Google Scholar: 3722 citations; H-index: 34; i-index: 72 (as of 28/08/2023)

Cumulative Impact Factor: 518.777; Average Impact Factor: 6.651

2023

1. Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in surface and deep waters of the Southern Indian Ocean and coastal Antarctic waters, Krushna Vudamala, Paromita Chakraborty, Ramesh Chatragadda, Anoop Kumar Tiwari, Asif Qureshi, Environmental Pollution, 2023, Volume 321, 121206, ISSN: 1873-6424, Impact Factor: 9.988
2. Sediment-water partitioning and risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides along the urban, peri-urban and rural transects of Krishna River Basin, Peninsular India. Vamshi Krishna Gandla, Mounika Chiluka, Harish Gupta, Sukesh Narayan Sinha, Paromita Chakraborty^*, Environmental Pollution. Impact Factor: 10.75
3. A luminous strategy for the recognition of toxic antibiotics in water via efficient energy transfer. Crescentia Yazhini, Mithun Karayi, Paromita Chakraborty, Neppolian Bernaurdshaw. In Press, Science of the Total Environment, 2023. Impact Factor: 10.754
4. Comparison of Cd, Cu, Se, and Zn Concentration in the Muscle and Hepatopancreas of Sepia pharaonis and Uroteuthis duvauceli in the North of Persian Gulf (Iran). Asvad SR, Esmaili-Sari A, Behrooz RD, Rajaei F, Valinasab T, Chakraborty Biological Trace Element Research 2023 Jun 2:1-1. Impact Factor:4.081
5. Occurrence, source, and dietary exposure of heavy metals in the Indian food basket. Manisha Jain, Brij Mohan Sharma, Sarita Sachdeva, Jan Kuta, Rostislav Cervenka, Luca Nizzetto, Praveen Kukreti, Girija K. Bharat, Paromita Chakraborty*. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology,2023. Impact Factor:4.0
6. A Scientific Approach to the Occurrence, Isolation, and Characterization of Existing Microplastic Pollution in the Marine Environment—a Review, Girija Prasad, Smita Mohanty, Sanjay K. Nayak, Girija K. Bharat, Paromita Chakraborty. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2023. Impact Factor:9

2022

7. Water-sanitation-health nexus in the Indus-Ganga-Brahmaputra River Basin: need for wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for preparedness of future waves of pandemic, Paromita Chakraborty*,G. Vinod, Jabir Hussain Syed, Balram Pokhrel, Girija Bharat, Avanti Roy Basu, Tama Fouzder, Mukesh Pasupuleti, Magdalena Urbaniak, Vladimir P. Beskoski, Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology 2022 April, ISSN: 1642-3593, Impact Factor: 3.215
8. In utero exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, maternal factors and alterations in the epigenetic landscape underlying later-life health effects” Christy Lite, Glancis Luzeena Rajab, Melita Juliet J, Vasisht Varsh Sridhar, K. Divya Subhashree, Praveen Kumara, Paromita Chakraborty*, Jesu Arockiaraj* Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2022 January; ISSN 1382-6689, Impact Factor: 5.785
9. Recycling Plastics Containing Decabromodiphenyl Ether into New Consumer Products including Children’s Toys Purchased in Japan and Seventeen Other Countries. Natsuko Kajiwara, Hidenori Matsukami, Govindan Malarvannan, Paromita Chakraborty, Adrian Covaci, Hidetaka Takigami, Chemosphere, 2022 February; ISSN: 0045-6535, Impact Factor: 8.943
10. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals used as common plastic additives: levels, profiles, and human dietary exposure from the Indian food basket, Paromita Chakraborty*, Girija K Bharat, Omkar Gaonkar, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Sarath Chandra, Eirik Hovland Steindal, Luca Nizzetto, Science of the Total Environment 2022 March; ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753
11. Migration of plasticizers from polyethylene terephthalate and low-density polyethylene casing into bottled water: a case study from India Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Mohammed Jalal, G. Vignesh, Muhammed Ziauddin, Srimurali Sampath, Girija Bharat, Luca Nizetto, Paromita Chakraborty*, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 2022 March; ISSN: 1432-0800, Impact Factor: 2.807
12. Interlinkage between persistent organic pollutants and plastic in the waste management system of India-an overview. Paromita Charaborty*, Sarath Chandra, Malene Vågen Dimmen, Rachel Hurley, Smita Mohanty, Girija Bharat, Eirik Hovland Steindal, Marianne Olsen, Luca Nizzetto. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2022 February; ISSN: 1432-0800, Impact Factor: 2.807
13. Chemical remediation and advanced oxidation process of polychlorinated biphenyls in contaminated soils: a review. Hashmi, M.Z., Kalim, M., Farooq, U., Xiaomei Su, Paromita Chakraborty & Shams Ur Rehman, Environ Sci Pollut Res, 2022, 29, 22930–22945 (2022), ISSN: 1614-7499, Impact Factor: 4.2
14. Legacy and new chlorinated persistent organic pollutants in the rivers of south India: occurrences sources, variations before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, K Ronnie Rex and Paromita Chakraborty, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 Volume 437, 129262, Impact Factor: 14.224
15. Antibiotics in sewage treatment plants, receiving water bodies and groundwater of Chennai city and suburb, South India: Occurrence, removal efficiencies, and risk assessment; Sija Arun, Liu Xin, Omkar Gaonkar, B. Neppolian, Gan Zhang, Paromita Chakraborty*, Science of Total Environment, 2022 Volume 851, Part 2, 158195, ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753
16. Inner Filter Effect on Amino-Functionalized Metal-Organic Framework for the Selective Detection of Tetracycline; CrescentiaYazhini, Jithin Rafi, Paromita Chakraborty, Samadhan Kapse, Ranjit Thapa, B. Neppolian*, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, Volume 373, 133929, ISSN:0959-6526, Impact Factor: 11.072
17. Unlocking India’s Potential in Managing Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs): Importance, Challenges, and Opportunities: Martin Scheringer, Paromita Chakraborty, Girija K. Bharat, Eirik Hovland Steindal, Leonardo Trasande, Luca Nizzetto, Brij Mohan Sharma*, Exposure and Health, ISSN: 2451-9766, Impact Factor: 8.835
18. Risk Assessment of Persistent Pesticide Pollution: Development of an Indicator integrating Site-specific characteristics, Piya Mohasin, Paromita Chakraborty, Niharika Anand, Sujata Ray*, Science of Total Environment, 2022, ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753

2021

19. Legacy persistent organochlorine pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the surface soil from the industrial corridor of south India: occurrence, sources and risk assessment. Sakthivel Selvaraj, Omkar Gaonkar, Bhupander Kumar, Alessandra Cincinelli, Paromita Chakraborty*., Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 43,5 (2021 January): 2105-2120 ISSN: 1573-2983, Impact Factor: 4.898
20. Surveillance of plasticizers, bisphenol A, steroids and caffeine in surface water of River Ganga and Sunderban wetland along the Bay of Bengal: occurrence, sources, estrogenicity screening and ecotoxicological risk assessment, Paromita Chakraborty*, Nancy W. Shappell, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Sathaporn Onanong, Ronnie Rex K, Daniel Snow, Water Research, 2021 February, Volume 190, 116668, ISSN: 0043-1354, Impact Factor: 13.400
21. Human Exposure to Organochlorine, Pyrethroid and Neonicotinoid Pesticides: Comparison between Urban and Semi-Urban regions of India, Niharika Ananda, Paromita Chakraborty, Sujata Ray, Environmental Pollution, February 2020, 270 (2021): 116156, ISSN 0269-7491, Impact Factor: 9.988
22. Plasticizers and bisphenol A: emerging organic pollutants along the lower stretch of river Ganga, north-east coast of the Bay of Bengal. Mukhopadhyay, Moitraiyee, and Paromita Chakraborty. Environmental Pollution (2021 May): 116697, ISSN 0269-7491, Impact Factor: 9.988
23. Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) at Urban Settings in Pakistan: Spatial Variations, Sources and Health Risks. Ishtiaq, J., Syed, J.H., Jadoon, W.A., Hamid, N., Chaudhry, M.J.I., Shahnawaz, M., Nasir, J., Rizvi, S.H.H., Chakraborty, P., Li, J. and Zhang, G., 2021. Chemosphere, 274 (2021 JULY): 129811, ISSN: 0045-6535, Impact Factor: 8.943
24. Assessing Diazinon Pollution in the Three Major Rivers Flowing into the Caspian Sea (Iran). Dahmardeh Behrooz, Reza, Abbas Esmaili-sari, Magdalena Urbaniak, and Paromita Chakraborty. Water 13, no. 3 (2021 January): 335, ISSN 2073-4441, Impact Factor: 3.530
25. First surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and organic tracers in community wastewater during post lockdown in Chennai, South India: Methods, occurrence and concurrence. Chakraborty, Paromita*, Mukesh Pasupuleti, MR Jai Shankar, Girija K. Bharat, Sundar Krishnasamy, Sakshi Chadha Dasgupta, Shyamal Kumar Sarkar, and Kevin C. Jones. Science of The Total Environment (2021 July): 146252; ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753
26. Passive Air Sampling of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, PAEs, DEHA, and PAHs from Informal Electronic Waste Recycling and Allied Sectors in Indian Megacities. Chakraborty, Paromita*, Harish Gadhavi, Balasubramanian Prithiviraj, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Sanjenbam Nirmala Khuman, Masafumi Nakamura, and Scott N. Spak. 55, 14, 9469–9478, Environmental Science & Technology (2021 May); ISSN: 1520-5851, Impact Factor: 9.028
27. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM10 of a north-western city, India: distribution, sources, toxicity and health risk assessment. Simerpreet Kaur, Bhupander Kumar, Paromita Chakraborty, Vaneet Kumar, NC Kothiyal, In Press International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2021 July; ISSN: 1520-5851, Impact Factor: 3.519
28. Soil concentrations, compositional profiles, sources and bioavailability of polychlorinated dibenzo dioxins/furans, polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in open municipal dumpsites of Chennai city, India; Sancho Rajan, Ronnie Rex K, Mukesh Pasupuleti, Juan Muñoz-Arnanz, Begoña Jiménez, Paromita Chakraborty*, Waste Management, 2021 July, 131, pp 331-340, ISSN: 1879-2456, Impact Factor: 8.816
29. A comprehensive assessment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in an Indian food basket: levels, dietary intakes, and comparison with European data. Brij Mohan Sharma, Girija K. Bharat, Paromita Chakraborty, Jakub Martiník, Ondřej Audy, Petr Kukučka, Petra Přibylová, Praveen Kumar Kukreti, Anežka Sharma, Jiří Kalina, Eirik Hovland Steindal, Luca Nizzetto. Volume 288, 1 November 2021, 117750, Environmental Pollution 2021 November, ISSN: 0269-7491, Impact Factor: 9.988
30. Seasonality, atmospheric transport and inhalation risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM2.5 and PM10 from industrial belt of Odisha, India, Susmita Ekka, Sanjat Kumar Sahu, Sanjeev Dwivedi, Sanjenbam Nirmala Khuman, Shirshendu Das, and Paromita Chakraborty, Environmental Geochemistry and Health 2021 November, ISSN: 1573-2983, Impact Factor: 4.898

