मालवीय राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान जयपुर (राष्ट्रीय महत्व का संस्थान)
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (An Institute of National Importance)
Department of Civil Engineering

35

Journal Publications

26

Conference Publications

9

Research Projects

7

PhD Research Supervised

Qualifications
  • Ph.D. from CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY ,ENGLAND(2009)
    M.Tech.(Environmental Engg.) from IIT KANPUR(1997)
    B.E.(Civil Engg.) from JNV University ,Jodhpur(1991)
Research Interests

Environmental Engg., Water and Wastewater Treatment, Wastewater Treatment, Water Treatment , Management in WATSAN Sector.

    2022
  • Saurabh Singh, Abhishek Soti, Niha Mohan Kulshreshtha, Urmila Brighu, Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta, "Customized design of horizontal flowconstructed wetlands employing secondary datasets" , Bioresource Technology Reports (Elsevier) Volume :101037 / 101037 / 2022
  • Abhishek Soti, Saurabh Singh, Vishesh Verma, Niha Mohan Kulshreshtha, Urmila Brighu, Pradip Kalbar, Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta, "Designing the vertical flow constructed wetland based on targeted limiting pollutant" , Bioresource Technology (Elsevier) Volume :351 / 127068 / 2022
  • 2021
  • Shashank Srivastava, Urmila Brighu, Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta, "Characterization of particles and their relation with residual aluminum in water treated with pulsating floc blanket clarifiers and conventional clariflocculators using PACl " , Water Supply (International Water Association) Volume :21 / 4548–456 / 2021
  • Shashank Srivastava, Urmila Brighu, A. B. Gupta, "Performance assessment of pulsating floc blanket clarifiers and conventional clariflocculators in pilot‐scale models" , Water Environment Research (Wiley) Volume :93 / 887-895 / 2021
  • Aakanksha Rampuria, Niha Mohan Kulshreshtha, Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta and Urmila Brighu , "Novel microbial nitrogen transformation processes in constructed wetlands treating municipal sewage: a mini-review" , World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (Springer ) Volume :37 / 1-11 / 2021
  • Akanksha Rampuria, A. B. Gupta, Niha Mohan Kulshreshtha, Urmila Brighu, "Microbiological Analysis of Two Deep Constructed Wetlands with Special Emphasis on the Removal of Pathogens and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria" , Water, Air & Soil Pollution (Springer ) Volume :232 / 1-15 / 2021
  • 2020
  • Aakanksha Rampuria, Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta, Urmila Brighu, "Nitrogen transformation processes and mass balance in deep constructed wetlands treating sewage, exploring the anammox contribution" , Bioresource Technology (Elsevier) Volume :314 / 123737 / 2020
  • Kanika Saxena, Urmila Brighu, Aditya Choudhary, "Pilot-scale coagulation of organic and inorganic impurities: Mechanisms, role of particle concentration and scale effects" , Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier) Volume :8 / 103990 / 2020
  • Kanika Saxena, Urmila Brighu, "Optimized coagulation of humic acid and mineral turbidity at alkaline pH using high basicity PACl" , Water Supply (IWA Publication) Volume :20 / 2324-2338 / 2020
  • Kanika Saxena, Urmila Brighu, "Sludge blanket clarifier for coagulation of turbidity and organics: Design, operation and scale effects" , Journal of Indian Water Works Association (Indian Water Works Association) Volume :LII (3) / 196-202 / 2020
  • Tambi A. Brighu U. and Gupta A.B., "MColiPAT kit for early detection of coliforms in water" , Water Supply (IWA Publication) Volume :20 / 871-877 / 2020
  • Rajput, Hansa, Goyal, Rohit and Brighu, Urmilla, "Modification and optimization of DRASTIC model for groundwater vulnerability and contamination risk assessment for Bhiwadi region of Rajasthan, India" , Environmental Earth Sciences (Springer) Volume :79 / 1-15 / 2020
  • Kanika Saxena, Urmila Brighu, Aditya Choudhary, "Experimental investigation and modelling the effect of humic acid on coagulation efficiency for sludge blanket clarifier" , Chemosphere (Elsevier) Volume :266 / 128958 / 2020
  • Kanika Saxena, "Comparison of floc properties of coagulation systems: Effect of particle concentration, scale and mode of flocculation" , Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier) Volume :8 / 104311 / 2020
  • 2019
  • Aditya Sharma, Zainab Syed, Urmila Brighu, A. B. Gupta, Chhattra Ram, "Adsorption of Textile Wastewater on Alkali-Activated Sand, Journal of Cleaner Production" , Journal of environmental and analytical chemistry (Elsevier) Volume :220 / 23-32 / 2019
