आईआईटीएम
IITM

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

• Appointed as a Guest Faculty at the Indian Institute of Public Health Delhi (IIPH D), Gurgaon, India.
• Appointed as an external expert in research committee of PhD student of the Center for Atmospheric Science (CAS), IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India.
• Appointed as an external examiner for M. Tech. (final year) students of the Center for Atmospheric Science (CAS), IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India.

Guidance to Students

Post Graduation 

 Ph. D.

RESEARCH RECOGNITIONS

• A research paper entitled “Contribution of anthropogenic aerosols in direct radiative forcing and atmospheric heating rate over Delhi in the Indo-Gangetic Basin” by Srivastava et al., published in the Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol. 19(4), 1144-1158, doi:10.1007/s11356-011-0633-y, May 2012 is listed as top 20 research articles published on the similar research areas [http://bmlsearch.com/?wmdc243=22006505MGD30328T4QKrgDoaM5l1365299743].

• An Insight News Article on “Insight: Black carbon aerosols in the Himalayas” is published on Environmental Research Web based on the research paper entitled: “Black carbon aerosols over Manora Peak in the Indian Himalayan foothills: implications for climate forcing" by Srivastava, et al., published in Environmental Research Letters, Vol 7, pp014002 (2012) [http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/49090].

• Research paper entitled: “Black carbon aerosols over Manora Peak in the Indian Himalayan foothills: implications for climate forcing" by Srivastava, et al., published in Environmental Research Letters, Vol 7, pp014002 (2012), is highlighted as one of the most downloaded articles across all the IOP Journals so far.

Awards/Fellowships/Grants Received:

2016     DST International Travel Grant for the 22^nd EAC-2016, Tours, France [04-09 Sep, 2016].

2015   Humboldt Fellowship of CONNECT Follow-up program for working visit at the     Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany.

2014   Grant for the 40^th COSPAR Scientific Assembly at the Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia [02-10 August, 2014].

2014  Grant from DST and Humboldt foundation for the 6^th Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium at Potsdam, Germany [22-25 May, 2014].

2013   Grant from Chiba University for SKYNET Workshop at Chiba University, Chiba, Japan [04-05 July, 2013].

2013   WMO Grant for IGAC/SPARC Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI-2013) Science Workshop at NCAR, Boulder, USA [14-16 May, 2013].

2012-13  Nominated for Indian National Science Academy (INSA) medal for Young Scientist.

2012   Young Scientist Award Grant for 12^th IGAC-2012 at Beijing, China [15-21 September, 2012].

2011   IITM Grant for the ICSRA-2011 at Kathmandu, Nepal [14-15 April, 2011].

2010   University of Helsinki/IITM Grant for the IAC at Helsinki, Finland [29 August to 03 September, 2010].

2009   NASA Grant for the AERONET Training Workshop, China [16-21 August, 2009].

                 2009   DST International Travel Grant for the MST12, Canada [17-21 May, 2009].

Fellow/Member 

(1) Life Member, Indian Meteorological Society (IMS), India.

(2) Fellow, the ‘Society of Earth Scientists', India.

(3) Life Member, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA).

(4) Member, RFP committee for “Aerosol Monitoring Network”, “Aerosols and Cloud Physics” and “Aerosol Lidar Network”, IMD, New Delhi.

(5) Member, Technical Program Committee, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA)-2014, held at BHU, Varanasi, India.

(6) Member, Editorial Board of the International science Journal “International Journal of Geology, Earth & Environmental Sciences (JGEE)”.

(7) Member, Organizing Committee for Earthscience-2013 (OMICS Group Conferences).