2020

31. Atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls from an urban site near electronic waste recycling area and a suburban site of Chennai city, India; Balasubramanian Prithviraj and Paromita Chakraborty*, Science of the Total Environment, 2020 March, 710, p.135526.; ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753
32. Spatial distribution and sources of pesticidal persistent organic pollutants in the Hooghly riverine sediment; Sanjenbam Nirmala Khuman, Girija Bharat and Paromita Chakraborty*; Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019 December, 27(4), pp.4137-4147; ISSN: 1614-7499, Impact Factor: 5.190
33. Adaptive co-management model for the East Kolkata wetlands: A sustainable solution to manage the rapid ecological transformation of a peri-urban landscape, Avanti Roy-Basu, Girija K. Bharat, Paromita Chakraborty, S.K. Sarkar, Science of The Total Environment, 2020 January; Volume 698, 2020, 134203, ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753
34. Plasticizers and bisphenol A in Adyar and Cooum riverine sediment, south India: occurrences, sources and risk assessment; Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Srimurali Sampath, Juan Muñoz-Arnanz, Begoña Jiménez, Paromita Chakraborty*, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2020 January,1-14; ISSN: 1573-2983, Impact Factor: 4.898
35. Occurrence, source and risk assessment of fluoroquinolones in dumpsite soil and sewage sludge from Chennai, India, Sija Arun, R.Mohan Kumar, Jai Raj, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, K. Ilango, Paromita Chakraborty*, 79, 103410, Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, May 2020 October.  ISSN 1382-6689, Impact Factor: 5.785
36. Spatial distribution and compositional profiles of organochlorine pesticides in the surface soil from the agricultural, coastal and backwater transects along the south-west coast of India, Sanjenbam Nirmala Khuman, P. G. Vinod, Girija Bharat, YS Mohana Kumar, and Paromita Chakraborty^*. Chemosphere, 2020 September, pp 126699, ISSN: 0045-6535, Impact Factor: 8.943
37. Recycling of high impact polystyrene and low-density polyethylene plastic wastes in lightweight based concrete for sustainable construction, Oluwarotimi Olofinnade, Sarath Chandra, Paromita Chakraborty, Volume 38, Part 5, 2021, Pages 2151-2156, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2020 May, ISSN 2214-7853, SNIP 0.576
38. Placental levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their association with birth weight of infants Priyanka Agarwal, Madhu Anand, Paromita Chakraborty, Laxmi Singh, Jamson Masih &Ajay Taneja, 45:2, 868-87, 7 Drug and Chemical Toxicology, 2020 JUNE, ISSN: 0148-0545, Impact Factor: 2.597
39. Atmospheric polychlorinated biphenyls in a non-metropolitan city in northern India: Levels, seasonality and sources. Prithiviraj, Balasubramanian, Ajay Taneja, and Paromita Chakraborty. Chemosphere 263 (2021) January: 127700. ISSN: 0045-6535, Impact Factor: 8.943
40. Legacy and current pesticide residues in Syr Darya, Kazakhstan: Contamination status, seasonal variation and preliminary ecological risk assessment. Snow DD, Chakraborty P, Uralbekov B, Satybaldiev B, Sallach JB, Hampton LT, Jeffries M, Kolok AS, Bartelt-Hunt SB. Water Research. 2020 July 7:116141; ISSN: 0043-1354, Impact Factor: 13.400
41. Distribution and Eco-toxicological Risk Assessment of Legacy Persistent Organic Pollutants in Surface Water of Talar, Babolrood and Haraz Rivers. Dahmardeh Behrooz, R.; Esmaili-Sari, A.; Chakraborty, P. Water 2020 October, 12, 3104, ISSN 2073-4441, Impact Factor: 3.530

2019

36. Air-water exchange of pesticidal persistent organic pollutants in the lower stretch of the transboundary river India Ganga, Sanjenbam Nirmala Khuman and Paromita Chakraborty*, Chemosphere, 2019 October, 233, pp. 966-974. ISSN: 0045-6535, Impact Factor: 8.943
37. Qualitative evaluation of antibiotics from various water resources in and around Perungudi dumpsite, Chennai, Sija Arun*, S. Krithiga and Paromita Chakraborty, Rasayan J Chem, 2019 April, 12 (2), pp. 915 – 920 pp, ISSN: 0974-1496, Impact Factor: 1.23
38. Is informal electronic waste recycling a newer source for atmospheric industrial persistent organic pollutants in Indian metropolitan cities?, Balasubramanian Prithiviraj and Paromita Chakraborty*, 2019 April , Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 2019, 8, pp. 29-35, ISSN 2468-5844.
39. Mercury and Organochlorines in the Terrestrial Environment of Schirmacher Hills, Antarctica Subhavana, K.L., Asif Qureshi, Paromita Chakraborty*. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 2018 November, 102(1), pp 13-18; ISSN: 1432-0800, Impact Factor: 2.807
40. Organic micropollutants in the surface riverine sediment along the lower stretch of the transboundary river Ganga: Occurrences, sources and ecological risk assessment. Paromita Chakraborty*, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Srimurali Sampath, Babu Rajendran Ramaswamy, Athanasios Katsoyiannis, Alessandra Cincinelli, Daniel Snow, Environmental Pollution, 2019 June, 249, pp. 1071-1080. ISSN 0269-7491, Impact Factor: 9.988
41. A review on sources and health impacts of Bisphenol A, Anna Abraham and Paromita Chakraborty*, Reviews on environmental health, 2019 November, 20190034, eISSN 2191-0308, ISSN 0048-7554. Impact Factor: 4.022

