Faculty
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Dr. Nisha L
Professor
Specialisation:Civil – Environmental Engineering
Room:AC II 205
Educational Qualifications
- Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
- M.E.in Environmental Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore
- B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, Government Engineering College, Thrissur
Employment History
- SASTRA Deemed University Thanjavur,Lecturer,1 Years 9 months(4 semesters)
- Viswajyothi college of Engineering and Technology,Lecturer, Assistant Professor,9 Months (2 Semesters
- NIT Calicut,Adhoc Faculty -7 Semesters
Teaching Interests
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Environmental Pollution Control Engineering
- Groundwater Hydrology
Research Interests
- Drinking water treatment
- Organics in water and its removal
- Riverbank Filtration
- Disinfection By Products
Publications
- Riverbank filtration as an alternative to pre chlorination: a case study at Mathura in Drinking Water: Source, Treatment and Distribution,Nisha Luckins, Indu Mehrotra, Pradeep Kumar and T. Grischek 2011
Papers Presented in National/International Conferences
- Fish mortality and conservation strategies in various Indian lakes,Geetha Karthi A & Nisha L,Symposium on Conservation, Restoration and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems,December 9-12, 2002, Indian Institute of Science
- Riverbank filtration potential of a polluted stream: Investigations at Mathura,Nisha L. Indu Mehrotra, Pradeep Kumar and T. Grischek,Student Symposium on “Research in Civil Engineering”,5-6 March, 2009, IIT Madras, Chennai
- Riverbank Filtration at Mathura at the River Yamuna,Nisha L. Indu Mehrotra, Pradeep Kumar and T. Grischek,EmTech 2010 “Research in Germany- Land of Ideas” Indo-German Research and Technology partnership, the German Government, Bundesministerium,8th and the 9th of March 2011 at The Royal Gardenia, No.1 Residency Road, Bengaluru
Awards and Honours
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Short term fellowship from 1/10/2009 to 31/01/2010 to pursue a part of the research work at University of Applied Sciences, Friedrich-List-Platz 1. Dresden.
- National Doctoral Fellowship(NDF) awarded by AICTE for pursuing research in Civil Engineering at IIT Roorkee from 01/04/2008 for three years. Under this scheme only fifty (50) Doctoral Fellowships are awarded every year to selected candidates in emerging areas / disciplines of Technical Education by AICTE.
- Best paper award for the paper titled “Fish mortality and conservation strategies in various Indian lakes” in the Symposium on Conservation, Restoration and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems held on December 9-12, 2002 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
- Participated in the National level Jawaharlal Nehru National Science Exhibition for Children organized by NCERT during 19-26 January 1994.
- Secured first place in District Science Fair for Project with A grade
- MHRD Fellowship To pursue Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at IIT Roorkee from 25/07/2007 to 31/03/2008
- MHRD (GATE) Fellowship To study Master of Engineering in Environmental engineering at Bharathiar University.
Professional Activities
- Indian Association of Hydrologists,Life Member,LM-1575
Technical programs attended
- Metro Traffic System for Greater Cochin by The Institution of Engineers (India)
- Indo- German Workshop on Design and Operation of Riverbank Filtration Schemes by University of Applied Sciences, Dresden and Nirma University, Ahmedabad
- Pedagogical aspects of Engineering Education by NIT Calicut
- Land use based Estimation & Prediction of Solid Waste Generation by Department of Architecture, NIT Calicut
