作者: U. C. Sharma

Mr Jagdish Chand Singhal, a Charted Engineer & BE(Civil), ME (Environment), both from l IT Roorkee. Served for 39 years in UP Jal Nigam, finally retired working as Chief Engineer, Level-I. Carried out number of prestigious works during his carrier which include Maha-Kumbh Mela projects of Allahabad & Hardwar, Ganga Action Plan & Gigantic Lucknow Water Supply & Sewerage projects. Currently working as Senior Consultant in Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, GOI on a WORLD BANK Project. Rich experience/expert in the field of Water, Sewerage, Solid Waste Management, River Pollution Control, Rain Water Harvesting, Recycle & Reuse and NRW Studies & Analysis. Fellow of Institution of Engineers(India), Fellow Institution of Water & Environment (India), Fellow of Indian Water Works Association, Life Member of IIT Roorkee Alumni Association, Life Member of Indian Building Congress, Environment Committee Memberof PHD Chamber, Life Member Kabir Peace Mission and many other organizations. Melvin John Fellow of Lions Clubs International. Organized more than a 40 seminars and technical activities besides Annual Conventions of IWWA in 1999 successfully. Number of technical papers published in leading Journals. Chaired technical sessions in several seminars. Widely Travelled UK, USA, Austrailia, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh & Nepal to enhance technical and managerial capabilities. Awarded British Council of TCTP Award for special course on Environmental Engineering in UK. He is National President of Institution of Water & Environment (INDIA), Council Member & Former Chairman of Environmental Engineering Division Board of Institution of Engineers (India) & Governing Council Member of Indian Building Congress. Sri Singhal is also member of Board of Governor to a number of Engineering Institutions of our Country. He has been honored with numberof prestigious award by different organizations for his outstanding contributions in social and engineering field. Dr. Umesh Chandra Sharma is associated with Department of Chemical Engineering, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, C S J M University, Kanpur since 1999. For a brief period, he was associated with University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. He did his B.Tech. and M.Tech. from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur in 1995 and 1999, respectively and currently at final stage of his Ph D from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad. His research area includes rheological behaviours of petroleum products and synthesis and characterization of biofuels and biolubricants. UCS has 1 book, 5 papers, 6 book chapters and widely acclaimed 12 volume edited series Energy Science and Technology published by Studium Press LLC, USA to his credit. He was editorial board member of Nanotechnology series published by same publisher. He has organized 1 international conference, 2 national conferences, attended 25 short-term courses, presented papers in 9 national/international conferences/workshops and delivered 18 invited lectures including one video lecture. Apart from teaching and technical writing, he enjoys writing poems, short stories and novels; reading spiritual literature and world history and playing violin.He is a great lover of western classic music of Richard Wagner and Ludwigvan Beethoven. UCS is a life member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IICh E), Oil Technologist Association of India (OTAI) and Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Scientists (IANCAS). He has served IICh E-KRC as Vice-Chairman in year 2011-12, Secretary in 2004-07, 2009-11 and 2012-13 and Joint Secretary in 2007-08. He was Honorary Secretary of Central Zone of OTAI for the period 2013-15 and currently holding position of Honorary Treasurer for period 2015-17. UCS can be reached at [email protected].