Subha Muthu Kumar works with the IIHS Capacity Development to integrate the mission and vision of government policies, stakeholder requirements and grassroot level problems into a single platform and help incubate, innovate and integrate ideas to develop value added services through science and technological means in the public health, water supply and sanitation sectors.
Prior to joining IIHS, Subha was Senior Faculty and Head in-charge in the Environment Management Department at Engineering Staff College of India, Institution of Engineers (India),Hyderabad. She has over 21 years of experience in capacity building, teaching, research and consultancy projects. Her areas of expertise are water supply and sanitation, faecal sludge Management, wastewater treatment, waste management, pollution monitoring and modelling, EIA and environmental data management, and community-led participatory approaches. Subha has cleared UGC NET exam for both Lectureship and Research conducted by Ministry of Higher Education, Government of India. Subha is a certified Lead Auditor for ISO QMS 9001, ISO EMS 14001 and OHSAS 18001 and an Internal auditor for NABL ISO 17025 Laboratory Management System. She is also an empanelled national expert and resource person for Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, for the Waste Management Rules, 2016, and a Certified Master Trainer by the Ministry of Urban Housing Affair, Government of India, for the Swachh Bharat Mission. She had trained more than 6,000 engineers from various urban local bodies across different states of India under AMRUT, SBM, Smart Cities, and Housing for All urban flagship missions, and rural officials under the Jal Jeevan Mission. She was instrumental in getting the NABL laboratory accreditation of Atomic Mineral Directorate-Chemical testing laboratory, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India and served as liaison between various ministries and government departments for project development and institution building. Subha has undergone professional training in AERMOD Air pollution dispersion modelling and BHUVAN mapping.
Her ongoing research project focuses on pollution abatement of lakes using Phytoremediation techniques. She is a Contributing Author/Case Study Author (CA/CSA) for the Interdependent Infrastructure Systems Element in the Third Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities (ARC3.3), Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN). She empanelled her previous and present employers’ with Ministry of Jal Shakthi, Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, Ministry of Defence, and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India.
