Dr. Sudipti Arora Email & Phone Number

Dr. Sudipti Arora is an accomplished Environmental Research Scientist and Assistant Director at Dr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology in Jaipur. With specialization in waste management, specifically solid and liquid waste treatment, she holds a patent on nature based wastewater treatment solution by Vermifiltration technology. She is also the founder of "Prakrit: a Centre of excellence in Environmental Biotechnology" and serves as the Director of the company, Prakrit Sustainable Integrated Foundation. The organization's mission is to provide transformative education and innovative solutions to drive the planet towards sustainability by solving problems related to the environment, including water, wastewater, health and hygiene, solid waste management, energy, climate change, soil and land use, health and well-being in support SDGs. Dr. Arora earned her Ph.D. from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, and her master's degree in environmental engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur.She is a member of the International Water Association and has been involved in WASH projects since 2010. Her recent projects in SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology research from India with other Indian, UK and Australian International partners through global challenge research funds (GCRF 2020) has highlighted her commitment to the field.Dr. Arora is also involved in an Indo-European project titled "Identifying best available technologies for decentralized wastewater treatment and resource recovery for India (Saraswati 2.0)," funded by DST, GOI. Additionally, she is a part of an integrated technology intervention project, funded by DST, GOI, on "Transforming Aandhi village in Rajasthan towards a zero-waste model through green technology interventions."She has recently being recognized as “IWA Grundfos young water professional” as only one from India and as a delegate to attend UN Water Conference 2023, representing India at United Nations International platform.Dr. Arora has authored and co-authored more than 40 important publications including journals and books chapters and edited 4 books with International Publications. She has also guided the research work of 50 UG & PG students, demonstrating her dedication to the advancement of the field. Dr. Arora has been honored with numerous awards, including the "Young water professional award” by Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, Research Excellence Award 2020" by INSc for outstanding research work and the "Green Parrot Award" by Dainik Bhaskar in 2018.