Journal Publications
1. Rana, Shubham, Kumar, A., Kumar, N., Jat, Mahesh Kumar. (2023),"A review of nitrogen flow in the anthroposphere to identify key control sectors", Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 26(2), 247-261. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-023-02637-6
2. Chaudhary, S., Rana, S., Singh, R., Gurian, P., Betancourt, W, Kumar, Arun, Kumar, Amit. (2023). Non-potable water reuse and the public health risks from protozoa and helminths: case study from a city with a semi-arid climate. Journal of Water & Health. Vol 21 No 8, 981 doi: 10.2166/wh.2023.283
3. Jain, M., Kumar, A., Kumar, A. (2022). Landfill mining: A review on Material recovery and its Utilization challenges. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. Vol. 169, Pages 948-958. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2022.11.049 (IF: 7.9)
4. Chowdhari, S., Rana, S., Rana, S., Morrison, C., Abney, S., Singh, R., Gurian, P., Kumar, Amit, Kumar, Arun, Betancourt, W., and Perumal V. (2022). Quantitative assessment of microbial pathogens and indicators of wastewater treatment performance for safe and sustainable water reuse in India. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(6), e01720-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01720-22
5. Rana, S., Kumar, A., Arora, H. (2022). Nitrogen flow through waste management systems in an academic campus. Vol. 57, Issue 4, Pg 1938-1943. Material Today Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.046
6. Gupta, M., Kumar, A., Kumar, S., Jat, M. K. (2021). Substance flow analysis of lead and chromium through wastewater management system in a region. Bulgarian Chemical Communications, Volume 53, Issue D. Pg 32-39. http://www.bcc.bas.bg/BCC_Volumes/Volume_53_Special_D_2021/bcc-53-d-2021-32-39-kumar.pdf
7. Gupta, M., Kumar, A., Kumar, S. (2021). Review of lead flows in the anthropogenic environment. Bulgarian Chemical Communications, Volume 53, Issue D. Pg 5-10. http://www.bcc.bas.bg/BCC_Volumes/Volume_53_Special_D_2021/bcc-53-d-2021-05-10-kumar.pdf
8. Kumar, A., & Jat, M. K. (2021). Wind energy in India - Waste generation and end-of-life management for sustainability. Shelter. Vol. 22 (1). Pg 13-19. ISSN 2347-4912
Katiyar, R., Gurjar, B. R., Kumar, A., Bharti, R. (2021). An Integrated Approach for Phycoremediation of Municipal Wastewater and Production of Sustainable Transportation Fuel Using Oleaginous Chlorella sp. Journal of Water Process Engineering. Volume 42, 102183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.102183.
Ghanimeh, S., Gómez-Sanabria, A., Tsydenova, N., Štrbová, A., Iossifidou , M., Kumar, A. (2019). Two-Level Comparison of Waste Management Systems in Low-, Middle- and High-Income Cities. Environmental Engineering Science. DOI: 10.1089/ees.2019.0047. (IF – 1.61).
Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K. Singh, R. K. and Gurjar, B. (2019). Response of Groundwater Contamination Hazard Rating Systems to Variations in Subsoil Conditions beneath Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Dumps in Developing Countries. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 12, Pg 405-. DOI: 10.1007/s12517-019-4560-4. (IF – 1.327).
Katiyar, R., Gurjar, B. R., Kumar, A., Bharti, R. K., Biswas, S., Pruthi, V. (2019). A novel approach using Low Cost Citrus limetta Waste for Mixotrophic Cultivation of Oleaginous Microalgae to Augment Automotive Quality Biodiesel Production. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26 (16). pp 16115–16124. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04946-0. (IF: 3.056)
Kumar, A., and Gurjar, B. (2019). Low-Cost Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring in Developing Countries – A Critical View. Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, 16 (2), pp. 65–70. DOI 10.3233/AJW190021.
14. Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K. and Singh, R. K. (2018). Surface Water Contamination from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Sites in Indian Cities: Development and Application of Hazard Rating System. Shelter. 19 (2). Pg 30-39. ISSN 2347-4912.
Katiyar, R., Bharti, R. K., Gurjar, B. R., Kumar, A., Biswas, S., Pruthi, V. (2018). Utilization of de-Oiled Algal Biomass for Enhancing Vehicular Quality Biodiesel Production from Chlorella sp. in Mixotrophic Cultivation Systems. Renewable Energy. 122, Pg 80-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.01.037 (IF – 6.274).
Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K. Singh, R. K. and Gurjar, B. (2018). Improved Rating System for Hazard Assessment Related to Subsurface Migration of Landfill Gas from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills and Dumps. ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste. 22(3), Pg 04018003-1-10. ISSN (print): 2153-5493 | ISSN (online): 2153-5515. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000393.
Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K., Singh, R. K. and Gurjar, B. (2018). Closure of Municipal Solid Waste Dumps – Site Rating for Odour Impact. Environmental Protection Engineering Journal. 44(2). Pg 37-56. ISSN: 0324-8828 (print version) 2450-260X (electronic version) (IF – 0.812).
Datta, M., Kumar, A. (2017). Assessment of Subsurface Contamination Potential of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Dumps. Indian Geotechnical Journal. 47 (4). Pg 410-420. DOI: 10.1007/s40098-017-0247-5. ISSN: 2277-3347 (electronic version).
Katiyar, R., Gurjar, B. R., Bharti, R. K., Kumar, A., Biswas, S., Pruthi, V. (2017). Heterotrophic Cultivation of Microalgae in Photobioreactor Using Low Cost Recycled Crude Glycerol for Enhanced Biodiesel Production. Renewable Energy. 113. Pg 1359 – 1365. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.06.100. ISSN: 0960-1481 (IF – 6.274).
Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K. and Singh, R. K. (2017). Suitability of Hazard Rating Systems for Air Contamination from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Dumps and Improvements to Enhance Performance. Canadian Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science (Incorporated in Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering). 44. Pg 549 – 557. DOI: 10.1139/cjce-2016-0500. ISSN (electronic): 1208-6029 (IF – 0.985).
21. Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K. and Singh, R. K. (2016). An Improved Rating System for Assessing Surface Water Contamination Potential from MSW Landfills. Environmental Modeling and Assessment. 21. Pg 489-505. DOI: 10.1007/s10666-015-9493-z. ISSN: 1573-2967 (electronic version) (IF – 1.634).
Book Chapters
1. Ayushi Choudhary, Ashwani Kumar, Nand Kumar, Amit Kumar. (2024). Occurrence and treatment for microplastics in a small-scale municipal WWTP in India. Mediterranean Geosciences Union Annual Meeting (MedGU-2023).
2. Chaudhary, Ayushi, Kumar Ashwani, Thakur, Rahul Singh, Kumar, Amit, Dutta, Anirban "Microplastic Contamination in Water Intended for use & reuse." In Arvind Kumar Agnihotri, Krishna R. Reddy, H. S. Chore (eds) Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering (EGRWSE) 2023. Springer Nature Singapore 2023. (accepted for publication).
3. Ashwani Kumar, Yash Choudhary, Amit Kumar, Sudhir Kumar, Nand Kumar. (2023). Monitoring of municipal solid waste operations in urban areas: a review. In K. D. Yadav, N. D. Jariwala, A. Kumar, A. Sinha (Eds.), Recent Advances in Sustainable Waste Management Practices. Springer Nature Singapore.