2017-2018

42. Spatial Distribution and Seasonal Variation of Phthalates using Passive Air Sampling in Southern India, Srimurali Sampath, Krishna Kumar Selvaraj, Govindaraj Shanmugam, Vimalkumar Krishnamoorthy, Paromita Chakraborty, Babu Rajendran Ramaswamy. Environmental Pollution, 2017 February, 221, pp. 407–417. ISSN 0269-7491, Impact Factor: 9.988
43. Passive air sampling of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai: Levels, homologous profiling and source apportionment. Paromita Chakraborty*, Gan Zhang, Hairong Cheng, Prithiviraj Balasubramanian, Jun Li and Kevin C Jones. Environmental Pollution, 2017 December, 231, Part 1, pp. 1181-1187. ISSN 0269-7491, Impact Factor: 9.988
44. PCBs and PCDD/Fs in soil from informal e-waste recycling sites and open dumpsites in India: Levels, congener profiles and health risk assessment. Paromita Chakraborty*, Sakthivel Selvaraj, Masafumi Nakamura, Balasubramanian Prithiviraj, Alessandra Cincinelli, John J. Bange; Science of The Total Environment, 2018 April, 621, pp. 930-938. ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753
45. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface waters and riverine sediments of the Hooghly and Brahmaputra Rivers in the Eastern and Northeastern India. Khuman, S.N., Chakraborty, P*., Cincinelli, A., Snow, D. and Kumar, B., 2018. Science of The Total Environment, 2018 September, 636, pp.751-760. ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753
46. Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Surface Soil from North-East India: Implication for Sources Apportionment and Health-Risk Assessment, Devi, N.L., Yadav, I.C., Chakraborty, P. and Shihua, Q., Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology, 2018 April, 1-13. ISSN: 1432-0703, Impact Factor: 3.692
47. Prevention-intervention strategies to reduce exposure to e-waste. Heacock, M., Trottier, B., Adhikary, S., Asante, K.A., Basu, N., Brune, M.N., Caravanos, J., Carpenter, D., Cazabon, D., Chakraborty, P. and Chen, A., Reviews on environmental health, 2018 May, 33(2), pp.219-228. ISSN:0048-7554, Impact Factor 022
48. Seasonal variation of atmospheric organochlorine pesticides and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India: Implication for atmospheric transport. Chakraborty, P*., Zhang, G., Li, J., Sampathkumar, P., Balasubramanian, T., Kathiresan, K., Takahashi, S., Subramanian, A., Tanabe, S. and Jones, K.C. Science of the Total Environment, 2018 February, 649, pp.1653-1660. ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753
49. Baseline investigation on plasticizers, bisphenol A, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals in the surface soil of the informal electronic waste recycling workshops and nearby open dumpsites in Indian metropolitan cities, Paromita Chakraborty*, Srimurali Sampath, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Sakthivel Selvraj, Girija K Bharat, Luca Nizzetto; Environmental Pollution, 2019 May, 248, pp.1036-1045, ISSN 0269-7491, Impact Factor: 9.988
50. Characterization of some naphthalene utilizing bacteria isolated from contaminated Cooum Riverine sediment of the Bay of Bengal (India). Sancho Rajan, Anwesha Pattanaik, Venkatesh Kumaresan, Prasanth Bhatt, Senthilarasu Gunasekaran, Jesu Arockiaraj, Mukesh Pasupuleti, Vladimir P. Beskoski and Paromita Chakraborty*; Journal of Serbian Chemistry Society, 2018 October, 84(2), pp. 225-236. ISSN: 1820-7421, Impact Factor: 1.097
51. Occurrences of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon from Adayar and Cooum Riverine Sediment in Chennai city, India. Sancho Rajan., Geethu, V., Srimurali Sampath and Paromita Chakraborty*, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2018 December,1-10. ISSN: 1520-5851, Impact Factor: 3.519)
52. Effect of Ultrasonication for Pre-treatment of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Sewage Sludge-A Review. Jairaj, Sija Arun, R. Mohan Kumar and Paromita Chakraborty* Jour of Adv Research in Dynamical & Control Systems, Vol. 10, 08-Special Issue. ISSN 1943-023X, SJR: 0.13.

2014-2017

53. Modeling the emission sources for polychlorinated biphenyls in India: implications for human health risk assessment. Paromita Chakraborty*. Reviews on Environmental Health, 2014 April, 2191-0308, 29(1-2), pp.37-40. ISSN:0048-7554, Impact Factor: 022
54. Spatial distribution of persistent organic pollutants in the surface water of River Brahmaputra and River Ganga in India. Paromita Chakraborty*, S. Sakthivel, Bhupander Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Meenu Mishra, V.K. Verma and Richa Gaur. Reviews on Environmental Health, 2014 March, 29(1-2), pp.45-48, ISSN:0048-7554, Impact Factor: 022
55. Screening of Atmospheric Short- and Medium-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in India and Pakistan using Polyurethane Foam Based Passive Air Samplers. Chakra Chaemfa, Yue Xu, Jun Li, Paromita Chakraborty, Jabir Hussain Syed, Riffat Naseem Malik, Yan Wang, Jun Wen Lie, Gan Zhang, and Kevin C Jones. Environmental Science & Technology, 2014 March, 48, pp. 4799−4808. ISSN: 1520-5851, Impact Factor: 9.028
56. Distribution and risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the remote air and soil of Manipur, India. NL Devi, IC Yadav, Q Shihua, Paromita Chakraborty, Y Dan. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2014 May, pp. 1-13. ISSN:1866-6299, Impact Factor: 3.119
57. Occurrence and sources of selected organochlorine pesticides in the soil of seven major Indian cities: Assessment of air-soil exchange. Paromita Chakraborty*, Zhang G, Li J, Sivakumar A, Jones KC. Environmental Pollution, 2015 April, 204, pp74-80. ISSN 0269-7491, Impact Factor: 9.988
58. CALUX bioassay: a cost-effective rapid screening technique for screening dioxins like compounds. Sakthivel Selvaraj, Balasubramanian Prithiviraj, Masafumi Nakamura, Shunkei Ko and Paromita Chakraborty* Reviews on environmental health, 2016 March; 31: pp. 149-152. ISSN:0048-7554, Impact Factor: 4.022
59. Soil concentrations, occurrence, sources and estimation of air–soil exchange of polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities. *Paromita Chakraborty, Zhang G, Li J, Sakthivel Selveraj, Knut Breivik and Kevin Jones. Science of the Total Environment 2016 March; 562: pp. 928-934.  ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753
60. Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in River Brahmaputra from the outer Himalayan Range and River Hooghly emptying into the Bay of Bengal: occurrence, sources and ecotoxicological risk assessment. Paromita Chakraborty*, Sanjenbam Nirmala Khuman, Sakthivel Selvaraj, Srimurali Sampath, Ningombam Linthhoi Devi, John Bang, Athanasios Katsoyiannis. Environmental Pollution, 2016 December, 219, pp. 998–1006. ISSN 0269-7491, Impact Factor: 9.988
61. Polychlorinated biphenyls in settled dust from informal electronic waste recycling workshops and nearby highways in urban centers and suburban industrial roadsides of Chennai city, India: Levels, Congener profiles and Exposure Assessment. Paromita Chakraborty*, Balasubramanian Prithiviraj, Sakthivel Selvaraj, Virendra Kumar and Bhupander Kumar. Science of the Total Environment, 2016 December, 573, pp. 1413–1421. ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753

