Biosketch
Dr Arvind Nema obtained Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Environmental Science & Engineering from IIT Bombay. Since 1997 he has been involved in research, teaching, and consulting in the field of Environmental Engineering and management. He has worked with Environmental Management Centre, Mumbai (1997 - 1999), MN NIT Allahabad (1999 - 2000) and IIM Mumbai (2000 - 2002). He has been working with IIT Delhi since September 2002. He has published 90+ research papers in referred international Journals. He has guided 26 PhDs and 68 master’s theses. His main research focuses on the analysis of environmental systems, environmental impact and risk assessment, and integrated waste management, etc. He also works in the area of application of heuristics in decision making related to environmental management issues in multi-criteria, multi-objective, multi-decision makers’ paradigm.
Dr Nema has contributed as expert member in Central Pollution Control Board’s steering committee for Environmental Action Plan for Critically polluted Areas; Expert Member for CPHEEO, MoUD, Govt of India Committee for Preparing Manual on Sewerage and Sewage Management; Expert Member for MoEF&CC’s Project Steering Committee and Technical Expert Committee for Remediation of Hazardous Waste Contaminated Dump Sites; and Expert Member for the State Environmental Appraisal Committee for evaluating Proposals.
He held the position of Vice-Chairman of GATE from 2012 to 2014 and then served as Chairman from 2014 to 2015. He was Vice-Chairman of JEE (Advanced) from 2015 to 2016 and later became Chairman from 2016 to 2017. He also served as Associate Dean of Hostel Management from 2018 to 2020, Dean of Student Affairs from 2020 to 2022, and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering from 2022 to 2024. He is currently serving as the Provost at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi – Abu Dhabi. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Governors at IIT Delhi.
Awards, Recognitions and Professional Service
- Member Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for Environmental Impact Assessment of Projects requiring Environmental Clearance under EIA notification, 2006: 2020-2022
- Member of the expert committee to assist Hon’ble National Green Tribunal (NGT) of Assessment of damage to environment, on account of degradation of river Yamuna 2020.
- Expert Member for Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Clusters of India 2009-2010 and 2010-2012
- Expert member of the technical committee for utilization of hazardous waste as a supplementary resource or for energy recovery or after processing under Rule 11 of Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules 2008: 2011-2013
Recent Publications
- Nabi A.A., Nema A.K. "An in-depth analysis of factors and forecasting techniques for emerging solid waste streams." Journal of Environmental Management 367, no. 6 (2024): 122037.
- Bhattacharya M, Kumar A, Nema AK, Das S, Vijayanandan A. "Making a Case for Environmental Risk-Based Monitoring of Floating Solar Systems." Environmental Science & Technology 58, no. 6 (2024): 2595-2597.
- Tripathi D.P., Nema A.K. "Seasonal variation of biochemical parameters and air pollution tolerance index (APTI) of selected plant species in Delhi city, and detailed meta-analysis from Indian metropolitan cities." Atmospheric Environment 309, (2023): 119862.
- Gupta S.K., Singh B., Mungray A.K., Bharti R., Nema A.K., Pant K.K., Mulla S.I. "Bioelectrochemical technologies for removal of xenobiotics from wastewater." Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 49, (2022), 101652.
- Baruah S.G., Ahmed I., Das B., Ingtipi B., Boruah H., Gupta S.K., Nema A.K., Chabukdhara M. "Heavy metal (loid)s contamination and health risk assessment of soil-rice system in rural and peri-urban areas of lower brahmaputra valley, northeast India." Chemosphere 266, (2021): 129-150.