Prof. Dr. Sudhakar YEDLA
B.E (Civil Engg), M. Tech (IIT-KGP),
Ph.D.(IIT-KGP)
PDF (AIT-Bangkok), Cert.EEDP (WBI-USA)
Dip. Int. Env. Law (UNITAR-Switzerland)
Professor of
Environmental Policy
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
(Advanced
Research Institute and Deemed University Founded by the Reserve Bank of
India, Government of India)
Gen. A.K. Vaidya Marg, Goregaon East,
Mumbai 400065, INDIA
Telefax: +91 22 28416533; Email:
sudhakar@igidr.ac.in
Member, Court of
Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India (Nominee of Ministry of HRD,
Govt. of India)
Member, Executive Committee, IGIDR, Mumbai
(Former)
Visiting
Scholar (Professor)
Center for Natural Resources Development and
Protection
John A. Reif, Jr. Dept. of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
New Jersey Institute of
Technology, Newark 07102, NJ, USA (2015)
Professor of Environmental Engineering and Management
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute
of Technology (NIT), Warangal
Warangal 506004, Andhra Pradesh, India (2008-10)
Appointed as Adviser (Joint Secretary), In-charge of the Central Public Health
and Environmental Engineering Organization (CPHEEO), Ministry of Urban
Development, Government of India
(2015)
Project Director, Asian Regional Project on Energy, Environment and
Climate Program, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), 2002-07
Brainpool Professor, Department of Civil
& Environmental Engg, University of Ulsan, South Korea (2007-08)
Visiting Professor, Urban Environmental Management, School of
Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
2012 and in 2018
NIES Fellow, Center for Global Environmental Research,
National Institute of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan (2010-11)
Policy Researcher, Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies, Japan
(2004-05)
KIEP Fellow, Korean Institute of International Economic
Policy, Seoul, South Korea
Short
Profile Detailed CV Social Activities
Transportation
Book by Springer Cities
and Sustainability Book by Springer
Important Positions/Responsibilities
Held in the Past
·
Senator at National Institute of Technology
(NIT), Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India (September 2008 till February 2010)
·
Professor In-Charge for the Module of Environment under the
project “Roles of Agriculture” a multi-national research initiative of the
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO), Italy during
2001-2003
·
Independent Terminal
Evaluator for Sustainable
Urban Transport Project (SUTP) of UNDP and MoUD, GoI
(2016-17) along with Mr. Roland Wang of Canada
·
Independent Evaluator for Outcome Evaluation of CPAP
(2012-17), UNDP India (2016) (along with Mr. Ian Holland and Mr. Pradeep
Sharma)
·
Principal Investigator, UK-India Joint
Network on Sustainable Cities and Urbanization in India, A consortium of 20 research institutions from India and the UK funded
by the Research Council of UK (2016)
·
Independent Evaluator for Mid Term Review of CPAP (2012-17), UNDP
India (2015) (along with Mr. Ian Holland)
·
SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Consultant, Industrialization and Infrastructure Provision towards SDGs, UNDP-MoEF Partnership on Indian preparation for the negotiation on SDGs, UNDP,
India Office 2014
·
SDG Consultant for Indian Transport, UNDP-MoEF Partnership on Indian preparation for the negotiation for SDGs, UNDP,
India Office, July 2013 – February
2014
·
Independent International
Evaluator for Malé Declaration on Control and
Prevention of Air Pollution and Its Likely Trans-boundary Effects for South Asia (An
inter-governmental agreement Implemented by SACEP), UNEP – RRC.AP (December 2012-April 2013)
·
Coordinator, IGIDR Silver Jubilee Conference on Cities and Sustainability (CCS),
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India 29-30th October
2013
·
Climate Change Advisor, Knowledge Partnership
Program, IPE and Department of International Development (DFID), United Kingdom
2013-2014
·
Panel of Subject Experts for Selections, Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation,
Mumbai, India (2014)
·
Expert for
the review of the Working Group II contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report
(AR5), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2013
·
Reviewer for the Corporate Social Responsibility
Report-2011 of the Global Networking Equipment Corporate Giant – CISCO
Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
·
Sustainability Expert for Bloomberg,
the global financial data and media Corporate Giant, New York, USA 2011
·
International Consultant on Sustainable Cities for UN-ESCAP,
Bangkok for the development of framework for the Sustainability Awards for
Cities in Asia and Pacific (2007-08)
·
GEF Consultant for the Preparation of full GEF
proposal on Sustainable Mobility in Indian Cities, UNDP and Ministry
of Urban Development, Government of India (2006-07)
·
Journal Editor (Guest Editor for Special Issues relating to
Urban Environmental Management) for
International Journal of Environment and Pollution (IJEP), Inderscience Publishers, Switzerland since 2002
·
International Consultant to UNEP; UNDP; UNU; the World Bank; IGES; UN-ESCAP; GEF; UN-FAO; MoUD-Government of India
Education
(Holds the Distinction of A trained
professional majoring in all domains of Environmental Management viz.
Environmental Engineering, Environmental Economics, Environmental Law, and
Policy)
·
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D). in
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur,
India (1999)
·
Master
of Technology (M.Tech.) in Aqua
and Env. Engg, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India (1995)
·
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in
Civil Engineering, Andhra University, Waltair,
Andhra Pradesh, India (1993)
·
Post-doctoral degree (PDF) in Environmental and Energy
Management from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Thailand (2001)
·
Diploma (with Distinguished Honours) in
International Environmental Law (DIEL),
United Nations Institute for
Training and Research (UNITAR), Switzerland
(2006)
·
Certification program on
Environmental Economics and Development Policy (EEDP) from the World Bank Institute, Washington D.C., USA (2002)
Employment History
(Permanent/Regular Positions)
·
Professor of Environmental Policy, Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research (IGIDR),
Mumbai, INDIA (Present Position)
·
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
National Institute of Technology (NIT),
Warangal, Telangana (October 2008 – February’10)
·
Brain Pool Professor, Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Ulsan, South Korea (October 2007 – Sept 2008)
·
Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research (IGIDR),
Mumbai, INDIA (April 2006 – Sept 2008)
·
Policy Researcher, Urban Environmental Management group,
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan (An
institute funded by the Ministry of Environment, Government of Japan) – a
regular and full time position (May 2004 – Nov 2005)
·
Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy, Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research (IGIDR),
Mumbai, INDIA (Sept 2001 - April
2006)
·
Visiting (Regular) Faculty
Member at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, INDIA – a full time and
regular position (May 1999 - August 2001)
·
Senior Research Fellow (Ph.D.) at the Department of Civil
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, INDIA
(January 1996 - May 1999)
·
Junior Research Fellow (M.Tech) at the
Department of Ag. & Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, INDIA (July 1994 – December 1995)
Short
Term Contract/Consultancy/Fellowship/Deputation Based Appointments
·
Visiting Professor, Natural Resources Management Program,
School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), Asian Institute of
Technology (AIT), Thailand, Jan – May 2018 (Deputed by the Government of
India)
·
Independent Evaluator, Terminal Evaluation of Sustainable Urban
Transportation Project (SUTP) of UNDP India and MoUD (along with Mr.
Roland Wang) (2016-17)
·
Independent Evaluator, Outcome Evaluation of Country Program
Action Plan (CPAP 2012-17), UNDP India (along with Mr. Ian Holland and
Mr. Sharma) (2016)
·
Independent Evaluator, Mid Term Review of Country Program
Action Plan (CPAP 2012-17), UNDP India (along with Mr. Ian Holland)
(2015-16)
·
Visiting Professor, Centre for Natural Resources Development
and Protection, New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Newark, USA
(2015)
·
Visiting Fellow, (Equivalent to
Professor) Korean Institute of
International Economic Policy (KIEP),
Seoul, South Korea (May-June 2014)
·
SDG Consultant, UNDP- MoEF Partnership on SDG negotiations on Industrialization and Infrastrucutre,
UNDP, India Office June-August (2014)
·
Environmental Economist (international Expert), Supporting Implementation of Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy
and Action Plan, AFC Consultants International and SSIL – An ADB Initiative (August
2013 – October 2014)
·
SDG Consultant, UNDP- MoEF Partnership on SDG negotiations on Sustainable Transport, UNDP, India Office July
2013 – February 2014
·
Resource Person/Expert, UK - DFID funded project “the Knowledge Partnership
Programme (KPP) - managed by IPE Global in association with Action Aid India
and GRM International, 2013 -14
·
Visiting Associate
Professor, Urban
Environmental Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development
(SERD), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, September –
December 2012 (Deputed by the Government of India)
·
Independent International
Evaluator, United
Nations Environment Program (UNEP) – Regional Resources Center for Asia
and Pacific (RRC.AP), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
·
NIES Fellow,
(Equivalent to Professor), Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER),
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan
during Oct-Nov 2010
·
Brain Korea Visiting Professor, Center for Clean Technology and
Resource Recycling, University
of Ulsan, South Korea during
December 2009
·
Consultant (IGES, Japan), Urban Environmental
Management group, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
·
International Consultant, United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asian and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP),
Bangkok, February 2008 – April 2008
·
GEF Consultant, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) India Office
·
Foreign Guest Professor, Under the prestigious BRAIN KOREA 21
Programme of South Korea, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Ulsan, Korea, January
2007
·
Guest Faculty, Indian Institute of Forest
Management, (IIFM), Bhopal, India during March 2007, March 2009, February 2011; March 2012; March 2013;
2015, 2016 and 2017 Sessions
·
Research Fellow, Energy Program, School of Environment Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand (2002)
Fellowships
·
International Fellowship,
Visiting Fellowship Program of Korean Institute of International Economic
Policy (KIEP), Government of Korea
(May-June 2014)
·
International Fellowship, Global Carbon Project (GCP),
International Office in Japan – An
International Urban and Carbon Management Initiate by Earth Systems Science
Partnership (ESSP), October-November 2010
·
Invited Fellow under BRAIN KOREA Programme of Government of
Korea, University of Ulsan, South Korea, December 2009
·
Winner of JWRF (Japan Waste Research Foundation)
Invitation Fellowship Program for Research in Japan 2007-08, JAPAN
·
Winner of Fellowship from Brain Pool Korea Program (2007-08)
KOREA
·
Brain Korea (BK-21) Guest Foreign
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea, January-February 2007
·
Fellowship of Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (Sida) at the School of Environment, Resources and
Development (SERD), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand (May-July
2002)
·
Fellowship of Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (Sida) at the School of Environment, Resources and Development
(SERD), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand (January – May 2001)
·
LEAD FELLOW, Leadership in Environment
and Development (LEAD) 1998-2000, Cohort 7, New Delhi, India
·
Fellowship, IHDW, International
Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), Bonn, Germany, 2000
·
Institute scholarship from the
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West
Bengal, India for graduate studies (Ph.D.) as per the regulations of MHRD, Govt. of India (1996-99)
·
MHRD, Govt. of India scholarship for
qualifying in GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers) for a period of 18
months (graduate studies - M.Tech.) (1994-95)
Honours and Academic
Recognition
·
Ministry of Human Resources
Development (MHRD), Government of
India nominated Member of the Court of Central
University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India (Member, Board of Governors)
·
Invited as an Expert at the UNDP’s Country Program Management Board (CPMB)
meeting, 19th January 2017, UNDP India Office, New Delhi
·
Invited as Discussant
for an Interactive talk by Ms. Kristalina Georgieva
on “Multilateralism in a Protectionist World and Challenges for Green
Infrastructure/Climate Finance”, CEO of the World Bank, by Reserve Bank
of India (RBI), 28th February 2017, Mumbai
·
Invited as an Expert at the Energy-Environment Group Outcome Evaluation Board meeting of
UNDP, UNDP India Office, 25th November 2016
·
Advisor to
the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Delhi and Served the Personality Test
Board for Engineering Services Examination 2017, 21-25th August 2017.
·
Member
of the Advisory Board, AIMS College of
Engineering, Mummidivaram, Andhra Pradesh, 2017
·
Presidential
Address at the Annual Meeting of Korean
Society of Environmental Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulan, South
Korea, May 2008.
·
Presidential Address on the
invitation of President, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam (2009)
·
Nominated and Deputed Twice by the Ministry of
Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India to the Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, August-December 2012 and Jan – May
2018
·
Invited Expert and Key Note Speaker, First Asia and Pacific Mayor’s Forum on
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development, Ulsan City, South Korea, 21-23
April 2008, Organized by UN-ESCAP and the City of Ulsan.
·
Rapporteur for the session on “Action Plan for
Future Activities”, Kitakyushu Network Meeting
of UN-ESCAP, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2-4 August, 2004 - a preparatory meeting for
the United Nations Ministerial
Conference on Environment and Development, South Korea, March 2005
·
LEAD Fellow, Leadership in Environment
and Development, COHORT-7, India – a UK based international NGO
·
Panel Expert and Advisor, Union Public
Service Commission (UPSC), Government of India
·
Sustainability Expert for Bloomberg, the global
financial data and media Corporate Giant, New York, USA, 2011
·
Expert for the review of Corporate Social Responsibility
Report-2011 of the Global Networking Equipment Corporate Giant – CISCO Systems
Inc., San Jose, CA, USA, 2012
·
Re-elected as International Member on the
Executive Committee of Water and Environment (WET) Conference, 14-15 July 2018 organized by Japan Society on Water Environment (JSWE) 2018
·
Core Member of the organization Team
for the Workshop on Mumbai Urban
Observatory, Organized by Mumbai Chamber of Commerce and Industries and
RCUK-NIUA, 5-6 December 2016, Mumbai
·
Re-elected as International Member on the
Executive Committee of Water and Environment (WET) Conference organized by Japan Society on Water Environment (JSWE) 2017
·
Elected as International Member on the Executive
Committee of Water and Environment (WET) Conference organized by Japan Society on Water Environment
(JSWE) 2016
·
Book review panel member for Routledge India
(2016)
·
Reviewer for Pedagogical Course on Solid Waste
Management developed by National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, Indian
Institute of Technology IIT-Kharagpur and Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Government of India (2016)
·
Invited as an Expert at the High Profile Interactive
session on “Doing Business with Ecuador – The Gateway to Latin America” with
the Ambassador of Ecuador, organized
by World Trade Center, Mumbai, 19th December 2016
·
Book review panel member, Sage Publishers,
New Delhi
·
Editorial Board Member, “Current World
Environment”, an international journal published by CWE Journals published by
Enviro Research Publishers
·
Member, Scientific
Board of Civil & Environmental Engineers, International Institute of
Engineers (IIEng)
·
Panel of Subject Experts for Selections, Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation,
Mumbai, India (2014)
·
Member, World’s WHO IS
WHO published by Morquis, USA
·
Expert
for the review of the Working Group II contribution to the
Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – 2012-13
·
Editorial Board Member, “The Open
Transportation Journal” published by Bentham Open Since 2009
·
Winner of Fellowship for Best Paper from Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the World Bank for the
participation in the “International Workshop on Evaluating Climate Change and
Development”, Alexandria, Egypt, 10-13 May 2008
·
Series of Invited Lectures/Talks
at various Universities and Institutions of South Korea (2007-2008) under their
prestigious Brain Pool & Brain Korea Initiatives of Govt
of S. Korea
·
International Peer Reviewer for
the Netherlands Foundation for WOTRO
Science for Science for Global Development (WOTRO), Netherlands
·
Paper titled “Multi-criteria
Approach for the Selection of Alternative Options for Delhi Transport System”,
published in Transport Research, Part A – Policy and Practice, Elsevier
publisher, Vol. 37 (8), pp: 717 – 729
(2003), rated 4th most downloaded article from Elsevier’s TOP 25
·
Paper titled “Environmentally
Sustainable Urban Transportation – Comparative Analysis of Local Emission
Mitigation Strategies vis-à-vis GHG Mitigation Strategies”, published in
Transport Policy, Elsevier, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp: 245-254 (2005), rated 9th most downloaded article
Elsevier’s TOP 25
·
Fast track Young Scientist
Research Grant from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government
of India (2001)
Academic
Invitations
One Hundred
and Sixty Eight (168) -
International: Seventy Five (75); National: Ninety Three (93)
Conferences
Attended
Hundred
and Eighteen (118) - International: Fifty Eight (58); National: Sixty (60)
Conferences/Workshops Organized
Ten - International: Seven (7); National: Three (3)
Total
Publication
One
Hundred and Forty Two (142) - Journal Papers: 42; Books and Book Chapters: 26; Working papers:
8; Papers in Conference Proceedings: 41; International Reports: 19;
Dissertations: 6
Research
Projects and External Funding Obtained
31
Projects – Research, Capacity Building, and Government and Industrial Consultancy
International Work
Experience
·
Worked at New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA
as a Visiting Scholar (Professor) (2015)
·
Worked at Korean Institute for
International Economic Policy (KIEP), Seoul Republic of Korea, as a Visiting
Fellow (May – June 2014)
·
Worked at Asian Institute of
Technology (AIT), Thailand as a Visiting Professor in Urban Environmental
Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), Thailand
(September –December 2012)
·
Worked at the National Institute for
Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (October-November 2010)
·
Associated for work with HMR
International Environmental Consultants, Sultanate of Oman since September 2010
·
Worked at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Ulsan, Korea, October 2007 – Sept 2008
·
Worked at
the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Ulsan,
Korea, January 2007
·
Worked at Urban Environmental
Division, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2004-05
·
Worked as
Consultant at Urban Environmental Division – Kitakyushu Office,
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Kitakyushu, Japan
(2003-04)
·
Worked as Post-doctoral research
fellow at School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of
Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand (May – July 2002).