  • Kanika Saxena, Urmila Brighu, Aditya Choudhary, "Coagulation of humic acid and kaolin at alkaline pH: Complex mechanisms and effect of fluctuating organics and turbidity" , Journal of Water Process Engineering (Elsevier) Volume :31 / 100875 / 2019
  • Srivastava S. Nahar A.S. Brighu U. and Gupta A.B., "Comparative study of three methods for the analysis of nitrate nitrogen in synthetic water and wastewater samples" , International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry (Taylor & Francis) Volume :99 / 1164-1185 / 2019
  • 2018
  • Shashank Srivastava, Urmila Brighu, Hansa Rajput, "Waste‐to‐energy recovery potential: A case study at Jaipur railway station. Environmental quality management" , Environmental Quality Management (Wiley) Volume :27 / 107-113 / 2018
  • Kanika Saxena, Urmila Brighu, Aditya Choudhary, "Parameters affecting enhanced coagulation: a review" , Environmental Technology Reviews (Taylor & Francis) Volume :7 / 156-176 / 2018
  • 2017
  • Priya Mundada, Urmila Brighu, A.B.Gupta, "Removal of methylene blue on soil: an alternative to clay" , Desalination and Water Treatment (Taylor and Francis) Volume :58 / 267-273 / 2017
  • 2016
  • Ashish Tambi, Urmila Brighu, A. B. Gupta, "A sensitive presence/absence test kit for detection of coliforms in drinking water" , Water Science and Technology: Water Supply (IWA Publishing) Volume :16 / 1320-1326 / 2016
  • Gargi Sharma, Urmila Brighu, "Selection of suitable plant species in semi arid climatic conditions for quality improvement of secondary treated effluent by using vertical constructed wetland" , Nature Environment & Pollution Technology (Technoscience Publications) Volume :15 / 325-329 / 2016
  • Priya Mundada, Urmila Brighu, "Remediation of textile effluent using siliceous materials: A review with a proposed alternative" , International Journal of Innovative and Emerging Research in Engineering (IJIERE) Volume :3 / 1 / 2016
  • 2015
  • Richa Sinha, Sanjay Mathur, Urmila Brighu, "Aluminium removal from water after defluoridation with the electrocoagulation process" , Environmental Technology (Taylor and Francis) Volume :36 / 2724-2731 / 2015
  • Manish Yadav, Nitin Kumar Singh, Richa Sinha, Urmila Brighu, Sanjay Mathur, A.B.Gupta, "Performance Evaluation of community level defluoridation plants: A case study from nagaur and jodhpur, rajasthan" , Nature Environment and Pollution Technology (Technoscience Publications) Volume :14 / 83-88 / 2015
  • Akansha Soni, Priya Mundada, Urmila Brighu, "A comparative study on treatment of simulated and actual dye wastewater by coagulation process" , Journal of Indian Water Works Association (IWWA) Volume :7 / 443-449 / 2015
  • Manish Yadav, Priya Tripathi, Aditya Choudhary, Urmila Brighu, Sanjay Mathur, "Adsorption of fluoride from aqueous solution by Bio-F sorbent: a fixed-bed column study" , Desalination and Water Treatment (Taylor and Francis) Volume :57 / 6624-6631 / 2015
  • 2014
  • Manish Yadav, Nitin Kumar Singh, Urmila Brighu, Sanjay Mathur, "Adsorption of F on Bio-Filter sorbent: kinetics, equilibrium, and thermodynamic study" , Desalination and Water Treatment (Taylor and Francis) Volume :56 / 463-474 / 2014
  • Baharwani, V., Meena, N., Dubey, A., Brighu, U. and Mathur, J., "Life Cycle Analysis of Solar PV System: A Review" , Int J Environ Res Dev (MDPI) Volume :4 / 183-190 / 2014
  • Priya Mundada, Urmila Brighu, "Study of feasibility of soil as an adsorbent for textile industry effluent treatment" , Journal of Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology (Journal of Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology) Volume :1 / 0-0 / 2014
  • Meena N., Baharawani V., Dubey A., Brighu U., Mathur J., "Need and comparison of energy storage technologies - A review" , Journal of Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology (Journal of Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology) Volume :9 / 177-184 / 2014
  • Gargi Sharma, Priya, Urmila Brighu, "Performance analysis of vertical upflow constructed wetlands for secondary treated effluent" , Procedia APCBEE (Elsevier) Volume :10 / 110-114 / 2014
  • 2013
  • Mundada P., Sharma, G., and Brighu, U, "Comparison of different types of media for nutrient removal efficiency in vertical upflow constructed wetland" , International journal of environmental engineering and management (IJEEM) Volume :5 / 1 / 2013
  • 2008
  • M.Gessler, Urmila Brighu, R.Franceys, "The challenge of economic regulation of water and sanitation in urban India" , Habitat International (Elsevier) Volume :32 / 49-57 / 2008
  • 2004
  • Abha Garg, ChandaniKripalani, Urmila Brighu, "Heavy metals in the waters of a wastewater drain (Amanishah Nallah) near mansarover region in Jaipur and ground waters in vicinity" , Nature Environment and Pollution Technology (Technoscience Publications) Volume :3 / 73-75 / 2004

