Sharad Gokhale, Ph.D, MASCE, MAWMA, FIE, MIUT, MIWWA, MIMS

Professor of Environmental Engineering & Head of Civil Engineering Department, IIT Guwahati.

Research Laboratory:

Air & Noise Pollution

Key Research Areas:

1) Air and Noise Pollution, and Health;

2) Climatic Impacts of Black Carbon;

3) Fine Particulate Matter;

Contact Details:

Tel:+91 361 258 2419 (O)

Tel:+91 361 258 4419 (R)

E-mail: sharadbg@iitg.ac.in

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Education:

Diploma & Degree in Civil Engineering (GPJ & Poona Univ.), M Tech in Environmental Sci. & Engineering (IIT Bombay), Ph.D. in Air Pollution and Air Quality Modeling (IIT Delhi).

Position:

Professor

Research/Technical Skills:

Ambient air quality monitoring & modeling; Road traffic noise modeling and assessment; EIA, Emission inventory; Receptor modeling (CMB & PMF) & source apportionment; Carrying capacity; Air quality management plan; Environmental Management System & ISO 14000/14001; Solar energy; Rainwater harvesting system; ISCST3, AERMOD; WRF; WRF-Chem;

Recent:

  1. Singh, S. and Gokhale, S. (2023) Modeling the dispersion of traffic-derived black carbon emissions into hilly terrain. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, DOI : 10.1007/s10661-023-11554-6, 1-13, 195:958.

  2. Barman, N and Gokhale, S. (2023) Transported aerosols regulate the pre-monsoon rainfall over north-east India: a WRF-Chem modelling study. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, European Geoscience Pubs, 23, 6197-6215. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6197-2023, 2023.

 

Black Carbon Pollution from Indo-Gangetic Plains:

Fine Particulate Pollution in Guwahati:

Road Dust - a major cause of PM10 & PM2.5 in our atmosphere:

 

Construction Dust - several activities add fine particles to our atmosphere:

Measurements taken at 10 m distance from the Concrete Mixer during the concrete-mixing activity

 

Publications:

Peer Reviewed International Journals:

  1. Singh, S. and Gokhale, S. (2023) Modeling the dispersion of traffic-derived black carbon emissions into hilly terrain. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, DOI : 10.1007/s10661-023-11554-6, 1-13, 195:958.

  2. Barman, N and Gokhale, S. (2023) Transported aerosols regulate the pre-monsson rainfall over north-east India: a WRF-Chem modelling study. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, European Geoscience Publication, 23, 6197-6215. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6197-2023, 2023.

  3. Guha, A. K. and Gokhale, S. (2023) Urban workers' cardiovascular health due to exposure to traffic-originated PM2.5 and noise pollution in different microenvironments. . Science of the Total Environment, 859, Article No. 160268 (2023).

  4. Saha, P., Durugkar, S., Jain, S., Shantanu, P.A., Jala, A., Gokhale, S., Sharma, P. and Naidu, VGM. (2022) Piperine attenuates cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress, lung inflammation, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by modulating the SIRT1/Nrf2 axis. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 23(23), 14722.

  5. Singh, S. and Gokhale, S. (2022) Effects of Covid-19 epidemic-led lockdowns on aerosol black carbon concentration, sources and its radiation effect in Northeast India. J. of Earth System and Science, Vol. 131, Article No. 139 (2022).

  6. Bokare, P.S., Maurya, A. K. and Gokhale, S. (2022) Effect of Speeding behaviour of passenger cars on tailpipe emissions. Int. J. of Traffic and Transport Engineering, Vol. 12 (1), 78-93.

  7. Chaudhury, A. S., Nikhil, V.A. and Gokhale, S. (2022) Black carbon in different climatic seasons of the Brahmaputra River Valley of Northeast India - Field measurements at two different heights and analysis. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 13(3), 101327.

  8. Barman, N. and Gokhale, S. (2022) Aerosol influence on the pre-monsoon rainfall mechanisms over North-East India: A WRF-Chem study. Atmospheric Research, 268, 106002.

  9. Jain, S., Durugkar, S., Saha, P., Gokhale, S., Naidu, V.G.M. and Sharma, P. (2022) Effects of intranasal azithromycin on features of cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation. European Journal of Pharmacology, 915, 174467.

