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Ms Charmi Kapadia
PhD Student

Summary

Charmi Kapadia is a Doctoral Researcher in Environmental Sciences at Brunel University of London, supported by an EPSRC IDLA studentship and supervised by Dr Eleni Iacovidou and Dr Theodoros Giakoumis. Working in collaboration with Anglian Water, her research applies the Complex Value Optimisation for Resource Recovery (CVORR) methodology to advance circular economy practices and support systems-based decision-making in the UK water sector.

She brings over seven years of professional experience across water and sanitation, water quality management, environmental and infrastructure planning, sustainability, and government consulting, including work with UNICEF, WaterAid and EY and major national programmes in India including the Jal Jeevan Mission (Water Mission), RURBAN Mission, Affordable Housing Project (PMAY). Her work has covered programme planning and implementation, water quality monitoring, infrastructure assessment, data-driven decision-making, and stakeholder engagement.

More recently, her work with the Yorkshire Circular Lab at the University of Leeds has focused on circular economy and industrial symbiosis. Her interdisciplinary background spans civil engineering, urban and regional planning, environmental engineering and circular economy.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Environmental Sciences, Brunel University of London, March 2026 – Present. EPSRC IDLA Studentship, in  collaboration with Anglian Water.
  • MSc Environmental Engineering and Project Management, University of Leeds, 2024–2025, Distinction.
  • Master of Urban and Regional Planning, CEPT University, India, 2014–2016, First Class.
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, Gujarat Technological University, India, 2010–2014, 8.11/10 CGPA.

Publications and Research Outputs

Journal Article

  • Patel, C., Singh, K. and Pande, A. (2019) ‘An economic analysis of septic tank emptying services by honey suckers in Lucknow, India’, International Journal of Technical Innovation in Modern Engineering & Science, 5(13). Online: https://ijtimes.com/paper-view.php?id=IJT-2022-E820F0

Knowledge-Exchange Outputs