Santhosh Ragavan K V

Teaching

• Designing and Making a Survey, Methods, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS
• Methods in Primary Research, Methods, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS
• Designing Urban Social Protection Programmes, Social protection, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS

Training

• Urban Sanitation Management (TNUIFSL), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
• Capacity Building Programmes on Urban Development (DoPT), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS
• TNUSSP Digital Learning, Digital Blended Learning (DBL) course, IIHS
• Other, Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme (TNUSSP); City-wide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS), IIHS
• IHE Delft training on Sanitation, Project-related training, IIHS

Journal Article

• Rajarathnam, U., Athalye, V., Ragavan, S., Maithel, S., Lalchandani, D., Kumar, S., … & Bond, T. (2014). Assessment of Air Pollutant Emissions from Brick Kilns. Atmospheric Environment, 98, 549-553.
• Weyant, C., Athalye, V., Ragavan, S., Rajarathnam, U., Lalchandani, D., Maithel, S., … & Bond, T. C. (2014). Emissions from South Asian Brick Production. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(11), 6477-6483. doi: 10.1021/es500186g
• Maithel, S., Lalchandani, D., Malhotra, G., Bhanware, P., Uma, R., Ragavan, S., & Athalye, V. (2012). Brick Kilns Performance Assessment: A Roadmap for Cleaner Brick Production in India. New Delhi: Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation and Climate Works Foundation.
• Sabapathy, A., Ragavan, S., & Saksena, S. (2012). An Assessment of Ttwo-wheeler CO and PM10 Exposures along Arterial Main Roads in Bangalore City, India. Open Atmospheric Science Journal, 6(1), 71-77.
• Sabapathy, A., Ragavan, S., Vijendra, M., & Nataraja, A. G. (2010). Energy Efficiency Benchmarks and the Performance of LEED Rated Buildings for Information Technology Facilities in Bangalore, India. Energy and Buildings, 42(11), 2206-2212.

Other Writing

• Vijendra, M., & Ragavan, S. (2023, December 25). A dive into sanitation solutions: processing, managing and treating used water. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/a-dive-into-sanitation-solutions-processing-managing-and-treating-used-water/article67674091.ece
• Grafton, Q., Gupta, J., Revi, A., Mazzucato, M., Okonjo-Iewala, N., Rockström, J., Shanmugaratnam, T., Aki-Sawyerr, Y., Bárcena Ibarra, A., Cantrell, L., Espinosa, M. F., Ghosh, A., Ishii, N., Jintiach, J. C., Qui, B., Ramphele, M., Urrego, M. R., Serageldin, I., Damania, R., … Réalé, I. (2023). The what, why and how of the world water crisis: Global Commission on the Economics of Water phase 1 review and findings. https://doi.org/10.25911/GC7J-QM22 
• Eswaramurthy, S., Pai, R., Sethuraman, S., Balasubramani, S., Loyal, J., Nagarajan, A., Sinha, S., Ragavan, S., & Wankhade, K. (2022). Detailed commissioning and operation & maintenance (O&M) manual for fecal sludge treatment plants in Tamil Nadu. TNUSSP.
• Balakrishnan, K., Raman, R., Ramasamy, N., Malladi, T., Ragavan, K. V. S., & Sebastin, S. (2018). Suitability of on-site sanitation systems across Tamil Nadu. Chennai: TNUSSP.
• Ramamoorthy, R., Jain, S., Raman, R., Ragavan, K. V. S., Eswaramoorthy, S., Ramasamy, N., …. Anrose, J. (2018). Sanitation situation assessment: Tiruchirappalli. Chennai: TNUSSP.
• Sharma, R., Eswaramoorthy, S., Ragavan, K. V. S., Jain, S., & Vimala, P. P. (2018). Assessment of fecal sludge decanting stations in Tiruchirappalli. Chennai: TNUSSP.
• Nagaraja, P., Timblo, T., Ragavan, K. V. S., Moopanar, S. S., Devaraj, R., Ramasamy, N., & Sebastian, S. (2017). Tamil Nadu state baseline study: Technical assessment of sanitation chain. Chennai: TNUSSP.
• Robbins, D. M., Singh, S. G., Ragavan, K. V. S., Vimala, P. P., Eswaramoorthy, S. (2017). Sewage and fecal sludge treatment in Tiruchirappalli: Current status, proposed plans and recommendations for improvement. Chennai: TNUSSP.
• Ragavan, K. V. S., & Raman, R. (2016). Municipal building rules: Suggested changes. Chennai: TNUSSP.
• Sarangan, G., Raman, R., Shivaram, K. N. V., Ragavan, K. V. S., Ramasamy, N., Joshua, P., … Joseph, S. (2016). Baseline studies for urban sanitation: Tiruchirappalli, Periyanaicken-Palayam, Narasimhanaicken-Palayam. Chennai: TNUSSP.
• Weyant, C., Athalye, V., Ragavan, S., Rajarathnam, U., Kr, B., Lalchandani, D., … & Phuong, N. (2012, December). Aerosol Radiative Forcing Estimates from South Asian Clay Brick Production Based on Direct Emission Measurements. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 1, p. 0038).
• Rajarathnam, U., Sehgal, M., Nairy, S., Patnayak, R. C., Chhabra, S. K., & Ragavan, S. (2011). Time-series study on Air Pollution and Mortality in Delhi. Research Report (Health Effects Institute), (157), 47-74.

