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Dr. Shweta Singh

Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU)
Phone No(s): 0542-7165286
Email: shweta.civ@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Drinking water treatment processes, Domestic and industrial wastewater treatment, Heavy metal removal techniques, Resource recovery and water reuse, Microbial fuel cell technology, and Nature-based solutions – passive treatment processes.
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Dr. Shweta Singh is presently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT (BHU) Varanasi. She holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from IIT Guwahati, where her research focused on holistic treatment approach for the bioremediation of acid mine drainage (AMD) from North Eastern coalfield (NEC), Assam using different configurations of constructed wetlands (CWs). Prior to joining IIT (BHU), Dr. Singh worked as a Research Associate at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University (WSU), Detroit, USA. In this position, she worked on a Pilot Scale Drinking Water Project, which was a collaborative effort of Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) & WSU, focusing on the calibration and validation of the pilot plant as a predictive model of full-scale plant behavior. 

Her research interests include water and wastewater treatment, heavy metal removal, bioreactors, resource recovery, and decentralized treatment systems such as constructed wetlands. In her research domain, she have published several peer-reviewed articles in reputed journals. Dr. Singh is particularly passionate about exploring potential sustainable solutions for water/wastewater management.

Media Outreach of the PhD work at IIT Guwahati. In Picture: Prof. Saswati Chakraborty (left) and Dr. Shweta Singh (right).
WSU Pilot Plant Team at Water Works Park, Detroit on 22.03.2023.
  • Ph.D. (2022) Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam.
  • M.Tech (2016) Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering), National Institute of Technology Agartala, Tripura.
  • B. Tech (2014) Civil Engineering, Govt. Engineering College Thrissur (University of Calicut), Kerala.
  1. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, IN. (Jun 2025 – Present).
  2. Research Associate, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. (Feb 2023 – Dec 2024).

International Refereed Journal Articles

  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2023. Application of alternative organic wetland media for acid mine drainage treatment: Insights on reformations of microbial community structure. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11, 111399.
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2022. Impact of seasonal variation on the treatment response of constructed wetlands receiving acid mine drainage in a subtropical region. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 49, 103182.
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2022. Biochemical treatment of coal mine drainage in constructed wetlands: Influence of electron donor, biotic–abiotic pathways and microbial diversity. Chemical Engineering Journal, 440, 135986.
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2021. Zinc removal from highly acidic and sulfate-rich wastewater in horizontal sub-surface constructed wetland. Water Science & Technology, 84 (10–11): 3403–3414.
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2021. Bioremediation of acid mine drainage in constructed wetlands: Aspect of vegetation (Typha latifolia), loading rate and metal recovery. Minerals Engineering, 171, 107083.
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2020. Performance of organic substrate amended constructed wetland treating acid mine drainage (AMD) of North-Eastern India. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 397, 122719.

Book Chapters

  • Benny, C. K., Singh, S. 2023. Textile wastewater treatment: Possible approaches with an emphasis on constructed wetlands. In Recent Trends in Constructed Wetlands for Industrial Wastewater Treatment. Springer, Singapore.
  • Singh, S., Benny, C. K., Chakraborty, S. 2022. An overview on the application of constructed wetlands for the treatment of metallic wastewater. In Biodegradation and Detoxification of Micropollutants in Industrial Wastewater. Elsevier.
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2022. Yeast waste utilisation for the treatment of acidic metallic wastewater. In Environmental Degradation: Monitoring, Assessment and Treatment Technologies. Springer International Publishing.
  • Singh, S., Ray, S. 2022. Electricity production in bioelectrochemical devices: Impact of separator materials. In Energy and Exergy for Sustainable and Clean Environment. Springer, Singapore.
  • Das, D., Singh, S., Ray S. 2017. A study on utilization of latex processing effluent for treatment and energy recovery in microbial fuel cell. In Materials, Energy and Environment Engineering. Springer, Singapore.

Conference Presentations

  • Singh, S., Tolofari, D., Miller, C., Wager, Y., Norton, J. 2024. University/Utility Collaboration for Advances in Great Lakes Drinking Water Research. 67th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, May 20–24, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, Windsor, Canada. (Poster)
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2020. Zinc removal from highly acidic wastewater in horizontal sub-surface constructed wetland. 2nd International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment and Energy, March 05–07, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Orissa, India. (Poster)
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2020. Batch study for the removal of heavy metals from acid mine drainage using yeast waste. 3rd International Conference on Waste Management, February 13–14, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. (Oral)
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2019. Screening of substrates for the removal of heavy metals from acid mine drainage (AMD). International Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development, September 13–15, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana, India. (Oral)
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2019. A study on the applicability of alum sludge for the treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD). Research Conclave’19, March 14–17, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. (Poster)
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2018. An Assessment on the characteristics of acid mine drainage in Northeastern parts of India. 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges, December 18–21, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. (Oral)
  • Singh, S., Chakraborty, S. 2018. A perspective on constructed wetlands: passive energy system for wastewater treatment. 2nd International Conference on Waste Management, February 22–24, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. (Poster)
  • Singh, S., Ray, S. 2016. Evaluation and characterization of clay separator for energy recovery in low-cost microbial fuel cell. National Level Conference on Engineering Problems and Application of Mathematics, June 11–12, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Tripura, India. (Best oral presentation award)

Memberships

  • Affiliated Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
  • Member of American Chemical Society (ACS Community Associate).

Peer Reviewed Journals of International Repute

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters