Dr. Tayeb A. Sihorwala ,born on 15 Jul 1942, a Chartered Engineer, awarded by the Best Degree Engineering College Teacher all India level in 1991. He was awarded “Russel Ekoff” award for year 1997 for presenting best research work on topic related to Earthworm biotechnology by University of Widner (USA) out of 150 such works presented by 32 different countries of the world. In 1998 awarded Vijayshri and Man of the Year Award. He has experience of learning in reputed college of Delft (Netherlands) and Teaching in Basra Tech. Institute Basra (Iraq). He chaired many international conferences in different parts of world specially in USA, Europe, East Asia & West Asia. He worked as President of Indian water works Association and associated with 10 different organizations . He guided more than 130 postgraduate and Ph.D thesis.
He did his B.E. (Civil) with Hons. and M.E. (PHE) from prestigious institute V.J.T.I., Mumbai associated to Bombay University in 1965 & 1967 respectively. On getting fellowship from NUFFIC, (Delft). The Netherlands he completed his post graduate diploma in Sanitary Engineering Equivalent to M.S. in 1974-75. He completed his Ph.D. from Indore University in 1982 working on topic related to Tertiary Treatment of Domestic Sewage of Bombay for Industrial Recycling by settings up a pilot scale study at Dadar Sewage Treatment Plant at Dadar, Bombay. Dr. Sihorwala has a record of outstanding contribution in research, Development and consultancy in different subjects related to Environ. Engg. & Science Dr. Sihorwala initiated two different post graduate programmes in the subject of Environ. Engg. for different disciplines of graduate Engineers at S.G.S. Inst. of Tech. &Sc. Indore (M.P.). Dr. Sihorwala is working since lasf 41 years as teacher of Environ. Engg. subjects for graduate and post graduate courses. Considering his extra ordinary contribution as an academician, Ministry of Human Resource Govt. of Ind-a, Indian Society of Technical Education, New Delhi awarded him National Prestigious award namely "ANNA AWARD" FOR BEST ENGINEERING DEGREE TEACHER AMONG 28000 TEACHERS OF DIFFERENT ENGINEERING COLLEGES OF INDIA IN YEAR 1991 including those of all IITS Dr. Sihorwala was also awarded by the organizers of 13th International Conference on "Solid Waste Technology and Management, University of Widner, Philadelphia, USA the prestigious award namely "Russel - Eckoff Award for Best Technical Research Paper out of 150 such publications by researchers from 32 different countries of the world in Nov. 1997. In addition to these, Dr. Sihorwala is recipient of many other awards namely 'VIJAYSHRI AWARD', MAN OF THE YEAR 1997 AWARD" FROM INDIA AND USA.
He has over 90 national and international publications, several radio talks, popular lectures in this subjects related to Environ. Engg. He has written as coauthor a book in Hindi on topic "Chlorination & Chlorinator”. He has prepared more than 12 Course Manuals.Dr. Sihorwala has guided around 90 ME/M.Tech. Dissertation Works and 2 Ph.D. works. He was principle investigator from India for a research project from London University on "Drainage Evaluation for City of Indore", and a research project of "Energy recovery from Waste" sponsored by ministry of Human resource development, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
In the field of technology. Dr. Sihorwala is organizing since 1989 different useful refresher
Courses & training programme every year for field engineers from different stales of India, sponsoring by ministry of Urban affairs and Employments Govt. of India, CPHEEO, New Delhi as main co-ordinator. For this course, he edited different course manuals for the berterit o.f the participants. He has also organised and assisted different training programmes for the engineers of Public Health Engg. Depts. of Govt. of M.P. and for the villagers as users of India mark -2 Hand Pump. He has written the technical papers as co-author for the special types of pump namely Chemical Pumps, Sludge Pumps to be used in public Health Engineering projects. Dr. Sihorwala has also been involved in the design of different components of prestigious Narmada Water Supply Project for city of Indore" namely pumping installations, surge control devices, rising main, gravity main and different appurtenances of the system. He has been associated for other water supply projects of different cities & townships in M.P. He has been a consultant for more than 30 projects for Industrial, public and private organisations through S.G.S. Institute of Tech. & Sc., Indore for projects related to Environ. Engineering. Dr. Sihorwala is actively associated in helping Indore Fire Brigade (Police) for their need for pumping installations & accessories for fire fighting purposes. For said contribution Dr. Sihorwala was honoured by them. He has been involved in the develcoment of Environ-Engineering laboratories of S.G.S. Inst. of Tech. & Sc., Indore.In 1998 he has conferred with honours, for his excellent participation in 1st Asian Conference on water and Waste Water Management at Tehran (Iran). Dr. Sihorwala travelled extensively for delivering invited lectures, for presenting research papers, for visiting different projects in USA, U.K., Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, and other Western European Countries, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and other East Assian Countries, Iraq, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other West Asian Countries.
In addition to his technical contribution Dr. Sihorwala is associated with different social organisations namely Rotary Club, Lion's Club, Centre for Environmental protection & development, Indore, Eco- Society, Indore ; Abhayas Mandal, Indore, Soclean Society, Mumbai etc.
The dynamism and Untiring works of Dr. Sihorwala lias added new dimensions to the field of Environ. -Engg. in particular and Civil Engineering and technology in general. At present, he is working as a MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD OF JOURNAL OF PUMPS INDIA. In past he worked as a MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD OF JOURNAL OF INDIAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION. He is working as a member of Editorial Board of “ Parya Varan Patrika in hindi , published from Indore
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