EXPERT, 2nd UTTARAKHAND STATE SCIENCE CONGRESS, Uttarakhand Academy of
Administration, Nainital.
9. CONSULTANT, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, MANILA, Bridging Assistance to Uttaranchal
Urban Development Project. (Aug 2007 to Dec 2007).
10. WATER-MICRO 2007 TRAVEL SUPPORT AWARD, Health Related Water Microbiology
Symposium, Tokyo.
11. ACADEMIC ADVISOR, ENVIRONMENT WORKING GROUP, Ministry of Railways & Japan
International Cooperation Agency for the Development of Dedicated Freight Corridor Project, India
(October 2006 onwards).
12. JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANTSHIP, for the paper presentation in Third
& Fourth ＆ fifth International Symposium on South East Asian Water Environment, AIT Bangkok
(2005 & 2006).
13. SURENDRANATH MUKHERJEE MEMORIAL PRIZE, Institution of Engineers, India (2003)
14. US $500 HONORARIUM for John Wiley & Sons Books for Excellent Contribution for Wiley
Encyclopedia of Water. (2004).
15. HIGHEST ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE GPA (4.0/4.0), Doctor of Engineering, University of
Tokyo, Japan.
16. MONBOSHO SCHOLARSHIP for Ph.D. program, (Oct 96 - Sept 99).
17. THIRD PRIZE, International Water Supply Symposium, Tokyo (Nov 1998)
18. TOSHIKO International Travel Fellowship. (April 99).
19. ROBERT B. BANKS Prize for Outstanding Performance in Masters of Environmental Engineering
and Management (1/50) at AIT (Aug 96).
20. DANIDA (Govt. of Denmark) fellowship for Graduate Research study at AIT (Dec 95- July 96).
21. AIT PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP for M.Eng. Program at AIT, (Jan 95 - July 96).
22. GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering) Scholarship by the Government of India, Dec 93- Oct.
94
23. UNIVERSITY MERIT SCHOLARSHIP for Rank 1st in IIIrd and IV year of BSc.Eng. (Aug. 91- Aug
93).
24. BHARAT SEWA TRUST MERIT Scholarship for Rank 3rd in BSc.Eng II year. (Aug 90- August 91).

SHORT TERM TRAINING COURSES (PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR)

1. A CPCB sponsored Short Course on “Advanced Technologies on Water & Wastewater Treatment”, 25-
27th March 2010.
2. A JICA sponsored short Intermediate course on “Operation and maintenance of sewerage facilities and
sewage treatment plants” 22-26th February 2010.
3. A JICA sponsored short Basic course on “Operation and maintenance of sewerage facilities and sewage
treatment plants” 1-5th February 2010.
4. A CPCB sponsored Short Course on “Chemical Analysis of Water & Wastewater”, 2-4th December
2009.
5. A CPCB sponsored Short Course on “Determination of Dissolve Oxygen, Biological Oxygen Demand,
Chemical Oxygen Demand, Total Organic Carbon, Relationship between BOD, COD, TOC.” 6-8th
December 2009.
6. A CPCB sponsored Short Course on “Water & Wastewater Quality Analysis”, 14-16th July 2008.
7. A CPCB sponsored Short Course on “Analytical Procedures on Water & Wastewater Quality, 15-19th
Dec. 2006.

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8. A JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) sponsored Operator’s Training Course on “Basics of
Sewage Treatment”, 27-1st February 2006.
9. A Training Program on Environmental Engineering lab, 1-12 August 2005.
10. A CPCB sponsored Short Course on “Physical-Chemical & Biological Phenomena of wastewater
Treatment System, 16-20 Nov. 2005.

CONFERENCES/SEMINAR ORGANISED

1. 3rd Uttarakhand Science Congress, Covener; Session Management. 10-11 Nov 2008.
2. All India seminar on “Air Pollution & Health Impacts” Feb 23-24, 2006. (Joint Secretary).
3. World Environment Day, 2007 (Convener)

PUBLICATIONS
JOURNALS

1. Vinay Kumar Tyagi, Abid Ali Khan, A. A. Kazmi, and A. K. Chopra (2010). Enhancement of
Coagulation Flocculation Process Using Anionic Polymer for the Post Treatment of UASB Reactor
Effluent. Separation Science and Technology, 45: 626–634, 2010. [Impact Factor: 1.13].