Invited Guest Lectures(s) (National/International):

• “Pollution Monitoring Instrumentations for Ozone and Other Pollutants” at TERI Univeristy, New Delhi, India during the CPCB training program. [04 January 2016]
• “Heterogeneity in aerosol characteristics over the Indo-Gangetic Basin: implications to optical and associated radiative forcing” at the Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. [14 August 2015]
• “Atmospheric aerosol measurements and its impact assessment - IITM perspective” at Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany. [11 June 2015]
•  “Atmospheric aerosols: Measurements, monitoring and impact assessment - IITM perspective” at IMD, New Delhi, India during the Orientation program for Research Fellows. [18 March 2015]
• “Aerosol Characterization over Indo-Gangetic Basin-Its Heterogeneity and Implications to Radiative Forcing” at Amity University, Gurgaon, India during Brain Storming Session on Role of Aerosols in Air-Quality, Monsoon and Climate. [08 January 2015]
• “Assessment of air quality in an urban community of New Delhi, northern India” at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India. [17 October 2014]
• “Assessment of air quality at Delhi- an urban station in Indo-Gangetic Basin” at Potsdam, Germany during the 6^th Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. [23 May 2014]
• “Synergistic approach to identify aerosol types and their direct climatic impacts” at Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, India during the Workshop on ‘Recent Trends in Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences’. [05 April 2014]
• “Air pollution measurement and their impact assessments” at the Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi (IIPH-D), Gurgaon, India. [13 March 2013]
• “Air Pollution: Measurements, Monitoring and Impacts” at the Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi (IIPH-D), Gurgaon, India. [10 February 2012]
• “Lidar-Radar determination of aerosol and wind in the vicinity of tropical tropopause: implications to stratosphere- troposphere- exchange” at SPL/VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram, India. [24 January 2012]

Projects

1. Studies on Atmospheric Aerosols and Precipitation Chemistry over the Indo-Gangetic Plains in India [funded by IITM]. [Funded by IITM from 2009-2014]

2. Cosmic Rays-Cloud-Climate Conundrum: Can Ion-Aerosol Near-Cloud Mechanism Explain the Observed Correlations? [Co-PI with IIT Kanpur, funded by MoES]     [2011-2014]

3. A retrospective cohort study of the impact of criteria air pollutants on birth outcomes in an urban community of New Delhi, India. [Co-PI with PHFI-Delhi, funded by Wellcome Trust Research Grant]   [2012-2014]

4. Aerosols and clouds in the UTLS region: Implications to STE processes through satellite measurements. [PI, DST-Fast Track under Young Scientist Project]      [2013-2016]

Referred Journals

2020

71. Ningombam S.S., Dumka U.C., Srivastava A.K., Song H.-J., Optical and physical properties of aerosols during active fire events occurring in the Indo-Gangetic Plains: Implications for aerosol radiative forcing, Atmospheric Environment, 223:117225, February 2020, 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117225 

70. Kanawade V.P., Srivastava A.K., Ram K., Asmi E., Vakkari V., Soni V.K., Varaprasad V., Sarangi C., What caused severe air pollution episode of November 2016 in New Delhi?, Atmospheric Environment, 222:117125, February 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117125, 1-11

2018

69. Srivastava, P., S. Dey, A. K. Srivastava, S. Singh, S. Tiwari: Most Probable Mixing State of Aerosols in Delhi NCR, Northern India. Atmospheric Research, 200, 88-96, February 2018.

2017

68. Sharma, D., A. K. Srivastava, K. Ram, A. Singh, D. Singh: Temporal variability in aerosol characteristics and its radiative properties over Patiala, northwestern part of India: Impact of agricultural biomass burning emissions. Environmental Pollution, 231, 1030-1041, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.052, December 2017

2014

41. Ningombam, S. S., S. P. Bagare, A. K. Srivastava, V. P. Kanawade, R. B. Singh and S. K. Padhy: Temporal asymmetry in aerosol optical characteristics: A case study at a high-altitude station, Hanle, in Ladakh region. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 121, 123-131, December 2014.

40. Ningombam, S. S., S. P. Bagare, A. K. Srivastava, B. J. Sohn, H.-J. Song, E. Larson: Aerosol radiative forcing over a high-altitude station Merak, in the trans-Himalayan region during advection of anthropogenic events from the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Atmospheric Environment, 98, 253–259, December 2014.

39. Kanawade, V. P., S. N. Tripathi, D. Siingh, A. S. Gautam, A. K. Srivastava, A. K. Kamra, V. K. Soni and V. Sethi: Observations of new particle formation at two distinct Indian subcontinental urban locations. Atmospheric Environment 96, 370-379, October 2014.

