Dr Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha
Professor
Fellow, Indian Geophysical Union

School of Environmental Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110 067 INDIA
Tel: 011 26704320; Fax: 011 26704320
Mobile: 9810611857
Email: umeshkulshrestha@yahoo.in, umesh@mail.jnu.ac.in

Educational qualification:

M Sc                     Agra University, Agra (India)                                         
Ph D                     Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra (India)          
Post Doc              National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi (India)  
                             Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University (Sweden)

Previous jobs:

Scientist               Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad (CSIR)

Research interests:

  • Aerosol and precipitation chemistry and climate change
  • Air pollution chemistry, sources and transport
  • Acid rain and Eutrophication
  • Atmospheric chemistry and biogeochemical cycle
  • Metal aerosols and their possible health effects
  • Land-atmosphere interaction chemistry
  • Environmental Analytical Chemistry
  • Greenhouse gases and climate change
  • Carbonaceous aerosols
  • Carbon sequestration

Awards:

Elected Associate Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences.

CSIR Young Scientist Award 2004 by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi.

M S Krishnan Gold Medal 2004 by Indian Geophysical Union (IGU).

Thomas Kuhn Honour Pin Award 2002 by The International Union of Air Pollution Prevention & Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA) and the International Academy of Sciences.

International START Young Scientist Award 2000 by IGBP-START (System for Analysis, Research and Training for global change) Washington DC, USA.
 
IICT Gaurav Samman, 2005 Award by Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad.

Professional Achievements:

  • Expert member and Indian Mentor, Air Pollution India Training  Programme organized by Swedish Meteorology and Hydrology Institute, Norrkoping, Sweden.
  • Member, Academic Advisory Board, The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
  • Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Environmental Science Published for Everyman Round the Earth (ESPERE) in the field of Urban Climate and Emissions.
  • South Asia Coordinator for aerosol and precipitation chemistry measurements for IMI Stockholm University under Atmospheric Brown Cloud project.
  • Member of Expert committee of EPTRI on Andhra Pradesh Govt GO-111 regarding safeguards of drinking water in Usman Sagar and Himayat Sagar in Hyderabad.
  • A constant Reviewer for very prestigious International journals.
  • Member of Advisory Committee of International Conference & Exhibition on Recent Advances in Environmental Protection to be held at Agra in December, 2009.
  • Delivered Key Note Address on Global warming and Climate Change on World Environment Day (June 5, 2007) at Agartala, Tripura, India.

Projects/Programmes  Associating/Associated with

  • Project ‘Surya’ an International project focusing on reduction of carbonaceous aerosols by improving cooking technology in India for fighting climate change.
  • Atmospheric Brown Cloud (ABC) project with IMI Stockholm University, Sweden.
  • Indian Space Research Organization-Geosphere Biosphere Programme (ISRO-GBP) project on sources of urban atmospheric aerosols at Hyderabad.
  • Indo-Swedish Project on Aerosol and Precipitation Chemistry under RAPIDC programme of SIDA.
  • CAD (Composition of Asian Deposition) programme of DEBITS (IGBP)
  • ISRO-GBP Integrated Campaign on Aerosol Radiation Budget (ICARB) Campaign.
  • ISRO-GBP Land campaign II on Atmospheric Chemistry.
  • International comparison of QA/QC in chemical analysis under EANET (East Asia Precipitation Network), Japan.
  • Indian Reference Material (IRM) project.
  • ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Commission), Goa project on `Trace metal determination in sea water samples by ICP-MS.
  • Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX), a multinational and multidisciplinary programme.
  • CAAP (Composition of Atmospheric Aerosols and Precipitation in India and Nepal) programme under IGAC (IGBP) and CSC (UK) Coordinated by NPL, New Delhi and IMI, Stockholm.
  • CSIR project on `Air pollution monitoring at Agra’ Dayalbagh University, Agra.