    2020
  • Shashank Srivastava, Urmila Brighu, A. B. Gupta, "Performance of Conventional Clariflocculators and Upflow Pulsating Floc Blanket Clarifiers in Pilot Scale Models" , ASCEIC 2020, Kolkata, India by :ASCEIC at Kolkata / / 2020
  • Kanika Saxena, Urmila Brighu, "Sludge Blanket Clarifier for Coagulation of Turbidity and Organics: Design, Operation and Scale Effects" , 52nd Annual Convention of the IWWA by :IWWA at Patna, Bihar / / 2020
  • 2019
  • Kanika Saxena, Urmila Brighu, "Optimised Coagulation of Humic Acid and Mineral Turbidity at Alkaline pH Using High Basicity PACl" , IWA Specialist Conference on Natural Organic Matter in Water by :International Water Association at Tokyo, Japan / / 2019
  • Aditya Choudhary, Urmila Brighu, Kanika Saxena, "Pre-Treatment of Industrial Wastewater Using Low-Cost Sand Filter" , International Conference on Industrial Water, Energy and Environment by :CODISSIA at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu / / 2019
  • 2018
  • Aditya Sharma, Urmila Brighu, A. B. Gupta, "Characterisation of Alkali-Activated Sand Surface" , Research Conclave by :IIT Guwahati at Guwahati, Assam / / 2018
  • Aditya Sharma, Urmila Brighu, A. B. Gupta, "Activated Sand as a Low-Cost Adsorbent for Removal of Colour From Textile Wastewater" , International Conference on Water (ICW) From Pollution to Purification by :International Conference on Water at Kottayam, Kerala / / 2018
  • 2017
  • Pooja Sharma, Urmila Brighu, Parul Mathuria, Anoop Singh, "Impact of Short Term Electricity Procurement of an Open Access Consumer on Indian Grid" , 2016 National Power Systems Conference, NPSC 2016 by :IEEE at Bhubaneshwar / / 2017
  • 2016
  • Hansa Rajput, Rohit Goyal, Urmila Brighu, "EFFECT of TEXTILE INDUSTRY EFFLUENT on GROUNDWATER and SOIL QUALITY: A REVIEW" , 21 St Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources & Environmental Engineering. by :Central Water and Power Research Station at Pune, India / / 2016
  • P. Sharma, U. Brighu, P. Mathuria, R. Bhakar, "Risk Constrained Short Term Electricity Procurement for Open Access Consumer in India" , PES General Meeting by :IEEE at Boston, USA / / 2016
  • Pooja Sharma, Urmila Brighu, Parul Mathuria, Anoop Singh, "Impact of Short Term Electricity Procurement of an Open Access Consumer on Indian Grid" , National Power Systems Conference (NPSC) by :IEEE at Bhubaneshwar, India / / 2016
  • Pooja Sharma, Urmila Brighu, Rohit Bhakar, Parul Mathuria, "Risk Constrained Short Term Electricity Procurement for Open Access Consumer in India" , IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) by :IEEE at Boston, MA, USA / 1-5 / 2016
  • Kanika Saxena, Urmila Brighu, Priya, "Textile Waste Water: Present Challenges and Low-Cost Approaches for Treatment" , National Conference on Environmental Pollution: Consequences and Control by :National Conference on Environmental Pollution Consequences and Control at Jaipur / / 2016
  • Urmila Brighu, Kanika Saxena, Swati Singh, "Assessing the Efficacy of Locally Available Sand for the Removal of COD, BOD, TKN, Nitrates, Phosphates and Ammonical Nitrogen From Greywater by Sand Filtration" , National Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering by :IJERT at Jaipur, Rajasthan / / 2016