2. Ajay S. Kalamdhad, Yatish K. Singh, Muntjeer Ali, Meena Khwairakpam and A. A. Kazmi. (2009)
Rotary Drum Composting of Vegetable Waste and Tree Leaves, Bioresource Technology Volume: 100,
24, 6442-6450. [Impact Factor: 4.4]

3. Ajay S. Kalamdhad, Muntjeer Ali, A. A. Kazmi. (2009) Organic Matter Transformation during Rotary
Drum Composting. Dynamic Soil, Dynamic Plant. Volume 3 Special Issue 1, Compost II. pp 93-98.

4. Yatish Kumar Singh, Muntazir Ali, Ajay S. Kalamdhad, and A. A. Kazmi (2009). Maturat ion of
Primary Stabilized Compost from Rotary Drum Composter Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Volume: 53 Issue: 7 Pages: 386-392 [Impact Factor: 1.27].

5. V. K. Tyagi, A.K. Chopra, N. C. Durgapal and A.A.Kazmi (2009). Bioassay evaluation of toxicity
reduction in common effluent treatment plant. Journal of Applied and Natural Science 1(1)8-12.

6. Ajay S. Kalamdhad and A. A. Kazmi (2009) "Effect of Turning Frequency on Compost Stability and
Some Chemical Characteristics in a Rotary Drum Composter. Chemosphere 74: 1327-1334) [Impact
Factor: 2.73]

7. V. K. Tyagi, Abid Ali Khan, Kazmi A.A.& A.K. Chopra, (2009) UASB Post Treatment by Slow sand
filtration. Desalination 249; 571-576 [Impact Factor: 0.87].

8. Ajay S. Kalamdhad and A. A. Kazmi (2009) Effect of C/N on Rotary Drum Composting. International
Journal of Environment Engineering, 1(2), 187-207.

9. V. K. Tyagi, B, Renganayagi, Shankar Subramanian, A. A. Kazmi, A. K. Chopra (2009). Operating

Strategies for Activated Sludge Process to enhanced Coliform removal, Asian J of Water, Environment
and Pollution. Vol. 6, No. 4, 113-117.

10. Ajay S. Kalamdhad and A. A. Kazmi (2008) Rotary Drum composting of different organic waste
mixtures. Waste Management & Research. , v 27, n 2, p 129-137,

11. V. K. Tyagi, Shankar Subramaniyan, Kazmi A.A.& A.K. Chopra, (2008) Removal of Fecal indicators
and pathogens in a Waste Stabilization Pond System treating Municipal Wastewater in India. Water
Environment Research, Vol 80, No. 11, pp 2111-2117. [Impact Factor: 1.11]

12. Ajay S. Kalamdhad, Muneer Pasha and A. A. Kazmi (2008) Compost Stability Studies in Rotary drum
composter. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 52, Issue 5, Pages 829-834. [Impact
Factor: 1.27]

13. V. K. Tyagi, Shankar Subramaniyan, Kazmi A.A.& A.K. Chopra, (2008).Microbial Community in
Conventional and Extended Aeration Activated Sludge Plants in India. Ecological Indicators 8, 550-

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554. [Impact Factor: 1.57]

14. Ajay S. Kalamdhad and A. A. Kazmi (2008) Mixed organic waste composting using rotary drum
composter. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management. Vo. 2, No. 1/2, 24-36.

15. Kazmi A. A., V.K. Tyagi, R.C.Trivedi and Arvind Kumar, (2008) Coliforms removal in full-scale
activated sludge plants in India. Journal of Environmental Management Vol 87/3 pp 415-419. [Impact
Factor: 1.44]

16. S. Kannan, S.K.Singal, A.A. Kazmi and M.P. Sharma (2008), Selection of Appropriate Sewage
Treatment Technology for Kancheepuram City. Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution,
Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 107-111.

17. Kazmi A.A (2008) Small Scale Wastewater Treatment Plant in Japan, Journal of Institution of
Engineers, India. Vol 89, September 2008.pp 34-43.

