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Dr. Jai Prakash

Assistant Professor
Department of Atmospheric Science

PhD (IIT Delhi), Postdoctoral Research (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)

jai.prakash@curaj.ac.in

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  • Atmospheric aerosol and its impact on climate
  • Sources and atmospheric process of Aerosols
  • Source and Receptor-oriented modeling
  • Low-cost air quality sensors and health exposure

 

 

 

 

  • 2003-2005: M.Sc. in Physics from NREC college Khurja, CCS University, Meerut, India
  • 2007-2009: M.Tech. in Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India [now IIT (ISM) Dhanbad]
  • 2010-2017: Ph.D in Emissions of Aerosol and Gases from On-road Light Duty Vehicles from Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

 

 

 

 

  •  July 2022-Present

Assistant Professor: Department of Atmospheric Science, School of Earth Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandar Sindri, Dist-Ajmer-305817, Rajasthan, India

  •  April 2021-June 2022

Programme Manager: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi
Clean Air Programme, State Action Plan of Climate Change, Guidance framework on On-road emission monitoring using remote sensing device

  • Feb 2019-March 2021

Visiting Research Scientist: Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Development of low-cost sensor network system and real-time source apportionment of PM 2.5 in Delhi

  • Oct-2017-Jan 2019

Resident Scientist: University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Black carbon and Ozone in rural India and its impact on climate and health

 

 

 

 

S. No. Authors Title of Article Journal/Conference Details Journal/Conference Publication Year
1 Mahla, Subhkara; Sharma, Radheshyam; Sharma, Himanshu; Prakash, Jai; Kumar, Gajendra. Variability of heatwave and meteorological features associated with exceptionally hot summer 2022 over Rajasthan, India Theoretical and Applied Climatology https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00704-025-05862-9 Journal 2025
2 Anand M, Dilna; Sahu, Anurag; Prakash, Jai Assessment of Fine Aerosol in Two Different Climate Regions of India Using MERRA-2 Products, Ground-based Measurements, and Machine Learning Aerosol Science and Engineering https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41810-024-00279-9 Journal 2025
3 Vikas Kumar, Prakash, J., et. al. Temporal Dynamics and Source Characteristics of Fine Particulate Matter using Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF). Atmospheric Pollution Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2025.102539 Journal 2025
4 Vasudev Malyan, Prakash, J., et. al. Calibrating low-cost sensors using MERRA-2 reconstructed PM2. 5 mass concentration as a proxy. Atmospheric Pollution Research 15 (3) 102027. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2023.102027 Journal 2024
5 Vasudev Malyan, Prakash, J., et. al. Assessing the Spatial Transferability of Calibration Models across a Low-cost Sensors Network Journal of Aerosol Science 181 (10674). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2023.102027 Journal 2024
6 Vikas Kumar, Prakash, J., et. al. Real-Time Source Apportionment of Particulate Matter from Low-Cost Particle Sensors Using Machine Learning Aerosol Science and Engineering (in Print). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41810-024-00271-3 Journal 2024

Publications (Last 5 years)

