Harshita Pawar-PhD Scholar
 

Harshita completed BS-MS dual degree in Chemistry from IISER Mohali in 2015. She joined the group for  MS thesis in April 2014 and has been a PhD Scholar since June 2015. 

She has worked on quantifying the contribution of long range transport to PM mass loadings in the NW-IGP.

 
Publications 
 
Pawar, H., Sinha, B.,Humidity, density, and inlet aspiration efficiency correction improve accuracy of a low-cost sensor during field calibration at a suburban site in the North-Western Indo-Gangetic plain (NW-IGP), Aerosol Science and Technology, 54(6), 685-703,2020.
 
Hakkim, H., Sinha, V., Chandra, B. P., Kumar, A., Mishra, A. K., Sinha, B., Sharma, G., Pawara, H., Sohpaul, B., Ghude, S. D.,  Pithani, P., Kulkarni, R., Jenamani, R. K., Rajeevan, M., Volatile organic compound measurements point to fog-induced biomass burning feedback to air quality in the megacity of Delhi, Science of The Total Environment, 2019.
 
Chandra, B. P., Sinha, V., Hakkim, H., Kumar, A., Pawar, H., Mishra, A. K., Sharma, G., Pallavi, Garg, S., Ghude, S. D., Chate, D. M, Pithani, P., Kulkarni, R., Jenamani, R. K., and Rajeevan, M., Odd-even traffic rule implementation during winter 2016 in Delhi did not reduce traffic emissions of VOCs, carbon dioxide, methane and carbon monoxide, Current Science, 114, 6, 1318-1325, 2018.
 
Ghude, S. D., Bhat, G. S., Prabhakaran, T., Jenamani, R. K., Chate, D. M., Safai, P. D., Karipot, A. K., Konwar M., Pithani, P., Sinha, V., Rao, P. S. P., Dixit, S. A., Tiwari, S., Todekar, K., Varpe, S., Srivastava, A. K., Bisht, D. S., Murugavel, P., Ali, K., Mina, U., Dharua, M., Jaya Rao, Y., Padmakumari, B., Hazra, A., Nigam, N., Shende, U., Lal, D. M., Chandra, B. P., Mishra, A. K., Kumar, A., Hakkim, H., Pawar, H., Acharja, P., Kulkarni, R., Subharthi, C., Balaji, B., Varghese, M., Bera, S. and Rajeevan, M., Winter fog experiment over the Indo-Gangetic plains of India, Current Science, VOL. 112, NO. 4, 2017.
 
Pawar, H., Garg, S., Kumar, V., Sachan, H., Arya, R., Sarkar, C., Chandra, B., P. and Sinha, B., Quantifying the contribution of long-range transport to Particulate Matter (PM) mass loadings at a suburban site in the North-Western Indo Gangetic Plain (IGP), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 9501-9520, 2015.

 

Conference Presentations
 
Oral Presentation: 

Pawar, H., Garg, S., Kumar, V., Sachan, H., Arya, R., Sarkar, C., Praphulla Chandra, B., and Sinha, B., 'Quantifying the contribution of Long-Range Transport to Particulate Matter (PM) enhancement at a suburban site in the North-Western Indo Gangetic Basin', Second Workshop On Atmospheric Composition And The Asian Monsoon (ACAM)”, Bangkok, 2015

Pawar, H., Garg, S., Kumar, V., Sachan, H., Arya, R., Sarkar, C., Praphulla Chandra, B., and Sinha, B., 'Quantifying the contribution of Long-Range Transport to Particulate Matter (PM) enhancement at a suburban site in the North-Western Indo Gangetic Basin', TROPMET 2015, Chandigarh, India, 2015

Poster Presentation:

Pawar, H. and Sinha, B., Field Calibration of a Low-cost Particulate Matter (PM) Sensor at a Suburban Site in the North-Western Indo-Gangetic Plain (NW-IGP), AGU Fall Meeting, abstract A33G-3195, 2018.

Pawar, H., Garg, S., Kumar, V., Sachan, H., Arya, R., Sarkar, C., Praphulla Chandra, B., and Sinha, B., 'Quantifying the contribution of Long-Range Transport to Particulate Matter (PM) enhancement at a suburban site in the North-Western Indo Gangetic Basin', National Climate Science Conference, IISC Bangalore , India, 2015 

Pawar, H., Sachan, H., Garg, S., Arya, R., Singh, N.K., Sinha, B., and Sinha V.: Quantifying the contribution of Long-Range Transport to PM, NOx, and SO2 loadings at a suburban site in the North-Western Indo Gangetic Basin. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15, EGU2013-862-1, 2013

 

Awards and Honours 

2018: Received a student travel grant to attend the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 10-14 December 2018 in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

2015: Won best poster presentation award at National Climate Science Conference, IISC Bangalore
 
2015: Received Certificate of Academic Excellence for Best Academic Performance among Chemistry Majors (Class of 2015)
 
2015: Received international travel grant from International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) to participate and to present a talk at Second Workshop On Atmospheric Composition And The Asian Monsoon (ACAM)”, Bangkok (July 08-10, 2015)
 
2015: Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry
 
2014: Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in Chemistry
 
2014: Academic Excellence Award (8th Semester Int. BS-MS)
 
2013: Academic Excellence Award (7th Semester Int. BS-MS)
 
2010-2015: Awarded the prestigious INSPIRE fellowship (Department of Science and Technology, India)  for pursuing Integrated BS-MS