2011-2013

62. Passive air sampling of organochlorine pesticides in a northeastern state of India, Manipur. Ningombam Linthoingambi Devi, Qi Shihua, Paromita Chakraborty, Gan Zhang, Ishwar Chandra Yadav.  Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2010, October 23(5): pp. 808-15. ISSN 1001-0742, Impact Factor: 6.796
63. Distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls in agricultural soils from NCR, Delhi, India. Bhupander Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Gargi Goel,Richa Gaur, Meenu Mishra, S. K. Singh, Dev Prakash, Paromita Chakraborty, and C. S. Sharma. Annals of Biological Research, Vol-2, Issue-3, pp. 247-254. ISSN: 0976-1233
64. Perfluorinated compounds in the Asian atmosphere, Jun Li, Sabino Del Vento, Jasmin Schuster, Gan Zhang, Paromita Chakraborty, Yuso Kobara and Kevin C. Jones. Environmental Science and Technology, 2011 July; 45 (17), pp. 7241–7248. ISSN: 1520-5851, Impact Factor: 9.028
65. Are reductions in atmospheric PCBs in rich countries been achieved partly by export of toxic wastes? Knut Breivik, Rosalinda Gioia, Paromita Chakraborty, Gan Zhang and Kevin C. Jones. Environmental Science and Technology, 2011 September.  45(21), pp. 9154- 9160. ISSN: 1520-5851, Impact Factor: 9.028
66. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Sediments of the River Chenab, Pakistan: Current levels and Their Toxicological Concerns. Syed Ali-Musstjab-Akber-Shah Eqani, Riffat Naseem Malik, Gan Zhang, Ashiq Mohammad, Paromita Chakraborty. Chemistry and Ecology, 2012 January, 28(4), pp. 327-339. ISSN: 1029-0370, Impact Factor 2.381
67. Long-range atmospheric transport of persistent organochlorines from India and Mainland South-eastern Asia at a remote mountain site in south-western China.Yue Xu, Gan Zhang, Jun Li, Paromita Chakraborty, Hua Yu, Xiang Liu. Journal of Environ. Monitoring, 2011 August, 13, pp. 3119-3127. ISSN: 1464-0333, Impact Factor: 4.238
68. Distribution and risk assessment of organochlorine contaminants in surface water from River Chenab, Pakistan. Eqani, S., Malik, R. N., Katsoyiannis, A., Zhang, G., Chakraborty, P., Mohammad, A., Jones, K.C. Journal of Environ. Monitoring, 2012 April, 14(6), pp.1645-1654, ISSN: 1464-0333, Impact Factor: 4.238
69. Spatial studies of platinum group elements (PGE), 2-(4-morpholinyl) benzothiazole (24MoBT) and N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazolame (NCBA) in urban dusts along motorways, China. Suhong Pan, Yali Sun, Gan Zhang, Qilai Xie and Paromita Chakraborty. Atmospheric Environment, 2012, 56, pp. 246-249. ISSN: 1352-2310, Impact Factor: 5.755
70. Evaluation of wastewater treatment by-products as soil amendment: growth of sorghum-sudan grass and trace elements concentrations. Paramasivam Sivapatham, Mariel C. Potts, Jeffrey A. Delise, Kenneth S. Sajwan, Ashok K. Alva, Kuppuswamy Jayaraman and Paromita Chakraborty, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, 47(11), 2012 June, 1678-1686. ISSN: 0360-1234, Impact Factor: 2.506
71. Hexachlorocyclohexane and Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in the Sediments from the Deltaic Coast of Bay of Bengal, in the East Coast of India, Kumar Bhupander, Mukherjee Debapriya, Chakraborty Paromita*, Journal of International Environmental Application & Science, 2012 October, Vol. 7 (4): pp. 750-761. ISSN: 1307-0428
72. Spatial distributions and characteristics of platinum group elements (PGE) in urban dusts from China. Suhong Pan, Yali Sun, Gan Zhang, and Paromita Chakraborty, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2013 February, 128 (2013) pp. 153–157. ISSN: 0375-6742, Impact Factor : 166
73. Selected organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in surface soils from three major states of the northeastern part of India. Ningombam Linthoingambi Devi, Paromita Chakraborty, Qi Shihua and Gan Zhang, Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2013 January, 185: pp. 6667–6676, 2013 ISSN: 1573-2959, Impact Factor :2.273
74. A comparison study of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in three Indian cities using PUF disk passive air samplers. 2013. Hairong Cheng, Zongming Deng, Paromita Chakraborty, Di Liu, Ruijie Zhang, Yue Xu, Chunlin Luo, Gan Zhang, Jun Li. Atmospheric Environment, 2013 March, 73, pp. 16-21, ISSN: 1352-2310, Impact Factor: 5.755.
75. Human Health Risk from HCH and DDT Pesticides, through Consumption of Vegetables: Estimation of Daily Intake and Hazard Quotients (HQs). Bhupander Kumar, Verma VK, Naskar AK, Paromita Chakraborty, Sanjay Kumar Sharma CS. Journal of Xenobiotics, 2013 May; 3: 6. ISSN: 2039-4713,
76. Atmospheric Polychlorinated biphenyls in Indian cities: Levels, Emission Sources and Toxicity. Paromita Chakraborty*; Gan Zhang; Sabine Eckhardt; Jun Li; Knut Breivik; Paul Lam; Shinsuke Tanabe; Kevin Jones. Environmental Pollution 2013 July; 182: 283-290. ISSN 0269-7491, Impact Factor: 9.988
77. Atmospheric polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in India and Pakistan. Yue Xu, Jun Li, Paromita Chakraborty, Jabir Hussain Syed, Riffat Naseem Malik, Yan Wang, Chongguo Tian, Chunling Luo, Gan Zhang, Kevin C. Jones. Science of the Total Environment, 2013 July, 28; pp. 466-467:1030-6. ISSN: 0048-9697, Impact Factor: 10.753

2008-2010

78. Persistent organic pollutants in human breast milk in India. Gnanasekaran, D.; Subramanian, A.; Someya, M.; Sudaryanto, A.; Kunisue, T.; Takahashi, S., Paromita Chakraborty; Tanabe, S. Environmental Pollution, 2008. January; 157(1): pp. 148-54. ISSN 0269-7491, Impact Factor: 9.988
79. Passive Atmospheric Sampling of Organochlorine Pesticides, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Urban, Rural, and Wetland Sites along the Coastal Length of India. Zhang, G.; Paromita Chakraborty; Sampathkumar, P.; Balasubramanian, T.; Kathiresan, K.; Takahashi, S.; Subramanian, A.; Tanabe, S.; Jones, K. C. Environmental Science and Technology; 2008 October, 42 (22), pp. 8218–8223; ISSN: 1520-5851, Impact Factor: 028
80. Accumulating characteristics of platinum group elements (PGE) in urban environments, China Suhong Pan, Gan Zhang, Yali Sun, Paromita Chakraborty. Science of the Total Environment, 2009. July 1;407(14): pp. 4248-52. Impact Factor: 10.753
81. Persistent Organic Pollutants in Breast Milk of Mothers residing around an Open Dumping Site in Kolkata, India: Specific Dioxin-Like PCB Levels as a Potential Source. Masayuki Someya, Masako Ohtake, Tatsuya Kunisue, Annamalai Subramanian, Shin Takahashi, Paromita Chakraborty, Ramesh Ramachandran, Shinsuke Tanabe. Environment International, 2009, October 36 (1), pp. 27-35. ISSN: 0160-4120, Impact Factor: 352
82. Selected organochlorine pesticides in the atmosphere of major Indian cities: levels, regional versus local variations and sources. Paromita Chakraborty; Zhang, G.; Takahashi, S.; Subramanian, A.; Tanabe, S.; Jones, K. C. Environmental Science and Technology, 2010, September 44 (21), pp. 8038–8043. ISSN: 1520-5851, Impact Factor: 028

*Corresponding author

BOOK CHAPTERS                 

1. Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Indian atmosphere. In the chapter, “Contamination Profiles of POPs in India” in the book, Global Contamination Trends of Persistent Organic Chemicals’’. Taylor and Francis Books/ CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. 2011. Paromita Chakraborty and Gan Zhang. Editors: Bomanna Loganathan and Paul K.S. Lam (Cited by:2)
2. Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment: Monitoring, Toxicity and Management. Springer, Germany: “Current Status of HCH and DDT Residues in Indian Soil: Implications for Atmospheric Input and Risk Assessment.”Paromita Chakraborty^*, Sanjenbam Nirmala Khuman, Bhupandar Kumarand Bommanna Loganathan. (Cited by:12)
3. ACS Symposium Series-Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Environment: Status and Trends in the Pacific Basin Countries I Contamination Status. Electronic Waste and associated hazardous substances in South-Asian countries of Asia Pacific region: Paromita Chakraborty^*, S. Sakthivel, Masafumi Nakamua, Balasubramanian P, ShunkeiKo, BommannaLoganathan. ISBN13: 9780841231979; eISBN: 9780841231962; DOI: 10.1021/bk-2016-1243. (Cited by:5)
4. ACS Symposium Series-Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Environment: “Status and Trends in the Pacific Basin Countries I Contamination Status. Electronic Waste and associated hazardous substances in South-Asian countries of Asia Pacific region: Dioxins and furans from informal electronic waste recycling sites and open dump-sitesof India using CALUX Bioassay.” 2017. Paromita Chakraborty^*, S. Sakthivel, MasafumiNakamua, Balasubramanian P, ShunkeiKo, BommannaLoganathanISBN13: 9780841231979; eISBN: 9780841231962 (Cited by:5)
5. Antibiotics and Antibiotics Resistance Genes in Soil-“A review on antibiotics consumption, physio-chemical properties and their sources in Asian soil”; SijaArun, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Paromita Chakraborty*; 2017; eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66260-2, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-6620-2; Series Volume:51; Springer International Publishing (Cited by:4)
6. “Sources of Organochlorine Pesticidal residues in the paddy fields along the Ganga-Brahmaputra River Basin: Implications for long range atmospheric transport” ; Paromita Chakraborty*, Sanjenbam Nirmala Khuman, Bhupander Kumar, Daniel Snow; Environmental Pollution of Paddy Soils. Springer, pp. 69-83.ISBN 978-3-319-93670-3 (Cited by:1)
7. “Biochar for Effective Cleaning of Contaminated Dumpsite Soil: A Sustainable and Cost-Effective Remediation Technique for Developing Nations”; Paromita Chakraborty*, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, R. Shruthi, Debayan Mazumdar, Daniel Snow, Jim Jiang Wang; Environmental Biotechnology: For Sustainable Future. Springer, pp. 3-29 ISBN 978-981-10-7283-3.
8. “Recycling Processes and Plastic in Electronic Waste Is an Emerging Problem for India: Implications for Future Prospect”;Paromita Chakraborty^*, Ronnie Rex, Revathy Rajakumaran, Omkar Gaonkar , Elvis Dsouza
9. “Endosulphan: Practices, Policies, and Eco-toxicological Impacts in India” in the book series, Endosulfan: Uses and Toxicological Effects, 2019, NOVA. Sanjenbam Nirmala Khuman, Girija Bharat, Avanti Roy-Basu, Piyush Mohapatro and Paromita Chakraborty*.
10. Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from contaminated dumpsite soil in Chennai city, India; Sancho Rajan, Geethu V. and Paromita Chakraborty*, Biological Approaches to Controlling Pollutant, 2021, Elsevier Publications
11. Current Scenario of New Persistent Organic Pollutants in India: Review on Quantification Techniques, Omkar Gaonkar, Avanti Roy-Basu, Girija Bharat, Paromita Chakraborty*, Taylor and Francis Group, eBook ISBN9781003046806, 2021
12. Emerging Issue of Microplastic in Sediments and Surface Water in South Asia: A Review of Status, Research Needs, and Data Gaps, Jalal Bayar, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Muhammad Abdullah Khan, Siwatt Pongpiachan, Xiaomei Su, and Paromita Chakaraborty, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2022