Membership of Scientific Societies

  • Life member of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences.
  • Life Member of Indian Geophysical Union (IGU).
  • Life member of Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA).
  • Life member of Indian Society for Analytical Scientists (ISAS, Hyderabad Chapter).
  • Life member of Metrological Society of India (MSI)

Invited talks/lectures delivered                                  

  • Delivered an invited talk on Air Pollution in Indian Region as an expert during Air Pollution Management India programme organized by Swedish Meteorology and Hydrology Institute,  Sweden at Pune during Feb 01-06, 2010.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Climate Change and Business Opportunities during International Seminar on Climate and business held at Technia Institute New Delhi of during January 29-30, 2010.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Scientific Importance of Yagna and Agnihotra in the Atmosphere during Vishwa 2009 conference during December 18-20, 2009 at Mumbai.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Atmospheric soil dust in India- A natural geo-engineering tool to combat climate change during International Conference RAP 2009 at Agra organized by St John’s College Agra, December 17-19, 2009.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Atmospheric deposition of reactive nitrogen in India during International workshop on N deposition and Critical Loads, November 16-18, 2009, Edinburgh, UK
  • Delivered an invited talk on Air Pollution in India: Recent Challenges and Targets Ahead during World Environment Day Seminar at Doon University, Dehradun, June 5-6, 2009.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Environmental Disasters and Importance of Ambient Air Monitoring- Pre, During and Post Disasters’ at Academic Staff College, JNU, New Delhi, April 22, 2009.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Atmospheric soil dust deposition in India- A natural geo-engineering tool at Academic Staff College, JNU, New Delhi, April 20, 2009.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Role of greenhouse gases and their management in south Asia during Seminar on `Role of greenhouse gases and their management’ organized by Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir, Belur Math, Calcutta, March 25, 2009.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Atmospheric soil dust in India- A natural geo-engineering tool to combat climate change during JNU Science Festival on Technology Day, February 27, 2009.
  • Invited talk on Understanding scavenging of crustal and anthropogenic aerosols in India during TIGERZ Data Workshop, IIT Delhi, 7-8 January, 2009.
  • Invited talk on Climate change research and policy: Industrial development perspective during Seminar on Climate Change and Industry Perspective held at SES JNU, November 4, 2008.
  • Invited talk on Climate Change: Waste, Carbon Emissions and Indian Scenario during Conference on `Climate change business sustainability and society’, organized by ASSOCHAM at India Habitat Center, New Delhi, November 11-12, 2008
  • Delivered invited talk on Importance of ambient air monitoring during FICCI conference on Chemical Disaster at Goa, November 16-17, 2007.
  • Delivered Key Note Address on Global warming and Climate Change on World Environment Day (June 5, 2007) at Agartala, Tripura, India.
  • Delivered invited seminar lecture on Atmospheric dust- a significant scavenger of SO2 in India at International Meteorological Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden, March 17, 2004.
  • Delivered invited talk on Air Quality Monitoring during UNESCO Workshop on Environmental Chemistry held at IICT during November 10-15, 2003.
  • Delivered invited talk on Wet deposition study at Hyderabad during 1st Workshop of CAD (Composition of Asian Deposition) held at Kualalumpur, Malaysia, November 21-23, 2002.
  • Delivered invited talk on Use of Atomic Absorption Spectrometer for metal analysis during 4th Training Workshop for Forensic Scientists at IICT, October, 01-13, 2001.
  • Delivered invited talk on Atomic Absorption Spectrometer during Training workshop for Excise Dept, A.P, September, 18-21, 2001.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Climate change studies and analytical chemistry at IICT. Invited by Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS), March, 29, 2001.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis in Acid Rain studies and quality control of Herbal Medicine at IICT, Hyderabad, Sept, 1999.
  • Delivered an invited talk on Chemistry of atmospheric depositions in India in a symposium `Science at High Altitudes' held at Darjeeling, May 7-11, 1997.
  • Delivered an invited lecture on Studies on aerosols and precipitation in India in CSC Workshop on Air quality modeling and atmospheric acidification held at CMRI, Dhanbad, November 4-10, 1996.
Convener/Member of organizing committees
  • Convener for DST Project Monitoring Workshop, April, 2007.
  • Convener for Composition of Asian Atmospheric Deposition (CAD) Workshop, Nov-Dec, 2006.
  • Member, UNESCO Workshop on Environmental Chemistry held at IICT during November 10-15, 2003.
  • Member, 8th ISMAS Symposium held at IICT, Hyderabad, December 7-9, 1999.
  • Member, CSC Workshop TRAGEAS-97 held at NPL, New Delhi, April 7-11, 1997.
  • Member, 2nd inventory workshop of ALGAS (Asian Least-Cost Greenhouse Abatement Strategies) held at NPL, November 18-19, 1996.
  • Member, Asian Workshop & Training Course on Inventory of Greenhouse Gases held at NPL, Oct 30- Nov 4, 1995.
  • Member, ALGAS (Asian Least-Cost Greenhouse Abatement Strategies) Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventory held at NPL, Nov. 6-10, 1995.

