Current Ph.D. Students
Chiranjib Debbarma
Cont.
Air Pollution
Akanksha
Cont.
Study on Low-Cost Air Quality Monitoring Sensors.
Manish Kumar
Cont.
Study of Aerosol deposition in piping system during severe nuclear accident and its validation with ASTEC.
Sidyant Kumar Rao (Jointly with Dr. Sanjay Kumar, AE)
Cont.
Study of shock wave and droplet interaction
Suneeti Mishra
Cont.
Aerosol size distribution and chemical analysis in Indian cities
Vipul Lalchandani
Cont.
Chemical characterization of particulate matter, and understanding organic aerosol sources and evolution at downwind location of Delhi during winter season
Ashutosh Shukla
Cont.
Source apportionment using UMR and PMF and network analysis
Mithun Krishnan K.V.
Cont.
Seasonal and annual variations of surface energy fluxes, parameters and it’s modeling using weather research forecast models over Indo-Gangetic basin
Himadri Sekhar Bhowmik
Cont.
Source apportionment using high end online instruments
Vaishali Jain
Cont.
Chemical characterization and source appointment of aerosols using real time instruments
Current M.Tech. Students
Ravi Prakash Maurya
Cont.
WRF-Chem Modelling
Sant Kumar Jha
Cont.
WRF-Chem Modelling
Project Members
Mariselvam A K
Post Doc Fellow
Large Scale Multi-city Dense Urban IoT Real-time Air Quality Monitoring Networks in India
Veerendra Sahu
Post Doc Fellow
Evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY) in 6 States of India
Sandeep Madhwal
Post Doc Fellow
Building capacity to improve air quality in South Asia: Reducing PM2.5 through Low-cost Sensor network driven policy decisions
Kunal Ghosh
Post Doc Fellow
Low cost sensor for PMUY focusing on human health exposure.
Mohit Kumar
Post Doc Fellow
Deep learning based calibration of air quality sensors
Vishnu Murari
Post Doc Fellow
Identification of aerosol source at different locations in India
Shamitaksha Talukdar
Post Doc Fellow
Source apportionment study in Delhi
Ravi Sahu
Post Doc Fellow
Air quality monitoring using low cost sensor
Sonu Kumar Jha
Junior Research Fellow
Deep learning based calibration of air quality sensors
P. Pranav Kumar
Project Associate
Calibration of air quality sensors
Amit Vishvakarma
Project Associate
Calibration of air quality sensors
Vaibhav Shrivastava
Project Associate
OC-EC anlysis
Harish C. Vishwakarma
Assistant Project Manager
AERONET and MPLNET site maintenance, Technical work and official work for Projects.
Hari Shankar
Sr. Project Mechanic
Technical work and official work for Project and Lab.
Past Members
Gaurav Mishra
2021
Growth characteristics of cesium compound aerosols under various saturation conditions. Current position: Research Associate under my guidance in Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur
Kunal Ghosh
2021
Role of ion in aerosol microphysical processes (modeling and experimental studies). Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, under my guidance in Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur
Navaneeth M.Thamban
2021
Evolution of size, composition and mixing state of carbonaceous aerosols in Indo-Gangetic Plain. Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Manchester, UK
Anil Kumar Mandariya
2021
Impact of ambient relative humidity on the growth and evolution of organic aerosol. Current position:
Anubhav Dwivedi (Jointly with Dr. Naveen Tiwari, CHE)
2020
Experimental and numerical study on micro-physical properties of aerosols and its behaviour under varying thermal-hydraulic conditions. Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Aarhus University, Denmark
Manish Joshi
2018
Formation and evolution characteristics of nuclei mode particles in dense atmospheric and confined aerosol environments. Current position: Scientific Officer ‘E’, BARC, Mumbai Email: mjoshi@barc.gov.in
Shamjad P.M
2017
Impact of carbonaceous aerosol absorption and mixing state on direct radiative forcing in Kanpur-India. Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia Email: pmshamjad@gmail.com
Chandan Sarangi
2017
Understanding aerosolsurfacecloudrainfall interactions within Indian summer monsoon region. Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras Email: chandansarangi591@gmail.com
Abhishek Chakraborty
2016
Fog and organic aerosols interactions: processing, sources, and composition. Current position: Assistant Professor, Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai Email: abhishekc@iitb.ac.in
Deepika Bhattu
2016
Effect of aerosol size, chemical composition, mixing state and volatility on cloud condensation nuclei activity in the ambient atmosphere. Current position: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur Email: deepika.bhattu@psi.ch
Chiranjib Chaudhari
2015
Characteristics of historical climate change over Indo- Gangetic basic: Observational analysis and numirical modeling. Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada Email: chiranjibchaudhuri@gmail.com
2014
Understanding the formation of organic aerosol in urban environment during foggy and nonfoggy episodes. Current position: Assistant Professor, SoT, PDP University, Gujarat Email: dayakaul@gmail.com
J. Jaidevi
2012
Effects of fine particulate matter on human health and climate. Current position: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of TechnologyRAM, Ahmedabad Email: j.jaidevi@gmail.com
Sumit Kumar Mishra
2011
