Dr. Lovleen Gupta

ANNOUNCEMENT for prospective Ph.D. students:

You may contact me via email to carry out research under my supervision (please include a detailed CV highlighting key skills, technical achievements and projects undertaken). Candidates having a coding background and work experience in research labs will be given preference. 

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.
• M.S. (Environmental Engineering), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA. 
• B.E. (Civil Engineering), Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh, India. 

Dr. Lovleen Gupta is an Engineer with about 25 years of experience in research, capacity building and outreach in varied fields of environment. Before joining DTU, Dr. Gupta worked in the Industry/Environmental Consulting both in the USA and India. She has worked in different segments of the environment like air pollution, solid waste management, quantifying greenhouse gas emissions, developing clean development mechanism (CDM) projects, human health risk assessment, to name a few. Dr. Gupta has several research publications in high-impact journals to her credit. Also, Dr. Gupta is a member of American Association of Aerosol Research (AAAR), Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), Indian Institution of Engineers (IoE).

ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

Assistant Professor	Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Delhi Technological University (Formerly Delhi College of Engineering) (www.dce.ac.in), New Delhi, India	Feb. 2011 – Present
Consultant	Pricewaterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd. (www.pwc.com/sustainability), Gurgaon-NCR, India	July 2008 – Feb. 2011
Sr. Research Associate	Zenith Energy Services (P) Limited (www.zenithenergy.com), New Delhi, India	June 2007 – June 2008
Assistant Consultant	ERM India Private Limited (www.erm.com), Gurgaon-NCR, India	August 2005 – Jan. 2007
Associate	Punjab State Council for Science & Technology (www.pscst.com), Chandigarh, INDIA	Jan 2005 – June 2005
Environmental Engineer	Haley & Aldrich, Inc. (www.haleyaldrich.com), Parsippany, NJ, USA	July 2004 – Dec. 2004
Visiting Research Scientist	Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, USA	Jan. 2004 – June 2004
Research Assistant	Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, USA	Dec. 2001-Jan. 2004

COURSES TAUGHT:

Have been taking courses at B.Tech and M.Tech level (http://dce.edu/web/Sections/Academics/syllabus/8-Environmental.pdf). Theory courses taken so far:

At B.Tech. level:

• Introduction to Enviornmental Sciences
• Air Pollution & Control
• Global Warming and Climate Change
• Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology
• Water Engineering
• Wastewater Engineering
• Water Engineering Design & Applications
• Wastewater Engineering: Design & Applications

At M.Tech. level:

• Air Pollution & Control
• Environmental Monitoring & Assessment
• Global Warming and Climate Change
• Environmental Impact Assessment & Audit 
• Industrial Wastewater Treatment

MEMBERSHIP PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• Member, American Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
• Member, American Association of Aerosol Research (AAAR)
• Member, Institution of Engineers, India. (IoE)
• Life Member, Indian Society of Analytical Scientists

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS: 

