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Dr. Sandeep Singh Shekhawat
Assistant Professor
Mechanical-Mechatronics Engineering
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7273-5597
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=sand
Sandeep Singh Shekhawat
sandeep.shekhawat@lnmiit.ac.in
Date of joining:
20-02-2023
Department:
Mechanical-Mechatronics Engineering
Summary
Dr. Sandeep Singh Shekhawat is a faculty member at the MME Department, LNMIIT, Jaipur. He received a Ph.D. degree from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India in 2021.
Biography
Dr. Sandeep Singh Shekhawat is an Assistant Professor in the department of MME and HSS. He has done Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering (Department of Civil Engineering) from Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur in 2021. He has completed his Master of Science in Biotechnology from the University of Rajasthan and Master of Technology (Disaster Assessment and Mitigation) from MNIT Jaipur. He has also cleared the national level examination of GATE, CSIR-NET, ICAR-NET. His research interests are microbial ecology and wastewater treatment technology. He specifically explored the research on the Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria in water and wastewaters including Chlorine tolerant and UV resistant- bacteria, bacterial regrowth post disinfection, Disinfection byproducts (DBPs), antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in treated wastewater and their impacts on the irrigated soils. He has experienced as a senior research fellow in Indo-EU DST project “Identifying best available technologies for decentralized wastewater treatment and resource recovery for India” (Saraswati 2.0) at Centre for Environment and Energy, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India (Feb 2021 – March 2022). He has worked as an assistant professor at Jaipur National University, Jaipur for 3 years. He has authored 8 international research articles SCI/Scopus indexed, 1 book chapter, 1 national and 1 magazine articles. He is also a reviewer of some reputed journals. He has attended 10 conferences and workshops (national and international). He got first position in Flash Talk in International conference- BSAEH-2021. He has conducted two summer workshops and has delivered 1 guest lecture. Dr. Shekhawat is currently working on the development of a hybrid disinfection strategy for limiting microbial contamination from treated wastewater.
Research Area
Microbial Ecology, Water disinfection, Antimicrobial resistance, Wastewater Treatment, Water reuse policy
Personal information
Education
| Degree/Diploma | Institute/ Organization | Year | Branch/Specialization | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ph. D. Doctor of Philosophy | Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur | 2021 | Environmental Engineering |
| 2 | M. Tech. Master of Technology | Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur | 2013 | Disaster Assessment & Mitigation (Civil Engineering) |
| 3 | M.Sc. Master of Science | University of Rajasthan Jaipur | 2008 | Biotechnology |
| 4 | B.Sc. Bachelor of Science | University of Rajasthan Jaipur | 2006 | Biotechnology |
Experience
| Name of Organization | Post/Designation | Duration From | Duration To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MNIT Jaipur | Senior Research Fellow | 2021 | 2022 |
Publications
| 1 | Shekhawat, S.S., Saini, P., Upadhyay, A., Pareek, N., Arora, S., Gupta, A. B., Vivekanand, V., Treatment of sewage from a clinical laboratory using Biokube units and risk reduction for its reuse for irrigation using hybrid disinfection approach, Journal of Environmental Management (JEMA) , October 2023 |
| 2 | Sandeep Singh Shekhawat, Niha Mohan Kulshreshtha , Pankaj Saini , Aparna Upadhyay, Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta, Helga Jenifer M, Vikram Subramanian c, Ankita Kumari , Nidhi Pareek, Vivekanand Vivekanand, Antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial diversity: A comparative molecular study of treated sewage from different origins and their impact on irrigated soils, Antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial diversity: A comparative molecular study of treated sewage from different origins and their impact on irrigated soils., August 2022 |
| 3 | Vinayak Gupta; Sandeep Singh Shekhawat; Niha Mohan Kulshreshtha; Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta, A systematic review on chlorine tolerance among bacteria and standardization of their assessment protocol in wastewater, A systematic review on chlorine tolerance among bacteria and standardization of their assessment protocol in wastewater JULY 2022 , July 2022 |
| 4 | Sandeep Singh Shekhawat, Niha Mohan Kulshreshtha, Vivekanand Vivekanand, Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta, Impact of combined chlorine and UV technology on the bacterial diversity, antibiotic resistance genes and disinfection by-products in treated sewage NOV 2021, Impact of combined chlorine and UV technology on the bacterial diversity, antibiotic resistance genes and disinfection by-products in treated sewage NOV 2021 , November 2021 |
Expert lectures
| Month | Year | Information | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July | 2014 | Delivered an invited Lecture on “Molecular Biology Techniques” for Masters of Botany students at ALANKAR MAHILA P.G. MAHAVIDYALAYA, Sirsi Road, Jaipur (2014). 2014 |
Workshop attended
| Type | Month | Year | Information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conference - National | December | 2021 | Sandeep Singh Shekhawat, Niha Mohan Kulshreshtha, Vivekanand Vivekanand, Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta- Antimicrobial resistance, potential pathogens and microbial diversity: a comparative molecular study of sewage from different origin in the International Conference on Biotechnology for Resource Efficiency, Energy, Environment, Chemicals and Health (BREEECH-2021), jointly organized by CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun and The Biotech Research Society, India at Dehradun, India durin |
| 2 | Conference - National | April | 2021 | S. S. Shekhawat, A. B. Gupta, N. M. Kulshreshtha, V. Vivekanand ?Effect of combined chlorine and UV disinfection on bacterial diversity, antibiotic resistance genes and disinfection by-products in treated sewage. International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health (BSAEH-2021) jointly organized by Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur and the Biotech Research Society, India at Jaipur, India during April 04-08, 2021 (Awarded Best flash talk |
| 3 | Short Term Course | October | 2021 | Ph.D. short term course (online)- “Industrial Biotechnology for Lignocellulose Based Processes” conducted by Chalmers University, Sweden (2021) |
| 4 | Conference - National | January | 2019 | Sandeep S. Shekhawat, A. B. Gupta “Cellular aggregation and loss of motility in response to chlorination as a defence strategy in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated from secondary treated wastewater” International Conference on Emerging Contaminants in Water and Environment (ECWE) 2019 sponsored by DST Science & SERB at PSG IAS, Coimbatore January 22-23. |
| 5 | Conference - National | March | 2018 | Sandeep. S. Shekhawat, Saurabh Singh, Niha Mohan Kulshreshtha, A. B. Gupta “Competitive assay of multidrug resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia with Escherichia coli”. “International conference on role of microbes in Industrial revolution”, Jaipur National University, Jaipur. 28-29 March, 2018 (Poster) |
| 6 | Short Term Course | June | 2018 | Two-week GIAN course on “Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment” conducted by IIT Delhi, India |
| 7 | Training | April | 2017 | Attended five-day training program on “Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM) organized by Material Research Centre, MNIT Jaipur (2017). |
Workshop conducted
| Type | Month | Year | Information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Training | June | 2022 | One month summer training programme (2022) for UG students in Environmental Biotechnology “Isolation and characterization of disinfectant resistant bacteria from treated wastewater” at JNU Jaipur. |
| 2 | Training | June | 2015 | One month summer training programme (2015) on “Molecular biology techniques” at Jaipur National University, Jaipur. |