List of important publications in journals

Secondary aerosol formation and identification of regional source locations by PSCF analysis in the Indo-Gangetic region of India.
Kulshrestha U.C., Raman R. S., Kulshrestha Monika., Rao T.N. and Hazarika P.J.
Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, DOI 10.1007/s10874-010-9156-z (2010).

Real-time wet scavenging of major chemical constituents of aerosols and role of rain intensity in Indian region. 2009.
U C Kulshrestha, L A K Reddy, J Satyanarayana and Monika J Kulshrestha.
Atmospheric Environment, 43, 5123-5127.

Chemical Characteristics of PM10 Aerosols and Air-Mass Trajectories over Bay of Bengal & Arabian Sea during ICARB. 2008.
L A K Reddy, U C Kulshrestha, J Satyanarayana, Monika J Kulshrestha and K Krishna Moorthy.
J Earth System Sciences, 117, S1, 345-352.

Monsoon rain chemistry and source apportionment using receptor modeling in and around National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi, India. 2007.
S Tiwari, U C Kulshrestha and B Padmanabhamurthy.
Atmospheric Environment  41, 5595-5604.

Air quality assessment through atmospheric depositions: a comparison of measurements & model calculations for India. 2007.
U C Kulshrestha.
Indian J of Environmental Management, 34, 51-55.

Nitrogen and sulphur deposition on regional and global scales: a multimodel evaluation. 2006.
F. Dentener, J. Drevet, J.-F. Lamarque, I. Bey, B. Eickhout, A.M. Fiore, D. Hauglustaine, L.W. Horowitz, M. Krol, U.C. Kulshrestha, M. Lawrence, C. Galy-Lacaux, S. Rast, D. Shindell, D. Stevenson, T. van Noije, C. Atherton, N. Bell, T. Butler, J. Cofala, B. Collins, R. Doherty, K. Ellingsen, J. Galloway, M. Gauss, V. Monranaro, J.F. Müller, G. Pitari, J. Rodriguez, M. Sanderson, F. Solmon, S. Strahan, M. Schultz, K. Sudo, S. Szopa, O. Wild.
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol 20, GB4003, doi:10.1029/2005GB002672.

Review of precipitation monitoring studies in India -a search for regional patterns. 2005.
U. C. Kulshrestha, L. Granat, M. Engardt and H. Rodhe.
Atmospheric Environment, 39, 4419-4435.

Emissions and accumulation of metals in the atmosphere due to crackers & sparkles during Diwali festival in India. 2004.
U C Kulshrestha, T Nageswara Rao, S Azhaguvel and Monika J Kulshrestha.
Atmospheric Environment, 38, 4421-4425.

Chemical characteristics of rain water at an urban site of south-central India. 2003.
U C Kulshrestha, Monika J Kulshrestha, R Sekar, G S R Sastry and M Vairamani.
Atmospheric Environment, 37 (21),  3019-3026.

Estimation of SO4 contribution by dry deposition of SO2 onto the dust particles in India. 2003.
Monika J Kulshrestha,U C Kulshrestha, D C Parashar and M Vairamani.
Atmospheric Environment, 37 (22),  3057-3063.

Emissions of SO2 and NOx from biofuels in India. 2003.
R Gadi, U C Kulshrestha, A K Sarkar, S C Garg and D C Parashar.
Tellus B, 55 (3), 787-795.

Wet scavenging of sulfur and other compounds during INDOEX. 2002.
L Granat, M Norman, C Leck, U C Kulshrestha and H Rodhe.
J. Geophysical Research, 107, D19, 8025, doi:1011029/ 2001JD000499.

