Phone no. 001-509-335 3241 (O)

Email: tony_iitd@yahoo.com, sarvinder@gmail.com

PRESENT STATUS

Ø      Post doctoral Research Associate at Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman USA (Sep 2005-Present).

EDUCATION

Ø      PhD (Chemical Engineering), 2004, IIT. Delhi, India.

Ø      M. Tech (Environmental Science & Engineering), 1998–1999, GJU Hisar, India.

Ø      B. Tech (Agricultural Engineering), 1994–1998, PAU, Ludhiana, India.

FUNDING/ GRANTS:

Ø      Written grants of over US $8, 50,000 (WRAC, NOAA etc.).

PUBLICATIONS

BOOK CHAPTER

1. Singh, T.S. and K.K. Pant. A comparative study for the removal of As(III) and As(V) by activated alumina. In: Bundschuh, J., Bhattacharya, P. & Chandrashekharam, D. (Eds.) Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Occurrence, Remediation and Management. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Taylor and Francis Group, London, pp. 211-222 (2005).
2. Singh, T.S. Rekha and K K Pant. Effect of Chloride, Sulphate, Phosphate and Fluoride ions and Regeneration studies on the sorption of arsenic by activated alumina and Iron oxide impregnated activated alumina. Natural Arsenic in Groundwater of Latin America A.A. Balkema Publishers, Taylor and Francis Group, London (Communicated 2005)
3. Singh, T.S. Rekha and K K Pant. Remediation of Arsenic Contaminated Waters by Ferric and Ferric Compounds -A Review. Natural Arsenic in Groundwater of Latin America A.A. Balkema Publishers, Taylor and Francis Group, London (Communicated 2005).

PAPER PUBLICATIONS (JOURNALS)

4. Singh, T.S. and K K Pant. Kinetics and Mass Transfer Studies on As(III0 and As(V) removal by activated alumina and Iron oxide impregnated activated alumina. Water Quality Res. J. Canada. 41 (2) (2006).
5. Singh, T.S. Investigation on Reduction of Color from pulp and paper mill effluent by activated coconut jute carbon. J. Water SRT-Aqua.55 (1): 57-63 (2006).
6. Singh, T.S., B. Parikh and K.K. Pant. Investigation on the sorption of aluminum in drinking water by low cost adsorbents. Water SA. 32 (1): 49-54 (2006).
7. Kuriakose, S., T.S. Singh and K.K. Pant. Adsorption of As(III) from aqueous solution onto Iron oxide coated activated alumina. Water Quality Res. J. Canada. 39 (3): 258-266 (2004)
8. Singh, T.S. and K.K. Pant. Equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamic studies for adsorption of As(III) on activated alumina. Sep. Pur. Technol. 36(2): 139-147 (2004).
9. Shugi, K., T S. Singh and K.K. Pant. Equilibrium and kinetics studies on removal of arsenite by iron oxide coated activated alumina. Ind. J. Environ. Health. 45 (1) 151-154 (2003).
10. Singh, P., T.S. Singh and K.K. Pant. Removal of arsenic from drinking water using activated alumina. Res. J. Chem. Environ. 5 (3)-25 (2001).
11. Singh, T.S. and K.K. Pant. Experimental and modeling studies on fixed bed adsorption of As(III) ions from aqueous solution. Sep. Pur. Technol. (Accepted 2005).
12. Singh, T.S. and K.K. Pant. Stabilization/Solidification of arsenic containing solid waste using Portland cement and polymeric materials. J. Hazardous Materials (In Press).
13. Sarin, V., Singh, T.S. and K. K. Pant. Thermodynamic and breakthrough column studies for the selective sorption of chromium from industrial effluent on activated eucalyptus bark. Bioresource Technology (In Press)

