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EnvironmentAl ResearcH LaboratorY (EARtHLY)


at the North-East Centre of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)


EARtHLY is affiliated to the

Theoretical and Applied Sciences Unit (TASU),

Physics and Earth Sciences Division (PESD), Indian Statistical Institute.

Research at EARtHLY

What we do? EARtHLY carries out research to improve understanding of environmental contamination and related processes such as source, emission, transport, chemistry, fate, and exposure. Focus areas of research are atmospheric pollution and exposure assessment. EARtHLY aims to study climate altering contaminants such as black carbon (BC) in various matrices of the environment and study various carbon pools.

How we do our research? Sampling tools are used for collecting samples, wet chemistry techniques are used for organic and inorganic contaminant analysis in laboratory using analytical instrumentation, and statistical techniques are used to interpret experimental results.

News

August 2023

Arctic Expedition

Tanojit is part of the Indian Arctic Expedition team to Ny-Ålesund Norway during July-August of 2023. The expedition is coordinated by the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India. He is part of the project selected under the theme Environmental Sciences for 2023-24.

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May 2022

Honeycomb

The image illustrates dust particle morphology as captured by scanning electron microscope. The image resembles a honeycomb structure, commonly associated with clay gel structure.

Consolation prize to Payel Kundu in Experimental Category at the International Sci-Art Image Competition 2022 organized by the Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS), Indian National Science Academy (INSA).

https://inyas.in/sciart2022/
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Present Group Members


Boss

Tanojit Paul

Project Linked Person

Past Group Members


Boss

Diksha Kalita

Project Linked Person

Present position: PhD Researcher, Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University

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Payel Kundu

Project Linked Person

Present position: PhD Researcher, IIT Delhi

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Harshit Sahai

Project Linked Person

Present position: PhD Researcher, Marie Curie Fellow, Spanish National Council for Scientific Research (CSIC-INIA)

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Bijay Sharma

Master Dissertation Student

Present position: PhD Researcher, IIT Mandi

Current research projects

Atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM2.5) associated Elemental Carbon, Organic Carbon and Water-Soluble Organic Carbon at Tezpur, a site in the North Bank Plain Region of Brahmaputra Valley

 

About the Principal Investigator

  1. Co-Chair of the session on Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at the International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC 2019) during September 9-12, 2019 at Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
  2. JESEE Young Investigator Award, 2017 at International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) 27th Annual meeting in North Carolina, USA during October 2017.
  3. Travel grant awards from DST and ICMR during October 2017.
  4. Chair of the session 'Exposure to Environmental Contaminants in Diverse Communities' at the 27th annual meeting of International Society of Exposure Science (ISES 2017) at North Carolina, USA.
  5. Travel grant award for the year 2017 by International Society of Exposure Science for 27th annual meeting, North Carolina, USA during October, 2017.
  6. Travel grant award for the year 2016 by International Society of Exposure Science for 26th annual meeting, Utrecht, Netherlands during October, 2016.
  7. Silver medal during International conference on Ecotoxicology and Environmental Sciences held in New Delhi during Feb 17-19, 2014 for ‘Best Paper Award’ in oral presentation sessions.
  8. Travel grant award from ICMR, DST and CSIR during June 2013.
  9. Junior Research Fellowship/National Eligibility Test (NET) by (a) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2008); (b) in Environmental Sciences by University Grant Commission (UGC) (2008) and (c) in Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)(2009).
  10. Department for International Department (DFID) Shared Commonwealth Scholarship 2008 for one year Master of Science (MS) by research in Environmental Technology at University of Hull, United Kingdom. (Declined).
  11. First prize winner at the Under-graduate Level essay competition for the academic year 2005-06 organized by Utkal University Zoology Alumni Association (UUZAA), Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India.
  12. “0.1%Merit Certificate” in Secondary School Examination (Class X) 2001, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), India.
  13. 'Mahadevi Chatravriti' 2001-02 & 2002-03 by Indian Iron and Steel Company Limited (IISCO), Steel Authority Of India Limited (SAIL), A public sector undertaking Maharatna, India.
  14. ‘K.M. Munshi’ prize for the academic year 2001-02 awarded by Burnpur Riverside School (BRS), Burnpur, West Bengal.
  15. ‘Scholar badge’ for the academic year 2000-01 awarded by Burnpur Riverside School (BRS), Burnpur, West Bengal.

Publications

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Current research interests

Environmental exposure, Air pollution

Past research

Reconstruction of historical levels of atmospheric black carbon, Aerosol characterization, Source apportionment, Health Risk assessment.