  10. Singh, S. and Gokhale, S. (2021) Source apportionment and light absorption properties of black and brown carbon aerosols in the Brahmaputra River valley region. Urban Climate, Vol. 39, 100963.

  11. Rajyalaxmi G., Gokhale S. and Kota SH  (2020) Source apportionment of size-segregated atmospheric particles and the influence of particles deposition in the human respiratory tract in rural and urban locations of north-east India. Chemosphere, Vol. 255, 126980.

  12. Choudhary, A. and Gokhale, S. (2020) On-road measurements and modelling of vehicular emissions during traffic interruption and congestion events in an urban traffic corridor. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Vol. 19(1), 93-101.

  13. Rajyalaxmi G., Chakraborty S., Zhang H., Gokhale S., Xue Q., and Kota SH  (2020) Influence of anthropogenic emissions on wet deposition of pollutants and rainwater acidity in Guwahati, a UNESCO heritage city in Northeast India. Atmospheric Research, September, Vol. 232, 104683.

  14. Current Science News - Science Last Fortnight: Urban Black Carbon. Current Science, 10 December 2019, 117(11), 1770.

  15. Barman, N. and Gokhale, S. (2019) Urban black carbon - source apportionment, emission and long range transport over the Brahmaputra River Valley. Science of the Total Environment, Vol.693, 133577.

  16. Choudhary, A. and Gokhale, S. (2019) On-road measurements and modelling of vehicular emissions during traffic interruption and congestion events in an urban traffic corridor. Atmospheric Pollution Research, Vol. 10(2), 480-492.

  17. Choudhary, A. and Gokhale, S. (2019) Evaluation of emission reduction benefits of traffic-flow management and technology upgrade in a congested urban traffic corridor. Clean Technology and Environmental Policy, Vol. 21(2),257-273.

  18. Padhi, S. and Gokhale, S. (2017) Treatment of gaseous volatile compounds using a rotating biological filter. Bioresource Technology, Vol. 244 (1), 270-280.

  19. Dutta, J. and Gokhale, S. (2017) Field investigation of carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes and organic carbon from a conserved paddy field of North-East India. Int. Soil & Water Conservation Res., Vol. 5, 325-334.

  20. Cyrille, M. A., David, M., Andre, L., Ebenezer, M., and Gokhale, S. (2017) Projecting impacts of two-wheelers on urban air quality of Douala, Cameroon. Transportation Research, Part D, Vol. 52, 49-63.

  21. Cyrille, M. A., David, M., Andre, L., Ebenezer, M., and Gokhale, S. (2017) Evaluating impacts of two-wheeler emissions on roadside air quality in the vicinity of a busy traffic intersection in Douala, Cameroon. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, Vol. 10(4), 521-532.

  22. Padhi, S. and Gokhale, S. (2017) Benzene biodegradation by indigenous mixed microbial culture: Kinetic modelling and process optimization. Int. Biotechnology and Biodegradation, Vol. 119, 511-519.

  23. Bhautmage, U. and Gokhale, S. (2016) Effects of moving-vehicle wakes on pollutant dispersion inside a highway road tunnel. Environmental Pollution, Vol. 218, 783-793.

  24. Choudhary, A. and Gokhale, S. (2016) Urban real-world driving traffic emissions during interruption and congestion. Transportation Research, Part D, Vol. 43, 59-70.

  25. Padhi, S. and Gokhale, S. (2016) Benzene control from waste gas streams with a sponge-medium based rotating biological contactor. Int. Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, Vol. 109, 96-103.

  26. Gokhale, S. (2016) Effects of engineered nanomaterials released into the atmosphere. J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste, Vol. 20 (1), B4015005(1)-B4015005(12).

  27. Thaker, P. and Gokhale, S. (2016) The impact of traffic-flow-patterns on air quality in urban street canyons. Environmental Pollution, Part A, Vol. 208, 161-169.

  28. Singh, N. P. and Gokhale, S. (2015) A method to estimate spatiotemporal air quality in an urban traffic corridor. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 538,458-467.

  29. Abhijit, KV and Gokhale, S. (2015) Passive control potential of trees and on-street parked cars in reduction of air pollution exposure in urban street canyons. Environmental Pollution, Vol. 204, 99-108.