·
Worked as Post-doctoral research
fellow at School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of
Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand (Jan – June 2001).
·
Extensively traveled to many
countries on professional assignments
Teaching
and Research Guidance
Taught
for the last 22 years at AIT-Thailand; IIT; NIT-Warangal; University of
Ulsan-South Korea; IGIDR-Mumbai; IIFM-Bhopal
·
Taught the Under-graduate and
Graduate Students in Engineering
Streams at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand; Department of
Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (as part of
Teaching Assistantship); Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of
Technology (NIT), Warangal as a Full Professor of Environmental Engineering and
Management; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea as a Professor of Environmental Policy
·
Taught the Under-graduate and
Graduate Students in Development
Studies and Economics at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research (IGIDR), Mumbai as a Regular Faculty; Indian Institute of Forest
Management (IIFM), Bhopal as a Guest Faculty
·
Courses Taught for Engineering
Students - Environmental Science (Compulsory for First year students of all Engg branches); Environmental Engineering (Compulsory for
III Year B.Tech Students); Environmental Impact
Assessment; Design and Practice of Water and Wastewater Systems;
Environmental Engineering Laboratory; Estimation and
Costing - Theory and practice; Engineering Drawing; Engineering Mechanics;
Environmental Science and Technology for Decision Makers
·
Courses Taught for Development
Studies Graduates - Tools for Advanced Environmental Management; Economics for Environmental Management and
Multi-criteria Analysis; Environmental Technology and Management;
Environmental Economics; Environmental Finance; Environmental Management and
Introductory Environmental Economics; Energy and Environment; Advanced course
in Energy Environment; Modeling in Ecology and Economic; Environmental
Economics and Policy; Advance Topics in Environmental Economics and Policy.
Research
Supervision
Guided 17 students (3 PhD; 2 M.Phil; 8 M.S., 4 B.Tech)
Thesis Evaluation
European Masters in Law and Economics under Erasmus Mundus
Program; Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi; Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT), Bombay; Pondicherry University, Puduchery;
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, India
Editorial
and Review Works
·
Editor-in-Chief Akanksha, an official magazine of YSSG memorial
trust, 2016 (ISSN: 2456-436X)
·
Member,
Editorial Advisory Board for Handbook of Research on Climate Change on Health
and Env Sustainability being Edited by Soumyananda Dinda, IGI Global
Publishers, USA
·
Member, Editorial Board of “Current World Environment”, an
international journal published by CWE Journals published by Enviro Research
Publishers
·
Member, Editorial Board, “The
Open Transportation Journal” published by Bentham Science Publishers
·
Editor, Special Issue on
“Environmental Implications of Urban Transportation in Asia”, International J.
of Environment and Pollution, Inderscience Pubers,
Switzerland (2007)
·
Editor, Special Issue on “Issues
in Urban Environmental Management”, International J. of Environment and
Pollution, Inderscience Publishers, Switzerland, (2003)
·
Editor, Annual Report 1998-99, Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India
·
Reviewer
for - Energy Policy; Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, USA;
International Journal of Environment and Pollution; Journal of Environmental
Management; International Review of Environmental Strategies; Transportation
Research, Part A – Policy and Practice; Transportation Policy; International
journal “Ecological Economics”; World Review of
Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development; International Journal “Cities”; International Journal of Global Environmental Issues; IIMB Management Review; Computer,
Environment and Urban Systems; International Journal of Sustainable
Transportation; Energy Policy; Omega; The International Journal of
Management Science; International Journal of Environment and Waste Management
(IJEWM); Waste Management; Waste Management and Research; The Open
Transportation Journal, Bentham Science Publishers; Journal of Material Cycle
and Waste Management; Journal of Industrial
Ecology; Environment, Development and Sustainability; Journal of Public Health
and Epidemiology; Journal of Social Science and Environmental Management;
Sustainability Science; International Journal of Environment and Waste
Management, Area Development Policy, Ecological Indicators, Journal of Air
& Waste Management Association etc.
BOOK Reviewer for SAGE; SPRINGER; Routledge
Administration,
Policy Advice, Institution Building and Research Coordination Experience
·
Member,
District Level Consent Committee (CEO and CF) of Andhra Pradesh
Pollution Control Board (APPCB), Warangal Regional Office (2009-10)
·
Advisor for the Warangal Municipal Corporation
(Municipal Commissioner) on Environmental Management, particularly Municipal
Solid Waste Management (Developed an initiated decentralized waste management
plan which is being implemented) (2009-10)
·
Participated
in the implementation of the Korean Policy Decision to convert Ulsan Industrial
Parks into energy conserving Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP) (2007-08)
University & Academic
Administration
·
Member, Executive Committee (EC) of IGIDR
since November 2017
·
Senator, National Institute of Technology (NIT)
Warangal, INDIA (Oct’2008-February 2010) participated in Institutional Planning
on Academic Matters of NIT Warangal
·
Ministry of Human Resources
Development (MHRD), Government of India
nominated Member of the Court of Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India
(Member, Board of Governors)
·
Member, IGIDR Planning Board, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India since January 1st 2014
·
Member, Executive Committee, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India since January 1st 2014
·
Member, Academic Programme Restructuring
Committee, Indira
Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India
·
Member of the Academic Council,
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT)
Warangal, INDIA (Oct’2008-Feb 2010)
·
Member, Academic Council,
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai) - since 5th
December 2005
·
Member, Publication Committee, IGIDR,
Mumbai, Since 2013
·
Member, Institute Seminar Committee, IGIDR,
Mumbai, Since 2013
·
Member, IGIDR Silver Jubilee Conferences
Organizing Core Group, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India,
2012-13
·
Advisor (Vice-President), Civil Engineering
Association, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, AP, INDIA
(August 2009-Feb 2010)
·
Member of the Departmental
(General) Council, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of
Technology (NIT) Warangal, INDIA (Oct’2008-Feb 2010)
·
Professor In-charge, Institute Quiz Committee, National
Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal
·
Departmental Graduate Thesis Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering,
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, AP, INDIA (August 2009-Feb
2010) - responsible for the research work of all graduate students of the
Department
·
Departmental Seminar Coordinator,
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT),
Warangal, AP, INDIA (August 2009-Dec 2009) - responsible for seminars of all
graduate (final year) students of the Department
·
Coordinator, Graduate (PhD) application scrutiny,
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT),
Warangal, AP, INDIA
·
Member, Organizing Committee,
International Conference on Economic Instruments for Water Resources Management
held on 9th January 2009, IGIDR, Mumbai, India
·
IGIDR Institute Library Committee
Member (since January 2011)
·
Post-doctoral Fellow Selection
Committee Member at IGIDR (since January 2011)
·
Institute Seminar Coordination
Committee Member (IGIDR) (2000, 2001, 2011-14)
·
Computer Committee (IT), IGIDR (2001; 2002; 2003; 2006 and
2007)
·
Graduate Admissions Committee,
IGIDR (2006 and 2007)
·
Entrance Exam Panel/Selection
Panel, IGIDR (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013)
·
Faculty Coordinator, Students’ Newsletter, IGIDR (Since 2006)
·
Institute Transportation
Committee (2001, 2002, 2003)
Institution Building / Academic
Innovations
·
Introduced a new initiative titled “Brown Bag Seminar Series (BBSS)”,
the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal,
India as a part of its Civil Engineering Association’s activities. It is a platform
for the faculty, research staff and the students to present their research work
and seek valuable feedback from fellow members. In the absence of such a
platform for the past 50 years, it was a great success at NIT Warangal.
·
As a Departmental Seminar Coordinator I had introduced a new methodology
of conducting and evaluating “Seminar” class at National Institute of
Technology (NIT), Warangal, India and it has received an outstanding rating
from all students at NIT Warangal, India
Research & Project Coordination
·
Core Member of the organization
Team for the Workshop on Mumbai Urban Observatory, Organized by Mumbai Chamber
of Commerce and Industries and RCUK-NIUA, 5-6 December 2016, Mumbai
·
Coordinator, Silver Jubilee
Conference on Cities and Sustainability, 29-30th October 2013, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India
·
Chosen as Coordinator for the
Center for Energy and Environment, a Project Proposed under a scheme of the
Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India (with a
proposed budget of about Rs. 100 Million) - 2009
·
Co-author for incremental cost analysis and the
preparation for the
development of a full scale GEF project proposal on Cleaner Mobility in Urban Areas, for the
Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India and UNDP (2006-07)
·
Project Director, Swedish International Development Coop. Agency (Sida)
funded initiative on “Asian Regional Research Program on Energy, Environment
and Climate, IGIDR (2002-06)
·
Organizing Member,
“Transformation and Reforms for Sustainability – Local Solutions for Global
Change Urban Environment” A Special Session by the Urban Environmental
Management group of IGES, JAPAN at the International Open Science Meeting of
International Human Dimensions Program (IHDP), Bonn, Germany 10-13 October
2005.
·
Module In-charge, Module on Environment,
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Project “Socio-Economic
Analysis and Policy Implications of the Roles of Agriculture in Developing
Countries” – ‘Role of Agriculture’ in short, IGIDR (2002-03)
·
Coordinator,
Brainstorming/Inceptions Workshop on “Policies for the promotion of energy
efficient and environmentally friendly technologies in urban transportation
sector in India, 19th November, 2003, IGIDR, Mumbai, India
·
Organizing
Committee Member, Symposium on Energy,
Environment and Sustainable Development, IGIDR, 6 – 7 July 2003.
·
Team Leader for a industry consultancy project on Socio-Economic Impact Assessment and Development of Relocation &
Rehabilitation Plan for a Bauxite Mining and Alumina Refinery Unit at Lanjigarh, Orissa, India funded by Tata AIG Risk
Management Services Ltd., India (2001-02)
·
Team Leader, Evolution of
Environment in Mumbai, A Commission paper from Institute of Global
Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan (2002)
·
Team Leader, A research project “Green House Gas
(GHG) Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): Estimation and Selection of
Economically Feasible Abatement Methodology” funded by Department of Science
and Technology (DST), Government of India under the scheme of “Fast track
proposal for Young Scientists 2000-2001”
·
Program Coordinator (Leader), EETCPN
Environmental Economics Training Program for the Private Corporate Sector under
The World Bank’s EERC Project (June/July, 2000)
·
Program Coordinator (Leader), Environmental
Economics Training Programme under the sponsorship of the World Bank’s
Environmental Management Capacity Building Project, held at IGIDR, Mumbai (July
13-16, 2000)
·
Organizing Committee Member for
the session “Energy Policy Issues and Power Sector Reforms” and “Environmental
Management: Local and Global issues” in the “International Symposium on
Development Policies for the Next Millennium” being held at IGIDR in July’2000.
Professional
Memberships
·
Associate Member, India
International Center (IIC), New Delhi
·
Member of Editorial Board, “Current World Environment”, an
international journal published by CWE Journals published by Enviro Research
Publishers
·
International Associate Member,
Japan Society on Water Environment, Japan, Since 2014
·
Member, Scientific Board of Civil &
Environmental Engineers, International Institute of Engineers
·
Member of Technical Committee of
Conference, International Academy of Arts, Science and Technology (IAAST) since
February 2014
·
Member, Global Development
Network (GDN), USA
·
Member, Solid Waste Management
Experts in Asia and the Pacific Island (SWAPI), Japan
·
Member, American Society of Civil
Engineering (ASCE), USA
·
Member, Korean Society of
Environmental Engineers, Seoul, South Korea
·
Member, The Institution of
Engineers (India) (MIE) – Civil Engineering
·
Member, Administrative Staff
College of India (Association), (ASCI), Hyderabad, India
·
FELLOW, Leadership in Environment
and Development (LEAD) 1998-2000, Cohort 7, India
·
Member, International
Environmental Law Research Centre, Châtelaine-Geneva
Switzerland
·
Member, Clean Air Initiative (CAI-ASIA),
Manila, Philippines
·
Member, South Asian Network For Development
and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), The World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA
·
Member, International Solid Waste Association
(ISWA), Denmark
·
Member, International Society for Ecological
Economics, (ISEE) U.S.A.
·
Student member of Indian Association of
Environmental Management, NEERI, Nagpur, (97-98)
·
Member of Delhi University Botanical Society
(DUBS), Delhi, INDIA (1995-96)
·
Member, Society for Prevention of Ecological
and Environmental Degradation, Vizag, (1990-93)
·
Member, "Civil Engineering Society"
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, INDIA (1996-99)
Detailed List of
Publications (142 in Total)
Books/Edited Volumes
1.
2. A single authored BOOK on “Urban Transportation and the Environment:
Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis” published by SPRINGER (ISBN 978-81-322-2312-2 released in June 2015). It
is published by Springer with no cost to the authors and with a lifetime
royalty.
3. Edited BOOK on “Cities and Sustainability – Issues and
Strategic Pathways” published by SPRINGER
(ISBN 978-81-322-2309-2 released in June
2015) along with Prof. S. Mahendra Dev. It is
published by Springer with no cost to the authors.
4.
5.
Abatement of Pesticide Pollution – Removal of Organo-chlorine
Pesticide from Water Environment,
Sudhakar Yedla and Anil K. Dikshit, Narosa
Publishers, India (2004) – with life time royalty
6.
Issues in Urban Environmental Management - Special Issue of International Journal
of Environment and Pollution, Inderscience
publishers, Switzerland (2003) - Edited Volume
Chapters
1.
2. Sudhakar Yedla, “Transportation Planning: The Basic Constructs”, In Urban Transportation and the
Environment: Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Springer, pp: 1-8 (2015)
3. Sudhakar Yedla, “Urban Transportation Trends: An Overview”, In Urban Transportation and the
Environment: Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Springer, pp: 9-16 (2015)
4. Sudhakar Yedla, “Environmental Emissions from Road Transport and
Ambient Air Quality”, In Urban
Transportation and the Environment: Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Springer, pp: 17-26 (2015)
5. Sudhakar Yedla, “Transport Service Provision: Environmental and
Other Implications”, In Urban
Transportation and the Environment: Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Springer, pp: 29-38 (2015)
6. Sudhakar Yedla, “Alternative Measures and Their Assessment”, In Urban Transportation and the
Environment: Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Springer, pp: 39-43 (2015)
7. Sudhakar Yedla, “Non-motorized Modes of Transport”, In Urban Transportation and the
Environment: Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Springer, pp: 57-66 (2015)
8. Sudhakar Yedla, “Barriers for the Implementation of NMT and Other
Cleaner Modes of Transport”, In Urban
Transportation and the Environment: Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Springer, pp: 69-84 (2015)
9. Sudhakar Yedla, “Policy Analysis for Sustainability”, In Urban Transportation and the
Environment: Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Springer, pp: 87-122 (2015)
10. Sudhakar Yedla, “Economic and Regulatory Measures for
Environmentally Sustainable Urban Transportation”, In Urban Transportation and the
Environment: Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Springer, pp: 123-144 (2015)
11. Sudhakar Yedla, “Choosing Between Global Environmental Strategies
Vis-a-Vis Local Mitigation Strategies: Application of Multi-criteria Analysis”,
In Urban Transportation and the
Environment: Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Springer, pp: 147-158 (2015)
12. Sudhakar Yedla, “Transportation and Its
Planning for Sustainability, for India Development Report -2015, Oxford University Press, pp: 301-320
13. Sudhakar Yedla, “Provision of Civic and Environmental
Services in the Urban Centres of India – Present Trends and the Way Forward”,
In: India Development Report 2012, Ed. S. Mahendra
Dev, Oxford University Press (2012),
pp: 180-199
14. Sudhakar Yedla, "Sustainability Approach to Waste Management
- A Case of Modified Design for Landfills", “Advances in Civil Engineering
(ACE 2002), Allied Publishers, Bandyopadhyay and
Kumar (Ed.) Vol. I, pp. 598 (2002).