38. Srivastava, A. K., V. K. Soni, S. Singh, V. P. Kanawade, N. Singh, S. Tiwari and S. D. Attri: An early South Asian dust storm during March 2012 and its impacts on Indian Himalayan foothills: A case study. Science of the Total Environment, 493, 526–534, September 2014.

37. Tiwari, S., D. S. Bisht, A. K. Srivastava, A. S. Pipal, A. Taneja, M. K. Srivastava and S. D. Attri: Variability in atmospheric particulates and meteorological effects on its mass concentrations over Delhi, India. Atmospheric Research, 145–146, 45–56, August 2014.

36. Srivastava, A. K., D. S. Bisht, K. Ram, S. Tiwari and M. K. Srivastava: Characterization of carbonaceous aerosols over Delhi in Ganga basin: Seasonal variability and possible sources. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21, 8610-8619, July 2014.

35. Pipal, A. S., S. Tiwari, P. G. Satsangi, A. Taneja, D. S. Bisht, A. K. Srivastava and M. K. Srivastava: Sources and characteristics of carbonaceous aerosols at Agra "World heritage site" and Delhi "capital city of India”. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21, 8678-8691, July 2014.

34. Tiwari, S., A. K. Srivastava, D. M. Chate, P. D. Safai, D. S. Bisht, M. K. Srivastava and G. Beig: Impacts of the high loadings of primary and secondary aerosols on light extinction at Delhi during wintertime. Atmospheric Environment, 92, 60-68, July 2014.

33. Srivastava, A. K., V. Yadav, V. Pathak, S. Singh, S. Tiwari, D. S. Bisht and P. Goloub: Variability in radiative properties of major aerosol types: A year-long study over Delhi-an urban station in Indo-Gangetic Basin. Science of the Total Environment, 473-474, 659-666, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.064, March 2014.

32. Kirillova, E. N., A. Andersson, S. Tiwari, A. K. Srivastava, D. S. Bisht and Ö. Gustafsson: Water-soluble organic carbon aerosols during a full New Delhi winter: Isotope-based source apportionment and optical properties. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 119, 3476-3485, doi: 10.1002/2013JD020041, March 2014.

31. Ningombam, S. S., S. P. Bagare, N. Sinha, R. B. Singh, A. K. Srivastava, E. Larson and V. P. Kanawade: Characterization of aerosol optical properties over the high-altitude station Hanle, in the trans-Himalayan region. Atmospheric Research, 138, 308–323, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.11.025, March 2014.

30. Pipal, A. S., R. Jan, D. S. Bisht, A. K. Srivastava, S. Tiwari and A. Taneja: Day and night variability of atmospheric organic and elemental carbon during winter of 2011-12 in Agra, India. Sustainable Environment Research, 24(2), 107-116, March 2014.

29. Srivastava, A. K., D. S. Bisht and S. Tiwari: Boundary layer aerosol characteristics at Mahabubnagar during CAIPEEX-IGOC: Modeling the optical and radiative properties, Science of the Total Environment, 468-469, 1093-1102, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.039, January 2014.

28. Singh, B. P., A. K. Srivastava, S. Tiwari, S. Singh, R. K. Singh, D. S. Bisht, D. M. Lal, A. K. Singh, R. K. Mall and M. K. Srivastava: Radiative impact of fireworks at a tropical Indian location: A case study. Advances in Meteorology, 2014, ID 197072, 1-8, doi:10.1155/2014/197072, January 2014.

2013

27. Tiwari, S., D. S. Bisht, A. K. Srivastava, G. P. Shivashankara and R. Kumar: Inter-annual and intra-seasonal variability in fine mode particles over Delhi: Influence of meteorology, Advances in Meteorology, 2013, ID 740453, 1-9, doi: 10.1155/2013/740453, December 2013.

26. Shani Tiwari, A. K. Srivastava and A. K. Singh: Heterogeneity in pre-monsoon aerosol characteristics over the Indo-Gangetic Basin. Atmospheric Environment, 77, 738-747, October 2013.

25. Solanki, R., N. Singh, P. Pant, U. C. Dumka, Y. B. Kumar, A. K. Srivastava and S. Bisht: Detection of long range transport of aerosols with elevated layers over high altitude station in the central Himalayas: A case study on 22 and 24 March 2012 at ARIES, Nainital. Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, 42, 332-339, October 2013.

