• Climate change and Environmental health
• Air pollution
• Aerobiology and Public health

• Environmental Bioengineering
• Environmental Protection, Sustainable development & living

• Worked as a Newton Bhabha Fellow with Prof. Ambelas Carsten at the School of Science and the Environment, National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit (NPARU), University of Worcester, UK from Nov 2020 to Feb 2021.
• Worked as a Project coordinator in Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India entitled “Improving adaptation strategies for climate extremes and air pollution affecting India” from Nov 2022 to June 2023.
• Worked as a Research Associate in Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India from Dec 2023 to March 2023.
• Worked as Guest faculty in University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India from Sep 2017 to Mar 2018.

International Grants and Fellowships

• International Association for Aerobiology (IAA) grant to attend “World Aerobiology 2023” organized by Vilnius University, European Aerobiological Society, International Association for Aerobiology and International Ragweed Society at Vilnius, Lithuania in July, 2024.
• European Aerobiological Society (EAS) grant to attend short-term “15th EAS Basic Course on Aerobiology 2021” organized by European Aerobiological Society (EAS), Sciensano and Université libre de Bruxelles at Brussels, Belgium, September 2021.
• Received Newton Bhabha Ph.D. Placement Fellowship (Indo-UK), 2020-21 by British Council and Department of Biotechnology (DBT).

National Awards and Honours

• Best paper presentation award on "Breathing life into Vedic Wisdom: A Holistic Approach to Address Allergies and Respiratory Wellness" at Veda Vijnana & Sanskriti Mahakumbha international conference held on 23th -25th December, 2023 at Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand.
• First Prize in oral presentation on “Airborne Pollen Calendar of city, Chandigarh: A step towards minimizing bioaerosol allergy” organized by Punjabi University Environment Society in collaboration with Punjab Pollution Control Board, Patiala held 24th- 25th December 2021 at Punjabi University, Patiala, India.
• Qualified UGC-National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship, July 2018.
• Awarded DST-INSPIRE fellowship by Department of Science and Technology from 2017-2022.
• Gold Medalist in Master of Sciences (M.Sc.), Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak-Haryana, India, 2015.

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

• Invited talk on “Does Airborne Pollen Influence COVID-19 Outbreak?” in online webinar series entitled “Aerobiology: The Science for Society” on 15th May 2021 (event organized by INDIAN AEROBIOLOGIST group).
• Poster presentation on “Identification of airborne pollens in Chandigarh”, ICONICA (International conference on imminent concerns & applications) 2020 – A Global summit on Next-Gen Paradigms in Health care at Panjab University, Chandigarh, 12th – 14th February 2020.
• Oral presentation on “Impact of Air Pollution on Human Health and Environment”, National Conference on Climate Change and Sustainable Clean Environment at Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, 22nd -23rd November 2017.
• Oral presentation on “Isolation and Screening of Antibiotic Producing Microorganism from Soils of Rohtak”, International Conference on Emerging Areas of Environmental Science and Engineering in Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, 16th -18th February 2017.

MEMBER

• Lifetime member of Society for Indoor Environment (SIE), SIE/2019/183
• European Aerobiology Society (EAS), International Association for Aerobiology (IAA) & Aerobiologia member (2021-22)
• Lifetime member of Indian Aerobiological Society (IAS)

