Dr. Mukesh Sharma, IIT Kanpur

Awards

Awards
Honorary Positions

Awards and Recognitions

• Fellow of National Academy of Engineering (FNAE) Elected for 2014

• Poonam and Prabhu Goel Chair Professor, 2014-2017

• Kong Ha Award in Air Quality from Clean Air Asia, a UN supported foundation, 2012

• Hiyoshi Environmental Award by Hiyoshi Corporation, Japan, Excellence in Research and Technology Development, 2012

• Recipient of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship, 1998.

• Member International Executive Scientific Advisory Committee of the Workshop On Agricultural Air Quality: State Of The Science, June 2006, Washington DC.

• Recipient of Ministry of Environment (Ontario), Canada award for excellence in Research and Technology Development, 1994.

• Recipient of International Commonwealth Scholarship, Ottawa, Canada, January 1990 - August 1994.

• Recipient of Faculty of Engineering Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada in three successive years: 1991, 1992 and 1993.

• Member Convener, National Advisory Committee on Strengthening of Environmental Science and Engineering Education and Research at IIT Kanpur.

• Member of Peer and Core Committee of Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi to finalize Environmental Standards, 2004.

• Member, National Task Force on Thermal Power Plant, Central Pollution Control Board, 2002.

• Member, Environmental Committee, Indian Road Congress, New Delhi, 2003-2005.

• Member, Committee for Evaluation of World Bunk Funded Projects of Central Pollution Control Board, 2002.

• Member, Technical Committee of World Bank Project on Ranking of The Industry from Environmental Angle, coordinated by CII (Confederation of Indian Industry), 2002-03.

• President of WIRA (Waterloo Indian Researchers Association), an association of Graduate Students at University of Waterloo, Canada, involved in organizing conferences, community works, orientation to new students, November. 1991 - May 1992.

Distinguished Instructor/Tutor Recognition, Academic Senate, IIT Kanpur

- CE602 (2014-15/I), Advanced Mathematics for Civil Engineers
- EEM 701 (2013-14/II), Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
- EEM 702 (2013-14/II), Environmental Economics
- ESO 208 (2013-14-I: tutor), Numerical Methods
- EEM 606 (2013-14-I) , Air Pollution and Its Control
- CE602 (2011-12/I), Advanced Mathematics for Civil Engineers
- EEM 701 (2010-11/II), Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
- EEM 606 (2010-11/II), Air Pollution and Its Control Engineering
- EEM 701 (2009-10/II), Special Topics in Environmental Engineering
- CE 463 (2003-04/II) Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment
- TA-101 (2002-03/I: tutor), Engineering Graphics
- TA-101 (2008-09/II: tutor), Engineering Graphics

Best Poster Award

1. Varun Bhatt, Swarnali Sanyal, Gargi Singh and Mukesh Sharma ‘Regional Scale Chemical Transport Simulation: Development of GIS based Emission Inventory and Application of WRF and CAMx Models, in International Conference on Environmental Health and Technology, March 15-17, 2010.

2. Saumya Kapur and Mukesh Sharma (mentor) “Laboratory indoor air quality for CO2 and inhalable-respirable particles: Assessment and plausible remediation through Epipremnum aureum (money plant)” SURGE 2012, IIT Kanpur. .

Honorary Positions

Treasurer, Board of Directors, Alumni Association, IIT Kanpur, 2013.

Vice President, Indian Air Pollution Control Association, Delhi Chapter 2010-2015, 2018 - 2020.

Associate Editor, International Journal Environmental Engineering Science.

Member Editorial Board , International Journal Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, Taylor and Francis.

Recent Invited and Keynote Talks

National Ambient Air Quality Standards. SAARC and UNEP Workshop on Capacity Building on Air Quality Management in South Asia 16-19 December, 2014 Delhi.

Formation of Atmospheric Organic and Ammonia-based Inorganic Secondary Aerosols in Fine Mode" in India-US Air Quality and Climate Research Workshop, Hyderabad, Sept 12 - 14, 2011.

Fuel and Air Quality Issues: PM and NOx” Planning Commission of India, 6th Joint meeting of working groups on Air Quality & Vehicular Emission Norms, New Delhi, August 2013.