ISBN 978-981-99-4185-8; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4186-5
4. Jain, S., Kumar, A., Kumar. S., Kumar, A. & Choudhary, Aditya (2023). Data-driven prediction of effluent BOD5 from an institutional wastewater treatment plant. In S. Das, S. Saha, C. A. Coello, J. C. Bansal (Eds.), Advances in Data-driven Computing and Intelligent Systems. Springer Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-0981-0
5. Gupta, M., Kumar, A., Kumar. S. & Jat, M. K. (2022). A regional case study for flow of Lead (Pb) and Chromium (Cr) through solid waste management system. In B. Yadav, M. P. Mohanty, A. Pandey, V. P. Singh, R. D. Singh (Eds.), Sustainability of Water Resources: Impacts and Management. Springer Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-13467-8
6. Bhavanam, A., Kumar, A., & Nikhil, G. N. (2022). Biological and Thermochemical Strategies for Building Biorefinery Platform. In J. K. Ratan, D. Sahu, N. N. Pandhare, & A. Bhavanam (Eds.), Advances in Chemical, Bio and Environmental Engineering (pp. 33–56). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-96554-9
7. Agarwal, A., Kumar, A., & Dangayach, S. (2021). Major Flows for Lead (Pb) Within an Academic Campus. In R. Al Khaddar, N. D. Kaushika, S. K. Singh, & R. K. Tomar (Eds.), Advances in Energy and Environment Select Proceedings of TRACE 2020 (pp. 201–208). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6695-4
8. Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K., 2019. Assessment of Air Contamination Potential from Waste Dumps in Developing Countries, In: Ghosh S. (eds) Waste Management and Resource Efficiency. Springer, Singapore, Pg 1133-1141. Online ISBN: 978-981-10-7290-1. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7290-1_93. (non-Scopus)
Rani, S., Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K., 2019. Assessment of Additional Land Area Required for MSW Landfills/Dumps in Million Plus Cities of India: Two Scenarios, In: Ghosh S. (eds) Waste Management and Resource Efficiency. Springer, Singapore, Pg 495-503. Online ISBN: 978-981-10-7290-1. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7290-1_42. (non-Scopus)
Katiyar, R., Kumar, A., Gurjar, B.R., 2017. Microalgae Based Biofuel: Challenges and Opportunities, in: Agarwal, A.K., Agarwal, R.A., Gupta, T., Gurjar, B.R. (Eds.), Biofuels: Technology, Challenges and Prospects. Springer Singapore, Singapore, pp. 157–175. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-3791-7_9. ISSN: 1865-3537
Datta, M., Kumar, A., Bhowmik, R., 2017. Rehabilitation and Expansion of Operational Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Dumps of India, in: Babu, G.L.S., Reddy, K.R., De, A., Datta, M. (Eds.), Geoenvironmental Practices and Sustainability: Linkages and Directions. Springer. ISBN: 978-981-10-4076-4. Pg 57-67. (non-Scopus)
Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K. and Rateria, G. (2016). Proposed Methodology for Evaluation of Alternatives for Remediation/Closure of Waste Dumps in Indian Cities. Geo-Chicago – 2016, Geotechnical Special Publication 273, ASCE: Pg 244-253. ISBN (PDF): 9780784480168
Datta, M. and Kumar, A. (2016). Waste Dumps and Contaminated Sites in India – Status and Framework for Remediation and Control. Geo-Chicago – 2016, Chicago, USA. Geo-Chicago – 2016, Geotechnical Special Publication 273, ASCE: Pg 664-673. ISBN (PDF): 9780784480168
Conference Proceedings
1. Kumar, A., Sankhla, J., Kumar, A. , Kumar, S., Kumar, N., Evaluation of litter and street cleanliness in an academic campus and a residential urban area: Case study of Jaipur. 4th International Conference On Waste Management . Recycle – 2023, April 18-19, 2023 IIT Guwahati.
2. M., Nema, A. K. and Singh, R. K. (2022). Using a novel index to find the most appropriate aggregation function for composite hazard rating of a waste disposal site. Proceedings of International Conference on Contaminated Sites-2022, Senec, Slovakia. Oct 12 – 14th, 2022. Pg 45-48. ISBN: 978-80-8213-084-6.
