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Surabhee Satheesh
Ms. Surabhee SatheeshAssistant Professor

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Surabhee Satheesh is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Management specialising in solid waste management, sustainability assessment, and quality of life (QoL) research. She is pursuing her PhD in Environmental Management at Symbiosis International (Deemed University) and is a double postgraduate. She has teaching experience at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (Deemed to be University), Symbiosis Skills and Professional University, the University of Mumbai, and Savitribai Phule Pune University. Before academia, she gained industry experience in the supply chain and logistics sector, enriching her academic perspective with practical insights. Her interdisciplinary research integrates environmental management, sustainability, and behavioural sciences to advance environmental engineering through sustainable solid waste management, sustainability assessment, and quality-of-life evaluation. Her work bridges environmental policy, engineering practice, and community well-being to support evidence-based waste management solutions. Beyond academia, she is an environmental advocate committed to promoting sustainability through research, education, and public engagement

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PhD (Environmental Engineering) pursuing from Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, SET, MBA, MA, Dip. Trng & Dev

Her research integrates circular economy principles, life cycle assessment (LCA), and waste-to-resource technologies to develop resilient and resource-efficient solid waste management systems. She examines environmental, socio-economic, and public health dimensions of waste systems, with particular focus on quality of life (QoL) assessment and policy–operations integration for sustainable urban and rural development aligned with national climate and sustainability goals.

  • Solid Waste Management and Quality of Life in Urban Market Environments: A Mixed-Methods Multi-Case Analysis at Symresearch 2.0, International Conference on Bioengineering for Global Health from 18-20 September,2025 at Symbiosis International University, Pune under the track : Environmental Engineering for Public Health.
  • Presented a paper: 4th International Research Conference on Emerging Information Technology and Engineering Solutions (EITES 2025) held in Hybrid-Mode at Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT), India, in Academic Collaboration with International Center for AI and Cyber Security Research and Innovations (CCRI), Asia University, Taiwan, on 24-25 July 2025, Pune, India. - AI-Driven Sustainable Waste Management for Enhancing Quality of Life in July 2025
  • Presented a paper: Gamification models in SWM and its impact on QoL in urban India at the Global Conference on Information Systems, Management and Marketing: Exploring the Intersection of Technology, Data and Strategic Innovation in June 2025.
  • Presented a case study and won the first prize in the National Case Study Summit conference by ISTD Anand in January 2022: A Chemical Formula and a Market Goliath- A Case on the Marketing Strategies of Nirma Industries Limited in the Base of the Pyramid Segment in India.
  • Presented a paper and won the best research paper award on Leadership in times of Ambiguity and Risk at the Regional Conference (West), Indian Society of Training and Development, Anand, Gujarat, in January 2019.
  • Attended SymResearch conference at Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences in 2022.
  • Attended a seminar on Sustainability 2030 at the International Institute of Hotel Management, Pune, in September 2019
  • A total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) framework for gamification in solid waste management and its influence on quality of life (QoL). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43621-026-02756-2
  • AI-Driven Sustainable Waste Management for Enhancing Quality of Life 10.1109/EITES66543.2025.00037