• Ajay Malik, Shazia Shifa, Lovleen Gupta. “Emission Reduction from Delhi Metro Phase III: Modal Shift and Urban Mobility”. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management. 2026. Accepted for Publication.
• Rathore Shambhavi, Patel K, Kain Ruchir, Singh S K, Gupta Lovleen. “Environmental impacts of NMC811 and LFP lithium-ion batteries in India's electric vehicle sector”. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. 2026; e70431. doi:10.1002/ep.70431
• Thrivdya Nirmani, Shazia Shifa, Lovleen Gupta “Assessment of PM_2.5 and PM₁₀Over Sri Lanka: Spatiotemporal Trends, Potential Source Regions, and Associated Health Effects” CLEAN-Soil, Air, Water, Volume 53, Issue 10, 2025, e70051.(https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.70051)
• Lovleen Gupta, Swati Joshi, Gazala Habib, Ramya Sunder Raman. “Characteristics and atmospheric processes of water-soluble ions in PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ over an industrial city in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India”, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 312, 2023, ISSN 1352-2310, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.120020. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231023004466)
• Tanya Arora, Chirla Sarvani Reddy, Raghav Sharma, Sharat Divakar Kilaparthi, Lovleen Gupta. “Greenhouse gas emissions of Delhi, India: A trend analysis of sources and sinks for 2017–2021”, Urban Climate, Volume 51, 2023, ISSN 2212-0955, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101634 , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212095523002286)
• Sethi, Lakshya., Gupta, Lovleen. & Raj, Anoushka. “Three-Year-Long PM_2.5/PM₁₀ Ratio at Nine Sites in the Most Polluted Region in India”. Aerosol Science and Engineering, Vol. 7, 396–414 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1007/s41810-023-00189-2, (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41810-023-00189-2)
• Lovleen Gupta, Mahak Bansal, Priyabrata Nandi, Gazala Habib, Ramya Sunder Raman, “Source apportionment and potential source regions of size-resolved particulate matter at a heavily polluted industrial city in the Indo-Gangetic Plain”, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 298, 2023, 119614, ISSN 1352-2310, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119614. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231023000407 )
• Emmanuel Juah Dunbar, Lovleen Gupta, “Temporal variation and source identification of carbonaceous aerosols in Monrovia, Liberia”, Scientific African, Volume 19, 2023, ISSN 2468-2276, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01540. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227622004446 )
• Arora, T., Chirla, S.R., Singla, N., Gupta, L “Product Packaging by E-commerce Platforms: Impact of COVID-19 and Proposal for Circular Model to Reduce the Demand of Virgin Packaging”. Circular .Economy and Sustainability (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-022-00231-4. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43615-022-00231-4)
• Sharma, R., Singla, V., Kaushik, A., Gupta, L. (2022). Mortality Assessment Due to Fine-PM Exposure During 2019 Stubble Burning Season in Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi Using WHO AirQ+ model. Advances in Manufacturing Technology and Management. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9523-0_69. (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-9523-0_69)
• Dikshant, Lovleen Gupta. “Which Indian Metropolitan City Poses Highest Human Health Risk from Ambient PM_2.5?”. Ecology, Environment and Conservation. Vol 28, Issue 2, 2022; Page No. 853-862. DOI No.: http://doi.org/10.53550/EEC.2022.v28i02.041. ISSN 0971–765X
• Lovleen Gupta, Rishabh Dev, Kumail Zaidi, Ramya Sunder Raman, Gazala Habib, Bipasha Ghosh. “Assessment of PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 over Ghaziabad, an Industrial City in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Spatio-temporal variability and associated health effects”. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 193(11):1-21, 2021, Pages 1-21.
• Reuben Sewak, Mehak Vashishth, Lovleen Gupta “Forest Fires in India: A Review". Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 23(07), 2021, Page 247-258, ISSN: 1007-6735. UGC - CARE GROUP-II (https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/14040)
• Brij Nandan Kishore, Aman Solanki, Abhinav Antil, Lovleen Gupta “Plastic waste management and current scenario in India: A review". International Journal for Research Publication & Seminar, 12(01), 2021, Page 90-97, ISSN: 2278-6848
• Dhruv Mehta, Lovleen Gupta, Rijul Dhingra. “Forward Osmosis in India: Current Status and comparison with other Desalination Technologies”. International Scholarly Research Notices, 2014, 175464, 9 pages, 2014 (2014), Article ID 175464, 9 pages.
• Swati Rani, Lovleen Gupta “Leachate characterization and evaluating its impact on groundwater quality in vicinity of landfill site area”. IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology, 8(10), 01-07, 2014, Pages 01-07
• Aakriti Makker, Arushi Gupta, Lovleen Gupta. “Plastic Waste in India – Management and Utilisation”. Energy Technologies, Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability: Innovative Perspective, 2014, Pages 79-86
• Lovleen Gupta, Shivangi Garg, Vipul Vaid. “Sustainable Model of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Delhi – Energy Potential and Challenges”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Development, 2013, Pages 86-91
• Brown, D.G., Gupta, L, Kim, T.-H., Moo-Young, H.K., and Coleman, A.J. "Comparative assessment of coal tars obtained from ten former manufactured gas plant sites in the eastern United States." Chemosphere, 65(9):1562-1569., 2006, Pages 1562-1569. 
• Brown, D.G., Gupta, L., Moo-Young, H.K. and Coleman, A. "Raoult's law-based method for determination of coal tar average molecular weight" Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. 28(4):1886-1892. 2005, Pages 1886-1892
• D. Brown; L. Gupta; M.Guay; C. Ferland; G. Tsouprake. “Coal Tar Treatability Test Program – Chemical Oxidation Effects on Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid Using Potassium Permanganate”, EPRI Report, Palo Alto, CA; 1005288, March 2004.
• Moo-Young, H.K., D.G.Brown, T.H.Kim, L.Gupta. “Laboratory Assessment of Free Coal Tar at MGP Sites”, EPRI Report, Palo Alto, CA; 1009425, March 2004.
• Moo-Young, H.K., D.G.Brown, T.H.Kim, L.Gupta. “Leaching Potential of Coal Tar at MGP Site: A Laboratory Assessment”, EPRI Report, Palo Alto, CA. 2004
• L. Gupta. “Determination of aqueous phase release of Poly and Mono Cyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from contaminated soils at former Manufactured Gas Plant Sites”. M.S. Thesis. Presented to the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University. Dec. 2003.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

