Dr. Mukesh Sharma, IIT Kanpur

Publications

Ghosh A, Nagar PK, Singh B, Sharma M, Singh D (2023) Bottom-up and top-down approaches for estimating road dust emission and correlating it with a receptor model results over a typical urban atmosphere of Indo Gangetic Plain. Science of Total Environment (accepted).

Azmi S, Sharma M (2023) Global PM2.5 and secondary organic aerosols (SOA) levels with sectorial contribution to anthropogenic and biogenic SOA formation. Chemosphere, Volume 336, September 2023, 139195.

Azmi S, Sharma M, Nagar PK (2023) Impact of fuel uses in the formation and prevention of global secondary organic aerosol. Atmospheric Research, 291, 106798.

Azmi S, Sharma M (2022) Preventing Biogenic Secondary Organic Aerosols formation in India. Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 290, 1 December 2022, 119352.

Azmi, S, Sharma M and Nagar PK. (2022) NMVOC emissions and their formation into secondary organic aerosols over India using WRF-Chem model. Atmospheric Environment, Volume 287, 15 October 2022, 119254.

Pathak, A.K., Sharma, M. and Nagar, P.K. (2022) An Approach for Cancer Potential-based Apportionment of PM2.5 Constituents and Sources, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment Volume 28, 2022 - Issue 2 page 205-221.

Nagar, P.K., Sharma M. (2022) A Hybrid Model to Improve WRF-Chem Performance for Crop Burning Emissions of PM2.5 and Secondary Aerosols in North India. Urban Climate, 41, 101084.

Sen, A., Miller, J., Bandivadekar, A., Sharma, M., Nagar, P.K., Singh, D. and Callaha, J. (2021) Understanding the emissions impacts of large-scale vehicle electrification in India. International Council on Clean Transportation, Working Paper 2021-12. https://home.iitk.ac.in/~mukesh/Publications/ICCT-IITK-2021-EV-emissions-impacts-India-working-paper.pdf.

Pathak, A.K., Sharma, M., Katiyar, S.K., Katiyar, S., Nagar, P.K. (2020). Logistic regression analysis of environmental and other variables and incidences of tuberculosis in respiratory patients. Nature Sci Rep 10, 21843.

Nagar, PK, Gargava P , Shukla VK, Sharma M, , Pathak AK, Singh D. (2020). Multi-pollutant air quality analyses and apportionment of sources in three particle size categories at Taj Mahal, Agra. Atmospheric Pollution Research, Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 210-218.

Yadav Anurag, Behera, S., Nagar, Pavan, Sharma M. (2020). Spatio-seasonal concentrations, source apportionment and assessment of associated human health risks of PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Delhi, India" Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 20: 2805-2825.

Pathak AK, Sharma M and Nagar PK. (2020). A framework for PM2.5 constituents-based (including PAHs) emission inventory and source toxicity for priority controls: A case study of Delhi, India. Chemosphere Volume 255, September 2020, 126971.

Saini P and Sharma M (2019). Cause and Age-specific Premature Mortality Attributable to PM2.5 Exposure: An Analysis for Million-Plus Indian Cities. Science of Total Environment, Volume 710, 135230.

Nagar PK, Sharma M, Gupta S, Singh D. (2019). A framework for developing and projecting GHG emission inventory and preparing mitigation plan: A case study of Delhi City, India. Urban Climate 28 (2019) 100462.

Santra S, Verma S, Fujita K, Chakraborty, Boucher O and Sharma M (2019). Simulations of black carbon (BC) aerosol impact over Hindu Kush Himalayan sites: validation, sources, and implications on glacier runoff. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 2441–2460, 2019.

Nagar PK, Sharma M and Das D (2019). A new method for trend analyses in PM10 and impact of crop residue burning in Delhi, Kanpur and Jaipur, India. Urban Climate Volume 27, March 2019, Pages 193-203

K Balasundaram and M Sharma (2019). Technology for mercury removal from flue gas of coal based thermal power plants: A comprehensive review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 1-37.

