Our Collaborators
With the mission to create social awareness about clean drinking water and sanitation and to benefit the marginalized and the needy, the Water Quality Centre of Excellence was established on 14th June, 2018 in collaboration with Wilo Foundation, Germany.
The Centre is well equipped with sophisticated instruments to measure the physical, chemical, and biological parameters of water. Established with a grant from Wilo Foundation Germany, the Centre has been at the forefront of research in water treatment and purification which will catalyse transformation in the domain of water and sanitation.
To become a premier hub for water experts and enthusiasts for carrying out innovative research and bring into practice for fulfilling SDGs.
● To promote transformational research in water treatment, purification and create the much needed social awareness about clean drinking water.
● To develop innovative solutions for water-related aspects
● To have collaborative research with industries for bringing innovative, affordable and scalable solutions to the grassroots level.
● To make people water sensitive.
● Awareness and sensitization
● Policy and advocacy
● Innovative technology development, adaptation and proliferation
● Facilitation in terms of assistance in water quality measurement
● Socialization of best practices and innovations
● Collaboration and networking towards SDG 6
Avenues for collaboration
Excellence constituted a students chapter for Water and Health Wellbeing on 24th October 2018 and students were made aware of water related global and local issues.... Orientation program consisted of introduction to objectives of the centre and its functioning. It concluded with introduction to usage of water ATM to all students.
Wilo – VU Water Quality Centre of Excellence representatives Prof. Dr. Dhananjay Bhatkhande, Dr. Shraddha Khamparia, Ms. Priya Nakade, Prof. Sandip Kulkarni visited IFAT Indias Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Solid Waste and Recycling on 16th October 2018. ... held at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregoan, Mumbai, India. Hon. Dr. Siddharth Jabade, Vice Chancellor, Vishwakarma University, who officiated as a Chief Guest for the competition section at this leading industry conclave. Another reason to celebrate was the press conference announcement by WILO, the leaders in Pump Technology, which said that the Water ATM has now been installed on the VU campus. Its indeed a proud moment for VU and industry representatives are cordially invited to visit the Water ATM at its campus. This was a motivating experience and exposure to our team.
On 26th January 2019 students under the guidance of Wilo – VU Water Quality Centre of Excellence organized a Kite Display with Environmental messages.Water Quality Centre of excellence has guided the students for the above activity ...
On the occasion of World Water Day, 22nd March 2019, Vishwakarma University organized an intercollegiate role-play competition “Partum I ORBIS” for students under the aegis of the Water Quality Centre of Excellence of VU in association ... with WILO Mather and Platt India that brought the bright minds together to find sustainable solutions for water conservation in cities. The idea was conceived with the thought that ‘Intelligent Brains leads to Smart Solutions leading to Smart cities,’ the focus of the competition was to make youth realize the essential requirements for a sustainable, environment-friendly livelihood with a special focus on water as one of the most critical and imperative elements in sustainability. The best part of the event was that the students came up with solutions rather than mere project presentations!
Nine Engineering students studying in 4th year from three renowned institutes of Gujarat, i.e., Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, ... Adani Institute of Infrastructure Engineering Ahmedabad and Aditya Silver Oak institute of technology, Ahmedabad visited Water Quality Centre of Excellence at Vishwakarma University on 6th of June 2019 for the education tour. First half they gained knowledge about the Wilo Company followed by a visit to WQCE at VU. Brainstorming group discussion on various aspects of environmental issues were discussed with special mention to Water Scarcity and its possible solutions. Students shared and explained about their ongoing projects related to waste water treatment, civil solution for segregation of kitchen waste, municipal solid waste, green building concepts. Suggestion and guidance was given to them on various issues by Dr. Shraddha Khamparia, Deputy Director of WQCE. Students visited the Water Quality Centre and learned about the sophisticated instruments in the state of the art Water Quality Centre of Excellence. Education visited concluded with an activity (hanging of bird feeders on trees on VU campus) arranged on the eve of World’s Environment Day, where all the students agreed that innovative steps needs to be taken for conserving nature.
A field visit was planned for faculty, students, research scholars and M.Tech students to Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant on 11th Feb 2019. ...
A round table discussion was arranged on Reverse Osmosis Water (RO) treatment process and ... products which was organized by the Institution of Engineers (India) Pune. (Local centre Pimpri-Chinchwad) on 13th June 2019. (Deputy Director of Wilo- VU Water Quality Centre of Excellence, Dr. Shraddha Khamparia was invited as the expert speaker)
Wilo – VU Water Quality Centre of Excellence at Vishwakarma University in association with Wilo India, and Department of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene organized the annual event on the occasion of World’s water day. Graceful presence of dignitaries, ...Prof. Dr. Thammarat Koottatep, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and Ms. Sarika Saluja, General Manager, World Toilet Organization, Singapore. Theme of the event is “Swajal” symbolizing ownership of this natural resource. It talks about realization of taking ownership of Water. Different competitions have been organized such as Ideathon, Quiz and Rapid Fire, Poster Making were organized. A special category titled " Boond Boond Se Sagar" gives a platform to set examples before the people who finds difficult to conserve Water at their individual levels. Mr. Umesh Kulkarni, WILO Mather and Platt Pumps Pvt. Ltd. Pune, India shared his experience with our faculty, students and participants. World Water Day 2021 organized by Wilo-VU Water Quality Centre of Excellence and Depart of WASH, at Vishwakarma University exhibited participation from different institutes and universities from Maharashtra and also from Tunisia North Africa, Institutes like MIT WPU, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Law College Aurangabad and Government Polytechnic Aurangabad and so on. Around 100 students participated in different competitions like Ideathon, poster and Quiz and the special entry “BoondBoond se Sagar”.
Vishwakarma University participated in the Water and Development Congress and Exhibition (WDCE) and GSGS workshop organized by International Water Association (IWA). ... in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 1st to 5th Dec 2019. Global Sanitation Graduate School (GSGS), IHE Delft, Netherland invited Vishwakarma University to the GSGS Summit 2019 and IWA, WDCE 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Three Delegates (Prof. Dr. Siddharth Jabade, Prof. Dr. Dhananjay Bhatkhande and Dr. Shraddha Khamparia) from Vishwakarma University participated in the GSGS summit and IWA WDCE. The program was supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), IWA, Ministry of Foreign affairs of Netherland, and Organization of American States. 97 delegates were invited from around 53 universities from 27 countries across the world by IHE Delft Netherlands in association with IWA and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Professor D. S. Bhatkhande took a session on “ Water Treatment Technologies “ in TECHQUP -3 Refreshers Course in Chemical Engineering and Technology organized by DBATU and PVPIT Budhgaon Sangali on 21st June 2019. ...
Professor D. S. Bhatkhande delivered talk on “ Water Testing Parameters and Water Testing Laboratory “ in STTP on Integrated Approach Towards Water Processing and Management organized by Dept. of Petrochemical Engg DBATU Lonere on 16th Oct 2019 ....
On 7th and 8th November, 2019, Prof. Thammarat Koottatep, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand conducted a 2-days workshop on Global Sanitation Graduate School Programmes for the faculty in Vishwakarma University, Pune.
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Research Conclave on Budding Research Areas
presided by Prof. V. G. Pangarkar on 19th February 2020
a) A.Current research areas
c) Consultancy Projects
b) Research projects with funding or without funding
d) Student projects
Performance Evaluation of Reverse Osmosis Technology for the Retention and Rejection of Cations. Journal of Water Pollution & Purification Research. 2020; 7(2): 17–26p
Director, Wilo – VU Water Quality Centre of Excellence
dhananjay.bhatkhande@vupune.ac.in
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