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Saroj Kumar Sahu

Dr.Saroj Kumar Sahu

Designation: UGC-Assistant Professor

Qualification: M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Phone No.: 9439919236

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5365-795X

VIDWAN ID: 495869

Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=emORBhwAAAAJ&hl=en

E-mail ID: sks.evs@buodisha.edu.in

Biosketch

Saroj Kumar Sahu is an accomplished Atmospheric Sciences specialist with nearly two decades of experience in developing emission inventories of GHGs & Air Pollutants and presenting mitigation strategies for various Industrial sectors. He began his research on National GHG Emissions and Urban Air Quality at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune in 2004, received his PhD in Atmospheric and Space Science from the from University of Pune in 2010, and then worked as a Postdoc scientist at the Forschungszentrum Julich in Germany, followed by another at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) in Japan. Since 2016, he has been working as an Assistant Professor at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar and Berhampur University, India (2024 onwards) as well as has been actively involved in air quality research to address ongoing air pollution issues in Indian cities and to support National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). His research works have been focused on building National GHG Emissions Inventory useful to both Climate, Air Quality and Chemistry Modeling along Air Quality and Weather Measurement, Mitigation Control, and Health Impact Studies....

Dr. Saroj was chosen by the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Ministry of Earth Sciences, India, for the “28th Indian Expedition to Antarctica in 2008-09” to study the “behavior of ozone and its precursors in marine and polar boundary layers.” Throughout his PhD career (2006-2010), he actively participated in numerous field projects under the banner SAFAR (System of Air Quality Research and Weather Forecasting) programme of IITM, Pune (Ministry of Earth Sciences. He had taken the lead in field campaigns under SAFAR. He was one amongst the lead in a three-month mega field campaign, facilitated by the SAFAR-IITM, Ministry of Earth Sciences, India, to develop a robust emission inventory over Delhi to support air quality forecasting during the Commonwealth Games-2010, when the air pollution problems in India’s megacities were brewing up. Soon again, in 2018, he carried out SAFAR-Emission Inventory campaign for combating Delhi Air Pollution organized by SAFAR & School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi in association with Utkal University followed by a similar campaign SAFAR-Pune in 2020. His research ideas and analyses along with surface chemistry databases for Indian cities and National Scale can be found on his webpage. For more information on his group research activities and data repositories, please visit https://www.aeimsksahu.com/.

Urban Air Quality, National GHGs Emission, Ambient Air Quality Monitoring, Climate Change, Policy Assessment, Public Health & Mitigation Strategy etc.

  • 2024-Present UGC-Assistant Professor at Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, India
  • 2016-2024 UGC-Assistant Professor at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
  • 2017-2019 Visiting Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
  • 2014-2016 Post-Doctoral Scientist at National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
  • 2011-2014 Post-Doctoral Scientist at Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany
  • 2010-2011 Research Associate at IITM, India
  • 2004-2010 Research Scholar (Ph.D. Thesis) at IITM, Pune, India

Publication Details: (55 Nos, Citations: 1947, h-Index: 24, i10 Index: 41, Source: Google Scholar)