Babua A, Arora HS ,Behera SN, Sharma M , Grewal HS. (2018). Towards highly durable bimodal composite claddings using microwave processing. Surface & Coatings Technology. 349 (2018) 655-666

Balasubramanyam K. and Sharma M. (2018). Concurrent removal of elemental mercury and SO2 from flue gas using a thiol impregnated CaCO3-based adsorbent: A full factorial design study. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, (16):15518-15528

Nagar PK, Singh D, Sharma M, Kumar A, Aneja VP P, George MP, Agarwal N, and Shukla SP. (2017). Characterization of PM2.5 in Delhi: role and impact of secondary aerosol, burning of biomass, and municipal solid waste and crustal matter. Environ Science &Pollution Research DOI 10.1007/s11356-017-0171-3

Paliwal U., Sharma M. Burkhart, J. (2016). Monthly and Spatially Resolved Black Carbon Emission Inventory of India: Uncertainty Analyses. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics; An International Journal of European Geosciences Union. Volume: 16 Issue: 19, 12457-12476

Dhada, I., Nagar P.K., Sharma M. and Gupta N. (2016). Photo-Catalytic Oxidation Technology for VOC Control: Evaluation and Risk Characterization of Intermediates of Benzene Degradation Adsorbed on Catalyst. Environmental Engineering Science, Volume: 33 Issue: 12, 970-977

Dhada, I., Sharma M., Nagar P.K. (2016). Quantification and human health risk assessment of by-products of photo catalytic oxidation of ethylbenzene, xylene and toluene in indoor air of analytical laboratories. Journal of Hazardous Materials Volume 316, 5 October 2016, 1–10

Swetha P., Sharma M and Singh D. (2016). Synergy of Receptor and Dispersion Modelling: Quantification of PM10 Emissions from Road and Soil Dust not included in the Inventory. Atmospheric Pollution Research, Volume 7, Issue 3, May 2016, 403–411 Elsevier

Dhada, I., Nagar, P.K. and Sharma, M. (2016) Photo-catalytic oxidation of individual and mixture of benzene, toluene and p-xylene. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 13:39–46 Springer. DOI 10.1007/s13762-015-0783-4

Balasubramanyam K. and Sharma M. (2015). Investigations into thiol-impregnated CaCO3-based adsorbent for mercury removal: A full factorial design approach Royal Society of Chemistry Advances, 2015, 5, 73868 - 73874

Dhada, I., Nagar,P.K. and Sharma M. (2015). Challenges of TiO2‑Based Photooxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds: Designing, Coating, and Regenerating Catalyst. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, 54 (20), pp 5381–5387 American Chemical Society

Behera, S.N., Sharma, M. and Shukla, SP. (2015)."Characterization of Gaseous Pollutants and Water-soluble Inorganic Ions in PM2.5 during Summer-time at an Urban Site of North India". ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000299

Behera S.N. and Sharma M. (2015). Spatial and seasonal variations of atmospheric particulate carbon fractions and identification of secondary sources at urban sites in North India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4603-7

Behera S.N., Sharma M., Mishra P.K. , Nayak P, Fontiane,D. Tahon and R. 2015. Measurement of NO2 and Application of GIS to Generate Spatially-distributed Air Monitoring Network in Urban Environment. Urban Climate, Elsevier (accepted)

Nayak P., Sharma M., Behera S.N., Manikkannan Thirunavoukkarasu M., and Chand P.K. 2014. High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Quantification of Plumbagin from Transformed Rhizoclones of Plumbago zeylanica L.: Inter-Clonal Variation in Biomass Growth and Plumbagin Production. Appl Biochem Biotechnology, DOI 10.1007/s12010-014-1392-2

Tejasvi R., Sharma, M., Upadhyay K, 2014. Passive photo-catalytic destruction of air-borne VOCs in high traffic areas using TiO2-coated flexible PVC sheet. Chemical Engineering Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2014.10.040

Singh D; Shukla; S.P. Sharma M., Behera S.N.; Mohan D, Singh N.N. Pandey. G. 2014. GIS-Based On-Road Vehicular Emission Inventory for Lucknow, India, ASCE, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (accepted)

Behera, S.N., Sharma, M., Aneja V.P. and Balasubramanian, R. 2013. Ammonia in the Atmosphere: A Review on Emission Sources, Atmospheric Chemistry and Deposition on Terrestrial Bodies, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2013 Nov; 20(11):8092-131. doi: 10.1007/s11356-013-2051-9.

