Dr. Shirish S. Naik graduated in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai in 1976 in the discipline of Civil Engineering, and subsequently obtained his M.Tech and Ph.D in Environmental Engineering from the same Institute.

He started his career as Site-in-charge, Sewage Treatment Plant, Kudremukh Iron Ore Project, Karnataka for M/s. Hydraulic & General Engineers Ltd. in 1977-78. After many successful projects for various consultants he joined the faculty of Environmental Engineering at The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai in 1983. At IIT, he was extremely active in Teaching, Research and Consultancy. After over a decade at IIT, Dr. Shirish S. Naik resigned and founded the NAIK ENVIRO Group.

As the Managing Director of NAIK ENVIRO, he is specifically involved in the design and detailing of Package Water and Wastewater treatment systems with emphasis on recycle/reuse. He has extensive experience in the field of turnkey projects for water and Waste Water Treatment, Pumping Stations, Air Pollution Control, Environmental Impact Assessment and Hazardous Waste Management and has executed over 100 projects in the above areas.

His extensive research in this field has led to the awarding of a patent by the Indian Government.

He has been recently awarded the Man of Excellence Award. Click on the link to see the details.