Numerical estimation of optical properties of pure and polluted mineral dust particle. Current Position: Scientist, Radio and Atmospheric Sciences Division, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi Email: mishrask@mail.nplindia.ernet.in
Sagnik Dey
2008
Aerosol radiative effects in Kanpur in the Indo-Gangetic basin, northern India. Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi Email:sagnik@cas.iitd.ernet.in
M.Tech. Thesis Students
Saurabh Kukreti
2020
Impact of variability in initial and boundary conditions of meteorology on the simulated particulate matter concentrations over Delhi during winters using WRF-Chem
Pratapaditya Ghosh
2020
Understanding the non-local and local contributions during a high PM2.5 loading winter episode over the megacity of Delhi using WRF-Chem
Current position:
Email: paditya@iitk.ac.in
Shubham Naresh
2019
Spatial and temporal variability in ionic and metal composition of PM2.5, across five sites of Gangetic plain; seasonality in secondary inorganic aerosol and preliminary source apportionment. Current position: Environmental Engineer, THDC India Limited, Tishikesh, Uttarakhand Email: sshubham93naresh@gmail.com
Himadri Sekhar Bhowmik
2019
Inter and Intra seasonality in carbonaceous species (EC, OC) of PM2.5 aerosol over five sites of Indo-Gangetic plain, preliminary source apportionment and case study on multi-day regional SOA formation during winter at Faridabad. Current position: Pursuing PhD under my guidance in Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Saad Ahmed
2018
Application of microwave radiometer in nowcasting of convective activity. Current position: Senior Engineer, Tata Consulting Engineers, Noida
Mithun Krishnan K.V.
2017
Seasonal dynamics of surface energy balance over a semi-natural grass land in central Indo-Gangetic Basin. Current position: Pursuing PhD under my guidance in Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Geet George
2017
Characterisation of cloud vertical structure (CVS) and cloud radiative forcing (CRF) over Kanpur. Current position: PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Bhuvana Joshi
2016
Real time size resolved analysis of organics in Kanpur city: A comparative study between fog and no-fog periods. Current position: Assistant Professor – Civil Engineering, Govt. Engineering College, Banswara, Rajasthan
Kuntamukkala Pavan Kumar
2016
Black carbon aerosol microphysical properties variation and electron microscopy study of PM205 in Kanpur. Current position: Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra, Pune
Bharath Kumar, Dual B. Tech – M. Tech
2015
Source apportionment of sub micron aerosol over Kanpur. Current position: Business Analyst, ZS Associates, Gurgaon
Karn Vohra, Dual B. Tech – M. Tech
2015
A chamber study to understand aerosol deposition phenomena. Current position: PhD Scholar in Environmental Health Sciences at University of Birmingham, UK
Tirthankar Chakraborty
2015
Understanding urban micrometeorology and its impact on the heat island of greater Kanpur. Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Yale University, USA
Kundan Kumar
2015
Aerosol direct radiative forcing over Indo-Gangetic basin during pre-mansoon season using WRF-CHEM. Current Position: Assistant Executive Engineer, Office of the Panchayat Raj Superintendent Engineer, Panchayat Raj Circle Adilabad, Tilangana
Vipul Lalchandani
2014
he need for site-, season- and instrument-specific calibrations of a photo-reference method for determining aerosol Black Carbon concentrations and examining color signal of Organic carbon particles. Current Position: Pursuing PhD under my guidance in Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Amit Sharma
2014
Quantifying health benefits of reducing PM2.5 & ozone concentration using WRF-CHEM model. Current position: Ahmedabad
Alabhya Mishra Dual B. Tech – M. Tech
2014
Electrical properties of Titan and Earth atmospheres. Current position: Associate at BlackRock, Bengaluru
Arun Yadav, Dual B. Tech – M. Tech
2013
An evaluation of WRF-Chem model over the Indian Domain Current position: Flipkart, Bangalore
Anubhav Dwivedi
2013
Investigation of activation kinetics of laboratory generated and ambient particles Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Aarhus University, Denmark
Rosalin Dalai
2013
Role of aerosol type and mixing state on CCN activity Current position: Indian Institute of Technology Bhubneshwar
Akhilesh Rawal Dual B. Tech – M. Tech
2012
Study of ion-aerosol near-cloud mechanism to explain cosmic ray-cloud-climate conundrum Current position: Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), India
Shamjad P.M.
2011
Hygroscopicity, mixing state and enhanced absorption of aerosols Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Priya Choudhry
2011
Validation of MODIS-retrieved AOD over Indo-Gangetic Plain Current position: Group Engineer at SNC-Lavalin Atkins, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Monika Srivastava
2011
Aircraft-based CCN Closure Current position: BBD University, Lucknow
Pawan Kumar Bharti
2010
A study of inter and intra variation seasonal of surface Cloud Condensation Nuclei and chemical closure in Kanpur Current position: SIDBI, Ludhiana
Vishnu Patidar
2009
First surface, spatial and vertical measurements of Cloud CondensationNuclei (CCN)over Indian CTCZ region. Current position: Environmental Engineer
Jariwala Chinmay G.
