Published Literature

Published Literature

Published Literature

Agriculture

Regional  National International
Modelling the climate change impact of mitigation (RCP 2.6) and high emission (RCP 8.5) scenarios on maize yield and possible adaptation measures in different agroclimatic zones of Punjab, India. (2023) Direct and indirect impacts of climate change on wheat yield in the Indo-Gangetic plain in India (2021) The impact of climate change on agricultural productivity in Asian countries: a heterogeneous panel data approach (2022)
Application of geospatial technology for assessment of agriculture residue based renewable energy potential in Punjab, India. (2023) Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review  (2021) Climate change impacts on soil salinity in agricultural areas (2020)
An assessment of adaptation measures to enhance wheat productivity under climate change during early, mid and end of 21st century in Indian Punjab. (2023) Impacts of climatic hazards on agricultural growth in India (2020) Vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate change: The development of a pan-tropical Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment to inform sub-national decision making (2019)
Changes in Soil Organic Pool and Carbon Preservation Capacity of Macro- and Micro-aggregates in Response to Land-Use Change in North-Western India. (2023) Spatio-temporal trend in heat waves over India and its impact assessment on wheat crop (2019) Increasing resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change through multiple adoption of proven climate-smart agriculture innovations. Lessons from Southern Africa (2019)
Mitigation and risk management of climate change in crop cultivation through the adoption of Agromet Advisory Bulletin (AAB) in NICRA adopted villages in Punjab. (2023) Global Warming and Its Possible Impact on Agriculture in India (2014) Comparing impacts of climate change and mitigation on global agriculture by 2050 (2018)
A critical analysis of the effect of projected temperature and rainfall for differential sowing of maize cultivars under RCP 4.5 and RCP 6.0 scenarios for Punjab (2022)   Climate change impacts and adaptation among smallholder farmers in Central America (2018)
Determination of heat stress zone for daily milk yield using carryover heat effect model in Murrah buffaloes (2021)    
The effect of recent climate shifts on optimal sowing windows for wheat in Punjab, India (2020)    
Influence of land use/land cover changes on surface temperature and its effect on crop yield in different agro-climatic regions of Indian Punjab (2020)    
Assessment of Sequestered Organic Carbon and Its Pools Under Different Agricultural Land-Uses in the Semi-Arid Soils of South-Western Punjab, India (2020)    
Climate variability impacts on wheat productivity in central Punjab (2016)    
Assessing the impact of climate variations on wheat yield in north-west India using GIS (2018)    
Location specific climate change scenario and its impact on rice and wheat in Central Indian, Punjab (2014)    

 

Water

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Impact of paddy on groundwater declination in Central Punjab. (2023) Use of efficient water saving techniques for production of rice in India under climate change scenario: A critical review (2021) Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change (2021)
Artificial intelligence-based approach to study the impact of climate change and human interventions on groundwater fluctuations. (2023) Water quality assessment of natural lakes and its importance: An overview (2020) Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability(2020)
Prediction of agricultural water deficiency and its management using long-term rainfall trends. (2023) Impacts of climate change on streamflow and sediment concentration under RCP 4.5 and 8.5: A case study in Purna river basin, India (2019) Water-Use Efficiency: Advances and Challenges in a Changing Climate (2019)
Water security and health risk assessment of an urban household-level drinking water and sanitation system, Punjab, India. (2023) Investigation of multi-model spatiotemporal mesoscale drought projections over India under climate change scenario (2018) Climate change and adaptive water management: innovative solutions from the global South (2018)
Water footprint assessment of surface and subsurface drip fertigated cotton-wheat cropping system – A case study under semi-arid environments of Indian Punjab (2022) Water for electricity in India: A multi-model study of future challenges and linkages to climate change mitigation (2018) Climate Change and Drought: a Precipitation and Evaporation Perspective (2018)
Assessment of water quality condition and spatiotemporal patterns in selected wetlands of Punjab, India (2022) Climate-resilient strategies for sustainable management of water resources and agriculture. (2021) Global Changes in Drought Conditions Under Different Levels of Warming (2018)
Groundwater decline in Central Punjab - Is it a warning? (2022)    
Multi-parametric groundwater quality and human health risk assessment vis-à-vis hydrogeochemical process in an Agri-intensive region of Indus basin, Punjab, India (2021)    
A study on water quality monitoring of Buddha Nullah, Ludhiana, Punjab (India) (2021)    
Temporal trends of climatic variables and water footprint of rice and wheat production in Punjab, India from 1986 to 2017 (2021)    
Assessment of on-site sanitation practices and contamination of groundwater in rural areas of Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India (2021)    
Quantification of groundwater–agricultural soil quality and associated health risks in the agri-intensive Sutlej River Basin of Punjab, India (2020)    
Water Security Issues in Punjab State, Northwest India (2019)    
Climate Change and Groundwater: Impact, Adaptation and Sustainable (2018)    