• Shazia Shifa, Gazala Habib, Lovleen Gupta. “Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ during winter at an urban site in Industrial City, India”. 12^th International Aerosol Conference, Xi’an, China, 30^th Aug.-5^th Sep. 2026. (Oral). To be presented.
• Abhishek Saini, Lovleen Gupta "Seasonal Co-Variability of Land Surface Temperature and PM_2.5 in a Rapidly Urbanizing Indian city".12^th International Aerosol Conference, Xi’an, China, 30^th Aug.-5^th Sep. 2026. (Oral). To be presented.
• Himank Sen, Lovleen Gupta “Effect of Urban Form on Ambient PM_2.5 in Indian Megacities”12^th International Aerosol Conference, Xi’an, China, 30^th Aug.-5^th Sep. 2026. (Oral). To be presented.
• Abhishek Saini, Lovleen Gupta "Impact of Vegetation and Built Up Surfaces on Land Surface Temperature in Gurugram, India "12^th International Aerosol Conference, Xi’an, China, 30^th Aug.-5^th Sep. 2026. (Oral). To be presented.
• Himank Sen, Lovleen Gupta “Urban Morphology and Air Pollution: Evaluating PM_2.5 Dynamics in New Delhi using Spatial Metrics” International Conference on Environmental Research and Innovation for Sustainable Engineering (EnRISE 2026), Organised by IIT Indore. 7^th -8^th Aug. 2026. (Oral). To be presented.
• Abhishek Saini, Lovleen Gupta “Urbanization driven Land Surface Temperature changes in Himalayan Foothill City" International Conference on Climate and Disaster Resilient Himalayas, ICCDRH-2026. Organised by IIT Mandi in association with Ministry of Earth Sciences, ANRF, India. 23^rd-25^th June 2026 (Poster).
• Anubha Singh, Lovleen Gupta “Spatio-Temporal Variation in Ozone over Western Indo-Gangetic Plain (2004 - 2025) for the Himalayan Foothills" International Conference on Climate and Disaster Resilient Himalayas, ICCDRH-2026. Organised by IIT Mandi in association with Ministry of Earth Sciences, ANRF, India. 23^rd-25^th June 2026 (Poster).
• Navya Vajpayee, Lovleen Gupta “Proposing Sustainability Pathways for Himalayan Regions of India through an Integrated ESI - PSR Based Analysis” International Conference on Climate and Disaster Resilient Himalayas, ICCDRH-2026. Organised by IIT Mandi in association with Ministry of Earth Sciences, ANRF, India. 23^rd-25^th June 2026 (Poster).
• Rahul Kumar, Divesh Ahuja, Lovleen Gupta “Timescales of Energy Storage Needed for Reducing Renewable Energy Curtailment in India: An Analysis for 2030” Asia-Pacific SDG & Sustainability Summit 2026. Organised by Environmental and Social Development Association (ESDA). 20^th – 22^nd June 2026 (Oral)
• Patshna Mashahary, Aadarsh Jha, Yogeshwari, Lovleen Gupta. “LULC Dynamics and Air Pollutants: Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Delhi Over a Decade” Asia-Pacific SDG & Sustainability Summit 2026. Organised by Environmental and Social Development Association (ESDA). 20^th – 22^nd June 2026 (Oral)
• Navya Vajpayee, Lovleen Gupta. “Decoupling ESI-PSR Insights of Megacities in India for Targeted SDG-aligned Governance” Asia-Pacific SDG & Sustainability Summit 2026. Organised by Environmental and Social Development Association (ESDA). 20^th – 22^nd June 2026 (Oral)
