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Associate Professor Gurjar, B. R.

 
 
bholafce[at]iitr.ernet.in 
Ph No: +91 - 1332 - 285881
 
   

Area of Interest

  • Air/water pollution; Urban transport and the environment; Emissions and air quality in megacities; Air pollution and health risk; GHG emissions and climate change; Environmental impact assessment and risk analysis; Energy and environmental policy evaluation; and Integrated cross-disciplinary studies of the environment, economy, technology, and infrastructure developments -- particularly with the global change, sustainable development and risk governance perspectives.

Educational Details

  • B.E. from J.N.V. University, Jodhpur in Civil Engineering, 1987
  • M.E. from J.N.V. University, Jodhpur in Environmental Engineering, 1992
  • Ph.D. from I.I.T. Delhi in Environmental Risk Analysis, 2000

Professional Background

  • Site/Civil Engineer, Construction Industry, India from 1988 to 1990
  • Lecturer, J.N.V. University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India in 1991
  • Junior/Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India from 1992 to 1996
  • Lecturer, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Nirjuli, India in 1996
  • Lecturer, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh, India from 1996 to 2002
  • Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany from 2002 to 2005
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee from 2005 to 2009
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee since 2009

Administrative Background

  • Executive Committee Member, in The Institution of Engineers India Roorkee Local Centre from 2006 to 2010
  • Head, in Max Planck Partner Group for Megacities and Climate Change from 2006 to 2011
  • Faculty Advisor, in Cultural Council IIT Roorkee from 2009 to 2010
  • Honorary Secretary, in The Institution of Engineers India Roorkee Local Centre from 2010 to 2012

Books ,Manuals, Monographs Authored

Books (co)authored/(co)edited

1.        Gurjar, B.R., Luisa T. Molina, C.S.P. Ojha (eds.), 2010. Air Pollution: Health and Environmental Impacts (Foreword by Nobel Laureate Mario J. Molina). CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), Florida, USA. p. 696, ISBN-10: 1439809623, ISBN-13: 978-1439809624.
2.        Rathore, B.S., J.S. Saini, B.R. Gurjar (eds.), 2002. Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Modernising Economy. Abhishek Publications, Chandigarh (India), 307 p. ISBN 81-85733-46-5.
3.        Gurjar, B.R., 2001. Sludge Treatment and Disposal (Foreword by Dr. R.L. Droste, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada).Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers (incorporating A.A. Balkema Publishers), The Netherlands; a division of Taylor & Francis Group, UK. ISBN: 90 5809 208 9. Indian edition available at Oxford & IBH Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, 266 p. ISBN 81-204-1433-0. NB: A review of this book was published (by Dr. George M. Savage) in Waste Management, Volume 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 793–794.
4.        Saini, J.S., B.R. Gurjar, B.S. Rathore, 2001.Enterprise Support System in India. Wheeler Publishing (A Division of A.H. Wheeler & Co. Ltd.), New Delhi (India). ISBN 81-7544-223-9.
5.        Saini, J.S., B.R. Gurjar(eds.), 2001. Entrepreneurship and Education: Challenges and Strategies. Rawat Publications, Jaipur (India), 352 p. ISBN 81-7033-648-1.
6.        Sharma, D.D., S.K. Dhameja, B.R. Gurjar (eds.), 1999. Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management and Globalization. Rawat Publications, Jaipur (India), 285 p. ISBN 81-7033-500-6.

Honors

  • The Nawab Zain Yar Jung Bahadur Memorial Medal awarded by The Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata, India, 1995
  • Ford Foundation International Fellow Elect awarded by Ford Foundation USA, 2001
  • START Young Scientist Award awarded by SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START), Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 2004
  • Highly Cited Author awarded by Elsevier Journal Atmospheric Environment, 2010

Organised Conferences, Seminars, Courses

  • Brainstorming workshop on Urban Air Pollution in India sponsored by Max Planck Society Germany, 25-11-2007
  • All India Seminar on Air Pollution and Health Impacts sponsored by CSIR New Delhi, 23-02-2006

Seminars, Symposiums, Workshops Attended

  • Workshop on Development of Environmental Pollution Index (EPI) for Industrial Clusters/ Areas held at , IIT Delhi, during 24-10-2009
  • National Seminar on Cleaner Production Technologies held at , NITTTR Chandigarh, during 17-11-2009

Visit(s) to Outside Institutions

  • ETH Zurich, Switzerland: Lecture, during 22-05-2006
  • UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico: Lecture, during 10-12-2008
  • Meisei University, Tokyo, Japan: Presentation, during 25-12-2008
  • NIES, Tsukuba, Japan: Scientific Visit, during 15-12-2010 to 27-12-2010

Ph.Ds Supervised

Name of ScholarResearch TopicRegistration year
A.K. ThakurStudy of Water Quality in River Bank Filtration2005
A.S. NagpureModeling of Urban Traffic Emissions2007

Memberships

StatusOrganisation
FellowThe Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata, India
International Representative Committee MemberInternational Association for Urban Climate, Columbus, USA
MemberIndian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi, India
MemberIndian Association for Environmental Management, Nagpur, India

Refereed Journal Papers

 

Refereed Journal Papers

 

 
 

 

Gurjar, B.R., A. S. Nagpure, Prashant Kumar, Nalin Sahni, 2010. Pollutant Emissions from Road Vehicles in Mega-City Kolkata, India: Past and Present Trends. Indian Journal of Air Pollution Control (In Press).
 
Seetha N., Renu Bhargava, B.R. Gurjar, 2010. Gaseous and bioaerosol emissions from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering (In press).
 