CONFERENCE PAPERS

14. Tyler, K, Johnson, B. Singh, T.S and Chen, S. Modifying Flow-Through Aquaculture Facilities with an In-Raceway Recirculation and Aeration System. 6^th International conference on Recirculating Aquaculture, July 21-23, 2006 Roanoke VA USA.
15. Singh, T.S. and K K Pant. Effect of Chloride, Sulphate, Phosphate and Fluoride ions and Regeneration studies on the sorption of arsenic by activated alumina and Iron oxide impregnated activated alumina.  Natural Arsenic in Groundwater of Latin America (As-2006), Mexico City, June 20-24^th 2006 (Accepted).
16. Singh, T.S. and K K Pant. Remediation of Arsenic Contaminated Waters by Ferric and Ferric Compounds -A Review. Natural Arsenic in Groundwater of Latin America (As-2006), Mexico City, June 20-24^th 2006 (Accepted).
17. Singh, T.S. and K K Pant. Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water by Adsorption Technology-A Critical Review. International Groundwater Conference (IGC-2006) Groundwater for Sustainable Development Problems, Perspectives and Challenges India. February 1-4, 2006.
18. Singh, T.S. and Rekha. COD reduction from pulp and paper mill effluent by agriculture based low cost adsorbents. 88^th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition CSC2004 - Saskatoon Canada, May 28-June 1, 2005.
19. Singh, T.S. and K.K. Pant. Disposal studies on arsenic contaminated activated alumina waste. 20^th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management. Philadelphia, PA U.S.A, March 21- 24, 2005.
20. Singh, T.S. and K.K. Pant. Removal of As(III) and As(V) from water by iron oxide modified activated alumina. NGWA conference. February 24-25^th 2005. South Carolina USA.
21. Singh, T.S. and K.K. Pant. Kinetic studies on the adsorption of arsenic (As(III)) onto iron oxide coated activated alumina. CHEMCON 2004, Mumbai, India Dec 2004.
22. Singh, T.S. and K.K. Pant. A comparative study for the removal of As(III) and As(V) by activated alumina. 32^nd IGC, August 2004. Florence, Italy.
23. Singh, T.S. and K.K. Pant. Effectiveness of iron oxide impregnated activated alumina for the adsorption of arsenite ions from drinking water“. 87^th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition CSC2004 - London, Ontario Canada, May 29-June 1, 2004.
24. Singh, T.S. and K.K. Pant. Stabilization/Solidification (S/S) of arsenic containing wastes using portland cement and polymeric materials. 19^th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management. Philadelphia, PA U.S.A, March 21- 24, 2004.
25. Singh, T.S. and A. Gupta. Carbon sorbent derived from coconut jute, an agricultural waste for the removal of COD from pulp and paper milll industry wastewater. 19^th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management. Philadelphia, PA U.S.A, March 21- 24, 2004.
26. Singh, T.S., D. Gupta and K.K. Pant. Regeneration of activated alumina saturated with arsenic ions. CHEMCON 2003, Bhubaneswar India.
27. Singh, T.S., S. Sharma and K.K. Pant. Solidification of arsenic bearing sludge. CHEMCON 2003, Bhubaneswar India.
28. Singh, T.S., S. Kuriakose and K.K. Pant. Studies on As (III) removal from water by iron oxide modified activated alumina. 53^rd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CSChE 2003), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, October 26-29, 2003.
29. Singh, T.S., S. Kuriakose, P. Saxena and K.K. Pant. Removal of As(III) from groundwater using activated alumina. CHEMCON 2002, Hyderabad India. Dec 2002.
30. Singh, T.S. and K.K. Pant. Removal of arsenic from water using activated alumina. 9^th APCChE/CHEMECA 2002, Christchurch, New Zealand. Sept, 29- 02 Oct. 2002.

HONORS/AWARDS

Ø      National Eligibility Test (NET) University Grants Commission, New Delhi (UGC), India. December 1999.

Ø      National Educational Test (NET) Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB), New Delhi. December 1999.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2000- 2004, I.I.T. Delhi India (Ph.D)

Ø      Developed and characterized new sorbents for Arsenic removal from drinking water by fixed bed adsorption.

Ø      Developed new methods for safe disposal of arsenic contaminated solid waste.

1998- 1999, G.J.U. Hisar India (M. Tech.)

Ø      Developed and tested various low cost (agriculture residue based) adsorbents for COD and Color removal from Pulp and Paper mill effluent

1994- 1998, P.A.U. Ludhiana, India (B. Tech.)

Ø      Studied performance evaluation of down draft gasifier for Producer gas generation by using rice husk.

WORK EXPERIENCE

            April 2005-September 2005 Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi India

Ø      Project Scientist in a research project entitled “Disposal of Spent Catalyst and Recovery of Precious Metals” funded by Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India.

2004-2005, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi India

Ø      Research Associate in research project entitled “Aluminium Removal from Drinking Water” sponsored by Central Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India at Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT, Delhi.

1999- 2003, V.R. Engineers. Delhi India

Ø      Consultant-water & wastewater treatment (Part Time).

July, 2003-July 2005, Kullu Valley Mineral Water Company, Kullu India

Ø      Environmental Engineer (Part Time)

IINDUSTRIAL PROJECTS

Ø      Designing of effluent treatment plant for chromium and nickel removal from shoe break lather manufacturing unit Allied Nippon Ltd., Sahibabad, India.

Ø      Designing and setting up of industrial scale plant for mineral water plant using dual media filtration and reverse osmosis technology (Capacity 3000 LPH) at Kullu INDIA.

Ø      Consultancy work on “ Design, installation and commissioning of ETP and water treatment plant at SUBROS LTS, NOIDA. Ancillary unit of Maruti Suzuki Ltd.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Ø      Programming experience in C and C++. MATLAB

Ø      Application Software: MS Office, OS worked on: Windows 95/98/2000, DOS.     

IN-PLANT TRAINING

Ø      Six weeks summer training at Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi. India on “ Physico-Chemical analysis of pesticides in water and wastewater”.

Ø      Six weeks training at Punjab Agro Industrial Corporation Ltd, Ludhiana. India on “Treatment of waste water generated from Agro Industries”.

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Ø      Water and Wastewater Treatment

Ø      Environmental Consultancy

Ø      Alternate Energy Technologies.

Ø      Remediation Techniques for Water and Soil Systems.

INSTRUMENT HANDLED

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS), Gas Liquid Chromatography (GLC), High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Ion Chromatograph (IC), Flame Photometer, UV-visible spectrophotometer, Specific ion electrode systems, Auto Titrator, BET Surface Area Analyzer, Trace Metal Analyzer (Anodic /Catholic Strip Voltametry)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Ø      International Water Association (IWA)

Ø      Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC)

Ø      Indian Institute of Chemical Engineering (IIChE)

Ø      Environmental Awareness Society (ENVAS)

Ø      Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Ø      Treasurer, GIS India (A NGO)

REFERENCES

Dr. K. K. Pant (Research Supervisor) Tele: +91-11-26596172  (O) Fax   +91-11-26591020 (O) E-Mail: kkpant@chemical.iitd.ernet.in          Assist Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering IIT, Hauz Khas, Delhi-110016 INDIA

Prof. V. K Srivastava (Ex Dean, IRD) Tele; +91-11-26591025 (O) Fax.   +91-11-26591020 (O) E-Mail; vks@chemical.iitd.ernet.ac.in Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering IIT, Hauz Khas, Delhi-110016 INDIA