• Anubha Singh, Lovleen Gupta “Spatio-Temporal Variation of Ozone over Eastern and Western Indo-Gangetic Plain Regions (2004 - 2025)". Asia-Pacific SDG & Sustainability Summit 2026. Organised by Environmental and Social Development Association (ESDA). 20^th – 22^nd June 2026 (Oral)
• Shazia Shifa, Gazala Habib, Lovleen Gupta “Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ over an Urban Site in Ghaziabad, India: A Size-Segregated Assessment Using TD-GC-MS” International Conference on Environmental Research, Climate Action & Sustainable Development. Organized by Department of Environment and Natural Resource, 360 Research Foundation, and College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Arunachal Pradesh. 5^th -7^th June 2026. (Oral).
• Abhishek Saini, Lovleen Gupta “Decoding the Urban Thermal Environment of Gurugram Through the Lens of Vegetation Cover, Built-Up Intensity and SDG Aligned Climate Sustainability” 4^th International Conference on Environmental Sustainability &Technology (ICEST 2026), Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh, India. 24^th April 2026 (Oral)
• Navya Vajpayee, Lovleen Gupta “Indicator-Based Evaluation of Urban Air Quality and Environmental Sustainability: A Decadal Analysis of Indian Urban Cities” CEM India 2026 International Conference. Organised by CEM India. New Delhi. 10^th – 12^th March 2026. (Poster).
• Himank Sen, Lovleen Gupta “Effect of Urban Form on PM_2.5 Concentration in New Delhi” CEM India 2026 International Conference. Organised by CEM India. New Delhi. 10^th – 12^th March 2026. (Poster).
• Shazia Shifa, Gazala Habib, Lovleen Gupta “Challenges in PAHs Measurement in Urban PM: A Case-Based Assessment” CEM India 2026 International Conference. Organised by CEM India. New Delhi. 10^th – 12^th March 2026. (Poster).
• Himank Sen, Lovleen Gupta “Effect of Urban Form on PM_2.5 Concentration for Metropolitan Cities: Kolkata and Chennai” 7^th India Clean Air Summit (ICAS 2025), Bengaluru, India. Organized by CSTEP. 20^th-22^nd Aug.2025. (Poster)
• Pratham Sudhakar, Soumik Dhar, Sachin Kumar, Lovleen Gupta. “Comparative Analysis of Surface Ozone Dynamics: Insights from crop zone and tree zone monitoring stations of Delhi”. National Conference on Advances in Science, Agriculture & Biotechnology, New Delhi, Inida. 3^rd May 2025 (Oral)
• Fatou Saidy, Lovleen Gupta “Municipal Solid Waste and Waste to Energy Technologies in The Gambia”. National Conference on Advances in Science, Agriculture & Biotechnology, New Delhi, Inida. 3^rd May 2025 (Oral)
• Vamsi Vishwanath Adhikarla, Anurag Tomar, Khushank Dev Bodhwal, Lovleen Gupta, Akash Deep. “Identifying the Methodologies and Challenges in estimating Scope 3 Emissions of Delhi Technological University”. National Conference on Advances in Science, Agriculture & Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. 3^rd May 2025 (Oral)
• Shazia Shifa, Lovleen Gupta, Gazala Habib. “Review on Health Impacts & Risks Associated with Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Air”. 9^th International Conference on Air Quality Management (IICAQM 2024). Organized by IIT Madras. 16^th-20^th Dec. 2024. (Poster)