15. Sudhakar Yedla, Transportation Trends, Alternatives and Policy
Issues, India Development Report 2004-05,
Oxford University Press, Eds. Radhakrishna and Parikh (2004)
16. Hiroaki Shirkawa
and Sudhakar Yedla, “Economic Development, Urbanization and Environment in
Asia” Chapter 1 in “Urban Environmental Challenges in Asia”, Institute for
Global Environmental Strategies, Japan (March 2005)
17. Mara Regina Mendes, Mushtaq
Ahmed Memon and Sudhakar Yedla, “Challenges and
Issues for Urban Environmental Management in Asia”, Chapter 2 in “Urban
Environmental Challenges in Asia”, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies,
Japan (March 2005)
18. Sudhakar Yedla and Sowjanya Peddi, “Agriculture and Environment”, In The Handbook of
Agriculture in India, (Ed. Shovan Ray) Oxford University Press, India (2007)
19. Sudhakar Yedla, “Non-motorized Modes of Transportation
for Sustainable Mobility: Strategies for its Adaptation in Mumbai, India”, in Air Pollution Control in the Transportation Sector: Third Phase
Research Report of the Urban Environmental Management Project (Chapter 4), Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
(March 2007).
20. Sudhakar Yedla, “Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives in Urban
Transportation – Strategies to Promote Non-Motorized Modes of Transportation”,
Evaluating Climate Change and Development, Published by Global Environment
Facility (GEF) Evaluation Office,
The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (2010)
21. Sudhakar Yedla, “Solid Waste Management
Accounts”, Chapter 5 in “Accounting for Environmental Degradation: A Case Study
of India”, Ed. Parikh, J.K. and Parikh, K.S. UNU/IAS, Japan (2000)
Published in
International Peer Reviewed Journals
1. Sudhakar Yedla and Park, Hung-Suck, “Eco-industrial networking for sustainable development:
review of issues and development strategies”, Clean Technologies and
Environmental Policy, Vol. 19, pp: 391-402 (2017)
2. Sudhakar Yedla “India’s Waste Management Problems are Piling up”,
East Asian Forum – Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the
Pacific, Australia (30th April 2016)
3. Sudhakar Yedla and Sindhu, N.T., “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from
Municipal Solid Waste: Assessment of Economically Feasible Disposal Methods”,
Waste Management and Research Vol. 34,
No. 1, pp: 81-86 (2016)
4. Sudhakar
Yedla, “Development of Methodology
for E-Waste Estimation – A Material Flow Analysis Based SYE-Waste Model” Waste
Management and Research, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp-81-86 (2016).
5. Sudhakar Yedla, “India - Korea CEPA: Analysis of
Industrial Competitiveness and Environmental Implications”, KIEP Fellowship
Paper Series – 2014, KIEP, South Korea, June 2015.
6. Sudhakar
Yedla and Sandhya Garg, “Two Decades of Climate Change Negotiations – Carbon
Budget Allocation Approach to Re-shaping Strategies”, International Journal of
East Asian Economic Integration, Vol.18, No.3, pp: 277-299, 2014
7. Sudhakar Yedla, “Dynamics of
Development Process – Why are the Issues Unique in the Developing Cities of
Asia?, Column in Emeric’s,
KIEP, South Korea, 29th May 2014 (http://www.emerics.org/isa/column_interview/column.do?action=detail&brdctsno=139752).
8. Sudhakar Yedla, “E-waste Management in India: A Review of Issues,
Challenges and Policy Responses”, Article under “A Glance at the World”, Waste
Management, Vol. 33, pp-491-492 Elsevier (2013)
9. Sudhakar Yedla, “How Rio+20 Became Rio-20”, “An Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary Diplomatist Plus” – an international magazine, Vol. IV, Issue
7, pp: 38-39, July 2012.
10. Sudhakar Yedla, “Replication of Urban Innovations - Prioritization
of Strategies for the Replication of Dhaka’s Community-based Decentralized
Composting Model”, Waste Management Research, Vol. 30, No.1, pp:20-31 (2012) -
Top ranked International Journal by International Society for Solid Waste
Management (ISWA), USA, Sage Publisher
11. Sudhakar
Yedla, and Ram M. Shrestha, “Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process to the
Prioritization of Transport Options – Comparative Analysis of Group Aggregation
Methods” World Review for Science, Technology and Sust.
Development (WRSTSD), Vol. 9, No. 1, pp: 15-33 (2012).
12. Sudhakar Yedla, “Human Expectations Rise as the Global Leader
Descend over Durban” – An article on COP 17, “An Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary Diplomatist Plus” – an international magazine, Vol. III, Issue
no. 11, pp-48-49, December 2011.
13. Sudhakar
Yedla, Tran Chau Nhi, Hung‐Suck Park, (2010)
"Eco-industrial networking for sustainable development in Asia–A review of
issues and development strategies", Journal of Korean Society of Industrial Ecology (accepted).
14. Krishna Chaitanya T., Sudhakar Yedla, “Adsorption
of Hexa-valent Chromium Using Treated Wood Charcoal – Elucidation of
Rate-limiting Process”, Environmental Technology, UK, Vol. 31 No (14)
pp:1495-1505, 2010
15. Sudhakar,
Yedla and Anil Kr. Dikshit, “Competitive Sorption of
Pesticides onto Treated Wood Charcoal and the Effect of Organic and Inorganic
Parameters on Adsorption Capacity” Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE,
Vol. 136, No.10, pp. 1096-1104, 2010 – TOP ranked
Journal
16. Sudhakar Yedla and Park, Hung-Suck, “Co-benefits as an approach to
align climate change concerns with the national development objectives: Solid
waste management”, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management (JMCWM),
Vol. 11, No.2, 2009 (Elsevier)
17. Sudhakar, Yedla and Anil Kr. Dikshit,
“Removal Of Endosulfan From Water Using Wood
Charcoal- Adsorption And Desorption,
Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 134, No.2, pp: 102-109 (2008)
– TOP ranked Journal
18. Shrestha,
R.M., Islam, N., Kim Oanh, N.T., Adhikari,
S., Yedla, S., Jiang, K., Tuan, U.S.N.D., Abrenica,
J., “Strategies for the Promotion of Cleaner and Energy Efficient Technologies
in the Urban Transport System in Selected Asian Cities”, International Journal
of Environment and Pollution Vol.
30, No.1, pp: 45-58 (2007)
19. Sudhakar
Yedla and Shobhakar Dhakal,
“Transportation and Environment in Developing Countries”, International Journal
Environment and Pollution, Vol.
30, No.1, pp: 1-7 (2007)
20. Sudhakar Yedla, “Dynamics of Environmental Problems in Mumbai”,
Journal of Cleaner Technologies and Environmental Policy, Springler
Verlag, Vol. 8, No.3, pp: 182-7 (2006).
21. Sudhakar Yedla, “Modified Landfill Design for Sustainable Waste
Management”, International Journal of Global Energy Issues, Elsevier, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp: 93-105 (2005)
22. Imura, H., Sudhakar Yedla, Memon, M.M., Shirakawa, H., “Urban Environmental Issues and Trends in
Asia: An Overview”, International Review of Environmental Strategies, IGES,
Japan, Vol. 5, No.2, pp: 357-382 (2005)
23. Sudhakar Yedla, Ram M. Shrestha and Gabrial
Anandrajah, “Environmentally Sustainable Urban
Transportation – Comparative Analysis of Local Emission Mitigation Strategies
vis-à-vis GHG Mitigation Strategies”, Transport Policy, Elsevier, Vol. 12, No.
3, pp: 245-254 (2005)
24. Yedla, S., and Parikh, J.K., “Sustainable Urban Transportation:
Impacts of CO2 Mitigation Strategies on Local Pollutants”, Fuel and Energy
Abstracts, Vol. 45, No. 5, 360-361 (2004)
25. Sudhakar, Yedla, “Development of Techno-Economic Integrated
Models: LFSGR and Aerobic Composting for Municipal Waste Management”,
Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 655-677 (2003)
26. Sudhakar Yedla, and Sarika Kansal, “Economic Insight to MSW Management in Mumbai”,
International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp: 516-527 (2003)
27. Sudhakar Yedla, and Ram M. Shrestha, “Multi-criteria Approach for
the Selection of Alternative Options for Delhi Transport System”, Transport
Research, Part A – Policy and Practice, Elsevier publisher, Vol. 37 (8), pp: 717 – 729 (2003)
28. Sudhakar Yedla, Jyoti K. Parikh, Ram M.
Shrestha, “Sustainable Transportation – Impact of CO2 Mitigation
Strategies on Local Pollutants”, International Journal of Environment and
Pollution, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp: 475-482 (2003)
29. Sudhakar Yedla, “Issues in Urban Environmental Management”,
(editorial note) International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp: 417-420
(2003)
30. Sudhakar Yedla, Jyoti K. Parikh,
"Development of Purpose Built Landfill System for the Control of Methane
Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste", Waste Management, Elsevier
Publishers, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp: 501-506 (2002)
31. Sudhakar, Yedla, Mitra, A., Bandyopadhyay, M., "Purification of paper and pulp
industrial effluent using aquatic weed Eichornia crassipes" Environmental Technology, UK, Vol.23,
No.4, pp: 453-465 (2002)
32. Sudhakar, Yedla, and Dikshit, A. K.,
"Development of Fixed Bed Adsorber for Abatement
of Endosulfan in Aqueous Media", Environmental
Technology, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp: 97-108 (2002)
33. Sudhakar, Yedla and Dikshit, A. K.,
“Removal of endosulfan using aerobic mixed bacterial
cultures”, International Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol.15, No.5,
pp: 543-552 (2001)
34. Sudhakar, Yedla, and Dikshit, A. K.,
"Removal mechanism of endosulfan on to wood
charcoal", Int. Journal of Environment and Pollution", Vol.15, No.5,
pp: 528-542 (2001)
35. Sudhakar, Yedla and Dikshit, A.K.,
"Methodology for Management of Endosulfan
Contaminated Eluent" J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part-B (USA), Vol.B36, No.
2, pp: 355-364 (2001)
36. Sudhakar, Yedla and Jyoti K. Parikh,
“Economic Evaluation of LFSGR for MSW Management: A Case Study”, International
Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp: 433-447 (2001)
37. Sudhakar, Yedla, and Dikshit, A. K.,
“Kinetics of endosulfan sorption on to wood charcoal”
J. Environ. Sci. & Health Part-B (USA), Vol.B34, No.4, pp: 587-615 (1999)
38. Sudhakar Yedla, Dikshit A. K.,
"Adsorbent selection for the removal of Endosulfan
from water environment”, J. Environ. Sci. & Health Part-B (USA), Vol. B34,
No. 1, pp: 97-118 (1999)
Papers under
Review /Working Papers for International Journals
1. IIPS
Working Paper on Population Growth and Transportation Issues in India.
2. Shikha
Juyal and Sudhakar Yedla, “Dynamics of Transport Energy and Emissions in Greater Mumbai-
What matters the most and who bears the brunt? (under review)
3. Sudhakar
Yedla, Tran Chau Nhi and Hung-Suck
Park, Identification of Locally Appropriate Strategies to Promote
Eco-Industrial Parks – Designing a Universal Questionnaire” International
Journal of Sustainable Development, Inderscience Publishers
4. Sudhakar
Yedla, “Sustainable Development Goals – How Ready is our Transportation System
to Meet the New Targets?”, Journal on Transportation Policy, Elsevier
5. Sudhakar
Yedla, “Infrastructure Development in India – Are we Poised to meet the
Sustainable Development Goals?” Journal
of Infrastructure Development, Sage
Publishers
6. Sudhakar Yedla, “Choosing between global and local mitigation
strategies in transport sector – Which way to go?” IGIDR Working Paper
WP-2007-09
7. Sudhakar Yedla, “Decision Making in Environmental Management -
Prioritization of Strategies for the Replication of Dhaka’s Community-based
Decentralized Composting Model using AHP” – IGIDR Working paper WP-2007-10
8. Sudhakar
Yedla, and Ram M. Shrestha, “Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process to the
Prioritization of Transport Options – Comparative Analysis of Group Aggregation
Methods”– IGIDR Working Paper WP-2007-11
9. Sudhakar Yedla and Ram M. Shrestha, “Prioritization of Strategies to Overcome Barriers for Cleaner
and Energy Efficient Alternatives in Urban Transportation – Multi-criteria
Approach” (Revised version at Journal Transport Policy, Elsevier) – IGIDR
Working paper WP-2007-12
Published in
International Conference Proceedings – Peer Reviewed
1. Md. Jahid Ebn
Jalal, Sudhakar Yedla, “Does Climate Change Stimulate Income Vulnerability and
Income Diversity of Households? – Evidence from Southern Part of Bangladesh,
Proc. Tenth South Asian Economic Summit – Deepening
Economic Integration for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in South Asia,
14-16 November 2017, Katmandu, Nepal, organized by South Asia Watch on
Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), Nepal
2. Shikha
Juyal and Sudhakar Yedla, “Inequity in Travel Service Provision, Energy Consumption and
Environmental Emissions - A Case Study of Mumbai Transport”, Accepted for the
21st International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
(HKSTS 2016) – Smart Transportation, Hong Kong, 10-12 Dec 2016
3. Sudhakar
Yedla, "Inequity in Travel Service
Provision, Energy Consumption and Environmental Emissions - A Case Study of
Mumbai Transport", Accepted for the 21st International Conference of Hong
Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS 2016) – Smart Transportation,
Hong Kong 10-12 Dec 2016
4. Shikha
Juyal and Sudhakar Yedla, “Measurement of Inequity in Greater Mumbai: Transport Infrastructure
Perspective”, Accepted for the 21st International Conference of Hong Kong
Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS 2016) – Smart Transportation, Hong
Kong 10-12 Dec 2016
5. Sudhakar
Yedla, Development of Methodology for E-Waste
Estimation – A Material Flow Analysis Based SYE-Model”, Proc. Water and
Environment Technology Conference (WET2014) organized by Japan Society on Water
Environment, 28-29 June, 2014, TWIns Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
6. Sudhakar Yedla, “ Climate Change
Mitigation Initiatives in Urban Transportation – Assessment of Retrofitting
Strategies to Promote Non-motorized Modes in Indian Cities”, Proc. UNU-WIDER
International Conference on Climate Change and Sustainable Development,
UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland, 27-28th September 2012.
7. Sudhakar Yedla, “Ecological Service of Urban Forestry – A case
study of an Indian Metropolitan City”, Proc. Eco-servicers Partnership
Conference”, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon State, USA, 30th
July – 4th August 2012
8. Sudhakar Yedla, “Providing
water for a Billion – Partnerships and its Limitations “ Proc. Water and
Environmental Technology (WET) International Conference Water Technology
Center, University of Tokyo, Japan, 29-30 June 2012
9. Sudhakar Yedla, “Retrofitting transport-infrastructure projects
for climate benefits- incremental cost analysis of the strategies to promote
non-motorized modes”, Prof. 16th Hong Kong Society for
Transportation Studies (HKSTS) International Conference, 17-20 December, 2011,
Hong Kong
10. Sudhakar Yedla, “Dynamic of Environmental Problems – Why are the
Waste Management Problems Unique in the Developing Cities of Asia?”, Proc. ICON
MSW 2011, 2nd International Conference on Solid Waste Management,
Kolkata, India, 9-11 November 2011
11. Sudhakar Yedla, “Carbon off-setting by Retrofitting
Transport-Infrastructure Projects – Incremental Cost Analysis of the Strategies
to Promote Non-motorized Modes”, Proc. Conference on Carbon in a Changing
World, FAO Head quarter, Rome, Italy 24-16 Oct 2011
12. Heena Kapoor and Sudhakar Yedla,
“Development of Methodology for E-Waste Estimation – A Material Flow Approach”
Proc. International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) World Congress 2011, 17-20
October 2011, Daegu, South Korea
13. Sudhakar Yedla, “E-Waste Management in India: Issues, Challenges
and Policy Responses”, Proc. International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) World
Congress 2011, 17-20 October 2011, Daegu, South Korea
14. Sudhakar Yedla, “Innovation in MSW Management – Replication
Strategies for Developing Cities in Asia”, Proc. International Solid Waste
Association (ISWA) World Congress 2011, 17-20 October 2011, Daegu, South Korea
15. Sudhakar Yedla,
“Sustainable Waste Management in Asian Cities – Modified Landfill
Design”, Proc. International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) World Congress
2011, 17-20 October 2011, Daegu, South Korea
16. Sudhakar
Yedla, ‘Mainstreaming Climate Change
and Greening Concerns into the National Development Objectives:
Issues of Governance at Different Levels’, 2nd Yale-UNITAR Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy
- Strengthening Institutions to Address
Climate Change and Foster a Green Economy, Yale University, USA 17-19 Sept 2010
17. Sudhakar
Yedla and Hung-Suck Park, “Eco-Industrial
Networking for Sustainable Development in Asia – A Review of Issues and
Development Strategies”, International Conference organized by the
International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), Lisbon, Portugal, 21-24
June 2009.
