Sustainability development is the pathway towards Sustainability and it has become a central concept in the present-day discourse on economic development and organizational goals. There are various competing approaches as to what is to be made ‘sustainable’, under what conditions, for what purpose, and by whom. While sustainability in practice is a goal to be urgently achieved, the theoretical and conceptual background for doing so is fraught with uncertainty and ambiguity.
The Center for Sustainable Environment, would aim and work on different aspects of sustainability development by forging a channel for all age groups of regional population from across all sections; through dissemination of knowledge awareness and contact programs on various technological innovations, adoption of indigenous skills, and helping them exploring their local assets and converting into wealth; intellectual and economic both.
It would also lead and foster partnership with in and with mutual agreed framework; in building environment by promoting innovative solutions through convergence of all the stakeholders.
Objectives
To Foster the ecosystem that supports social impact businesses specifically in the field of environment, agriculture and allied, rural skill development, waste management & recycling
To succeed while benefiting the health of people, health of the environment, and health of the economy as drivers of their innovation pipelines and business strategies
To provide best of the solutions to facilitate and nurture the local needs and their economic growth.
To facilitate commercialization of the technologies benefitting the environment and society as a whole.
FOCUS AREAS
Objectives of the center are to be realized through a focus on:
Environmental Economics
Food & Water, Health and Hygiene
Preserving the Nature and Biodiversity
Education Environment
DETAILS OF RESEARCH
Patent Details
Patent Granted
Title: Hot mix asphalt modified with toothpaste and paper industry sludge and method of preparation thereof.
Inventors – Varinder S Kanwar, D.C. Rana, Abhishek Kanoungo and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Patent No: 407304
Application No: 201811020079
Date of Grant: 22/09/2022
Patent Granted
Title: Process to convert toothpaste industry waste sludge into usable form.
Inventors – Varinder S Kanwar
Application No: 201611022362
Date of Grant: 11/05/2021
Patent Granted
Title: Method of converting lime sludge of paper industry into bricks
Inventors – Varinder S Kanwar
Patent No: 011151619
Date of Grant: 18/10/2022
Patent Filed
Title: Bag Filling and Holding Device
Inventors – Dr V. S. Kanwar, Dr Ajay Sharma and Dr. Arun Lal Srivastav
Application No: 202011048866
Date of Filing: 9/11/2020
Patent Filed
Title: An Integrated System and method for Water Management
Inventors – Dr V. S. Kanwar, Dr. Nitish Sharma
Application No: 202011005032
Date of Filing: 6/08/2021
Patent Filed
Title: Self-Curing Concrete Comprising of Agro-Waste
Inventors – Dr V. S. Kanwar, Ankush Tanta, Manvi Kanwar
Application No: 202011045914
Date of Filing: 21/10/2020
Book Publications
Research Projects Sanctioned / Ongoing
S. No.
Name of the Project
Principal Investigator, Co- Investigator
Name of Funding Agency
Budget Sanctioned (INR: Lakhs) and Year of Start
Status
1
Science Technology and Innovation Hub at Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh
Dr Varinder S Kanwar (PI)
Dr Sartajvir Singh, Dr Shivendu Parashar,
Dr Arun Lal Srivastva
Dr Nitin Sharma
Department of Science & Technology New Delhi
121.58
(2022)
On-going
2
Capacity building and technology demonstration for the socio-economic upliftment of SC/ST population in the nearby villages of Himachal Pradesh
Dr Varinder S Kanwar (PI)
Dr Hitakshi Dutta
Dr C. Prakasam
Dr Ashok Kumar
Dr Ishwar Dutt
Department of Science & Technology New Delhi
25
(2019)
Competed
3
Evolutionary studies of cultural sculptures in cultural heritage with nondestructive microwave spectroscopy
Dr Varinder S Kanwar (PI)
Dr. Nitin Saluja
Department of Science & Technology New Delhi
37.9
(2019)
Competed
4
XRF Evaluation of soil, water, and plants polluted with garbage and industrial sludge: remedial measures
Dr Varinder S Kanwar (PI)
Dr. Ajay Sharma
Dr. Arun Lal
Department of Environment, Science & Technology, Shimla
10.00
(2019)
Competed
5
Use of Industry Sludge Containing Calcium Carbonate for Manufacturing Hard Grade Bitumen
Dr. Varinder S Kanwar
Mr. Abhishek Kanoungo
