RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN WATER TREATMENT-RAWT 2022, KPR Institute Engineering and Technology, Autonomous Engineering Institution, Coimbatore, India

Day 1 : On 17.10.2022 at 10.00 AM, FDP on Recent Advancements in Water Treatment-RAWt-2022 organized by ChemE, KPRIET in association with Indian Desalination Association-South Zone started with welcome speech by Dr.S.Balasubramanian, Head of the Department of ChemE. Dr.A. Sowmya, Convener of the FDP mentioned about the the significance of this workshop. We had total of 82 participants from reputed organizations all over India and two participants from Oman. Dr.G. Venkatesan, Scientist F from NIOT has delivered talk on “Offshore Desalination Technologies”at 10.30 am. The resource person has shared the insights on various Low Temperature Thermal Desalination Plants developed and implemented by National Institute of Ocean Technology at various Islands of India. The second talk was on Electrochemical Processes for Purification of Water Contaminants by Dr. S. Vasudevan, Chief Scientist & Professor from CECRI-Karaikudi which was really an outstanding session on the same. On Day 2 we had two expert talk on Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies and Hybrid Nanocomposites by Dr. Ashish Kapoor, Professor from HBTU- Kanpur and Dr. G. Arthanareeswaran, Professor from NIT-Trichy. Talk on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Bio-ozolyte Process were delivered by Dr. N. Viswanathan, Senior Assistant Professor from Anna University (Dindigul Campus) and Dr. G. Anusha, Professor& Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, KPRIET on the third day. Dr. S. Meenakshi, Director- R&D from The Gandhigram Rural Institute- DU and Dr. S. Mathava Kumar from IIT-Madras were the resource persons for fourth day and they have shared insights on Photocatalytic Water Treatment and Biological Nutrient Removal. On Day 5 we had talk on Hybric Renewable Power System for Desalination by Dr. R. Nagaraj, Scientific Officer G, BARC, Kalpakkam and talk on Current Advances in Membrane Technologies by Dr. E. Poonguzhali, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, SRMIST. All the sessions were very interesting and informative which is reflected through participants interaction and feedback. Valedictory Session was held on 21 Oct, 2022 at 12.30 PM in which the convener concluded on the FDP- RAWt-2022