Qualification:
M.Sc. (Microbiology), Ph.D. (Microbiology) (thesis submitted on Mar-2022)

Year of joining:
2022

Area of work/expertise and key responsibilities:

1. Networking with industries, academia, government & regulatory bodies by establishing collaborations & partnerships
2. Internal and external funded/collaborative projects planning and application
3. Conducting workshops/courses in the area of WASH and Risk Assessment,
4. Planning internships for students for short term R&D projects
5. Budget/financials planning for R&D including revenues and expenses

Area of interest:

1. Water quality, Hygiene and Public health & epidemiology
2. Water Hygiene & Sanitation (WASH)
3. Risk assessment
4. Pathogen surveillance/monitoring,
5. Behavioural studies related to WASH

Any publication-article/paper:

1. Wani, H., Smeets, P., & Shrivastava, S. (2022). Evaluation of WASH indicators associated with diarrhoeal disease among under-five children in an urban slum pocket, Mumbai city, India: a community-based repeated cross-sectional study. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 12(4), 359-374.