Science-based solutions for clean air
I am an independent consultant based in India, with expertise in air pollution measurements (from low-cost sensors to single-particle instrumentation), source apportionment, air quality management, and the climate-relevant superpollutants, black carbon and methane.
I have been studying air pollution for twenty-five years, starting with a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University (2000-2004). I have worked in academia, an instrumentation company, and at not-for-profit companies. As a laureate of President Macron’s Make Our Planet Great Again program, I led the founding of AfriqAir. I have worked in the US, France, Rwanda, Qatar, and India. Most recently, I led the Air Quality Sector at CSTEP, a think tank based in Bengaluru, India.
I serve on the IGAC Scientific Steering Committee (through 2027), the WMO/GAFIS Steering Committee (through 2026), and the ASIC Steering Committee. I am also affiliated with the Kigali Collaborative Research Centre (as a research fellow) and Carnegie Mellon University (as an adjunct professor in Mechanical Engineering).
Selected op-eds, blogs, webinars, etc.
1. Op-ed on the use of technology for air quality management in Context.
2. Interview with the Indian Express on tech for good.
3. Op-eds in The Hindu on masks and air purifiers (co-authored with Madhukar Pai).
4. Editorial in the Clean Air Journal on the potential for low-cost sensors in research, co-authored with Rebecca Garland. (To accompany a CAJ featured collection.)
5. You can't manage what you don't measure: Air quality in Sub-Saharan Africa (MOPGA webinar; similar talk hosted by NCAR)
6. Launch of The Case for Action on Black Carbon (a policy brief) at COP28.
Available for:
A seminar on air pollution, tailored to either non-specialists or researchers/policy professionals.