The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Andhra Pradesh is offering a short-term online course on nanomaterials for water treatment from February 14-18. The course is open to students pursuing postgraduate training in civil engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, biochemical engineering and biotechnology and researchers from government organizations including R&D labs and private companies. Faculty members of engineering and life sciences departments interested in risk assessment can also participate in the online course.
Sponsored by Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN), Ministry of Education, Government of India, the course would focus in detail on the different synthesis routes of nanomaterials, properties and their characterization techniques. It will also cover the interaction of nanomaterials in water, their transport mechanism, risk and their application in water and wastewater treatment, the role of the oxidation process will be discussed in detail.
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“While water is the elixir of life, access to quality water remains a major challenge not only in India but around the world. In view of this, the Indian government has initiated the ‘Jal Shakti mission’ to provide every household with water by 2024. Likewise, the state governments, namely the government of Telangana, have taken on the ‘Mission Bhagiratha’ to ensure that every household is of good quality. of Telangana State. The Indian government is also encouraging researchers to strive for low-cost water purification technologies. The current practice uses various traditional methods such as slow sand filtration, oxidation and adsorption, etc,” said Prof CSP Rao, director of NIT Andhra Pradesh.
“The course would mainly focus on the different synthesis routes of nanomaterials, properties and their characterization techniques in detail. Furthermore, the interaction of nanomaterials in water and the transport mechanism will be discussed. The last part of the course deals with the application of nanomaterials in water and wastewater treatment, the role of the oxidation process will be discussed in detail,” said Dr. Baranidharan S, Courses Coordinator, Head, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT AP.
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The primary objectives of the course are to understand how NMs behave in different environmental matrices, application of NMs in water treatment and their advantages over conventional processes, NMs based advanced oxidation process and its application in water, wastewater and industrial waters, and the risk of having nanomaterials in the environment, the institute said.
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