18. Sudhakar
Yedla, “Co-Benefit as an Approach to Align Climate Change Concerns with the
National Development Objectives: Solid Waste Management”, 14th Annual
International Sustainable
Development Research Conference, New Delhi, India, September
21-23, 2008
19. Sudhakar
Yedla, “Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives in
Urban Transportation – Strategies to Promote Non-Motorized Modes of
Transportation”, “International Workshop on Evaluating Climate Change and
Development”, Alexandria, Egypt, 10-13 May 2008, organized by the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) of the World Bank
20. Sudhakar Yedla and Hung Suck-Park, “Eco- Industrial Networking for Sustainable Development in Asia –Issues and
Development Strategies”, International Conference on “Green Growth”,
IBS, Hyderabad, India 17-18th December 2008.
21. Sudhakar Yedla, “Co-Benefit as an Approach to Align
Climate Change Concerns with the National Development Objectives: Solid Waste
Management”, Proc. 3rd Expert Meeting on Solid Waste Management in
Asia and Pacific Islands, 7-9 November 2007, Okayama, JAPAN
22. Sudhakar
Yedla, “Strategies to Promote
Non-motorized Modes of Transportation in Mumbai”, Better Air Quality Conference
(BAQ - 2006), CAI-Asia and ADB, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 13-15 December 2006.
23. Sudhakar
Yedla, “Choosing between Global and Local Emission Control
Strategies in Urban Transport Sector – Which way to go?”, International Open
Science Meeting of International Human Dimensions Program (IHDP), Bonn, Germany
10-13 Oct 2005.
24. Sudhakar Yedla, “Co-benefits from Urban Transportation Strategies
– Comparative Analysis of Local Emission Control Strategies vis-à-vis GHG
Mitigation Strategies”, Proc. Better Air Quality in Asia and Pacific Rim
Cities, Agra, India, December 2004.
25. Shrestha,
R.M., Islam, N., Kim Oanh, N.T., Adhikari,
S., Yedla, S., Jiang, K., Tuan, U.S.N.D., Abrenica,
J., Role of Transport Sector in Air Quality in
Selected Asian Cities, Proc. Better
Air Quality in Asia and Pacific Rim Cities, Agra, India, December 2004.
26. Sudhakar Yedla, “Transportation trends, alternatives and policy
issues in Indian cities”, Proc. Better Air Quality in Asia and Pacific Rim
Cities, Philippines, December 2003.
27. Sudhakar Yedla, Jyoti Parikh and Ram M.
Shrestha, “Sustainable Urban Transport Sector and Possibilities for CO2
Mitigation”, Proc. Better Air Quality in Asia and Pacific Rim Cities, Hong
Kong, 16-18 Dec. 2002.
28. Sudhakar Yedla, “Index Development for Emission Reduction
Potential of Various Alternative Transportation Options: Methodology and
Application", Proc. Fifth International Conference of the International
Society for Ecological Economics, Russian Chapter, Moscow, Russia, September
26-29, 2001.
29. Sudhakar, Yedla, “Purpose Built Landfill System for the Control of
Methane Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste” Proc. The Second International
Methane Mitigation Conference, Novosibirsk, Russia, June 18-23, 2000.
30. Sudhakar Yedla, “Environmental Valuation - An Effective Tool for
Environmentally Sustainable Development “, Proc. 4th International Conference
on Eco-Balance, Tokyo, October 30-November 2, 2000.
31. Sudhakar,
Yedla and Jyoti K. Parikh, “Valuation of LFSGR for the
Management of MSW: A Case Study”, Proc. Sixth International Workshop of
Environmental Technology Research Network in the Asia-Pacific Region”, 25-26
November 1999, Japan.
32. Sudhakar
Yedla, "Formulation of aquatic weed purification system",
International conference on Environmental planning and management, pp. 302-307,
March 1996, Nagpur, India.
International
Research Project Reports
1. Roland Wang and Sudhakar Yedla, Terminal Evaluation of a GEF Project “Sustainable Urban Transportation
Project (SUTP), UNDP India Office (2016-17)
2. Ian Holland, Pradeep Sharma and Sudhakar Yedla, “Terminal Outcome
Evaluation of the Country Program Action Plan (CPAP) 2013-17” for UNDP-India,
Submitted to UNDP India Office, Delhi (2016).
3. Ian Holland, Sudhakar Yedla, “Mid Term Review of the Country
Program Action Plan (CPAP) 2013-17” for UNDP-India, Submitted to UNDP India
Office, Delhi (2015).
4. Paper on Sustainable Infrastructure and Industrialization and SDG,
Submitted to UNDP and the Government of India (GoI),
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to help in
shaping
SDG strategies for India, October 2014
5. Analytical Paper on Sustainable Transportation and SDG –
Transportation in India: Sustainability Efforts and Linkage to Sustainable
Development Goal”, Submitted to UNDP and the Government of India (GoI), Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to help in shaping SDG strategies for India,
February 2014
6. Evaluation Report, Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air
Pollution and Its Likely Trans-boundary Effects for South Asia, Submitted to
UNEP-Regional Resource Center for Asia and Pacific (RRC-AP), January 2013
7. Design of Secure Landfill Facility for Bhilai
Steel Plant (BSP), Raipur, Submitted to HMR International Environmental
Engineering Consultants, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, Sept’ 2013
8. Design of Landfill for the Garraff Filed
Area, Iraq, Submitted to HMR International Environmental Engineering
Consultants, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, February 2012
9. Issues and Strategies Required for EIP Implementation in Ulsan, South Korea - Identified Based on Multi-actor
Group Questionnaire
Survey (2009) A report
submitted to BRAINPOOL Programme, Government of Korea - Prepared by Sudhakar Yedla and Hung-Suck
Park, at the Ulsan EIP Center, University of Ulsan.
10. Scoping Paper for the
Establishment of a UNESCAP Eco-City Development Award (2008), A report submitted to ESD Division of UN-ESCAP, Bangkok –
Lead Author: Sudhakar Yedla
11. Non-motorized Modes of
Transportation for Sustainable Mobility – Strategies for Its Adaptation in
Mumbai (2006), UE Project, Institute of Global
Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan – Lead Author: Sudhakar Yedla
12. Cleaner Mobility in Urban
Areas of India (2006), A full sized GEF-Proposal
prepared for UNDP and Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India,
Sudhakar Yedla and P. Balachandra
13. Strategies for Promotion of
Energy Efficient and Cleaner Technologies in the Urban Transportation System in
Selected Asian Countries (2004), Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India (under “Asian Regional
Research Programme on Energy, Environment and Climate Phase-III funded by
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) – Lead author: Sudhakar
Yedla
14. Socio-Economic Analysis and
Policy Implications of the Roles of Agriculture in Developing Countries (2003) – ‘Role of Agriculture’ in short, funded by Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – Lead Author for
Environment Module along with Sowjanya Peddi
15. Environmental Evolution of
Mumbai (2002), Commissioned paper, Institute of
Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Tokyo, Japan – Lead author: Sudhakar
Yedla
16. “Green
House Gas (GHG) Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): Estimation and
Selection of Economically Feasible Abatement Methodology” funded by Department
of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India under the scheme of “Fast
track proposal for Young Scientists 2000-2001” – Lead Author: Sudhakar Yedla
17. Environmentally Sustainable
Urban Transportation – Comparative Analysis of Local Mitigation Strategies against
GHG Mitigation Strategies (May 2002), Energy
Program-Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand – Author: Sudhakar Yedla
18. Socio-Economic Impact
Assessment for the Bauxite Mining and Alumina Refinery Unit in Lanjigarh, Orissa (May 2002), Report
submitted to Tata-AIG Risk Management Services Ltd., Mumbai, India – Lead
author: Sudhakar Yedla
19. Application of Analytic
Hierarchy Process for the Selection of Alternative Options for Urban
Transportation in India – Analysis of Group Aggregation Methodology Adopted in
AHP (May 2001), Energy Program-Asian Institute of Technology (AIT),
Bangkok, Thailand – Author: Sudhakar Yedla
20. Analysis of Technical
Options for Mitigating Environmental Emissions from The Urban Transport System
in Selected Asian Countries – Case study of Delhi and Mumbai (2002), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, (under
“Asian Regional Research Programme on Energy, Environment and Climate Phase-II
funded by Sida) – Authors: Sudhakar Yedla, Jyoti K.
Parikh and Anajana Das
Dissertations
National Journals &
Conference Proceedings – including abstracts & Non peer reviewed
1. Sudhakar Yedla and Venkata Sastry Yedla (2016), “Gap in the
Standards of Rural and Urban Education Systems – Can it be Bridged?”, Akanksha – YSSG Magazine, Vol.1, No.1,
pp: 4-6
2. Sudhakar Yedla (2016),
“Grappling with Refuse in the Times of Economic Vibrancy – Solid Waste
Management in Indian Cities”, Akanksha, Vol.1, No.1 pp: 9-10
3. Sudhakar Yedla, “Dynamics of Environmental Problems – Why are the
Issues Unique in the Developing Cities of Asia, Civil Arena, an official magazine of the Civil Engineering
Association (CEA), National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, India,
April 2010, pp-29-31.
4. Sudhakar Yedla, “Management of Pollution in Pesticides Industry:
Integration of Economics with Pollution Prevention”, National Seminar on
Industrial Pollution and Control (IPC-2000), BHU, Varanasi, India, 18th
– 19th Feb. 2000.
5. Sudhakar, Yedla and Jyoti. K. Parikh,
“Feasibility Study of Landfill Technology for the Management of MSW: A Case Study of Mumbai”, ‘workshop on
Municipal Solid Waste Management’, West Bengal Pollution Control Board,
Calcutta, 15th November 1999.
6. Sudhakar, Yedla and Dikshit, A.K.,
"Development of a Fixed Bed Adsorber for the
removal of endosulfan from drinking water",
National Seminar on Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development, S.
V. University, Tirupati, 12-13 March 1999.
7. Sudhakar, Yedla and Dikshit, A.K.,
“Removal of Endosulfan from Aqueous Phase” Journal
IAEM, Vol.26, No.1 February 1999.
8. Sudhakar Yedla, Dikshit A.K., Banerjee,
G., "Pesticide Pollution: Endosulfan in water
environment and its removal", National Seminar on Environmental Protection
- Recent trends in wastewater treatment, EPTRI, Hyderabad, 19 - 20 January
1998.
9. Sudhakar Yedla, "Potentiality of water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) to
remove BOD in continuous flow system" (Abstract), National seminar on
Environmental Conservation and Management, (ECOMAN), March 1996, Visakhapatnam,
India.
10. Sudhakar
Yedla, Banerjee G., Dikshit A.K., "The other
side of controversial aquaculture", (Abstract), National seminar on
Environmental Conservation and Management (ECOMAN), March 1996, Visakhapatnam,
India.
11. Sudhakar
Yedla, "Aquaculture", 'The Botanica', Magazine of Delhi University
Botanical Society (DUBS), Vol.45, 1995, New Delhi.
12. Sudhakar
Yedla, "Aquaculture - Safe guarding for endangered aquatic species"
(abstract published), National seminar on Environment, Biodiversity and
Conservation, August 1995, Rani Durgavathi
University, Jabalpur, India.
13. Sudhakar Yedla, "Over exploitation of aquatic resources -
Role of aquaculture as a remedy” (abstract published), National seminar on
Conservation and Development in Tropics, March 1995, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, India.
International Invitations
1.
Invited
to participate as an expert at the report
release workshop on the “Economic Benefits of Bangladesh - India Power Trade”
to promote South Asia Electricity Trade, 11th January 2018, Hotel The
Royal Plaza, New Delhi, IRADE, Delhi.
2.
Invited
as an Expert for a Meeting on ‘Addressing
Water issues at all level (Households, Agriculture, Industry and Government)’ by Ms. Meena Sankaran, Founder & CEO, Ketos Inc
(USA). 29th August
2017, jointly organized by the World Trade Centre (WTC)
Mumbai and All India Association of Industries (AIAI)
3.
Invited
Expert at the International Conference on "Future of Cities: Opportunities
and Challenges", Institute for Town Planners, India, Delhi, 27-28th
July 2017, to deliver an invited lecture on “Retrofitting
Transport-Infrastructure Projects for Climate Adaptation – Incremental Analysis
of Non Motorized Modes” in the Session on “Climate
Change, Risk and Resilient Cities”
4.
Invited as an
Expert at the National Consultation on Urban Observatories of the UK-India
Joint Network on Sustainable Cities and Urbanization in India, 28th
April 2017, Organized by RCUK and NIUA, At India Habitat Center, Delhi
5.
Invited as an
Expert for the workshop on the Launch of Regional Studies Association, India
Division, 28th April 2017, Organized jointly by NIUA and RSC at
India, India Habitat Center, Delhi
6.
Invited as an
expert and Discussant for an Interactive talk by Ms. Kristalina
Georgieva on “Multilateralism in a Protectionist World and Challenges for Green
Infrastructure/Climate Finance”, CEO of the World Bank, organized by Reserve
Bank of India (RBI), 28th February 2017, RBI Convention Hall, Mumbai
7.
Invited as an expert at the
UNDP’s Country Program Management Board (CPMB) meeting, 19th January
2017, UNDP India Office, New Delhi
8.
Invited as an Expert at the Interactive session on
“Doing Business with Ecuador – The Gateway to Latin America” with the
Ambassador of Ecuador, organized by World Trade Center, Mumbai, 19th
December 2016
9.
Invited expert at the
Energy-Environment group outcome evaluation board meeting, UNDP India Office,
25th November 2016
10.
Invited expert at the workshop on
Mumbai Urban Observatory organized by Mumbai Chambers of Commerce and
Industries and Research Council of UK, 5-6 December 2016, Mumbai.
11.
Invited expert and principal
investigator at the Kick off workshop of UK-India Joint Network on Sustainable
Cities and Urbanization in India, 26-27 Sept 2016, Delhi
12.
Invited as International examiner
for a Master Thesis of Erasmus Mundus European Master’s in Law and Economics
(EMLE) Program – Thesis titled “Building a Global Market: Linking the European
Emissions Trading Scheme with the California Emissions Trading Scheme” by Sönne
Johannes Schumacher (2015)
13.
Invited to deliver an expert
lecture on “Economic Development and Infrastructure in India at the Times of
Global Negotiations for SDGs” at Hangkuk University
of Foreign Studies, Seoul Republic of Korea, 28th May 2014
14.
Invited to deliver an expert
lecture on “Economic Development and
Societal Transformation - Why are the Issues in Asian Cities Unique?” at Korean
Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), Seoul, Republic of Korea,
30th May 2014
15.
Invited to deliver an expert
lecture on “Economic Development and Sustainability - Means to Integrate
Sustainability into Economic Development” at The Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Sogang
University, Seoul, Korean Republic, 3rd June 2014
16.
Delivered a Fellowship lecture on
“India - Korea CEPA: Analysis of Industrial Competitiveness and
Environmental Implications” at Korean
Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), Seoul, Republic of Korea, 5th
June 2014
17.
Invited as Climate Change Expert,
the Technical Working Group Meeting on
Climate Change, Resource Scarcity and Food Security, Knowledge Partnership
Program (KPP), IPE and DFID ,UK, at DFID-British
High Commission, New Delhi, 18th January 2013.
18.
Invited Expert, 9th
Refresher Training Programme, Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and Its
Likely Trans-boundary Effects for South Asia – UNEP-RRC.AP, Bangkok, CPCB, India, Delhi 10-12 December 2012
19.
Invited Speaker at the UNU-WIDER
International Conference on Climate Change and Sustainable Development,
Helsinki, Finland 28-29th
September 2012
20.
Invited International Expert for the Review of SCR (Social Corporate Responsibility) Report
2011, CISCO Systems Inc., 170, West
Tasman, CA 95134 USA
21.
