Name, Designation and Institution |
Area of Study |
US Host Institution |
Duration of Grant and Start Date |
Mr. Amit Jain
Regional Coordinator and Associate
Clinton Foundation
Delhi |
Environmental Management (Solar Radiation Model for India) |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden, CO |
4 months January 2012 |
Dr. Anita Menon
Women Scientist and Program Director
Century Foundation
Bengaluru, Karnataka |
Environmental Sciences and Toxicology (Honeybee health management for sustainable bee-keeping experience in the U.S. and its relevance to India) |
University of Montana
Missoula, MT |
4 months May 2012 |
Dr. Prashant Gargava
Senior Environmental Engineer
Central Pollution Control Board
Delhi |
Environmental Management (Effective Control of Particulate Matter through their Characterization and Receptor Modeling) |
Desert Research Institute
Reno, NV |
4 months October 2011 |
Mr. Avadhut Bapat
Director
Diligent Solutions Technology Services Pvt. Ltd.
Pune, Maharashtra |
Environmental Management (Techno-economic Feasibility of the Applications of Modern Anaerobic Digestion Technologies in USA with the objective of developing Similar Models for the Developing World) |
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI |
4 months February 2012 |
Dr. Sudip Mitra
Assistant Professor
School of Environmental Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi |
Environmental Management (Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Management under changing climate using Simulation Modeling Approaches) |
University of California
Davis, CA |
4 months March 2012 |
Dr. Madhu Verma
Professor
Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM)
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
Environmental Management (Forest Ecosystem Investment for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in India and Rewarding Co-benefits of Forest Carbon) |
Portland State University
Portland, OR |
4 months February 2012 |
Dr. Carmalin Sophia Ayyappan
Scientist
National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
Environmental Sciences and Toxicology (Feasibility Study of Bio-Hydrogen production from Non-cellulosic and Cellulosic Waste using Microbial Electrolysis Cells) |
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ |
4 months September 2011 |
Mr. Vivek Vyas
Program Coordinator—Joint Forest Management
Natural Resource Development Unit
Udaipur, Rajasthan |
Environmental Management (Comparative study of Best Practices in Forest Governance, Management and Regeneration) |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
4 months August 2011 |
Dr. Mohammed Mohibbe Azam
Senior Scientist (Organic Chemistry)
Division of Natural Resources and Environment
Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI)
Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
Environmental Management (Capacity Building of Stakeholders for Sustainable Energy Management from Biomass for reduction of Green House Gas Emissions) |
Ohio State University
Wooster, OH |
4 months September 2011 |
Dr. Tilak Ranjan Bera
Freelance Author on Indology and Environment
Kolkata, West Bengal |
Environmental Information/Systems Reporting (Guidance to formulate methodology to record effect of Tsunami in the Nicobar Islands) |
Yale University, New Haven, CT |
4 months January 2012 |
Ms. Diti Mookherjee
Chief Executive Officer
Association for Social and Environmental Development
Kolkata, West Bengal |
Environmental Education (Understand methods used to enhance awareness about and promote action for biodiversity conservation among students and the general public in the U.S.) |
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA |
3 months September 2011 |
Dr. Sangeeta Mahesh Sonak
Director
Centre for Natural Resources Management
Panaji, Goa |
Environmental Policy, Regulations and Law (Control of Invasive Species transported by Fouling on Ship Hulls) |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA |
3 months September 2011 |
Ms. Tanuja Dasharath Haunsbhavi
Assistant Program Manager
Nature Conservation Foundation
Mysore, Karnataka |
Environmental Education (Environment and wildlife conservation: What do urban school children in India and the U.S. know?) |
California State University
Fresno, CA |
4 months January 2012 |
Mr. Sudheer Padikkal
Deputy Director
Joint Water Regulation Division
Water Resources Department of Govt. of Kerala State
Palakkad, Kerala |
Environmental Management (Policy Responses and Informed Decision-Making Processes for Managing Environmental Flows in Water Conflicts Context) |
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ |
4 months August 2011 |
Mr. Basudeb Dalal
Scientist C
Regional Occupational Health Centre (Eastern), ICMR
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India
Kolkata, West Bengal |
Environmental Sciences and Toxicology (Studies of Arsenic induced Immunotoxicity in Human Beings) |
University of Arizona
Tuscon, AZ |
4 months September 2011 |
Dr. Nandini Kumar
Associate Professor
Department of Natural Resources
TERI University
New Delhi |
Environmental Education (Use of System Dynamics to develop a Holistic Paradigm for Environmental Education and Integrate the Concept of Sustainable Development) |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
4 months January 2012 |