Partners

Prof Rajnish Calay
Arctic University of Norway (UiT)
Professor Rajnish Calay is working at the UiT Norway. She has a bachelor’s degree in Civil engineering from Punjab University, India and master’s degree in mechanical engineering and PhD in Energy from Cranfield University, UK. She has over 35 years’ experience working in industry and academia in India, UK and Norway. She has worked on multidisciplinary projects ranging from topics of energy and water in a variety of industries as such buildings, aerospace, automotive, water engineering. Rajnish has been on a number of expert panels and advisory board. At present she is coordinating several national and international projects in the field of sustainable energy, water and waste treatment.

Dr (Colonel) S S Malik
Palavi Trust
Dr (Colonel) S S Malik, is leading the technical team of NGO, Palavi Trust, Pune. since 2013. He has the preferred inter-discipline combination of qualifications and specialized experience of Environmental Sciences, Management, Mech Engg, Academic, Training, Op & Research (DRDO), and Industry. Flexible with strong team-working skills, in areas such as research in disposal of hazardous waste, resource planning, recruitment with excellent organizational skills gained through all-round field admin experience including national media.
Served as VP(Head Ops and Senior GM) in a leading automobile industry, Pune, India. Dr Malik has received a number of honours and awards both from national and international levels--DRDO, MOD, Govt Of India acknowledged the achievement of his research.• Awarded Prestigious ‘Bajaj Auto Ltd. Total Productive Maintenance Award 2012’ for achieving outstanding results on Quality, Production, Delivery Schedules, Training, Safety, Motivation and Morale in the Indian corporate.
Ph.D. DRDO, Univ. of Pune, M.Tech. (Mech- vehs )Univ. of Pune, B.Tech. (Mech), Punjab Univ, Chandigarh, 1979.

Nga Dang
SINTEF Narvik
She is working as senior researcher at Sintef Narvik. She has been conducting research in the field of environmental and applied microbiology for the last 25 years.
She had PhD in molecular microbiology from Stuttgart University in 2004. Her research interests are biotransformation of pollutants, water quality, and cold adapted microorganisms.

Dr. György Schneider
University of Pécs
Associate Professor at the University of Pécs, with expertise on the field of microbiology and interdsiciplinar projects related to this field. Knowledge in classical microbiological and molecular biological methods, DNA sequencing, bacteriophage biology, gene expression, bacterial fermentation, animal experiments, biosensoric applications and antimicrobial compound screenings. His major task in frame of the SPRING project is the developement and pilot application of Microbial Fuel Cell based sensors in the early warning system.

Dr Saniya Ansari
Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Engineering
She has acquired BE & ME From DR. BAMU, Aurangabad in 2003/2005 and her PhD in 2017 from Karpagam Deemed University, Coimbatore.
She is working as an Associate Professor, in Electronics and Telecommunication department, with 20 Years of Experience and handled the various administrative responsibilities like Head of the Department, PG Coordinator.
Her areas of expertise are Image Processing, AI & ML, Robotics, and automation.
Dr Saniya Ansari is working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics & Tele-Communication Engineering of D Y Patil School Of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Prof Sanjukta Patra
IIT Guwahati
Dr. Sanjukta Patra is serving as Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering and Head, School of Agro and Rural Technology, IIT Guwahati. Prof. Patra has been engaged in R&D activities in the area of Enzyme and Microbial Technology with a major focus on enzymatic and microbial application in different spectrums of Metagenomics, Industrial Microbiology, Extremophiles, Environmental Biotechnology, Disease Therapeutics and diagnosis as well as Agricultural Waste Valorisation.