Behera, S.N., Sharma, M., Nayak, P., Shukla, S.P., Gargava, P., 2013. An approach for evaluation of proposed air pollution control strategy to reduce levels of nitrogen oxides in an urban environment. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 57(4):467-494. DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.750600

Hai-Ying Liu, Bartonova, A., Schindler M., Sharma M., Behara S.N., Katiyar, S.K. and Dikshit O. 2013. Respiratory Disease in Relation to Outdoor Air Pollution in Kanpur, India" Arch Environ Occup Health. 2013;68(4):204-17

Sharma M, Sharma R and McBean E. 2013. Enhancing Confidence in Drinking Water Quality for Improved Risk assessment. Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. Volume 20, Issue 5, 2014 , OI:10.1080/10807039.2013.828514

Sharma M and Reddy U. 2012. Estimation of lead elimination rate for liver and kidney: using Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model for improved human risk analysis” Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 18: 627–648

Aneja,V.P., Schlesinger, W.H., Erisman, J.W., Behera, S.N., Sharma, M., Battye, W., 2012. Reactive nitrogen emissions from crop and livestock farming in India, Atmospheric Environment, 47 (2012) 92-103

Behera, S.N., Sharma, M., 2011. Transformation of Atmospheric Ammonia and Acid Gases into Components of PM2.5: An Environmental Chamber Study. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. May 2012, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp 1187-1197, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0635-9.

Behera, S.N., Sharma, M., 2011. Degradation of SO2, NO2 and NH3 leading to formation of secondary inorganic aerosols: An environmental chamber study. Atmospheric Environment, 45 (2011) 4015- 4024

Aatmeeyata and Sharma M. 2010. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Elemental and Organic Carbon Emissions from Tire-wear. Science of Total Environment, Volume: 408 Issue: 20 Pages: 4563-4568.

Behera S.N. Sharma M and Onkar Dikshit, 2010. GIS-based emission inventory, dispersion modeling and assessment of source contributions towards aerosol pollution in an urban environment. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 218, 423–436

Behera S.N. and Sham M. 2010. Reconstructing Primary and Secondary Components of PM2.5 Composition for an Urban Atmosphere. Aerosol Science and Technology, Volume: 44 Issue: 11 Pages: 983-992

Shukla S.P and Sharma M. 2010. Neutralization of rainwater acidity at Kanpur, India” Tellus B, Chemical and Physical Meteorology , International Meteorological Institute Volume: 62 Issue: 3 Pages: 172-180

Garg A and Sharma M. 2010. Contribution of Traffic Generated Non-exhaust PAHs, Elemental Carbon, and Organic Carbon Emission to Air and Urban Runoff Pollution. Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers , Volume: 136 Issue: 12 Pages: 1447-1450

Behara S.N. and Sharma M. 2010. Investigating the Potential Role of Ammonia in Ion Chemistry of Fine Particulate Matter Formation for an Urban Environment. Science of the Total Environment Volume: 408 Issue: 17 Pages: 3569-3575

Aatmeeyata, Kaul D.S. and Sharma M. 2009. Traffic Generated Non-Exhaust Particulate Emissions from Concrete Pavement: A Mass and Particle Size Study for Two-Wheelers and Small Cars. Atmospheric Environment, 43, 5691-5697

Sharma M., McBean E A 2009. Sstrategy for use of Alternative Waste Sort Sizes for Characterizing solid waste composition. Waste Management and Research. Volume: 27 Issue: 1 Pages: 38-45

Shukla S.P. and Sharma M. 2008. "Source Apportionment of Atmospheric PM10 in Kanpur, India" Environmental Engineering Science, Volume: 25 Issue: 6 Pages: 849-861

Bhaskar S and Sharma M 2008 “Assessment and Characterization of Fugitive Road Dust Emissions in Kanpur, India: A Note” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment Volume 13, Issue 6, August 2008, Pages 400-403

Sharma M. and McBean E.A. 2007. A Field-based Procedure for Determining Number of Waste Sort for Solid Waste Characterization. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, 7:259-268

Sharma M, Kishore S, Tripathi S.N. and Behera S.N. 2007. "Role of Atmospheric Ammonia in the Formation of Inorganic Secondary Particulate Matter: A Study at Kanpur, India", Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry 58 (1): 1-17 SEP 2007

Sharma M., McBean E A and Glowing A. 2007. Bioconcentration of Dioxins and Furans in Vegetation. Journal of Water, Air and Soil and Pollution 179 (1-4): 117-124 Feb 2007.