13. “A review on distribution and removal techniques for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in water and wastewater”, K Pavithra, Avanti Roy-Basu, Girija Bharat, Paromita Chakraborty*, Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Remediation Techniques, Springer, Germany, Series ISSN 2524-6402
14. “Effective removal of naphthalene adsorbed on biochar by low frequency ultrasonication in a customized reactor” R, Omkar Gaonkar, R Mohan Kumar, Debayan Mazumdar, Peramaiah Karthik, Sunil Kumar, Neppolian Bernardshaw, Paromita Chakraborty^*, Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Remediation Techniques, Springer, Germany, Series ISSN 2524-6402
15. “Optical Techniques for Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Water and Wastewater” Prachi Rajput, Paromita Chakraborty, and Pooja Devi^*, Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Remediation Techniques, Springer, Germany, Series ISSN 2524-6402
16. “Pharmaceuticals in Indian Aquatic Environment: Risk and Implications for Management” Bhupandar Kumar*, Premanjali Rai, Paromita Chakraborty, Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Remediation Techniques, Springer, Germany, Series ISSN 2524-6402
17. “Selected Phthalic Acid Esters in the Aqueous Environment of Asian Countries: A Review on Fate and Distribution” Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay and Paromita Chakraborty^*, Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Remediation Techniques, Springer, Germany, Series ISSN 2524-6402.
18. “Environmental monitoring and analytical techniques in abiotic matrices of new persistent organic pollutants in India”, K Pavithra, Avanti Roy-Basu, Girija Bharat, Paromita Chakraborty*, Laying the knowledge grounds for enhanced policy and management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in India,
19. “Persistent organic pollutants associated with plastic waste: an Indian perspective” Paromita Chakraborty^*, Sarath Chandra, Avanti Roy Basu, Girija K Bharat, Laying the knowledge grounds for enhanced policy and management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in India, Springer.
20. “Analysis of Gaps in Management of POPs in India” Manisha Jain, Girija K Bharat, Malene Vågen Dimmen, Ronnie Rex, Sarath Chandra, Paromita Chakraborty^*, Laying the knowledge grounds for enhanced policy and management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in India, Springer.
21. “Case Studies-Tapi and Daman Ganga River Basins in Gujarat” Girija K Bharat, Avanti Roy Basu, Sarath Chandra, Ronnie Rex, Paromita Chakraborty^*, Abdullah Atiq, Suneel Pandey, Twinkle Dev, Alka Dubey, Piyush Mohapatra , Laying the knowledge grounds for enhanced policy and management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in India,
22. “Chemicals in Plastic” Sarath Chandra and Paromita Chakraborty^*, Knowledge framework for efficient and enhanced management of plastic waste in India,
23. “Chemistry, Production and Consumption of Pesticidal EDCs” Sidhi Soman, Brij, Mohan Sharma, Paromita Chakraborty^*, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Elsevier (In press).
24. “Chemistry, Production and Consumption of Industrial chemicals” Ronnie Rex K, Sarath Chandra J, K Pavithra, V. Tharmaraj, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, RR Parthasarathi, Paromita Chakraborty^*, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Elsevier (In press).
25. “Sampling and extraction techniques for EDCs” Sarath Chandra J, K Pavithra, RR Parthasarathi, Afeez Ahamed, Mohamed Abdul Wajith, Divyash Singh, Paromita Chakraborty*, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Elsevier (In press).
26. “Analytical techniques for the estimation of Pesticides” Ronnie Rex K, Sidhi Soman, Paromita Chakraborty^*, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Elsevier (In press).
27. “Analytical Techniques for Estimation of Industrial chemicals” Pavithra K, Ronnie Rex K, Sarath Chandra J, V. Tharmaraj, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Paromita Chakraborty^*
28. “Environmental occurrence of pesticides” Sidhi Soman K, Ronnie Rex K, Paromita Chakraborty*, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Elsevier (In press).
29. “Environmental occurrence of Industrial Chemicals” Sarath Chandra J, K Pavithra, Ronnie Rex K, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Afeez Ahamed, Paromita Chakraborty^*, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Elsevier (In press).
30. “Exposure Pathway and Risk assessment of EDCs” Paromita Chakraborty^*, Sarath Chandra J, K Pavithra, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay, Divyash Singh, Mon Bera, Brij Mohan Sharma, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Elsevier (In press).
31. “Removal techniques of EDCs in soil and Sediment”, K Pavithra, Ilansuriyan A, Giridharan K, Yuvan Sai Potru, Paromita Chakraborty^*, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Elsevier (In press).

BOOK-As Corresponding Editor

1. Springer Book: Legacy and Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater: Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Remediation Techniques. Series Title: Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies Series ISSN 2524-6402
2. Springer Book: Managing Persistent Organic Pollutants in India: Case Studies on Vapi and Surat, Gujarat. Series Title: Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies Series ISSN 2524-6402
3. Elsevier Book: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals. (In press)
4. Springer Book: Knowledge framework for efficient and enhanced management of plastic waste in India. (In press)

Patents:

Title: A Polymer Pencil from Recycled plastic. File No.201641005428. TEMP/E1/4765/2016CHE.

• Inventors: Dr. Paromita Chakraborty and Mr. Elvis Dsouza from EDPC Polymer Industries

AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

2009-2014

• Full-Time PhD Scholarship awarded by the ‘Chinese Academy of Sciences’ to pursue PHD from Guangzhou Institute of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou, China (2006-2009).
• Travel Award by the 13^th International conference of the Pacific Basin Consortium, to deliver talk in Perth, Australia (2009).
• 1st Runner-Up Best Policy Analysis paper for 2011, in the journal of American Chemical Society: Environmental Science and Technology.
• Best Teacher Award for 2012-2013 in SRM University.
• Travel Award by the 15^th International conference of the Pacific Basin Consortium, to deliver talk in Hawaii, USA (2013) to present a poster titled “Spatial Distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants In The Surface Water Of River Brahmaputra And River Ganga In India”
• Young Scientist Of The Year Award for 2014 awarded in International Conference on Environment and Ecology, 2-4 March, 2015, Science city, Kolkata organized by Foundation of Science and Environment, Scientific and Environmental Research Institute, Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment.
• Outstanding Contribution to the organization of the first web based poster symposium on Water, Energy and Health in India and USA sponsored by American Chemical Society (ACS), October 1-25,2014

2015-2016

• Travel Award by the 16^th International conference of the Pacific Basin Consortium, to deliver talk in “E-waste session” at Depok, Indonesia (2015) to deliver a talk on Impact Of Crude Electronic Waste Recycling In Loading Polychlorinated Biphenyls In Indian Environment: Implications for Atmospheric Outflow
• Early Career Chemist, recognition awarded by the 2015 International Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PACIFICHEM 2015), Hawaii, USA, December 15-20, 2015.
• Eminent Young Scientist of the Year 2015 for Environmental Science and Technology awarded in International Conference on Environment and Ecology, Bharthiar University, Coimbatore, organized by Foundation of Science and Environment, Scientific and Environmental Research Institute, Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, 7^thMarch, 2016,
• Recipient of Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship-2016, supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), USA, the Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI) and the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) June 1 – Dec 8 2017..
• Distinguished Young Scientist of the Year 2016 for Environmental Conservation awarded in International Conference on Environment and Ecology, St Xaviers College, Ranchi, organized by Foundation of Science and Environment, Scientific and Environmental Research Institute, Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, 27^thMarch, 2017.

