Civil Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Hriday Mani Kalita
Ph.D(IIT Guwahati )

E-mail:
hod.civil@nitm.ac.in

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Dr. G C Dhal Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (IIT BHU), M.Tech (IIT Guwahati)

ganeshdhal@nitm.ac.in
+91 9438122573
https://nitmeghalaya.irins.org/profile/101569

Research Interest

Air Pollution Control, Water and wastewater treatment, Solid Waste Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Application of Catalysis in Environmental Protection.

Education Qualification

Ph.D. (IIT BHU), M.Tech (IIT Guwahati)

EVENTS ORGANIZED:

Past Events:

1)  TEQIP-III SPONSORED ONLINE WORKSHOP on "Importance of Environmental Engineering and Climate Change" on                March 12-16, 2021.

2) International Conference on “Advances in Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development (AEESD-2022)”

    January 7-8, 2022 (In Virtual Platform), which was organized by the Department of Chemistry Institute of Technical              Education and Research Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be) University Bhubaneswar, Odisha

                In collaboration with

     Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Meghalaya

3) I organized one international conference as a coordinator, namely the International Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change (ICESCC - 2023), held on December 21st - 22nd, 2023. SERB, Government of India, proudly sponsored the conference.

Administrative Responsibility:

1)  Faculty advisor for 3rd year B.Tech students (2017 Batch, 15th Nov 2019 to 29th May 2020), Dept. of Civil Engineering, NIT Meghalaya

2) Faculty advisor for 1st year B.Tech students (2020 Batch, 17th Nov 2020 to till date), Dept. of Civil Engineering, NIT Meghalaya.

3) Verification Officials for 1st year B.Tech students (2020 Batch), Dept. of Civil Engineering, NIT Meghalaya.

4) I have worked as a warden at Lapalang V Hostel from June 2023 to the present, NIT Meghalaya

5) Worked as FiC in the plantation, landscaping, and beautification activities at NITM Sohra campus from December 15, 2023, up to the present.

Professional Membership:

  1) Member, Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (Member NO: 201514)

  2) Life Associate Member, Indian Public Health Engineers, India (LAM-785)

  3) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (Member I.D. # 10553334)

  4) International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Member (ID: 16-1029)

  5) American Chemical Society

  6) Life Associate Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IICHE) Membership (I.D. LAM-62288).

  7) London Journals Press "Quarterly Franklin Membership" (Membership ID#IX49401).

  8) IEEE Graduate Student Member (IEEE Member # 93374826)

  9) Life membership in the Indian Meteorological Society. (LM-3579)

Scientometrics:

Scopus:


Scholarships/Awards/Academic Achievements:

   1. Qualified GATE in 2007, 2008

   2. GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering) Scholarship by MHRD, Government of

       India from 2008 - 2010  for MTech and 2013 to 2018 for Ph.D.

   3. Best Research Scholar Awarded at IIT (BHU) Varanasi, 2016 during Institute Day.

Courses Taught:

SUBJECTS TAUGHT:

   1) Environmental Engineering- I

   2) Environmental Engineering- II

   3) Water Supply and Sanitation Engineering

   4) Surveying

   5) Fluid Mechanics

   6) Catalysis Science and Technology

   7) Air Pollution Control

   8) Solid Waste Management

   9) Waste Water Treatment

   10) Estimating Costing and Evaluation 

   11) Hydraulic And Hydraulic Structures

   12) Solid Mechanics

   13) Disaster Management

   14) Irrigation Engineering

LABS CONDUCTED:

   1) Environmental Engineering Lab.

   2) Air Pollution Lab

   3) Fluid Mechanics Lab.

   4) Material Testing Lab.

   5) Engineering Drawing Lab

   6) Geo-tech Engineering lab,

   7) Solid Mechanic Lab. 

   8) Transportation Lab.


PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

Reviewers:

    1. Reviewer for the Journal of Waste Management & Research (Elsevier), SCI
    2. Reviewer for the Journal of International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (Inderscience), SCI
    3. Reviewer for the Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier), SCI
    4. Reviewer for the Journal of Waste Management (Elsevier), SCI
    5. Reviewer for the Journal of Resources, Conservation & Recycling (Elsevier), SCI
    6. Reviewer for the Journal of Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis (BCREC), Scopus, WoS
    7. Reviewer for the Journal of Chemical Papers (Springer), SCI
    8. Reviewer for the Journal of Catalysis Survey from Asia (Springer), SCI
    9. Reviewer for the Journal of New Journal of Chemistry (RSC), SCI
    10. Reviewer for the Journal of Applied Nano Materials (ACS), SCI
    11. Reviewer for the Journal of Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (Elsevier), SCI
    12. Reviewer for the Journal of Molecular Structure (Elsevier), SCI
    13. Reviewer for the Journal of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS Publications), SCI
    14. Reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Science & Technology (ACS Publications), SCI
    15. Reviewer for the Journal of ACS Omega (ACS Publications), SCI
    16. Reviewer for the Journal "Chemosphere" (Elsevier), SCI
    17. Reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier), SCI
    18. Reviewer for the Waste Management Journal (Elsevier), SCI
    19. Editor in Materials Today: Proceedings - Journals | Elsevier (Scopus)

    Invited Talk:

   1. RAEEHS -2019, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan Deemed to be University Bhubaneswar-751030, Odisha, India


   2. AICTE Sponsored One Week Online STTP on Neoteric Developments in Solid Waste Management, Department of Civil Engineering,

      NIT Arunachal Pradesh.

    3. Delivered an invited speaker lecture for the "Swachhta Pakhwada 2024" program on 9/02/2024. The lecture focused on          Solid Waste Management, emphasizing Municipal Solid Waste Management, organized by NESAC, Space Department,            Government of India.

Ph.D. Guidance

Ph.D. Guidance: On-going: 2

Sl. No

Name of the Student

Month and Year of Joining & Completing

Co-supervisors (if any)

Title

1.       

K Das

July 2021-

Prof. Ajay S. Kalamadhad, IIT Guwahati

A Comprehensive Assessment Of Environmental Impacts &

Remediation of an Abandoned Coal Mine

2.        

A Nath

Jan 2022-

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Particulate Matter Emission and Dispersion model for Shillong (Tentative)

PUBLICATIONS:

Book:

   1) Dhal, G.C., Kalamdhad, A., 2014. High rate composting of water hyacinthLAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing AG & Co.        KG, Saarbrucken, Germany.

   International Journals:

      Number of Paper Published/Accepted in SCI and Scopus Journals: 35

   International Conference:

      Number of Paper presented in International Conference: 12

   National Conference:

      Number of Paper presented at National Conference: 04