  30. Durga Ch., S. and Gokhale, S. (2015) Monitoring and assessment of O3 and PM1 in the microenvironment of a workplace. Environmental Modelling and Assessment, Vol. 20 (5), 521 - 534.

  31. Padhi, S. K. and Gokhale, S. (2014) Biological oxidation of gaseous VOCs - rotating biological contactor a promising and eco-friendly technique. The Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Vol. 2(4), 2085-2102.

  32. Gokhale, S. (2012) Impacts of traffic-flows on vehicular-exhaust emissions at traffic junctions. Transportation Research – Part D Transport and Environment, Vol. 17 (1), 21-27.

  33. Gokhale, S. (2011) Traffic-flow pattern and meteorology at two distinct urban traffic junctions with impacts on air quality. Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 45(10), 1830-1840.

  34. Pandian, S, Gokhale, S and Ghoshal, AK (2011) An open-terrain line source model coupled with street-canyon effects to forecast carbon monoxide at traffic roundabout. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 409 (6), 1145-1153.

  35. Gokhale, S and Patil, R (2010) Uncertainty analysis of PM10 and PM2.5 at non-signalized urban traffic roundabout. Atmospheric Pollution Research 1, 59-70.

  36. Pandian, S, Gokhale, S and Ghoshal, AK (2009) Evaluating effects of vehicle and traffic characteristics on vehicular exhausts emission near traffic intersections. Transportation Research, Part D, Vol. 14 D (3), 180-196.

  37. Gokhale, S, Kohajda, T and Schlink, U (2008) Source apportionment of volatile organic compounds in homes, offices, and outdoor microenvironments using chemical mass balance and genetic algorithm receptor model. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 407 (1), 122-138.

  38. Gokhale, S and Raokhande, N (2008) Performance evaluation of air quality models for predicting PM10 and PM2.5 at urban traffic intersection during winter period. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 394 (1), 9-24.

  39. Gokhale, S. and Pandian, S. (2007) A semi-empirical box modeling approach for the prediction of carbon monoxide at an urban traffic intersection. Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 41(36), 7940-7950.

  40. Gokhale, S. and Khare, M. (2007) A theoretical framework for episodic-urban air quality management plan (e-UAQMP), Atmospheric Environment, 41(36), 7887-7894.

  41. Gokhale, S. and Khare, M. (2007) Statistical behavior of carbon monoxide from vehicular exhausts in urban environments. Environmental Modelling and Software , Vol. 22 (4), 526-535.

  42. Gokhale, S. and Khare, M. (2007) Vehicle wake factor for heterogeneous traffic in urban environments. International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol. 30(1), 97-105.

  43. Gokhale, S., Rebours, A., and Pavageau, M. (2005) A performance evaluation of WinOSPM model for three streets canyons of Nantes. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 100 (1-3), 153-176.

  44. Gokhale, S. and Khare, M. (2005) A hybrid model for predicting the carbon monoxide from vehicular exhausts in urban environments. Atmospheric Environment , Vol. 39 (22) 4025-4040.

  45. Gokhale, S. and Khare, M. (2004) A review of deterministic, stochastic and hybrid vehicular exhausts emission models. International Journal of Transport Management , Vol. 2(2), 59-74.

  46. Gokhale, S. and Patil, R.S. (2004) Size distribution of aerosols (PM10) and Lead (Pb) at traffic intersections in Mumbai. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment , 95 (1-3), 311-324.

  47. Gokhale, S. and Patil, R.S. (2004) Modeling the size separated particulate matter (SSPM10) from vehicular exhausts at traffic intersections in Mumbai. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment , 98 (1-3), 23-40.

Conferences/Workshop:

  1. Barman, N. and Gokhale, S. (2022). Transported Black Carbon Dominating Radiative Effects Over North-East India. National Conference on Climate Change: Science and Technology Innovation, Tezpur University, 15-16 Dec 2022.

  2. Gokhale, S. (2022). Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Burning for Guwahati. 7th Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management (IICAQM 2022), Jointly organised at IIT Madras by IIT Madras, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kharagpur, Australian National University, Univ. of Bath, Asian Institute of Technology, Mahidol Univ. and Univ. of California, Riverside., 29th Nov - 1st Dec 2022.