Sharma M. and McBean EA. 2007. A methodology for solid waste characterization based on diminishing marginal returns. Journal of Integrated Waste Management, Science and Technology. 27 (2007) 337-344

P. V. Sundareshwar, R. Murtugudde, G. Srinivasan, S. Singh, K.J. Ramesh, D. Agarwal, D. Baldocchi, C. Baru, K. K. Baruah, V. K. Dadhwal, C. B. S. Dutt, J. Fuentes, P. Gupta, M. Howard, C. S. Jha, S. Lal, W. H. Michener, A. P. Mitra, J. T. Morris, R. Myneni, M. Naja, R. Nemani, S. Raha, R. Ramesh, S. SanthanaVanan, M. Sharma A. Subramaniam, R. Sukumar, R. Twilley, S. Verma. 2007. Environmental Monitoring Network for India. Science 2007: Vol. 316. no. 5822, 204 - 205

Dwivedi D, Agarwal A.K. and Sharma M. 2006. Particulate Emission Characterization of a Biodiesel Vs Diesel Fuelled Compression Ignition Transport Engine: A Comparative Study. Atmospheric Environment Vol. 40, 5586:5595

Tripathi SN, Tare V, Chinnam N, Srivastava AK, Dey S Agarwal A , Kishore S, Lal RB, Manar M, Kanwade VP, Chauhan SSS, Sharma M , Reddy RR, Gopal KR, Narasimhulu K, Reddy LSS, Gupta S, Lal S. 2006. Measurements of atmospheric parameters during Indian Space Research Organization Geosphere Biosphere Programme Land Campaign II at a typical location in the Ganga basin: 1. Physical and optical properties, Jr Geophysical Research –Atmosphere, vol. 111 D23

Tare V, Tripathi SN, Chinnam N, Srivastava AK, Dey S (Dey, Sagnik), Agarwal A , Kishore S, Lal RB, Manar M, Kanwade VP, Chauhan SSS, Sharma M , Reddy RR, Gopal KR, Narasimhulu K, Reddy LSS, Gupta S, Lal S.2006. Measurements of atmospheric parameters during Indian Space Research Organization Geosphere Biosphere Program Land Campaign II at a typical location in the Ganga Basin: 2. Chemical properties JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 111 (D23): Art. No. D23210 DEC 14 2006

Chinnam, N. Sagnik Dey, S. N. Tripathi and M. Sharma, (2006) Dust events in Kanpur, Northern India: Chemical Evidence for Source and Implications to Radiative Forcing, for Geophys. Res. Lett., Volume: 33 Issue: 8 Article Number: L08803

Sharma, M., Maheshwari Mayank and Morisawa, S. 2005. Dietary and Inhalation Intake of Lead and Estimation of Blood Lead Levels in Adults and Children in Kanpur, India. Risk Analysis: An International Journal Vol. 25 No.6;1573:1588.

Sharma M. and Maloo Shaily. 2005. Assessment and Characterization of Ambient Air PM10 and PM2.5 in the City of Kanpur, India. Atmospheric Environment Vol 39 6015-6026.

Sharma M., Narendra Kumar V, Katiyar S.K., Sharma R , Shukla B.P. and Sengupta B. 2004. Cohort-Based Acute Health Effect Study of PM10 and PM2.5 Pollution in the City of Kanpur, India, Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal Vol. 59, No. 7; 348:358

Sharma M., Kiran YNVM and Shandilya, K. 2004. Subset Statistical Modelling of Atmospheric Sulphate. Clean Air and Environmental Quality Vol. 38, No.4, pp 37-41.

Sharma, M. Agarwal, A.K. and Bharathi, K.V.L. 2005. Characterization of Exhaust Particulates from Diesel Engine. Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 39, Issue 17, pp 3023-3028, June 2005

Singh, S.K. Srivastava, S., Agarwal, A., Sharma M. 2006 Experimental Investigation of the Effect of EGR on Wear Performance of a Compression Ignition Engine Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbine and Power, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) October Vol. 128, 921:927

Agarwal, A.K. and Sharma, M. 2006. Furnace Design Improvements in Indian Cottage Sugar Industry (Khandsari) for Air Pollution Prevention and Control. Clean Air: International Journal on Energy for a Clean Environment, to appear in Vol. 7, Issue 1, January 2006.

Singh, S.K., Agarwal, A.K. Sharma M. 2006. Experimental Investigations into Lubricating Oil Tribology of EGR Operated Engine. Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 26, No. 1, January 2006.

Agarwal Avinash, Sharma Mukesh and Tewari L. P. (2004) Process improvements in Khandsari (cottage sugar industry) India. International Sugar Journal, February 2004.

Jain Vineet and Sharma Mukesh (2003). Air Quality Monitoring Network Design using Information Theory. International Journal of Environmental Systems, vol. 29(3) pp:245-267

Sharma M., Kiran YNVM and Shandilya, K. (2003). Investigations into Formation of Atmospheric Sulfate under High PM10 Concentration. Atmospheric Environment. 37(2003) 2005-2017

Sharma, M, Maheshwari, M., Sengupta, B., and Shukla, B.P. (2003). Design of a Website for Dissemination of Air Quality Index. Journal of Environmental Software and Modeling. 18 (2003) 405-411.