2017-2018

• Travel Grant awarded by University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA to attend Dioxin Meet held at Vancouver, Canada from 20^th to 25^th August, 2017 to deliver a talk on “Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and polychlorinated biphenyls in soil from informal electronic waste units and nearby open dumpsites of India: CALUX Bioassay screening, Concentrations, Homologous profiling and Toxicity Equivalents”
• Funded by University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA to deliver a talk on “Occurrence and potential eco-toxicological impacts of organochlorine pesticides in the riverine environments of Ganga and Brahmaputra Rivers in South and Central Asia” at SETAC North America Meet, Minneapolis, USA, 2017.
• Grant for young scientist awarded by American Chemical Society to present paper and participate in PITTCON 2018 held at Florida, USA from 26^th Feb to 1^st March 2018 to resent a poster on Quantification of polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans during informal electronic waste recycling in Indian cities: Atmospheric transport and human health risk assessment/.
• Travel Grant awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ; National Institute of Health, US Department Health and Human Services, to participate in Global E-waste Workshop at Indian Habitat Center, New-Delhi, 18^th April 2018
• Travel Grant awarded by World Water Week, August 2018; Stockholm, Sweden.
• Travel Grant awarded by Ministry of Environmental Protection of Serbia inder Green Fund Project call on November 2018 in Serbia

 2019-2020

• Travel Grant to attend MoRAPCE training course at Guangzhou, China, Dec 2018
• Judge for Carbon Zero Challenge conducted by IIT Madras, to shortlist Top 25 teams that can be awarded prototype funding of up to 5 lakhs (INR), mentorship support & entrepreneurship training by CZC 2019.
• Grant awarded by the Society of Toxicology (SOT) in Baltimore, USA, Feb’ 2019 and present paper and be a panelist for the special session on “E-waste”.
• Grant awarded by the SETAC, Asia/Pacific Focus Meeting on Environment Pollution and Health in Coastal Zones along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Guangzhou, China, April 23-26, 2019
• Aqua Foundation’s Excellence Award 2020 in the individual achiever’s category and best start-up award by the Environmental Health and Safety Global Summit
• Hiyoshi Environmental Award 2020 for novel, innovative, outstanding scientific research and application in the areas of environmental conservation in India.

2022

 Conducted and presented in “World Sustainability Development Summit, 2022” inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, as part of the EDIFY and INOPOL projects in collaboration with “Norwegian Institute for Water Research”, “The Energy and Resources Institute”

• Best Environmental Researcher Award for faculty 2022 organized by the Center for Environmental Nuclear Research and the Directorate of Research, SRMIST.
• Judge for Carbon Zero Challenge conducted-AIR by IIT Madras, to shortlist Top 25 teams that can be awarded prototype funding of up to 5 lakhs (INR), mentorship support & entrepreneurship training by CZC 2022.

INVITED TALKS

2009-2014

• Natural Science Dept in Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia, 2009
• “Environmental Occurrence and Emission Sources for Polychlorinated Biphenyls in India: Implications for Risk Assessment” delivered at15^th International Conference of the Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health. “Environmental Exposure in Indigenous Communities”, 24^th to 27^th September, 2013, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
• “Source Apportionment of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in India: Implications for Human Health Risk due to this I-POP (Industrial Persistent Organic Pollutant)” delivered at workshop by RIMI at the School of Engineering, Savannah State University, Georgia, USA, 2013.
• Emerging Persistent Organic Pollutants of Concern in India: Threat to environment and human health”. One day workshop on “New POPs under Stockholm Convention” by Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi, March, 2014.”
• “Polyurethane Foam Disk Passive Air Sampler: A simple and Cost-effective device for monitoring Persistent Organic Pollutants” delivered at Training Program for Scientists at CSIR- National Geophysical Research Institute, (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) Hyderabad, India, November 2014
• “Pesticidal POPs and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in India: Implications for Long Range Atmospheric Transport” delivered at Persistent emerging contaminants in changing climate” organized by The Energy Research Institute (TERI) and Norwegian Institute of Water Research (NIVA) in New Delhi, India, December 2014.

2015- 2017

• “Atmospheric Emission of Polychlorinated Biphenyls In India: Implications for Health Risk Assessment” delivered at 102^nd Indian Science Congress 2015 in the University of Mumbai, 3^rd to7^th January,
• “Crude Electronic Waste Recycling is a potential Source for Polychlorinated Dioxins/Furans and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in India: Implications for Human Health Risk Assessment” delivered at International Conference on Environment and Ecology, Science City, Kolkata organized by Foundation for Science and Environment, Scientific and Environmental Research Institute, Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, 2^nd to 4^th March, 2015.
• “Sorbent Impregnated Polyurethane Foam Disk for Passive Air Sampling of Semi-volatile Organic Compounds” delivered at a 3-day residential training programmed for scientists at CSIR- National Geophysical Research Institute, (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) Hyderabad, India entitled “Monitoring Techniques of Organic Pollutants (PAH and VOC)”, 7^th to 9^th October, 2015 (Sponsored by Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi).
• “Crude Electronic Waste Recycling Is Acting As A Potential Source For Dioxins And Furans In India: Efficacy of CALUX Bioassay” delivered at 2015 International Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PACIFICHEM 2015), Hawaii.
• “Air-Surface Exchange of Polychlorinated biphenyls in India: Implications for atmospheric outflow from hotspots in Indian” delivered at Indian Chemical Congress, Surat, India during 26^th to 28^th December, 2015.
• “Persistent Organic Pollutants in soil from Crude E-waste recycling workshops and nearby dumpsites of four major Indian cities: An emerging threat for environment and public health” delivered at 13^nd Indian Science Congress 2016 in the University of Mysuru, 3^rd to 7^th January 2016.
• International Conference on Environment and Ecology, Bharthiar University, Coimbatore, organized by Foundation for Science and Environment, Scientific and Environmental Research Institute, Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, 7^th to 9^th March, 2016.
• “Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants in River Hooghly, a distributary of River Ganga” delivered at Indo UK Workshop on Water Quality at IIT Madras, 30^th March 2016.
• “Crude Electronic Waste Recycling: An Emerging Problem in India” delivered at EGSS Solutions, Chennai, 2016.
• Workshop on E-waste management in India(Issues and Challenges), PGIMER, Chandigarh, 18^th-19^th March, 2016
• “Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants in River Hooghly, a distributary of River Ganga” delivered at104^thIndian Science Congress, Fate and Transport of POPs in Hooghly Riverine Environment, 3^rd to 7^th Jan 2017.
• Columbia University, Dept of Mechanical Engg ; “Research activities ES&T Lab in SRM RI”, 1st Sept 2017
• “Crude Electronic Waste Recycling is a potential Source for Polychlorinated Biphenyls in India: Atmospheric Transport Models and Human Health Risk Assessment” delivered atIowa State University, Dept of Civil Engg ; “Informal E-waste recycling: Potential source for PCBs”, 27^th September 2017
• “Crude Electronic Waste Recycling Is a Potential Source for Toxic Organic Compounds In India: Atmospheric Transport Models And Human Health Risk Assessment” delivered at Pacific Basin Consortia meet at New Delhi,2017
• “Hazardous Organic Pollutants Associated with Informal E-waste Recycling: An Emerging Issue for Environment and Public Health in India” delivered at E-Waste: Prevention Intervention Strategies Meeting, New Delhi, India, 17^th November, 2017

2018

• 105^th Indian Science Congress, Manipur, Surveillance of Ganges- Organic micro pollutants (OMPs) in surface water of Ganges, 16^th to 20^th March, 2018
• National conference on renewable energy and sustainable environment challenges and remedies, Emission of hazardous organic compounds during informal electronic waste recycling in Indian cities: Atmospheric transport models and human health risk assessment in CRESE held at School of Energy Management, Shri Matha Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu, 24^th to 25^th April 2018.
• 4th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Health; Nankai University, China, Keynote Speaker, Informal Electronic Waste Recycling is a potential Source for cocktail of pollutants in Indian Atmosphere: Atmospheric Transport Models and Human Health Risk Assessment, 18^th to 20^th May, 2018.
• “Informal Electronic Waste Recycling Is An Emerging Source For Toxic Organic Compounds In India: Atmospheric Transport Models And Human Health Risk Assessment” delivered at P27th Symposium on Environmental Chemistry, Okinawa, Japan, 22^nd to 25^th May, 2018.
• “Pesticidal Persistent Organic Pollutants in River Ganga, India: Sources, Fluxes and Health Impacts” delivered at World Water Week, 25^th to31^st August, 2018.
• “Informal electronic waste recycling: A potential source for polychlorinated biphenyls in India” delivered at ACES Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2018.
• International Conference on health and Air Pollution: Effects and Management organized by International Development Centre Foundation, New Delhi, 7^th to 8^th September, 2018.
• Invited speaker at Indo-US bilateral workshop on Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus: A perspective towards a sustainable future, being organized by IESD, Benaras Hindu University (BHU); “Spatial Distribution of Phthalic Acid Esters and Bisphenol A in Hooghly River Estuary: Implications for Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment and Estrogenicity”; 16^th to 21^st November 2018.
• “Emission of hazardous organic compounds during informal electronic waste recycling in Indian cities: Atmospheric transport models and human health risk assessment” delivered at Environmental Protection: Prevention, monitoring and remediation at Belgrade, Serbia;19^th to 23^rd November 2018