  3. Gokhale, S. (2022) Development of National Program for Capacity Development for Air Quality Management. Sponsored by World Bank Group, iFOREST, IIT Kanpur and NKN, 28 - 29 March 2022. India Habitat Center, New Delhi.

  4. Gokhale, S. and Barman, N. (2021). Aerosol Flow over the Northeast India. Measurement, Modelling, Health Risk and Public Policy. 6th Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management (IICAQM 2021), Online. IIT Guwahati - II Madras, 14-18 December 2021.

  5. Gokhale, S. (2020). Rising black carbon pollution in Northeast India - impacts from local to global. Measurement, Modelling, Health Risk and Public Policy. 5th Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management (IICAQM 2020), Online. IIT Madras, 10 December 2020.

  6. Choudhary, A., Gokhale, S., Shukla, A., Kumar, P., and Singh, A.K. (2019) Variability in Emission Rate of Auto-Rickshaw Based on Real World Driving Profile: A Case Study in Guwahati City, URSI AP-RASC 2019, New Delhi, India, 09 - 15 March 2019.

  7. Singh, S. and Gokhale, S. (2019) Fossil fuel and biomass originated black carbon and its seasonal contribution in the rural tract of Brahmaputra River basin. Int. Conf. on Atmosperic Chemistry and Physics in highly polluted environments., IIT Delhi, March 20-24.

  8. Chaudhary, A. S., Singh, S. and Gokhale, S. (2018) Traffic Black Carbon: A neural network based source optimization study. Research Conclave, IIT Guwahati., March 8.

  9. Choudhary, A. and Gokhale, S. (2015) Using traffic volume and speed to quantify urban traffic congestion. 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CRTG), Paper No. 448, 17-20 December 2015, Kolkata, India.

  10. Padhi, S. K. and Gokhale, S. (2015) A hybrid rotating biological filters to control VOC from waste gas streams. Int. Conf. CHEMCON 2015, 27-30 December 2015, IIT Guwahati, India.

  11. Padhi, S. K. and Gokhale, S. (2015) Optimization and modelling of growth kinetics during benzene biodegradation in batch reactors. Int. Conf. on New Horizons in Biotechnology, 22-25 November 2015, Trivandrum, India.

  12. Hazarika, B. and Gokhale, S. (2015) Secondary pollutants from VOCs in urban indoor air. National Conference on De-polluting Indian Cities, IDC Foundation, 18-19 September 2015, New Delhi.

  13. Singh, N. P. and Gokhale, S. (2015) Estimation of emission source reduction using best-fit statistical distribution of measured pollutants within an urban traffic corridor. National Conference on Challenges in Environmental Research, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, June 2015, India.

  14. Padhi, S. K. and Gokhale, S. (2015) Biodegradation of an indigenous microorganism in a batch reactor for gaseous VOC control. Bio Tech 2015., Int. Conf. on Advances in Biotechnology, IIT Kanpur, 13-15 March 2015.

  15. Choudhary, A. and Gokhale, S. (2015) The study of effect of speed and acceleration on auto-rickshaw exhausts emission during urban peak flow condition. Int. Conference on Sustainable Energy and Built Environment, Paper No. TR003,12-13 March 2015, VIT University Vellore, India.

  16. UKIERI (2011) Transport, land use strategies and technology interventions in urban air quality management. February 9-20, 2011, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India

  17. DIREC2010 (2010) Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference 2010, October 27-29, Greater Noida, India.

  18. Pandian, S. and Gokhale, S. (2008) Capacity estimation of roundabout traffic intersection using alternative analytical models. Int. Congress on Environmental Research. ICER-2008, December 18-20, GOA, India.

  19. Gokhale, S. (2005) Prediction of carbon monoxide levels at urban hotspots using hybrid modeling technique. The National Level Brainstorming Workshop on Indian Urban Air Quality, 24-25 October 2005, NEERI, Nagpur, India.

  20. Bose, R. and Gokhale , S. (2004) Making Way for Public Rapid Transit in South Asia and its Impact on Energy and Environment. BAQ2004, CAI Asia conference, 6-8 December 2004, Agra, India.

  21. Khare, M., Sharma, P., Nagendra , S. and Gokhale, S. (2004) Integrating urban transportation policy: implementing air quality models. Harvard Workshop on Transport Environment, Hyderabad, 28 January 2004, India.

