Research Team

Pollution & Aerosols Chemistry Team (PACT)

PI / Group Leader

Dr. Pradhi Rajeev

Assistant Professor (May 2023 - present), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna).

Assistant Professor (Research) (May 2022 - April 2023), Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.

Ph.D. (2015 - 2021), Civil (Environmental) Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.

M.Tech. (2013- 2015), Civil (Environmental) Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad.

B.Tech. (2009-2013), Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur.

Ph.D.

Aditya Prakash

B.Tech.(Civil Engineering): Central University, Chhattisgarh, 2023

Thesis Work: Oxidative potential of aerosols and their implications for public health, and atmospheric chemistry.

Anjali Maddheshiya

M.Sc (Environmental Science): Banaras Hindu university (BHU), Varanasi UP, 2023

B.Sc (Physics, Mathematics, Industrial Chemistry): Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, 2021

Thesis work: Secondary Organic Aerosols (SOA) formation, characterization, and its implications in the atmospheric environment.

Masters

Rajneesh Raj

He completed his M.Tech from IIT Patna in 2025. His thesis work was a sector-specific emission inventory of Gaya (a city in Bihar).

Abhay Kumar

He is currently enrolled as an M.Tech student working on the light absorption properties of aerosols.

Project staff

Aashish Kumar

Aashish currently holds the position of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in the ongoing project of "Emission Inventory, Source Apportionment, and Carrying Capacity of Gaya in Bihar". He received his MSc degree in Environmental Science from Central University of South Bihar (CUSB)

Manish Kumar

Manish currently holds the position of Technical Assistant (TA) in the ongoing project of "Emission Inventory, Source Apportionment, and Carrying Capacity of Gaya in Bihar". He received his MSc degree in Environmental Science from Central University of South Bihar (CUSB)

Rashmi Kumari

Rashmi currently holds the position of Technical Assistant (TA) in the ongoing project of "Emission Inventory, Source Apportionment, and Carrying Capacity of Gaya in Bihar". She received her MSc degree in Environmental Science from Central University of South Bihar (CUSB)

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