2019-2021

• “Crude Electronic Waste Recycling Is A Potential Source For Persistent Toxicants In India: Atmospheric Transport Models and Human Health Risk Assessment” delivered at 106^th Indian Science Congress, Chandigarh, 3^rd to 7^thJan, 2019.
• “Persistent toxicants in the informal electronic waste recycling sites in Indian cities: Atmospheric transport models and human health risk assessment” delivered at International Conference on “Green Initiatives in Science & Technology” (GIST-2019) at Manav Rachna University, Delhi, 10^th to 11^th January 2019.
• “Fate of plasticizers and bisphenol A in Hooghly River Estuary: Implications for Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment and Estrogenicity” delivered at International Conference on Emerging Contaminants in Water and Environment at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India between 21^st to 23^rd January 2019.
• “Crude electronic waste recycling by the informal sector is potential source for a Cocktail of toxicants in Indian cities: Atmospheric transport models and health risk assessment” delivered at 58^th Annual meeting of Society of Toxicology (SOT) in Baltimore, USA from 10^th to 14^th March 2019.
• “Phthalic acid esters and bisphenol A in Ganges: Implications for Estrogenicity and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment” delivered at International Conference on Technologies for Renewable Energy and Water at NIOT, Chennai, 7^th to 9^th March 2019
• “Legacy and emerging pollutants in Ganges water”, 5^th India water Impact Summit, Ganga Mission, New Delhi, 5^th to 7^th December 2019
• “Crude Electronic Waste Recycling Is A Potential Source For Persistent Toxicants In India: Atmospheric Transport Models and Human Health Risk Assessment”, RECETOX, Czech Republic, 10^th November 2020
• “Monitoring of community wastewater for early signalling the spread of COVID-19 in Chennai city”, World Sustainable Development Summit, 2021, 10^th-12^th February
• “Role of Endocrine disrupting compounds on polycystic ovarian syndrome”; International Conference on PCOS; January 2021, SRMIST
• “Monitoring of community waste water for early signaling the spread of Covid-19”; REFRESHER COURSE IN EARTH SCIENCE- March 9^th -21^st organized by the UGC –Human Resource Development Centre, Kannur University, Kerala.
• “Knowns and Unkowns of the pandemic: A cost-effective technique for early signals”- August 24^th and 25^th in workshop “Water and Air Research Initiative for Societal Health” (WaARISH 2021), organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology and Indo-US Science and Technology Forum.
• “Analytical techniques, matrices and examples of different techniques: Passive and active air sampling and interlinkages of POPs and plastics”- August 27^th in the workshop Capacity Building and Training under the INOPOL Project.
• “Knowns and Unknowns of the pandemic: A cost-effective technique for early signals”- August 26^th in the International webinar – Early prediction of Covid- 19 by wastewater monitoring, organized by B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
• Invited speaker on “Consultative meeting on the latest development in the Stockholm Convention on POPs-Kuwait (SCRC Kuwait)”, 10-11^th October 2021
• Invited speaker on “Pilot study on monitoring wastewater for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in sewage treatment plants, Adyar and Cooum Rivers in Chennai, Two-day International Exchange event on monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater, organized by National Mission for Clean Ganga with Indo-German Development Cooperation project “Support to Ganga Rejuvenation”, 11^th-12^th November 2021
• Invited speaker on “Persistent organic pollutants associated with informal e-waste recycling in India”, Webinar on Sustainable Development Goals Energy and Environment, CIPET:IPT Bhubaneshwar in collaboration of National Digital Library of India, 16^th November 2021
• Invited speaker on “Polyurethane foam disk passive air sampling of persistent organic pollutants in Indian Cities-Atmospheric transport modelling and risk assessment”, Stockholm Convention Regional Centre on POPs for Asia Region, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, 18^th November 2021.

2022

• “Water-Health nexus for endocrine-disrupting chemicals” delivered on National Science Day 2022 virtually at Wilson College, Mumbai, 4^th Mar, 2022.
• “Persistant organic pollutants in Indian environment-atmospheric monitoring and analytical techniques” as part of “Advanced Training Program on Analytical Geochemistry” virtually at CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Telangana, 8^th Mar, 2022.
• “Elimination of single-use plastics” virtually at Chattisgarh Environment Conservation Board and Consumer Education Research Centre on 09^th Mar, 2022.
• “Water- Health Nexus for Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals: New Challenges related to COVID-19 Pandemic” virtually at C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad on 10^th March 2022.
• “Toxic plastic additive residues in River Ganga and the Sundarban wetland:Pollution sources and risk assessment” in the 5 day FDP on “Sustainability, Conservation & Protection Of Water Resources” Centre for Ocean Research (COR), Col. Dr. Jeppiaar Research Park, jointly with the Centre for Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics and Department of Civil Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (SIST) in association with Earth Science and Technology Cell(ESTC), Ministry of Earth Sciences and the IUCN-Commission on Ecosystem Management, on March 22^nd – 26^th 2022
• “Water- Health Nexus for Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: New Challenges After the Outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic” on 27th May 2022 towards the “IPTIF’s Ananta Medha Webinar Series” organized by IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF)
• “Chemicals in Microplastics and its Impacts” virtually on 14^th July 22, 2022 towards the one-day workshop on ‘Microplastic – A Global Pollutant’ organized by Toxics Link, New Delhi.
• “Polyurethane Foam Disk passive air samplers: A cost-effective monitoring device for Persistent Organic Pollutants” on 20^th July, 2022 as a part of ‘Refresher Course CHEMISTRY’ at UGC – HRDC, PRSU, Raipur.
• “Chemicals and Plastics: An Emerging Concern” delivered on 21^st July, 2022 as a part of ‘Refresher Course CHEMISTRY’ at UGC – HRDC, PRSU, Raipur.
• Invited speaker on “Passive air samplers for monitoring POPS in air”, in the training program on “Monitoring of POPs in the Environment” , Stockholm Convention Regional Centre on POPs for Asia Region, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, 6^th september 2022.
• Invited speaker for National Conference on“The Issue of Electronic Waste: Environmental Concerns, Management and Opportunities for Entrepreneurship.” at Shillong College, 29^th -30^th September, 2022.
• Invited speaker for the “2nd International Academic Forum on Marine Environmental Pollution Prevention and Marine Ecological Civilization Construction” held online in Shanghai, China on 27^th November, 2022.

CONFERENCE PAPERS/PROCEEDINGS (Total: 114; International: 58; National: 26)

Selected International conferences

1. 29^th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants,(Dioxin 2009), Beijing, Regional versus local variations of DDTs, HCHs, HCB, chlordanes and endosulfans in the atmosphere of coastal and inland cities of India. Organohalogen Compounds, 71, 001316(2009).
2. 29^th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants,(Dioxin 2009), Beijing, Monitoring long-rang atmospheic transport (LRAT) of Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) at a remote background site (Tengchong mountain) in southwestern China. Organohalogen Compounds, 71, 000268(2009).
3. 13^th International conference of the Pacific Basin Consortium, Perth, Western Australia, 20^thto 22^ndNovember, 2009. Regional versus local variations of selected organochlorine pesticides and distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls in the atmosphere of coastal and inland cities in India.
4. 6th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, 31 May-3 June, 2010, Hong Kong. Composition and sources information of selected organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in the atmosphere of seven major Indian cities.
5. SETAC Asia Pacific 4^th-7^th June 2010, Guangzhou, China. Concurrent active and passive air sampling of selected organochlorine pesticides and atmospheric levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in the coastal and inland cities of India.
6. Dioxin 20XXSan Antonio 2010, USA. 30th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), September 12th-17th 2010. Polychlorinated biphenyls in the atmosphere of seven major Indian cities. Organohalogen Compounds Vol. 72, 1326-1329 (2010).
7. Dioxin 2011, Belgium 2011, Brussels. 31st International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), August 21^st -25^th Current scenario of polychlorinated biphenyles (PCBs) in the Indian atmosphere. Organohalogen Compounds Vol. 73, 384-387 (2011).
8. Dioxin 2011, Belgium 2011, Brussels. 31st International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), Science in Heart of Europe. August 21 ^st -25^th Monsoonal and post monsoonal variation in the atmospheric level of selected organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in Porto Novo, India. Organohalogen Compounds Vol. 73, 1892-1895 (2011).
9. Dioxin 2011, Belgium 2011, Brussels. 31st International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), Science in Heart of Europe August 21^st -25^th Persistent organochlorine pesticide residues in edible part of radish, spinach, tomato and eggplant. Organohalogen Compounds Vol. 73, 112-115 (2011).
10. Dioxin 2011, Belgium 2011, Brussels. 31st International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), Science in Heart of Europe. August 21 ^st -25^th Polychlorinated dibenzo dioxins (PCDDs) and furans (PCDFs) in contaminated soil, sewage sludge, and paper mill sludge and fly ash. Organohalogen Compounds Vol. 73, 1842-1846 (2011).
11. Dioxin 2011, Belgium 2011, Brussels. 31st International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), August 21^st -25^th Science in Heart of Europe. Residues of persistent organochlorine pesticides in soils from variable cropping pattern agriculture areas. Organohalogen Compounds Vol. 73, 1851-1854 (2011).
12. Dioxin 2011, Belgium 2011, Brussels. Science in Heart of Europe .31st International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), August 21^st -25^thPolychlorinated biphenyls in soils from cropland areas of north India. Organohalogen Compounds Vol. 73, 1900-1903 (2011).
13. Dioxin 2011, Belgium 2011, Brussels. 31st International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), August 21^st -25^th Science in Heart of Europe. Residues of aldrin, dieldrin, heptachlor &lindane in vegetables from Kolkata, West Bengal (India).
14. Clean Up 2011, Adelaide, Australia, Electronic Waste and its Management in Developing Nations. Organohalogen Compounds 73, 1900-1903 (2011).
15. SETAC North America 32nd Annual Meeting 13^th-17^th November, Boston, MA, USA. Are the Electronic Wastes and Wastes Generated from Ship Breaking Sites Increasing the Atmospheric Load of Polychlorinated Biphenyles in India?
16. SETAC North America 32nd Annual Meeting 13^th-17^th November, Boston, MA, USA. Toxic metal contamination in four major cities of India.
17. Domestic wastewater treatment using constructed wetland: an efficient and alternative way; J. S. Sudarsan, R. Annadurai, M. Mukhopadhyay, Paromita Chakraborty, S. Nithiyanantham.  sustainable water resources management; 2017 july pp 1-7; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40899-017-0164-x
18. Biochar Production from Domestic Sludge: A Cost-effective, Recycled Product for Removal of Amoxicillin in Wastewater; Sija Arun, Kaushal Kothari, Debayan Mazumdar, Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay and *Paromita Chakraborty; IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 225, conference 1