• Himank Sen, Lovleen Gupta. “Impact of Urban Form on PM_2.5 Concentration in Indian Metropolitan Cities” American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024, Washington D.C., USA, 9^th-13^th December 2024 (Poster)
• Shazia Shifa, Lovleen Gupta, Gazala Habib. “Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Urban Atmospheric Particles in Asian Counties: A Review” American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024, Washington D.C., USA, 9^th-13^th December 2024. (Poster)
• Meerashree Sundara Raju, Lakshay Sachdeva, Omair Ahmad Khan, Lovleen Gupta. “Navigating India’s Bioethanol Landscape; Progress, Policy Integration, and Environmental Perspectives”. International Conference on Modern Problems of Applied Science and Engineering, Organized by Samarkand State University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 2^nd-3^rd May 2024. (Oral)
• Thrividya Rathnayake, Lovleen Gupta. “Assessment of PM₁₀ in Colombo, Sri Lanka and Its Potential Source Regions”. International Conference on Sustainable Technologies in Civil and Environmental Engineering (ICSTCE 2024), Organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Technology. 6^th-7^th June 2024 (Oral)
• Manvi Nilaya, Vaibhavi Vaibhavi, Swayam Agrawal, Lovleen Gupta. “Analysing the anomalous relationship between precipitation and PM₁₀ concentrations in Peninsular India”. International Conference on Sustainable Technologies in Civil and Environmental Engineering (ICSTCE 2024), Organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Technology. 6^th-7^th June 2024. (Oral)
• Rishika Sinha, Preha Madan, Rahul Singh, Lovleen Gupta. “Comparative Evaluation of Satellite-Based Merra-2 against Ground-based Data for PM_2.5 and TC Concentrations in Ghaziabad, India”. International Conference on Sustainable Technologies in Civil and Environmental Engineering (ICSTCE 2024), Organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Technology. 6^th-7^th June 2024. (Oral)
• Sumedha Sharma, Mihika Sankhla, Mausam Raj, Lovleen Gupta. “Assessing Surface Ozone Variability, its Prescursors and Atmospheric Conditions in the Delhi Region: Comparative Analysis of Urban and Green Zones”. International Conference on Sustainable Research in Energy and Environment. Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering & Centre for Energy and Environmenta. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. 5^th-6^th April 2024. (Oral)
• Lovleen Gupta, Swati Joshi, Mahak Bansal, Gazala Habib, Ramya Sunder Raman. “Sources and potential source regions of siz-resolved particulate matter from Ghaziabad, heavily polluted industrial city in Indian National Capital Region”, AGU Fall Meeting 2022, held in Chicago, IL, 12-16 Dec. 2022, id. GH42C-0671. (Poster)
• Raghav Sharma, Vasu Singla, Aman Kaushik, Lovleen Gupta. “Mortality Asssessment due to fine PM exposure during 2019 stubble burning season in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi using WHO AirQ+ model”, International Conference on Advanced Prodcution and Industrial Engineering (ICAPIE–2021), India, 18^th-19^th June2021. (Oral)
• Ankit Anand, Sumit Kumar, Diponita Brahma, Vikas Singh, Lovleen Gupta. “Impact of odd even vehicle strategy on air quality of Delhi during winter 2019-20”, International Conference on Advances in Civil & Structural Engineering (ICACSE-2020), India, 28^th-30^th May 2020 (Oral)
• Lovleen Gupta, Ramya Sunder Raman, Gazala Habib. “First time long term measurements of PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ aerosol composition over Ghaziabad, India’s most polluted industrial city”, European Aerosol Conference (EAC) 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden, 25^th – 30^th Aug. 2019. (Poster)
• Lovleen Gupta, Ramya Sunder Raman, Gazala Habib. “Chemical characterization of Ambient PM_2.5 at Ghaziabad, Most Polluted Industrial City in India”, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA) 2018, New Delhi India, 26^th – 28^th Nov. 2018. (Oral)
• Lovleen Gupta, Ramya Sunder Raman, Gazala Habib. “Chemical composition of Ambient PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ for an Industrial City, Ghaziabad,” International Aerosol Conference (IAC) 2018, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2^nd – 7th Sep. 2018. (Oral)
• Lovleen Gupta, Gazala Habib. “Review on Source Apportionment of Fine Aerosol using Carbonaceous Constituents and Organic Molecular Markers: Case studies from India and South East Asia”. European Aerosol Conference (EAC) 2017, Zurich, Switzerland, 27^th Aug. – 1^st Sep. 2017. (Poster)
• Aakriti Makker, Arushi Gupta, Lovleen Gupta. “Plastic Waste in India – Management and Utilisation”. International Conference on Innovative Trends in Applied Physical, Chemical, Mathematical, Statistical Sciences and Emerging Energy Technology for Sustainable Development, (APCMSET-2014), New Delhi, 19^th -20^th July, 2014. (Oral)
• Shivangi Garg, Vipul Vaid, Lovleen Gupta, "Sustainable Model of MSW Management in Delhi". International Conference On Sustainable Innovative Techniques In Civil and Environmental Engineering, (SITCEE- 2013), New Delhi. 5^th – 6^th June, 2013. (Oral)
• Lovleen Gupta, Dhruv Mehta, Rijul Dhingra, "Sustainable approach to convert seawater into freshwater", 3rd Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy and Environmnet, ACSEE 2013, Osaka, JAPAN, 6th - 9th June 2013. (Oral)
• Brown, D.G.; L. Gupta, “Chemical Oxidation Effects on coal tar interfacial mass transfer rates”, EPRI Advisory Conference, Monterey, CA, USA, February 2-4, 2004 (Oral)

