Mona Iyer
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Mona Iyer

Professor
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About Mona Iyer

Mona has over 18 years of experience in research, training and consultancy in water, sanitation and waste management sectors with focus on policy initiatives and project development mainly in Asia and the Pacific. She has been recipient of prestigious British Chevening Fellowship for Environment Management, UK and Netherland Fellowship Programme (for solid waste management) at UNESCO-IHE
Mona has over 20 years of experience in research, training and consultancy in water, sanitation and waste management sectors with focus on policy initiatives and project development mainly in Asia and the Pacific. She has been recipient of prestigious British Chevening Fellowship for Environment Management, UK and Netherland Fellowship Programme (for solid waste management) at UNESCO-IHE,
  • Urban water
  • sanitation and solid waste management
  • Infrastructure development and project finance

Journal Article

  1. Bhakta, A., Mansuri, A., Jaiswal, J., and Iyer, M. (2024) The need of the hour: providing water in shared toilet facilities for menstrual hygiene management in urban India. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 14 (2): 113 – 121 Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Book Chapter

  1. The Routledge Handbook of Field Research Edited By Daniel Hammett, Naomi Holmes Book Chapter THINKING ABOUT METHODS IN PRACTICE Participatory and immersive approaches through ​‘slow’ fieldwork Amita Bhakta and Mona Iyer Routledge

Others

  1. Editor Case studies Global Waste Management Outlook by UNEP IETC-ISWA
  2. Chapter author for sections on waste management and sanitation in Chapters on Urban Environment and Industrial Environment State of Environment Report
  3. Critical Analysis of NELP in the context of Oil and Natural Gas Sector of India
  4. Informal Sector Waste Recyclers in Municipal Waste: Prospects and Challenges – Case of Ahmedabad, India 
  5. Integrated e‑waste management in India‑A case of Gujarat 
  6. Opportunities and Challenges for Power Exchanges in India: The Case of Gujarat
  7. Role of Contracts in Solid Waste Management Service Delivery: Case of Pune City, Maharashtra
  8. SWM practices in three Pacific developing member countries
  9. Performance Assessment of Solid Waste Management– A Case of Ahmedabad City

Conference

  1. Reimagining Public Spaces: Child-Friendly WASH as a Catalyst for Women’s Participation and Inclusive Place-Making ICSSR SPONSORED NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Reimagining Spatial Planning from Women’s Perspective
  2. Keynote address on ​‘Waste management in Small Island Nations’ National Seminar on Economic Development across sectors-Understanding Development Discourses, M K Bhavnagar University

Journal

  1. Lecture on ​‘Current Practices of City Sanitation Plans and Energy Techniques’, SPA Vijayawada
  2. lecture on ​‘Solid waste Management in Metro Cities’ for Students of Urban Renewal Mission Internship
  3. Invited video lecture for online solid waste management course, offered by UNESCO-IHE Invited video lecture for online solid waste management course, offered by UNESCO-IHE
  4. Keynote address on ​‘Groundwater Resource and Management: Review with Special Reference to India and Gujarat’ National Seminar on Economic Development across sectors-Discourses on Theories, Policies and Issues, M K Bhavnagar University
  5. Keynote address on ​‘Urban Wastewater Reuse: Global Experiences and Assessment Framework for India’ National Seminar on Economic Development across sectors-Discourses on New Areas of Research, M K Bhavnagar University
  6. Lecture on ​‘Planning and managing Urban water and Sanitation’, Professional Development Programme/​Urban Regulations and Bye-laws
  7. Member of Editorial team meeting on the ​‘Global Waste Management Outlook’‘
  8. Presentation on ​‘Urban wastewater reuse:Global experiences andPotential for Gujarat’. India Water Expo
  9. Presentation on ​‘Waste management in Island Nations’, UKNA Roundtable, Ahmedabad
  10. Invited Expert lecture for the in-house course on Solid Waste management
  11. Invited participant for First consultation on the ​‘Global Waste Management Outlook’
  12. Lecture on ​‘Water and Sanitation with focus on Research in Economics’, Department of Economics, GU
  13. Panel discussion in National Seminar on Ecology, Communication and Youth: An Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme (ICZMP) initiative- Road map for Gujarat and for other regions, MICA
  14. Expert member for brainstorming session on communication dissemination plan under Integrated Coastal Zone Management Programme, MICA
  15. Facilitation of session on Financial Arrangements for Solid Waste Management in the Pacific Regional Consultation Workshop Nadi, Fiji
  16. Lecture on ​‘Various opportunities available in environmental field and various teaching methodologies’ for Higher Secondary Teachers Training Programme, CEE

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