Projects:

• EXTERNALLY FUNDED PROJECTS (2012-2023)
  

  Funding Agency & Year	Title of Project	Total Outlay	Period	Role
  Department Of Science and Technology (DST), (2014-2017), Govt. of India	Atmospheric Emission and Risk Assessment of Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Dioxins and Furans during the Electronic Waste Recycling in Chennai	27 lakh INR	3 years (Completed)	PI
  SRM Excellence Grant SRMIST (2016-2017)	Assessment of Lower Stretch of Ganges	4 lakh INR	6 Months (Completed)	PI
  Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)-(2016-2020), Govt. of India	Bioavailability of Dioxin like Polychlorinated biphenyls, Dioxins and Furans released due to combustion of electronic waste in Chennai:  Implications for Risk Assessment	58 lakh INR	(On-going)	PI
  Agricultural Research Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL), USA, Strategic Funding (2017)	Observation and Model Development of Emerging Organic Pollutants of Concern along the Ganga River Basin: Implications for Risk Assessment (OFELOS) for analysis of steroids	5000 USD	Completed	PI
  Research Council of Norway (2018-2021), Norway	Endocrine Disruptors in Indian Food: minimizing children exposure and fostering a safer space for agriculture and food market (EDIFY)	500,000 NOK	3 years (On-going)	PI
  Norwegian Embassy (2019-2026), Norway	India-Norway cooperation project on capacity building for reducing plastic and chemical pollution in India (INOPOL)	150,00,000 NOK	6 years (On-going)	PI
  Swiss Development Corporation, Embassy of Switzerland (2020-2021)	Monitoring of community wastewater for early signalling the spread of COVID-19 in Chennai city	94.2 lakhs (INR)	8 months (Completed)	PI
  Department Of Science and Technology (DST)- Science and Engineering Research Board	Genome sequencing and Wastewater surveillance in open drains of Chennai City and the suburbs for predicting the future waves of COVID-19 pandemic	42 lakhs (INR)	1 year (Sanctioned)	PI
  Department Of Science and Technology (DST)-Water Technology Initiative (WTI), Govt. of India	Design and development of sensor for detection of pharmaceutical compounds present in water and wastewater	69 lakhs (INR)	3 years (On-going)	Co-PI
  SWASTI The Health Catalyst	Multi-city initiative for ES for SARS-Cov-2 under the Precision Health program for Kochi/Ernakulam city	74 lakhs (INR)	1 year (Sanctioned)	PI

Academic Experience:

• SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University), Kattankulathur, India – Professor and Head – REACH (Since Feb’ 2023 to Present)
• SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University), Kattankulathur, India –Associate Professor (Mar’ 2017 – Jan’ 2023)
• SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University), Kattankulathur, India –Assistant Professor (Jan’ 2012-Feb’ 2017)
• Savannah State University, Georgia, USA – Post-doctoral Research Associate (2011-2012)
• City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR – Post-doctoral Research Fellow (2010-2011)
• Guangzhou Institute of Organic Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China – Post-doctoral Research Scholar (2009-2010)

Other Professional Experience:

Country Coordinator of Southern Contaminant Program a CAS research program, the “Southern Contaminants Program (SCP)”, on Environmental Contaminants along the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (2017-2019; Chinese Academy of Sciences).

Proficiency Testing Partner-POP-BFRs in end-of-life plastic products with Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (no. 3-1901) of the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency of Japan

Technical Advisor for Wastewater Intelligence Network (WIN) Programme, National Institute of Urban Affairs, Government of India

As Convener

• Conducted One Day RIMI’s workshop during 2011 and training on LI-COR for students and faculty members in the Dept of Engineering as Principal Speaker- Air sampling in Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia, USA.
• Kentucky Lake Section-American Chemical Society (ACS) -orgnanized the First Web based symposium 2014 for India and USA.
• Demo on Analytical Techniques of POPs at Environmental Science and Technology Lab SRMIST, 2015.
• One day workshop in collaboration with Agilent Technologies, Germany at SRM Research Institute on Analytical Techniques; 9^th March 2018
• Societal Awareness campaign held on “Say No to Burning of Plastic” on 2^nd October 2018, Kattanulathur.
• One day International Workshop on “Water and Air Research Initiative for Societal Health (WaARISH-2018)” held on 13th November, 2018, co-funded by DST-SERB.
• Seminar on “E-waste issues, Challenges and Management” held on 27^th December 2018 instructed in association with National Institute of Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan.
• One-day “Indo-US workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)”; 7^th November, 2019 in association with Murray State University, USA; Agilent Technologies; EDPC Polymer Industry; SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203
• World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS), the annual flagship event of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), 2021
• International Conference on “Recent Advances in Applied Sciences, Technology & Health” – RASTH, 2021, 3rd-5th March, SRM Institute of Science and Technology
• Conducted two-day International Indo-US bilateral virtual workshop, “Water and Air Research Initiative for Societal Health” (WaARISH 2021) from India)” funded by the Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF) held on the 24^th and 25^th of August 2021.
• Co-ordinated the two-day workshop on Capacity Building and Training under the INOPOL Project organised and carried out by a team of international experts from Norway (NIVA), and leading institutions in India (TERI, Mu Gamma Consultants, SRM, CIPET, Toxics Link) held on the 26^th and 27^th of August 2021.
• Convenor for “International Conference on Higher Education Institute Challenges Solutions for Sustainable Development Goals 2022”; SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur, 15^th-17^th November 2022

• One day International Workshop on “International workshop for Coastal cleanup # Cshore Cleanmore” held on 21^st October 2022, at SRMIST.
• Conducted workshop on water and wastewater testing at Environmental Science and Technology Lab as a part of International conference Higher Education Institute Challenges Solutions for Sustainable Development Goals 2022 under “SDG-6: Clean Water and Sanitation”, SRMIST, 15^th November 2022.

As Resource Person

• “Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants in the Indian Atmosphere: HYSPLIT and FLEXPART Model interpreted Atmospheric Transport as a part of Environmental Modeling” Workshop conducted by Dept of Civil Engineering, SRMIST, 2015
• “Research Scope in Environmental Science and Technology” as a part of Faculty Development Program in Dept of Civil Engineering, SRMIST, 2016.
• National Institute for Environmental Studies, IDEA Consultants, Inc., and Chiba University, Japan, supported by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (no. 3-1901) of the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency of Japan, has undertaken a research project focused on POP-BFRs in end-of-life plastic products. The Environmental Science and Technology Laboratory at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur was the only Indian participating organization.

As Expert Member

• Panelist for the session on “E-waste” by Society of Toxicology (SOT) in Baltimore, USA, Feb’ 2019
• Panelist for Surat Panel Discussion Series for On-ground City Deployment Plan, Gujarat Pollution Control Board, CPCB, October 2021.
• Expert member for three training sessions on “Plastic pollution and Persistent Organic Pollutants (PoPs)” supported by the Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi, August 2021
• Expert member on session one day workshop on “New POPs under Stockholm Convention” by Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi, March, 2014

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

• Editor of ‘Science of the Total Environment’, Elsevier publication (Impact Factor: 10.753)
• Associate Editor of Arabian Journal of Geosciences and Review Editor for Journal of Environmental Chemistry (Impact Factor: 1.827)
• Guest Editor for Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Impact Factor: 2.151)
• Guest Editor Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (Impact Factor: 3.742)
• Guest Editor Sustainability (Impact Factor: 3.889)