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION and GRANTS:

• Research Excellence Award, Delhi Technological University (2021, 2023).
• Awarded travel grant by IIT Delhi (2018).
• Awarded special grant by International Aerosol Research Assembly (IARA) for presenting research at International Aerosol Conference (IAC), St. Louis, Missouri, USA (2018).
• Awarded Foreign Travel Grant by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India (2017).
• Institute Coordinator for Rio+20 certification program by United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) (2013).
• Awarded full scholarship (full tuition waiver and Research Assistantship) for pursuing MS in Environmental Engineering by Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University (2001).

 

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS HANDLED:

Have been a part of various environmental consultancy organizations (like Haley & Aldrich, ERM, PwC) in USA and India prior to joining DTU as Assistant Professor. There, I got an opportunity to work on various consultancy projects primarily related to Environmental Site Assessments, Site Remediation, Environmental Impact Assessments, Risk Assessment, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, Greenhouse Gas Accounting, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports to name a few.

INVITED TALKS, JURY PANEL, EXPERT MEMBER:

• Jury Member, Harit Manthan 2026 – National Hackathon, Organised by The Delhi Development Authority (DDA), in collaboration with Udhmodya Foundation (Startup Ecosystem of the University of Delhi), New Delhi. April 2026.
• Member, Board of Studies (BoS), Department of Civil Engineering, Bikaner Technical University, Nov. 2022-Present
• Expert Member, Climate Cell, Bikaner Technical University, May 2026 - Present
• Expert Member, Interview Panel by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India. April 2024.
• Guest of Honour, “Special Assembly to observe Environment Day” at Ryan International School, Mayur Vihar, Delhi. 31^st July 2024.
• Expert lecture on “Environmental Awareness” Organized by Indraprastha Women’s Development Council (Affliiated to All India Women’s Conference, New Delhi). 12^th July 2024.
• Guest of Honour and Expert Lecture at 31^st Anniversary Celebration of “The Environmental and Consumer Protection Foundation”, New Delhi. 12^th May 2024.
• Invited Talk / Expert lecture on “Environmental Issues at Grass-Root Level” Organized by Graduate Women International, Geneva, Jan. 2021.
• Invited Talk / Expert lecture on “Sources of air pollutants: Delhi & Beyond” at Department of Civil Engineering, Govt. College of Engineering & Technology, Bikaner, July 2020.
• Scientific Advisory Committee Member, International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Sustainable Infrastructure-2021 (ICCEASI 2021), organized by Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow in association with Institute For Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP), Sep. 2021
• Primary Evaluator for Toycathon 2021 organized by Ministry of Education, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of MSME, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. 2021.

SEMINARS / SHORT - TERM COURSES ORGANIZED (Select Few):

• Coordinator, One Day Seminar to Observe “Environment Day”, held by Department of Environmental Engineering, Delhi Technological University, 5^th June 2024.
• Coordinator, One Day Seminar to Observe “National Pollution Control Day”, held by Department of Environmental Engineering in association with Institute Innovation Council, Delhi Technological University, 5^th December 2023.
• Coordinator, Two-day International Seminar on “Sustainability: Navigating the path to a greener future”, held by Department of Environmental Engineering, Delhi Technological University, 13^th-14^th Sep. 2023.
• Coordinator, One-day National Seminar on “Clean Water and Sanitation” to observe World Water Day, held by Department of Environmental Engineering, Delhi Technological University, 22^nd March 2023
• Member, Organizing Committe for National Conference on "Strategy for water sustainability for human and developmental needs" held at DTU in association with GIRD, February 2020.
• Member, Training Programme: Water Sector Training and Capacity Building Programme for the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India held by DTU in collaboration with NTU, March 2013.
• Member, Organizing Committee for National Seminar on “Sustainable and Innovative Solution for Water Woes” held at DTU in association with GIRD, March 2011.

 

Ph.D. GUIDANCE

S. No.	Starting Year	Thesis title	Student Name
5.	Aug. 2026	VOCs in ambient PM (Tentative)	Megha (Co-guide: Dr. Rajeev Mishra, DTU)
4.	Jan. 2025	Emissions from brick kilns (Tentative)	Vinay Prabhakar (Proposed Co-guide: Dr. Sameer Maithel)
3.	Aug. 2024	Characterization and Risk Analysis of Organics in ambient Particulate Matter in Ghaziabad	Shazia Shifa (Co-guide: Prof. Gazala Habib, IIT Delhi)
2.	Aug 2024	Urban Heat Island Variation and its Environmental Interactions in Gurugram	Abhishek Saini
1.	Jan. 2023	Effect of Urban Form on Air Quality in Indian Cities	Himank Sen