2009
An observational and laboratory study on the effects of Cloud CondensationNuclei and black carbon aerosol on fog persistence. Current position: Environmental Engineer, Dar AL-Handasah, Pune
Vivek Pratap Singh
2008
An experimental investigation of the effects of environmental and fog condensation nuclei parameters on rate of fog dissipation. Current position: Engineer, Manali
Sanjay Prakash Baxla
2008
A study of ambient ultra fine aerosols using SMPS. Current Position: Sr. Process Design Engineer at SS GAS LAB Asia Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
Anirban Roy
2008
Measurement and simulation of particulate aerosols. Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Anilkumar D. Vanga
2007
A numerical study of new particle formation in cirrus cloud. Current Position: Engineer, Jones Lang LaSalle, Mumbai
Sudip Chakraborty
2006
Long term changes in surface and columnar water vapor over North India. Current Position: Research Scholar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Defense & Space, Pasadena, CA
Abani Patnaik
2006
Climatology of cloud and aerosol over the Indian subcontinent and adjoining oceans. Current Position: Offshore Structural Engineer, L&T, Mumbai
Roma Srivastava
2006
Study of trace gas concentration over Kanpur region. Current Position: Lecturer, Hindustan College of Engineering, Agra. Email: romasrivastava@gmail.com
Parul Sharma
2006
Study of aerosol chemical composition over Kanpur region. Current Position: Sr Director (HTEM) at Fraud and Identity, Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions, Milpitas, California
Tanveer Ahmed
2005
Charging of radioactive aerosols containment wall of pressurized water reactor. Current Position: Data Scientist, Enterprise Intelligent Automation Practice, Tata Consultancy Services – North America
Nagesh Chinnam
2005
Analysis of ambient particles by high volume sampler and PM10
Shyam Kishor
2005
Investigation into seasonal and diurnal formation of atmospheric nitrate.
B. Tech. Project
Praveen/Naveen
2007
A study of effects of black carbon on cloud microphysical properties using a two-dimensional cloud model.
Nikhil/Gaurav
2006
Retrieval of aerosol organic carbon obtained due to biomass burning from various location of the world.
Shiwesh/Sameer
2005
Parameterization of collision efficiency between of electrically charged aerosol particles and cloud of droplets.
Ashwyn/Sandip
2005
Numerical investigation of atmospheric fogs.
Abhishek/Chandel
2004
Comparison of satellite derived aerosol parameters with ground measured data over Gangetic Basin.
Project Employees
Kuldeep Dixit
Current Position: Project Scientist, CAS, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Email: dixitkuldeep252@gmail.com
Dinesh Nath
Current Position: Email: dinesh2n@gmail.com
Shilpa Shirodkar
Current Position: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Email: md161shilpa@gmail.com
Pravin Kumar Verma
Current Position: Mumbai Email: pravin8724@gmail.com
Vijay Kanawade
Current Position: UGC-Assistant Professor, Centre for Earth and Space Sciences (UCESS), University of Hyderabad, Prof C R Rao Road, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500 046 Email: vijaypk06@gmail.com
M S Gandhi
Current Position: Pennagaram, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu Email: gandhitnau@gmail.com
Mary Michael
Current Position: Trivandrum Email: mary@iitk.ac.in
Beena Umrao
Current Position: New Delhi Email: umrao.beena@gmail.com
Bhola N. Singh
Current Position: Branch Manager, SBI, Lucknow Email: hellobns5@gmail.com
A.R. Ragi
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Department of CAS, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Email: ar.ragi@gmail.com
Arindam Ghosh
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Email: arindamgr@gmail.com
Tanmay Dhar
Current Position: Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Email: tstorm.tanmay@gmail.com
Litty Thomas
Current Position: Kerala
Desh Deepak
Current Position: Mumbai
Nikita Tripathi
Current Position: Chandigarh
Bodhaditya Santra
Email: bodhaditya.santra@gmail.com
Rishi Jain
Email: rishij@iitk.ac.in
M. S. Modgi
Email: moni_g4@yahoo.com
Sanjeev Kumar
Current Position: Self-Employed Email: sanjeev@engineers-india.com
Rina Dutta
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (WB)
Manoj K. Sagar
Current Position: Bangalore
Saurav Dayal
Current Position: Research Engineer Email: sdayal183@gmail.com
Nimisha Srivastava
Current Position: Research Engineer Email: nimmi30@gmail.com
Narayan
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Mississippi State University, USA Email: narayan.phy@gmail.com
Praveen Pandey
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Katholik University of Leuven, Belgium Email: praveen183@gmail.com
Atul Srivastava
Current Position: Scientist, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, New Delhi Email: atulkms@gmail.com
Subhash Tiwari
Current Position: Self employe Email: stewari@iitk.ac.in