  1. Subhkaran Mahla, Radheshyam Sharma, Himanshu Sharma, Jai Prakash, Gajendra Kumar (2025). Variability of heatwave and meteorological features associated with exceptionally hot summer 2022 over Rajasthan, India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 156–(Article number 612). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00704-025-05862-9
  2. Dilna Anand M, Anurag Sahu, and Jai Prakash (2025). Assessment of Fine Aerosol in Two Different Climate Regions of India Using MERRA-2 Products, Ground-based Measurements, and Machine Learning. Aerosol Science and Engineering, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41810-024-00279-9
  3. Vikas Kumar, Manoranjan Sahu, Basudev Biswal, Jai Prakash, Shruti Choudhary, Ramesh Raliya, Tandeep S. Chadha, Jiaxi Fang, Pratim Biswas (2025). Temporal Dynamics and Source Characteristics of Fine Particulate Matter using Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF). Atmospheric Pollution Research, 102539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2025.102539
  4. Vikas Kumar, Manoranjan Sahu, Basudev Biswal, Jai Prakash, Shruti Choudhary, Ramesh Raliya, Tandeep S. Chadha, Jiaxi Fang, Pratim Biswas (2024). Real-Time Source Apportionment of Particulate Matter from Low-Cost Particle Sensors Using Machine Learning. Aerosol Science and Engineering, 9, 446-456. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41810-024-00271-3
  5. Vasudev Malyan, Vikas Kumar, Mufaddal Moni, Manoranjan Sahu, Jai Prakash, Shruti Choudhary, Ramesh Raliya, Tandeep S. Chadha, Jiaxi Fang, Pratim Biswas (2024). Assessing the Spatial Transferability of Calibration Models across a Low-cost Sensors Network. Journal of Aerosol Science, 181, 106437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2024.106437
  6. Vasudev Malyan, Vikas Kumar, Manoranjan Sahu, Jai Prakash, Shruti Choudhary, Ramesh Raliya, Tandeep S. Chadha, Jiaxi Fang, Pratim Biswas (2024). Calibrating low-cost sensors using MERRA-2 reconstructed PM2. 5 mass concentration as a proxy. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 15 (3), 102027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2023.102027
  7. Tariq Mehmood, Licheng Peng, Abdus Salam, Jai Prakash and Minza Haider (2023). Neglected atmospheric microplastic pollution in South Asia reflects a wider failure. Ecological Informatics, 73, 101949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101949
  8. Jai Prakash, Shruti Choudhary, Ramesh Ramliya, Tandeep Chadha, Jiaxi Fang, and Pratim Biswas (2022). PM Sensors as an Indicator of Overall Air Quality: Pre-COVID and COVID Periods. Atmospheric Pollution Research 13(11):101594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2022.101594  
  9. Jai Prakash, Kalyan Mitra, Harsh Raj Mishra, Xiangyu Pei, Evert Ljungström, Ravi Kant Pathak (2022). Characterization of Propane Fueled Flames: A Significant Source of Brown Carbon. Atmosphere, 13(8), 1270. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13081270
  10. Shilpi Samiksha, Ramya Sunder Raman, Jai Prakash, Annada Padhi, Gazala Habib, Prasanta Sanyal, Ankur Bhardwaj (2022). Characteristics of PM 2.5 emitted from the combustion of vehicular fuel and solid biomass: thermally fractionated carbon, δ13 C values, and filter-based light absorption. Atmospheric Pollution Research- 13(6), 101443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2022.101443   
  11. Jai Prakash, Harsh Raj Mishra, Kalyan Mitra, Bhilok Chand, Mattias Hallquist, Gazala Habib, Geetam Tiwari, Jan B. C. Pettersson, Johan Boman, Håkan Pleijel, Ravi Kant Pathak (2022). Characterization, sources, and atmospheric transformation of few key short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) at a rural super-site in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of India. RSC: Environmental Science-Atmosphere, 2 517-538 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EA00083G
  12. Sayantee Roy; Sanjay Kumar Gupta; Jai Prakash; Gazala Habib; Prashant Kumar (2022). A global perspective of the current state of heavy metal contamination in road dust. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 33230-33251 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18583-7
  13. Jai Prakash, Shruti Choudhury, Ramesh Raliya, Tandeep Chadha, Jiaxi Fang, and Pratim Biswas (2021). Real-time source apportionment of fine particle inorganic and organic constituents at an urban site in Delhi city: An IoT-based approach. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 101206 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2021.101206
  14. Jai Prakash, Shruti Choudhury, Ramesh Raliya, Tandeep Chadha, Jiaxi Fang, M.P. George, and Pratim Biswas (2021). Deployment of Low-Cost Sensors and Comparison to Real-Time Stationary Monitors in a networked system in New Delhi. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 17 (11), 1347-1360. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2021.1890276
  15. Rahul Sheoran, Umesh Chandra Dumka, Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis, Georgios Grivas, Kirpa Ram, Jai Prakash, Rakesh K. Hooda, Rakesh K. Tiwari, and Nikos Mihalopoulos (2021). Chemical Composition and Source Apportionment of Total Suspended Particulate in the Central Himalayan Region. Atmosphere, 12, 1228. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12091228
  16. Gaurav Singh, Jai Prakash, Sanjeev Kumar Ray, Mohammad Yawar , Gazala Habib (2021). Design, Development, and Evaluation of Air Pollution linked Quality of Life (AP-QOL) Questionnaire for Different Cohorts: An Indian Context. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28, 43459-43475. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-021-13754-4
  17. Jai Prakash; Vats Pawan; Sharma, A. K.; Ganguly Dilip; Habib Gazala (2020). A new emission inventory of carbonaceous aerosol from on-road transport in India and its implication in direct radiative forcing. Aerosol and Air Quality Research 20(4):741–761.  https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2019.08.0393

Sanctioned:

  • Department's Faculty Collaboration Project under DST-FIST "Integrated Observation and Modeling Approach for Air Pollution and Extreme Weather Events Over Rajasthan-Climate Action Initiative" (105 Lakhs) - Ongoing

Recommended for Funding:

  • Plastics in Atmosphere: How important is open burning of plastics-in-waste for air pollution and climate change over India? Advance Research Grant (ARG-ANRF; 90.2 Lakh)

Submitted: 

  1. Evaluation of local and transboundary aerosol sources at a semi-urban site in Western India (Kothari New Faculty Start Up Grant - 10 Lakh, Result Awaited)
  2. Design and Development of a Retrofittable Hybrid Self-Regenerating Catalyst System for Ambient Particulate Matter Removal via Vehicles (CAQM, Delhi, 1.46 Cr with co-PIs: Dr. Chinmay Mallik, CURAJ; Dr. Vishnu Sharma​- Biyani Group of College, Jaipur, Dr. Hirohisa Tanaka, Visiting Professor, Biyani Girls College (proposed), and Professor, School of Sci. & Tech., Dept. of Nanotech. for Sustainable Energy, Kwansei Gakuin University, JAPAN)
  3. Development of real-time methane monitoring systems at a landfill site An IoT-based approach (DST, 74.2  Lakh, with co-PIs: Dr. Chinmay Mallik)
  4. Investigation of “brown” carbon (BrC) from residential cookstove in the semi-arid region of India (CSIR, 29 Lakh with co-PIs: Dr. Chinmay Mallik)

