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Feasibility of surface dielectric barrier discharge in wastewater treatment: Spectroscopic modeling, diagnostic, and dye mineralization
S.M. Allabakshi, P.S.N.S.R. Srikar, R.K. Gangwar, S.M. Maliyekkal, Sep. Purif. Technol. 296 (2022) 121344. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SEPPUR.2022.121344 Impact factor: 9.135
UV-C photon integrated surface dielectric barrier discharge hybrid reactor: A novel and energy-efficient route for rapid mineralisation of aqueous azo dyes
S.M. Allabakshi, P.S.N.S.R. Srikar, S. Gomosta, R.K. Gangwar, S.M. Maliyekkal, J. Hazard. Mater. 446 (2023) 130639. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JHAZMAT.2022.130639 Impact factor: 14.2
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Faculty Achievements

Dr. A. V. Rahul, Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering IIT Tirupati, received the Indian Concrete Institute award (31st annual award) under the "Innovations in Special Concrete" category. The award is for the design of a special type of self-compacting concrete for the sloping roof construction in the iconic building of IISER Tirupati.
Dr. A. V. Rahul
Assistant Professor

Dr. Roshan Srivastav, Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering IIT Tirupati, received the "National Geospatial Faculty Fellow Award" under the National Geospatial Awards 2024 an initiative of the FOSSEE project, IIT Bombay on 15th September 2024.
Dr. Roshan Srivastav
Associate Professor

Prof. Krishna Prapoorna, Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering) Based on his team’s research contributions in the areas of roadway noise and modeling, has been appointed an "International Member of the USNAE Transportation Research Board Standing Committee" on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration: 2024-27.
Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna
Professor

Prof. Krishna Prapoorna, Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering) Elected as "Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India)", March 2024.
Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna
Professor

Prof. Krishna Prapoorna, Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering) Appointed as "iSMARTi Vice President of South Asia".
Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna
Professor

Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, ESF College of Expert Reviewers, nominated by European Science Foundation, France (April 2021- Present), November 2020.
Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna
Professor

Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue in MDPI Journal, infrastructures, Switzerland, June 2020 – Present.
Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna
Professor

Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Elsevier, UK, January 2021 – Present.
Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna
Professor

Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, Member, Committee AKM30, Standing Committee on Asphalt Materials Selection and Mix Design, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC., USA, 2020 – 2023.
Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna
Professor

Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, Organized a session on Sustainability and Resilience Aspects of Roadway Infrastructure, in Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik Summit, Government of India, October 2020.
Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna
Professor

Dr. B. Krishna Prapoorna, Conducting a Session on Sustainability and Resilience Aspects of Roadway Infrastructure, in Goverment of India Vaibhav Summit through Champion Institute IIT Tirupati, October 2020
Prof. B. Krishna Prapoorna
Professor
Student Achievements

Ms. Vajitha G, a Ph.D. scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded First Prize for her project titled:"A Continuous Flow Membrane-Modified Capacitive Deionization (MCDI) for Clean Drinking Water" under the Health Science category. This achievement was recognized at the All Indian Universities (AIU) ANVESHAN 2025 – International Research Student Convention, held at Chitkara University, Chandigarh on March 10 & 11, 2025.
Ms. Vajitha G
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Ms. M.S.V. Naga Jyothi, a PhD scholar from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has secured the Runner-up position in the Environmental Category at the 10th RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) Global Online Poster Conference, held on the LinkedIn platform on March 4-5, 2025.
Ms. M.S.V. Naga Jyothi
Ph.D Scholar

Dr. Uthradevi Kannan received the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award and First Dean's Prize for her thesis titled "A resource-efficient and waste-free point-of-use disinfection system" at the fifth convocation held on 22nd February 2024 (Thesis supervisor: Dr. Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, IIT Tirupati).
Ms. Uthra devi K
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Mr. Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) thesis work from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been selected for the “Prestigious Global Competition JWPE 3-Minute Pitch - My Life in Water” by the editorial team of the Journal of Water Process Engineering, Elsevier, recognizing it as one of the best Ph.D. thesis works globally in the area of water treatment technology (Supervisors: Dr. Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal and Dr. Reetesh K. Gangwar).
Mr. Allabakshi S. M
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Ms. M.S.V. Naga Jyothi, Ph.D. Scholar (Civil & Environmental Engineering) received the 'Best Presentation Award' for the Oral Presentation at the '14th International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications (ICEEA 2024) on 24-26 April 2024 at 'Universidad Politécnica de Madrid', Spain.
Ms. M.S.V. Naga Jyothi
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Mr. Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received “Best Poster Award” from Center of Excellence at Conference On Desalination, Brine Management And Water Recycling held on July 21st – 22nd, 2023, at IIT Bombay.
Mr. Allabakshi S. M
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Mr. Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received the first prize in “Best paper award category” from the Indo-Canadian Symposium on Water Management: Sustainability & Impact of Climate Change organized by Dalhousie University, Canada and IIT Tirupati, India held on March 6th – 7th, 2023, at IIT Tirupati.
Mr. Allabakshi S. M
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Mr Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received a "Student registration grant" from International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) USA in September 2021 to present his work at the conference.
Mr Allabakshi S. M
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Mr Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received an "International travel support grant" from the SERB, DST, Govt. of India for attending the 75th Gaseous electronic conference (GEC 2022) Sendai city, Japan in October 2022.
Mr Allabakshi S. M
PhD scholar

Congratulations to Mr Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received the "Best paper award" from the ISEES at the 7th Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges Conference held on December 16th – 18th, 2022, at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
Mr Allabakshi S. M
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Ms Vajitha G (PhD scholar) received a 1.5 L "Project grant" for the technical business idea from the CSRC & preincubation team of IIT Tirupati in October 2022.
Ms Vajitha G
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Ms Vajitha G (PhD scholar) received "First prize" in the regional level Tech4Seva competition for product development from Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, SV University, Tirupati, in July 2022.
Ms Vajitha G
PhD scholar

Congratulations to Ms Uthra devi K (PhD scholar) received a 5 Lakhs "project grant" in the carbon zero challenge event at IIT Madras in December 2022
Ms Uthra devi K
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Meghana Nagaraj for receiving Llyod V.Berkner Travel Fellowship for attending AGU Fall meeting 2021 at New Orleans, LA, USA.
Meghana Nagaraj
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Mr. Allabakshi S. M (PhD scholar) received the first prize in the “Best oral presentation award category” from the 1st Institute Level Research Scholars Symposium organized by IIT Tirupati, India held on May 9th, 2023, at IIT Tirupati.
Mr. Allabakshi S. M
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Urmila Panikkar for receiving Llyod V.Berkner Travel Fellowship for attending AGU Fall meeting 2021 at New Orleans, LA, USA.
Urmila Panikkar
Ph.D Scholar

Congratulations to Mr. Mattaparthi Sri Gangadhar, Ph.D. Scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the Best Young Scientist Oral Presentation Award at the International Conference on Resource Sustainability (icRS) 2024, held on November 7, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Mr. Mattaparthi Sri Gangadhar
Ph.D Scholar
