Gufran Beig
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The "Air Quality Management Research Lifetime Achievement Award" for the year 2021 is conferred to Prof. Gufran Beig, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Chair Professor, NIAS, Bengaluru. This award is given annually to recognize and reward scientific, technological and community talent in the country by the Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management (IICAQM) consortium of Indian IITs and other academic organizations to the scientists and engineers of the country who has made significant contribution towards the air quality management research.
Journal Articles
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Mangaraj, Poonam , Saroj Kumar Sahu, Gufran Beig, and Ravi Yadav. 2022. “A comprehensive high-resolution gridded emission inventory of anthropogenic sources of air pollutants in Indian megacity Kolkata”. SN Applied Sciences 4(117). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-022-05001-3.
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Koharle, N , V Anand, A Panicker, and Gufran Beig. 2022. “Measurements of surface ozone and its precursors in different microenvironments of coastal Indian metropolis of Mumbai”. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13762-022-03910-9.
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Yadav, Ravi , Pushpendra Vyas, Praveen Kumar, Lokesh Kumar Sahu, Umangkumar Pandya, Nidhi Tripathi, Mansi Gupta, Vikram Singh, Pragnesh N Dave, Devendra Singh Rathore, Gufran Beig, and S. NA Jaaffrey. 2022. “Particulate-matter pollution in urban cities of India during unusually restricted anthropogenic activities”. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities,. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsc.2022.792507/full.
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R, Latha , Mukherjee A, Dahiya K, Bano S, Pawar P, Kalbande R, Maji S, Gufran Beig, and Murthy BS. 2022. “On the varied emission fingerprints of particulate matter over typical locations of NCR (Delhi) - A perspective for mitigation plans”. Journal of Environmental Management 311. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35287076/.
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Sharma, Priyanka , Sunil Kumar Peshin, Vijay Kumar Soni, , Gufran Beig, and Chirashree Ghosh. 2022. “Seasonal dynamics of particulate matter pollution and its dispersion in the city of Delhi, India”. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 134(28). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00703-021-00852-8.
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Beig, Gufran , Jayachandran KS, George MP, Rathod A, Sobhana SB, Sahu SK, Shinde R, and Jindal V. 2022. “Process-based diagnostics of extreme pollution trail using numerical modelling during fatal second COVID-19 wave in the Indian capital”. Chemosphere 298.
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Kalbande, Ritesh , Shahana Bano, and Gufran Beig. 2021. “Benzene and Toluene from Stubble Burning and Their Implications for Ozone Chemistry and Human Health in the Indo-Gangetic Plain Region”. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 5(11): 3226-3233. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00283.
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Tikle, Suvarna , Tanmay Ilame, and Gufran Beig. 2021. “Impact of SAFAR Air Quality Forecasting Framework and Advisory Services in Reducing the Economic Health Burden of India”. Research Economic Development Research 2(2): 211-226. https://ojs.wiserpub.com/index.php/REDR/article/view/1063.
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Bhat, Mudasir Ahmad, Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, and Gufran Beig.0 “Characteristics, source apportionment and long-range transport of black carbon at a high-altitude urban centre in the Kashmir valley, North-western Himalaya”. Environmental Pollution 305(119295). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749122005097?via%3Dihub.
Policy Brief
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Beig, Gufran , R. Srikanth, and Shailesh Nayak. 2021. “Air Quality, National Standards and Human Health in India”. : 4.
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Gufran Beig, Delivered lead Talk in a Panel Discussion on "Air Pollution: Its Impacts and Mitigation", Indian International Center (IIC), New Delhi, 28th March 2022.
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Gulfran Beig, Chairman Address on "Physics of Air Quality and climate change in India: From sources to control", 25th Indian Social Science Congress, March 29, 2022 at BSAR Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai.
- Gufran Beig, Invited Talk entitled- "Air we breathe: Science, Public Perception and Policy", JECRC University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 24th March 2022.
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Delhi: Dust, ozone to blame for summer pollution, say expert, The Times of India, 6 April 2022
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High ozone levels in Delhi-NCR one more reason to sweat, The Times of India, 16 April 2022
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Study links high pollution, biofuel burning in Delhi’s crematoria at peak of 2nd Covid wave, Financial Express, 10 April 2022
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Biomass burning to blame for Delhi haze, study finds. The Indian Express, 11 April 2022
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Study links high pollution and biofuel burning in Delhi crematoria at peak of second wave of covid-19FGN News, FGN News, 10 April 2022
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NDTV Interview with Prof Gufran Beig, Mumbai's Air Quality "Severe", Dense Fog, Middle East Dust Storm Cited, January 2022
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ABP Majha Interview with Prof Gufran Beig, Mumbai Air Quality : मुंबईकरांची चिंता वाढली; मुंबईची हवा पुन्हा एकदा बिघडली, 7 February 2022