Courses taught

At IP College, University of Delhi:

Lectures delivered in training programs/workshops

At Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), North East Centre:

Project work supervision

Postgraduate Diploma in Statistical Methods & Analytics (PGDSMA) ISI NE Centre

▪ 2016-17

▪ 2017-18

▪ 2018-19

▪ 2019-20

  1. ‘Effect of weekdays and weekends on ambient PM2.5 levels across five Indian metropolitan cities’ at the 7th Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management (IICAQM 2022) - Measurement, Modelling, Health Risk and Public Policy during November 29 - December 01, 2022 at IIT Madras (online).
  2. 'Air Quality: Climate and Health implications' at the North East Sustainable and Inclusive Development (NESID 2022) meeting during November 16-18, 2022 at The Assam Kaziranga University. Co-organised by the Institute of Frontier Science and Application.
  3. 'Inhalation risk assessment of particulate phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at a naturally ventilated kerbside office building' at the 26th International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC 2019) during September 9-12, 2019 at Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden. Co-Chair of the session on Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.
  4. 'Atmospheric particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at Yamuna Biodiversity Park, Delhi' at International Workshop on Biodiversity and Climate Change (BDCC 2018) during February 24-27 2018 at Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL) IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, W.B.
  5. 'Exposure from solid fuel use: Case study of women in rural households of North India' at the International Society for Exposure Science (ISES) 27th annual meeting in North Carolina, USA, October, 2017. Chair of the session
  6. Potential health risks of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) associated with sediment and selected sea foods from a Ramsar site. 61st Annual National Conference of Indian Public Health Association (IPHA), AIIMS, Jodhpur, February 24-26, 2017.
  7. Naturally ventilated schools located near traffic hotspots in developing countries: Risks and exposure to carcinogenic pollutants at the International Society for Exposure Science (ISES) 26th annual meeting in Utrecht, Netherlands, October 12, 2016. Awarded the ISES travel grant.
  8. ‘Measurement of Atmospheric Black Carbon Concentrations in the Arctic Region from ~1840 to 2010' Invited talk at ASRC Research Colloquy, State University of New York at Albany on 1/4/2016.
  9. 'Health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals via dietary intake of vegetables grown in the vicinity of thermal power plants' Oral presentation at International conference on Ecotoxicology and Environmental Sciences held in New Delhi during 17th -19th Feb, 2014.
  10. 'Turtle-trawler conflict' Oral presentation at International Conference on Environmental Issues in Emerging and Advanced Economies; Canada, India. December 6-8, 2009 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Posters
  1. 'Trend analysis of temperature and precipitation in the state of Sikkim for the past century' Poster presentation at North-East Research Conclave, IIT Guwahati. May 20-22, 2022.
  2. 'Contribution of fossil fuels and wood Combustion to carcinogenic PAHs in the ambient atmosphere of a tropical megacity' Poster presentation at AGU Fall meeting 2015. San Francisco. December 14-18, 2015.
  3. 'Measurement of Atmospheric Black Carbon Concentrations, [BC]atm, in the Arctic Region from ~1700 to 2013' Poster presentation at AGU Fall meeting 2015. San Francisco. December 14-18, 2015.
  4. 'Role of particulate PAHs and metals in contamination levels of leafy vegetable grown in suburban area of Delhi' Poster presentation at the conference of Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA), BARC, Mumbai. December 11-13, 2012.
  1. Training program by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Applied Remote Sensing training (ARSET) ‘Satellite Remote Sensing of Air Quality: Data, Tools and Applications’ at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Pune, India. May 23-26, 2017.
  2. Workshop ‘Statistical Ecology and Related Topics’ at ISI Bangalore, December 8-11, 2016.
  3. Selected participant in a three-day training ‘Climate Reality Leadership Corps’ with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on February 22-24, 2015 in New Delhi, India.
  4. Training on ‘Safe handling of radioactive sources in research applications’, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. September 9-12, 2013.
  5. National level selected participant at the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) School on “Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Pollution” held at National Physical laboratory, New Delhi sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India during March 2-22, 2010.
  6. National level selected participant in a training school sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India on “Aerosol-Cloud Interactions and Microphysical Processes” held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India during March 7-15, 2009.
  7. Summer internship (45 days) with Marine Division, WWF-India Secretariat, New Delhi. June 1-July 15, 2007.

Facilities

Contact Us

Mailing Address

Darpa Saurav Jyethi

ISI North East Centre
    Punioni, Solmara
    Tezpur 784501, Assam, India

03712-291659

IP Telephone Extn: 7015

darpa[at]isine[dot]ac[dot]in