Department of Environment, Science & Technology, Shimla
10.00
(2018)
Competed
6
Impact of Hydro Power Project on environment: A case study of Beas River Basin in Himachal Pradesh, India for assessing the need of minimum Ecological Flow in the Downstream – A GIS Approach
Dr C. Prakasam
Ms. Monika Sharma
Department of Environment, Science & Technology, Shimla
8.00
(2018)
Competed
7
Landslide Prone area mapping Geospatial Approach: A case study of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh
Dr. C. Prakasam,
Dr. Varinder Kanwar
SERB , Department of
Science and
Technology, New Delhi
22.25
(2017)
Competed
8
Alternative construction material made from industry sludge containing CaCo3 and a method to prepare the same
Dr. Varinder Singh Kanwar
HP State Council of Science
Technology and Environment, Shimla
6.25
(2016)
Competed
9
Sustainable concrete using agro-waste
Mr. Ankush Tanta
Him Palam RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri-Business Incubator CSK, Himachal Pradesh under RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme of Government of India
5.00
(2021)
Competed
10
SELF-CURING CONCRETE MADE BY USING AGRO WASTE
Mr. Ankush Tanta
Startup Himachal under the Chief Minister’s Startup/Innovation Projects/New Industry Scheme
3.00
(2021)
Competed
List of Paper Publications
Singh, G., Tomar, A., & Kanwar, V. S. (2022). Physical, mechanical and crystallographic properties of clay bricks and mortars of the sixteenth–nineteenth century monuments of East Punjab. Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, 7(1), 1-17.
Kanwar, V. S., Dutta, H., Dutt, I., Kumar, A., Prakasam, C., & Kanwar, M. (2022). Impact and awareness of COVID-19 on rural communities–an empirical study of India. Built Environment Project and Asset Management.
Kanwar, V. S., Sharma, A., Kanwar, M., Srivastav, A. L., & Soni, D. K. (2022). An overview for biomedical waste management during pandemic like COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 1-16.
Garg, V.K., Tanta, A., Srivastav, A.L., Tiwari, M.K., Sharma, A., Kanwar, V.S. (2022). Water quality assessment using synchrotron-based TXRF, Water Environment Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.10759.
Shetty, A., & Goyal, A. (2022, May). Application of nanofiltration systems in wastewater reclamation & its long-term performance. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2357, No. 1, p. 030015). AIP Publishing LLC.
Sharma, N., Kumari, A., Chunduri, V., Kaur, S., Banda, J., Goyal, A., & Garg, M. (2022). Anthocyanin biofortified black, blue and purple wheat exhibited lower amino acid cooking losses than white wheat. LWT, 154, 112802.
Shupta, G., Goyal, A., Shetty, A., & Kanoungo, A. (2022). Effect of Agro-Waste as a Partial Replacement in Cement for Sustainable Concrete Production. In Proceedings of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD–2021) (pp. 447-458). Springer, Cham.
Prakasam, C., Saravanan, R., Kanwar, V. S., & Sharma, M. K. (2022). Assessing and Correlating the Flow Duration Curve and Drought Index for the Environmental Flow Requirements. In Proceedings of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD–2021) (pp. 515-523). Springer, Cham.
Sharma, M., Prakasam, C., Saravanan, R., Attri, S. C., Kanwar, V. S., & Sharma, M. K. (2022). A Review of Environmental Flow Evaluation Methodologies–Limitations and Validations. In Proceedings of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD–2021) (pp. 801-821). Springer, Cham.
Shetty, A., & Goyal, A. (2022). Total organic carbon analysis in water–A review of current methods. Materials Today: Proceedings.
Tomar, A., Agarwal, P., Singh, G., & Kanwar, V. S. (2022, October). Seismic damage assessment of a heritage brick masonry structure. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2451, No. 1, p. 020036). AIP Publishing LLC.
Sharda, A. K., Kanwar, V. S., & Sharma, A. (2022, October). Comparative evaluation of mass oxygen transfer in existing aeration systems with advance oxidation techniques for treatment agro based pulp and paper mill effluents. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2451, No. 1, p. 020088). AIP Publishing LLC.
Kanoungo, A., Kanwar, V. S., Nishchal, N., Goyal, A., & Singh, A. (2022). Influence of Metakaolin and Steel Fiber on Strength of Concrete–A Critical Review. In Proceedings of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD–2021) (pp. 347-354). Springer, Cham.
