Shyamala K ManiDr. Shyamala Mani, Professor, Waste Management and Environmental Health, National
Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) has an MSc. in Microbiology from Madurai Kamaraj
University, M.Phil and Ph.D degrees in Environmental Science from JNU, India an an
MPH from School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA. A national
science talent scholar, a recipient of ICAR Fellowship in Agri. Microbiology and Fogarty
Int. fellowship in Environmental Health, she has presented papers in several conferences
and seminars in India and abroad. Her projects have received international recognition
including the UNCHS Global 100 award for Community based waste management and
Low cost sanitation in slums in Bangalore, the Plasticon India award for innovative Plastics
Reuse and Recycling, recognition by International Model Forest Network Canada and
Regional Centres of Expertise of the UNU-IAS Japan for setting up the Regional Centre
of Expertise at Kodagu (Coorg) for management of pilgrimage places.
She worked as Programme Director, Waste and Resource Management at the Centre for
Environment Education (CEE), a centre of excellence supported by the Ministry of
Environment and Forests (MoEF), Govt. of India for 25 years before she joined NIUA in
December 2012. At NIUA, she has helped complete Operationalizing of the National
Urban Sanitation Policy (NUSP) and waste management documentation project for
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