Dr. Praveena Gangadharan

Chair, ICNSS 2026
GSCOE & Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad

Jay Bhagwan

Chair,
IWA -NSS Specialist Group

Dr. Devasena M

Convenor, ICNSS 2026
GSCOE,Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad

Programme and Scientific Committee

Name Affiliation
Dr. Nupur BahadurNMCG-TERI Centre of Excellence on Water Reuse, India
Dr. Lokesh KumarDelhi Jal Board, Government of NCT Delhi, India
Prof. Thanikal V. JosephAdithya Institute of Technology, India
Mr. Siddharth DesaiKishor Pumps Pvt. Ltd, India
Dr. Roshan Raj ShreshthaGates Foundation, USA
Ms. Sakshi GudwaniGates Foundation, India
Mr. Jay BhagwanWater Research Commission, South Africa
Prof. Devandra SarojUniversity of Surrey, UK
Prof. Marc DeshussesGates Foundation, USA
Prof. Thammarat KoottatepAsian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
Prof. Yannis IeropoulosUniversity of Southampton, UK
Prof. Makarand M. GhangrekarNational Institute of Technology, Puducherry, India
Prof. Indumathi NambiIndian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Prof. Srikanth MutnuriBITS Pilani K K Birla Goa campus, India
Dr. Najib BateganyaGates Foundation, USA
Prof. Sheena KumariDurban University of Technology, South Africa
Dr. Sonia GregoDuke University, USA
Dr. Sabita Madhvi SinghMinistry of Jal Shakti, India
Dr. Preyan ArumugamUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dr. Sovik DasIndian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Prof. Shihabudheen MaliyekkalIndian Institute of Technology Tirupathi, India
Dr. Remya NeelancherryIndian Institute of Technology Bhubaneshwar, India
Dr. Linda StrandeSandec-Eawag, Switzerland
Dr. Konstantina VelkushanovaIHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Netherlands
Dr. Charles B. NiwagabaMakerere University, Uganda
Ms. Mei Yee ChanSingapore
Mr. Teddy GoundenConsultant -Water and Sanitation, South Africa
Dr. Sudhir PillayWater Research Commission, South Africa
Ms. Cate N. NimanyaWater For People - Africa
Mr. Stefan Reuteraqua & waste International GmbH, Germany
Mr. Arun Kumar R.SUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Mr. Danish D.RIIT Madras, India, YWP India Chapter Chair
Dr. Praveena GangadharanIndian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India
Dr. Devasena MGSCOE, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India

Organizing Committee

Name Affiliation
Dr. Praveen GGSCOE,IIT Palakkad, India
Dr. Deepak JaiswalESSENCE, IIT Palakkad, India
Dr. Subrat Kumar MallickCivil Engineering, IIT Palakkad, India
Midhu UnnithanTECHIN, IIT Palakkad, India
Dr. Sarosh KothandathTECHIN, IIT Palakkad, India
Dr. Guruprasad TalekarGSCOE, IIT Palakkad, India
Dr. Gokul GopanGSCOE, IIT Palakkad, India
Dr. Jayanta Kumar GogoiGSCOE, IIT Palakkad, India
Dr. Monali MuduliGSCOE, IIT Palakkad, India
Sangeetha V.Civil Engineering, IIT Palakkad, India
Praveen Rosario AGSCOE, IIT Palakkad, India
Pragadeesh SubramaniGSCOE, IIT Palakkad, India
Sarani SGSCOE, IIT Palakkad, India
Ramya ViswashGSCOE, IIT Palakkad, India
Vrinda K KumarCivil Engineering, IIT Palakkad, India
Shemeera K.HCivil Engineering, IIT Palakkad, India
Haripriya SESSENCE, IIT Palakkad, India
Keerthu AnilCivil Engineering, IIT Palakkad, India
Ajay Kumar SinghCivil Engineering, IIT Palakkad, India
Naveen Raj PGSCOE, IIT Palakkad, India