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Centre for Research in Environment, Sustainability Advocacy and Climate CHange (REACH)
Overview
REACH (Center for Research in Environment, Sustainability Advocacy and Climate CHange) was initiated at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu with the desire to support and enhance a cohesive university-wide environment of research excellence where faculty are inspired and challenged to push the boundaries of knowledge creation and advancement of knowledge discovery and the translation of discoveries into tangible benefits for society. The blueprint and indicators of Sustainable Development Goals of the UN augment the targeted vision and mission for identifying specific objectives covering different aspects of social development, environmental protection, and economic growth through scientific research outputs in the inter-disciplinary domains of environment sustainability, advocacy, and climate change.
REACH operates in the domains of Environment, Sustainability Development, Advocacy and Climate Change. The environmental domain includes the topics of environmental nuclear research, air pollution, remote sensing, societal health, trans-boundary movements of pollutants, waste processing, Geographic Information Systems, and soil and water resources. Sustainability and Development domain includes policy framework, outreach programs, and waste recycling projects. Advocacy deals with the topics of community service, annual conferences, training, economics & environment management, ethics & environmental rights, and advisory services. The domain of Climate Change aims to combat drought & climate change as well as atmospheric transport. After all that, you get to develop models based on the project requirements.
REACH aims to ensure the optimal and effective use of intellectual, financial and physical resources to foster an environment of research excellence throughout the University. Collaborations with leading companies, other universities, the public sector and institutes are an important function of REACH and it shall serve as a meeting place for academia, industry and other societal organizations. Beneficiaries of the Centre will be students, teaching staff, industries, government, international agencies, academia, NGOs and society at large.
Vision
- Promote and facilitate collaborative and/or interdisciplinary research and enhancement of research networking capacity and infrastructure.
- Increase and effectively manage the resources and research support for its members and the wider university community.
- Provide education and training in research and related skills, especially for graduate and undergraduate students and thereby enhance the academic programs of their constituent academic units.
- Contribute to the university’s strategic educational and research missions and to support synergies between research, teaching and learning.
- Transfer and mobilize knowledge gained through research for the benefit of society, via a variety of mechanisms as appropriate.
- Enhance the reputation of its members, the constituent academic units, and the university through the quality of its work.
- To co-ordinate research activities in the department in the area of environment, sustainability, advocacy and climate change, including: Internally and externally funded research projects and contract research studies (consultancy) in this area.
- Consultation, implementation or cooperation in conducting research, educational, research and consulting projects and services with other scientific and research institutions.
- The publication of periodical scientific journals, articles, books and specialized journals, bulletins and technical policy reports in related fields.
- Establishing a scientific, laboratory and practical reference center for national and international standards.
- Conducting short-term certificate courses as well as training workshops in accordance with the needs of the country in the field related to the goals of the group in order to promote the knowledge and culture of the environment.
- Creating the appropriate infrastructure for continuous cooperation between academic and academic colleagues on the one hand, and executive and industrial organizations on the other.
Mission
- Providing expert services and consulting to research, educational and executive centers in various domains.
- Conducting seminars, conferences and scientific and technical gatherings in order to achieve the goals of the center.
- Publication of periodical scientific journals, articles, books and specialized journals, bulletins and technical reports in related fields.
- Participation in environmental projects require environmental technology and partnership with industry and relevant executive agencies.
- To prepare national research leaderships in the focused environmental fields, promote environmental awareness among all community segments, and provide scientific studies and laboratory services for both public and private sectors.
Prof. Paromita Chakraborty, Head - REACH
Phone: +91-44-27417144
Email: paromitc@srmist.edu.in, head.reach@srmist.edu.in
Welcome to REACH @ SRMIST
- Multi-media movement of organic pollutants viz., pesticides, industrial chemicals and plasticizers in the hotspots of Indian cities
- Long-Range Atmospheric Transport of persistent organic pollutants
- Quantification and ecological impact assessment of plasticizers in the riverine and marine environment of India
- Cost-effective remediation techniques for emerging organic contaminants in soil, sediment, water and wastewater
- Fabricating new products from recycled and waste plastic
- Wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19 pandemic
Research Facilities at the Centre
REACH has the independent laboratory facilities with state-of-art equipment for its research work.
- Environmental Radiation Monitoring Laboratory
- Environmental Science & Technology Laboratory
- Water and wastewater testing
- Water and air monitoring
- Wastewater based epidemiology
- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory
- Sustainable Development Cell
Collaborations
REACH has a vast national and international collaborative network of partners from academia, industries, consultancy startups, and funding organizations across multiple domains. Successful collaborative projects have led to fruitful continued relationships with our partners, who lean on us for technical, policy and regulatory support.
Areas of Research
Projects, Publications and Patents
REACH’s high-quality expertise and specialized knowledge base enable our post-doctoral researchers, research scholars and research interns to publish scientific articles, books and book chapters with reputed publishers and in high-impact journals worldwide. There are also numerous cutting-edge patents for novel processes and product innovations that our team continues to work on and secures occasionally.
Reach Us
Prof. Paromita Chakraborty
Head
Centre for Research in Environment, Sustainability Advocacy and Climate CHange (REACH)
Directorate of Research,
Room No. 701, 7th Floor, Sir. C. V. Raman Research Park
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Kattankulathur – 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
- +91-44-27417147
- paromitc@srmist.edu.in
- head.reach@srmist.edu.in