In addition, I have one Ph.D. scholar in “Center of Excellence for Science of Happiness” (started in Jan. 2026)

M.TECH. THESIS GUIDED

S. No.	Year	Thesis title	Student Name
15	2026	Estimation of Emission Reduction From Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) in Phase 3, Delhi.	Ajay Malik
14	2026	Spatio-Temporal Variation of Ozone Over the Eastern and Western Indo-Gangetic Plain.	Anubha Singh
13	2026	Environmental Sustainability Assessment in India Using Pressure-State-Response Framework over 2014-2024	Navya Vajpayee
12.	2024	Correlation between PM2.5 and tropospheric ozone in Delhi: temporal variations and meteorological impacts.	Shashank Khare
11.	2024	Assessment of PM2.5 and PM10 over Sri Lanka: Spatiotemporal trends, potential source regions, and associated health effects.	Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Thrividya Nirmani
10.	2023	Prediction of groundwater quality index using artificial neural networks and multiple linear regression.	Udit Narayan Shakya
9.	2023	Predicting PM2.5 concentration using ANN and assessing its health effects in Delhi.	Rahul Dev Gautam
8.	2023	Spatio-temporal water quality assessment of river Ganga at different locations in West Bengal, India	Abhijeet Tiwari
7.	2022	Temporal variation and source identification of carbonaceous aerosols in Monrovia, Liberia.	Emmanuel Juah Dunbar
6.	2022	Carbonaceous aerosols over Indo-Gangetic plain in India: Spatial and Temporal variations and potential source regions.	Shailvy Kaushik
5.	2021	Assessment of Air Quality in Indo-Gangetic Plain during lockdown phases in 2020.	Akasiima Lorna Kaijuka
4.	2021	Study of Indian Metropolitan cities posing highest human health risk from ambient PM2.5.	Dikshant
3.	2015	Evaluation of Green House Gases emissions from sewage treatment plant in Delhi.	Mayank Mrinal
2.	2014	Evaluation of Human Health risk in the vicinity of Narela Bawana Landfill site.	Swati Rani
1.	2012	Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory of Wastewater Treatment Plants of Delhi/NCR.	Diksha Gupta (Co-guided with Prof. S. K. Singh)

 

B.TECH. PROJECTS GUIDED

• 2026, “Assessing Energy Storage Duration Requirements to Reduce Renewable Energy Curtailment in India”. Divesh Ahuja, Rahul Kumar
• 2026, “LULC Dynamics and Air Pollutants: Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Delhi Over a Decade”. Adarsh Jha, Patshna Mashahary, Yogeshwari.
• 2025, “Carbon Footprint of Delhi Technological University”. Adhikarla Vamsi Vishwanath, Anurag Tomar, Khushank Dev Bodhwal. Co-guide: Mr. AkashDeep, GRIHA Council.
• 2025, “Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Surface Ozone and its Precursors in Delhi: Influence of Vegetation, Meteorology, and other Pre-cursors”. Pratham Sudhakar, Soumik Dhar, Sachin Kumar
• 2025, “Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Technologies in Gambia”. Fatou Saidy
• 2024, “Navigating India’s Bioethanol Landscape: progress, policy integration and environmental prospectives”.              Lakshay Sachdeva, Omair Ahmad Khan, S. Meerashree.
• 2024, “Analysing the anomalous relationship between precipitation and PM10 concentrations in Peninsular India”. Manvi Nilaya, Swayam Agrawal, Vaibhavi.
• 2024, “Comparative evaluation of satellite Merra-2 against ground-based data for PM2.5 and total carbon concentrations In Ghaziabad, India”. Preha Madan, Rahul Singh, Rishika Sinha 
• 2024, “Ban on plastic straws in India: A study on citizen’s perspective and effectiveness of the ban”. Astha Verma, Dhruv Kalia, Naman Kandol.
• 2024, “Assessing surface Ozone variability, its precursors and atmospheric conditions in the Delhi region: Comparative analysis of urban and green zones”. Sumedha Sharma, Mihika Sankhla, Mausam Raj.
• 2023, “Greenhouse gas emission of Delhi, India: A trend analysis of sources and sinks from 2017-2021”. Chirla Sarvani Reddy, Sharat Divakar Kilaparthi, Tanya Arora.
• 2023, “CO₂ reduction potential and financial feasibility of electric retrofitting vehicles with internal combustion engines: A case study of India”.  Amishi Jain, Biplad Krishna, Tanmay Raichandani.
• 2023, “Environmental impacts of NMC811 and LFP Lithium-Ion batteries used in electric vehicle in India: A comparative LCA”. Shambhavi Rathore, Ruchir Kian, Aashita Jain.
• 2023, “Aerosol Optical Depth Forecasting using CRNN Model on Satellite Image Datasets”. Deepesh Tiwari.
• 2023, “Predicting Deforestation prone regions using machine learning techniques with impact of socioeconomic factors”. Aditya Hooda, Archit Goel, Mohammad Warid.
• 2022, “Pollution based Ambient Air Pollutant (PM_2.5) Exposure and Spatial Distribution of relative risk in Delhi”. Mohit Rai, Mudit Kumar, Nishant Kumar.
• 2014, “DTU GHG emissions inventory: A step towards zero-emission campus”. Aditi Singh, Debapriyo Samanta, Kanika Rana, Shubham Gandhi, Siddharth Kairon.
• 2013, “Analysis, Assessment and calculations of GHG emissions & remediations for Surveyed area”.  Abhishek Tyagi, Akshay Agarwal, Manoj Kumar, Varinderjeet. [As a Co-Supervisor].
• 2012, “Extraction of Biodiesel from used cooking oil”.  Sanjam Singh, Tanya Gupta

