Santhosh Ragavan K V

Head - Environmental Services | santhosh dot ragavan at iihs dot ac dot in

EDUCATION:
2008    MS, Environmental Health Cyprus International Institute, Harvard School of Public Health

             Nicosia, Cyprus

1998    BE, Environmental Engineering S J College of Engineering, University of Mysore Mysuru, Karnataka,

             India

 

Countries: India
States: Tamil Nadu
Cities: Chennai, Thiruchirapalli, Kovai
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu

Santhosh Ragavan is a Senior Lead at IIHS. Currently, he leads Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme (TNUSSP) which has been supporting the Government of Tamil Nadu in scaling inclusive sanitation across 649 ULBs in the state.

 

Santhosh has experience and interests in diverse areas of work such as water, sanitation, air pollution, health and energy, and he is an environmental health and engineering professional with 25 years of experience.

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

  • Wankhade, K., Raghavan, S., Vjiendra, V., Abhilaasha, N., Sundar, S., Rodrigues, D. M., Mahji, A., Edwin, E., Athira, S., Roy, A.S., Lakshmi, K., & Mani, A. (2023). Water and sanitation glossary. Indian Institute for Human Settlements. https://doi.org/10.24943/WSG08.2023
  • 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)