Academia – 21 YEARS

• 22Yrs.

• Civil – Environmental Engineering

0000-0002-6272-1829

• Environmental Economics
• Environmental Biotechnology
• Water and Wastewater treatment
• Bioremediation
• Biofuels

• Bio-Business and Entrepreneurship
• Bioprocess Engineering
• Microbial BT
• Bioprocess Engineering Lab
• Unit Operations Lab
• Environmental Biotechnology

• Use of statistical tools for water quality assessment, Decolourization of Synthetic Dyes
• Sequencing Batch Reactor for wastewater treatment, Phytoremediation of polluted water

• Post-Graduation – Name of the degree (Eg.- M.E., M.Tech.) – College & University/ Year of
  Graduation – M.Tech – VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY – 2004
• Under-Graduation – (B.E./BT.ech./B.B.M.)- College & University/ Year of Graduation –
  B.E. – VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY – 2002

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VTU Ph.D GUIDESHIP

Recognized as Research Supervisor of VTU with Registration ID: 012021RSCV000302,
under Faculty of Civil Engineering Science.

NPTEL AWARDS

1. Recognized as “NPTEL SUPERSTAR” in July – Dec 2024 for being topper in 3 courses
   out of 4 courses completed in the semester.
2. Recognized as “NPTEL MOTIVATED LEARNER” in July – Dec 2024 for consistently
   completing 8 courses in 4 semesters from Jan 2023 to July 2024.
3. Awarded the Domain Certification in NPTEL “Faculty Advanced – Domain” in July – Dec
   2023 by completing 5 core courses and 2 elective courses in the domain with a total
   duration of 40 weeks from Jan 2021 to Dec 2023.
4. Recognized as SPOC (Single Point of Contact) for NPTEL activities at Sir MVIT

Project Funds

1. “Application of Diatomite Particles in Sequencing Batch Reactor for treating Domestic
   Wastewater for Reusable Purposes” by Mudasir Ahmed Khan and Mohammed Akeef Zia,
   guided by Dr. Sudevi Basu was awarded Rs. 5000 by Visvesvaraya Technological
   University in 2020, under their final year best project award scheme.
2. Kavya H and Juhi Kaushik, 8th Semester students have won 2nd Prize in the Technical
   Paper Presentation for the paper titled “Adsorption of Synthetic Dye using Waste
   Peapod as Adsorbent” at Srishti 2016 – State Level Project Exhibition and Competition
   at CMRIT, Bangalore from 6th to 8th May 2016. The Project is guided by Ms. Sudevi Basu.

Ongoing Funded Research Project Details – (title, sanctioning agency, amount, year, duration)
– NIL

• Completed Funded Research Project Details – (title, sanctioning agency, amount, year, duration)
  1. “Application of Diatomite Particles in Sequencing Batch Reactor for treating
     Domestic Wastewater for Reusable Purposes”, funded by KARNATAKA STATE
     COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KSCST), on 6th March 2020, at ₹6000
     and is completed.
  2. “Municipal Wastewater Treatment using Algae”, funded by KARNATAKA STATE
     COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KSCST), on 12th March 2015, at ₹6000
     and is completed.
• Consultancy projects completed (title, sanctioning agency/industry, amount, year, duration) – NIL
• Other grants received (FDP) (title, sanctioning agency, amount. Duration) – NIL
• Journal publications (Only Scopus indexed) – 01
• Conference presentations/publications (Full length papers) – 02
• Patents published (Numbers) – 01
• Patents granted (Details-Title, Applicants, Inventors, Date of sanction, Indian/International) – NIL
• Number of PhD s guided – NIL
• Number of PhDs ongoing – NIL
• Books published – NIL
• Book chapters published – NIL
• Professional Memberships
  1. Life Member of Indian Water Works Association – LM 9903
  2. Life Member of Academic and Research Conclave – ARC10289
  3. Professional Member of InSc International Publishers – LMNISC

VTU Ph.D GUIDESHIP

Recognized as Research Supervisor of VTU with Registration ID: 012021RSCV000302,
under Faculty of Civil Engineering Science.

