Air Quality Information Systems and geoss: Applications to India

Virendra Sethi

Professor & Head

Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering

IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076

email : [e-mail] Office :[phone] Cell : 91 98 207 87 567

EDUCATION

1996 Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

1990 M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

1984 A.E.P. Advanced Entry Programme (First Year) National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

1983 B.Tech Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Combustion Aerosols, Energy and Environment, Aerosol Processes, Air Quality Management.

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000-Present Professor, Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai,

Mumbai.

2000. 
      Research Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
      

1996-1999 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati.

1994- 1999 Oak Ridge Fellow, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education,

Postgraduate Research Program, on appointment at the National Risk Management Research Laboratory, USEPA, Cincinnati.

94. 
    Graduate Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati.
    

Project funded by Drinking Water Research Division, U.S. EPA.

91. 
    Research Scientist, California State Department of Health, Berkeley Project funded by National Science Foundation and conducted jointly at the University of California, Berkeley and California Public Health Services, Berkeley.
    

90. 
    Graduate Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati. Project funded by USEPA, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, NC.
    

87. 
    Production Engineer, Oil & Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), Bombay Offshore Project, India.
    

84. 
    National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
    

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  Graduate studies in industrial design, ergonomics and product design..
  

83. 
    Senior Project, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Bombay.
    

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  Designed and conducted experiments for membrane development, and a feasibility study for concentrating sucrose solution using a reverse osmosis process.
  

REFEREED JOURNALS PUBLICATIONS (Partial List)

1. 
   Sethi, V., and Biswas, P., "Modeling of Particle Formation and Dynamics in a Flame Incinerator", Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, 40 : 42-46 (1990)
   
2. 
   Sethi, V. and Biswas, P., "Fundamental Studies on Particulate Emissions from Hazardous Waste Incinerator", Remedial Action, Treatment, and Disposal of Hazardous Waste, Proceedings of Annual USEPA-RREL Hazardous Waster Research Symposium (16^th ), Cincinnati, Ohio, April 3-5, 1990.
   
3. 
   Lin, W. Y., Sethi, V., Biswas, P., "Multicomponent Aerosol Dynamics of the Pb-O₂ System in a Bench Scale Flame Incinerator”, Aerosol Science & Technology, 17 : 199-133 (1993).
   
4. 
   Sethi, V., and John, W., " Particle Impaction Patterns from a Circular Jet”, Aerosol Science & Technology, 18 :1-10 (1993).
   
5. 
   John, W., and Sethi, V., "Breakup of Latex Doublets by Impaction", Aerosol Science & Technology, 19 : 57-68 (1993).
   
6. 
   John, W, and Sethi, V., " Threshold for Resuspension by Particle Impaction", Aerosol Science & Technology, 19 :60-79 (1993).
   
7. 
   Sethi, V., Patnaik, P., Biswas, P., Clark R.M., and Rice, E.W. "Evaluation of Optical Detection Methods for Waterborne Suspensions", Journal of the American Water Works Association, 89 (2) : 98-112,(1997).
   
8. 
   Clark, R.M. Adams, J.Q. Sethi, V., and Sivaganesan, M., "Controlling Microbial Contaminants and Disinfection By-products in Drinking Water : Cost and Performance", (Accepted in AQUA).
   

9. Sethi, V., and Clark, R.M., "Cost Estimation Models for Drinking Water Treatment Unit Processes", (Accepted for publication in IJEMS Special Issue).

10. Coauthor, Chapter on Drinking Water in Handbook of Environmental Engineering, Ed. Robert Corbitt, McGraw Hill (New edition under revision), 1998.

12. 
    Selvakumar,N., Parikh, P.P., and Sethi, V., “ Size Distribution of Particulate Matter in Biomass Producer gas”, MNES Project Number 203/01/13/2001-BM (Manuscript under Preparation)
    
13. 
    Tiwari, V., Jiang, J., Sethi, V. and Biswas, P, “One step synthesis of noble metal-titanium dioxide nanocomposites in a Flame Aerosol Reactor”, 2008, Applied Catalysis A: General, 345(2), 241-246
    
14. 
    Basak, S.; Tiwari, V.; Fan, J.; Achilefu, S.; Sethi, V.; Biswas, P., “One step bottom-up synthesis of core-shell type -Fe₂O₃/ SiO₂ nanocomposite and surface functionalize with Cypate-II for biomedical applications”, Advanced Materials, 2007, Under Review
    
15. 
    Tiwari, V., Bellare, J., Sethi, V. and Biswas, P, “Single step synthesis and characterization of naosized crystalline calcium phosphate apatite (Hydroxyapatite (HA), Tricalcium Phosphate (TCP) and biphasic HA/TCP) using high temperature Furnace Aerosol Reactor (FUAR), To be Submitted to Journal of American Ceramic Society)
    