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES (Select Few):

University Level:

• Coordinator, Awards/Events/Outreach, Research & Development (Jan. 2025 – Present)
• Member, DTU Studio Podcast (July 2024 – Present)
• Member, Center Research Committee, Center of Excellence for Science of Happiness (Aug. 2025 – Present)
• Member, Governing Body, Center of Excellence for the Science of Happiness, DTU (Sep. 2021-Present)
• Member, Core Organizing Committee, B.Tech. Orientation cum Induction Programme for students entering B.Tech. 1st year, (Oct. 2022, July 2023, July 2024)
• Member, Stage Management Committee, Convocation and Golden Pride (Nov. 2023)
• Member, Committee for preparing text of address for Chief Guest, etc., Convocation (Nov. 2023)
• Faculty Coordinator for attending “City-Startup Partnership Summit for Water Security” at Vigyan Bhawan organized by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India. (Sep. 2022)
• Member, Inauguration Committee, Annual Festivals (Yuvaan, Invictus, Engifest) (2023)
• Faculty Coordinator, Desk Ke Mentor (DKM) Conclave held at Thayagraj Stadium, Delhi (May 2023)
• Member, Institute Innovation Council (IIC). (Aug, 2021- July 2023)
• Member, Evaluation Committee for Evaluation of DEC395 (Entrepreneurship & Venture Development) for Department of Civil Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Engineering Physics and Mathematics & Computing (April 2022)

Department Level:

• Co-Incharge, Air & Noise Pollution Monitoring Lab (Aug. 2025 – Present)
• Superintendent, End Term  Practical Examination (Aug. 2024 – Present)
• Coordinator, M.Tech. and M.Tech (Research) Admissions (Aug. 2023 – Present)
• Coordinator, Syllabus Revision, M.Tech. (By Research), (Jan. 2026 – Present)
• Departmental Co-ordinator for DEC395, Course on Entrepreneurship and Venture Development (Since its introduction – Present)
• Time-Table Incharge for the Department (July 2022 - June 2026)
• Member, Departmental Purchase Committee (Aug. 2019- Present)
• Member, Board of Studies, Department of Environmental Engineering (Nov. 2022 - Present)
• Department Coordinator, Syllabus Revision, B.Tech., M.Tech. and introduction of minors for the Department for B.Tech. as per NEP 2020
• Deputy Coordinator, Ph.D. Admissions, Department of Environmental Engineering (June 2023)
• Departmental Coordinator for ISO and IQAC (Aug. 2020-July 2022)
• Department faculty coordinator for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) (Aug. 2019 – July 2025)
• Department Dy. Coordinator for Ph.D. Admissions, June 2022, Jan. 2023

REVIEWING EDITOR AND ACADEMIC REVIEWER (Select few):

• Reviewing Editor, Springer Nature, May 2026 – Till date
• Reviewer, GeoHealth, Wiley Publication.
• Reviewer, Atmospheric Pollution Research, Elsevier
• Reviewer, CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water, Wiley Publication.
• Reviewer, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, Springer Publication.