Education:
Awards & Fellowships:
Awarded First class with Distinction in B.Sc. North Orissa University, 2003
University Merit Scholarship, Visva-Bharati, India, 2004, 2005
Fellow of ICER, India, 2008
CSIR Senior Research Fellowship, 2008
Junior scientist of the year from National Environmental Science Academy (NESA), India, 2008
Dr. D. S. Kothari Post-doctoral fellowship, 2009.
Students travel fellowship award from Elsevier to present paper at Oxford University, UK.
Students travel fellowship award from NSF, USA to present paper at USEPA, USA.
Travel grant from PBC to present paper at Perth, Australlia.
Travel grant from ISES to present paper at Seoul, South Korea.
Travel grant from DST, CSIR to attend conferences abroad.
Membership of Professional Bodies:
Member, International Society of Exposure Science (ISES)
Member, Pacific Basin Consortium (PBC)
Life Member, Health Economic Association of India (HEAI), New Delhi, India
Life Member, Indian Air Pollution Control Association (IAAPC), New Delhi, India
Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Calcutta, India
Life Member, Indian Science News Association (ISNA), Calcutta, India
Life Member, National Environmental Science Academy (NESA), New Delhi, India
Life Member, International Society for Environmental Botanist (IESB), Lucknow, India
Fellow Member, International Congress on Environmental Research (ICER), Bhopal, India
Executive Member, Centre for Environment and Economic Development (CEED),India
Other Professional Qualifications:
o Lead Auditor for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001
o Six Sigma: Indian statistical Institute, New Delhi, India
o Green Building: GRIHA Evaluators & Trainer (MNRE & TERI)