Ph.D. THESES GUIDANCE

1. 
   Radiation effects of anthropogenic aerosols on global climate (Completed)
   
2. 
   Injection Process and Spray Characteristics as Influenced by Fuel Rates and Fuel Viscosities (Completed)
   
3. 
   Characterization and Source Apportionment of Ambient PM2.5 and PM10 in Mumbai and Pune (Completed)
   
4. 
   Tar and Particulate Matter Assessment and Control in Biomass Thermo-chemical Gasification Systems (Completed)
   
5. 
   High Temperature Gas Phase Synthesis and Characterisation of Nano-composites for Possible Biomedical and Catalyst Applications (Presynopsis Completed)
   
6. 
   Spatial and Temporal Integration of Satellite Remote Sensing Data for Air Quality (In progress)
   

SPONSORED AND CONSULTANCY PROJECTS(Partial List)

1. Characterisation of Particulate Matter in Biomass Based Producer Gas From Different Types of Gasifiers, Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (Now MNRE)

2. Studies for Design of Systems for Removal of Tar and Particulate Matter from Producer Gas (For IC Engine and Gas Turbine Applications), Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (Now MNRE)

3.. High Temperature Gas Phase Synthesis and Characterisation of Tailored Ultra Fine Powders Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi

4. Development of Air Pollution Source Profiles, Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi.

Prof. M.P. Singh

Prof. M.P. Singh, a Fulbright Scholar, earned Ph.D. from University of Maryland, USA after which he joined the Cornell University where he worked in the 60s followed by 1-year stint at NASA.

On returning to India, Prof. M.P. Singh was one of the founding faculty members of the prestigious IIT–Delhi. At his initiative, a Centre for Atmospheric Sciences was set-up at IIT Delhi; today it is the leading research center of the country well known internationally for its work in climate research, cyclone prediction and air quality modeling. Prof. Singh has supervised 27 PhDs and has published over 100 research papers in journals of International repute. He is the co-author of the book, (written jointly with Prof. Sethu Raman) titled “Dynamics of Atmospheric Flow” published under the ‘Advances in Fluid Mechanic Series, UK’. He has been one of the Guest Editors of the special issues (on Air Quality) of the prestigious international journal “Atmospheric Environment” which appeared in 1991 and 1995. He had been on the Editorial Board of the journal “Atmospheric Environment” (1988–94); “Non-linear World” (1992 -96) and “Advances in Fluid Mechanics Series” under the aegis of Computational Mechanics Publications, UK (1994 – 1998). The prestigious journal, “Pure and Applied Geophysics”, (PAGEOPH, a Switzerland based journal) has brought out a special edition - a book entitled “Weather and Climate: The M.P. Singh Volumes I & II”, in honor of Prof. M.P. Singh with leading experts from all over the world as contributors. Recently, a book entitled “Air Quality”, a PAGEOPH Topical Volume with Prof. Singh as one of the guest editors of the prestigious publication by Birkhauser Verlag, Basel. Boston. Berlin has appeared in early 2003.

Prof. M.P. Singh directed several International conferences & workshops on topics related to Environment in India, Italy and Brunei. At AIT, he has provided leadership to organize three International Conferences, one on Industry - Academic Interaction and the other two on Nanotechnology in 2006, 2007 and 2009 respectively. The proceedings of Nanotechnology Conference, after peer review, have been brought out in special issue (s) of the prestigious "International Journal of Nanotechnology" and the proceedings of 2009 Conference would also be brought out in a special issue of the prestigious International Journal of Nanotechnology.

Prof. Singh was a visiting Professor at Cambridge University (for one year) in 1973. He has been a Visiting Professor at several Universities including University of Alabama, USA; University of Brunei; University of Calgary, Canada; University of Kuwait; University of Reading, UK; National Institute of Informatics & Automatics, Paris, France; National Institute for Research & Environment, Japan. Prof. Singh has visited China & Poland as a guest of the respective Academies.

Prof. Singh has played a trail-blazing role in developing multidisciplinary programs in the country. He represented India in the scientific delegation to the then Soviet Union in 1988 and in the Indo-US Sub-commission on Science & Technology in 1985 and 1987. He was a member of the Indian delegation to attend the prestigious Science & Technology initiative meet in 1983, the so-called Blue Ribbon Panel on Meteorology set up by the then Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi and then US President, Mr. Ronald Reagan. He was a member of ICSU International Committee for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction during 1990-92.