  22. Gokhale, S., Khare, M. and Pavageau, M. (2003) Modeling distributions of air pollutant concentrations from vehicular exhausts in urban environment: A hybrid approach. International workshop on physical modeling of flow and dispersion phenomena. PHYSMOD2003, 3-5 September 2003, Prato, Italy.

Book Chapter/Report/Special Issue/Editorial/Open Journal:

  1. Gokhale, S. (2018) Environmental Noise Pollution. Ch. 18, Handbook of Environmental Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119304418.ch18., Wiley online library.

  2. Gokhale, S. (2015) Behavior and fate of natural and engineered nanomaterials in atmosphere. Chapter 10 in Nanomaterials in the Environment, S. K. Brar, T. C. Zhang, M. Verma, R. Y. Suryapalli, and R. D. Tyagi. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) pubs., Reston, VA, 265-291.

  3. Gokhale, S. (2012) Guest editor, A special issue on "Urban Air Pollution Exposure - Measurement, Modelling and Assessment." The Open Atmospheric Science Journal, Bentham Open, Editorial, Vol. 6, 2012, ISSN 1874-2823, pp 61-92.  Link - http://www.benthamscience.com/open/toascj/openaccess2.htm

  4. Gokhale, S. (2010) Traffic in Developing Countries - An Environmental Perspective. Traffic Safety. Chapter No – 06, Edited by Christina Ferraro. Series : Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D – Safety and Risk in Society. Nova Science Inc. ISBN: 978-1-61761-120-9.

  5. Gokhale, S. (2007) Co-guest editor, Special issue on Urban Air Pollution: Control and Management Options. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), Inderscience Publishers UK, 2006-07.

  6. Bose, R.K., Mukherji, S., Gokhale, S. (2005) Energy, Environment and Mobility in Three South Asian Cities - Making Way for Public Rapid Transit:   Benefits and Opportunities. 2005, Report 2003UG21. The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India

  7. Rebours, A., Pavageau, M., Gokhale, S. (2003) A report on validation of WinOSPM air quality model for French traffic condition. May 2003. Mise en oeuvre et validation de WinOSPM (Operational Street Pollution Model) sur trois rues de Nantes. Air Pays de la Loire, E-ARs030001- ARs, Mai 2003, Nantes, FRANCE (French Version). Web address : http://www.airpl.org/pdf/Publication00136.pdf

Training and Induction Programme:

  1. Induction Training on National Clean Air Program, Conducted by World Bank Group, 17 - 19 February 2022. Certificate of Participation awarded.

  2. Training on City Action Plan and Third Party Assessment, Conducted by World Bank Group, 7 - 11 March 2022. Certificate of Participation awarded.

Oversees Teaching and Research:

  1. Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering Department, Korea Maritime University Busan, South Korea, 2009-2010.

Fellowships:

  1. German DAAD fellowship, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Department of Exposure & Epidemiology, (University of Leipzig), Leipzig, Germany, 2007.

  2. French Government short-term fellowship, Ecole des Mines de Nantes (EMN), France , 2002.

Teaching - Theory/Lab Courses:

For Undergraduates and Post Graduates:

  1. CE222: Environmental Engineering - I (3-0-0:6)
  2. CE223: Environmental Engineering Laboratory (0-0-2:2)
  3. CE307: Environmental Engineering - I (3-0-0:6)
  4. CE315: Environmental Engineering Laboratory (0-0-3:3)
  5. CE441: Air Pollution and Industrial Waste Management (3-0-0:6)
  6. CE523: Air and Noise Pollution (3-0-2:8)
  7. CE527: Design of Environmental Engineering System (0-0-2:2)
  8. CE551: Principles of Water Quality & Environmental Legislations (3-0-2:8)
  9. CE570: Air Pollution and Industrial Waste Management (3-0-0:6)
  10. CE661: Air Quality Modeling (3-1-0:8)
  11. ME111: Engineering Drawing (1-0-3:6)
  12. CE201: Surveying (3-0-2:8)

Research Thesis Guidance:

PhD:

1. Ayan Kumar Singha (Joint Degree Programme with IIT BHU 2023 - ongoing):

2. Rajib Das (2023 - ongoing):

3. Himanshu Gupta (2022-ongoing):

4. Mukesh Tiwari (2021-ongoing): Coal emissions and health impacts in Northeast India.

5. Rajarshi Sharma (2020-ongoing): Mechanisms of aerosol formation over the various microenvironment of North-East India.

