Welcome to the CARES Group!
The CARES Group is directed by Srinidhi Balasubramanian. We are housed in the Environmental Science and Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
Our team explores research related to air quality and climate change. Specific research areas include the sources, fate and multi-scale impacts of reactive nitrogen from agriculture and food systems, high-spatial-resolution air quality modelling, and characterization of air quality in high-occupancy microenvironments.
CARES Research Group News!
August 2025: Ravinder, Pranjal and Srinidhi attended Healthy Buildings 2025 in Hyderabad where IITB and BITS Hyderabad organized a round table discussion on IAQ in institutional environments. Srinidhi also attended the Indian Clean Air Summit 2025 in Bangalore.
June 2025: Pranav, Rishika, and Tharun successfully defended their Dual Degree thesis. Ravinder and Srinidhi showcased ongoing indoor air quality work in the Industry Day on Indoor Air Quality Management at IIT Bombay.
May 2025: Saumya Yadav was awarded the Late Shri Girish Vishnuprasad Desai Award for Academic Excellence in the Integrated MSc-PhD program category.
April 2025: Srinidhi and Pavitra collaborators presented a series of talks and a panel discussion on choices and implementation of air quality modelling tools to advance clean air goals for India in Delhi.
January 2025: Srinidhi presented a seminar on the wicked problem of nitrogen management at CSTEP, Bangalore
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