WRF-CAMx Model Study for Transport of Black Carbon to the Himalayas: Regional Control Strategies” International Workshop on Transport and Climate, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, July 2013.

CO2 Sequestration through Algal Route: Performance Optimization of Tubular Reactor” All India Seminar on Air Pollution Control, MNIT, Jaipur, August 2013.

Air Quality Modeling Simulations and their Evaluation: Needs and Directions" Conference on climate Change and Sustainable Management held at GITAM University, Vishakapatnam; March 17 - 18, 2012.

Secondary Inorganic and Organic Aerosols: Making Sense over Indian Atmosphere' At Max Planck Partner Group (MPG) - DST Seminar “Atmospheric Chemistry in South Asia: Progress and emerging issues “ held at IISER Mohali, March 5-6, 2012.

Weather and Air Quality Modeling Simulations” National Seminar On Weather Applications C-DAC, Pune, January 25, 2012.

Formation of Atmospheric Organic and Ammonia-Based Inorganic Secondary Aerosols in Fine Mode: An Ambient Air and Environmental Chamber Study” in Indo-German Conference on Chemical Processes in the Troposphere, New Delhi, November 28-29, 2011.

In Conferences (presentations)

Indramani Dhada, Mukesh Sharma, Tarun Gupta, Suraj Agarwal and Rajesh Mohanan. 2012. Tio2-Based Photocatalytic Oxidation Of VOCs: Coating to Reactor Performance and Design. The Sixth International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, June 25-29, 2012, Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, USA

Viney P Aneja, William H Schlesinger, Jan Willem Erisman, Mukesh Sharma, Sailesh N Behera and William Battye, 2010. Reactive Nitrogen Emissions from Crop and Livestock Farming in India, In ING Bulletins on Regional Assessment of Reactive Nitrogen, Bulletin No. 3, (Ed. Himanshu Pathak), SCON-ING, New Delhi, pp i-iv & 1-18.

Sailesh N Behara, Mukesh Sharma, Prashant Gargava, 2010. Evaluation of Secondary Organic Aerosol Contribution to PM2.5 for an Urban Environment. IITK-BARC Conference on Advances in Environmental Monitoring held at IIT Kanpur May 13-15, 2010. Solar Press, Kanpur, ISBN 81-904444-1-5.

Sharma M. 2010. Regional Scale Air Quality Modelling Simulations and Evaluation: Needs and Direction. Proceedings of National Symposium on Environment: Advances in Environmental Monitoring and Modelling – An Invited talk in IITK-BARC Conference on Advances in Environmental Monitoring. Solar Press, Kanpur, ISBN 81-904444-1-5

Aatmeeyata and Sharma, M. 2010. Traffic Generated Non-exhaust Emissions - Investigations into PAHs, EC, OC and Particle Size. International Conference on Environmental Science and Development (CESD) Singapore, February, 2010, indexed by Thomson ISI Proceedings.

Sharma M. 2010.Estimation of Metabolic Parameters for Lead Discharge through Liver and Kidney: Application of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model. International Conference Proceedings, Environmental Health and Technology, held at IIT Kanpur March 15-17, 2010.

Behara, Sailesh, Sharma, Gargava P. 2010. Evaluation of Secondary Organic Aerosol Contribution to PM2.5 for an Urban Environment. IITK-BARC Conference on Advances in Environmental Monitoring held at IIT Kanpur May 13-15, 2010. Solar Press, Kanpur, ISBN 81-904444-1-5

Sharma M. 2010. Regional Scale Air Quality Modelling Simulations and Evaluation: Needs and Direction. Proceedings of National Symposium on Environment: Advances in Environmental Monitoring and Modelling – An Invited talk in IITK-BARC Conference on Advances in Environmental Monitoring. Solar Press, Kanpur, ISBN 81-904444-1-5

Varun Bhatt, Sailesh N Behera and Mukesh Sharma, Onkar Dikshit. 2009. A nationwide GIS- based approach for development of emission inventory. 7th International Conference on Air Quality - Science and Application (Air Quality 2009), Istanbul, Turkey, 24-27.