 

Health

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Exploratory Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis (ESTDA) of Dengue and its association with climatic, environmental, and sociodemographic factors in Punjab, India. (2023) Changing spatio‐temporal trends of heat wave and severe heat wave events over India: An emerging health hazard. (2021) Climate Change, Health, and Health Care Systems: A Global Perspective (2022)
Spatio-temporal evolution of groundwater quality and its health risk assessment in Punjab (India) during 2000–2020. (2023) Heat stroke-related deaths in India: An analysis of natural causes of deaths, associated with the regional heatwaves (2021) Climate change and health research – lessons from COP26 (2022)
Ecological and human health risk assessment of metals in soils and wheat along Sutlej river (India). (2023) Introduction: Extreme Weather Events and Human Health: A Global Perspective (2020) Impact of recent and future climate change on vector‐borne diseases(2019)
Mapping the stability of febrile illness hotspots in Punjab from 2012 to 2019- a spatial clustering and regression analysis. (2023) Climate Change: Impact on Vector borne diseases (2018) Preventing and mitigating health risks of climate change (2019)
Heavy metal pollution assessment of groundwater and associated health risks around coal thermal power plant, Punjab, India (2022) Understanding the effect of climate change in the distribution and intensity of malaria transmission over India using a dynamical malaria model (2021) Climate Change, Health and Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Trends and Implications to the Pacific Region (2019)
Monitoring and spatio-temporal analysis of UHI effect for Mansa district of Punjab, India (2020)    
Exposure to a high selenium environment in Punjab, India: Biomarkers and health conditions. (2020)    
Appraisal of thermal comfort in rural household kitchens of Punjab, India and adaptation strategies for better health. (2019)    
Radiological and chemical risk assessment due to high uranium contents observed in the ground waters of Mansa District (Malwa region) of Punjab state, India: an area of high cancer incidence (2016)    

 

Air Pollution

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Unraveling the Relationship Between Stubble Burning and Air Quality Degradation in Punjab: A Temporal and Spatial Analysis 2019-2022. (2023) Sources of atmospheric pollution in India (2022) Health and Clinical Impacts of Air Pollution and Linkages with Climate Change (2022)
Understanding the influence of summer biomass burning on air quality in North India: Eight cities field campaign study. (2023) Air quality management in India using satellite data (2022) Future emissions of particles and gases that cause regional air pollution in California under different greenhouse gas mitigation strategies (2022)
Health Risks of Major Air Pollutants, their Drivers and Mitigation Strategies: A Review. (2023) Air pollution attributed disease burden and economic growth in India: Estimating trends and inequality between states (2022) Association of climate factors and air pollutants with pneumonia incidence in Lampang province, Thailand: findings from a 12-year longitudinal study (2020)
Very high particulate pollution over northwest India captured by a high-density in situ sensor network. (2023) India's economic growth and disease burden in relation to air pollution (2022) Air pollution and its effects on the immune system (2020)
Distribution and temporal variation of total volatile organic compounds concentrations associated with health risk in Punjab, India. (2023) The impact of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018) Acid rain and air pollution: 50 years of progress in environmental science and policy (2020)
Preventable mortality attributable to exposure to air pollution at the rural district of Punjab, India (2022) Seasonal impact of regional outdoor biomass burning on air pollution in three Indian cities: Delhi, Bengaluru, and Pune (2018)  
Estimation of ground-level O3 using soft computing techniques: case study of Amritsar, Punjab State, India (2022)    
Bioaccumulation potential of indigenous plants for heavy metal phytoremediation in rural areas of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab (India) (2021)    
Assessment of Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) and Anticipated Performance Index (API) of Roadside Plants for the Development of Greenbelt in Urban Area of Bathinda City, Punjab, India (2020)    
Stubble burn area estimation and its impact on ambient air quality of Patiala & Ludhiana district, Punjab, India (2020)    
Air quality assessment of Mandi Gobindgarh city of Punjab, India. (2019)    
Paddy and wheat stubble blazing in Haryana and Punjab states of India: A menace for environmental health (2018)    

 

