Assistant Professor

Dr. Siddhant Dash

Department of Civil Engineering

Interests

  1. Water Quality
  2. Ecological Modelling
  3. Water and Wastewater Treatment

Faculty Details

Education

2014

Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha
India
B.Tech.

2017

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, Maharashtra
India
M.Tech.

2022

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam
India
Ph.D.

Experience

  • 2019-2022 – Senior Research Fellow- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam
  • 2017-2019 – Junior Research Fellow- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam
  • 2014-2015 –Graduate Engineer Trainee–Larsen and Toubro (B&F Division), Kolkata

Research Interest

  • Applications of Environmetrics tools for geochemistry and water quality assessment of
    different water bodies.
  • Assessment of sediment contamination concerning heavy metals and trace elements.
  • Assessment of nutrient (N&P) and Carbon balance in wetland ecosystems and
    determining their CS potential.
  • Advancements in techniques for water and wastewater treatment with special focus on
    low-cost treatment techniques for rural areas of India.

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2020 - Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship - Department of
    Science and Technology, Govt. of India, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), the
    Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI) and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum
    (IUSSTF)
  • 2017 - Hindustan Dorr Oliver Award for the best paper presentation on “A Modelling
    Approach for Water Quality Assessment of Pili River using HEC-RAS” - 49th Annual
    Convention of Indian Water Works Association on “Smart Water Management” held at
    VNIT, Nagpur, India
  • 2016 - Best paper award for “Hydrodynamic Simulation of Pili River for River bed
    Development using HEC RAS” - National Conference on Water Resources and Flood
    Management - 2016 conducted at SVNIT, Surat, India
  • 2008 – Gold medal for securing the highest marks in Mathematics (100/100) in the 10th
    Board exam. – D.A.V. Public School Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar

Publications

Journals and Book Chapters
    • Application of Multivariate Statistics as a Tool for Development of Water Quality Index (WQI) For Water Quality Assessment of Deepor Beel, Assam, India. - Dash, S., Borah,S. S & Kalamdhad, A. S. - In: Kalamdhad et al. (eds) Environmental Degradation: Monitoring, Assessment and Treatment Technologies, Springer-Nature, Switzerland Jointly published with Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi, India. (2022)
    • Monitoring Heavy Metals Concentrations in a Natural Wetland and Aquatic Plant Eichhornia crassipes for Assessment of Its Biomonitoring Potential. - Dash, S. & Kalamdhad, A. S. - In: Laishram B., Tawalare A. (eds) Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 172. Springer, Singapore. (2022)
    • Steady and Unsteady Hydrodynamic Simulation of Pili River as a Potential Flood Warning System using HEC-RAS. - Dash, S., Vijay, R. & Gupta, R. - In: Laishram B.,Tawalare A. (eds) Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 172. Springer, Singapore. (2022)
    • Urban Flood Modelling: Concern to Solution. - Gupta, R., Vijay R., & Dash. S. - In: A. P. Mull (eds) View Point-September 2021, published with Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI), India. pp. 18-23. (2021)
    • Seasonal and Spatial Variation of DO and BOD for Assessment of the Water Quality of Brahmaputra River. - Dash, S., Borah, S., Singh, K. R. & Kalamdhad, A. S. - In: Kalamdhad A. (eds) Recent Developments in Waste Management, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 57 (pp. 473-483), Springer, Singapore. (2020)
    • Sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2: molecular detection, quantification and normalization factors. - Mazumder, P., Dash, S., Honda, R., Sonne, C. & Kumar, M. - Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health, 28, 100363. (2022)
    • Science mapping approach to critical reviewing of published literature on water quality indexing. - Dash, S. & Kalamdhad, A. S. - Ecological Indicators, 128, 107862 (2021)
    • Discussion on the existing methodology of entropy-weights in water quality indexing and proposal for a modification of the expected conflicts. - Dash, S. & Kalamdhad, A. S. - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(38), 53983– 54001. (2021)
    • Understanding the dynamics of heavy metals in a freshwater ecosystem through their toxicity and bioavailability assay. - Dash, S. & Kalamdhad, A. S. - Environment,Development and Sustainability, 23(11), 16381–16409. (2021)
    • Hydrochemical dynamics of water quality for irrigation use and introducing a new water quality index incorporating multivariate statistics. - Dash, S. & Kalamdhad, A. S. - Environmental Earth Sciences, 80(73). (2021)
    • Heavy metal pollution and potential ecological risk assessment for surficial sediments of Deepor Beel, India. - Dash, S., Borah, S. S. & Kalamdhad, A. S. - Ecological Indicators, 122, 107265. (2021)
    • Application of Environmetrics tools for geochemistry, water quality assessment and apportionment of pollution sources in Deepor Beel, Assam, India. - Dash, S., Borah, S. S. & Kalamdhad, A. S. - Water Practice and Technology, 15(4), 973 – 992. (2020)
    • Application of positive matrix factorization receptor model and elemental analysis for the assessment of sediment contamination and their source apportionment of Deepor Beel, Assam, India. - Dash, S., Borah, S. S. & Kalamdhad, A. S. – Ecological Indicators, 114, 106291(2020)
    • Study of the limnology of wetlands through a one-dimensional model for assessing the eutrophication levels induced by various pollution sources. - Dash, S., Borah, S. S. & Kalamdhad, A. S. - Ecological Modelling, 416, 108907. (2020)
    • A modified indexing approach for assessment of heavy metal contamination in Deepor Beel, India. - Dash, S., Borah, S. S. & Kalamdhad, A. – Ecological Indicators,106, 105444. (2019)
    • Monitoring and assessment of Deepor Beel water quality using multivariate statistical tools. - Dash, S., Borah, S. S. & Kalamdhad, A. - Water Practice and Technology, 13(4), 893 – 908. (2018)
    • A Modeling Approach for Water Quality Assessment of Pili River using HEC RAS. - Dash, S., Vijay, R. & Gupta, R. Journal of Indian Water Works Association, 49(1),24 – 30. (2017)
Books
    • Environmental Degradation: Monitoring, Assessment and Treatment Technologies. - Haq, I., Kalamdhad, A.S., & Dash, S. - Springer Nature, Switzerland, jointly published with Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi, India. (2022) ISBN: 978-3-030-94147-5; 978-3-030-94148-2 (eBook)

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