Our Team and Associates
Dr. Uday Kelkar
Dr. Kelkar has more than 35 years of experience in the process design of Water and Wastewater treatment Projects including 22 years in India on various World Bank/ JBIC-JICA/ USAID/USTDA/ADB projects. During these years, Dr. Kelkar has served in various capacities, as Managing Director/ Business Director, Business Development Manager, Program Manager, Project Manager, Process Engineer, and Team Leader on a number of design/engineering projects and/or studies in water and sanitation sector in USA, Middle East, Sri Lanka, South East Asia and India.
Dr. Uday Kelkar
Director
Dr. Kelkar has more than 35 years of experience in the process design of Water and Wastewater treatment Projects including 22 years in India on various World Bank/ JBIC-JICA/ USAID/USTDA/ADB projects. During these years, Dr. Kelkar has served in various capacities, as Managing Director/ Business Director, Business Development Manager, Program Manager, Project Manager, Process Engineer, and Team Leader on a number of design/engineering projects and/or studies in water and sanitation sector in USA, Middle East, Sri Lanka, South East Asia and India.
His expertise includes study, evaluation and design of water and wastewater treatment processes; process chemistry; oxidation (conventional and advanced), disinfection-physical/chemical; advance nutrient removal process (BNR), application of membranes in wastewater (MBR and Tertiary filtration) processes, energy management, Recycle and Reuse of domestic wastewater for non-potable application; Landfill leachate treatment; Master planning; treatment techniques for the minimization, handling, and disposal of water and wastewater treatment plant residuals.
He currently leads Business/Project Development in India and simultaneously serves as senior technical expert on various water and wastewater projects for NJS Consultants. He has worked as Team Leader and Sr. Technical Expert in various projects and studies in India like – Yamuna Action Plan Phase III – New Delhi, Hussain Sagar Lake Improvement and reuse Project – Hyderabad, Cauvery Stage IV Phase II Project- Bangalore, Agra Water Supply Project, Nagpur/MSPGCL wastewater reuse project, V-valley recycle and reuse project for BWSSB, and various SAPROF studies and studies on recycle and reuse technologies of waste water and waste to energy conversion.
Honors and Awards:
Received “Hall of Fame Award 2016” as one of the “50 Most Influential People in the Indian Water & Wastewater Industry 2016” at the EverythingAboutWater, Annual Conference held in Delhi, August 2016.
Received “Environmental Leadership Award” presented by the United States Asia Environmental Partnership Program as part of the USAID-Asia initiative, May 2010. The award recognizes outstanding contribution made by an individual through working in partnership to improve the environment and quality of life for the people of Asia.
Has authored more than 150 papers/publication/presentations combined on various subjects dealing with Advanced Water and Wastewater treatment processes, distribution system water quality, disinfection, sludge management, and recycle and reuse of Wastewater for indirect potable and non-potable applications.
Dr. Yogeshwar Gokhale
“Dr. Gokhale holds a B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, USA. His career in water & wastewater started in 1997, and since then he has gained vast experience in water treatment, wastewater treatment, wastewater recycling and sludge treatment, and water and sewerage networks. Dr. Gokhale worked with numerous industrial and municipal clients in India, Australia and Oman across all project phases. A recognized expert in process design, commissioning and troubleshooting, he has led the process design of many municipal wastewater treatment plants.
Dr. Yogeshwar Gokhale
Director
“Dr. Gokhale holds a B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, USA. His career in water & wastewater started in 1997, and since then he has gained vast experience in water treatment, wastewater treatment, wastewater recycling and sludge treatment, and water and sewerage networks. Dr. Gokhale worked with numerous industrial and municipal clients in India, Australia and Oman across all project phases. A recognized expert in process design, commissioning and troubleshooting, he has led the process design of many municipal wastewater treatment plants.
Some of his notable projects are: Several wastewater treatment plants for Hunter Water in Australia including Membrane Bioreactor Plants for unrestricted urban reuse; Technologist on Sydney Water’s Biosolids Reduction Study; Digester audit under Malabar PARR; Concept to Commissioning for Manikchand’s Oxyrich Packaged Drinking Water Project in India; Concept to Commissioning of Lime Softening of Raw Water from River Ganga for ITC Triveni Tissues near Kolkata; Several water supply projects in the State of Jharkhand in India; Brackish Water Desalination Plant for Gulfar in Oman; Oxygenated Packaged Drinking Water project in Oman; Water Recycling Masterplan for the City of Hyderabad, India; 564 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant in New Delhi under Yamuna Action Plan III; Many sewage treatment plants for Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board and for Pune Municipal Corporation.
At NJS and NJSEI in additional to his management role as Director, he is the Lead Process Expert on various water and wastewater treatment projects across India with a combined capacity of more than 2000 MLD.”
Ajit Savadi
Ajit is post graduate Chartered Civil – Environmental Engineer ( CEng FICE) with more than 28 years of experience in infrastructure and water engineering with a demonstrated history of working in the design industry. He has worked in leadership positions with some of the globally recognized consultancy firms in UK and India
Ajit Savadi
Vice President & Project Management Expert
Ajit is post graduate Chartered Civil – Environmental Engineer ( CEng FICE) with more than 28 years of experience in infrastructure and water engineering with a demonstrated history of working in the design industry. He has worked in leadership positions with some of the globally recognized consultancy firms in UK and India
Nizamuddin Ahmed
Nizam brings over more than 23 years of experience in Instrumentation & SCADA systems. Having executed numerous international projects, has introduced the concept of Centralized SCADA systems, Online project monitoring systems with Online document management systems for the Water & Wastewater industry.
Nizamuddin Ahmed
Assistant Vice President & Lead SCADA & Automation Services
Nizam brings over more than 23 years of experience in Instrumentation & SCADA systems. Having executed numerous international projects, has introduced the concept of Centralized SCADA systems, Online project monitoring systems with Online document management systems for the Water & Wastewater industry.
Mandar Pitpumkar
Mandar has over 30+ years of expertise in feasibility, due diligence and preparation of detailed project in wet utility with project execution, coordination and its management for both municipal and private sector clients in India.
Mandar Pitpumkar
Vice President & Project Management Expert
Mandar has over 30+ years of expertise in feasibility, due diligence and preparation of detailed project in wet utility with project execution, coordination and its management for both municipal and private sector clients in India.
He has gained international exposure while working with MWH International limited. He serves in team lead role on major NJSEI project at eastern India Zone