Sharma M. 2008 “ Development of Air Quality Standards for Indian Environment” National Seminar on Air Pollution and Health, September 23, 2008, Indian Association of Air Pollution Control, New Delhi

Sharma M, Jha Manish and Gupta T. 2008 Particulate Mass and Number Emission from CNG and Diesel-powered Three-Wheeler: Insight into OC-EC Characteristics. International Seminar on Fuels and lubricants, March 2008.

Sing SK, Srivastava DK, Agarwak AK and Sharma. 2005. M Experimental investigation of the effect of EGR on wear performance of a compression ignition engine. Proceedings Spring Technical Conference of ASME Internal Combustion Engine Div. 351-359.

Jain S, Sharma M, Rott U and Schlichtig B (2006). “Ecotoxicological Risk assessment of pesticides in the Federal State of Waden, Germany” An International Perspective on Environmental and Water Resources, EWRI, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), New Delhi December 18-20, 2008

Sharma, M. Shyam Kishore, S.N. Tripathi, and S. N. Behera 2006 “Role of Atmospheric Ammonia in the Formation of Secondary Particulate Matter: A Study at Kanpur, India”. Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science Potomac, Maryland, USA, Jun 5-8, 2006

Shrawan Kumar Singh, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Mukesh Sharma, “Heavy Metal And Soot Addition In Lubricating Oil Of EGR Operated Diesel Engine”, Presented and Published in the Proceedings of IASTA Meeting and International Conference on Aerosols, Clouds And Indian Monsoon, November 15-17, 2004, IIT Kanpur, Published in IASTA Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 1&2, pp 341-345, November 2004. (ISSN # 0971-4510)

K V L Bharathi, Dipankar Dwivedi, Mukesh Sharma, Avinash Kumar Agarwal. 2005 “Diesel Exhaust Particulate Characterization for Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Benzene Soluble Fraction” , (Paper No. 2005-26-348) presented and published in SAE India International Mobility Engineering Congress and Exposition-2005, October, 2005.

K V L Bharathi, Dipankar Dwivedi, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Mukesh Sharma, “Diesel Exhaust Particulates Characterization for Heavy Metals”, Presented and Published in the Proceedings of IASTA Meeting and International Conference on Aerosols, Clouds And Indian Monsoon, November 15-17, 2004, IIT Kanpur, Published in IASTA Bulletin, Vol. 16, No. 1&2, November 2004, pp 92-96. (ISSN # 0971-4510)

Shrawan Kumar Singh, Dhananjay Kumar Srivastava, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Mukesh Sharma, “Experimental Investigation of the Effect of EGR on Wear Performance of a Compression Ignition Engine”, Paper No. ICES2005-1104, Presented and Published in the Proceedings of ICES2005 ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2005 Spring Technical Conference, April 5-7, 2005, Chicago, IL, USA. (ISBN # 0-7918-3753-X).

Sharma, M., Aggrawal, S, Bose P. 2003. Meteorology-based Forecasting of Air Quality Index using Neural Network. IEEE International Conference On Industrial Informatics, Proceedings Pages: 374-378

Srivatav S.C., Srivatava A.K., Rout, U.K. Sharma M, Paul, D. Gupta P. Shreshtha R.M. and Shrestha, R. 2001. A Study of Environmental Impact of Independent Power Producers in Northern Electricity Board of India. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference Power and Energy Systems, November 2001, Tampa, Florida, USA

Shrivastava S.C. Srivatava A.K., Rout, U.K. Sharma M, Paul, D. Gupta P. Shreshtha R.M. and Karki, S. 2001. Identification of CDM Projects for a Regional Electricity Board of India. Proceedings of the thirty-third Annual Power Symposium, October, 2001 Texas A&M University, College Station Texas, USA

Sharma Mukesh, Krishna Hare and Agrahari P and Sha D. 2000. Water Quality Modeling Studies of River Ganga in the Kanpur Stretch: Estimation of Non-point Sources. In ICIWRM- 2000, Proceedings of International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development, 19-21 Dec. 2000, New Delhi, India

Sharma, M, Sengupta, B., Shukla B.P. and Maheshwari M. 2000. Air Quality Index for Data Interpretation and Public Information. International Seminar on Air Quality Index, Organized by Centre for Science and Environment, June, 2000, New Delhi, June 2000

Sharma, M., McBean, E., Marsalek, J., and Brush D. 1993. Effectiveness of Urban Drainage controls of PAHs in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Sixth International Conference on Urban Storm Drainage, Niagara Falls, Canada, September 12-17,1993.