  1. Saroj Kumar Sahu, Madhusmita Mishra, Ashirbad Mishra, Poonam Mangaraj, Gufran Beig Quantification and assessment of hazardous mercury emission from industrial process and other unattended sectors in India: A step towards mitigation, Journal of Hazardous Material, 470, 134103, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134103. (2024) ( IF: 14.2)
  2. Poonam Mangaraj, Saroj Kumar Sahu, Gufran Beig, Development of emission inventory for air quality assessment and mitigation strategies over most populous Indian megacity, Mumbai, 101928, Urban Climate, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101928. (2024) (IF:6.6)
  3. Anuj Samal, Saroj Kumar Sahu, Ashirbad Mishra, Poonam Mangaraj, Shantanu Kumar Pani, Gufran Beig, Assessment and quantification of Methane emission from Indian Livestock and manure management, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 24, 6, 230204, https://aaqr.org/articles/aaqr-23-08-bc-0204. (2024) (IF:4)
  4. Janardanan, R., Maksyutov, S., Wang, F., Nayagam, L., Sahu, S. K., Mangaraj, P., Saunois, M., Lan, X., Matsunaga, T. Country-level methane emissions and their sectoral trends during 2009–2020 estimated by high-resolution inversion of GOSAT and surface observations. Environmental Research Letters 19, 034007–034007, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad2436 (2024) (IF: 6.7)
  5. Yadav R, Anand V, Sahu S K, Kunchala RK, Tyagi B and Beig G Editorial: Anthropogenic trace gases and their linkages to meteorology and climate change. Sustain. Cities 6:1379626. doi: 10.3389/frsc.2024.1379626. (2024) (IF:2.8)
  6. Kumar, P., Beig, G., Singh, V., Sahu, S. K., Singh, D., & Bamniya, B. Model simulation of carbonaceous fine particulate matter using SAFAR emission inventory and comparison with EDGAR-HTAP simulations. Atmospheric Environment, 315, 120147, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.120147 (2023) (IF: 4.6)
  7. Sahu S. K., Mangaraj P., G. Beig, M. T. Lund, B. H. Samset, P. Sahoo, A. Mishra, Development and comprehensive analysis of spatially resolved technological high resolution (0.1°×0.1°) Emission Inventory of Particulate Matter for India: A step Towards Air Quality Mitigation, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discussion, essd-2023-310, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-310 (2023) (IF:11.9)
  8. Choudhary, A., Kumar, P., Pradhan, C., Sahu, S. K., Chaudhary, S. K., Joshi, P. K., Pandey, D. N., Prakash, D., & Mohanty, A. (2023). Evaluating air quality and criteria pollutants prediction disparities by data mining along a stretch of urban-rural agglomeration includes coalmine belts and thermal power plants. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, 1132159, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1132159 (2023) (IF: 4.6)
  9. Sahu, S.K., Sahoo, P., Mangaraj, P., Beig, G., Tyagi, B., Samal, B., Mishra, A., Yadav, R., Identification and Quantification of Emission Hotspots of Air Pollutants over Bhubaneswar: A Smart City in Eastern India. Aerosol Air Qual. Res., doi: 2023 10.4209/aaqr.230049 (2023) (IF: 4)
  10. Sahu, S.K., Mangaraj, P., Beig, G., Decadal growth in emission load of major air pollutants in Delhi. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 3183–3202, doi: 10.5194/essd-15-3183-2023) (2023) (IF:11.4)
  11. Kumar, P., Beig, G., Sahu, S. K., Yadav, R., Maji, S., Singh, V., Bamniya, B. R., Development of a high-resolution emissions inventory of carbonaceous particulate matters and their growth during 2011–2018 over India. Atmospheric Environment, 303, 119750, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119750 (2023) (IF: 8.7)
  12. Mishra, M, Sahu, S. K.*, Mangaraj, P, Beig, G., Assessment of hazardous radionuclide emission due to fly ash from fossil fuel combustion in industrial activities in India and its impact on public, Journal of Environmental Management, 328, 116908, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116908 (2023) (IF: 8.91)
  13. K. Sahu, P. Mangaraj, B. Tyagi, R. Yadav, S Chaulya, C. Pradhan,N. Das, P. Sahoo and G. Beig, Estimating NOX, VOC, and COvariability over India’s 1st smartcity: Bhubaneswar, Frontiers in Environmental Sciences, 10.997026, doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.997026 (2022) (IF: 5.41)
  14. Mangaraj, P., Sahu, S. K*., Beig, G. Samal, B. K, Development and assessment of inventory of air pollutants that deteriorate the air quality in Indian megacity Bengaluru,360, 132209, Journal of Cleaner Production, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132209 (2022) (IF: 11.1)
  15. Mangaraj, P., Sahu, S. K*., Beig, G. et al. A comprehensive high-resolution gridded emission inventory of anthropogenic sources of air pollutants in Indian megacity Kolkata. SN Appl. Sci., 4, 117, doi: 10.1007/s42452-022-05001-3 (2022)
  16. Beig, G, Jayachandran, K. S, George, M.P., Rathod, A., Sobhana, S. B., Sahu, S. K., Shinde, R, Jindal, V., Process-based diagnostics of extreme pollution trail using numerical modelling during fatal second COVID-19 wave in the Indian capital. Chemosphere, 298, 134271, doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134271 (2022) (IF: 8.94)
  17. Choudhary, P. Kumar, S. K. Sahu, C. Pradhan,P. Joshi, S. K. Singh, P. Kumar *, Cyrille A. M.,Abhay K. S., B. Tyagi, Health Risk Appraisal Associated with Air Quality over Coal Fired Thermal Power Plants and Coalmine Complex Belt of Urban-Rural Agglomeration of Eastern Coastal State, Odisha, India, Atmosphere, 2022 (2022) (IF: 3.11)