Journals

• Sudevi Basu and K. S. Lokesh (2021), “Assessment of River Water Quality using Weighted Arithmetic Water Quality Index in the River Kabini at Nanjangud, Karnataka, India”, Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 9, No. 11, pp 914-918, DOI: 10.12691/aees-9-11-1, ISSN: 2328-3920.
• Sudevi Basu and K. S. Lokesh, (2020), “Cost-Benefit Analysis of Kabini River at Nanjangud, Karnataka, India”, Seybold Report, 15, No. 8, pp 2340 – 2347, ISSN: 1533-9211.
• Sudevi Basu, Tanushree Deb and Vanitha Nagliekar (2019), “Study of Contact Time on Effectiveness of Natural Adsorbents to Adsorb Crystal Violet Dye”, International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development (IJSRED), Vol. 2, No.3, pp 538 – 542, ISSN: 2581 – 7175.
• Sudevi Basu, Tanushree Deb and Vanitha Nagliekar (2018), “Comparative Study of Single and Mixture of Adsorbents on Efficiency of Adsorption”, International Journal of Technical Innovation in Modern Engineering and Science (IJTIMES), Vol.4, No. 6, pp 791 – 796, IF: 5.22, ISSN: 2455 – 2585
• Sudevi Basu, Diwan Rai, Harish V, Shivaraman B and Tanveer Madihalli (2017), “Effect of Important Parameters on Adsorption Efficiency of Methylene Blue Dye”, International Journal for Science and Advance Research in Technology (IJSART), Vol.3, No. 12, pp 258 – 261, ISSN: 2395-1052.
• Sudevi Basu, Juhi, Kavya H, Rajlaxmi Dash and Sumi (2017), “Effects of Waste Pisum Sativum Pod Adsorbent Size and Dose on Efficiency of Decolourization of Synthetic Dyes”, International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET), Vol. 5, No. 11, pp 2430 – 2436, IC Value: 45.98, SJIF: 6.887, ISSN: 2391-9653
• Sudevi Basu, Juhi, Kavya H, Rajlaxmi Dash and Sumi (2017), “Comparison of Decolourizing Efficiency of Waste Pisum Sativum Pod Adsorbent on Single and Mixture of Synthetic Dyes”, International Journal for Scientific Research and Development (IJSRD), Vol. 5, No. 6, pp 845 – 851, ISSN: 2321-0613.
• Sudevi Basu, Juhi, Kavya H, Rajlaxmi Dash and Sumi (2017), “Waste Pisum sativum Pods as Adsorbent in Decolourizing Synthetic Dyes”, International Journal for Research and Development in Technology (IJRDT), Vol. 7, No. 6, pp 237 – 239, ISSN: 2349-3585
• Sudevi Basu (2016), “Colour Removal of Textile Industry Effluent Using Waste Pea Pods As Adsorbent”, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET),Vol. 3, No. 12,pp 190 – 192, ISSN: 2395 -0056.
• Tanmayee Jahagirdar and Sudevi Basu (2016), “Study of Nutrient Utilization from Wastewater by Algae”, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Vol. 5, No. 4, pp 2064 – 2068, IF: 6.391, ISSN: 2319-7064
• Sudevi Basu and Kusuma D K (2015), “Comparison of Bacillus spp, Pseudomonas spp.and Psudomonas fluorescence in Degrading Polythene Bags – A Laboratory Approach”, Journal of Environmental Science, Computer Science and Engineering & Technology (JECET), Vol. 4, No. 2, pp 488 – 494, IF: 4.296, ISSN: 2278–179X.
• Sudevi Basu, Neha, Pratibha Nair, Shreya Singh and Nisha, (2014), “Use of Statistical Expressions to Evaluate the Performance of Two Parameter Adsorption Isotherm Models on Dyes using Natural Adsorbents”, Applied Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 118, pp 5847 – 5862, DOI: 10.12988/ams.2014.47555
• Sudevi Basu, Anjani Kumari, Abhigyan, Rohit Kumar and Saikat Das, (2014), “Comparative Study of Naturally Available Low Cost Adsorbents for Removal of Methyl Red Dye”, Midas Touch International Journal of Commerce, Management and Technology, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 194 – 203.
• Sudevi Basu and K. S. Lokesh., (2014), “Application of Multiple Linear Regression and MANOVA to evaluate Health Impacts due to Changing River Water Quality”, Applied Mathematics (AM), Vol. 5, pp. 799 – 807, DOI: 10.4236/am.2014.55076
• Sudevi Basu and K. S. Lokesh., (2014), “Critical Analysis of Existing Economic Tools Available for Assessing River Water Quality”, International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (IJWREE), Vol. 6, No. 11, pp. 287 – 294, DOI: 10.5897/IJWREE2014.0482
• Sudevi Basu, Neha, Pratibha Nair, Shreya Singh and Nisha, (2014), “Decolourization of Synthetic Dyes using Eco-Friendly Fruit and Vegetable Peel Adsorbents”, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Vol. 3, No. 12, pp 1490 – 1493, IF: 4.438, ISSN: 2319-7064
• Sudevi Basu, Anjani Kumari, Abhigyan, Rohit Kumar and Saikat Das, (2013), “Evaluating the Efficiencies of Naturally Available Low Cost Adsorbents for Removal of Methyl Red Dye”, International Journal of Current Research, Vol. 5, No. 11, pp. 3328 – 3334.
• Sudevi Basu and K. S. Lokesh., (2013), “Spatial and temporal variations of river water quality: A case study of River Kabini at Nanjangud in Karnataka”, International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (IJWREE), Vol. 5, No. 10, pp. 595 – 600, DOI: 10.5897/IJWREE12.130
• Sudevi Basu and K. S. Lokesh., (2012), “Evaluation of Cauvery River Water Quality at Srirangapatna in Karnataka using Principal Component Analysis”, International Journal of Engineering and Science (IJES), Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 6 – 12.
• Sudevi Basu and K. S. Lokesh., (2012), “Assessment of Cauvery River Water Quality at Srirangapatna in Karnataka using Factor Analysis”, International Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering and Development (IJETED), Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 371 – 382.
• Sudevi Basu and K. S. Lokesh., (2012), “Trend of Temporal Variation of Cauvery River Water Quality at K R Nagar in Karnataka”, International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (IJEST), Vol. 4, No. 8, pp. 3693 – 3699.

