Posted on 18/09/202518/09/2025 by Indian Scientist Mr. Vivek Nair | Circular Economy | Excellence in Applied Research Award IIT Delhi | India Dr. Vivek Kumar Nair is an environmental biotechnology researcher based at IIT Delhi, whose work has garnered close to 100 citations with an h-index around 10 (based on ~97 citations). With advanced degrees in botany and environmental biotechnology, he has conducted innovative research in tertiary treatment of textile wastewater using oxygenic photogranules, recovery of phycocyanin pigments, and field-scale phytoremediation of chromium-contaminated sites. He has designed and optimized experimental systems combining bioreactors, constructed wetlands, microbial seeding, and analytical tools to evaluate pollutant fate, toxicity, remediation, and sustainable dye applications. His interdisciplinary scholarship is supported by strong computational skills using R, ANN, GA, SVM, SPSS, Origin, and metagenomic analyses. He has received multiple national and international awards and fellowships: a research communication award at IIT Delhi, fully-funded scholar travel and poster awards, Young Rural Innovator and AWSAR Doctoral awards, and selection to global research schools. He actively presents at international conferences and has leadership roles in coordinating circular economy symposiums and workshops. His research interests span soil and groundwater pollution, fate and remediation of dyes and heavy metals, microbiome-mediated bioremediation, and sustainable biotechnology for textile and contaminated site management. His work bridges laboratory innovation with field deployment, underscoring a commitment to scalable environmental solutions. Profiles : Scopus | Orcid | Google Scholar Featured Publications “Phycocyanin from oxygenic photogranules: A feasible ecofriendly dye for cotton and silk fibers” “Hybrid electrocoagulation and laccase mediated treatment for efficient decolorization of effluent generated from textile industries” “Phycoremediation of Synthetic Dyes Laden Textile Wastewater and Recovery of Bio-Based Pigments from Residual Biomass: An Approach towards Sustainable Wastewater Management” “Carbon Storage and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration by Urban Tree Cover: Case Study From Varanasi, India” Vivek Nair | Circular Economy | Excellence in Applied Research Award
Dr. Vivek Kumar Nair is an environmental biotechnology researcher based at IIT Delhi, whose work has garnered close to 100 citations with an h-index around 10 (based on ~97 citations). With advanced degrees in botany and environmental biotechnology, he has conducted innovative research in tertiary treatment of textile wastewater using oxygenic photogranules, recovery of phycocyanin pigments, and field-scale phytoremediation of chromium-contaminated sites. He has designed and optimized experimental systems combining bioreactors, constructed wetlands, microbial seeding, and analytical tools to evaluate pollutant fate, toxicity, remediation, and sustainable dye applications. His interdisciplinary scholarship is supported by strong computational skills using R, ANN, GA, SVM, SPSS, Origin, and metagenomic analyses. He has received multiple national and international awards and fellowships: a research communication award at IIT Delhi, fully-funded scholar travel and poster awards, Young Rural Innovator and AWSAR Doctoral awards, and selection to global research schools. He actively presents at international conferences and has leadership roles in coordinating circular economy symposiums and workshops. His research interests span soil and groundwater pollution, fate and remediation of dyes and heavy metals, microbiome-mediated bioremediation, and sustainable biotechnology for textile and contaminated site management. His work bridges laboratory innovation with field deployment, underscoring a commitment to scalable environmental solutions.
Dr. Vivek Kumar Nair is an environmental biotechnology researcher based at IIT Delhi, whose work has garnered close to 100 citations with an h-index around 10 (based on ~97 citations). With advanced degrees in botany and environmental biotechnology, he has conducted innovative research in tertiary treatment of textile wastewater using oxygenic photogranules, recovery of phycocyanin pigments, and field-scale phytoremediation of chromium-contaminated sites. He has designed and optimized experimental systems combining bioreactors, constructed wetlands, microbial seeding, and analytical tools to evaluate pollutant fate, toxicity, remediation, and sustainable dye applications. His interdisciplinary scholarship is supported by strong computational skills using R, ANN, GA, SVM, SPSS, Origin, and metagenomic analyses. He has received multiple national and international awards and fellowships: a research communication award at IIT Delhi, fully-funded scholar travel and poster awards, Young Rural Innovator and AWSAR Doctoral awards, and selection to global research schools. He actively presents at international conferences and has leadership roles in coordinating circular economy symposiums and workshops. His research interests span soil and groundwater pollution, fate and remediation of dyes and heavy metals, microbiome-mediated bioremediation, and sustainable biotechnology for textile and contaminated site management. His work bridges laboratory innovation with field deployment, underscoring a commitment to scalable environmental solutions.
Dr. Vivek Kumar Nair is an environmental biotechnology researcher based at IIT Delhi, whose work has garnered close to 100 citations with an h-index around 10 (based on ~97 citations). With advanced degrees in botany and environmental biotechnology, he has conducted innovative research in tertiary treatment of textile wastewater using oxygenic photogranules, recovery of phycocyanin pigments, and field-scale phytoremediation of chromium-contaminated sites. He has designed and optimized experimental systems combining bioreactors, constructed wetlands, microbial seeding, and analytical tools to evaluate pollutant fate, toxicity, remediation, and sustainable dye applications. His interdisciplinary scholarship is supported by strong computational skills using R, ANN, GA, SVM, SPSS, Origin, and metagenomic analyses. He has received multiple national and international awards and fellowships: a research communication award at IIT Delhi, fully-funded scholar travel and poster awards, Young Rural Innovator and AWSAR Doctoral awards, and selection to global research schools. He actively presents at international conferences and has leadership roles in coordinating circular economy symposiums and workshops. His research interests span soil and groundwater pollution, fate and remediation of dyes and heavy metals, microbiome-mediated bioremediation, and sustainable biotechnology for textile and contaminated site management. His work bridges laboratory innovation with field deployment, underscoring a commitment to scalable environmental solutions.
“Phycocyanin from oxygenic photogranules: A feasible ecofriendly dye for cotton and silk fibers” “Hybrid electrocoagulation and laccase mediated treatment for efficient decolorization of effluent generated from textile industries” “Phycoremediation of Synthetic Dyes Laden Textile Wastewater and Recovery of Bio-Based Pigments from Residual Biomass: An Approach towards Sustainable Wastewater Management” “Carbon Storage and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration by Urban Tree Cover: Case Study From Varanasi, India”