24. Tiwari S., S. Pervez, C. Perrino, A. K. Srivastava, D. S. Bisht, and D. M. Chate: Chemical characterization of atmospheric particulate matter in Delhi, India, Part II: Source apportionment studies using PMF3.0. Sustainable Environment Research, 23(5), 295-306, September 2013.

23. Rawal, A., S. N. Tripathi, M. Michael, A. K. Srivastava, and R. G. Harrison: Quantifying the importance of galactic cosmic rays in cloud microphysical processes. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 102, 243-251, September 2013.

22. Tiwari S., A. K. Srivastava, D. S. Bisht, P. Parmita, M. K. Srivastava and S. D. Attri: Diurnal and seasonal variation of black carbon and PM_2.5 over New Delhi, India: Influence of Meteorology. Atmospheric Research, 125-126, 50-62, May 2013.

21. Bisht, D. S., S. Tiwari, A. K. Srivastava, and M. K. Srivastava: Assessment of air quality during 19^th Common Wealth Games at Delhi, India. Natural Hazards, 66, 141–154, doi: 10.1007/s11069-012-0349-4, March 2013.

20. Tiwari, S., A. K. Srivastava, D. S. Bisht, P. D. Safai, and P. Parmita: Assessment of carbonaceous aerosol over Delhi in the Indo-Gangetic Basin: characterization, sources and temporal variability. Natural Hazards, 65, 1745–1764, doi: 10.1007/s11069-012-0449-1, January 2013.

2012

19. Srivastava, A. K., Sachchidanand Singh, P. Pant and U. C. Dumka: Characteristics of black carbon over Delhi and Manora Peak-a comparative study. Atmospheric Science Letters, 13, 223–230, 2012.

18. Srivastava, A. K.,S. N. Tripathi, S. Dey, V. P. Kanawade and S. Tiwari: Inferring aerosol types over the Indo-Gangetic Basin from ground based sunphotometer measurements. Atmospheric Research,109-110, 64–75, 2012.

17. Srivastava, A. K., K. Ram, P. Pant,P. Hegdeand Hema Joshi: Black carbon aerosols over central Himalayas: Implications to climate forcing. Environmental Research Letter,7, 014002, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/014002, 2012.

16. Srivastava, A. K.,Sachchidanand Singh,S. Tiwari, V. P. Kanawade and D. S. Bisht: Variation between near-surface and columnar aerosol characteristics during winters and summers at a station in the Indo-Gangatic Basin. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics,77, 57-66, 2012.

15. Srivastava, A. K.,Sachchidanand Singh,S. Tiwari and D. S. Bisht: Contribution of anthropogenic aerosols in direct radiative forcing and atmospheric heating rate over Delhi in the Indo-Gangatic Basin. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 19, 1144-1158, doi:10.1007/s11356-011-0633-y, 2012.

14. Tiwari, S., D. M. Chate,M. K. Srivastava, P. D. Safai, A. K. Srivastava, D. S. Bisht and B. Padmanabhamurty: Statistical evaluation of PM₁₀ and distribution of PM₁, PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ in ambient air due to extreme fireworks episodes (Deepawali festivals) in megacity Delhi. Natural Hazards, 61, 512-531, February 2012.

13. Tiwari, S., D. S. Bisht, P. Pragya, A. K. Srivastava,V. Upadhyay and M. K. Srivastava: Inter-annual and intra-seasonal variability of mass PM_2.5 aerosol level in the ambient air of a megacity Delhi, India. Int. J. Res. Chem. Environ., 2(4), 228-235, October 2012.

12. Tiwari S., D. M. Chate, A. K. Srivastava, D. S. Bisht, B. Padmanabhamurty: Assessments of PM₁, PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ concentrations in Delhi at different mean cycles. Geofizika, 29, 51-67, December 2012.

2011

11. Srivastava, A. K., S. Tiwari, P. C. S. Devara, D. S. Bisht, Manoj K. Srivastava, S. N. Tripathi, P. Goloub, and B. N. Holben: Pre-monsoon aerosol characteristics over the Indo-Gangetic Basin: Implications to climatic impact. Annales Geophysicae, 29, 789–804, doi:10.5194/angeo-29-789-2011, 2011.