  18. Choudhary, P. Kumar, S. K. Sahu, C. Pradhan, S. K. Singh, M. Gašparović, A. Shukla and A. K. Singh, Time Series Simulation and Forecasting of Air Quality Using In-situ and Satellite-Based Observations Over an Urban Region, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 21, 3, 1137-1148, doi: 10.46488/NEPT.2022.v21i03.018 (2022)
  19. Beig, G., Sahu, S. K., Anand, V., Bano, S., Maji, S., Rathod, A., Korhale, N., Sobhana, S.B., Parkhi, N., Mangaraj, P., Srinivas, R., Peshin, S.N., Singh, S., Latha, R., Shinde, R., Trimbake, K., India’s Maiden air quality forecasting framework for megacities of divergent environments: The SAFAR-project. Environmental Modelling and Software, 145, 105204, doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105204) (2021) (IF: 5.47)
  20. K. Sahu, P. Mangaraj, G.Beig, B.Tyagi,S. Tikle, V.Vinoj, Establishing a link between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) zones and COVID-19 over India based on anthropogenic emission sources and air quality data, Urban Climate, 38, 100833, doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100880 (2021) (IF: 6.66)
  21. K. Sahu, P. Mangaraj, G.Beig, A. Samal, C. Pradhan, S. Dash, B. Tyagi, Quantifying the High Resolution Seasonal Emission of Air Pollutants from Crop Residue Burning in India, Environmental Pollution, 286, 117165, doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117165 (2021) (IF: 9.98)
  22. Kumar,A. Singh,A. K. Srivastava, S. K. Sahu, Rakesh K. Hooda,Umesh C. Dumka, Virendra Pathak, Long-term change in aerosol characteristics over Indo-Gangetic Basin: How significant is the impact of emerging anthropogenic activities?, Urban Climate,38, 100880, doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100880 (2021) (IF: 6.66)
  23. Rathod, S. K. Sahu, S. Singh, G. Beig, Anomalous behaviour of ozone under COVID-19 and explicit diagnosis ofO3-NOx-VOCs mechanism, Heliyon, 7,e06142 (2021) (IF: 2.85)
  24. Beig, S. K. Sahu, A. Rathod, S. Tikle, V. Singh, B.S. Sandeepan, Role of meteorological regime in mitigating biomass induced extreme air pollution events, Urban Climate, 35, 100756, doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100756 (2020) (IF: 6.66)
  25. Yadav, N. Korhale, V. Anand, A. Rathod, S. Bano, R. Shinde, R. Latha, S. K. Sahu, B.S. Murthy , Gufran Beig, COVID-19 lockdown and air quality of SAFAR-India metro cities, Urban Climate, 34, 100729, doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100729 (2020) (IF: 6.66)
  26. K. Sahu, B. Tyagi, G. Beig, P. Mangaraj, C. Pradhan, S. Khuntia, V. Singh, Significant change in air quality parameters during the year 2020over 1st smart city of India: Bhubaneswar, SN Applied Sciences, 2:1990, doi: 10.1007/s42452-020-03831-7, (2020)
  27. P.Vadrevu, A. E aturu, S. Biswas, K. Lasko., S. K. Sahu, J. K. Garg & C. Justice,Spatial and temporal variations of air pollution over 41 cities of India during the COVID‑19 lockdown period, Scientific Reports, 10:16574, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72271-5 (2020) (IF: 4.99)
  28. Beig, N. Korhale, A. Rathod, S. Maji, S. K. Sahu, S.Dole, R. Latha, B.S. Murthy,On modelling growing menace of household emissions underCOVID-19 in Indian metros, Environmental Pollution, 272, 115993, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115993 (2020 )(IF: 9.98)
  29. Beig, S. Bano, S. K. Sahu, V. Anand, N. Korhale, A. Rathod, R. Yadav, P. Mangaraj, B.S. Murthy, S. Singh, R. Shinde, COVID-19 and Environmental -Weather Markers: Unfolding Baseline Levels and Veracity of Linkages in Tropical India, Environmental Research, doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110121 (2020) (IF: 8.43)
  30. Beig, P. George, S. K. Sahu, Aditi Rathod, Siddhartha Singh, Shruti Dole, B. S. Murthy, R. Latha1, S. Tikle and Rajanikant Shinde, Towards baseline air pollution underCOVID-19: implication to chronic health and Policy Research for Delhi, India, Current Science, Vol. 119, 2020. (2020) (IF: 1.10)
  31. Beig, S. K. Sahu, V Singh, S. Tikle, S B Sobhana, P Gargeva, K Ramkrishna, A Rathod, B S Murthy, Objective evaluation of stubble emission of North India and quantifiying its impact on air quality of Delhi, Science of the Total Environment, 709,136226, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136126 (2020) (IF:10.75)
  32. Chen, G. Beig, S. Archer, Nicholls, W. Drysdale , J. Acton, D. Lowe, B. S. Nelson, J. D. Lee, L. Ran, Y. Wang, Z. Wu, S. K. Sahu, R. S. Sokhi, V. Singh , R. Gadi, C. N. Hewitt, E. Nemitz, A. Archibald, G. McFiggins and O. Wild,Avoiding high ozone pollution in Delhi, India, Faraday Discuss., doi: 10.1039/D0FD00079E (2020) (IF: 4.39)
  33. Chen, O. Wild, E. Ryan, S. K. Sahu, D. Lowe, S. Archer-Nicholls, Y. Wang, G. McFiggans, T. Ansari, V. Singh, R. S. Sokhi, A. Archibald, G. Beig, Mitigation of PM2.5 and Ozone Pollution in Delhi: A Sensitivity Study during the Pre-monsoon period, Atmos. Chem. Phy. (ACP),20, 499-514, doi: 10.5194/acp-20-499-2020 (2020) (IF: 7.32)
  34. K. Sahu, B Tyagi, C Pradhan, G Beig, Evaluating the variability, transport and periodicity of particulate matter over smart city Bhubaneswar, a tropical coastal station of eastern India, SN Applied Sciences, 1-383, doi: 10.1007/s42452-019-0427-2 (2019)
