Organising Committee
Chief Patron
Prof. Achyuta Samanta,
Founder KIIT & KISS University,
Bhubaneswar
Patron
Mr. Ashok Kumar Parija
Chancellor, KIIT Deemed to be University,
Prof. (Dr.) Subrata Kumar Acharya
Pro-Chancellor, KIIT Deemed to be University
Prof. (Dr.) Saranjit Singh
Vice Chancellor, KIIT Deemed to be University,
Prof. Deepak Kumar Behara
Vice Chancellor, KISS University
President, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Prof. (Dr.) C.B.K. Mohanty
Pro-Vice Chancellor, School of Medicine (KIMS, KIDS and KINS)
Prof. (Dr.) Jnyana Ranjan Mohanty
Registrar, KIIT Deemed to be University,
International Organizing Chairs
Prof. Prosun Bhattacharya
KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; International Society of Groundwater for Sustainable Development (ISGSD), Stockholm, Sweden
Prof. Jochen Bundschuh
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia; International Society of Groundwater for Sustainable Development (ISGSD), Stockholm, Sweden
National Organizing Chairs and Secretary Chair, Convener and Organizing Secretary
Prof. Jyoti Prakash Maity
School of Applied Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Co-Organizing Secretary
Prof. Prosun Bhattacharya
KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; International Society of Groundwater for Sustainable Development (ISGSD), Stockholm, Sweden
Co-Chair
Prof. Prasanta Rath
Dean, School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Prof. Sanjib Moulick
Dean, School of Civil Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhuvneshwar, India
International Scientific Committee
Prof. Maria Aurora Armienta
UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico and Health (UNU-INWEH)
Prof. Chien-Jen Chen
National Taiwan University, Taiwan (ROC)
Prof. Damià Barceló
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Barcelona, Spain
Prof. Jörg Rinklebe
University of Wuppertal, Germany
Prof. Vladimir Smakhtin
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment
Prof. Alper Baba
Izmir Institute of Technology, İzmir, Turkey
Prof. Virginia S.T. Ciminelli
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais-UFMG, Brazil
Prof. Jurate Kumpiene
Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
Prof. Yongguan Zhu
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, P.R. China
Prof. Saugata Datta
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA
Prof. Kazi Matin U Ahmed
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof. Md. Jakariya
North South University, Bangladesh
Dr. Solomon Tesfalidet
Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden
Prof. Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme
Universidade Federal de Lavras, Argentina
Prof. Nelly Mañay
Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Uruguay
Prof. Barry P. Rosen
Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
Prof. Catterina Ferreccio
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Prof. Felix Mtalo
University of Dar es salaam, Tanzania
Dr. Jesica Murray
Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Prof. Emmanuel Arhin
University for Development Studies, Ghana
Dr. Case van Genuchten
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Dr. Kyoung-Woong Kim
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Dr. Diego Fridman
Una Universidad que crece, Argentina
Dr. Laura C. Borgnino
Earth Sciences Research Center, Argentina
Prof. Jose A. Centeno
University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Prof. Jan Hoinkis
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Huaming Guo
China University of Geosciences, Beijing, P.R. China
Dr. Joseline Soledad Tapia Zamora
Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
Prof. Michael Berg
Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Dr. Janice Lee
USEPA, USA
Prof. M. Alauddin
Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, USA
Prof. Rohana Chandrajith
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Prof. Jörg Matschullat
Interdisciplinary Environmental Research Centre (IÖZ), TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
Prof. Bui Duong
Ministry of Natural Res. and Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam
Prof. Jasmeet Lamba
Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Prof. Tamiru Abiye
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Prof. Doris van Halem
Technical University of Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
Prof. Yan Zheng
Southern University of S&T, Shenzhen, P.R. China
Prof. Mustafa Ersöz
Selçuk Üniversitesi, Selçuklu, Turkey
Prof. Fang-Jie Zhao
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Prof. Megharaj Mallavarapu
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Prof. Ondřej Šráček
Palacký University in Olomouc, Czechia
Prof. Abida Farooqi
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Dr. Angel Antonio Carbonell Barrachina
Avda. de la Universidad, Spain
Dr. Gonzalo Luis Bia
National University of Cordoba, Argentina
Dr. Tom van der Voorn
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Nuno Durães
University of Aveiro, Portugal
Prof. Albert van der Wal
Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
Dr. Arslan Ahmad
SIBELCO Ankerpoort NV, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Prof Chien-Yen Chen
National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan (ROC)
Prof. David Polya
University of Manchester, UK
Prof. Meththika Vithanage
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Prof. Lena Qiying Ma
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Prof. Ravi Naidu
CRC-Care, The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Prof. Marta I. Litter
Universidad de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Sudip Chakraborty
University of Calabria, Italy
Dr. Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Prof. Angela F Danil de Namor
University of Surrey, UK
Prof. Lex van Geen
Columbia University, USA
Prof. Amit Bhatnagar
LUT University, Finland
Prof. Pablo A. Pastén
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Prof. Kim Dowling
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Rick Donselaar
Technical University of Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
Dr. Alejo Pérez Carrera
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Debapriya Mondal
UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom
Dr. Elena Alvareda
Universidad de la República, Salto, Uruguay
Dr. Andreas Voegelin
Eawag – Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland
Dr. Md. Ayaz Alam
Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile
Dr. Jajati Mandal
University of Salford, UK
Dr. Julian Ijumulana
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania & KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Dr. Md. Ahasan Habib
NGO Forum for Public Health, Bangladesh &KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Rakesh Kumar
Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Md Tahmidul Islam
WaterAid Bangladesh
Ms. Hasin Jahan
WaterAid Bangladesh
National Scientific Committee
Prof. Abhijit Mukherjee