Biodiversity/Agroforestry/Ecosystem

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Modelling the ecological impact of invasive weed Verbesina encelioides on vegetation composition across dryland ecosystems of Punjab, northwestern India. (2023) A cross-sectional study about the impacts of climate change on living organisms: A case study of Odisha province of India (2023) Impact of air quality as a component of climate change on biodiversity-based ecosystem services (2023)
Bidenspilosa (Asteraceae) invasion reshapes the pattern of plant communities and edaphic properties across the north-western Himalayan landscape. (2023) Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems and Its Potential in Climate Change Mitigation (2022) Climate change adaptation through agroforestry: opportunities and gaps (2023)
Climate Change Mitigation Through Agroforestry: Socioeconomic and Environmental Consequences (2022) Climate Change and Medicinal Plants in India: An Overview. (2022) Impact of climate change on biodiversity loss: global evidence (2022)
Seasonal composition of avian communities in different habitats of Harike Wetland, a Ramsar site in Punjab, India. (2022) Biomass Production and Carbon Sequestration Potential of Different Agroforestry Systems in India: A Critical Review (2022) The deployment of intercropping and agroforestry as adaptation to climate change (2022)
Comparison of soil carbon and nitrogen pools among poplar and eucalyptus based agroforestry systems in Punjab, India (2021) Estimating biomass production and carbon sequestration of poplar-based agroforestry systems in India (2022) Biodiversity–productivity relationships are key to nature-based climate solutions (2021)
Abundance and diversity of threatened birds in Nangal Wetland, Punjab, India (2021) Carbon Sequestration and Storage by Wetlands: Implications in the Climate Change Scenario (2020) Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science-policy agendas (2021)
Spatial analysis of area and carbon stocks under Populus deltoides based agroforestry systems in Punjab and Haryana states of Indo-Gangetic Plains (2020) Recent advances in biodiversity and climate change studies in India (2019) Impact of climate change on wetland ecosystems: A critical review of experimental wetlands (2021)
First record of off-season flowering in Populus deltoides from India: paradigm of climate change indicator (2020) Plant invasion correlation with climate anomaly: an Indian retrospect (2019) Future impacts of climate change on inland Ramsar wetlands (2020)
Mapping and Monitoring the Selected Wetlands of Punjab, India, Using Geospatial Techniques (2020) Predicting invasion potential and niche dynamics of Parthenium hysterophorus (Congress grass) in India under projected climate change (2019) Assessing the impacts of climate change on biodiversity: is below 2 °C enough? (2019)
Documentation of floristic diversity & traditional knowledge: A case study of Block Bhunga, district Hoshiarpur, Punjab (India) (2020) Flood plain wetland fisheries of India: with special reference to impact of climate change (2018) Carbon Sequestration by Wetlands: A Critical Review of Enhancement Measures for Climate Change Mitigation (2019)
Catalogue of selected insect groups of Lalwan Community Reserve and Ranjit Sagar Conservation Reserve, Punjab, India (2019)   The implications of the United Nations Paris Agreement on climate change for globally significant biodiversity areas (2018)
Prediction of ecological and geological niches of Salvadora oleoides in arid zones of India: causes and consequences of global warming (2017)    
Impact of climate change on faunal and floral diversity in different geographical regions of Punjab. (2015)    

 

