Hiranmayee Kanekar is seeking a position applying her knowledge and experience in environmental engineering to solve environmental issues. She has a M.Tech in Environmental Engineering from IIT Guwahati and a B.E. in Civil Engineering. Her work experience includes a role as an LCA analyst at Thinkstep Sustainability Solutions. She has experience conducting life cycle assessments and sustainability reports. Her research includes projects on water hyacinth composting and hazardous waste landfills. She is proficient in software like Gabi and has technical skills in areas like life cycle assessment and carbon/water footprinting.

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KANEKAR HIRANMAYEE
B-03, Varsha Milan, Parsiwada, Sahar Road, Andheri (E), Mumbai-400099, Maharashtra, India.
Objective
Apply my knowledge and understanding, to solve environmental issues in practical way
and be a part of the change towards a better living.
Education
Degree Institute /board Aggregate/CPI Year of
passing
M. Tech. Civil Engineering
(Environmental Engineering)
Indian Institute of
Technology, Guwahati
8 CPI out of 10 2014
B. E. Civil Engineering M. H. Saboo Siddik
College of Engineering /
Mumbai University
60% Aggregate and
Final year aggregate
68.13%
2011
HSC in Science Bhavan’s College,
Andheri West /
Maharashtra State Board
68.17% Aggregate 2007
SSC Shri Madhavrao Bhagwat
High School / Maharashtra
State Board
80.53 % Aggregate 2005
Work Experience
Sustainability consultant at Thinkstep Sustainability Solutions Private Limited,
A subsidiary of thinkstep AG
Experience: 1 year with three months internship
Major profile- LCA Analyst
Life Cycle Assessment study for all products (home appliances, buildings, automobiles,
metallurgy etc.), analysis and interpretation. Impart training in LCA, LCIA, LCC analysis using
Gabi software to clients, academicians.
Other roles,
Materiality assessment for Companies, Carbon foot printing, water foot printing and services,
generation of EPD and Ecolabel, generation of sustainability reports. Mapping GRI indicators for
corporate sustainability study and generating reports for the same using Sofi software.

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Research Experience
Master of Technology, July 2014
Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati (IITG).
Research Project – “Microbiology of rotary drum composting of water hyacinth” which
involves the understanding the composting process microbiologically to enhance the quality of
water hyacinth compost.
Nature of work:
 Processing of Water hyacinth by different composting methodologies
o Rotary Drum composting and Vermi-composting
 Physico-chemical analysis of solid samples.
 Biological and stability analysis of solid sample such as sCOD, sBOD, OUR, CO2
evolution.
 Microbial analysis of solid sample including total and fecal coliform.
 Understanding trace metal and microbial interaction using bacteria isolated from water
hyacinth compost and lead as trace metal using sorption kinetics.
B.Tech-Degree Project:
Research Project – “Study of hazardous waste landfill (at CHWTSDF, Ramky Enviro
Engineers Ltd., Taloja)” which involves the understanding the basics of secured landfill
construction and its functioning.
Nature of work:
 Physico-chemical analysis of Hazardous waste and waste compatibility study.
 Studying components of a hazardous waste landfill.
Others minor research projects:
 Presentations on: Bandra-Worli Sealink, Metro railway (Mumbai), Roads from Plastic
at inter-collegiate competitions.
 Mtech Short Course:
 Potential of Water hyacinth as the feed for biogas production
 Integrated Solid Waste Management plan for Guwahati City
Technical Skills:
 Softwares: Gabi, Sofi, Autocad, Matlab, basic softwares
 Languages: English, Hindi ,Marathi
 Life cycle assessment, Carbon foot printing, water foot printing, Materiality
analysis, sustainability reporting, GRI reporting.

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Site Visits:
 Water and wastewater treatment plants of Mumbai
 Common hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility, Ramky Enviro
Engineers Ltd., Taloja
 Boragaon landfill site, Guwahati
 Naogaon paper mill, Assam (Hindustan paper corporation limited)
 Mangrooves forest Godrej
Achievements
 School :
o Best Girl Student of the school 2003
o Volley Ball Team Captain (District Champion and State player 2001-2003)
o High School Scholarship 2001
 Degree : Successfully Headed the Inter Collegiate Environmental Event Green “11
 Post Graduation:
o Intra-collegiate Shot put and discus throw Winner 2014
o Member of Institute Environmental Club (Prakriti)
o Journal
 Vishan, I., Kanekar, H., Kalamdhad, A.S., Microbial population, stability and
maturity analysis of rotary drum composting of water hyacinth.
Biologia.(Revision 1 over)
o Conferences
 Vishan, I., Kanekar, H., Kalamdhad, A.S., 2013. Microbial community dynamics
during composting of water hyacinth. Proc. International Conference on Advances
in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICABB 2013), 25-27 November, Dr. D. Y.
Patil Vidhyapeeth, Pune, India.
 Kanekar, H., Vishan, I., Kalamdhad, A.S., 2014. Microbial succession, stability
and maturity analysis of rotary drum composting of water hyacinth. Proc.
National Conference on Sustainable Development of Environmental System
(NCOSDOES-2014), 20-21 June, Centre for the Environment, Indian institute of
Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India.
Declaration
All the above mentioned information is true to the best of my knowledge

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Place: Mumbai
Date: Kanekar Hiranmayee