Ganga, S., B.R. Gurjar, R. Kumari, 2010. Urban and country level greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints: a comparative study of a megacity, Delhi and India. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering (In press).
 
Gurjar B. R., A. Jain, A. Sharma, A. Agarwal, P. Gupta, A. S. Nagpure, J. Lelieveld, 2010. Human health risks in megacities due to air pollution. Atmospheric Environment 44, 4606-4613. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.08.011
 
Nagpure, A.S., K. Sharma, B.R. Gurjar. Traffic Induced Emission Estimates and Trends (2000-2005) in Megacity Delhi. International Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science. (In press)
 
Mohan, M., B.R. Gurjar, 2010. Sensitivity Analysis of Probits with respect to Quantitative Risk Assessment of Airborne Toxic Chemicals using IITD-QRA Model. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management 6 (3-4), 345-355.
 
Schneider M., Hoffmann V.H., Gurjar B.R. 2009. Corporate Responses to the Clean Development Mechanism - the Indian Pulp and Paper Industry. Climate Policy 9, 255–272.
 
Gurjar, B.R., T.M. Butler, M.G. Lawrence, J. Lelieveld, 2008. Evaluation of Emissions and Air Quality in Megacities. Atmospheric Environment 42 (7), 1593-1606. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.10.048
 
Butler, T.M., M.G. Lawrence, B.R. Gurjar, J. van Aardenne, M. Schultz and J. Lelieveld, 2008. The representation of emissions from megacities in global emission inventories. Atmospheric Environment 42 (4), 703-719. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.09.060
 
Lawrence, M.G., T. M. Butler, J. Steinkamp, B. R. Gurjar, J. Lelieveld, 2007. Regional pollution potentials of megacities and other major population centers. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 3969–3987. URL: www.atmos-chem-phys.net/7/3969/2007/
 
Mohan, M., L. Dagar, B.R. Gurjar, 2007. Preparation and Validation of Gridded Emission Inventory of Criteria Air Pollutants and Identification of Emission Hotspots for Megacity Delhi. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 130 (1-3), 323-339. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9400-9
 
Gurjar, B.R., J. Lelieveld, 2005. New Directions: Megacities and global change. Atmospheric Environment 39 (2), 391-393. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.11.002
 
Gurjar, B.R., J.A. van Aardenne, J. Lelieveld, M. Mohan, 2004. Emission estimates and trends (1990-2000) for megacity Delhi and implications. Atmospheric Environment 38 (33), 5663-5681, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.05.057
 
Molina, L.T., M.J. Molina, R. Slott, C.E. Kolb, P.K. Gbor, F. Meng, R. Singh, O. Galvez, J.J. Sloan, W. Anderson, X.Y. Tang, M. Shao, T. Zhu, Y.H. Zhang, M. Hu, B.R. Gurjar, P. Artaxo, P. Oyola, E. Gramsch, P. Hidalgo, A. Gertler, 2004. Air Quality in Selected Megacities: Online Version of the 2004 Critical Review on Megacities and Atmospheric Pollution, ISSN 1047-3289. J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc. 55:000–000, URL: http://secure.awma.org/journal/critical/Default.asp
 
Mohan, M., B.R. Gurjar, 2004. A risk-based model to establish threshold planning quantities of hazardous substances. J. Air & Waste Management Association 54 (4), 495-503.
 
Gurjar, B.R., M. Mohan, 2003. Integrated risk analysis for acute and chronic exposure to toxic chemicals. Journal of Hazardous Materials A103 (1-2), 25-40. doi:10.1016/S0304-3894(03)00228-0
 
Gurjar, B.R., M. Mohan, 2003. Potential health risks due to toxic contamination in the ambient environment of certain Indian states. Environmental Monitoring & Assessment 82 (2), 203-223. doi:10.1023/A:1021886116208
 
Gurjar, B.R., 2003. Interlinking of rivers: A climatic viewpoint. Current Science 84 (11), 1381-1382
 
Gurjar, B.R., M. Mohan, 2002. Environmental risk analysis: Problems and perspectives in different countries. Risk: Health, Safety & Environment 13 (1/2), 1-30.
 
Mohan, M., T.S. Panwar, B.R. Gurjar, 1998. Impact assessment and mitigation strategy for air quality change due to thermal power plants: a case study. Indian J. of Environ. Protection 18(11), 801-815.
 
Gurjar, B.R., Manju Mohan, Kirpal S. Sidhu, 1996. Potential health risks related to carcinogens in the atmospheric environment in India. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 24 (2), 141-148. doi:10.1006/rtph.1996.0119
 
Gurjar, B.R., 1996. Increasing global temperature: its possible consequences. Journal of Indian Association for Environmental Management 23, 36-37
 
Mohan, M., B.R. Gurjar, 1995. Estimation of threshold planning quantities of extremely hazardous chemicals based on simple technical models. Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) Environmental Engineering Division 76, 17-21
 
Benipal, G.S., B. Mitra, B.R. Gurjar, 1995. Affordable quantum of risk in toxic environment. Indian J. of Environmental Protection 15 (11), 817-825
 
Gurjar, B.R., 1995. Water conservation through waste reduction techniques. Bhagirath 42 (2 & 3), 6-7
 
Gurjar, B.R., 1992. A simple new method to determine first-stage BOD constants (K and L). Journal of Indian Association for Environmental Management 19, 84-86 [reprinted in 1994 as “Formulation of a Simple New Method to Determine First – Stage BOD Constants, (K & L)”. Indian J. Environmental Protection, Vol. 14, No. 6, p. 440-442]
 
Tyagi, V., B.R. Gurjar, N. Joshi, P. Kumar. PM10 and heavy metals in sub-urban and rural atmospheric environments of Northern India. ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (Under review)

 

 

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