18. K. Jaya Prakash, V. K. Tyagi, Kazmi A. A., Arvind Kumar, (2007) Post-Treatment of UASB Reactor
Effluent by Coagulation and Flocculation. Environmental Progress, AIChE, Vol 26. No.2 164-168. .
[Impact Factor: 1.00]

19. V. K. Tyagi, A. K. Chopra, A. A. Kazmi, Arvind Kumar (2007) Alternative microbial indicators of
faecal pollution: Current Perspective. Iran. J. Environ. Health. Sci. Eng., 2006, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 205-
216 (ISI Journal)

20. Kazmi A.A. (2007) Colour and COD removal from pulp & paper mill effluent by Fenton’s Oxidation,
Journal of Environmental Science & Engineering Vol 49, No.3, P. 189-194, July 2007.

21. Kannan S, Singhal, S. K, Kazmi A.A & Kanaka B. (2007) “Decentralized Wastewater management
Systems. The Environment Monitor, Vol VII, No.2 March.

22. Kazmi A.A. Agrawal L.K & Jensen J,K (2007) Water Quality Modeling for Yamuna Action Plan-II
(YAP-II), Journal of Institution of Engineers, India. Vol 88, September 2007.pp 33-42.

23. Kazmi A. A. & H. Furumai (2005) Sustainable urban wastewater management & reuse in Asia.
International Review of Environmental Strategies Journal. Vol. 5, No.2, 425-448

24. Kazmi A.A (2005) Wastewater Reclamation & Reuse in Urban Areas- Japanese Experiences, Journal of
Indian Waterworks Association.Vol. 27, No. 2, April-June 2005, pp 133-145.

25. Kazmi A.A (2003) On site wastewater treatment in Japan-An overview. Journal of Institution of
Engineers, (India). Vol. 83, March 2003, pp.41-45.

26. Kazmi A.A (2003) A high BOD and n-Hexane wastewater treatment by Yeast Cycle System. Water 21,
Feb 2003 pp 23-24.

27. Kazmi, A.A., Fujita, M., Furumai, H. (2001)" Modeling effect of nitrate on phosphorus removal in
SBR" Water Sci & Tech. Vol 43 No 3 pp 175-182. . [Impact Factor: 1.24]

28. Kazmi, A.A., Furumai, H., (2000) A simple settling model for Batch Activated Sludge Process". Water
Sci & Tech Vol 42 No 3-4 pp 9–16. [Impact Factor: 1.24]

29. Kazmi, A.A., Furumai, H.,(2000) Field Investigations during Settling in an Intermittent Aeration
Sequencing Batch Reactor Activated Sludge Process". Water Science and Technology Vol 41 No 1 pp
127–135. [Impact Factor: 1.24]

30. Kazmi, A.A.,(2000) "Water Quality Model of the Yamuna River". Journal of Institution of Engineers,
(India). Vol. 81, September 2000, pp.17-22.

31. Furumai, H., Kazmi, A.A., Furuya, Y., Sasaki, K., (1999)"Effect of Sludge Retention Time (SRT) on
Nutrient Removal in Sequencing Batch Reactor " Journal-of-Environmental-Science-and-Health-part-

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A. 1999; 34 (2): 317-328. [Impact Factor: 0.96]

32. Furumai, H., Kazmi, A.A., Fujita, M., Furuya, Y., Sasaki, K., (1999) "Long Term Nutrient Removal in a
Sequencing Batch Reactor" Water Research, Vol. 33, No.11, pp.2708-2714. [Impact Factor: 3.42]

33. Kazmi, A.A., Furumai, H., (1998) "Nitrate Disappearance during Batch Settling in a Sequencing Batch
Reactor Activated Sludge Process" Environmental Engineering Research, JSCE. Vol.35, pp. 387-394.

34. Kazmi, A.A., & Hansen, I.S., (1997)" Numerical Models in Water Quality Management: A Case Study
for the Yamuna River (India)", Wat. Sci. and Tech. Vol.36, No.5, pp. 193-200. [Impact Factor: 1.24]

LIST OF COURSES TAUGHT/DEVELOPED

S.No. Course Taught Level No. of Times Taught

1. Environmental Studies (Developed) UG 6
2. Advanced Water Supply & Sewerage PG 1
3. Construction Planning & Management UG 3
4. Water & Wastewater Treatment UG 5
5. Environmental Engineering Lab UG 5
6 Waste Management (Developed) UG 1