Energy

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Climate Sensitivity of Electricity Consumption and Peak Demand In India: Case of Heterogeneous Climate Zones. (2023) Forecasting environmental and social benefits of adopting cleaner technologies in Indian brick manufacturing industry (2022) Roadmap to Achieving Sustainable Development via Green Hydrogen (2023)
A resource-based and institutional theory-driven model of large-scale biomass-based bioethanol supply chains: An emerging economy policy perspective. (2023) Assessment of agricultural residue-based electricity production from biogas in India: Resource-environment-economic analysis (2022) Renewable energy and climate change (2022)
Can adoption of climate resilient management practices achieve carbon neutrality in traditional green revolution states of Punjab and Haryana? (2023) Climate change and 2030 cooling demand in Ahmedabad, India: opportunities for expansion of renewable energy and cool roofs (2022) Latest approaches on green hydrogen as a potential source of renewable energy towards sustainable energy: Spotlighting of recent innovations, challenges, and future insights (2022)
Zone-wise biogas potential in India: fundamentals, challenges, and policy considerations. (2023) The role of renewables for rapid transitioning of the power sector across states in India (2022) Environmental impact of renewable energy source based electrical power plants: Solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass, geothermal, tidal, ocean, and osmotic (2022)
A PV-Biomass off-grid hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) for rural electrification: Design, optimization and techno-economic-environmental analysis (2022) Solar cooking in India: Implementation, barriers & improvement aspects (2022) Hydrogen-rich gas as a fuel for the gas turbines: A pathway to lower CO2 emission (2022)
Critical assessment of biomass material for power generation in Punjab, India (2021) Electricity Generation Through Water Supply Pipes in High Rise Buildings (2021) Dynamic planning, conversion, and management strategy of different renewable energy sources: A Sustainable Solution for Severe Energy Crises in Emerging Economies (2021)
Analysis of hybrid solar biomass power plant for generation of electric power Ludhiana (2021) Renewable energy for sustainable development in India: current status, future prospects, challenges, employment, and investment opportunities (2020) Assessment of long-term energy and environmental impacts of the cleaner technologies for brick production (2021)
Public preferences for setting up a biomass power plant to combat open-field burning of rice crop residues: A case study of district Sangrur, Punjab, India (2020) Transitions towards energy-efficient appliances in urban households of Gujarat state, India (2020) The impact of renewable energy on carbon emissions and economic growth in 15 major renewable energy-consuming countries (2020)
An evaluation of decentralized through solar energy with special reference to solar street lights: A case study of Punjab (2020) Decentralized solar rooftop photovoltaic in India: On the path of sustainable energy security (2019) The role of renewable energy in the global energy transformation (2019)
Decentralized biomass for biogas production. Evaluation and potential assessment in Punjab (India) (2020) Future biogas resource potential in India: A bottom-up analysis (2019) Potential and challenges of low-carbon energy options: Comparative assessment of alternative fuels for the transport sector (2018)
Hybrid Energy Option for a Local Community in Punjab- A Case Study on Sustainable Energy (2019)    
Population growth, urbanization and electricity - Challenges and initiatives in the state of Punjab, India (2018)    
     
     

 

Waste Management

Regional National International
Toxicity analysis and behavior of nano-particles in leachate from non-engineered landfill sites of Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula cities-Tricity (2023) Municipal solid waste landfills in lower- and middle-income countries: Environmental impacts, challenges and sustainable management practices (2023) Toward a circular economy: Investigating the effectiveness of different plastic waste management strategies: A comprehensive review (2023)
Implementation analysis of solid waste management in Ludhiana city of Punjab (2021) Understanding the existing trends in the E-waste management (1993–2021) research domain and its future with a focus on India (2023) Circular economy and waste management to empower a climate-neutral urban future (2023)
Life-cycle assessment of municipal solid-waste management strategies in Tricity region of India (2019) A life cycle analysis-based comprehensive study on municipal solid waste management: a case study of Central India (2023) Microplastics in the environment: An urgent need for coordinated waste management policies and strategies (2023)
E-waste generation and management practices in Chandigarh, India and economic evaluation for sustainable recycling (2019) A comprehensive insight into Waste to Energy conversion strategies in India and its associated air pollution hazard (2023) Modelling the barriers to sustainable waste management in the plastic-manufacturing industry: An emerging economy perspective (2023)
Evaluation of biomedical waste management practices in public and private sector of health care facilities in India (2019) Quantification of environmental impacts associated with municipal solid waste management in Rajkot city, India using Life Cycle Assessment (2023) Toward a cleaner and more sustainable world: A framework to develop and improve waste management through organizations, governments and academia (2022)
Matrix Method for Evaluation of Existing Solid Waste Management Processes in Jalandhar City, Punjab, India (2019) Utilization of plastic waste in construction industry in India – A review (2023) Replacing E-waste with coarse aggregate in architectural engineering and construction industry (2022)
Physico-chemical characterization of municipal solid waste from Tricity region of Northern India: a case study (2018) A critical review on food waste management for the production of materials and biofuel (2023) E-waste management and its effects on the environment and human health (2021)
Health risk assessment of the workers exposed to the heavy metals in e-waste recycling sites of Chandigarh and Ludhiana, Punjab, India (2018) Characterization, quantification and management of municipal solid waste in Shivamogga city, Karnataka, India (2023) Municipal solid waste management and landfilling technologies: a review (2021)
Evaluation of Solid Waste Management in Satellite Towns of Mohali and Panchkula–India. (2017) Life-cycle assessment approach for municipal solid waste management system of Delhi city (2022) Food waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak: a holistic climate, economic and nutritional approach (2020)
  Agricultural waste management strategies for environmental sustainability (2022) Legacy additives in a circular economy of plastics: Current dilemma, policy analysis, and emerging counter measures (2020)
  Recent trends in solid waste management status, challenges, and potential for the future Indian cities – A review (2020)