10. Srivastava, A. K., S. Tiwari, D. S. Bisht, P. C. S. Devara, P. Goloub, Z. Li, and M. K. Srivastava: Aerosol characteristics during the coolest June month over New Delhi, northern India. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32(23), 8463–8483, 2011. 

9. Srivastava, A. K., P. Pant, P. Hegde, Sachchidanand Singh, U. C. Dumka, M. Naja, N. Singh, and Y. Bhavanikumar: The influence of a south Asian dust storm on aerosol radiative forcing at a high-altitude station in central Himalayas. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32(22), 7827–7845, 2011.

8. Srivastava A.K., P. Pant, U. C. Dumka, P. Hegde: Black carbon aerosol characteristics and its radiative impact over Nainital: A high-altitude station in the central Himalayas. Journal of the Institute of Engineering, 8(3), 1-10, 2011. 

2010

7. Srivastava, A. K. and S. N. Tripathi: Numerical study for production of space charge within the stratiform cloud. Journal of Earth System Science, 119(5), 627-638, doi: 10.1007/s12040-010-0053-2, 2010.

6. Srivastava, M. K., R. K. S. Maurya, B. P. Singh, S. K. Srivastava, S. Tiwari, S. Singh, R. K. Mall, L. Narayan, A. K. Srivastava, and S. N. Pandey: Behavior of sunshine duration over Indo-Gangetic Plain during 1983-2007. Nava Gavesana, 1, 57-61, ISSN 0976-9455, 2010.

2009-2006

5. Tiwari, S., A. K. Srivastava, D. S. Bisht, T. Bano, Sachchidanand Singh, S. Behura, Manoj K. Srivastava, D. M. Chate, and B. Padmanabhamurty: Black carbon and chemical characteristics of PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 at an urban site of North India. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 62, 193-209, doi:10.1007/s10874-010-9148-z, 2009.

4. Srivastava, A. K., P. C. S. Devara, Y. J. Rao, Y. Bhavanikumar, and D. N. Rao: Aerosol optical depth, ozone and water vapor measurements over Gadanki, a tropical station in peninsular India. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 8(4), 459-476, 2008.

3. Tripathi, S. N., A. K. Srivastava, S. Day, S. K. Satheesh, and K. Krishnamoorthy: The vertical profile of atmospheric heating rate of black carbon aerosols at Kanpur in northern India. Atmospheric Environment, 41, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.06.032, 6909-6915, 2007.

2. Tripathi, S. N., V. Tare, N. Chinnam, A. K. Srivastava, S. Dey, A. Agarwal, S. Kishore, R. B. Lal, M. Manar, V. P. Kanawade, S. S. S. Chauhan, M. Sharma, R. R. Reddy, K. R. Gopal, K. Narasimhulu, L. S. S. Reddy, S. Gupta, and S. Lal: Measurements of atmospheric parameters during Indian Space Research Organization Geosphere Biosphere Programme Land Campaign II at a typical location in the Ganga Basin: 1. Physical and optical properties. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D23209, doi:10.1029/2006JD007278, 2006.

1. Tare, V., S. N. Tripathi, N. Chinnam, A. K. Srivastava, S. Dey, M. Manar, V. P. Kanwade, A. Agarwal, S. Kishore, R. B. Lal, and M. Sharma: Measurements of atmospheric parameters during Indian Space Research Organization Geosphere Biosphere Program Land Campaign II at a typical location in the Ganga Basin: 2. Chemical properties. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D23210, doi:10.1029/2006JD007279, 2006.

Book Chapter

1. Srivastava, A. K., Sagnik Dey and S. N. Tripathi: Aerosol characteristics over the Indo-Gangetic Basin: implications to regional climate. In Hayder Abdul-Ruzzak (eds.), Atmospheric Aerosols - Regional Characteristics - Chemistry and Physics, Chapter 3, InTech Publishers (ISBN 978-953-51-0728-6), pp. 47-80, September 2012.

E- Bulletin

1. Srivastava, A. K.: Heterogeneity in aerosol characteristics over the Indo-Gangetic Basin: Types and implications to radiative forcing. Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA E-Bulletin), 1(2), pp.7-11. June 2013.