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Dr. Kumar Raja Vanapalli
Name : Dr. Kumar Raja Vanapalli
Designation Assistant Professor
Department Civil Engineering
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Email Address kumar.ce@nitmz.ac.in
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Dr. Kumar Raja Vanapalli
Personal Information
Contact Information
Educational Details
Professional Experience
Additional Assignments
B.Tech. Projects and M.Tech. Dissertations
Research Scholars/Ph.D. Supervised
Research Publications
Sponsored Research Projects
Industry/Consultancy Projects
Awards/Recognitions Information
Membership of Professional Bodies
Training/Conferences/Short Term Courses/Workshop Attended
Training/Conferences/Short Term Courses/Workshop Conducted
Research Interests
Solid Waste Management; Plastic Waste Management; Biochar Energy and Environmental Applications; Hydrothermal Carbonisation; Waste to Energy; Anaerobic Digestion, Composting, Construction and Demolition Waste Management, Electronic Waste Management, Life Cycle Assessment, Bioplastics, Microplastics, and Green Infrastructure
Courses Taught
UG Courses Environmental Engineering -1, Environmental Engineering -2, Environmental Engineering Lab, Solid Waste Management
PG/Ph.D. Courses Sustainable Engineering
Personal Information
Contact Information
Educational Details
S.No. Degree Institution/Universiry & Description Year Subject
1 Ph.D.  
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Thesis Title: Engineered Production of Single Use Plastic-Biochar Composites and their application in Mine Waste Dump Remediation and Olericulture
 2022 Environmental Engineering
2 M.E. / M.Tech.  
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur
Thesis Title: Enhancement of Composting using Biostimulation & Bioaugmentation
 2016 Environmental Engineering
3 B.E. / B.Tech.  
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada
Project Title: Conceptual Development of Resting and Floating House
 2014 Civil Engineering
Professional Experience
S.No. Designation From To Organisation & Description
1 Assistant Professor   21/11/2022 Till Date
National Institute of Technology Mizoram
Teaching and Research at Dept. of Civil Engineering
2 Assistant Professor   11/04/2022 09/11/2022
Vignan's Institute of Information Technology Visakhapatnam
Teaching and Research at Dept. of Civil Engineering
3 Research Assistant   17/10/2021 16/01/2022
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
UBA project on ‘Rainwater harvesting in rural areas’
Academics
S.No. Assignment From To Organisation
1 Starup activity Coordinator 04/07/2023 Till Date NIT Mizoram
Administrative
S.No. Assignment From To Organisation
1 Nodal Officer for e-Procurement in Central Public Procurement Portal 10/11/2023 To Date NIT Mizoram
M.Tech. Dissertations and B.Tech. Projects
B.Tech Projects
S.No. Degree Project Topic, Student Name & Other Details Status From To
1 B.E. / B.Tech.  
UPGRADING RECYCLED AGGREGATES IN CONCRETE USING WASTE PLASTICS
Nagala Pavani Pujitha, Sabbisetti Vamsi, Kandisa Vikas, Gadi Sangeetha
 Finished 11/04/2022 09/11/2022
Research Publications
International/National Journals
S.No. Month Year Publication Information
1 JUN 2024 Machhirake, N. P., Vanapalli, K. R., Kumar, S., and Mohanty, B. (2024). "Biohydrogen from Waste Feedstocks: An Energy Opportunity for Decarbonization in Developing Countries." Environmental Research 2024, 119028.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119028. Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 8.3).
2 APR 2024 Abhishek R. Varma, Bhushan S. Shrirame, Siddharth Gadkari, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Vinod Kumar, Sunil K. Maity"Techno-economic viability of bio-based methyl ethyl ketone from sugarcane using integrated fermentative and chemo-catalytic approach: Process integration using pinch technology" Chemical Engineering Journal. 2024;151297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.151297. Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 15.1).
3 DEC 2023 Naseeba Parveen, Papiya Mondal, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Abhijit Das & Sudha Goel. "Phytotoxicity of trihalomethanes and trichloroacetic acid on Vigna radiata and Allium cepa plant models" Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-31419-2 Q1, SCI index (Springer, Impact Factor 5.8)
4 DEC 2023 Rudra Pratap Singh, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Koteswaraarao Jadda , Bijayananda Mohanty. "Durability assessment of fly ash, GGBS, and silica fume based geopolymer concrete with recycled aggregates against acid and sulfate attack" Journal of Building Engineering 2023; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.108354 Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 6.4).