Goel Anubha, Muller Margit, Sharma Mukesh and Frimmel, F.H (2003). Investigations on the Biodegradability of Alkylphenol Ethoxylates with Miniaturized Biofilm Reactor. Submitted to International Journal Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica, 31(2003) 2, 108-119

Sharma Mukesh, Pandey Reenu, Maheshwari, M., Sengupta, B., Shukla, B.P., Gupta, N.K. and Johari, S. (2003). Interpretation of Air Quality Data using Air Quality Index for City of Kanpur, India. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science Vol. 2(6): pp 453-462 (2003)

Sharma Mukesh and Agarwal Rinku (2002). Maximum Likelihood Method for Parameter Estimation in Non-linear Models with Below Detection Data. Environmental and Ecological Statistics Vol. 10 (4) pp 455-467

Sharma Mukesh, Pandey Reenu, Maheshwari Mayank, Sengupta, B., Misra, Anuradha, Shukla, B.P. (2002). Air Quality Index and Its Interpretation for City of Delhi. Clean Air International Journal on Energy for a Clean Environment Volume 4, Number 3, 269-283

Agarwal Rinku and Sharma Mukesh (2001). Parameter Estimation for Nonlinear Environmental Models using Below Detection data. Journal of Advances in Environmental Research 7 (2003) 249-261

Sharma M., Bhaskar S, and Sengupta B. (2002). Instituting Ambient Air Monitoring Protocol: Issues for Discussion. Indian Journal of Air Pollution Control, April 2002.

Sharma Mukesh and McBean, E. (2002). Atmospheric PAH Deposition Modeling Estimation of Dry Deposition Velocities and Washout Ratios. Feb. 2002, Vol. 128, No. 2 Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers

Sharma Mukesh and Vyas Praveen, (2001) Identification and Quantification of Environmental Issues of Aging Coal-based Power Plant - A Case Study. Dec. 2001 Vol. 127 No.3 Journal of Energy Engineering, ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers

Sharma Mukesh and McBean, E. (2001) PAH Deposition to Snow Surface: Chemical Analysis and Interpretation of Results. International Journal of Environmental Science and Pollution Research Vol. 8, No1. 11-18.

Sharma Mukesh and Gautam Alok (1998). Air pollution System and it's Modeling for Environmental Planning. ENVIS Journal of Human Settlements, August’98.

Sharma M. (1997). Combating Vehicular Pollution: Options and Approach. Environmental Pollution Control Journal, November, Vol.1 No.3

Sharma M., McBean E.A. and Marsalek J. (1997). Identification Apportionment of Sources of PAHs in Street and Creek Sediments. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, vol.:32, No. 1, 23-35

Tyagi A., Sharma M., and McBean, E. (1996). Phosphorous Modeling in Grand River using Correlated Variables. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 23: 893-903

Sharma M., McBean E. and Thomson, N. (1995). Regression Analysis with Data below Detection Limit. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 22: 819-833.

Sharma M., McBean E., and Ghosh, U. (1995). Prediction of Atmospheric Sulphur Deposition at a few Sensitive Receptors in Northern India. Atmospheric Environment, vol 29 No. 16.

Sharma M., McBean E. and Thomson, N. (1995). Maximum Likelihood Method for Parameter Estimation with Below Detection Data. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Journal of Environmental Engineering; November, Vol. 121, No 11, 776-784.

Sharma M., McBean E. Thomson, N. and Marsalek J. (1994). Source-Receptor Modeling of PAHs using Deposition Levels in Winter-Long Urban Snowpacks. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Journal of Environmental Engineering Vol. 120, No 5, Sep/Oct.

Sharma, M., Hall, W.B., and McBean, E. (1993). Reliability Analyses of Activated Sludge Systems in Attaining Effluent standards. The Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol.20, 171;179.

Sharma, M., Marsalek, J., and McBean, E. (1994). Migration Pathways and Remediation of Urban Runoff for PAH Control. Journal of Environmental Management, 41/4 325-336

Singal, S.P., Ohja, V.K., Pal, T., Gera, B.S., Sharma, M., Mohanan, M.N. (1989) Studies of atmospheric boundary layer of Delhi using acoustic sounders at two locations. Mausam 40 (796), 189

Singhal, S.P., Aggarwal, S.K., Gera, B.S., Pahwa, D.R. and Sharma, M. (1986). Correlation Studies of Surface-Level Carbon Monoxide Concentration and SODAR observed Thermal Structures. Atmospheric Research, Vol., 133:139.

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