  35. Singh, S. K. Sahu, A. Kesarkar, A. Biswal, Estimation of high resolution emissions from road transport in a megacity Delhi, Urban Climate, 26, 109-120, doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2018.08.011 (2019) (IF: 6.66)
  36. Beig, S. Reka, N Parkhi,G. R. Carmichael,S. Singh, S. K. Sahu, S Maji, A.Radhod, Anatomy of the Winter 2017 Air Quality Emergency in Delhi, 681, 305-311, Science of the Total Environment, 680, 305-311, doi: 1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.347, (2019) (IF: 10.75)
  37. Kumar, S. Jana, A. Bhardwaj, R. Deepa, S. K. Sahu, P. K. Pradhan, Sevinc A. Sirdas, Greenhouse Gas Emission, Rainfall and Crop Production Over North-Western India, The Open Ecology Journal, 11: 47-61 (2018) (IF: 0.89)
  38. K. Sahu, T. Ohara, G Beig,The role of coal technology in defining India’s climate change agents and other pollutants, Environmental Research Letters (ERL), 12, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa814a (2017) (IF: 6.94)
  39. Kaushar, D. Trivedi, S. K. Sahu, Surface ozone characterization at Larsemann Hills and Maitri, Antarctica, Science of the Total Environment, 0048-9697, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.173 (2017) (IF:10.75)
  40. K. Sahu, T. Ohara, G. Beig, J. Kurokawa, T. Nagashima, “Rising critical emission of air pollutants from renewable biomass-based cogeneration from the sugar industry in India”, Environmental Research Letters (ERL),10,doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/095002 (2015) (IF: 6.94)
  41. K. Sahu, G. Beig, N. Parkhi, “High Resolution emission inventory of NOx and CO for Mega City Delhi, India” Aerosol and Air Quality Research (AAQR), 15, 1137-1144, doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2014.07.0132 (2015) (IF: 4.53)
  42. Ali, D. K. Trivedi, S. K. Sahu, Physico-chemical characterization of total suspended particle matter over two coastal stations of Antarctica and adjoining ocean, Atmospheric Environment, 122, 531-540, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.10.021 (2015) (IF: 5.75)
  43. K. Sahu, M. Schultz, G. Beig, “Critical pollutant emissions from Indian telecom network”, Atmospheric Environment, 103, 34-42, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.025 (2014) (IF: 5.75)
  44. Marrapu, P., Cheng, Y., Beig, G., S. K. Sahu, Srinivas, R., and Carmichael, G. R.: Air quality in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games, Chem. Phys. (ACP) 14, doi: 10.5194/acp-14-10619-2014 (2014) (IF: 7.32)
  45. K. Sahu, G. Beig, G., N. Parkhi, “Critical emissions from the largest on-road transport network in South Asia”, Aerosol and Air Quality Research (AAQR), 14, 135-144, doi: 10.42209/aaqr.2013.04.0137 (2013) (IF: 4.53)
  46. Chate, G. Beig, T. Satpute, S. K. Sahu, S. D. Ghude, K. Ali, N.  Parkhi, H. K. Trimbake., “Assessments of population exposure to environmental pollutants using Air Quality Measurements during Commonwealth Games–2010”, Inhalation Toxicology, 25(6):333-340, doi:10.3109/08958378.2013.788103 (2013) (IF: 3.01)
  47. Beig, D. Chate, S. Ghude, K. Ali, T. Satpute, S. K. Sahu and N. Parkhi, “Evaluating population exposure to environmental pollutants during Deepavali fireworks displays using Air Quality Measurements of the SAFAR network”, Chemosphere, 92, 116-124, doi:  10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.02.043 (2013) (IF: 8.94)
  48. Beig, D. Chate, S. Ghude, A. Mahajan, R Srinivas, K. Ali, S. K. Sahu, N. Parkhi, D. Surendran and H Trimbake, “Quantifying the effect of air quality control measures during the 2010 Commonwealth Games at Delhi, India”, Atmospheric Environment, 80, 455-463, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.012 (2013) (IF: 5.75)
  49. Ali, D. Chate, G. Beig, R. Srinivas, N. Parkhi, T. Satpute, S. K. Sahu, S Ghude, S Kulkarni, D Surendran, T Hanumant, “Spatio-temporal Variation and Deposition of Fine and Coarse Particles during Commonwealth Games in Delhi”, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 13: 748–755, doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.02.0044 (2013) (IF: 4.53)
  50. K. Sahu, G. Beig, N. Parkhi, “Emerging pattern of Anthropogenic NOx emission over Indian subcontinent during 1990s and 2000s”, Atmospheric Pollution Research, doi: 10.5094/APR.2012.021 (2012) (IF: 4.83)
  51. K. Sahu, G. Beig, N. Parkhi, “Emissions Inventory of Anthropogenic PM2.5 and PM10 in Delhi during Commonwealth Games 2010”, Atmospheric Environment, 45, 6180-6190, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.08.014 (2011) (IF: 5.75)
  52. Pawer, D. Pawer, G. Beig, S. K. Sahu, “Effect of lightning activity on surface NOx and O3 over a tropical station during pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons, Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), 211JD016930RRR (2011) (IF: 4.39)
  53. Menon, D. Koch, G. Beig, S. K. Sahu, J. Fassullo and D. Orlikowski, “Black Carbon Aerosols and the third polar ice cap”, Atmos. Chem. Phys. (ACP), 10, 4559-4571, doi: 10.5194/acp-10-4559-2010 (2010) (IF: 7.32)
  54. Ali, G. Beig, D. Chate, S. K. Sahu, P. D. Safai “Sink mechanism for significantly low level of ozone over the Arabian Sea during monsoon” Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), Vol 114, D17306, doi: 10.1029 /2008JD011256 (2009) (IF: 4.39)
  55. S. K. Sahu, G. Beig, C. Sharma, “Decadal Growth of Black Carbon emissions in India”, Geophys. Res. Lett. (GRL), Vol-35, L02807, doi: 10.1029/2007GL032333 (2008) (IF: 5.58)