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS ATTENDED

• Participated in national conference on Pollution mitigation for sustainable future, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak Haryana, 26th March, 2016.
• Actively participated in two days workshop on “Environmental issues and its impact in haryana interventions and sustainable development” at Haryana Institute of Rural Development, Nilokheri, 21st February 2014.
• Central Pollution Control Board and Department of Health Research (DHR) Training Programme on “Climate Change and Disaster Management: Future Prospective", organised by School of Public Health, PGIMER and Panjab University Chandigarh, 21st -23rd February 2017.
• Participated in 3-day residential training programme on Biological Monitoring, Analysis & Testing (Microbiology, Bio-Assay & Biomonitoring), SOPs, Data Interpretation and Quality Assurance, organised by Panjab University and PGIMER, 12th -14th October, 2017.
• Participated in CPCB/DHR Environmental Training Programme on Indoor & Outdoor Air Pollution, Standards & Impacts on Human Health: Case Studies” organised by PGIMER and Panjab University, 07th – 09th December 2017.
• Participated in 7 days “International Workshop on Population Health Promotion: An International Perspective” under GiAN, organised by Panjab University, 18th -24th December 2017.
• Participated in Indo-US Workshop on Safeguarding Dual-Use Chemicals - “The application of Vulnerability tools and risk-based security enhancement” at Panjab University, Chandigarh, 16th -18th July 2018.
• Participated in International Workshop on “Monitoring Agriculture and Climate from Space” at Panjab University, Chandigarh, 21st September 2018.
• Participated in workshop entitled “Biological Monitoring, Analysis & Testing (Microbiology, Bio-Assay & Biomonitoring), SOPs, Data Interpretation and Quality Assurance” organised by Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 20th – 22nd November 2018.
• Participated in workshop entitled “Indoor & Outdoor Air Pollution, Standards and Impacts on Human Health: Case Studies” organized by School of Public Health, PGIMER and Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, 5th -7th December 2018.
• Participated in Indo-UK Colloquium on “Water Pollution and Indoor Air Pollution Control” organised by PGIMER and Panjab University, Chandigarh, 2nd April 2019.
• Participated in Indo-UK Colloquium on “Remote Sensing Air Quality and Climate Change” on organised by PGIMER and Panjab University, Chandigarh, 11th -13th April 2019.
• Participated in Panchnad Shodh Sansthan on “The global issues concerning environment, water and their potential solutions” organised by Panjab University, Chandigarh, 21st -22nd September 2019.
• Participated in two-day workshop on “Knowledge sharing and capacity building workshop for NCAP knowledge network in the Indo-Gangetic Plain States” organized by World Bank, Panjab University and PGIMER, Chandigarh, 2nd -3rd December 2019.
• Participated in CPCB/DHR Environmental Training Programme on Indoor & Outdoor Air Pollution, Standards & Impacts on Human Health: Case Studies”, organised by PGIMER and Panjab University, 04th – 06th December 2019.
• Participated in two-day National Workshop on “Leadership for Promoting Ethics and Morality in Research” organised by Students for Holistic Development of Humanity (SHoDH), 5th - 6th March, 2020.
• Participated in virtual conference on "Children & Young Environmentalist Conference on Environmental Protection (CoEP 2020)" organised by Panjab University and PGIMER, Chandigarh, 5th June 2020.
• Participated in 79th International Scientific conference of the University of Latvia on "Aerobiology, Climate change and Covid-19" organised by University of Latvia, 29th January 2021.
• Attended short-term Internship – “Newton Bhabha Ph.D. Placement Programme 2019-2020” organised by British Council and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), at University of Worcester, United Kingdom, 26th October 2020 to 26th February 2021.
• Participated in “2021 Online HYSPLIT Workshop” organised by NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, 15th- 18th June 2021.
• Participated in IAPSMCON 2021- 48th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine, Public Health in 21ST Century: Current Challenges & Future Opportunities on “BASICS of Health Risk Assessment” organised by PGIMER Chandigarh, 19th -21st March 2021.
• Participated in 80th International Scientific conference of the University of Latvia on " Aerobiology: current stage and future perspectives" organised by University of Latvia, 31st January 2022.
• Participated in 15days online crash course on “Aerobiology: Medical and industrial importance” organized by Department of Biotechnology and Marina labs (R&D) from 14th March 2022 to 31st March,2022.
• Participated in National Workshop on “Crop Residue Burning: Science for Solution and Society” on 3rd October 2022 by Panjab University, PGIMER and Climate trends.