Other Contribution: After retirement from IIT - Delhi, Prof. M.P. Singh has been spearheading Ansal Institute of Technology, Gurgaon as its founder Director since 2000. Today, Ansal Institute of Technology is a leading Institute in the country to provide higher education in professional fields. It has established International reputation for its US based collaborative education.

Awards: Prof. M.P. Singh is a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Delhi; a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, and had been the President, Indian Mathematical Society; President, Physical Sciences Section of the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad and Sectional President (Math), Indian Science Congress Association. Prof. Singh had been a member of the National Board for Higher Mathematics (1987 – 92). He was given the 4^th Dr. Y. S. Parmar Gold Medal and Oration Award, 1984 and was UGC National Lecturer during the year 1976 -77.

Prof. M.P. Singh has been awarded Knight of the Order of Academic Palms by the Prime Minister of French Republic in November 2008. The Order of Academic Palms is one of the oldest civil distinctions in France and was created by Napoleon in 1808.

Selected Publications

1. 
   Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Model simulation of the dispersion scenario: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 1987, 17, 1-22, with S. Ghosh.
   
2. 
   Vulnerability analysis for airborne release of extremely hazardous substances: Atmospheric Environment, 1990, 24 A, 4, 769-781.
   
3. 
   A Mathematical model for the Oleum leakage in Delhi: Atmospheric Environment, 1990, 24 A, 4, 735-741, with Manju Kumari and S. Ghosh.
   
4. 
   Analysis of vertical dispersion of an elevated plume using video digitization: Atmospheric Environment, 1990, 24A, 4, with B. Templeman, Sethuraman and S. Nigam.
   
5. 
   Atmospheric Dispersion of inflammable substances for estimating vulnerable zones in Hydrocarbon Industry: Risk Analysis, (1991-Sept issue), with Manju Mohan and T.S. Panwar.
   
6. 
   Predicted and observed concentration of SO₂, SPM and NO_x over Delhi: Atmos. Environ., 1990, 24A, 783-788, with P.Goyal, T.S.Panwar, P.Agarwal, S.Nigam and N.Bagchi,
   
7. 
   Mathematical model for atmospheric dispersion in low winds with eddy diffusivities as linear functions of downwind distance: Atmospheric Environment, 1996, 30, 1137-1145, with Maithili Sharan and Anil Kumar Yadav
   
8. 
   Surface layer turbulence processes in low wind speeds over land: Atmospheric Environment, 1995, 29, 2089-2098, with P. Agarwal, A.K.Yadav, A. Gulati, Sethu Raman, Suman Rao, S.Nigam and N. Reddy
   
9. 
   A mathematical model for the dispersion of air pollutants in low wind conditions: Atmospheric Environment, 1996, 30, 2595-2606, with Maithili Sharan, A.K.Yadav, P. Agarwal and S. Nigam
   
10. 
    Atmospheric dispersion in low wind conditions. Proceedings of the First World Congress of Nonlinear Analysts, p.3567-3593, Tampa, Florida, Aug 19-26, 1992, Editor V. Lashmikantham, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York (1996) with Anil Kumar Yadav, Maithili Sharan
    
11. 
    Comparison of sigma schemes for estimating air pollutant dispersion in low winds: Atmospheric Environment, 1995, 29, 2051-2059. with Maithili Sharan and Anil Kumar Yadav
    
12. 
    Forecasting Daily Maximum Surface Ozone Concentrations in Brunei Darussalam - an ARIMA Modeling Approach: Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 2004, 54, No.7, 809-814, with Krishan Kumar, A.K. Yadav, H. Hassan and V. K. Jain
    

Dr. A. K. YADAV
Education:
Ph.D., 1995

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

M.Sc. Mathematics, 1989

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Experience:
Present Position

Dean, Ansal Institute of Technology, Gurgaon, Haryana, India since Aug 2007

Responsible for the Overall Planning & Development
Previous Positions

Professor, Ansal Institute of Technology, Gurgaon, Haryana, India (since Aug 2006)
Associate Professor, Ansal Institute of Technology, Gurgaon, Haryana, India (Aug 2004 to July 2006)

Assistant Professor, Ansal Institute of Technology, Gurgaon, Haryana, India (May 2001 to July 2004)

Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, G.J. University, Hisar, India (Mar 2000 to May 2001)

Post doctoral Fellow, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA (June to August 2000)

Lecturer, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, G.J. University, Hisar, Haryana, India (Mar 1996 to March 2000)

Visiting Scholar, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA (April 1995 to July 1995)

Senior Scientific Officer, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (Sept 1993 to April 1995)

Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (July1989 to August 1993)

Fellowships:
Research Fellowship based on GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, All-India) during Ph.D.

