Kunwar D. Yadav & Namrata D. Jariwala 
Recent Advances in Sustainable Waste Management Practices [PDF ebook] 
Proceedings of SWMP 2023

Best Practices of Solid Waste Management and Its Application to Nashik City.- Review of E-Waste Management & Practice Scenario in India.- An Assessment of Qualitative and Quantitative Municipal Solid Waste City Compost by Indexing method.- WASTE MATERIALS AS REJUVENATOR – A REVIEW.- Treatment of Water Using Natural Fibres.- Evaluating Efficiency of Sewage Treatment Plant at Hamirpur: A Case Study.- A Review of the Long-Term Viability of Municipal Solid Waste and the impact it has on people.- A Review on Crumb Rubber Content in Modifying Asphalt to Save the Environment from the Solid Waste Crisis.- A Review on Plastic Waste Management Using Life Cycle Assessment Approach.- A review on use of Recycled Concrete Aggregate in flexible pavement.

Dr. Kunwar D. Yadav
Dr. Kunwar D. Yadav is Associate Professor at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat. With over 15 years of experience in the field of Environmental Engineering as Academician, he was Incharge Registrar, Prof. Incharge (Administration) of SVNIT, Surat, and currently handling institute-level responsibilities such as Coordinator at Regional Coordinating Institute—UBA, and Associate Dean (R&C). He established himself in other various key positions as well such as Environmental Auditor at Gujarat Pollution Control Board; Solid Waste Management Expert at Hon National Green Tribunal; Waste Management Expert at Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat; International Ecosan Expert at Capacity Building Trainer for Ecological Sanitation; and National Compost Expert at GIZ/Mo U&UA, New Delhi. He is Lifetime member of various professional bodies like Indian Water Works Association (IWWA), International Water Association (IWA), National Solid Waste Association of India (NSWAI), and International Solid Waste Association (ISWA).
He received his Ph.D. from IIT, Kanpur in 2009. His area of interest is mainly but not limited to ecological sanitation, solid waste management, composting/vermicomposting of organic waste, and reuse/recycling of graywater. He has published 5 book chapters and 81 publications in various reputed international and national journals and conferences. He has seven granted patents/IPRs. Furthermore, Dr. Yadav has served as both Principal Investigator and Co-principal Investigator on numerous sponsored research projects with a total grant amount of more than 45 lakh funded by SVNIT, Surat, and Department of Science and Technology (DST) over the period of 2009 to 2017.
 
Dr. Yadav has organized more than 40 training and workshop programs in SVNIT, Surat. He attended many conferences and workshops and also delivered expert lecture talks all over India and abroad sharing his knowledge and experience.
Dr. Namrata Jariwala
Dr. Namrata Jariwala is working as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department at S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat. She is having 23 years of teaching experience. She has obtained her bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from M S University, Vadodara. She was awarded gold medal for securing highest marks in bachelor’s study. She has obtained Ph.D. from S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat.
 She has guided 5 Ph.D. students and 24 M.Tech. students. She has wide experience of development of laboratories in the field of Environmental Engineering. Apart from the academic career, she has handled and involved various consultancy projects of CPCB, GPCB, Surat Municipal Corporation, and of other local government bodies in the area of Environmental Engineering. She is Coordinator of Environmental audit cell for schedule I industries at SVNIT.
She has published 26 papers in national journals and international journals. She has presented many papers in national and international conferences at USA, Italy, and London. She has organized 3 interdisciplinary international conferences and various faculty development programs. She has also coordinated the training program for Environmental Auditor with GPCB Gandhinagar.
Her area of research is health and risk studies in environmental engineering, air pollution-related studies, soft computing techniques in environmental engineering, and fuzzy logic and its application.
 Dr. Amit Kumar
 Dr. Amit Kumar serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur. With an extensive background in both research and industry, he has contributed to projects in India and the USA. His areas of interest are environmental risk assessment, material flow analysis, solid waste engineering, landfills and waste dumps, legacy waste mining and treatment, and water reuse.
Dr. Alok Sinha
 Dr. Alok Sinha is currently serving as Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering and Dean (Infrastructure) at Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. Dr. Sinha did his Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur in Environmental Engineering and taught in colleges like SRMSCET Bareilly, HBTI Kanpur, and IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. He has carried research in development of ZVI technology for in-situ remediation of contaminated groundwater with pollutants like halogenated organic compounds, pesticides, chromium, etc. He has also been granted a patent on “Novel system for regenerating and reusing n ZVI/ZVI particles in wastewater treatment”. He has more than 60 publications in peer-reviewed journal and is Guest Editor for “Frontiers in Environmental Science”. He has been awarded Best Paper Award by BITS Pilani. He has received Certificate of Excellence for Knimbus “Young Innovator Award” for the year 2013-14. He is Fellow Member of The Institution of Engineers (India). He has guided 13 Ph.D. thesis and more than 35 M.Tech. theses and has completed many R&D and consultancy proposals. Currently, he is working in the area of water and wastewater treatment of industrial origin with special emphasis on emerging contaminants using various techniques like nanotechnology, AOPs, and electrochemical and combination of biological and physico-chemical methods.