Past Members
Ph.D. Thesis Student

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, IIT 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

Daya Shankar Kaul

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, IITRAM, 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, IIT-Delhi

Email: sagnik@cas.iitd.ernet.in

 

M.Tech. Thesis Students

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: Research Scholar, under my guidance in Department of Civil Engineering, IIT 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, IIT 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

The 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, IIT 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: Pursuing PhD under my guidance in Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur

Rosalin Dalai

2013

Role of aerosol type and mixing state on CCN activity

Current position: IIT 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 Condensation Nuclei (CCN) over Indian CTCZ region.

Current position: Environmental Engineer

Jariwala Chinmay G.

2009

An observational and laboratory study on the effects of Cloud Condensation Nuclei 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, IIT Delhi

Email: dixitkuldeep252@gmail.com

Jitendra Kumar Meher

Current Position: Kreate Energy (I) Pvt. Ltd., Kreate Global, Vaishali, Ghaziabad, UP

Email: jitendra.meher29@gmail.com

Dinesh Nath

Current Position:

Email: dinesh2n@gmail.com

Shilpa Shirodkar

Current Position: IIT 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, IIT 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, IIT 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. Modgil

Email: moni_g4@yahoo.com

Sanjeev Kumar

Current Position: Self-Employed

Email: sanjeev@engineers-india.com

Rina Dutta

Current Position: Doctoral Student, IIT 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

 




 

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