Book Chapter:

  1. Beig, Lead Author: S. K. Sahu “SAFAR-High-Resolution (400m×400m) Gridded Emissions Inventory for Pune, Pimpri and Chinchwad Regions”, Special Scientific Report; SAFAR-Pune-2020, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. (2020)
  2. Beig, Lead Author: S. K. Sahu, “SAFAR-High Resolution Emission Inventory of Mega City Delhi-2018”, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Special Scientific Report, SAFAR-Delhi-2018-A, ISSN:0252-1075. (2018)
  3. Beig, Co-author (S. K. Sahu), Chapter-26: The Indian Nitrogen Assessment: Sources of Reactive Nitrogen, Environmental and Climate Effects, and Management Options and Policies. ISBN: 978-0-12-811836-8, (2016)
  4. Beig, Co-author (S. K. Sahu), System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR-India), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Report No. 217, ISBN 978-92-63-11156-2, (2015)
  5. K. Sahu& G. Beig, Book chapter entitle “Emission inventory for SAFAR: The national project for air quality study over Indian cities”, Air Pollution: Monitoring, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies, 2012:00-00 ISBN: 978-81-308-0488-0. (2013)
  6. K. Sahu, Book entitle “Anthropogenic Black carbon and Ozone Precursors Emission over India”, ISBN: 978-3-8484-4679-7. (2012)
  7. Francis, X. V., Sokhi, R. S. (Eds.), Co-author (S. K. Sahu), MEGAPOLI Scientific Report 11021, Implementation of Integration Models for megacities, MEGAPOLI Deliverable D7.3, Hatfield, ISBN: 978-87-92731-25-8.(2011)
  8. G. Beig & Lead Author: S. K. Sahu, “Development of high resolution emission inventory for National Capital Region Delhi”, Special Scientific Report, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, SAFAR-2010-A. (2010)