5 SEP 2023 Kumar Raja Vanapalli, R. Bhar, S.K. Maity, et al., Life cycle assessment of fermentative production of lactic acid from bread waste based on process modelling using pinch technology, Science of the Total Environment (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.scitotenv.2023.167051 Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 7.9).
6 JUL 2023 Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Hari Bhakta Sharma, Shaivya Anand, Ved Prakash Ranjan, Hemant Singh, Brajesh K. Dubey, Bijayananda Mohanty, "Cigarettes butt littering: The story of the world’s most littered item from the perspective of pollution, remedial actions, and policy measures" Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023; 453: 131387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131387.Q1, SCI index (Elseiver, Impact Factor 14.22)
7 JUN 2023 Brandon, A., Vanapalli, K.R., Martin, O.V., Dijkstra, H., De la Torre, G.E., Hartmann, N.B., Meier, M.A.R., Pathak, G., Busch, P.-O., Ma, D., Iacovidou, E., Deere Birkbeck, C., Pacini, H., 2023. Charting success for the Plastics Treaty. One Earth 6, 575–581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.05.022 Q1, SCI index (Cell Press, Impact factor 14.944).
8 MAY 2023 R.P. Singh, P.S. Reddy, K.R. Vanapalli, B. Mohanty, Influence of binder materials and alkali activator on the strength and durability properties of geopolymer concrete: A review, Mater. Today: Proc. (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.05.226.
9 MAY 2023 Rudra Pratap Singh, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Venkata Ravi Sankar Cheela, Sreekanth Reddy Peddireddy, Hari Bhakta Sharma, Bijayananda Mohanty, "Fly ash, GGBS, and silica fume based geopolymer concrete with recycled aggregates: Properties and environmental impacts" Construction and Building Materials 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.131168. Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 7.7).
10 JAN 2023 Isha Medha, Subhash Chandra, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Biswajit Samal, Kumar Raja Vanapalli. "Development of Rice Straw-derived Biochar-Bentonite Composite and its Application for in situ Sequestration of Ammonium and Phosphate Ions in the Degraded Mine Soil". Environmental Management (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01775-9 Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 3.64).
11 MAR 2022 Subhash Chandra, Medha, Isha, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, and Biswajit Samal. " "Effect of the Co-Application of Eucalyptus Wood Biochar and Chemical Fertilizer for the Remediation of Multimetal (Cr, Zn, Ni, and Co) Contaminated Soil". Sustainability 2022, 14(12), 7266; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14127266 Q2, SCI index (MDPI, Impact factor 3.2).
12 DEC 2021 Samal, B., Vanapalli, K.R., Dubey, B.K., Bhattacharya, J., Chandra, S., Medha, I., 2021a. “Influence of process parameters on thermal characteristics of char from co-pyrolysis of eucalyptus biomass and polystyrene: Its prospects as a solid fuel.” Energy 232, 121050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121050 Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 7.1)
13 NOV 2021 Hari Bhakta Sharma, Kumar Raja, Vanapalli, Biswajit Samal, VR Sankar Cheela, Brajesh K. Dubey, and Jayanta Bhattacharya. “Circular economy approach in solid waste management system to achieve UNSDGs: Solutions for post-COVID recovery”. Science of The Total Environment 149605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149605 Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 7.9) (Joint First Author)
14 NOV 2021 Isha Medha, Subhash Chandra, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Biswajit Samal, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Bidus Kanti Das. “(3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane and iron rice straw biochar composites for the sorption of Cr (VI) and Zn (II) using the extract of heavy metals contaminated soil” Science of The Total Environment 2021:144764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144764 Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 7.9)
15 SEP 2021 Samal, B., Vanapalli, K.R., Dubey, B.K., Bhattacharya, J., Chandra, S., Medha, I., 2021b. “Char from the co-pyrolysis of Eucalyptus wood and low-density polyethylene for use as high-quality fuel: Influence of process parameters.” Science of The Total Environment 794, 148723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148723 Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 7.9).
16 AUG 2021 Hari Bhakta Sharma, Sagarika Panigrahi, Kumar Raja Vanapalli, VR Sankar Cheela, Saikrishna Venna. “Study on the process wastewater reuse and valorisation during hydrothermal co-carbonization of food and yard waste” Science of The Total Environment 794, 150748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150748 Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 7.9).
17 AUG 2021 Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Biswajit Samal, Subhash Chandra, Isha Medha, Brajesh K. Dubey, “Inhibitory and synergistic effects on thermal behaviour and char characteristics during the co-pyrolysis of biomass and single-use plastics” Energy 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121369 Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 7.1).
