Pushkara S V

Senior Consultant – Director's Office and Practice | pushkara dot sv at iihs dot ac dot in

EDUCATION:
2010 MBA, Finance Nitte Institute of Management Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2007 BSc, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology HKES Sree Veerendra Patil Degree College, Bangalore University

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Countries: India, Nepal, Germany
States: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Orissa, Jammu & Kashmir
Cities: Bangalore, Mysore, Gulbarga, Tumkur, Shimoga, Vijayapura, Mumbai, Pune, Chandrapur, New Delhi, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Salem, Kadapa, Dehradun, Srinagar, Chikkaballapur and Trichy
Languages: Kannada, English, Hindi

Pushkara S V has rich experience in municipal solid waste management. He has experience in advisory services like preparation of detailed project reports (DPRs), project management consulting (PMC) and transaction advisory (tender management for public procurement) services for municipal solid waste management, urban sanitation and renewable energy projects. He has provided advisory services to about 75 municipalities across India to increase the efficiency of solid waste management under schemes like JNNURM, UIDSSMT and Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban and Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban 2.0. He also has experience in leading operations in one of the country’s largest municipal solid waste processing plant (750 tons per day capacity) in Bengaluru.

At IIHS, he leads solid waste management advisory and implementation projects and is also responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of strategic plans for IIHS Schools, Labs, Programmes and Functions, along with cyclical progress reviews.

Teaching

Infrastructure and Services, Solid waste management, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP), IIHS

Training

Capacity Building Programmes on Urban Development (DoPT), Urban Practitioners’ Programme (UPP), IIHS

Journal Articles

Dasalukunte Ananda, K., Sompura Vishwanath, P., Ramesh, J. et al. Assessment and management of construction and demolition waste in tier 2 cities of Karnataka, India: a case study of Hubli-Dharwad and Davanagere. Environ Monit Assess 196, 1022 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-13197-7
Kiran, D. A., Pushkara, S. V., Jitvan, R., & Ramaraju, H. K. (2024). Legacy waste remediation in Karnataka: Field assessments and the promise of biomining technology. Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.37773/ees.v7i2.1185
Kiran, D. A., Pushkara, S. V., Jitvan, R., & Darshan, S. (2023). Characterization, quantification and management of municipal solid waste in Shivamogga city, Karnataka, India. Waste Management Bulletin, 1(3), 18–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wmb.2023.06.006

Book chapters

Otoo, M., Hope, L., Kumar, S. N., Vishwanath, P. S., & Atukorala, I. (2018). Case: Franchising approach to municipal solid waste composting for profit (Terra Firma, India). In M. Otoo, & P. Drechsel (Eds.), Resource recovery from waste: Business models for Energy, Nutrient and water reuse in low-and middle-income countries. (pp. 411-421). Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Otoo, M., Kumar, S. N., Vishwanath, P. S., & Hope, L. (2018). Case: Partnership-driven municipal solid waste composting at scale (KCDC, India). In M. Otoo, & P. Drechsel (Eds.), Resource recovery from waste: Business models for Energy, Nutrient and water reuse in low-and middle-income countries. (pp. 400-410). Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Gebrezgabher, S., Kumar, S. N., Vishwanath, P. S., & Otoo, M. (2018). Case: Municipal solid waste composting with carbon credits for profit (IL&FS, Okhla, India). In M. Otoo, & P. Drechsel (Eds.), Resource recovery from waste: Business models for Energy, Nutrient and water reuse in low-and middle-income countries. (pp. 391-399). Oxon, UK: Routledge.

Other Writing

Pushkara, S V. (2024). What is SWM cess and why is it levied on waste generators? The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/revised-solid-waste-management-cess-in-bangalore/article68297910.ece
Dadlani, P., & Pushkara, S.V. (2024). Delhi’s mounting waste crisis. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/delhi-mounting-waste-crisis-solid-waste-management/article68179968.ece
Pushkara, S. V. (2023, October 16). Why is Bengaluru expanding its waste-management capacity? | Explained. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/bengaluru-expanding-solid-waste-management-capacity-explained/article67426926.ece
Pushkara, S. V. (2023, March 21). Explained | Why do so many waste-to-energy plants fail? The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/explained-why-do-so-many-waste-to-energy-plants-fail/article66610994.ece
Pushkara, S. V. (2023, March 15). Explained | Why do landfills catch fire and what can we do about them?. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/explained-why-do-landfills-catch-fire-and-what-can-we-do-about-them/article66618251.ece
Pushkara, S. V. (2022, October 13). Why cities find it difficult to replicate Indore’s waste processing model. Citizen Matters. https://citizenmatters.in/waste-processing-management-urban-local-bodies-indore-swacch-survekshan-31794
Pushkara, S. V. (2022, May 10). Do you segregate garbage meticulously? Most of that plastic still ends up in landfills. Scroll.in. https://scroll.in/article/1020105/do-you-segregate-garbage-meticulously-most-of-that-plastic-still-ends-up-in-landfills
Pushkara, S. V., & Madhwaraj, A. (2022, March 31). Why Indian cities must urgently start to recycle construction waste. Scroll.in. https://scroll.in/article/1020116/governments-and-the-construction-industry-must-work-on-recycling-debris-to-reduce-carbon-emissions
Pushkara S. V. (2021, December 8). Being free of old waste. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/being-free-of-old-waste/article37887832.ece
Pushkara, S. V. (2021, February 24). Why bioremediation is not a magic pill for India’s overflowing landfills. Citizen Matters.
Pushkara, S. V. (2020, December 18). Converting to waste energy. The Hindu.
Pushkara, S. V. (2020, October 30). Could organic city compost reduce production costs in agriculture? Science. The Wire.
Pushkara, S V., & Reddy, S. A. (2020, May 21). Does Karnataka’s rural economy have space for returning migrant workers?. Scroll.in.

April 2018	Presentation on planning for Municipal solid waste management at the Department of Civil engineering at Kongu college of engineering, Erode, Tamil Nadu
January 2018	Presentation and training for commissioners and chief officers of urban local bodies of Andhra Pradesh for municipal solid waste management in small and medium towns.
September 2017	Presentation and training to the newly recruited environment engineers of Karnataka on solid waste management practices.
May 2017	Presentation at the state level technical committee for obtaining approval for 30 solid waste management DPRs under Swachh Bharat mission.

Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Setting Up a Material Recovery Facility in Mangaluru
Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Managing Construction and Demolition Waste generated in Hubballi-Dharwad, Karnataka
Preparation of a Revised Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Collection and Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Generated in Shivamogga, Karnataka
Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Managing Construction and Demolition Waste Generated in Davanagere, Karnataka
Advisory services, site assessments and preparation of DPRs for clearing 1 million tonnes of legacy waste in 20 ULBs of Karnataka

Pushkara S V

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