6. Ardhendu S. Choudhary (2013-2023): Black carbon and its impacts on the urban environments of India.

7. Neeldip Barman (2018-2023): Transported emissions from the Indo-Gangetic Plain dominate Air pollution and Climatic impacts over North East India during Pre-monsoon season.

8. Argha K Guha (2016-2023):Road traffic noise and PM2.5 impacts on workers' health in different microenvironments of an urban traffic corridor

9. Sameer Singh (2016-2022): Black and Brown Carbon particles in the atmosphere of northeast Indian city - Study of properties, sources and impacts through field study and modelling.

10. Rajyalaxmi Garaga (2015 - 2020): Identifying the sources of wet deposition in urban and dry deposition in urban and rural residential areas of Assam.

11. Mitali Sahu (2012-2019): Episodic air quality and related health impacts in urban traffic corridor.

12. Susant Kumar Padhi (2012-2017): Control of gaseous VOCs using a sponge-medium based Rotating Biological Contactor.

13. Arti Chaudhary (2012-2017): Impacts of urban traffic interruption and congestion on vehicular exhausts emissions.

14. N. Premananda Singh (2012-2017): A prediction method for estimating exposure of sedentary workers to carbon monoxide along an urban traffic corridor.

15. Suresh Pandian (2006-2011): Traffic flow characteristics and impacts on air quality at urban roundabout junction.

M Tech Projects (Last 2 years):

1. Krishna Kumar (2022-2023): .

2. Ashish Singh (2022-2023):

3. B. Prakash Saran (2022-2023): .

4. Shekhar Agarwal (2022-2023):

5. Yash Tiwari (2021-2022): Estimation of assimilative capacity of air pollutants in Byrnihat of Assam and & Meghalaya.

6. Arif Hussain (2021-2022): Air quality mapping for the criteria pollutants for Guwahati, Kamrup (M)

7. Lavanya Chamoli (2021-2022): Carrying capacity for key air pollutants of industrialized region of Guwahati

8. Sanjay Adhikari (2021-2022): Air quality modeling of gaseous pollutants from Digboi refienry

Foreign Interns:

1.  Buddhi Sapkota (2015): Indoor air dispersion simulation using CFD. Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

2. Cyrille Mezoueadiang (2015): Air quality modeling at traffic intersections. Douala University, Cameroon.

Post Docs:

1.  Dr. Jayashree Dutta (2015 -2017): Experimental investigation of GHG fluxes from conserved agricultural field with modeling.

2. Dr. Anirban Kundu Chaudhary (2017 -2019): Investigation of honking noise effects using measurements and modeling in urban traffic corridor.

Research and Development Grants:

PROJECT 10:

Funding agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), SERB GoI. Project: Health Impacts of Exposure to Particulate Pollution from High-sulfur Coal Mines located in Assam of Northeast India. Year: 2022 Feb - ongoing.

PROJECT 9:

Funding agency: Pollution Control Board Assam, National Clean Air Programme. Project: Emission Inventory, Source Apportionment and Carrying Capacity studies of the five non-attainment cities of Assam. Year: 2022 Feb - ongoing.

PROJECT 8:

Funding agency: AICTE India., Project Phase-II: Research Promotion Scheme, Internet Infrastructure and Modernization of Laboratory Instrumentation projects in the AICTE affiliated institutions of Northeast India. Co-PIs: Prof. Chandan Mahanta, Civil Engg., Prof. S.K. Dwivedy, Mech Engg., Prof. Gopal Das, Chemistry Dept of IIT Guwahati. Year: 2022 - ongoing.

PROJECT 7:

Funding agency: AICTE India., Project Phase-I: Implementation of Solar Power and Water projects in the AICTE affiliated institutions of Northeast India. Co-PIs: Prof. Chandan Mahanta, Civil Engg., Prof. S.K. Dwivedy, Mech Engg., Prof. Gopal Das, Chemistry Dept of IIT Guwahati. Year: 2020 Jan - ongoing.

