Mr Vishwas Kale is a renowned technocrat in the wastewater treatment field. He has over 40 years of experience in design and execution of water and wastewater treatment plant projects. A member of Water Environment Federation (WEF), USA/Air & Waste Management Association, USA, Life Fellow of Indian Water Works association (India) and Past President of Indian Environmental Association (2001-2003), Mr Kale provides consultancy to Water, Sewage and Industrial waste all over India and North Africa. He has authored numerous papers in journals and conferences. Mr Vishwas Kale is Chairman and Managing Director of Klean Environmental Consultants Pvt. Ltd. 

Mr Sajid Hussain has over 28 years in Industrial wastewater engineering. He played a key role in the revival of the Tirupur dyeing cluster, through the development and implementation of the unique ‘brine reuse technology’ for achieving Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) norms for the Textile Dyeing effluents, also winning of several international awards from GWI-UK, WateReuse Association, USA etc. He has also developed ZLD technology for Pulp & paper and Leather Tanneries. He has also been consultant to many national and international agencies like UNIDO, ECO-FEI Egypt, IFC World Bank etc. 

Chekitha Hombali C is a Chemical Engineer with combined 25 years of experience in of Remote monitoring software and IOT product development. Process Design, Technical Sales & Marketing, Energy Audits and Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT). Worked extensively in water and waste water treatment plants catering to array of Industries like Breweries, Distilleries, Sugar, Leather, Textile, Pharma & Automobile. Currently involved in development.

Mr Yogen Parikh during his illustrious career has held many important positions including as First Director for US AEP project of US Government. He retired as Associate Director – Environmental Engineering from Jacobs Engineering India Pvt. Limited. He has a Chemical Engineering Degree from USA. Mr Parikh, a President of Indian Environmental Association, Past Chairman of Environment, Health and Safety Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry and member of many professional organizations. He has more than 40 years’ experience in all areas of Environmental Engineering including Environmental Impact Assessments, Water & Wastewater Treatment, Solid Waste Management, Water Distribution & Sewage Collection Networks, Sewage Treatment, Hazardous Waste Management, Risk Assessments, Environmental Audits, etc. With his vast experience in design and engineering of Effluent Treatment Plants, Environmental Impact Assessment Studies as well as Environmental Audits & Due Diligence, he is considered as one of the leaders in environmental consultancy. He has successfully conducted 50 training programs and trained more than 500+ people across the world.

Dr S Prabhakar is visiting professor in Department of Chemical Engineering at SRM Institute of Science and Technology. He also provides consultancy services to various industries. His research interests are in membrane development, membrane applications for wastewater treatment, chemical separations using membranes, desalination and mathematical modelling. Dr Prabhakar’s work includes setting up of membrane laboratory, Studies on developing capillary RO/NF membranes and studies on membrane contactors for solvent extraction. He has also provided consultancy services to various desalination and RO plants in various parts of India. He is the Chairman of Indian Desalination Association (south zone) and also a member of various associations. 

Mr Prakash Muthuswamy has over three decades of India and International experience in Instrumentation, Automation Systems, Project and Construction Management (EPC and DBO projects) including supervision of consultants and contractors, in terms of safety, technical and financial aspects. Experienced in Water & Wastewater, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, and Power Sectors, particularly on state-of-the art RO Desalination Plants for potable water and MBR Plants for wastewater treatment. He is a specialist in developing strategies for sustainable energy efficient Asset Management in the water industry. Mr Muthuswamy is experienced in Master Planning & Development of systems such as Smart Utilities, SCADA & CMMS to meet the business process needs. Testing and commissioning management for Process Plants, Pump Stations and Buildings infrastructure and identification of potential improvement areas. Experienced in preparing Performance Based Contracts (PBC) managed using Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Asset Management. He also has experience in infrastructure construction contracts management.