3. Choudhary, A. Kumar A., Kumar A., Perumal V., Batencourt W., Singh R., and Gurian P. L. Risk assessment of waterborne pathogens for water reuse applications in Jaipur City, India. Society for Risk Analysis 2021 Annual Meeting, Dec. 5-9, 2021 (Accepted for lightning talk presentation)
4. Singh, R. Hill, C., Betancourt W., Kumar A., Perumal V., Kumar A., and Gurian P. L. Development of a Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment Framework for Reclaimed Water from Wastewater Treatment Facilities in New Delhi, India. Society for Risk Analysis 2021 Annual Meeting, Dec. 5-9, 2021. (Accepted for lightning talk presentation)
5. Kumar, A., Sharma, A., Dangyach, S. (2020). Heavy Metal Contamination in Soil of Jaipur City, in: Geoenvironment 2020: International Seminar on Contaminated Sites. IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India. Pg 98-104.
6. Kumar, A., Tomar, R. K. (2018). A New Decision Support System for Assessing Bird-hit Hazard from municipal Waste Dumps, in: ASMMCE 2018. Jalandhar, India. Pg 261-265. ISBN: 978-93-5321-892-8.
7. Kumar, A., Singh, S., Agnihotri, A. K. (2018). Natural treatment of domestic wastewater – Review on different media, in: ASMMCE 2018. Jalandhar, India. Pg 266-270. ISBN: 978-93-5321-892-8.
8. Kumar, A., Gurjar, B. R., Strbova, K. (2017). Scenario Analysis for Various Municipal Solid Waste Processing Options: Case Study of a Mid-size Indian City, in: 3rd ICEM. Hyderabad, India. Pg 481-488. Vol II, ISBN: 978-93-86819-50-5.
Datta, M. and Kumar, A. (2015). Hazard Rating of MSW Dumps and Geo-environmental Measures for Closure. Proceedings of 50th Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC – 2015), Pune, India. Dec 17-19, 2015. Pg. 1-18.
Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K. and Singh, R. K. (2015). Contaminated Sites in India: Challenges and Recent Initiatives for MSW disposal sites. Proceedings of International Conference on Contaminated Sites, Bratislava, Slovakia. May 27 - 29, 2015. Pg 151-156. ISBN: 978-80-89503-40-7.
Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K. and Singh, R. K. (2015). A new system for determining Odour Potential Hazard of old MSW landfills (waste dumps). Proceedings of International Conference on Solid Waste: Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Resource Management, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China. May 19-23, 2015. Pg 643-646.
Kumar, A., Datta, M., Nema, A. K. and Singh, R. K. (2014). An improved Methane Gas Generation Rating for dumpsites in India. Proc. of International Conference on Advances in Civil And Mechanical Engineering Systems, Amravati, Maharashtra India. Dec 23-24, 2014. Pg 201 – 204.
Kumar, A., Reinhart, D., Townsend, T. (2008). Temperature inside the Landfill: Effects of Liquid Injection and Ambient Temperature. Global Waste Management Symposium, Copper, CO, USA. Sep 7-10, 2008. (On CD). Pg 1-10
Kumar, A., Nema, A.K., Ahluwalia, P.,(2006). Optimal Routing Of Bio-Medical Waste: A Case of South Delhi, India. ASCE-EWRI Conference, New Delhi, India. Dec 18-20, 2006. Pg 1-8.
Ahluwalia, P., Nema, A.K., Kumar, A., (2006). A Proposed Framework for Analyzing Risks from Hazardous Materials and Wastes. AWMA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. USA. June 20-23, 2006. Pg 2596 – 2611.
Ahluwalia, P., Nema, A.K., Kumar, A., (2006). A Reverse Logistics Systems Optimization Model for Integrated Computer Waste Management. International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA. USA. Mar 26-29, 2006. Pg 375 – 384.
Poster Presentation
Tsydenova, N., Ghanimeh, S., Gómez-Sanabria, A., Kumar, A., Iossifidou, M. (2018). Municipal Solid Waste Management: Differing Cities with Similar Concerns. ISWA World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Oct 22-24, 2018.