Membership of Professional Bodies-

• Life Member of Indian Water Works Association – LM 9903

Honours & Achievements

PhD/University/Year of award – PhD – VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY –
2019-2020

NPTEL Online Course Completed

• Designing Learner-Centric MOOCs of IIT, Bombay, (4-week course, Jan – Feb 2021) with consolidated score of 91% – Gold Medal
• Wastewater Treatment and Recycling of IIT, Kharagpur, (12-week course, July – Oct 2019) with consolidated score of 96%, Top 1% Topper – Gold Medal
• Descriptive Statistics with R Software of IIT, Kanpur, (8-week course, Feb – Apr 2019) with consolidated score of 86% – Silver Medal
• Electronic Waste Management – Issues and Challenges of IIT, Kharagpur, (4-week course, Jan – Feb 2019) with consolidated score of 98%, Top 1% Topper – Gold Medal
• Atal Courses
• AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on “Air Pollution and Climate Change” from 20^th to 24^th Sept 2021.
• Invited As Expert / Resource Person
• Webinar by Industrial Waste Management Association – Expert talk on “Removal of Biodegradable Organics from Wastewater”, 18^th December 2020
• Workshop on Essentials of Project Work; 1^st Step Towards Research, Dept. of Biotechnology, Sir MVIT, Bengaluru, Expert talk to 8^th SEM BT students – “Significance of Excel in Research”, 30^th – 31^st March 2017
• JAIVIK TALK, Dept. of Biotechnology, Sir MVIT, Bengaluru, Expert talk to 8^th SEM BT students – “Solid Waste Management”, 09^th March 2017
• JAIVIK TALK, Dept. of Biotechnology, Sir MVIT, Bengaluru, Expert talk to 7^th SEM BT students – “Fate of Contaminants in the Environment”, 04^thAugust 2016

Past Funding

• “Application of Diatomite Particles in Sequencing Batch Reactor for treating Domestic Wastewater for Reusable Purposes”, funded by KARNATAKA STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KSCST), on 6^thMarch 2020, at 6000 and is completed.
• “Municipal Wastewater Treatment Using Algae”, funded by KARNATAKA STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KSCST), on 12^th March 2015, at 6000 and is completed.