Our Team
Prof. Arun Kansal, Director and Professor
Experience: 28+ years
Accomplishments: 80+ publications garnering more than 4,500 citations, in addition to leading 40+ projects valued at 24 crores as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator. Authored IPCC AR5WGIII; Recipient of Best Teacher and Best Paper Awards; Served as ICCR Chair Professor in Berlin; Appointed as Honorary Visiting Fellow and Visiting Professor at various UK Universities
Key expertise: Urban Environment Management, Water and used Water Management, Treatment Technologies, Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
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Garima Kaushik, Head and Scientist C
Experience: 10+ years
Accomplishments: Co-authored “A handbook on Entrepreneurship in Solid Waste Management: A step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat” published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Key expertise: Project Management, Training and Capacity Building, Research, M&E along with stakeholder management in the domains of Waste Management, Sustainable Development, Climate Change and WaSH
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Dr Atul Kumar, Scientist B
Experience: 8+ years
Accomplishments: Authored 12+ publications, all indexed in SCI journals, with a cumulative Impact Factor of 57 as lead author; Accumulated 1567 citations on Google Scholar until March 2024. Served as a postdoctoral research scientist in the United Kingdom from July 2022 to June 2023. Presented a paper sponsored by DST-SERB in ITS and acted as a Guest Editor for the Sustainability journal
Key expertise: Solid Waste Management, Life Cycle Assessment, Prediction Modelling and Socio-economic Analysis, Carbon Foot printing
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Dr Divya Soman, Scientist B
Experience: 12+ years
Accomplishments: Authored 4 publications in SCI Indexed Journals, presented 14 papers in national and international conference proceedings, and contributed 3 chapters to books. Received the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Education fellowship for pursuing Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, the SPEED IT Scholarship for M.Phil. in Ecological Informatics, and the UGC-NET Fellowship. Additionally, earned three Best Paper Awards for conference presentations and was honored with the Dr. C Chandrasekhara Memorial Endowment Award for the Best Research in the Field of Forestry in Kerala in 2021
Key expertise: Nature-based Solutions (NbS), Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services, Bioremediation of Municipal Sewage Water and Environmental Accounting and Green GDP
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From IPCA
Ashish Jain, Founder Director, IPCA
Experience: 24+ years
Accomplishments: Brand Ambassador of MCD Shahdara South Zone; Appointed as an expert member in numerous committees established by both Central and State Governments to strengthen Solid Waste and Plastic Waste Management Rules; Certified trainer by NIUA for solid waste management; Recognized as a trailblazer for conceptualizing and implementing an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) action plan for plastic waste management on a national scale. Has authored numerous books and has also contributed to various articles focusing on waste management.
Key expertise: Developing sustainable supply chain of waste, recycling of plastic waste and composting of organic waste; Introduction of new technologies related to waste minimization, community engagement, promotion of recycling and explore sustainable solutions for healthy society
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Ajay Garg, Secretary, IPCA
Experience: 21+ years
Accomplishments: Expert member in various committees constituted by States Government to enhance regulations pertaining to Solid Waste and Plastic Waste Management
Key expertise: Crafting operational strategies and developing organizational infrastructure; Developing supply chain of solid waste management; Liaison with Government, Bilateral, Policy Makers, Educational Institutes, Corporate, Industries, ULBs and NGOs on environmental issues
Dr Radha Goyal, Deputy Director, IPCA
Experience: 22+ years
Accomplishments: Recipient of the UGC - Post Doctoral Fellowship Award for Women Scientist; Honored with the Swachata Champion Award from MCD; Appointed as Brand Ambassador for MCD under the Swachh Survekshan and Swachata League initiative; Served as an Expert Member of the Indoor Air Pollution Committee of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to develop IAQ guidelines and standards for India in 2022; Contributed as a Reviewer for Social Audit Standards (SAS) for the Social Stock Exchange- Sustainability Reporting Group (SSE-SRSB) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in 2022.
Key expertise: Air Quality Monitoring, Management and Control; Decentralized Solid Waste Management Systems; Speaker/Orator/Liaison with stakeholders on Best Environmental practices and compliance; CSR compliance
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Affiliated Team Members
Dr Ranjana Ray Chaudhuri, Associate Professor, TERI SAS
Experience: 27+ years of experience in industry and academics.
Accomplishments: Received special invitation to AWWA India in 2017 and became a member of IWA Water Reusers. Additionally, achieved success in GATE 1990
Key expertise: Urban Water Management including Centralised and Decentralised Water and Wastewater Systems; Design of water audit, water efficiency and water budget plans; Statistical modelling of extreme events; Agriculture water management
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Dr Gopal Sarangi, Associate Professor, TERI SAS
Experience: 15+ years of research and consulting experience
Accomplishments: Has published several peer-reviewed research papers in the domain of his research and has been invited to deliver talks in several national and international forums
Key expertise: Energy Market and Regulation; Energy, Society and Public Policy; Governance and Institutional analysis of Energy and Environmental interactions
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