Invited International Expert, International Workshop on
Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus in Mega Cities, Organized by Global Carbon Project
(GCP) – National Institute of
Environmental Studies (NIES) Japan, Tokyo Garden Palace, Tokyo, Japan, 1-3
March 2012
22.
Invited lecture on “Landfill
Design Aspects” at the International Corporate “HMR Environmental Consultants – Sultanate of Oman”, Dubai, UAE 26-27 Mar’12
23.
Invited lecture at Bloomberg data Services (India) Ltd., on “Managing
Waste in Developing Countries – Philosophies to Problem Solving” on 1st
Dec 2011, Bloomberg Inc., USA, India
Office, Mumbai, India
24.
Invited lecture at Bloomberg data Services (India) Ltd., on “E-waste
Management in India – Issues, Challenges and Policy Responses” on 1st
Dec 2011, Bloomberg Inc., USA, India
Office, Mumbai, India
25.
Invited Expert, Annual Meeting of Solid Waste Experts from Asia and the Pacific
Islands (SWAPI), Daegu, South Korea
19th Oct 2011
26.
Open NIES Talk on “Urban Energy and Carbon Intensity in India and Its
Determinants – A Household Level Analysis”, at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan,
29th November 2010.
27.
Invited Expert, the 7th NIES Workshop on E-waste held at the National Institute for Environmental
Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan during 18-20th October 2010 and made an expert
presentation on E-Waste Management in India
– Issues, Challenges and Policy Response (18th
October 2010)
28.
Invited for the International
Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change: Opportunities
and Challenges for Sustainability in an Urbanizing World, to be held on the
campus of Arizona State University,
Tempe, Arizona USA, October 15-17, 2010. Organized
by The Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) project of the
International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP). To make a presentation on
"Co-Benefit as an Approach to Align Climate Change Concerns
with the National Development Objectives: Solid Waste Management"
29.
Invited at the 2nd
UNITAR-Yale Global Conference on
Environmental Governance and Democracy: Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green Economy,
2nd Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy at Yale
University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, September 17-19, 2010 to make a panel presentation on ‘Mainstreaming Climate Change and Greening Concerns into the National Development Objectives:
Issues of Governance at Different Levels’.
30.
Invited expert at the Regional Workshop on “Waste Management in the Sohar Industrial Port”, organized by Sohar
Environmental Unit, Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, Sultanate of Oman, Crown Plaza Sohar, 20th September 2010 and spoke on “Design Aspects of Landfill-Environmental
considerations”
31.
Panel Coordinator, “Panel on Harmonized Emission Standards in India – What can be
learned from Europe Experience”, Diesel Emission Conference (DEC-2010),
Organized by Integer Research, London (8-9 Sept 2010), Leela
Kempsi, Gurgaon, New Delhi, India
32.
Invited as a Regional Expert on
Solid Waste management to Participate in the Regional Training Workshop on
“Integrated Solid Waste Management based on 3R Principles, IETC-DTIE of United
Nations Environment Program (UNEP), UNEP-ROAP
and UNESCAP, 5-8th October 2009, Osaka, Japan
33.
Invited to present the award
winning paper on “Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives in Urban Transportation
– Strategies to Promote Non-Motorized Modes of Transportation” at the
“International Workshop on Evaluating Climate Change and Development”, Alexandria, Egypt, 10-13 May 2008,
organized by the Global Environment
Facility, World Bank
34.
Invited to present the Key Note
Speech at the “Symposium on Technical Development for Climate Change Counter
Plan” Lotte Hotel, Ulsan City, 1-2nd May 2008 and delivered a Key Note
Speech on “Integrating Strategies for Local and Global Environmental Issues” on
2nd May 2008
35.
Invited to present the Key Note
Speech at the “Korean Society of Environmental
Engineers’ Annual Seminar” Ulsan City, 1-2 May 2008 and delivering a Key
Note Speech on “Economics for Environmental Management” on 1st
May 2008
36.
Invited Expert, First Asia and
Pacific Mayor’s Forum on Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development, Ulsan
City, South Korea, 21-23 April 2008,
Organized by UNESCAP and the City of
Ulsan. Delivered an expert lecture on “Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
Development – Integrating Strategies for Local and Global Issues” on 21st
April 2008
37.
Invited Special Lecture on “Economics of Waste Management” at Chongwon National University, Chongwon, South Korea,
31st March 2008
38.
Invited Guest Speaker, at KAIST Golden Triangle Research Collaboration meeting and gave
a lecture on “Environmental Engineers and Sustainable Development”, Ulsan, South Korea, 22nd
February 2008.
39.
Invited lecture on “Response Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation – A
Developing Country Perspective” as a part of the Environmental Technology Seminar series under the prestigious BRAIN KOREA 21 programme
of Korean Government (at the University of Ulsan, South Korea, 7th
December 2007)
40.
Invited on a special Japan Waste Research Foundation (JWRF)
Fellowship to participate in the 3rd Expert
Meeting on Solid Waste Management in Asia and Pacific Islands and Present a
paper on “Co-Benefit as an Approach to Align
Climate Change Concerns with the National Development Objectives: Solid Waste
Management”, Okayama, JAPAN, 7-9
November 2007.
41.
Invited expert, Joint Seminar on Climate Change: The Urban Transportation
Challenge, Organized by the Municipal Corporation of Kolkata and the Centre for
Social Markets (CSM), Wednesday, 8th August 2007, The Conclave,
Kolkata, India (Funded by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Germany)
42.
Series of Invited
Lectures at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ulsan, Korea (January-February 2007)
a.
Environmental Management through the Times of
Economic Development;
b.
Economic Development and the Environment;
c.
Air Pollution Control and solid waste
Management - A Management Approach
d.
Economics for Environmental Management - An
Introduction to Environmental Economics;
e.
Cost-Benefit Analysis as a Tool for
Environmental Management;
f.
Climate Change and Mitigation Strategies
43.
Invited to participate in Better
Air Quality (BAQ - 2006) Conference organized by CAI-Asia and ADB, Yogyakarta,
Indonesia, 13-15 December 2006 and present a research paper.
44.
Invited Expert, Project
formulation Workshop for Asian Climate Change Research Programme (ACCReP), Funded by Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency, 27-28 October 2005, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
45.
Panel Member, on “How to Bring the Global Concerns into Urban Context”,
Organized by the Urban Environmental Management group of IGES, JAPAN at the
International Open Science Meeting of International
Human Dimensions Program (IHDP), Bonn, Germany 10-13 October 2005.
46.
Open AIT lecture on “The Delhi Decision –
Is it a sustainable pathway for better air quality management in the other
developing countries in Asia“, 26th January 2004, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Thailand.
47.
Invited Speaker, “Better Air
Quality in Asia and pacific Rim Cities (BAQ) 2004”, an international workshop
organized by the CIA Asia, ADB, Agra, India, 6-8 Dec., 2004
48.
Invited as a National Expert to
attended the Annual review workshop on “Strategies to promote energy efficient
technologies in urban transportation” under Asian Regional Research Project for
Energy Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -III), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 11-12
November, 2004
49.
Invited by UNESCAP to represent Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
(IGES), Japan at the “Workshop-cum-study visit Community-based and
Decentralized Solid Waste Management” UNESCAP, 13-17 September 2004, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
50.
Invited to participate in the
third Kitakyushu Initiative Network Meeting of UNESCAP, 2-4 August 2004, Kitakyushu,
Japan
51.
Invited to attend the sixth
Thematic Seminar on International Cooperation for Local Initiatives, IGES, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2nd
July 2004
52.
Invited to attend the fifth
Thematic Seminar on Public Participation for Urban Environmental Management, IGES, Kitakyushu, Japan, 20-21 January 2003
53.
Invited speaker at the Better Air Quality (BAQ 2003) workshop, 17-19 December
2003, Manila, Philippines, (Sponsored by ADB,
Philippines) and presented a paper “Transportation Trends, Alternatives and
Policy Issues in Indian Cities”
54.
Invited to attend the
International Conference on “Roles of Agriculture”, Organized by United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), 20-22 October 2003, Rome, Italy
55.
Invited to attend the Annual
review workshop on “Strategies to promote energy efficient technologies in
urban transportation” under Asian Regional Research Project for Energy
Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -III), Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 24-26 September, 2003
56.
Invited to attend the “Fourth
Training Workshop on International Environmental Law – Biodiversity,"
Kushiro, Japan, 15-21st March 2003 (Sponsored by United Nations Institute of Training and Research – UNITAR)
57.
Invited Speaker at the BAQ 2002, an international workshop on Better Air Quality
in Asia and pacific Rim Cities held in Hong
Kong supported by the Asian Development Bank(ADB)
58.
Invited to attend the Methodology
Workshop on “Strategies to promote energy efficient technologies in urban
transportation” under Asian Regional Research Project for Energy Environment
and Climate (ARRPEEC -II), held at Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 7-8 October, 2002
59.
Invited to participate in the
Inception workshop of Role of Agriculture (ROA) project funded by Food and Agriculture Organization of United
Nations (FAO), IGIDR, Mumbai, India, 21-22 September 2002.
60.
Invited to attend the World Bank
Institute’s course on Environmental Economics and Development Policy 2002 (EEDP
V), Washington D.C. United States,
15-26 July, 2002
61.
Invited to attend the Third
Annual Review Workshop on Asian Regional Research Project for Energy
Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -II), Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 25-27 March, 2002
62.
Invited to attend the Training
and Research Workshop organized by IUCN, - Asian Region Office and South Asian Network for Development and
Research (SANDEE), AIT, Thailand, 7-12th March 2002 and
delivered a talk on " Economic Valuation of
Pesticide Pollution in India – A Policy Analysis for the Development of
Eco-Friendly Agriculture Practice".
63.
Invited Speaker at the "International Conference on Advances in Civil
Engineering (ACE 2002)" held at IIT, Kharagpur, India during January 3-5,
2002 and presented a paper titled "Sustainability Approach to Waste
Management - A Case of Modified Design for Landfills".
64.
Invited Open AIT lecture on “Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process for the Selection
of Alternative Options for Urban Transportation in India – Analysis of Group
Aggregation Methodology Adopted in AHP”, May 22, 2001, Asian Institute of
Technology, Thailand
65.
Invited to attend the Second
Annual Review Workshop on Asian Regional Research Project for Energy
Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -II), Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 19-21 February, 2001
66.
Invited to participate in the
First Indian Research Forum on “Green House Gas Pollution Prevention – Climate
Change Supplement” - A Programme of the USAID,
organized by Louis Berger, Inc. and IGIDR at IGIDR, Mumbai, India on 22/01/01
67.
Invited to participate and
present a paper titled "Policies and Strategies for Better Management of
Municipal Solid Waste in Indian Cities at the International Human Development Programme workshop on Climate Change,
IHDP-Bonn, September 10-19, 2000, Bonn, Germany.
68.
Invited to participate and
present a paper “Purpose Built Landfill System for the Control of Methane
Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste” at The Second International Methane
Mitigation Conference, Novosibirsk,
Russia, June 18-23, 2000.
69.
Resource person,
Environmental Economics Training Programme under the World Bank’s Environmental Management Capacity Building
Project, IGIDR, Mumbai, July 13-16, 2000.
70.
Invited to participate in the
International Youth Forum on Lifelong Integrated Education – “Think together:
Future for us, Humanity and the Earth”, Nomura center for Lifelong Integrated
Education, Tokyo, Japan, 17-19
August 1999.
National
Invitations
1.
Invited as an expert for the IDFC Institute Conversations:
Improving Indian Urban Planning with Alain Bertaud, Bimal Patel & Vidyadhar Phatak, 17th January 2018, IDFC Mumbai.
2.
Invited as an Expert to Review Student Project Entries for Gandhian
Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards - 2018, Society for Research and
Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTHI), Delhi
3.
Invited
to set exam question paper for Post-graduate students of GITAM University,
Visakhapatnam during 2016-17 and 2017-18
4.
Invited as an expert to deliver a key note
address at a National Seminar on the theme “Climate Change and Indian Economy-Contemporary Developments and
Challenges”, 24 February, 2018 organized by Economics Department of SIES
College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mumbai
5.
Invited Expert at a Workshop on Geographic
Information System (GIS) for Research Scholars, Staff and Faculty of IIPS,
22-23 December 2017, International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS),
Mumbai and delivered a lecture on “Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of
Environmental Problems in Asia – A Stage Model Perspective”
6.
Invited as an Expert for the closed group telephonic meeting
on “India’s Energy Sector Demands: Where are we headed?” to discuss some of the key issues in each of the demand
sectors (Agriculture, Commercial,
Industry, Residential and Transport sectors), 20th December 2017,
Organized by TERI, Delhi
7.
Invited as an Expert for a Workshop on Indian
Cities for the Future – Towards Solution” involving key decision makers from industry,
business, government, and academia to identify innovative solutions for the
future of Indian cities, 4th December 2017, Organized by
the Tata Institute of
Social Sciences (TISS) and the Institute for Future Cities at University of
Strathclyde
8.
Invited
as an Expert at TARAgram Yatra
Plenary Session on 22nd September 2017, Development Alternatives,
Delhi
9.
Invited
Expert at a National Workshop on Urban Environmental Management – Solutions for
Sustainability, 17-18th August 2017, National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Hyderabad and Delivered a Lecture on
“Innovation in Waste Management – Replication Strategies for the Developing
Cities in Asia”
10. Invited as an Expert and Mentor for
the Scholar Orientation Program 2017 on July 30th 2017 at Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai
11. Invited to participate in the
lecture by Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai Mr. Ajay Mehta on Reimaging Civic
Governance, 14th July 2017, Team Observer Research Foundation, urban planning team of the MCGM and the Maharashtra
State Government’s Urban Development department.
12. Invited to Participate as an Expert at a workshop on ‘Evolving
Integrated Geospatial Policy and Strategy for India’, Association of Geo-space
Industries, 12th April 2017, India International Centre, Delhi
13. Invited as an Expert for the 6th edition of the Global
Economic Summit 2017 on the
Theme Women Empowerment:
Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Capacity Building, organized jointly
by the World Trade Centre (WTC) Mumbai and All India Association of Industries
(AIAI), March 27-29, 2017 at World Trade Centre Mumbai.
14. Invited as an Expert
Panelist at the International Conference ICAIM 2017 – Leveraging Information
Technology for Inter-sectoral Research, 17th February 2017, and
participated in the Open Forum on “Research in Industry and Use of IT for
Industrial Research – Expectations from Academics”, Thakur Institute of
Management Studies, Career Development and Research, Mumbai
15. Invited as an
Expert to give a talk on IT and IoT – Their
Interaction with the Environment by Thakur Institute of Management Studies,
Career Development and Research, Mumbai, 15th February 2017.
16. Invited as an
Expert to give two lectures at the Three Week Refresher Course on “Economics of
Industry: Modern Perspectives” organized by the Department of Economics,
University of Mumbai, 30th January and
18th February 2017. Delivered two lectures on “Economic Development
and the Environment” and “Eco-Industrial Networking for Sustainable Development
in Asian Countries”.
17. Invited as an Expert for the UNDP
Country Program Management Board Meeting, 19th
Jan 2017, UNDP India Office, Delhi
18. Invited as an
Expert Speaker for the National
Environmental Conference at CESE, IIT Bombay
during January 19-21, 2017 and delivered
a lecture on “Temporal Dynamics of Waste Management Problems in Asia – A Stage
Model Perspective
19. Invited as an
Expert Speaker at the International Conference on Environmental Management and
Sustainability ICEMS 2017, organized by SIES, Nerul
Campus, Mumbai, 4-6th January 2017 and delivered a lecture on “Urban
Transportation and Environmental Issues”
20. Invited
as an Expert at the High Profile Interactive session on “Doing Business with
Ecuador – The Gateway to Latin America” with the Ambassador of Ecuador,
organized by World Trade Center, Mumbai, 19th December 2016
21. Invited as a keynote speaker for the
Workshop on Mumbai Urban Observatory, 5-6th December 2016 organized
by Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industries and National Institute of Urban
Affairs, Delhi as part of “RCUK-Network on Sustainable Cities and Urbanization
in India” and delivered a lecture on “Need and Possibilities for an Urban
Observatory in the Context of Greater Mumbai”
22. Expert
at the Energy-Environment Group Outcome Evaluation Board meeting, UNDP India
Office, 25th November 2016
23. Invited as a keynote speaker at a two day national seminar on Human Security in India: Issues, Challenges
and Responses, 25-26 November 2016, Department of
Politics, SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sion, Mumbai
24. Invited as an Expert at the Workshop
on Research Methodology for Researcher, Faculty in Social Sciences, Department
of Economics, Government College, Ambalapuzha, 25-27
October 2016
25. Invited
expert and Principal Investigator at the Kickoff Workshop of the UN-India Joint
Network on Sustainable Cities and Urbanization in India, 26-27th
Sept 2016, Organized by Research Council of the UK and NIUA, Delhi
26. Invited
as an Expert for the Round table meeting on Development of Think-Tank for
Mumbai” organized by World Trade Center (WTC) Mumbai and Maharashtra Industrial
Development Corporation (MIDC)
held on August 19, 2016 at WTC Mumbai.