Qualified NET (National Eligibility Test) conducted jointly by Council of Science & Industrial Research

and University Grants Commission (UGC) for Research Fellowship and Lecturer-ship
Honors:
Received HP 2009 Innovation in Education grant worth $170,000

Nominated twice (1999, 2000) for the Young Scientists Award of Indian National Science Academy (INSA) New Delhi

Leadership Award by IUCEE (Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education)
Academic Visits Abroad (on Invitation):

Jan-Feb 2009: Visiting Professor, North Dakota State Univ., Clemson Univ., North Carolina State Univ.,

Nov 2006: Visiting Professor, University of Science & Technology, Lille, France

June-Aug 2000: Post doctoral Fellow, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA

Nov 1999: Co-organized an International Workshop on Air Quality Modeling & Management at University of Brunei, Brunei Darussalam
April–July 1995: Visiting Scholar, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Invited Talk:

Delivered an invited talk at NOAA research lab in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA in July 1995

Professional Affiliations:

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  Air & Waste Management Association
  
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  Indian Society for Technical Education (Life Member)
  
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  Indian Meteorological Society (Life Member)
  
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  Computer Society of India (Member)
  
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  Convener, Regional Center of IUCEE (Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education)
  

Selected Publications

1. 
   Krishan Kumar, A.K. Yadav, H. Hassan, M. P. Singh and V. K. Jain (2004) Forecasting Daily Maximum Surface Ozone Concentrations in Brunei Darussalam - an ARIMA Modeling Approach. Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 54, No.7, 809-814.
   
2. 
   Maithili Sharan, Manish Modani and A.K. Yadav (2003) Atmospheric dispersion: an overview of mathematical modeling framework. Journal of the Proceeding of Indian National Science Academy, 69, A, No. 6, 725-744.
   
3. 
   A.K. Yadav, S. Raman and D.D.S. Niyogi (2003) A note on the estimation of eddy diffusivity and dissipation length in low winds over a tropical urban terrain, PAGEOPH, 160, 395-404.
   
4. 
   A.K. Yadav, Krishan Kumar, Awg Makarimi bin Hj Awg Kasim, M.P. Singh, S.K. Parida and Maithili Sharan (2003) Visibility and incidence of respiratory diseases during the 1998 have episode in Brunei Darussalam. PAGEOPH, 160, 265-277
   
5. 
   Maithili Sharan, Anil Kumar Yadav and Manish Modani (2002) Simulation of short-range diffusion experiments in low wind convective conditions. Atmos. Environ, 36, 1901-1906.
   
6. 
   A.K. Yadav and K.N. Mehta (2000) Sensitivity of plume descriptors of a Gaussian plum mode to deposition and source elevation, II Nuovo Cimento, Vol 023C, issue 03, 251-262.
   
7. 
   Maithili Sharan and Anil Kumar Yadav (1998) Simulation of diffusion experiments under light wind, stable conditions by a variable K-theory model, Atmos. Environ., 32, No. 20, 3481-3492.
   
8. 
   Maithili Sharan, Anil Kumar Yadav and M.P. Singh (1996) Plume dispersion simulation using a mathematical model based on coupled plume segment and Gaussian puff approaches. J. Appl. Meteoro., 35, No. 10, 1625-1631.
   
9. 
   Anil Kumar Yadav, Sethu Raman and Maithili Sharan (1996) Surface layer turbulence spectra and eddy dissipation during low winds in tropics. Bound.- Layer Meteoro., 79, 205-224.
   
10. 
    Maithili Sharan, M.P. Singh and Anil Kumar Yadav (1996) Mathematical model for atmospheric dispersion in low winds with eddy diffusivities as linear functions of downwind distance. Atmos. Environ., 30, 1137-1145.
    
11. 
    Maithili Sharan, Anil Kumar Yadav, M.P. Singh, P. Agarwal and S. Nigam (1996) A mathematical model for the dispersion of air pollutants in low wind conditions. Atmos. Environ., 30, 2595-2606.
    
12. 
    Anil Kumar Yadav and Maithili Sharan (1996) Statistical evaluation of sigma schemes for estimating dispersion in low wind conditions. Atmos. Envorn., 30, 2595-2606.
    
13. 
    Anil Kumar Yadav, Maithili Sharan and M.P. Singh (1996) Atmospheric dispersion in low wind conditions. Proceedings of the First World Congress of Nonlinear Analysts, p.3567-3593, Tampa, Florida, August 19-26, 1992; Editior V. Lashmikantham, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
    
14. 
    Maithili Sharan, Anil Kumar Yadav and M.P. Singh (1995) Comparison of sigma schemes for estimating air pollutant dispersion in low winds. Atmos. Environ., 29, 2051-2059.
    

Appendix D: Detailed Budget