Investigation of alkaline nature of rain water in India. 2001.
U C Kulshrestha, Monika J Kulshrestha, R Sekar, M Vairamani, A K Sarkar and D C Parashar.
Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 130, 1685-1690.

Chemical characteristics and source apportionment of aerosols over Indian Ocean during INDOEX-1999. 2001.
U C Kulshrestha, Monika Jain, R Sekar, M Vairamani, A K Sarkar and D C Parashar.  
Current Science, 80, 180-185.

Measurements of carbonaceous aerosols  at urban and remote marine sites. 2001.
A K Sarkar, Monika Jain, U C Kulshrestha, D C Parashar and A P Mitra.
Current Science, 80, 176-179.

Precipitation and aerosol studies in India. 2001.
D C Parashar, U C Kulshrestha and Monika Jain.
Environmental Monitoring  & Assessment, 66, 47-61.

Influence of aerosols on wet deposition at urban and rural sites in India. 2000.
M Jain, U C Kulshrestha, A K Sarkar and D C Parashar.
Atmospheric Environment, 34, 5129-5137.

Measurements of  formic and acetic acid levels in vapour phase at urban and semi-urban sites of  Delhi. 1999.
Monika Jain, U C Kulshrestha, Ashok Kumar, A K Sarkar, D C Parashar.
Indian J Radio and Space Physics, 28, 240-243.

Measurements of acid rain over Indian Ocean and surface measurements of atmospheric aerosols at New Delhi during INDOEX precampaigns. 1999.
U C Kulshrestha, Monika Jain, T K Madal, P K Gupta, A K Sarkar and D C Parashar.
Current Science, Vol. 76, No. 7,  968-972.

Anthropogenic emissions of NOx, NH3 and N2O in India. 1998.
D C Parashar, U C Kulshrestha and C Sharma.  
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystem, 52,  255-259.

Chemical composition and association of size-differentiated aerosols at a suburban site in a semi-arid tract of India. 1998.
U C Kulshrestha , A Saxena, , N Kumar, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.
J. Atmospheric Chemistry, 29, 109-118.

Concentrations and behaviour of surface O3, NO and NO2 at Delhi. 1997.          
U C Kulshrestha, Monika Jain and D C Parashar.               
Indian J Radio & Space Physics, 26, 82-84.

Dry deposition of sulphate and nitrate to polypropylene surfaces in a semi-arid area of India. 1997.
A Saxena, U C Kulshrestha, N Kumar, K M Kumari, S Prakash and S S Srivastava.          
Atmospheric Environment, 31, 2361-2366.

Investigation into atmospheric deposition through precipitation studies at New Delhi (India). 1996.  
U C Kulshrestha, A K Sarkar, S S Srivastava and D C Parashar.       
Atmospheric Environment, 30, 4149-4154.

Characterization of precipitation at Agra. 1996.
A Saxena, U C Kulshrestha, N Kumar, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.            
Atmospheric Environment, 30, 3405-4312.

Characterization of dry deposition associated with fire in plastic scrap market of West Delhi. 1996.
M Jain, U C Kulshrestha, D C Parashar.
Chemosphere, 32, 2263-2268.

Measurements of formic and acetic acid levels in the vapour phase at Dayalbagh, Agra, India. 1996.
N Kumar, U C Kulshrestha, P Khare, A Saxena, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.              
Atmospheric Environment, 30, 3545-3550.

Variation in ionic composition of precipitation collected by sequential sampling. 1996.
P Khare, S Kapoor, U C Kulshrestha, A Saxena, N Kumar, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.             
Environmental Technology, 17, 637-642.

Formate and acetate levels compared in monsoon and winter rain water at Dayalbagh, Agra (India). 1996.
N Kumar, U C Kulshrestha, A Saxena, P Khare, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.              
J Atmospheric Chemistry, 23, 81-87.

Wet-only and bulk deposition studies at New Delhi (India). 1995.
U C Kulshrestha, A K Sarkar, S S Srivastava and D C Parashar.       
Water, Air and Soil Pollution , 85, 2137-2142.

A study on short-time sampling of individual rain events at New Delhi during monsoon, 1994. 1994.
U C Kulshrestha, A K Sarkar, S S Srivastava and D C Parashar.
Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 85, 2143-2148.