Sharma, M., McBean, E., Marsalek, J.1991. Migration Pathways for PAHs in the Urban Environment. International Conference on Urban Drainage and New Technologies, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, June 19-22, 1991.

Sharma, M., and Gosh, U. 1988. Assessment of Sulphur dioxide Emission Impact of 284 and 135 MW Power Stations. International Conference on Environmental Impact Analysis for Developing Countries, New Delhi, India, 28 November – 2 December, 1988.

Sharma, M., and Gupta V.K. 1988. Performance Studies of Wet Scrubbing Systems for Primary Gases in Vertical Stud Soderberg Aluminum Smelters. International Conference POLMET 88, Hong Kong, 28 November-2 December, 1988.

Sengupta B., Sharma, M., and Mukherjee, U. 1988. Effect of Sulphur dioxide on Overhead High Tension Line of Railway Electric Track; A Case Study. National Workshop on Environmental Aspects in Railway development, New Delhi, India October 14-15, 1988.

Sharma, M., Mohanan, M..N. and Bagchi, N. 1985. Stack Height Determination for Air Pollution Control. National Conference on Tall Reinforced concrete Chimneys, New Delhi, India, 28-29 April 1985.

Sharma.,M., Sengupta, B 1985. Source Emission Monitoring Facilities in Tall Chimneys. National Conference on Tall Reinforced concrete Chimneys, Delhi, India, 28-29 April 1985.

Sharma, M., Venkobachar, C., and Gangadhriah T. 1983. Parametric Evaluation of Tube settler Performance, International Conference on Advances in Solid-Liquid Separation, University College, U.K., September 19-23, 1983. (not presented)

Tare, V., and Sharma, M. 1980. Optimal design of Aerated Lagoons, National Conference on Technological Options for Sanitation for Developing Countries, Surat, India, 27-28 Dec. 1980.

Books, Reports and Chapters

Behera S.N., Sharma M., Dikshit O., Shukla S.P. 2011. Development of GIS-aided Emission Inventory of Air Pollutants for an Urban’ in Environmental Air Pollution/ Book 1", ISBN 978-953-307-511-2.

Sharma M, Puranik V.D. Shankar N., Pandit G.G. and Saradhi I.V. 2010. Advances in Environmental Monitoring and Modelling. Proceedings of National Symposium on Environment, Solar Press, Kanpur, ISBN 81-904444-1-5

Sharma M. (2010). A Web-based Air Quality Dissemination System: Reaching the People for Participating and Decision Making. Directions, IIT Kanpur Publication

McBean, E., and Sharma, M. 2008. "Environmental Monitoring, A Conceptual Framework for Environmental Risk Assessment. In Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Assessment and Analysis. Melnick, E., and Everitt, B. (eds). John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK, pp. 591-602

Bartonova, A. and Sharma M (2005) “Indoor and Ambient Air Exposure of PAHs and Fine Particulate to Women and Children: Health Impacts in terms of Morbidity” Norwegian Institute for Air Research , Kjeller Norway, ISBN:82-45-1679-0

Sharma M. (2007). Environmental Risk assessment for Societal Benefit. Directions, vol.8 no. 2, IIT Kanpur Publication.

Sharma M (2001). Issues and Methodology in Fixing Water Price for Municipal and Industrial Supplies. India Infrastructure Report, 3iNetwok, Oxford Press.

Sharma, M., Mohanan, M.N., Prakash, C., and Bagchi, N. (1990). Development of an Air Quality Model for Sulphur Dioxide for Delhi City. Environmental Modeling for Developing Countries (editors Asit Biswas, T.N. Khoshoo and A. Khosla), 30:38, Tycooly Publishing London.

Singh Udai, Datta Bithin, Panigrahi Bijay, Sharma Mukesh (2006). An International Perspective on Environmental and Water Resources. ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), EWRI Proceedings of Conference held at New Delhi December 18-20, 2006