27. Invited as an
Expert at the 7th International TISS Climate Conference 2016, 29-30th
July 2016, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai
28. Orientation
Programme for the Award and Scholarship Winners for the year 2016 by Narottam Shah Foundation, July 24th, 2016 at Trident,
Mumbai
29.
Invited as an expert speaker to
deliver a talk on Economics, Development, Climate Change and the Environment at
Workshop on “Understand the Earth and
Climate Change Problems and It’s Solutions: An Engineering Perspective”,
Atharva College of Engineering, Mumbai, 15th
July 2016
30.
Thesis examiner for Masters
Programme in Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering,
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal (5th July 2016)
31.
Invited as an expert at UK-India
Urban Transformations Research Workshop, National Institute of Urban Affairs,
RCUK, 13th march 2016, Jaipur
32.
Invited as an
expert to a Round Table meeting on IoT systems and
solutions for Smart City deployment, Organized by C-DAC, Bengaluru, 20th February 2016
33.
Invited to give a lecture on
“Economic, Development and the Environment” at workshop on Greening and
Sustainability: Re-visioning the Environment, Wilson College, Mumbai, 17th
February 2016
34.
Invited as an Expert Speaker to
deliver a talk on “Environment and Economic Development” at the National
Seminar on “India – An Emerging Economy: Opportunities and Challenges”,
Department of Economics, G.N. Khalsa College of Arts,
Science and Commerce and UGC, 4-5th December 2015
35.
Invited expert, TARAgram Yatra and India – Post
2015: Investing in Sustainability conclave organized by Development
Alternatives and GTZ, New Delhi, 7-10th October 2015
36.
Invited as a Coordinator for a
Panel Discussion on The importance of developing alternative fuel and technology solutions in
India at the 5th Integer Emissions Summit India 2015, 25-26 March, Piccadily Hotel, New Delhi
37.
Invited as an expert for the
International Seminar on “Sustainable Solid Waste Management for Cities:
Opportunities in SAARC Countries”, 25-27 March 2015, Nagpur, jointly organized
by NEERI and Imperial College London.
38.
Invited expert for a two day
National Seminar on Industrial Ecology – Inter-disciplinary Perspectives and Opportunities,
20-21 March 2015, Organized by GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam
and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
39.
Series of invited guest
lectures for the Environmental Management group at Indian Institute of Forest Management
(IIFM), Bhopal, India, 26-27 January and 25-26 Feb 2015
40.
Invitation as
an Expert Speaker to lecture on Environmental accounting of Transport and Solid
Waste Management Sector at a one week refresher training program for Statistical Personnel of DES, U. P.
on Environment Statistics and Natural Resource Accounting, 23-27 February 2015,
Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) Bhopal
41.
Invited as an Environmental
Economist Expert to deliver a series of lectures at a Workshop on Environmental
Economics organized by the Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, 10-12 February 2015.
42.
Invited speaker at a Two
- day International Seminar on “Natural Resource and National Accounts in South
Asia”, 5-6 February 2015, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore,
India and gave a “lecture on Inclusive Valuation of Solid Waste Management
services in India”
43.
Chair Person, Session on
Economics of Climate Change, at a Two - day International
Seminar on “Natural Resource and National Accounts in South Asia”, 5-6 February
2015, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India
44.
Invited expert on the panel
“Environment and Climate Change” at the Young Social Innovators Conclave
organized by Indian Youth Fund, Hindustan Times and Narottam
Seksaria Foundation, Mumbai. India, 10th
October 2014
45. Invited
for the Mumbai
dialogue on green architecture "Building sense: Beyond the green façade of
sustainable habitat" organized by Center for Science and Environment, Studio-X Mumbai Fort, Mumbai, 11th October, 2014.
46.
External thesis examiner for
Master’s thesis submitted by Mr. Vikar Verma, IIT Bombay, 27th August 2014.
47.
Invited expert at the Consultation
Workshop on the 3rd Regional Plan of Mumbai Metropolitan Region
(MMR) for year 2014-2034, MMRDA, BKC Mumbai, 28th March 2014.
48.
External Theses Examiner for the
Post-graduate programme in Environmental Engineering,
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT),
Warangal, AP, India (July 2014)
49.
Invited as a Key note speaker
for the UGC sponsored Seminar on “Frontiers in the Field of Science, Technology
and Sustainability”, organized by Government of Maharashtra’s Elphinstone
College, Mumbai, 14-15th February 2014.
50.
Key Note Speaker at the UGC sponsored Seminar on “Environmental Management: New Paradigm for Water, Sanitation and
Sustainability” organized by the School of Engineering, Cochin University of
Science and Technology (CUSAT), 23rd January 2014 and delivered a
key note speech on “Economics for Environmental Management”
51.
Invited and Key Note Speaker
at the UGC
Sponsored State Level Seminar on Sustainable Infrastructure Development in
India, Department of Economics, P.N. Doshi Women’s
College, Mumbai, India, 11-12th October 2013 and delivered a keynote
speech on “Urban Transportation Infrastructure: Integrating Strategies
for Sustainable Transportation”
52.
Invited Speaker at the Maharashtra Water Forum organized by EI Water, Hotel
Orchid, Santacruz East, Mumbai, India, 25th
September 2013 and delivered a keynote speech on “Basic Services in Urban Centers
– Present Trends and the Way Forward”
53.
Invited Lecture at an International Seminar on “Sustainable Development –
Indo-Canadian Perspective”, SNDT Women
University, Juhu Campus, Mumbai, India, 19-20
March 2013
54.
Chairperson for the Technical Session IV at an International Seminar on
“Sustainable Development: An Indo-Canadian Perspective”, SNDT Women University, Juhu Campus,
Mumbai, India, 19-20 March 2013
55.
Six Invited Lectures on Modeling
in Ecological and Economics (MEE) for MBA Graduate Students at IIFM Bhopal, 4-6 March 2013.
56. Invited Speaker for Environmental
training program on “EIA studies
and EMP of contaminated sites for industrial sector”, sponsored by
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), CSIR Central Salt & Marine Chemicals
Research Institute, Bhavanagar, Gujarat, India,
13th February 2013
57.
Invited Expert Speaker at the AICTE Sponsored Staff Development Programme on Green
Construction: Environmental Compulsion of the Day , 14-18 May 2012, Shree Vidhya Niketan Engineering College, Tirupathi,
India – Lectured on “Greening Commercial Buildings: Initiatives in India and
the Bottlenecks”
58.
Invited lectures on Ecology and Economy Models at Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, 6-7th
March 2012
59.
Resource Person, Faculty Refresher Course on Advanced Economics, Sponsored by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), IGIDR,
Mumbai, 24th November 2011 – Delivered a lecture on “Contemporary
Issues in providing Environmental Services”
60.
Series of invited guest
lectures for the Environmental Management group at Indian Institute of Forest Management
(IIFM), Bhopal, India, 26-27 Feb 2011
61.
Invited Expert Speaker for the session on “Finance for Agriculture and Forestry – CDM
Project” at the Continuing Professional
Development Programme on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Carbon Finance
for Agriculture and Forestry and Land use Project, organized by the Engineering Staff College of India
(ESCI), 25-27th August 2010, ESCI, Hyderabad, India
62.
PhD thesis examiner for Pondicherry university (2012)
63.
Invited for the 23rd Research and Development Advisory
Committee (RDAC) meeting of the Ministry
of Rural Development and made a presentation (of the proposed
project) on Development of Low Cost Filter for the Removal of Pesticides in the
Rural and Pesticide Effected Area”, 16th June 2010, MoRD, Paryavaran Bhawan, Delhi
64.
Invited Guest (on President’s Invitation) Lecture on Environmental
Protection – Changing Trends and the Present Day Needs at GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, India, on 15th July
2009.
65.
Chairman, Session on “Green Building, Energy Saving and Carbon Markets”,
International Conference on Green Growth, Organized by ICFAI Business School and
Andhra Pradesh Forest Academy, 17-18 December 2008, Hyderabad, India
66.
Panel Member, Panel discussion on “India’s Environmental Challenges”, held at
IBS, Hyderabad on 18th December 2008, Jointly organized by ICFAI Business School and Andhra Pradesh
Forest Academy
67.
Chairman, Session on Urbanization, Migration and Health, Students
Colloquium on Development Research (SCODER), IGIDR, 28-29th
September 2007.
68.
Invited Speaker at the “Urban Transportation and Climate Change in Indian Cities:
Experiences from Delhi and Mumbai”, at the Joint Seminar on Climate Change: The
Urban Transportation Challenge, Municipal Corporation of Kolkata and the Centre for Social Markets CSM), 8th
August 2007, The Conclave, Kolkata, India (Funded by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Germany)
69.
Invited to participate in the
Round-table on “Cities on River: Preparing for Climate Change”, Floatel, Kolkata, 8th August 2007, Kolkata,
India, Organized by the INTACH and the Centre
for Social Markets (CSM), (attended by Mr. Murad Qureshi, Member of London
Assembly)
70.
Invited to
participate in the “LEAD Consultation on the Status of Local Environmental
Governance in India and Strategies for Future Action”, 15-16th March
2007, India Habitat Center, New Delhi (Organized jointly by LEAD International and British Government
(Foreign Office)
71.
Resource person for sessions on “Financing Environmental Projects and
Environmental Reporting and Verification”, Training Programme for Non-ISS
Statistical Personnel on “Natural Resources Accounting Techniques” Indian Institute of Forest Management,
Bhopal, 12-16 Feb 2007
72.
Lectured on “Environmental Finance”
for PFM graduate students at the Indian
Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, February 2007
73.
Invited to to
deliver a talk on “Air Quality Modeling: Case Studies of Delhi and Mumbai”,
Seminar on Valuation and Accounting of Urban Air Pollution in India,
Envrionmental Economics Workshop, Institute
of Economic Growth, New Delhi, India, 30th Nov 2006
74.
Invited as a GEF-Consultant for
Project Proponent, GEF Empowered Committee meeting at the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, 6th
September 2006.
75.
Invited as a GEF-Consultant/Expert,
Workshop on Cleaner Mobility in Urban Areas in India, UNDP/Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, New Delhi,
26th Aug, 2006.
76.
External examiner for student
presentations at Center for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay,
India (2006).
77.
Invited to participate in the
National review workshop on “Roles of Agriculture” IGIDR, Mumbai, India, 6-7
October 2003 (sponsored by FAO of UN)
78.
Invited to participate as a representative of “National Research
Institute” for the Sida project
at National Dissemination Seminar on, “Asian
Regional Research Project on Energy, Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC)”,
Central Electricity Authority (CEA), New
Delhi, 5th May 2003.
79.
Invited Speaker, “Environmental Economics Training Programme for Indian Economic
Services/Indian Statistical Services Offices”, Sponsored by the World Bank, 6th
February 2003, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics,
Pune, India.
80.
Invited to speak on “GHG
mitigation from MSW” in the Group Monitoring Workshop of Department of Science
and Technology’s “Fast Track Scheme”, Department
of Science and Technology, Government of India, January, 2003, Nagpur,
India.
81.
Invited Talk on “Pesticide Removal Using Indigenous Wood Charcoal” at Birla Institute of Technology and Science
(BITS), Pilani, India on 30 August 2001.
82.
Invited Speaker,
Workshop on Advanced Waste Minimization and Management Technologies, Department
of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, November 2000.
83.
Invited to participate in the
Brainstorming session which is a part of training programme
on Environmental Economics for top level executives from corporate sector under
the World Bank Environmental Management Capacity Building Technical Assistance
Project (EMCaB) implemented by MoEF, Govt. of India, 29 June, 2000, IGIDR, Mumbai, India.
84.
Invited to participate and
present a paper entitled “Feasibility of Landfill Technology for Management of
MSW: A Case Study of Mumbai” in the workshop on “Municipal Solid Wastes:
Technology and Management” NDC & West
Bengal Pollution Control Board, 15th November 1999 at Calcutta,
India.
85.
Invited to participate in
Technical Advisory Committee meeting held for Rural Pollution and Health
Impacts at IGIDR, Mumbai, India, 15th
November 1999.
86.
Invited to participate in the
“Consultative Symposium on Environmental Governance for Sustainable
Development” Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India, June 11th
1999, Mumbai, India.
87.
Invited to give a lecture on Bio-methanation:
An Alternative Energy Source – Appropriate Choice for the Next Millennium,
at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India on 3rd March 1999.
88.
Invited to participate and
present a technical paper at the National seminar on Environmental Protection:
Recent trends in wastewater treatment, 19 - 20th January 1998, EPTRI,
Hyderabad, India
89.
Invited to participate and
present a technical paper at a National seminar on Environmental Conservation
and Management (ECOMAN), March 1996, GITAM,
Visakhapatnam, India
90.
Invited to participate in
National seminar on Conservation and Development in Tropics, March 1995, BHU, Varanasi, India, and present a
technical paper
91.
Invited to participate and
present a technical paper at National seminar on Environment, Biodiversity and
Conservation, August 1995 at Rani Durgavathi University, Jabalpur, India
Details of External
Research Funding Obtained
Industry-or Government sponsored
R&D projects
1. Issues
and Strategies Required
for EIP Implementation in Ulsan, South Korea - Identified Based on Multi-actor Group Questionnaire Survey (2009) –Funded by
BRAINPOOL Programme, Government of Korea
- Sudhakar Yedla and Hung-Suck Park, Ulsan EIP Center, University of
Ulsan, South Korea. (Lead Author)
2. Book Writing Proposal on “URBAN TRANSPORTATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT – Issues, Alternatives and Policy Analysis”, Funded by IGIDR and Published by Narosa Publishers, India – Funds drawn from research projects funded by Sida. (Project Leader and Author)
3. Scoping
Paper for the Establishment of a UNESCAP Eco-City Development Award (2008), A
consultancy project funded by ESD Division of UN-ESCAP, Bangkok (Lead Author)
4. Strategies for promotion of energy efficient and emission
reduction technologies in urban transport sector in selected Asian countries –
A multinational research project funded by Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (Sida) under the scheme of Asia Regional Research Programme
on Energy, Environment and Climate Change Phase II (ARRPEEC Phase III) – Work involved Air quality modeling from non-point sources (Project
Director) (leader) (2002-2007)
5. Analysis of technological alternatives
for mitigating environmental emissions from the urban transport system in
selected Asian countries – A multinational research
project funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
under the scheme of Asia Regional Research
Programme on Energy, Environment and Climate Change Phase II (ARRPEEC Phase II)
(Project Investigator) (1998-2001)
6. “Socio-Economic Analysis and Policy Implications of the Roles of
Agriculture in Developing Countries” – ‘Role of Agriculture’ in short, funded
by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (In-charge for
the Module on Environment (leader) (2002-2003)
7. “Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW):
Estimation and Selection of Economically Feasible Abatement Methodology” funded
by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India under the
scheme of “Fast track proposal for Young Scientists 2000-2001” (Principal
Investigator (leader) (2001-2003)
Capacity
Building / Training Programmes
1. EETCPN Environmental Economics Training Program for the Private
Corporate Sector under The World Bank’s EERC Project (Program Coordinator
(leader) (June/July, 2000)
2. Environmental Economics Training Programme under the sponsorship
of the World Bank’s Environmental Management Capacity Building Project, held at
IGIDR, Mumbai (Program Coordinator (leader) (July 13-16, 2000)
Academic
Programmes/Conferences/Workshops
1.
Co-organizer
for the workshop on Mumbai Urban Observatory, organized under the UK-India
Joint Network on Sustainable Cities and Funded by Research Council UK. This
workshop was actively supported by IGIDR, TISS, IIPS and IIT Mumbai (5-6
December 2016)
2.
Coordinator, IGIDR Silver Jubilee Conference on Energy and Environment –
“Cities and Sustainability”, 29-30 October 2013, IGIDR, Mumbai
3.
Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Economic
Instruments for Water Resources Management to be held on 9-10 January 2009 by
IGIDR, Mumbai, India
4. Organizing Committee Member, “How to Bring the Global Concerns
into Urban Context”, Organized by the Urban Environmental Management group of
IGES, JAPAN at the International Open Science Meeting of International Human
Dimensions Program (IHDP), Bonn, Germany 10-13 October 2005
5. Organized a Brainstorming/Inceptions Workshop on “Policies for the
promotion of energy efficient and environmentally friendly technologies in
urban transportation sector in India, 19th November, 2003, IGIDR,
Mumbai, India
6. Organizing Committee Member, Symposium on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development,
IGIDR, 6 – 7 July 2003.
7. Organizing
Committee Member, Inception workshop of Role of Agriculture (ROA) project
funded by Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO), IGIDR,
Mumbai, India, 21-22 September 2002.
8.
Organizing Committee Member for
the session “Energy Policy Issues and Power Sector Reforms” and “Environmental
Management: Local and Global issues” in the “International Symposium on
Development Policies for the Next Millennium” being held at IGIDR in July’00.
Industry-or Government-sponsored consulting assignments
1. Independent evaluator for the Sustainable Urban Transportation
Program (SUTP) of UNDP India Office, Delhi (2017) (National Consultant)
2.
Review of a book titled
“Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Development: An Interdisciplinary
Approach”, Routledge Publishers (2016) (Reviewer)
3.
Review of Pedagogical Course on Solid Waste
Management developed by National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, Indian
Institute of Technology IIT-Kharagpur and Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Government of India (Reviewer)
4. “Outcome Evaluation of the Country Program Action Plan (CPAP)
2013-17” for UNDP-India, (along with Ian Holland and Pradeep Sharma), UNDP
India Office, Delhi (2016). (National
consultant)
5.
“Mid Term Review of the
Country Program Action Plan (CPAP) 2013-17” for UNDP-India, (along with Ian
Holland), UNDP India Office, Delhi (2015). (National
Consultant)
6.
Development of Analytical Paper on Sustainable Industrialization
and Provision of Infrastructure in India to help Government of India on
International negotiations for SDGs, UNDP, India office (Lead
Consultant) (June 2014 – August 2014)
7.
Evaluation
of Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention
of Air Pollution and Its Likely Trans-boundary Effects for South Asia (An inter-governmental agreement
Implemented by SACEP), UNEP – RRC.AP (Independent
Evaluator) (December 2012-April 2013)
8.
Development of Analytical Paper on Sustainability of
Industrialization and Provision of Infrastructure in India to help Government
of India on International negotiations for SDGs, UNDP, India office (Lead
Consultant) (June 2014 – August 2014)
9.
Design of a project to conduct Macro-Economic Impacts Assessment
of Climate Change for Bangladesh (Mini Stern Report) under the Asian Development Banks (ADB)
Technical Assistance Project - Strengthening the Implementation of Climate
Change Action Plan for Bangladesh. (International
Consultant) (Environmental Economist) August 2013-Oct 2014
10.
Development of Analytical Paper on Sustainable Transportation and
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in India to help Government of India on
International negotiations for SDGs, UNDP, India office (Lead Consultant) (June
2013 – January 2014)
11. Design and Development of
Hazardous Landfill Site for Bhilai Steel Plant,
Raipur, India for
HMR Environmental Consultants, Dubai and Bhilai Steel
Plant (BSP), Raipur, India (Team Leader) (March 2012 – till date)
12. Design and Development of Garraf Sanitary Landfill in Iraq, for HMR Environmental Engineering
Consultants, Sultanate of Oman (Team Leader) (Dec 2011 – March 2012)
13. Cleaner Mobility in Urban
Areas, Incremental cost analysis and Development
of full project proposal for GEF, for the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of
India and UNDP (Incremental cost expert/consultant) (February 2006 –March 2007)
14. Socio-Economic Impact
Assessment and Development of Relocation & Rehabilitation Plan for a
Bauxite Mining and Alumina Refinery Unit at Lanjigarh, Orissa, India funded by Tata AIG Risk Management Services Ltd.,
India (Project Coordinator) (leader)
(2001-2002)
15. Evolution of Environment in Mumbai, A Commission paper from
Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan (Lead Author)
(leader) (2002)
Details of Conferences Attended
Total:
118 International: 58 National:
60
International
Conferences Attended
1. Tenth South Asian Economic Summit – Deepening Economic
Integration for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in South Asia, 14-16
November 2017, Katmandu, Nepal, organized by South Asia Watch on
Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), Nepal
2. Invited as an expert for the Interactive session on “Doing
Business with Ecuador – The Gateway to Latin America” with the Ambassador of
Ecuador, organized by World Trade Center, Mumbai and All India Association of
Industries, 19th December 2016
3. Invited expert at the Workshop on Mumbai Urban Observatory,
Organized by Mumbai Chamber of Commerce and Industries and RCUK-NIUA, 5-6
December 2016 Mumbai and Delivered a key note speech on “Need and Possibilities for an Urban
Observatory in the Context of Greater Mumbai”
4. Attended the Kick off workshop of UK-India Joint Network on
Sustainable Cities and Urbanization in India, 26-27 Sept 2016, Delhi as an
Invited expert and principal investigator
5. Attended the 11th International Conference of Nomura
Center for Life Long Integrated Education, Tokyo, Japan, 115-19th
November 2014
6. Attended Water and Environmental Technology (WET) Conference 2014 organized
by the Japan Society on Water Environment, at TWIns, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 28-29 June 2014, and
presented a paper titled “Development of Methodology for E-Waste Estimation: A
Material Flow Analysis Based SYE Waste Model”
7. Invited to deliver an expert lecture on “Economic Development and
Infrastructure in India at the Times of Global Negotiations for SDGs” at Hangkuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul Republic of Korea, 28th May
2014
8. Invited to deliver an expert lecture on “Economic Development and Societal Transformation - Why are the Issues in
Asian Cities Unique?” at Korean Institute for International Economic Policy
(KIEP), Seoul, Republic of Korea, 30th May 2014
9. Invited to deliver an expert lecture on “Economic Development and
Sustainability - Means to Integrate Sustainability into Economic Development”
at The Graduate School of International
Studies (GSIS), Sogang University, Seoul, Republic
of Korean, 3rd June 2014
10. Delivered a Fellowship lecture on “India - Korea
CEPA: Analysis of Industrial Competitiveness and Environmental Implications” at
Korean Institute for International
Economic Policy (KIEP), Seoul, Republic of Korea, 5th June
2014
11. Invited as Climate Change Expert, the
Technical Working Group Meeting on Climate Change, Resource Scarcity and Food
Security, Knowledge Partnership Program (KPP), IPE and DFID ,UK, at
DFID-British High Commission, New Delhi, 18th January 2013.
12. Invited Expert, 9th Refresher Training Programme, Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and Its Likely Trans-boundary Effects for South Asia, CPCB, India, Delhi 10-12 December 2012
13. Participated in the UNU-WIDER International Conference on Climate
Change and Sustainable Development, Helsinki, Finland 28-29th September
2012 and presented an invited paper
14. Participated in the Water and Environmental Technology (WET)
International Conference organized by the Water Technology Center, University
of Tokyo, 29-30 June 2012, Institute of Industrial Engineering, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo, Japan and made a
presentation on Providing water for a
Billion – Partnerships and its Limitations
15. Invited International Expert, International Workshop on Water-Energy-Carbon
Nexus in Mega Cities, Organized by Global Carbon Project (GCP) – National
Institute of Environmental Studies (NIES) Japan, Tokyo Garden Palace, Tokyo,
Japan, 1-3 March 2012
16. Participated
in ICON MSW 2011, 2nd International Conference on Solid Waste
Management, Kolkata, India, and Presented a paper on “Dynamic of Environmental
Problems – Why are the Waste Management Problems Unique in the Developing
Cities of Asia?” 9-11 November 2011
17. Participated as an Invited Speaker in the International
Solid Waste Association (ISWA) World Congress 2011, Daegu, South Korea 17-20
October 2011 and Presented four papers titled
a. Development of Methodology for E-Waste Estimation – A Material
Flow Approach”
b. E-Waste Management in India: Issues, Challenges and Policy
Responses”
c. Innovation
in MSW Management – Replication Strategies for Developing Cities in Asia
d. Sustainable
Waste Management in Asian Cities – Modified Landfill Design
18. Participated
in the Capacity Building Workshop on Carbon Governance in Asia: Bridging Scales
and Disciplines, Organized by UNU-IAS, GCP and APN during 1-3rd
November 2010 at the Institute of Advanced Studies, United National University,
Yokohama, Japan
19. Participated
in the 5th Workshop on “Improvement of solid waste
management and reduction of GHG emission in Asia (SWGA)” - Feasibility of mitigation action in Asia held at the
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan during
21-23rd October 2010 and made a presentation on GHG Mitigation from Solid Waste Management – PPP Based Decentralized Composting
(21st October 2010)
20. Participated in the 7th NIES Workshop on E-waste held at the
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan during
18-20th October 2010 and made a presentation on E-Waste Management in India – Issues, Challenges and Policy
Response (18th October 2010)
21. Participated
in the 5th Workshop on “Improvement of solid waste
management and reduction of GHG emission in Asia (SWGA)” - Feasibility of mitigation action in Asia held at the
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan during
21-23rd October 2010 and made a country representative presentation on the State of National GHG Mitigation Efforts
Relevant to Waste Sector – Indian Scenario (22nd October 2010)
22. Invited
for the International
Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change: Opportunities
and Challenges for Sustainability in an Urbanizing World, to be held on the
campus of Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona USA, October 15-17, 2010,
The Urbanization and Global Environmental Change project of the International
Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP). Made a presentation on "Co-Benefit as
an Approach to Align Climate Change Concerns with the National Development
Objectives: Solid Waste Management",
23. Participated in a Regional Workshop on “Waste Management in the Sohar Industrial Port”, organized by Sohar
Environmental Unit, Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, Sultanate of
Oman, Crown Plaza Sohar, 20th September
2010
24. Invited at the 2nd UNITAR-Yale Global Conference on Environmental Governance
and Democracy: Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green Economy,
2nd Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, September 17-19, 2010 to make a panel presentation on ‘Mainstreaming Climate Change and Greening Concerns into the National Development Objectives:
Issues of Governance at Different Levels’.
25. Coordinator for a “Panel on Harmonized Emission Standards in India
– What can be learned from Europe Experience”, Diesel Emission Conference
(DEC-2010), Organized by Integer Research,
London (8-9th September 2010), Leela Kempsi, Gurgaon, New Delhi, India
26. Participated in the Regional Training Workshop on “Integrated
Solid Waste Management based on 3R Principles, IETC-DTIE of United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP), UNEP-ROAP and UNESCAP, 5-8th October
2009, Osaka, Japan
27. Participated in the International Conference on “Green Growth”,
IBS, Hyderabad, India 17-18th December 2008, organized by ICFAI
School of Business and Andhra Pradesh Forest Academy, and Presented an Invited
Paper titled “Eco- Industrial
Networking for Sustainable Development in Asia –Issues and Development
Strategies”
28.
Participated in the
“International Workshop on Evaluating Climate Change and Development”,
Alexandria, Egypt, 10-13 May 2008, organized by the Global Environment Facility
(GEF) of the World Bank and presented the “Award winning” paper on “Climate
Change Mitigation Initiatives in Urban Transportation – Strategies to Promote
Non-Motorized Modes of Transportation”
29. Participated in “Symposium on Technical Development for Climate
Change Counter Plan” Lotte Hotel, Ulsan City, 1-2nd
May 2008 and delivered a Key Note Speech on “Integrating Strategies for Local
and Global Environmental Issues” on 2nd May 2008
30. Participated in the “Korean Society of Environmental Engineers’
Annual Seminar” Ulsan City, 1-2 May 2008 and delivering a Key Note Speech on
“Economics for Environmental Management” on 1st May 2008
31. Invited Expert, First Asia and Pacific Mayor’s Forum on
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development, Ulsan City, South Korea, 21-23
April 2008, Organized by UNESCAP and the City of Ulsan.
32. Expert lecture on “Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development –
Integrating Strategies for Local and Global Issues” on 21st April
2008
33. Participated in the 3rd Expert
Meeting on Solid Waste Management in Asia and Pacific Islands and Presented a paper
on “Co-Benefit as an Approach to Align Climate
Change Concerns with the National Development Objectives:Solid
Waste Management”, Okayama, JAPAN, 7-9 Nov’07.
34. Participated in Better Air Quality (BAQ - 2006) Conference
organized by CAI-Asia and ADB, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 13-15 December 2006.
35. Invited Expert, Project formulation Workshop for Asian Climate
Change Research Programme (ACCReP), Funded by Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency, 27-28 October 2005, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
36. Attended and presented a paper at the International Open Science
Meeting of International Human Dimensions Program (IHDP), Bonn, Germany 10-13
October 2005.
37. Invited Speaker, “Better Air Quality in Asia and pacific Rim
Cities (BAQ) 2004”, an international workshop organized by the CIA Asia, ADB,
Agra, India, 6-8 Dec., 2004
38. Attended the Annual review workshop on “Strategies to promote
energy efficient technologies in urban transportation” under Asian Regional
Research Project for Energy Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -III), Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 11-12 November, 2004
39. Participated in the “Workshop-cum-study visit Community-based and
Decentralized Solid Waste Management” UNESCAP, 13-17 September 2004, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
40. Participated in the third Kitakyushu Initiative Network Meeting of
UNESCAP, 2-4 August 2004, Kitakyushu, Japan
41. Attended the sixth Thematic Seminar on International Cooperation
for Local Initiatives, IGES, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2nd July 2004
42. Attended the fifth Thematic Seminar on Public Participation for
Urban Environmental Management, IGES, Kitakyushu, Japan, 20-21 January 2003
43. Attended the Better Air Quality (BAQ 2003) workshop, 17-19
December 2003, Manila, Philippines, (Sponsored by ADB, Philippines) and
presented a paper “Transportation Trends, Alternatives and Policy Issues in
Indian Cities”
44. Attended the International Conference on “Roles of Agriculture”,
Organized by United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 20-22
October 2003, Rome, Italy
45. Attended the Annual review workshop on “Strategies to promote
energy efficient technologies in urban transportation” under Asian Regional
Research Project for Energy Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -III), Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 24-26 September, 2003
46. Attended the “Fourth Training Workshop on International
Environmental Law – Biodiversity," Kushiro, Japan, 15-21st
March 2003 (Sponsored by United Nations Institute of Training and Research –
UNITAR)
47. Invited Speaker “Better Air Quality in Asia and pacific Rim Cities
(BAQ) 2002”, an international workshop organized by the CIA Asia, ADB and HK
Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 16-18 December, 2002
48. Attended the Methodology Workshop on “Strategies to promote energy
efficient technologies in urban transportation” under Asian Regional Research
Project for Energy Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -II), held at Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 7-8 October, 2002
49. Participated in the Inception workshop of Role of Agriculture
(ROA) project funded by Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations
(FAO), IGIDR, Mumbai, India, 21-22 September 2002.
50. Attended the World Bank Institute’s course on Environmental
Economics and Development Policy 2002 (EEDP V), Washington D.C. United States,
15-26 July, 2002
51. Attended the Third Annual Review Workshop on Asian Regional
Research Project for Energy Environment and Climate, Asian Institute of
Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 25-27 March, 2002
52. Attended the Training and Research Workshop organized by IUCN, -
Asian Region Office and South Asian Network for Development and Research
(SANDEE), AIT, Thailand, 7-12th March 2002 and delivered a talk on
"Economic Valuation of Pesticide Pollution in India – A Policy Analysis for
the Development of Eco-Friendly Agriculture Practice".
53. Attended the "International Conference on Advances in Civil
Engineering (ACE 2002)" held at IIT, Kharagpur, India during January 3-5,
2002 and presented a paper titled "Sustainability Approach to Waste
Management - A Case of Modified Design for Landfills".
54. Open AIT lecture on “Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process for
the Selection of Alternative Options for Urban Transportation in India –
Analysis of Group Aggregation Methodology Adopted in AHP”, May 22, 2001, Asian
Institute of Technology, Thailand
55. Attended the Second Annual Review Workshop on Asian Regional
Research Project for Energy Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC -II), Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 19-21 February, 2001
56. Participated in the First Indian Research Forum on “Green House
Gas Pollution Prevention – Climate Change Supplement” - A Programme of the
USAID, organized by Louis Berger, Inc. and IGIDR at Indira Gandhi Institute of
Development Research, Mumbai, India on 22/01/01
57. Participated and presented a paper titled "Policies and
Strategies for Better Management of Municipal Solid Waste in Indian Cities at
the International Human Development Programme workshop on Climate Change,
IHDP-Bonn, September 10-19, 2000, Bonn, Germany.
