Civil Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Gautam
Ph.D(NIT Jaipur )

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
9438122573 / 6009526915
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 the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Meghalaya.

3) "International Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change (ICESCC - 2023)", held on December 21st - 22nd, 2023. SERB, Government of India, proudly sponsored the conference. (SERB & NEC- Sponsored)

4)  SERB & NEC- Sponsored workshop: “Space and Remote Sensing Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation, Water Resource Management, and Waste Management,” held from November 11–15, 2024.

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.

6) Faculty In-chargeIndoor Sports Club, Since July 2022-till date.

7) Member in Alumni Committee Since Aug-2023 to till date.

Ph.D. Guidance

Ph.D. Guidance: On-going: 4

Sl. No

Name of the Student

Month and Year of Joining & Completing

Co-supervisors (if any)

Title

1.

Krishna Das

July 2021-

Prof. Ajay S. Kalamadhad, IIT Guwahati

A Comprehensive Assessment Of Environmental Impacts &

Remediation of an Abandoned Coal Mine

2.

Aishi Nath

Jan-2022-

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Particulate Matter Emission and Dispersion model for Shillong

3.

Pragyan Priyadarshini

Aug-2024

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Not decided



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)

10) Reviewer penal member for Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF)

Publication (SCI & Scopus Indexed)

  1. Sustainable remediation of abandoned coal mines using vermicompost: a case study in Ledo coal mine, India, Krishna Das, Sajan Kumar Dansena, Suryateja Pottipati, Krishna Chaitanya Maturi, Ganesh Chandra Dhal*, Ajay S. Kalamdhad., Environmental Geochemistry and Health, (2025) 47:51, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-024-02355-y
  2. Integrated assessment for groundwater quality and flood vulnerability in coal mining regions,K Das, G C Dhal, A S Kalamdhad, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-16
  3. CALINE4 and AERMOD modelling for roadway vehicle-related air pollution: a recent review in India,       A Nath, GC Dhal, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-11.
  4. Simultaneous control of NOx-soot by substitutions of Ag and K on perovskite (LaMnO3) catalyst Dhal, G.C.Dey, S.Mohan, D.Prasad, R.Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, 2018, 13(1), pp. 144–154.
  5. Study of Fe, Co, and Mn-based perovskite-type catalysts for the simultaneous control of soot and NOX from diesel engine exhaust Dhal, G.C.Dey, S.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Materials Discovery, 2017, 10, pp. 37–42.
  6. Evaluation of N doped rGO-ZnO-CoPc(COOH)8 nanocomposite in cyanide degradation and its bactericidal activities Bhattacharya, S.Das, A.A.Dhal, G. C., ...Tripathi, A.Sahoo, N.K.,Journal of Environmental Management, 2022, 302, 114022.
  7. Preparation and application of effective different catalysts for simultaneous control of diesel soot and NOX emissions: An overview G C Dhal, Devendra Mohana  and  R. Prasad, Catalysis Science & Technology, RSC, 2017,7, 1803-1825
  8.  Synthesis of CuMnOx catalysts by novel routes for selective catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Computational Toxicology, 2020, 16, 100132.
  9. Controlling carbon monoxide emissions from automobile vehicle exhaust using copper oxide catalysts in a catalytic converter Dey, S., Dhal, G.  C. Materials Today Chemistry, 2020, 17, 100282.
  10.  Property and structure of various platinum catalysts for low-temperature carbon monoxide oxidations Dey, S.Dhal, G.C. Materials Today Chemistry, 2020, 16, 100228.
  11. Structural and catalytic properties of Fe and Ni doping on CuMnOx catalyst for CO oxidation Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R.  Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2020, 3(1), pp. 84–97.
  12. Ceria doped CuMnOx as carbon monoxide oxidation catalysts: Synthesis and their characterization Dey, S.Dhal, G.C. Surfaces and Interfaces, 2020, 18, 100456.
  13. Cerium catalysts applications in carbon monoxide oxidations Dey, S.Dhal, G.C. Materials Science for Energy Technologies, 2020, 3, pp. 6–24
  14. Materials progress in the control of CO and CO2 emission at ambient conditions: An overview Dey, S.Dhal, G.C. Materials Science for Energy Technologies, 2019, 2(3), pp. 607–623.
  15. Advances in transition metal oxide catalysts for carbon monoxide oxidation: a review Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2019, 2(4), pp. 626–656.
  16. The catalytic activity of cobalt nanoparticles for low-temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide Dey, S.Dhal, G.C. Materials Today Chemistry, 2019, 14, 100198.
  17. Applications of silver nanocatalysts for low-temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide Dey, S.Dhal, G.C. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2019, 110, 107614.
  18. Synthesis of highly active Cobalt catalysts for low temperature CO oxidation Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R.Chemical Data Collections, 2019, 24, 100283.
  19. Deactivation and regeneration of hopcalite catalyst for carbon monoxide oxidation: a review Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Materials Today Chemistry, 2019, 14, 100180.
  20. A Review of Synthesis, Structure and Applications in Hopcalite Catalysts for Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Dey, S.Dhal, G.C. Aerosol Science and Engineering, 2019, 3(4), pp. 97–131.
  21. Application of hopcalite catalyst for controlling carbon monoxide emission at cold-start emission conditions Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition), 2019, 6(5), pp. 419–440.
  22. Ambient temperature complete oxidation of carbon monoxide using hopcalite catalysts for fire escape mask applications Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2019, 2(3), pp. 501–519.
  23. Synthesis of silver promoted CuMnOx catalyst for ambient temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide Dey, S.Dhal, G. C, Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices, 2019, 4(1), pp. 47–56.
  24. Synthesis and characterization of AgCoO2 catalyst for oxidation of CO at a low temperature Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Polyhedron, 2018, 155, pp. 102–113.
  25. The choice of precursors in the synthesizing of CuMnOx catalysts for maximizing CO oxidation Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. International Journal of Industrial Chemistry, 2018, 9(3), pp. 199–214.
  26. Simultaneous abatement of diesel soot and NOX emissions by effective catalysts at low temperature: An overview Dhal, G.C.Dey, S.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Catalysis Reviews - Science and Engineering, 2018, 60(3), pp. 437–496.
  27. Low-temperature complete oxidation of CO over various manganese oxide catalysts Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2018, 9(4), pp. 755–763.
  28. Effect of various metal oxides phases present in CuMnOx catalyst for selective CO oxidation Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Materials  Discovery, 2018, 12, pp. 63–71.
  29. Cobalt doped CuMnOx catalysts for the preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R.Gupta, R.N. Applied Surface Science, 2018, 441, pp. 303–316.
  30.  Simultaneous control of NOx-soot by substitutions of Ag and K on perovskite (LaMnO3) catalyst Dhal, G.C.Dey, S.Mohan, D.Prasad, R.Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, 2018, 13(1), pp. 144–154.
  31. Copper based mixed oxide catalysts (CuMnCe, CuMnCo and CuCeZr) for the oxidation of CO at low temperature Dey, S.Mohan, D.Dhal, G.C.Prasad, R. Materials Discovery, 2017, 10, pp. 1–14.
  32. Kinetics of catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide over CuMnAgOx catalyst Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Materials Discovery, 2017, 8, pp. 18–25.
  33. Characterization and activity of CuMnOx/?-Al2O3 catalyst for oxidation of carbon monoxide Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Materials Discovery, 2017, 8, pp. 26–34.
  34. Study of hopcalite (CuMnOx) catalysts prepared through a novel route for the oxidation of carbon monoxide at low temperature Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, 2017, 12(3), pp. 393–407.
  35. Effect of preparation conditions on the catalytic activity of CuMnOx catalysts for CO oxidation Dey, S.Dhal, G.C.Mohan, D.Prasad, R. Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, 2017, 12(3), pp. 437–451.
  36.  Composting of water hyacinth using saw dust/rice straw as a bulking agent GC Dhal, WR Singh, M Khwairakpam, AS Kalamdhad, International journal of environmental sciences 2 (3), 1223-1238.
  37. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=E5EhTKwAAAAJ&hl=en