Ph.D.: (2 Awarded, 4 Continuing)

  • Dr. Poonam Mangaraj, “A technological emission inventory for critical air pollutants over Indian megacities and its application”, (Awarded)
  • Dr. Madhusmita Mishra, “Inventory of Heavy Metal and Radioactive Emission from Core Industries of India”, (Awarded)
  • Ms. Anuja Samal, ” Development of seasonal methane emission inventory for India and its impact assessment on Asian climate”,  (Continuing)
  • Ms. Shilpa Khuntia, “Modelling and validation of emission inventory for shipping sector in India”, (Continuing)
  • Ms. Pallavi Sahoo, Quantification of Ammonia and Fine Particulate Chloride emission from anthropogenic sources over India and their significance. (Continuing)
  • Mr. Ashirbad Mishra, Development of High Resolution Particulate & Indirect GHGs Emission and its Teleconnection with Disease Prevalence across India. (Continuing)

M. Phil.: 3 (Awarded), M.Sc. : 19 ( Awarded)

• Quantitative Assessment and development of Inventory of Ammonia and Methane (GHGs) Emission over North-Eastern state of India, SERB-DST: Year of Operation: 2024-2027.
• Operational, analysis & maintenance of MAPAN-AQMS station at Utkal University (PI): Funding Agency: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Year of Operation: 2016-2021.
• Quantifying Impacts of South Asian Aerosols on Regional and Arctic Climate (QUISARC), (Co-PI): Indo-Norwegian project, Funding Agency: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Year of Operation: 2017-2020.
• Startup-Grant for UGC -Faculty Recharge Programme (PI): Funding Agency: UGC, Year of operation: 2017-19.
• System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR)-Delhi for commonwealth game 2010 (Co-PI): Funding Agency: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Year of Operation: 2010-2011.

• Air Pollution, Urban Air Quality, NAAQS, National Clear Air Programme (NCAP)
• GHGs and National Emission Inventory of Air Pollutant
• Air Quality Measurements techniques
• Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System (GIS),
• Computer and Programming language
• Atmosphere and Meteorology parameters
• Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate signals, GWP
• Environmental Disaster and its managements
• Renewable Energy Resources and advancement

• Participation in the “28th Indian Expedition to Antarctica” during 2008-09. (By NCAOR, Ministry of Earth Sciences).
• SAFAR- Delhi Emission campaign to understand Air Quality (2018) (Role: Project Coordinator; Funded by IITM, MoES& SPA Delhi).
• Three month long SAFAR Mega field campaign in Delhi (By IITM, Ministry of Earth Sciences).
• Participated in various field campaigns for the observation of trace gases during 2006-2011(By IITM, Pune).

Invited Talk @ European Union Delegation (EU) to India, IIT Madras, IISER-Bhopal, Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt. of India, National Institute of Advanced Studied (NIAS), CSIR-NEERI, IITM-ENVIS-Pune, GIET University, Nagpur, UGC-HRDC, Utkal University, Berhampur University etc.