Pradip P Kalbar The International Conference on Urban Drainage 2021

Pradip P Kalbar

Pradip Kalbar was awarded PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai. Presently, he works as Associate Professor at the Centre for Urban Science and Engineering (CUSE) at IITB. Prior to joining IITB as faculty, Pradip worked for two-years as postdoctoral researcher at the Division for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Dept. of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The postdoctoral fellowship was awarded under HC Ørsted Postdoc Fellowship program Co-funded by Marie Curie Actions Program of EU. He has received prestigious awards such as “Excellence in Ph.D. thesis Award 2014” from IIT Bombay, Young Faculty Award 2016, IIT Bombay, "Early Research Achiever Award 2019" from IIT Bombay and “PRISMA - Sustainability Assessment and Policy Award -2020”. Pradip has authored three book chapters and published several scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences. Recently, interventions based on his work for improving water supply in India are recommended by the Ministry of Jal Shakti for implementation in all the states. He also has wide industrial and consulting experience in the area of the water sector, urban waste management and environmental sustainability. He is the Member of the Technical Advisory Committee for Water Supply of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and member of the management committee of International Water Association's Specialist Group on Intermittent Water Supply. Recently he has joined as Editor of the Water Reuse journal (IWA Publishing)