Identification of nature and source of atmospheric aerosols near Taj Mahal (Agra). 1995.
U C Kulshrestha, N Kumar, A Saxena, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 34, 1-11.

Chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols at three representative sites in Agra. 1995.
U C Kulshrestha, N Kumar, A Saxena, P Khare, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.
Energy Environment Monitor (TERI), 11, 177-181.

Characteristics and distribution of major ions of atmospheric aerosol in a semi-arid region of India. Characteristics and distribution of major ions of atmospheric aerosol in a semi-arid region of India. 1994.
U C Kulshrestha, A Saxena, N Kumar, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.
Journal of Aerosol Science, 25, S83-84.

Dry deposition of formate and acetate compared at four sites in Agra. 1994.
N Kumar, U C Kulshrestha, A Saxena, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.
Energy Environment Monitor (TERI), 10, 131-135.

Distribution of airborne fluoride: vapor phase, particulate, precipitation and dry deposition. 1994.
A Saxena, U C Kulshrestha, N Kumar, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.            
Environmental Technology, 15, 51-59.

Effect of anthropogenic formate and acetate level in precipitation at four sites in Agra. 1993.          
N Kumar, U C Kulshrestha, A Saxena, P Khare, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.
Atmospheric Environment, 27B, 87-91.

Formate and acetate in monsoon rain water of Agra (India). 1993.
N Kumar, U C Kulshrestha, A Saxena, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.
Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), 98/D3, 5135-5137.

Dry deposition of nitrate and sulphate on surrogate surfaces. 1992.
A Saxena, U C Kulshrestha, N Kumar, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.
Environment International, 18, 509-513.

Relating Chemical characteristics of precipitation to sources in Agra. 1992.
A Saxena, U C Kulshrestha, N Kumar, K M Kumari and S S Srivastava.
Energy Environment Monitor, 8, 59-66.

Factors affecting alkaline nature of rain water in Agra (India). 1991.
A Saxena, S Sharma, U C Kulshrestha and S S Srivastava.
Environmental Pollution, 74, 129-138.

Chemical composition of rain water with reference to legislation: a case study. 1991.
U C Kulshrestha, A Saxena and S S Srivastava.
Journal of Indian Association for Environmental Management, 18, 161-164.

Chapters in books

  1. Greenhouse gas inventory modelling and global change.
    AP Mitra, K K Mahajan, D C Parashar, M K Tiwari, A B Ghosh, K S Zalpuri, M C Sharma, R S Ram, P K Gupta, G Beig, C Sharma, S Bhattachaya, S Bose, U C Kulshrestha and T K Mandal, In Research highlights in Earth System Science, DST’s Spl. Vol-1 (eds: O P Verma and T M Mahadevan).
    Indian Geological Congress, 2000, pp-265-289.
  2. Atmospheric Composition Change and Air Quality.
    A Jayraman, G. Beig, U.C. Kulshrestha, T. Lahiri,  M.R. Ray, S.K. Sateesh, C. Sharma, C. Venkatraman, In Global Environmental Changes in South Asia: A Regional Perspective (Eds: A.P. Mitra and C. Sharma).
    IGBP-START Synthesis published by Springer, 2009.

Technical reports

  1. Precipitation chemistry studies in India- a search for regional patterns.
    U C Kulshrestha, L Granat and H Rodhe.
    Report CM-99, Stockholm University, Sweden, 2003.
  2. Chemical composition of precipitation in India and Nepal- A preliminary report on Indo-Swedish project on atmospheric chemistry.
    D C Parashar, L Granat, U C Kulshrestha, A G Pillai, M S Naik, G A Momin, P S Prakasa Rao, P D Safai, L T Khemani, S  A Naqvi, P V Narvekar, K B Thapa and H Rodhe.
    Report CM-90, Stockholm University, Sweden, 1996.

General articles

  1. Atmospheric dust in India- A natural geo-engineering tool to combat climate change.
    Kulshrestha U C.
    ENVIS Newsletter SES JNU  ISSN-0974-1364, vol 14(3), pp 2-5 (2009).
  2. Climate change: The science of new business opportunities.
    Kulshrestha U C and Gupta G P.
    World Focus, Vol. 363, March issue, pp.97-102 (2010).

 

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