Academic Intervention

Academic Intervention

In the background of the Dublin Conference and the importance assigned to sustainability, WI introduced a M. Tech. program in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in 2009; this programme was revamped in 2017 by including the overall environmental perspective, as M.Tech in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. Around 60 students passed out of the portals of Karunya to practise IWRM in different parts of India and abroad.

In framing the curriculum and syllabi for M.Tch in IWRM, the guidelines of UNESCO-IHE and SaciWATERs were extensively made use of.

WI also offers a Ph.D. Programme, and more than 20 doctoral theses related to water are either completed or in the process of completion. These works cover a large spectrum of topics in hydrology and water management: impact of LCLUC on hydrology, isotope application for groundwater recharge studies, evolving reservoir operation policy, contribution of hydroelectric projects to environmental flows, application of nano-membranes, electrocoagulation, electro-dialysis, CDI and bioremediation for water treatment.

International Association for Exchange of Students in Technical Experience (IAESTE)

Forty five students from different countries like US, Germany, Spain, Austria, Poland, Japan, Gana, Brazil, Tunsia, Kazakhstan, Scotland, Switzerland, Nigeria and Austria have taken up their internship in KITS under the IAESTE scheme in the areas of watershed management, water audit, groundwater flow and contaminant transport, hydrological modeling, electrochemical techniques in water and wastewater treatment, water conservation, application of GIS and remote sensing in water resources management, groundwater recharge studies, nanoparticle transport studies in porous media and wetland management. The interns were also involved in water related projects in the campus, like water auditing, performance evaluation of different unit operations in sewage treatment plants in the campus, modeling and simulation of Activated Sludge Process using MATLAB, identifying the site location for artificial recharge structures using rainfall- runoff models including SWAT for stormwater management and cost-effective grey water treatment.