18 JUN 2021 Sharma HB, Vanapalli KR, Barnwal VK, Dubey B, Bhattacharya J. “Evaluation of heavy metal leaching under simulated disposal conditions and formulation of strategies for handling solar panel waste” Science of The Total Environment 2021:146645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146645. Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 7.9). (Joint First Author)
19 MAR 2021 Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Biswajit Samal, Subhash Chandra, Isha Medha, Brajesh Dubey. “Optimized production of Single-use plastic - Eucalyptus wood char composite for application in soil” Journal of Cleaner Production 2021;278:123968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.12396 Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 9.2).
20 OCT 2020 Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Brajesh Dubey, Ajit K Sarmah, Jayanta Bhattacharya. “Assessment of microplastic pollution in the aquatic environments – An Indian perspective” Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering 2020:100071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscee.2020.100071.
21 AUG 2020 Sharma HB, Vanapalli KR, Cheela VS, Ranjan VP, Jaglan AK, Dubey B, et al. “Challenges, opportunities, and innovations for effective solid waste management during and post COVID-19 pandemic”. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2020;162:105052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105052. Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 10.1).
22 JUN 2020 Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Biswajit Samal, Subhash Chandra, Isha Medha, Brajesh Dubey. “Single-use LDPE - Eucalyptus biomass char composite produced from co-pyrolysis has the properties to improve the soil quality” Process Safety and Environmental Protection 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2020.10.051 Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 6.1).
23 MAY 2020 Vanapalli KR, Sharma HB, Ranjan VP, Samal B, Bhattacharya J, Dubey BK, et al. “Challenges and strategies for effective plastic waste management during and post COVID-19 pandemic”. Science of The Total Environment 2020:141514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141514. Q1, SCI index (Elsevier, Impact factor 7.9).
International/National Conference Proceedings
S.No. Month Year Publication Information
1 JUL 2023 Pujitha, N.P., Vamsi, S., Vikas, K., Sangeetha, G., Vanapalli, K.R. (2023). Upgrading Recycled Aggregates in Concrete by Using Waste Plastics. In: Vilventhan, A., Singh, S.B., Delhi, V.S.K. (eds) Advances in Construction Materials and Management. ACMM 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 346. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2552-0_21
Patents
S.No. Month Year Publication Information
1 FEB 2024 RP Singh, Bijayananda Mohanty, Kumar Raja Vanapalli (2024). "Composition and System for Developing an Optimized Geopolymer Concrete with Recycled Aggregates" German Grant Patent No.: 20 2023 106 989, Date of Grant: 01/02/2024,
Book Chapters
S.No. Month Year Publication Information
1 DEC 2021 Kumar Raja Vanapalli, Biswajit Samal, Brajesh Kumar Dubey, and Jayanta Bhattacharya. “Biochar for Sustainable agriculture: Prospects and Implications” Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection; https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apmp.2021.08.008
2 DEC 2021 Biswajit Samal, Vanapalli, Kumar Raja, Brajesh Kumar Dubey, and Jayanta Bhattacharya. “Biochar: A potential tool for energy transition” Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection; https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apmp.2021.08.008
3 SEP 2019 Vanapalli, Kumar & Samal, Biswajit & Dubey, Brajesh & Bhattacharya, Jayanta. (2019). “Emissions and Environmental Burdens Associated with Plastic Solid Waste Management” 10.1016/B978-0-12- 813140-4.00012-1
Sponsored Research Projects
S.No. Title and Description Category Duration Commencement Date Completion Date Status Cost Funding Agency
1
Training and Skilling Manpower for Smart Solid Waste Management in Urban Hilly Areas
To explore the potential for fintech driven opportunities for ST population in the region in the domain of solid waste management through a multi-seasonal scientific study and multi-stakeholder workshop.
Co-Principal Investigator 1 year 21/03/2024 20/03/2025 Ongoing 7 Lakhs IIT Bhilai Innovation And Technology Foundation (IBITF)
Awards/Recognitions Information
S.No. Month Year Category Achievement Information
1 JAN 2022 Conference Presentation Won best oral presentation on “Evaluation of stability and potential toxicity of Single-use plastics-biochar composites recovered from co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastics in soil” in international conference on Environmental Science and Engineering, ICESE - 2022, IIT Bombay, India.
2 FEB 2020 Conference Presentation Won best oral presentation on “Physicochemical characterisation of waste polystyrene-char composites for application in soil” in 3rd International Conference on Waste Management, RECYCLE 2020. IIT Guwahati, Assam India
Training/Conferences/Short Term Courses/Workshop Conducted
S.No. Month Year Category Information
1 JAN 2024 Workshop 5-day workshop on "Sustainable Smart City: Integrating Solutions for Hilly Terrain Challenges" (Role: Coordinator)
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