Indian Institute of Technology–Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
Prof. Debashish Chatterjee
University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Prof. Thalappil Pradeep
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Prof. Dipankar Saha
Manav Rachna University, Delhi NCR, India
Prof. Subhas Chandra Santra
University of Kalyani, Kolkata, India
Prof. Gopal C. Kundu
KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Ajay Kumar Taloor
University of Jammu, Jammu, India
Prof. Tarit Roychowdhury
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Prof. Avtar Singh Jasrotia
University of Jammu, Jammu, India
Prof. Gh. Jeelani
University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
Prof. Shashank Shekhar
University of Delhi, Delhi
Dr. Punarbasu Chaudhuri
University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Dr. Anindita Chakraborty
UGC-DAE Consortium Kolkata, India
Prof. N. Janardhana Raju
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Prof. Elango Laxmanan
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Prof. Dhiraj Mohan Banerjee
(Ret.) University of Delhi, India
Prof. Shakeel Ahmed
Asian-GWADI, India
Prof. Ashok Ghosh
Mahavir Cancer Sansthan & Research Centre, Patna, India
Dr. Syed Hilal Farooq
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Srivastava
CSIR – National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India
Dr. Gopal Krishan
National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee, India
Prof. Piyush Kant Pandey
Amity University, Raipur, India
Prof. Khageshwar Singh Patel
Amity University, Raipur, India
Prof. Padmaja Pamidimukkala
M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda, India
Prof. Dinesh Mohan
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Prof. D. Karunanidhi
Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India
Prof. Paromita Chakraborty
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India
Prof. S.K. Tandon
IISER, Bhopal, India
Prof. Prabhakar Sharma
Nagaland University, Nagaland, India
Prof. Chander Kumar Singh
TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, India
Dr. Alok Chandra Samal
University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Dr. Sukalyan Chakraborty
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Jharkhand
Dr. P.K. Sahoo
Central University of Punjab, India
Dr. Barun Kumar Thakur
Flame University, Pune, India
Dr. Anand Kumar
Nalanda University, Rajgir, India
Mr. Saurabh Singh
Innervoice Foundation, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dr. Shakir Ali
University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Local Scientific Committee
Prof. Satyendra Patnaik
KIIT & KISS, Bhubaneswar, India
Prof. Sudarshan Nanda
KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Prof. Prasanta Rath
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Prof. Gopal Chandra Kundu
KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Prof. K. G. Mishra
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Prof. SKS Parasar
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Prof. B. B. Kar
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Prof. Puspalata Pattojoshi
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Tapan Kumar Batia
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Shrikumar Acharya
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Kajal Parashar
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Samaresh Jana
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Anita Pati
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Rojalin Sahu
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Gopal Pradhan
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Rahul Modok
KIIT Biotechnology, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhuba-neswar, India
Dr. Bhavya Bhushan
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Dibyaranjan Rout
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Sohini Sarkar
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Sutanu Mangal
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Sutanu Satpathy
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. D. Behera
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Jatin Kumar Sinha
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. T. R. Sahoo
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. B. P. Sahoo
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. J. Tripathy
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. S. Maji
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. S. Singha
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Alok Panda
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. P. K. Deheri
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Subhangi Sahoo
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. CH. Vinod
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Raghabendra Samantray
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Nibedita Das
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Sarbari Acharya
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Chandana Mohanty
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Nikita Mahapatra
School of Applied Science, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Tulishree Pradhan
School of Law, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Youth Committee
Dr. Shakir Ali
Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Dr. Jajati Mandal
University of Salford, UK
Dr. Julian Ijumulana
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Dr. Pousali Pathak
University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Dr. Saraswat Sangkham
University of Phayao, Thailand
Dr. Pawan Kumar Rose
Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Haryana, India
Dr. Barkha Sharma
G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technolo-gy, Uttarakhand, India
Dr. Emmanuel Daanoba Sunkari
University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana
Dr. Prachi Singh
Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Anurag Verma
Nalanda University, Rajgir, India
Dr. Pritam Banerjee
The University of California, University Avenue and Oxford St Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Dr. Gobinda Dey
National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106319, Taiwan
Pushpa Sharma
Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, Bihar
Md. Aminul Islam
Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
Dr. Md. Ahasan Habib
NGO Forum for Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Sarbanee Mahapatra
KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Sandhya Maurya
Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow, India
Dr. Manoj Kumar
IISER Mohali, India
Divya Patel
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Chihuahua, Mexico
Tanisha Mishra
KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Chhanda Biswas
Berhampur University, Berhampur, India.
Sourasis Chattopadhyay
Department of Research and Development
KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India