NoInternsInstitution / UniversityDurationGuide/ DepartmentProject Title
1Mr. Fabian PollesbockMontanistische Universität Leoben, Austria1 Aug – 31 Oct 2010Dr. P. Jegathambal Professor, WISimulation and optimization of activated sludge treatment unit
2Mr. Philipp ReindersTechnical University of Eaiserslautern, Germany20 Sep –25 Nov2010Dr. P. Jegathambal Professor, WIWater using pattern in Karunya University
3Mr. Simon WickiETH, Zurich Switzerland13 Sep –16 Dec2010Dr. P. Jegathambal Professor, WIMoringa Oleifera seeds for water purification
4Daiana Souza de LimaBrazil08 July -01Dec 2011Dr.J.Brema Professor, Civil EngineeringPrediction of soil erosion by USLE And GIS: A case study from Siruvani Hills
5Mr. Diego CamargoUniversity College Escola, Brazil01 Jul – 30, Nov 2011Dr. P. Jegathambal Professor, WITreatment of textile dyeing effluent using electrocoagulation
6Mr. Okwashi C JosephFederal University of Technology, Nigeria01 Jul – 17Dec 2011Dr. P. Jegathambal Professor, WIWater distribution network in Karunya Hostel using EPANet software
7Mr. Apinun TungsrimvongThailand01 Aug –30 Sep,2011Dr. P. Jegathambal Professor, WIFuzzy logic for simulation of water quality index in Sulur District
8Ms. Laura Elisa EubnerRWTH Aachen University, Germany03 Sep –30 Nov,2012Dr.P.Jegathambal Professor, WIRemoval of hardness using nanoclay
9Mr. Francis Kofi Agyepong-AsiamahGana02 Jul – 12 Sep 2012Dr. M. Noel Professor, WINitrate removal by electrocoagulation from simulated groundwater
10Ms. Ben Abdallah HaneneNational Engineering School of Tunis, Tunisia09 Jul – 01 Oct 2012Dr. P. Jegathambal Professor, WIArtificial Neural Network for simulation of water quality parameters
11Ms. Julia HauczingerKarl-FranzensUniversitat Graz-Austria09 Jul – 27 Sep 2012Dr. J. Brema Professor, Civil EngineeringEstimation of the soil erosion in Cauvery watershed (Tamil Nadu and Karnataka) using Universal Soil Loss Equation and GIS
12Mr. Joshua FrankGermany21 Aug – 17 Nov 2012Prof. M. Noel Professor, WIRemoval of amido black, eosin yellow and sodium chloride from aqueous solutions and factors influencing flux rate and rejection
13Ms. Laura Elisa EubnerRWTH Aachen University, Germany03 Sep – 30 Nov 2012Dr. P. Jegathambal Professor, WIRemoval of hardness using nanoclay
14Ms. Christiane PykaRWTH Aachen University, Germany03 Sep – 23 Nov 2012Dr. E. J. JamesWater Resources Management of a Small Watershed
15Ms. RabebDridiTunisia01 Jul – 30 Aug. 2013 / 17 Feb. – 12 Apr. 2014Dr .P. Jegathambal Professor, WIModeling of saltwater intrusion and hydro geochemical studies Experimental Investigations of nanoparticles Transport in Subsurface media
16Ms. Agalayeva NurgulKazakhstan01 Jul – 30 Aug. 2013Prof. M. Noel & Dr. S. Kavitha, Associate Professor, BiotechnologyStudy on Soil Micro Organism
17Mr. Ryohei SuzukiJapan19 Sep. – 12 Dec. 2013Dr.P.Jegathambal Professor, WIBiomass and energy management in Bethany Hostel
18Brett Joel BeversUniversity of Wisconsin – MilwaukeeJuly- Aug, 2015Dr.P.Jegathambal Professor, WIBioremediation of dye contaminated soil
19Isidre Canellas ColomUniversidad Politecnica de ValenciaDr.P.Jegathambal Professor, WIPreparation of cost-effective membrane for water purification
20Agneta Achieng WereJomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, KenyaAug – Sept 2015Dr.P. Jegathambal Professor, WIChemical and electrochemical coagulation in dye removal
21Katharina LehnerChristian- Albrecht University of Kiel14th Oct – 23rd Nov, 2015Dr.P. Jegathambal Professor, WITextile dye wastewater treatment using electrocoagulation
22Edelgard BaumannU Bergakademie FreibergSept – Oct 2015Dr.P. Jegathambal Professor, WISaltwater intrusion modeling using FEFLOW
23Khouloud DridiNational School of Engineers in Tunis, Bcole-Nationale, TunisiaJuly 2016 –Sept 2016Dr.P. Jegathambal Professor, WICapacitive Deionization for groundwater treatment
24Arij KrifaBcole-Nationale, TunisiaJuly 2016 –Sept 2016Dr.P. Jegathambal Professor, WICapacitive deionization for groundwater treatment
25Graham DunlopUniversity of Aberdeen, ScotlandAug 2016-Oct 2016Dr.P. Jegathambal Professor, WIHydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater quality and investigation of saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers of lower Cauvery basin
26IssamTunisiaSep 2016- Dec 2016Dr.P. Jegathambal Professor, WIRainfall-Runoff Modeling using SWAT
27Carrion dantedavid01-Sep-31Nov2017Dr.P.Jegathambal Professor, WIAdsorption studies on removal of textile dye using alginate hydrogels
28Ahmed Khalid Yahya AlSalmiOman26 July- 30 August 2019Dr. J. Brema, Professor,Civil EngineeringA study on urban heating in Chennai city, India
29Ferra Gonzalez MarianaNational University of San Juan, Argentina Engineering College, ArgenitnaSept 2019 – Dec 2019Dr. P.Jegathambal Professor, WITextile dyeing effluent using biochar from agricultural residue and biochar-based foam block and electrochemical reactor
30Bruno Campuzano BarbadilloETSI Caminos, Canales Y Puertos, UnversidadPolitecnica de Madrid, SpainSept 2019 – Nov 2019Dr.P.Jegathambal Professor, WIPerformance of electrochemical methods (Electrocoagulation and electro adsorption) in treatment of textile dyeing effluent
31Shiva MotieUniversity of Tehran Iran2015Department of Civil Engineering