Sharma, M., Prakasam, C., Saravanan, R., Kanwar, V. S., Sharma, M. K., & Attri, S. C. (2022, October). Environmental flow monitoring system–the need of the hour. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2451, No. 1, p. 020009). AIP Publishing LLC.
Dalai, D., Sharma, S., Kanwar, V., & Kaushal, J. (2022). “Prediction, Impact and Mitigation of Ambient Air Quality Pollutant Concentrations in Chandigarh” A Review. In Proceedings of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD–2021) (pp. 791-800). Springer, Cham.
Shetty, A., & Goyal, A. (2022). Total organic carbon analysis in water–A review of current methods. Materials Today: Proceedings.
Tanta, A., Kanwar, V.S., Kanwar, M. (2022). Self-Curing Concrete Made by Using Hemp: A Review. Proceedings of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development. Springer, Cham
Bhushan, B., Kanwar, V. S., & John, S. (2022). Assessment of Indoor Air Quality of Buildings Made of Bricks Developed from Paper Pulp Waste. In Proceedings of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD–2021) (pp. 739-759). Springer, Cham.
Kanwar, V.S., Sharma, A., Kanwar, M., Srivastav, A.L., Soni, D.K. (2022). An overview for biomedical waste management during pandemic like COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 1-16.
Kanwar V.S., Vashisht., Kanoungo A., Pathak R (2021) “Geotechnical aspects of soils and rocks of Himachal Pradesh” Book Titled – Geotechnical Characteristics of soils & rocks of India 1st edition;CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, London; ISBN 9781003177159https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003177159
Bhushan, M. B., Kanwar, M., John, S., & Kanwar, V. S. (2021, October). Development of bricks from lime sludge of paper industry and assessment of indoor air quality of buildings made of them. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2417, No. 1, p. 020016). AIP Publishing LLC.
Dhingra, N., Saluja, N., Kanwar, V., & Garg, R. (2021). Moisture sensitive electrical property measurement in concrete slab with step graded antenna. Materials Today: Proceedings, 45, 5172-5176.
Prakasam, C., Saravanan, R., Sharma, M. K., & Kanwar, V. S. (2021). Assessment and distribution of water quality of Pandoh river basin (PRB), Himachal Pradesh, North India. Applied Water Science, 11(8), 1-9.
Garg, V. K., Srivastav, A. L., Tiwari, M. K., Sharma, A., & Kanwar, V. S. (2021). Synchrotron based X-ray fluorescence for trace elemental analysis of industrial sludge. Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques, 9(1), 192-195.
Garg, V.K., Srivastav, A.L., Tiwari, M.K., Sharma, A., Kanwar, V.S. (2021). Synchrotron Based TXRF for Assessment of Treated Wastewater. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 20(2), 743-746.
Singh, S., Chaudhary, A., Kanoungo, A. Et al. (2021). Impact of dry sewage sludge on characteristics of concrete, Journal of Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier. ISSN: 2214-7853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.10.
Tanta, A., Kanwar, V.S. and Sharma, D., 2021. Performance evaluation of hemp concrete by non-destructive test. Materials Today: Proceedings
Kanoungo S., Sharma U., Kanoungo A. (2020) “Utilization of waste lime sludge & coal fly ash in construction industry”. Sustainable Environment and Infrastructure. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 90. Springer, Cham; ISBN 978-3-030-51354-2 (2020):281-292. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51354-2
Jindal, B. B., Jangra, P., & Garg, A. (2020). Effects of ultra fine slag as mineral admixture on the compressive strength, water absorption and permeability of rice husk ash based geopolymer concrete. Materials Today: Proceedings, 32, 871-877.
C. Prakasam, Sarwanan, Varinder Kanwar, (2020) Evaluation of environmental flow requirement using wetted perimeter method and GIS application for impact assessment, Ecological Indicators. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X20309584
Kanwar, V. S., Sharma, A., Srivastav, A. L., & Rani, L. (2020). Phytoremediation of toxic metals present in soil and water environment: a critical review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(36), 44835-44860
Kanoungo A., Kanwar V.S., Shukla S.K. (2020) “Evaluation of Moisture Susceptibility of HMA Modified with Waste Sludge” Book Titled-Sustainable Civil Engineering Practices; Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 72. Springer, Singapore; ISBN -978-981-15-3677-9. (2020): 229-240.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3677-9_22
Prakasam, C., Aravinth, R., Kanwar, V. S., & Nagarajan, B. (2020). Landslide hazard mapping using geo-environmental parameters—a case study on Shimla Tehsil, Himachal Pradesh. In Applications of Geomatics in Civil Engineering (pp. 123-139). Springer, Singapore.
Kumar, M. S., Grover, M. U., & Kanwar, V. K. Development of Concrete by Utilizing Toothpaste Industry Sludge Containing CACO3 as Partial Replacement of Cement and Fine Aggregate.
Sharma, N. K., Kanwar, V. S., & Kandra, H. S. (2020). Integrated Urban Water Management for Chandigarh Region, India.
Kanwar, V. S., Sharma, A., Srivastav, A. L., & Rani, L. (2020). Phytoremediation of toxic metals present in soil and water environment: a critical review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(36), 44835-44860.
Prakasam, C., Saravanan, R., Kanwar, V. S., Sharma, M. K., & Sharma, M. (2020). Assessment of environmental changes using GIS applications. International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, 16.
Prakasam, C., Aravinth, R., Nagarajan, B., Kanwar, V,S (2020) Site-specific geological and geotechnical investigation of a debris landslide along unstable road cut slopes in the Himalayan region, India, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk
Prakasam, C., Saravanan, R., Sharma, M. K., Kanwar, V. S., Monika Sharma., (2020) Assessment of environmental changes using GIS applications – A case study on Pandoh Hydropower project, Beas River basin, Himachal Pradesh, India, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering
Kanoungo A., Kanwar V.S., Goyal A., Kanoungo S. (2020) “Investigation of potential use of waste lime sludge in bituminous binder” Journal of Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier, ISSN: 2214-7853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.09.107.
Kanwar, V.S., Sharma, A., Srivastav, A.L., Rani, L. (2020). Phytoremediation of toxic metals present in soil and water environment: a critical review. Environmental Pollution and Science Research, 27, 44835–44860. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-10713.
Prakasam, C., Aravinth, R., & Kanwar, V. S. (2019) Landslide Susceptibility mapping of settlements and transportation corridors along the Himalyan Region, India, Journal of Green Engineering
Kanoungo A., Kanwar V.S., Shukla S.K. (2019) “Utilization of waste sludge as a potential additive in asphalt” International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Impact factor – 3.05; ISSN(p): 2320-2092, ISSN(e): 2321-2071, Volume- 7, Issue-9 (2019): 52–56. ⦁ https://ijmpe-iraj-doi-016227.
Kanoungo A., Kanwar V.S., Shukla S.K. (2019) “Effect of aging on characteristics of bitumen modified with waste lime sludge” ASTM’s – Advances in Civil Engineering Materials (ASTM-ACEM) Vol 8, no. 1 (2019): Emerging Sources Citation Indexed (Web of Sciences), 298–307. https://doi.org/10.1520/ACEM20180166.
Kanoungo A., Kanwar V.S., Shukla S.K. (2019) “Evaluation of mechanical properties of sludge modified bituminous binder” International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Impact factor – 3.05, ISSN(p): 2320-2092, ISSN(e): 2321-2071, Volume- 7, Issue-9 (2019): 47–51, https://ijmpe-iraj-doi-016226.
Kanwar V.S., Kanoungo A., Shukla S.K. (2018) “Effect of using sludge waste containing calcium carbonate on the properties of asphalt and Hot mix asphalt mixture” Book Titled-Advancements on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Springer International Publishing, ISBN-978-3-319-96240-5 (2018): 110-119. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96241-2_9.
Prakasam, C., Aravinth, R., & Kanwar, V. S. (2018) Land Use Land Cover Change Detection & Urban Sprawl Study: A Case Study on Shimla Tehsil, Himachal Pradesh, India, Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International.
List of Equipments
Sr. No.
ITEM OF WORK
Sr. No.
ITEM OF WORK
1.
Anvil and Plunger
21
Pellet Holder
2.
Agate Mortar Pestle (2 inch)
22
Polltech make personal air sampler
3.
Agar Mortar pestle large (5 inch)
23
Pipette 1ml (5nos)
4.
Cabbon Manning Cum cannon fenske Viscometer bath
24
Pipette 10ml (5nos)
5.
Conical Flask 250ml box of 6
25
Pipette Pump 10ml (2nos)
6.
Crucible 25ml porcelien
26
Round bottom Flask 100ml (box of 6 )
7.
CO2 Meter
27
SKU : H196721C
8.
Die set 13mm
28
SKU : H193721-01 iron HR
9.
Dry box to keep windows, KBr powder and hygroscopic material
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