MEMBERS

Prof. Mukesh Khare

Professor Mukesh Khare is the Fellow of Institution of Engineers India and Fellow of Wessex Institute of Great Britain. He is a Chartered Engineer. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Faculty of Engineering from Newcastle University, UK and has managed a range of environmental projects throughout his professional career. With a specialization in air quality modelling, Prof. Khare’s experience has covered research and development studies, teaching, consulting, modelling, editorial activities. In addition, Prof. Khare has authored more than 200 research publications primarily for peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Prof. Khare is a member of High Level Task Force (HLTF) at Prime Minister Office and also Chairing a committee on Indoor Air Quality in Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change, GoI.

Email : mukeshk@civil.iitd.ac.in

Prof. Arvind Kumar Nema

Prof. Arvind K. Nema has 12 years of professional experience in environmental practices for integrated waste management and has expertise in simulation and optimization of environmental systems and environmental impact assessment. Dr. Nema obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. Dr. Nema has over 50 publications to his credit. He is also the Dean of student affairs, IIT Delhi.

Email : aknema@civil.iitd.ac.in

Dr. Sri Harsha Kota

Dr. Sri Harsha Kota is currently an Associate Professor in Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Earlier, for more than three years (August, 2014 to May of 2018), he was working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Dehi. He has more than ten years of research experience in the field of air quality modeling and monitoring. He received his Master’s and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering with emphasis on air quality from Texas A&M University, USA. His main areas of interest are in regional/urban air quality modeling, estimating emission factors from different sources, developing air purifiers, air quality management, associating air pollution and human health, indoor air pollution and source apportionment of air pollutants. He is actively engaged in research collaborations with scientists in India, US, Europe and China. He has authored more than thirty journal publications, and is currently involved in eight funded research projects. .

Email : harshakota@civil.iitd.ac.in

Mr. Shubham Sharma

Shubham is doing his doctoral research on Associations between PM2.5 with morbidity and mortality in Delhi under the supervision of Dr. Sri Harsha Kota and Dr. Mina Chandra, RMLH. He worked on a project on An Integrated Study of Air Pollutant Sources in the Delhi, Project under the supervision of Prof. Mukesh Khare at IIT Delhi during his masters. He specializes in urban and regional air pollution modelling and health studies and is involved in research collaborations with scientists in India, Europe and China.

Supervisors: Dr. Sri Harsha Kota and Dr. Mina Chandra (Associate Professor, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital , Delhi)

Mr. Arpit Katiyar

Arpit is a research scholar with the group URAM-IIT Delhi. He works on various air quality models with a specific focus on the WRF-Chem. He is also into developing emission inventories and estimating the contribution of non-local emissions to air quality. Arpit has completed his B.Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT Delhi and M.Tech in Environmental Engineering and Management from IIT Kanpur. He also enjoys biking and traveling.

Supervisors: Dr. Sri Harsha Kota

Mr. Amit Munjal

Amit's research tries to understand & solve practical problems related to the National Highways sector in India. He completed his B.Tech. from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (NITK) in Civil Engineering. He then went on to join Master of Technology (M.Tech) at IIT Delhi in 2008. Thereafter, he joined as Assistant Engineer in Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Government of Haryana. He is currently working in Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Govt. of India, which is sponsoring his PhD.

Supervisors: Dr. Sri Harsha Kota and Prof. A. K. Nema

Mr. Yash Jain

Yash works on air quality monitoring and modelling, and health impact assessment. He completed his graduation in Biotechnology from Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University (Noida) and Masters in Environment Management from University School of Environment Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. He is a external project sponsored PhD candidate under the guidance of Dr. Sri Harsha Kota and Prof Vivek Kumar.

Supervisors: Prof Vivek Kumar (Professor, Center for Rural Development and Technology, IIT Delhi) and Dr. Sri Harsha Kota

Ms. Pratibha Anand

Pratibha is a Botanist who has been researching in area focuses on Studying the Impact of Air Pollution on Plants. She has also been a part of a project on A Systems Approach to Air Pollution in Delhi funded by Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), under the supervision of Prof. Mukesh Khare at IIT Delhi. She did her graduation [B.Sc. (Hons.) - Botany] from Miranda House, Delhi University, and Master's [M.Sc. in Environment Management] from GGSIPU Delhi. She is a UGC-NET-JRF sponsored Candidate.

Supervisors: Dr. Sri Harsha Kota and Prof. Mukesh Khare

Ms. Anjali Bansal

Anjali's research is based on applications of machine learning in the Wastewater engineering sector. She completed MTech in Environmental Engineering from MNIT Jaipur and is currently working as a Design Engineer in Ramboll India Pvt. Ltd. She has a total work experience of 5.5 years.

Supervisors: Dr. Sri Harsha Kota

Mr. Diljit Kumar Nayak

Diljit's work focuses on the formulation of policies for mitigating effects of climate change under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) by studying the variation of land use and land cover over the Indian region. He received his Masters from Center of Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi.

Supervisors: Dr. Gazala Habib (Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi) and Dr. Sri Harsha Kota

Dr. Shovan Kumar Sahu

Thesis Title: Estimation of contributions from potential source regions to mortality associated with PM2.5 in Indian cities.

Currently PDF at Tsinghua University

Dr. Rajyalakshmi Garaga

Thesis Title: Identifying the sources of wet deposition in urban and dry deposition in urban and rural residential areas of Assam.

Currently faculty at NIT Andhra Pradesh