PROJECT 6:

Funding agency: North-East Center for Biological Sciences & Healthcare Engineering (NECBH), Department of Biotechnology, GoI., Project: Development of Non-invasive diagnostic method and Pharmacological intervention strategies to modulate EMT pathway for detection and amelioration of PM. Year: 2019 - 2021.

PROJECT 5:

Funding agency: Ministry of Earth Science, GoI., Project: Using Field and Modeling Studies to Investigate Noise Propagation in Urban Traffic Corridors., Year: 2016 - 2020.

PROJECT 4:

Funding agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), SERB GoI., Project: Urban Black Carbon - Global Impacts and Local Mitigations. Year: 2015 - 2020.

PROJECT 3:

Funding agency: Institution of Engineers, India (IEI)., Project: Episodic Air Quality in Urban Traffic Corridors., Year: 2014 - 2018.

PROJECT 2:

Funding agency: Amrit-Bio Pvt. India Ltd. Kolkata., Project: An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Biomass Power Plant. Year: 2008 - 2009.

PROJECT 1:

Funding agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), India., Project: Air Quality Model Evaluation at Traffic Intersections for Regulatory Compliance in India. Year: 2007 - 2011.

Institute Administration Responsibilities:

  • Head of Civil Engineering Department - 2021 Feb - todate
  • Dean of Infrastructure Planning & Management - 2019-2021 Feb
  • Associate Dean of Infrastructure Planning & Management - 2016-2018

Research Collaboration:

  • NIPER (National Institute of Pharmacology & Ecotoxicology Research)

Conferences/Outreach programs/Short-term Training Courses:

  • Lead, Consortium on Data Analysis Unit (DAU) under Technical Air Resource Unit for Scientific Analysis, Management and Coordination’ of Department of Science and Technology, May 2022.

  • Member, NKN an Advisory Body setup by MoEF&CC and CPCB to implement NCAP, January 2021.

  • Winter School 2021: Air Quality Monitoring, Modelling & Health Risk in Indoor & Outdoor Environments for 6th Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management (IICAQM) organized jointly with IIT Madras, University of Bath, University of California (Riverside), and UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Germany, Hosted at IIT Guwahati in ONLINE mode, 14-15 December 2021.

  • 6th IICAQM 2021: Measurement, modeling, health and public policy. The online 6th Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management (IICAQM) jointly organized with IIT Madras, University of Bath, University of California (Riverside), and UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Germany, Hosted at IIT Guwahati in ONLINE mode, 16-17 December 2021.

  • Workshop 2021: Indoor Air Quality Management. The online special workshop within the 6th Indian International Conference on Air Qaulity Management (IICAQM) jointly organized with IIT Madras, University of Bath, University of California (Riverside), and UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Germany, 18 December 2021.

  • TEQIP-III: 2019: A short-term training on “Environmental air and noise pollution - monitoring and modeling” from April, 2019, sponsored by AICTE under QIP.

  • TEQIP-II: 2017: A short-term training on “Atmospheric dispersion modeling” from April, 2017, sponsored by AICTE under QIP.

  • TEQIP-I: 2007: A short-term training on “Recent trends and technologies in industrial waste treatment and management” from December 3rd to 7th, 2007, sponsored by AICTE under QIP.

MoU for Research Collaboration:

  • MoU signed with Valluri Technology Accelerators Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore to develop Emission Inventory Module fir Air Quality Management. June 2022 - May 2023.
  • MoU signed with AICTE to implement Solar, Water, Internet, RPS, MODROB projects in the AICTE approved technical institutions of Northeast India. Phase - II - April 2022 - February 2023.
  • MoU signed with the Pollution Control Board Assam (PCBA) to develop action plan for 5 cities in Assam under National Clean Air Program (NCAP) of Govt. of India - September 2019 - 2024.
  • MoU signed with AICTE to implement solar and water projects in the AICTE approved technical institutions of Northeast India. Phase - I - January 2020 - March 2022.

Professional Membership:

  • Fellow, FIE - Institution of Engineers, India.
  • Member, ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers.
  • Member, ACS - American Chemical Society.
  • Member, IUT - Institute of Urban Transport, India.
  • Member, IWWA - Institute of Water Works Association, India.
  • Member, IMS - Indian Meteorological Society.

 
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