Attended

Attended FDP/Refresher/Capacity Building Programme

  • Participated in the Capacity-Building Programme on Integration of Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) in Curriculum organized by UGC-MMTTC-Central University of Rajasthan in association with UGC and Indian Knowledge Systems Division, MoE, Govt. of India, New Delhi (15th- 20th December 2025) 
  • Participated in the 5-day Capacity-Building Program on Educational Leadership and Administration from 6 to 10 October 2025, conducted by Central University of Rajasthan in association with NITTTR, Bhopal.
  • Participated in the 5-day Capacity-Building Program on Learner-Centric Teaching Methodology from 2 to 6 December 2024, conducted by Central University of Rajasthan in association with NITTTR, Bhopal.
  • Participated in the 3-day Capacity-Building Program on Research Motivation from 28 to 30 August 2024, conducted by Central University of Rajasthan in association with NITTTR, Bhopal.
  • Participated in the 5-day Capacity-Building Program on Research Methodology and Ethics in Research Publications from 29 July to 02 August 2024, conducted by Central University of Rajasthan in association with NITTTR, Bhopal.
  • Two-weeks Referesher Program on "Managing Online Classes & Co- creating MOOCS" organized under the Ministry of Education-sponsored Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) scheme organized by TLC Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, 5 - 19 December, 2023.
  • One-week Faculty Development Program on "Data Analysis Using R" organized under the Ministry of Education-sponsored Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) scheme organized by TLC Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, 8 - 14 May, 2023.
  • Four-week Faculty Induction Program/or Orientation Program organized under the Ministry of Education-sponsored Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) scheme organized by TLC Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, 21 Dec 2022 - 19 Jan 2023.

Invited Lecture in conferences

  • 20th Anniversary of BICON-2025, September 13-16, 2025, Biyani Group of Colleges, Jaipur, India. Invited Lecture on titled “Characterization of Particle-Bound Metals from Vehicular Emissions and their Associated Health Risks: A Case Study of Delhi”
  • International Mini-Conference on SLCPs in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, 8–9 August 2025, MP Bhawan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. Invited Lecture on titled “Understanding Elemental Emissions from Vehicles: A Scientific Basis for Health Risk and Policy”
  • 1st National Conference on Environment and Energy Materials: NCEEM-2020, Sharda University, from June 27-28, 2020. Invited Lecture on titled “Emissions of Particle-bound Elements from On-road Vehicle Emissions”

National/International conferences: (*bold font: presenting author)

  • Poster Presentation: Pritiranjan Singh, Chinmay Mallik, Jai Prakash*and Pratim Biswas. “Assessment of Biomass Burning and Fossil Fuel Contribution to Black Carbon in Semi-arid Region of Rajasthan, India”. Asian Aerosol Conference (AAC-2025) 1-4 December 2025, Mumbai, India.
  • Oral Presentation:  Suraj Kumar, Pritranjan Singh, Pratim Biswas, and Jai Prakash. “Temporal Characteristics of Black Carbon, and their Sources Over Semi-arid site of Rajasthan, India”. 2nd National Conference on Time Series, Analytics & Recent Advances in Statistical Modelling (NCTAS – 2025), Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, India
  • Poster Presentation: Awashesh Kumar Dwivedi, and Jai Prakash, Tomoki Nakayama. “Assessment of PM2.5 Exposure in Different Microenvironment Using Low-cost Sensor”. India Clean Air Summit (ICAS) 2024: The Participatory Future of Air Quality Management; partnering with Clean Air Monitoring and Solutions Network (CAMS-Net), 26–30 August 2024, Bengaluru, India
  • Poster Presentation: Pritiranjan Singh, and Jai Prakash. “Assessment of Ground and Satellite Based Observation of PM2.5 in Semi-arid Regions of India”. India Clean Air Summit (ICAS) 2024: The Participatory Future of Air Quality Management; partnering with Clean Air Monitoring and Solutions Network (CAMS-Net), 26–30 August 2024, Bengaluru, India
  • Poster Presentation: Anurag Sahu, Harsh Raj Mishra, Jai Prakash*, Ravi Kant Pathak*, Kalyan Mitra, Bhilok Chand, Mattias Hallquist, Gazala Habib, Jan B. C. Pettersson, Johan Boman, Håkan Pleijel “Assessment of Key-Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (k-SLCPs) at a Rural Site in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of India”. India Clean Air Summit (ICAS) 2024: The Participatory Future of Air Quality Management; partnering with Clean Air Monitoring and Solutions Network (CAMS-Net), 26–30 August 2024, Bengaluru, India
  • Oral Presentation: Jai Prakash. “Long-term Characteristics of Aerosols in Delhi using Low-Cost PM Sensors”. National workshop on Boundary Layer Exchange Processes and Climate Change (NoBLExClim-2023), 23-24 March, 2023, SRM IT Chennai, India
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