PhD Scholar-Ashish Kumar

Ashish completed BS-MS dual degree in Chemistry from IISER Mohali in 2015. He joined the group in May 2015 and has been a PhD Scholar since June 2015.

His current research interests are focused on Emissions and chemistry of isoprene and its oxidation products at a suburban Indian site using TD-GC-FID.

Publication

Kumar, A., Sinha, V., Shabin, M., Hakkim, H., Bonsang, B., and Gros, V.: Non methane hydrocarbon (NMHC) fingerprints of major urban and agricultural emission sources active in South Asia for use in source apportionment studies, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 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.

Vettikkat, L., Sinha, V., Datta, S., Kumar, A., Hakkim, H., Yadav, P., and Sinha, B., Significant emissions of dimethyl sulfide and monoterpenes by big-leaf mahogany trees: discovery of a missing dimethyl sulfide source to the atmospheric environment, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 375–389, 2020.

Sharma, G., Sinha, B., Pallavi, Hakkim, H., Chandra, B. P., Kumar, A. and Sinha, V., Gridded emissions of CO, NOx, SO2, CO2, NH3, HCl, CH4, PM2.5, PM10, BC and NMVOC from open municipal waste burning in India, Environ. Sci. Technol., 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.

Conference Contribution

Kumar, A., Hakkim, H., Sinha, B., & Sinha, V., Gridded 1 km× 1 km emission inventory for paddy stubble burning emissions over north-west India constrained by measured emission factors of 77 VOCs and district-wise crop yield data, Science of The Total Environment, 789, 148064, GEIA-34A, IGAC, 2021.

Parkar, V.,  Datta, S., Hakkim, H., Kumar, A., Shabin, M., Sinha, V., and Sinha, B., Polyalthia longifolia (False Ashoka) is an ideal choice for better air quality at kerbside locations,  EGU General Assembly, EGU2020-922, 2020.

Sinha, V., Sinha, B., Mishra, A. K., Vettikkat, L., Datta, S., Yadav, P.,  Hakkim, H., Kumar, A., Sharma, A., Sharma, G., Singh, A. K., Quantification of BVOC emissions over South Asia for better understanding of Secondary Organic Aerosol and Ozone in urban atmospheric environments, oral presentation at Asian Aerosol Conference, city university of Hong Kong, China, 2019.

Kumar, A., Sinha, V., Shabin, M., Yadav, P., Hakkim, H., Gros, V., Sarda-Esteve, R., Bonsang, B., and Baisnee, D., Speciation of 49 C2-C10 NMHCs during the post-harvest paddy residue fire emission period in the N.W. Indo Gangetic Plain using Thermal Desorption Gas Chromatography Flame Ionization Detection (TD-GC-FID), Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 21, EGU2019-13962, 2019.

Hakkim, H., Sinha, V., Chandra, P., Kumar, A., Mishra, A., Sinha, B., Sharma, G., Pawar, H., Sohpaul, B., Ghude, S., Pithani, P., Kulkarni, R., Jenamani, R. K., and Rajeevan, M. R., VOC measurements reveal a strong fog-induced biomass burning feedback to air quality in the megacity of Delhi, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 21, EGU2019-13961-2, 2019. 

Vettikkat, L., Datta, S., Yadav, P., Hakkim, H., Kumar, A., Sinha, B. and Sinha, V., Quantification of BVOC emissions from Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) measured using a dynamic branch cuvette system and proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS), Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 21, EGU2019-414, 2019. 

Yadav, P., Kumar, A., Datta, S., Hakkim, H., Vettikkat, L., Sinha, B. and Sinha, V., Quantification of Isoprene emission fluxes using a dynamic branch cuvette system from Poplar (Populous deltoides) growing in North India, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-18201, 2019.