• Nagarajan, A., Ragavan, S. K. V., Barai, S., Nepak, S., Eswaramurthy, S., Subashini, M., & Sakthi, B. (2023, October). Demonstrating best practices for operations and maintenance of community and public toilets in Chennai [Poster presentation]. 2023 UNC Water and Health Conference at UNC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
• Eswaramurthy, S., Govindaraj, S., Mohan, P., & Ragavan, S. (2023, December). FSSM monitoring and decision making through IT and IoTs. Paper presented at the IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition, IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition, University of Rwanda, Kigali.
• Jeevanraj, S., Ragavan, S., Kumar, S., & Yohananthan, S. (2023, October). Mitigating flooding impacts on community toilet retrofits: Ensuring access to safe and sustainable sanitation. Paper presented at the The Water Security and Climate Adaptation (WSCA). IIT, Madras.
• Govindaraj, S., K., Ragavan, S., Senthivel, K. R., & Athira, S. (2023). Tracking de-sludging vehicles through axle load sensor. Paper presented at the 7th International Faecal Sludge Management Conference, FSM7.
• Yaseen, S. M., Vijendra, M., Sudhakar, S., Eswaramurthy, S., Govindaraj, S., K., Sakthi, B., Mohan, P., Raj, S., Ahmed, F., Jeevanraj, S., Athira, S., Ragavan, S., & Wankhade, K. (2023). Governance mechanisms for shared FSM services: Intricacies of implementation across local bodies in Tamil Nadu, India. Paper presented at the 7th International Faecal Sludge Management Conference, FSM7.
• Govindaraj, S., K., Sukumar, Y., Senthilvel, K. R., Jeevanraj., & Ragavan, S. (2022). Improvement of household-scale disinfection of onsite sanitation systems using chlorine tablet. In The UNC Water and Health Conference. The Water Institute, University of North Carolina.
• Kumar, S. G., Narayan, D., Ragavan, S., & Wankhade, K. (2021). Approach to scale-up co-treatment of fecal sludge in STPs- case study from Tamil Nadu, India. In 42nd WEDC international conference: Equitable and sustainable WASH services: Future challenges in a rapidly changing world. WEDC.
• Wankhade, K., Ragavan, S., & Vijendra, M. (2021). Sanitation programme design and set-up to scale FSM in Tamil Nadu. In 42nd WEDC international conference: Equitable and sustainable WASH services: Future challenges in a rapidly changing world. WEDC.
• Eswaramurthy, S., Ragavan, S., & Narayan, D. (2021). Fecal sludge treatment plants implementation: quality assurance at scale in Tamil Nadu, India. In 42nd WEDC international conference: Equitable and sustainable WASH services: Future challenges in a rapidly changing world. WEDC.
• Kumar, S. G., Raj, S. J., Narayan, D., Yohananthan, S., & Ragavan, S. (2021). Challenges to co-treatment caused by excess grit in faecal sludge. In 42nd WEDC international conference: Equitable and sustainable WASH services: Future challenges in a rapidly changing world. WEDC.
• Kumar, S. G., Ragavan, S., Yohananthan, S., & Narayan, D. (2021). Identification of location of decanting station for co-treatment: learnings based on experiences from Trichy. In 42nd WEDC international conference: Equitable and sustainable WASH services: Future challenges in a rapidly changing world. WEDC.

• Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS)
• Ground Water Sanitation (GW-SAN) Nexus Programme
• Study on strategic options for improving sanitation in urban poor locations in Chennai
• Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme (TNUSSP)