Faculty

Dipsha Shah

Associate Professor
Institutional Roles: Laboratory Coordinator - FT

Dipsha Shah, by qualification, is an Environmental Engineer and Manager. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Air Quality Monitoring. She has more than decadal experience in the field of teaching and two years of consultancy experience. Her areas of interest are water and wastewater treatment process & design, air pollution monitoring and controlling, infrastructure planning and design such as solid waste management, water distribution, and sewerage network. She is also interested in areas such as house plumbing, fluid mechanics, and smart cities. She has delivered a number of expert lectures in various colleges and universities on plumbing, water, and wastewater treatment and design, urban waters, smart cities: Water and sanitation. She has invited from many universities as external examiners and jury members.

Education

Degree Institution Field Year of Completion
M. E. Gujarat University Environmental Management 2008
B.E. Gujarat University Environmental Engineering 2006

Areas of Expertise

i) Water & Wastewater Engineering & Design

ii) Solid Waste Management

iii) Green Building

iv) Air Quality Monitoring & Air Quality Index

v) Plumbing Design

vi)  Environmental Impact Assessment

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Courses Taught

Sr No. Course Name Semester
1 Environmental Engineering M-2022
2 Plumbing Design Studio M-2022

Research/Design Projects in Areas of Expertise

  • Technical and Heritage Impact Assessment of Metrolink Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA), ambient air quality monitoring and prediction - As a team member
  • Measure PM10 & PM2.5 in various areas of Ahmedabad in December 2013.
  • Cowdung Conversion to Biogas Using Hybrid Modified - Anaerobic Migrating Bioreactor (HM - AMBR) - A Novel Anaerobic Bioreactor (Hydrodynamics & Treatability Studies) in 2008

Research Articles and Book Chapters in Areas of Expertise

  • Shah Dipsha, Varandani N. S. (June 2011). HM-AMBR – A Novel Anaerobic Bioreactor for the Production of Biogas from Cow-dung. Journal of Indian Association for Environmental Management, Volume 38, No. 2, pg. no. 62 – 68.
  • Chauhan Kinjal H., Pandya Minarwa, Shah Dipsha, (May 2015). Determination of Carbon Monoxide Concentration at Selected Area of Ahmedabad City. International Journal for Science and Advanced Research in Technology, Volume 1, Issue 5, ISSN: 2395 - 1052.   
  • Aishwarya Mukund, Dipsha Shah, “Construction & Demolition Waste Management in Ahmedabad”, Paper presented and published in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Solid Waste Management 2015.  
  • Jil Sheth, Kinara Patel, Dipsha Shah,“Solid Waste Management: Case Study of Ahmedabad”, Paper Presented & published in the Symposium on, Management and Procurement of Integrated Waste Management System, 6 – 7 February 2015, Organized by Knowledge Incubation Cell, Centre for Educational Technology, IIT, Guwahati.
  • Antara Mashruwala, Dr. S. S. Rao & Dipsha Shah “Emergence of Integrated Township and its Water Management” Paper published in the Souvenir of National Seminar on Sustainable Urban Development, October 18 – 19, 2014.
  • Jil Sheth & Dipsha Shah, “Solid Waste Management: Optimum Solution”, Paper published in National Seminar on, “Urban Waste Management: Challenges & Emerging Trends” at Venus International College of Technology, Gandhinagar on 28th & 29th July 2015.  
  • Jil Sheth, Kinara Patel & Prof. Dipsha Shah, "Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Ahmedabad", International Journal for Scientific Research and Development, "Habitat Conclave 2016” Paper presentation on “Smart & Sustainable City”, February 2016. 
  • Chauhan Kinjal, Dipsha Shah & Pandya Minarwa, "Measurement of Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Estimation of % COHB at Selected High Traffic Junctions of Ahmedabad City", The IIOAB Journal, Special Issue; Energy, Environment and Engineering, 2016, Vol.7, pg. no. 36 – 41, ISSN: 0976 - 3104.  
  • Dipsha Shah, “Measurement of Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5) Concentration: A Case of Ahmedabad City”, International Journal of General Engineering and Technology (IJGET), Vol. 6, Issue5, Aug – Sep 2017; 25-36, ISSN (P): 2278-9928; ISSN (E): 2278-9936
  • Dipsha Shah, “Review of Air Quality Indexing Methods in India”, paper presented in 22nd Annual cum 6th International Conference of Gwalior Academy of Mathematical Sciences (GAMS) in December 2017

Presented Papers and Invited Lectures in Areas of Expertise

  • Invited and delivered an expert lecture on, “Smart Cities: Water and Sanitation” at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, on 9th January 2019. 
  • Invited and delivered an expert lecture on, “Sustainable Water and Sanitation” in the technical workshop organized under “Vishwakarma Yojana Phase - V” at Gujarat Technological University, on 23rd March 2018
  • Invited and delivered an expert lecture on, “House Plumbing” at LDCE on 14th September 2017
  • Delivered an expert lecture on, “Sanitary and Plumbing works including green aspects” in a National Institute of Technical Teachers Training program titled "Advances in Building Services" on 22nd June 2017
  • Delivered an expert lecture on the topic, “House Plumbing” on 11th August 2015 at L.D. College of Engineering.
  • Delivered expert lectures on “Plumbing” for the subject of Building Construct Technology in L. J. School of Architecture in the year 2015.
  • Delivered expert lecture sessions on, “Environmental Engineering” on 3rd April 2015 at Indus Institute of Technology & Engineering, Indus University.
  • Delivered an expert lecture on the topic, “House Plumbing” on 26th February 2015 at L.D. College of Engineering.
  • Delivered expert lectures for the subject of Building Construct Technology in L. J. School of Architecture in the year 2014.
  • Invited as an external expert Professor to review Post Graduate Students at the research week organized by Gujarat Technological University on 29th March 2014 and 31st March 2014.

Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships, Grant-in Aids

  • Participated in National Level Competition, LAA TEQNIX 2006 in L. D. College of Engineering, and got first prize in Ushma Parivartak.
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