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Technologies for Water Treatment and Reuse: Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP)

Technologies for Water Treatment and Reuse: Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP)

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Technologies for Water Treatment and Reuse: Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP)
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<strong>SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY </strong> a talk on <strong>Technologies for Water Treatment and Reuse: Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP)</strong> <strong>Dr. Hadas Mamane </strong> Faculty of Engineering and Water Research Center (TAU-WRC), Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel <strong>Date: 5th April 2016</strong> <strong>Abstract: </strong>Wastewater reuse is one of the promising and most sustainable solutions to address global water scarcity. As such, wastewater reuse provides a major alternative to fresh water for the growing needs of water for food production. Soil-Aquifer Treatment (SAT) improves water quality during the percolation of treated wastewater through unsaturated soil. However, the use of reclaimed wastewater for irrigation is an important route for the introduction of organic compounds into the environment. Depletion of oxygen has been observed in the aquifer. Infiltrating more oxygenated water (via ozonation) has been suggested to enable using artificial recharge system in a more efficient way and provide high quality water from wastewater origin for reuse. Another case study is aimed at source treatment of hospital wastewater from the oncologic ward via a hybrid process of membrane bio reactor (MBR) and ozonation process, for organic micropollutant (OMPs) removal. OMPs in hospital wastewater are toxic, mutagenic, concentrated up to several µg/L and may provide a significant source of specific hospital originating compounds in domestic wastewater. These studies are in collaboration with Prof. Avisar, TAU.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.