Senthil Kumar G

External Consultant | sgkumar at iihs dot ac dot in
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EDUCATION:
2002    BTech, Chemical engineering Bharathiar University Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

 

Countries: India, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal
States: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andra pradesh, Telungana, Maharashtra, Haryana
Cities: Coimbatore, Chennai, Bengaluru, Guntur, Hyderabad, Indapur, Ambala, Tashkent, Bandung, Colombo, Daka, Itahari
Languages: Tamil, English, Hindi, Telugu

Senthil Kumar is part of the TNUSSP team at IIHS. He works in the areas of faecal sludge management and co-treatment assessment. He reviews sewage treatment plants across Tamil Nadu, assesses the operation and maintenance of treatment facilities and provides implementation support for treatment systems.

 

Senthil has 17 years of experience in designing, assessing and project planning of water and wastewater treatment systems. He has worked with different treatment technologies for sewage treatment and water recovery units. He also has experience in designing and implementing decentralised wastewater treatment systems of capacities varying from 5 kilolitres per day to 7 million litres per day. He has designed various water treatment plants for needs ranging from drinking water to industrial applications. He is a member of the Indian Water Works Association.

 

In Senthil’s last assignment with Lakshmi Energy and Environment Designs Limited, he implemented over 50 STPs, 40 ETPs and 25 RO plants. He works with technologies and systems of extended aeration, MBBR, SBR and MBR for wastewater treatment. He has also designed and commissioned biogas plants for poultry waste and food waste.

 

In parallel, he worked with consultants to implement water treatment projects in Karnataka and with corporates to implement sewage treatment, water recovery and recycling plants. He has also designed and installed treatment systems in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and Nepal.

  • 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.
  • Eswaramurthy, S., Murukesan, V., Balasubramani, S., & Govindaraj, S. (2023, October). Co-composting of dried faecal sludge with municipal solid waste. Paper presented at the Water Security and Climate Adaptation (WSCA), IIT, Madras. https://www.wsca2023.com/program-schedule.php
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme (TNUSSP)