DETAILS OF THESES SUPERVISED

PhD Thesis
S.NO. TITLE OF THESIS YEAR NAME OF STUDENT CO-SUPERVISOR
1. Rotary Drum type of composting of Awarded Ajay Kalamdhad Nil
municipal solid waste
2. Environmental Management of In progress Praveen Gupta Z. Rahman
Integrated Industrial Estate
3. Environmental Management of In progress Vinod Mehta Z. Rahman
Integrated Industrial Estate
4. Post Treatment of UASB Effluent In progress Abid Ali Khan Indu Mehrotra
5. Wastewater Treatment by Sand filter In progress Bidhan Chandra Das Nayan Sharma
for using aquaculture
6. Sequencing Batch Reactor for In progress Anwar Khursheed Nil
Wastewater Treatment
7. Organic Matter Transformation in In-Progress Muntazir Ali Naseem Ahmad
Rotary Drum Composting

M. Tech Thesis
S.NO. TITLE OF THESIS YEAR NAME OF STUDENT CO-SUPERVISOR
1. Rotary Drum Composting of herbal 2009 Mr. Simon Duba Nil
Waste
2. Conservation of Noyyal River 2009 Ms. Kannammal N Prof. Arun Kumar
3. Ecological Modeling of Oxidation Pond 2009 Mr. Sushil C Devkota Prof. Nayan Sharma
4. Evaluation of Decentralized Sewage 2008 Amrish Kumar Singh Mr. Mukesh Singhal
Treatment Plants in Northern India.
5. Optimization of Maturation Period for 2008 Yatish Kumar Singh Nil
Primary Stabilized Compost.
6. Evaluation of Municipal Solid Waste 2007 Md. Muneer Pasha Nil
Compost Stability.
7. Selection & Design of Appropriate STP 2007 S. Kannan M. K. Singhal
Technology for a town in Tamil Nadu.
8. Evaluation of Contact Aeration Sewage 2006 Madhava Kumar Renu Bhargava
Treatment Plant at ISBT, Dehradun.
9. Studies on Coliform Removal in 2006 L.C. Prajapati Arvind Kumar

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Oxidation Pond.
10 UASB Post Treatment by Coagulation 2006 K Jayaprakash Arvind Kumar
and Flocculation Process.
11. Transverse Mixing in open channels 2006 Ajay Kumar Dr. Z. Ahmad
with multipoint pollution sources.
12. Studies on Coliform Removal Efficiency 2006 B. Renganayagi Arvind Kumar
in Activated Sludge Process.
13 Color Removal by Advanced Oxidation 2005 Rajesh Thul U. B Chitranshi
Techniques.

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS

REF. TITLE DURA COST FUNDING ACHIEVEM
NO. TION (LACS) AGENCY ENTS
1. 'Enhanced Nutrient Removal 2010- 6.5 PCRA, Ongoing
under Shock Loads through 2011 Ministry of
Integrated Upflow Anaerobic Petroleum,
Sludge Blanket (UASB) and Govt. of
Sequencing Batch Reactor India
(SBR) System for Sewage
Treatment & Reuse'
2. Organic matter transformation, 2009- 26.14 DST, Govt. Ongoing
identification of microbial 2011 of India
communities and process
kinetics during rotary drum
composting. (PI)
3. Pilot plant study for Organics, 2008- 11.5 MoEF, Govt. Ongoing
Nitrogen & Coliform removal in 2010 of India
SBR. (PI)
4. Enhanced Coliform Removal in 2008- 10.0 UCOST, Completed
SBR. (PI) 2010 Uttarakhand
5. Upflow Anaerobic Sludge 2008- 9.25 PCRA, Completed
Blanket (UASB) and 2009 Ministry of
Sequencing Batch Reactor Petroleum,
(SBR) System for Sewage Govt. of
Treatment & Reuse. (PI) India
6. Rotary Drum Composting for 2007- 14.6 DST, Govt. Completed
Municipal Solid Waste. (PI) 2009 of India
7. Ozonation process for color 2005- 1.0 IIT, Roorkee Completed
removal. (PI) 2006
8. Development of Coliform 2004- 13.6 CPCB, Completed
standards for Wastewater 2007 Ministry of
Treatment. Co-PI Env. &
Forests

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