  • Hansa Rajput, Rohit Goyal, Urmila Brighu, "Effect of Textile Industry Effluent on Groundwater and Soil Quality: A Review" , International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering by :The Central Water and Power Research Station at Pune / / 2016
  • 2015
  • Priya Mundada, Urmila Brighu, "Sorption Study of Anionic Dye From Aqueous Solution Onto Locally Available Soil" , 47th Convention by :IWWA at Kolkata / / 2015
  • Ashish Tambi, Urmila Brighu, "Performance Evaluation of Single Stage Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) System for Municipal Waste Water Treatment in Warm Climates" , 47th Convention by :IWWA at Kolkata / / 2015
  • 2014
  • Gargi Sharma, Priya, Urmila Brighu, "Performance Analysis of Vertical Upflow Constructed Wetland for Secondary Treated Effluent" , ICESD by :Proceedings of the ICESD at Singapore / / 2014
  • Vishakha Baharwani, Neetu Meena, Alka Dubey, Deepak Sharma, Urmila Brighu and Jyotirmay Mathur, "Life Cycle Inventory and Assessment of Different Solar Photovoltaic Systems" , Power and Energy Systems Conference: Towards Sustainable Energy by :IEEE at Bangalore / / 2014
  • Vishakha Baharwani, Neetu Meena, Alka Dubey, Deepak Sharma, Urmila Brighu, Jyotirmay Mathur , "Life Cycle Inventory and Assessment of Different Solar Photovoltaic Systems" , Power and Energy Systems Conference: Towards Sustainable Energy 2014 by :IEEE at Bangalore / / 2014
  • 2008
  • Urmila Brighu, "Water Safety Plans (WSP) and Asset Management in Urban/Piped Water Supply" , One Day Workshop on Water Safety Plans Organized by IWA and IWWA by :IWA and IWWA at Indore, India / / 2008
  • 2007
  • Urmila Brighu, Richard Franceys, "Scope of Asset Management Regarding Sustainability of Water Services in Urban India" , Leading Edge Strategic Asset Management Conference by :LESAM at Lisbon, Portugal / / 2007
  • Khawkipuram, M., Brighu, U., Bhargava, R., "Financial Aspect of Solid Waste Management in Jaipur City-a Case Study" , Proceedings of International Conference on Civil Engineering in the New Millenium: Opportunities and Challenges by :CNEM at West Bengal / / 2007
  • 2006
  • Urmila Brighu, "Challenging Water Tariffs, India: Story of Water Tariffs in Jaipur" , IWA World Water Congress by :IWA at Beijing, China / / 2006
  • 2003
  • Brighu, U., Janakraj and Gupta, A.B., "Performance Evaluation of a UASB Reactor at Gurgaon for Sewage Treatment" , Annual Convention of IWWA by :IWWA at New Delhi / / 2003
  • 2001
  • Brighu, U., Tare, V., Mathur, Y.P., "Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process for Ranking Solid Waste Management Options" , Proceedings of Indian Association of Environmental Management (IAEM) National Conference on Recent Advances in Waste Management by :Recent Advances in Waste Management at Varanasi, India / / 2001
  • 2000
  • Brighu, U., Jain, R., Mathur, Y.P., Gupta, A.B., "Environmental Impacts of Thermal Power Generation Scenario in Rajasthan" , One Day Workshop on Environmental Issues in Power Sector by :DFID GoR and Mecon Ltd at Jaipur, India / / 2000