58. Participated and presented a paper “Purpose Built Landfill System
for the Control of Methane Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste” at The Second
International Methane Mitigation Conference, Novosibirsk, Russia, June 18-23, 2000.
59. Participated in the International Youth Forum on Lifelong
Integrated Education – “Think together: Future for us, Humanity and the Earth”,
Nomura center for Lifelong Integrated Education, Tokyo, Japan, 17-19 August
1999.
1. Participated in National seminar on Conservation and Development
in Tropics, March 1995, BHU, Varanasi, India, and presented a paper
2. Participated in National seminar on Environment, Biodiversity and
Conservation, August 1995 at Rani Durgavathi
University, Jabalpur, India and presented a paper
3. Participated in National seminar on Environmental Conservation and
Management (ECOMAN), March 1996, Visakhapatnam, India and presented a paper
4. Participated in National seminar on Environmental Protection: Recent
trends in wastewater treatment, 19 - 20th January 1998, EPTRI, Hyderabad, India
and presented a paper
5. Bio-methanation:
An Alternative Energy Source – Appropriate Choice for the Next Millennium, presented at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research,
Mumbai, India on 3rd March 1999.
6. Attended the “Consultative Symposium on Environmental Governance
for Sustainable Development” being held by Indira Gandhi Institute of
Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India on June 11th 1999 in
Mumbai, India.
7. Participated and presented a paper entitled “Feasibility of
Landfill Technology for Management of MSW: A Case Study of Mumbai” in the
workshop on “Municipal Solid Wastes: Technology and Management” NDC & West
Bengal Pollution Control Board, 15th Nov 1999 at Calcutta, India.
8. Participated in Technical Advisory Committee meeting held for
Rural Pollution and Health Impacts at IGIDR, Mumbai, India, 15th
November 1999.
9. Participated in the Brainstorming session which is a part of
training programme on Environmental Economics for top
level executives from corporate sector under the World Bank Environmental
Management Capacity Building Technical Assistance Project (EMCaB)
being implemented by MoEF, Govt. of India, 29 June,
2000, IGIDR, Mumbai, India.
10. Participated and presented paper “GHG mitigation from MSW” in the
Group Monitoring Workshop of Department of Science and Technology’s “Fast Track
Scheme”, January, 2003, Nagpur, India.
11. Participated as a representative
of “National Research Institute” for the Sida project at National Dissemination Seminar on, “Asian Regional Research Project on Energy,
Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC)”, Central Electricity Authority (CEA),
New Delhi, 5th May 2003.
12. National review workshop on “Roles of Agriculture” IGIDR, Mumbai,
India, 6-7 October 2003 (sponsored by FAO of UN)
13. GEF-Consultant/Expert, Workshop on Cleaner Mobility in Urban Areas
in India, UNDP/Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, New Delhi,
26th Aug, 2006.
14. GEF-Consultant for Project Proponent, GEF Empowered Committee
meeting at the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, 6th
September 2006.
15. Delivered a talk on “Air Quality Modeling: Case
Studies of Delhi and Mumbai”, Seminar on Valuation and Accounting of Urban Air
Pollution in India, Envrionmental Economics Workshop, Institute of Economic
Growth (IEG), New Delhi, India, 30th November 2006
16. Participated in the “LEAD Consultation on the
Status of Local Environmental Governance in India and Strategies for Future
Action”, 15-16th March 2007, India Habitat Center, New Delhi
(Organized jointly by LEAD International and British Government (Foreign
Office)
17. Delivered a talk on “Urban Transportation and Climate Change in
Indian Cities: Experiences from Delhi and Mumbai”, at the Joint Seminar on
Climate Change: The Urban Transportation Challenge, Municipal Corporation of
Kolkata and the Centre for Social Markets CSM), 8th August 2007, The
Conclave, Kolkata, India (Funded by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Germany)
18. Participated in the Round-table on “Cities on River: Preparing for
Climate Change”, Floatel, Kolkata, 8th
August 2007, Kolkata, India, Organized by the INTACH and the Centre for Social
Markets (CSM), (attended by Mr. Murad Qureshi, Member of London Assembly)
19. Invited Speaker for Environmental
training program on “EIA studies
and EMP of contaminated sites for industrial sector”, sponsored by
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB),
CSIR Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar,
Gujarat, India, 13th February 2013
20. Invited Speaker at the Maharashtra Water Forum organized by EI Water, Hotel Orchid, Santacruz East, Mumbai, India, 25th September 2013 and delivered a keynote speech on “Basic Services in Urban Centers – Present Trends and the Way Forward”
21. Invited Speaker at the UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar on
Sustainable Infrastructure Development in India, 11-12 October 2013, Organized
by the Department of Economics, Smt. P.N. Doshi
Women’s College, Mumbai and delivered a talk on “Urban Transportation
Infrastructure: Integrating Strategies for Sustainable Transportation”
22. Invited as a Key note speaker for the UGC sponsored Seminar
on “Frontiers in the Field of Science, Technology and Sustainability”,
organized by Government of Maharashtra’s Elphinstone College, Mumbai, 14-15th
February 2014.
23. Key Note Speaker, UGC sponsored
Seminar on “Environmental Management:
New Paradigm for Water, Sanitation and Sustainability” organized by the School
of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, 23rd
January 2014 and delivered a key note speech on “Economics for Environmental
Management”
24. Participated in the India Development Report (IDR) Workshop
organized by Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) as a
contributing author and presented a paper on “Indian Transportation and Its
Sustainability”, 7th March 2014, IGIDR, Mumbai
25. Invited expert on the panel “Environment and Climate Change” at
the Young Social Innovators Conclave organized by Indian Youth Fund, Hindustan
Times and Narottam Seksaria
Foundation, Mumbai. India, 10th October 2014
26. Invited
for the Mumbai
dialogue on green architecture "Building sense: Beyond the green façade of
sustainable habitat" organized by Center for Science and Environment, Studio-X Mumbai Fort, Mumbai, 11th October, 2014.
27. Invited as a Coordinator for a Panel Discussion on The importance of
developing alternative fuel and technology solutions in India at the 5th
Integer Emissions Summit India 2015, 25-26 March, Piccadily
Hotel, New Delhi
28. Invited as an expert for the International Seminar on “Sustainable
Solid Waste Management for Cities: Opportunities in SAARC Countries”, 25-27
March 2015, Nagpur, jointly organized by NEERI and Imperial College London.
29. Invited expert for a two day National Seminar on Industrial
Ecology – Inter-disciplinary Perspectives and Opportunities, 20-21 March 2015,
Organized by GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam and
Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
30. Invitation as an Expert Speaker to lecture on
Environmental accounting of Transport and Solid Waste Management Sector at a
one week refresher training program for
Statistical Personnel of DES, U. P. on Environment Statistics and Natural
Resource Accounting, 23-27 February 2015, Indian Institute of Forest Management
(IIFM) Bhopal
31. Invited as an Environmental Economist Expert to deliver a series
of lectures at a Workshop on Environmental Economics organized by the
Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, 10-12
February 2015.
32. Invited speaker at a Two - day International
Seminar on “Natural Resource and National Accounts in South Asia”, 5-6 February
2015, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India and gave a
“lecture on Inclusive Valuation of Solid Waste Management services in India”
33. Chair Person, Session on Economics of Climate Change, at a Two
- day International Seminar on “Natural Resource and National Accounts in South
Asia”, 5-6 February 2015, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore,
India
34. Invited expert at the Consultation Workshop on the 3rd Regional Plan
of Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) for year 2014-2034, MMRDA, BKC Mumbai, 28th
March 2014.
35. Invited as an Expert Speaker to deliver a talk on “Environment and
Economic Development” at the National Seminar on “India – An Emerging Economy:
Opportunities and Challenges”, Department of Economics, G.N. Khalsa College of Arts, Science and Commerce and UGC, 4-5th
December 2015
36. Invited expert, TARAgram Yatra and India – Post 2015: Investing in Sustainability
conclave organized by Development Alternatives and GTZ, New Delhi, 7-10th
October 2015
37. Participated in the workshop on Greening and Sustainability:
Re-visioning the Environment, organized by Wilson College, Mumbai, 17th February 2016 and delivered a lecture
“Economic, Development and the Environment”.
38. Participated as an invited expert in a Round Table
meeting on IoT systems and solutions for Smart City deployment, Organized by
C-DAC, Bengaluru, 20th February 2016
39. Invited as an expert at UK-India Urban Transformations Research
Workshop, National Institute of Urban Affairs, RCUK, 13th march
2016, Jaipur
40. Invited as an expert speaker at Workshop on “Understand the Earth and Climate Change
Problems and It’s Solutions: An Engineering Perspective”, Atharva College of Engineering, Mumbai and delivered
a lecture on Economics, Development, Climate Change and the Environment, 15th
July 2016
41. Orientation Programme for the Award and Scholarship Winners for
the year 2016 by Narottam Shah Foundation, July
24th, 2016 at Trident, Mumbai
42. Invited
as an Expert at the 7th International TISS Climate Conference 2016,
29-30th July 2016, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai
43. Invited expert and Principal Investigator at the Kickoff Workshop
of the UN-India Joint Network on Sustainable Cities and Urbanization in India,
26-27th Sept 2016, Organized by Research Council of the UK and NIUA,
Delhi
44. Invited as an Expert at the Workshop
on Research Methodology for Researcher, Faculty in Social Sciences, Department
of Economics, Government College, Ambalapuzha, 25-27
October 2016
45. Invited as a keynote speaker at a two day national seminar on Human Security in India:
Issues, Challenges and Responses, 25-26 November 2016, Department of Politics, SIES College of Arts, Science
and Commerce, Sion, Mumbai
46. Invited as a keynote speaker for the
Workshop on Mumbai Urban Observatory, 5-6th December 2016 organized
by Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industries and National Institute of Urban
Affairs, Delhi as part of “RCUK-Network on Sustainable Cities and Urbanization
in India” and delivered a lecture on “Need and Possibilities for an Urban
Observatory in the Context of Greater Mumbai”
47. Invited
as an Expert Speaker at the International Conference on Environmental
Management and Sustainability ICEMS 2017, organized by SIES, Nerul Campus, Mumbai, 4-6th
January 2017 and delivered a lecture on “Urban Transportation and Environmental
Issues”.
48. Invited
as an Expert Speaker for the National Environmental Conference at CESE,
IIT Bombay during January 19-21, 2017 and
delivered a lecture on “Temporal Dynamics of Waste Management Problems in Asia
– A Stage Model Perspective
49. Invited as an
Expert to give two lectures at the Three Week Refresher Course on “Economics of
Industry: Modern Perspectives” organized by the Department of Economics,
University of Mumbai, 30th January and
18th February 2017. Delivered two lectures on “Economic Development and the Environment” and
“Eco-Industrial Networking for Sustainable Development in Asian Countries”.
50. Invited
as an Expert to give a talk on IT and IoT – Their
Interaction with the Environment by Thakur Institute of Management Studies,
Career Development and Research, Mumbai, 15th February 2017.
51. Invited
as an Expert Panelist at the International Conference ICAIM 2017 – Leveraging
Information Technology for Inter-sectoral Research, 17th February
2017, and participated in the Open Forum on “Research in Industry and Use of IT
for Industrial Research – Expectations from Academics”, Thakur Institute of
Management Studies, Career Development and Research, Mumbai
52. Invited as an Expert
for the 6th edition of the Global
Economic Summit 2017 on the
Theme Women Empowerment:
Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Capacity Building, organized jointly by
the World Trade Centre (WTC) Mumbai and All India Association of Industries
(AIAI), March 27-29, 2017 at World Trade Centre Mumbai.
53. Invited to Participate as an Expert at a
workshop on ‘Evolving Integrated Geospatial Policy
and Strategy for India’, Association of Geo-space Industries, 12th
April 2017, India International Centre, Delhi
54. Invited Expert at a
National Workshop on Urban Environmental Management – Solutions for
Sustainability, 17-18th August 2017, National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Hyderabad and Delivered a Lecture on
“Innovation in Waste Management – Replication Strategies for the Developing
Cities in Asia”
55. Invited as an Expert
at TARAgram Yatra Plenary
Session on 22nd September 2017, Development Alternatives, Delhi
56. Invited
as an Expert for a Workshop on Indian Cities for the Future – Towards Solution”
involving key
decision makers from industry, business, government, and academia to identify
innovative solutions for the future of Indian cities, 4th
December 2017, Organized by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and the Institute for Future
Cities at University of Strathclyde
57. Invited
as an Expert for the closed group telephonic meeting on “India’s Energy Sector Demands: Where are we headed?” to discuss some of the key issues in each of the demand
sectors (Agriculture, Commercial,
Industry, Residential and Transport sectors), 20th December 2017,
Organized by TERI, Delhi
58. Invited
Expert at a Workshop on Geographic Information System (GIS) for Research
Scholars, Staff and Faculty of IIPS, 22-23 December 2017, International
Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai and delivered a lecture on
“Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Environmental Problems in Asia – A Stage
Model Perspective”
59. Invited as an expert to deliver a key note address at a National
Seminar on the theme “Climate Change
and Indian Economy-Contemporary Developments and Challenges”, 24
February, 2018 organized by Economics Department of SIES College of Arts,
Science & Commerce, Mumbai
60. Invited
as an expert for the IDFC Institute Conversations: Improving Indian Urban
Planning with Alain Bertaud, Bimal
Patel & Vidyadhar Phatak,
17th January 2018, IDFC Mumbai.
Details of Student Guidance
PhD Supervision
·
Ph.D. thesis “Analysis of Some
Environmental Problems in India: Case Studies from Rural and Urban Areas” submitted by Ms. Sarika
Kansal to Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India (2006) - Thesis defended
·
Ph.D student (Ms. Shikha Jha) working on
Issues in Equitable Transportation, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research, Mumbai, India (2010 – 2017) – Thesis submitted
·
Ph.D student (Mr. Hardeep Singh) working on
“Decarbonization of Indian Railways”, Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India (2017- till date)
M.Phil Thesis
·
Mr. Rajashekhar,
M.Phil student working on “National Urban Renewal
Missions in India – Performance Evaluation of Major Urban Centers” (2017-2018)
·
Mr. Vikas
Choudhury, M.Phil student working on “Measurement of
Investment Efficiency in New Renewable Energy Sources adopting Data Envelope
Analysis (DEA) (2017-18)
Post Graduate Student
Supervision
·
Krishna Chaitanya - M.Tech (Environmental Engineering), Division of Water Resources
and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering , National
Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal (2008-09) - Awarded as an Outstanding
thesis
·
Post-graduate (M.S) thesis “GHG mitigation
potential of various MSW disposal options for Mumbai, India” submitted by Ms. Sindhu to Cochin
University of Science and Technology, (2003) – Awarded as an Outstanding thesis
of the batch
·
Post Graduate thesis (M.Sc) by Nirupam Dutta on
Micro-credit and CDM, IGIDR, (2007)
·
Alex Rafalowicz,
Post-graduate (Master of Law and Economics under reputed ERASMOS-MUNDUS programme of European Union) thesis on Climate Debt – A
Developing Country Perspective of Climate Change (2011)
·
Soumyaditya Paul, Mapping of Cities for Climate Change Vulnerability, January
– May 2015
·
Gagan Goyal, Dynamics of Co-benefits of Metro Systems in Urban
Transportation in Indian Cities, January – May 2015
·
Christoph Rumpler, Post-graduate (Master of Law and Economics under reputed
ERASMOS-MUNDUS programme of European Union) thesis on
Wildlife Conservation in India – Strategies for a Stakeholder-Inclusive
Protected Area Management (2015)
·
Mr. Md Jahid Ebn Jalal, Post graduate (M.S) thesis on “Does
Climate Change Stimulate Income Vulnerability and Income Diversity of
Households? Evidence from Southern Part of Bangladesh” (2017)
Undergraduate student Supervised
·
K.Krishna Kanth – Graduate Student, Division of
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering,
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, 2009-10
·
S. Nageswara
Reddy - Graduate Student, Division of Water Resources and Environmental
Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Warangal, 2009-10
·
Vivek Kumar Singh - Graduate Student, Division of Water Resources and
Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engg,
NIT, Warangal, 2009-10
·
Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra
- Graduate Student, Division of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering,
Department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Warangal, 2009-10