Yohananthan S

Senior Associate – Practice | yohananthans at iihs dot ac dot in

EDUCATION:

2009   MBA, Alagappa university, kraikudi

2006   BE, Civil engineering, Anna university, Chennai

 

 

 

Countries: India
States: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh
Cities: Udumalpet, Bangalore, Mandya, Vijayawada
Languages: English, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada

Yohananthan is a Civil Engineer with over 12 years of experience in building construction and the water and waste water sector.

 

Prior to joining IIHS, he worked on various projects such as construction and supervision of Ground level service reservoirs; designing and execution of sewer network systems; and construction and supervision of a water treatment plant in Bengaluru city. He also worked in the utility sector in Vijayawada.

 

At IIHS, Yohananthan is a part of the City Wide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) project under TNUSSP. His roles and responsibilities include providing engineering and governance support to the CWIS project; implementation of sanitation improvement methods in Trichy; and assisting the Trichy City Corporation, ULB officials and the other stakeholders of the project.

Other Writing

  • Devaraj, R., Sarangan, G., Srinithi, S., Ganesh, M., & Yohananthan, S. (2021). Process documentation for establishing Muzhu sugadharam Information system. TNUSSP.
  • Yohananthan, S., Jeevanraj, S., Chakraborti, N., & Sundari, R. (2023, October). Climate resilient containment solutions for OSS to enhance public health and environmental sustainability. Paper presented at the The Water Security and Climate Adaptation (WSCA). IIT, Madras.
  • 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.
  • Jeevanraj., Thakar, M., S., Mehrotra, A., Sukumar, Y., Narayan, D., & Sangapillai, D. (2022). Feasibility of bacteria inoculum bio-digester model for upgrading onsite sanitation systems. In The UNC Water and Health Conference. The Water Institute, University of North Carolina.
  • 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., 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.