  • Reference Book, "Manual on Sewerage and Sewage Treatment Systems (Part C)" ISBN:- published by - CPHEEO Year: 2013 authors- S.R.Shukla, Urmila Brighu et. al

  • Book Chapter, "Monitoring Public Providers for the Poor" ISBN:978-1-84407-617-8 published by - Earthscan Year: 2008 authors- Marion Gessler, Urmila Brighu
  • Book Chapter, "24x7 Water Supply in Punjab: International Funding for local action " ISBN:- published by - IRC and MNIT, Jaipur Year: 2015 authors- B.Harris, Urmila Brighu, R.Poonia
  • Book Chapter, "Gravity fed water supply in Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh" ISBN:- published by - IRC and MNIT, Jaipur Year: 2016 authors- B.Harris, Urmila Brighu, R. Poonia
  • Book Chapter, "Community managed water supplies in rural jaipur: the swajaldhara scheme 15 years on" ISBN:- published by - IRC and MNIT, Jaipur Year: 2015 authors- B.Harris, Urmila Brighu, R. Poonia
  • Book Chapter, "Jal Swavlamban: Water Independence" ISBN:978-3-030-42462-6 published by - Springer Year: 2021 authors- Kanika Saxena, Urmila Brighu
  • Book Chapter, "Paper-Based Devices for Food Quality Control" ISBN:978-981-15-0489-1 published by - Springer, Singapore Year: 2019 authors- Aditya Choudhary, Urmila Brighu, Kanika Saxena

    Awarded
  • Kanika Saxena on Comparative study of conventional clariflocculator and sludge blanket clarifier for optimized coagulation Year - 2021
  • Shashank Srivastava on A study on residual aluminium in water treated by a floc blanket clarifier versus conventional clariflocculator Year - 2021
  • Ashish Tambi on Development of low-cost field test kit for early presence/absence and enumeration of coliform in drinking water Year - 2021
  • Aaknksha Rampuria on Wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands with special focus on nitrogen transformation Year - 2021
  • Hansa Devisingh Rajput, on Groundwater vulnerability assessment and flow modeling of Bhiwadi region of Alwar district, Rajasthan Year - 2020
  • Gargi Sharma on Vertical upflow constructed wetlands to improve secondary treated wastewater: Microbiological contaminants removal Year - 2016
  • Priya on Treatment of Textile Wastewater using soil as a low cost adsorbent Year - 2016

Title Total Outlay
(In Lacs)
Year Funding Agency Role
Development of integrated treatment scheme for RO reject management12.322021-2022WSSO, JaipurPI
Improvement in sensitivity and specificity of ColiPAT kit (a low cost field test kit for detection of coliforms in drinking water)20.402017-2019CCDU, WSSO, JaipurPI
Installation of a pilot plant of 10 KLD comprising ZnO-Graphene based sensitive catalytic filter for the treatment of effluent of CETP, Jodhpur as a replacement of their secondary treatment unit38.382016-2019Department of Science and Technology, Government of IndiaPI
Treatment of Textile Wastewater Using Modified Sand As A Low Cost Adsorbent 14.422014-2018RSPCB, JaipurPI
Development of Water Technology Centre67.002013-2018DSTCo-PI
Defluoridation of Drinking water using Combination of Magnesium and Calcium amended activated alumina11.542013-2016Department of Science and Technology Rajasthan Co-PI
Development of Field Test Kit for detection of total coliform and E-coli in drinking water8.922013-2014CCDU, WSSO, JaipurPI
Community Management of Rural Water Supply Systems: Community Plus59.302013-2018Australian AidPI
Regulating Public Private Partnership for the Poor3.202005-2006DFIDPI

Title Total Outlay
(In Lacs)
Year Funding Agency
Third Party Performance Evaluation and Inspection of the STP, Sewerage Network for Dravyavati River Project24.192019-2021TPL SUCG CONSORTIUM - Riico industrial area

  • Presiding Officer, Women Cell in MNIT Jaipur from - 07-07-2017 to 29-09-2017
  • Lab Incharge (PHE Lab) in MNIT Jaipur from - 17-04-2017 to 24-09-2017
  • BoG Member in MNIT Jaipur from - 18-07-2016 to 24-09-2017
  • DPGC Convener (Dept. of Civil Engg.) in MNIT Jaipur from - 24-06-2016 to 24-09-2017
  • Program Advisor (Dept. of Civil Engg.) in MNIT Jaipur from - 02-06-2015 to 01-06-2016
  • Lab Incharge (PHE Lab) in MNIT Jaipur from - 01-06-2014 to 31-05-2015
  • Program Advisor (Dept. of Civil Engg.) in MNIT Jaipur from - 01-07-2013 to 30-06-2014
  • Adjunct Faculty (Centre for Energy and Environment) in MNIT Jaipur from - 14-05-2013 to 13-05-2016
  • Associate Dean (UG) in MNIT Jaipur from - 10-01-2012 to 04-02-2014
  • Warden Girls Hostel in MNIT Jaipur from - 19-07-2010 to 24-09-2017
  • Warden Girls Hostel in MNIT Jaipur from - 15-05-1997 to 23-04-2003