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:

Editor & Reviewer in Reputed Journals & Book Chapters:

  1. Co-Editor-in-Chief, Material Today Proceedings (Elsevier), indexed in Scopus.
  2. Associate Editor in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, (Elsevier), SCI Indexing
  3. Editorial Board Member, "Global Perspectives on Environmental Sustainability and Transformative Climate Change Approaches 2023-2024," Springer Nature.
  4. Associate Editor, Sadhana, Published by the Indian Academy of Sciences, (Springer)SCI Indexing

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. Reviewer for the Solid State Sciences (Elsevier), SCI
    20. Reviewer for the Inorganic Chemistry Communications (Elsevier), SCI
    21. Reviewer for the  Molecular Catalysis (Elsevier), SCI
    22. Reviewer for the Separation and purification technology (Elsevier), SCI
    23. Reviewer for the Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering (Elsevier), SCI
    24. Reviewer for the Groundwater for Sustainable Development  (Elsevier), SCI
    25. Reviewer for the Journal of Water Process Engineering,  (Elsevier), SCI
    26. Reviewer for the Atmospheric Pollution Research  (Elsevier), SCI

    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. Keynote Speaker on "Swachhta Pakhwada 2024" program on 9/02/2024, focusing on Solid Waste Management, emphasizing Municipal Solid Waste Management, organized by NESAC, Space Department, Government of India.
    4. Keynote Speaker on "Air Pollution Control and Climate Change" at the International Conference on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change (ICESCC - 2023), held on 22nd Dec, 2023, Dept. of Civil Engineering, NIT Meghalaya
    5. Invited Speaker titled "Circular Economy Integration: Optimizing Solid Waste Management in Meghalaya, India" at the Solid Waste and Circular Economy Conclave for the States of India's Northeast, organized by the Centre of Science and Environment, SE, AAETI, Rajasthan, from 3rd to 5th April 2024.
    6. Delivered an invited talk as a speaker for SWACHHATA HI SEVA 2024, titled 'Solid Waste Management,' at Indira Gandhi National Open University, Regional Centre Shillong, on 23rd October 2024.

    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

    Sponsored Project:

    1. "Developing Emission Inventory for Non-Attainment Cities of Meghalaya," Sponsoring Organization: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) & Center for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy (CSTEP), Bangalore, India. Duration: January 2, 2021 – November 21, 2022. (Completed)