Dr Rajmal Jat
Project Scientist-III
rajmal.jat@tropmet.res.in
About
Rajmal Jat is presently working at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. Rajmal Jat completed his PhD in 2021 from the Department of Civil Engineering (Environmental Engg. Group) at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. His PhD research work was aimed to thoroughly investigate air quality across India during the winter season using the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) and to address the role of different sources in air pollution for better informing policy decisions. Previously, he did his M.Tech. in Environmental Engineering and Management in 2010 from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. His research interest is mainly in investigating the issues of air pollution using air quality modeling studies.
Scientific Careers
Project Scientist-III, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune (India)
May 2022 - Present
Project Post- Doctoral Fellow Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Department- Department of National Aerosol Facility
Jan 2022 - April 2022
Assistant Professor, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur
Department - Civil Engineering Department
June 2018 - March 2019
Research Engineer, Fluidyn Software and Consultancy Services, Bangalore
Department - Environmental Dispersion Modeling
Sept 2010 – May 2011
Academic Records
Ph.D., Civil (Environmental) Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Dissertation title: Regional Air Quality Modeling In India Using Chemical Transport Model
Supervisor: Prof. Bhola Ram Gurjar
2021
AMIE, (Civil Engineering; equivalent to B.E./B.Tech.) The Institution of Engineers, India
Dissertation title: Design of R.C.C. Counterfort Earth Retaining Wall of 10 Meter Height
Supervisor: Mr. Shanti Lal Godawat
2016
M.Tech, Environmental Engineering & Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Dissertation title: Personal Health and Exposure Measurement of Aerosol and Gaseous Pollutant for a Cohort of IIT Kanpur Students
Supervisor: Prof Tarun Gupta
2010
B. E., Agriculture Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur
Dissertation title: Water Management Studies for a Command Area of Deopur Minor of Som Kagdar Irrigation Project
Supervisor: Dr. Mahesh Kothari
2008
Technical Skills
- Software: MS-Office, Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista/Linux, PANACHE, NCAR Command Language (NCL), Python, Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with chemistry (WRF-Chem), Mendeley
- Experimental: Multi Gas Monitor, Portable Aerosol Spectrometer, Portable CPC, High Volume Sampler, Portable PM1 & PM2.5 Impactor, Stack Sampler, SO2 and NOx Analyzer
List of Publication
- Govardhan, G., Ghude, S. D., Kumar, R., Sharma, S., Gunwani, P., Jena, C., Yadav, P., Ingle, S., Debnath, S., Pawar, P., Acharja, P., Jat, R., Kalita, G., Ambulkar, R., Kulkarni, S., Kaginalkar, A., Soni, V. K., Nanjundiah, R. S., and Rajeevan, M.: Decision Support System version 1.0 (DSS v1.0) for air quality management in Delhi, India, Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 2617–2640, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2617-2024, 2024. (2024)
- Rajmal Jat,Bhola Ram Gurjar,Sachin D. Ghude,Prafull P. Yadav Wintertime source apportionment of PM2.5 pollution in million plus population cities of India using WRF-Chem simulation Modeiling of Earth System and Environment (2024)
- Rajmal Jat, Sachin D. Ghude, Gaurav Govardhan, Rajesh Kumar, Prafull P Yadav, Pratul Sharma, Gayatry Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath, Santosh H Kulkarni, Dilip M Chate, Ravi S Nanjundiah Effectiveness of respiratory face masks in reducing acute PM2. 5 pollution exposure during peak pollution period in Delhi. Science of The Total Environment 943, 173787 (2024)
- Debnath, S., Govardhan, G., Jat, R., Kalita, G., Yadav, P., Jena, C., Kumar, R., Sachin D. Ghude Black carbon emissions and its impact on the monsoon rainfall patterns over the Indian subcontinent: Insights into localized warming effects. Atmospheric Environment: X, 22, 2024/4/1. (2024)
- Jat, R., Jena, C., Yadav, P. P., Sachin D. Ghude Evaluating the sensitivity of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) simulations to chemical mechanism in WRF-Chem over Delhi. Atmospheric Environment, 323, 2024/4/15 (2024)
- Govardhan, G., Sachin D. Ghude , Kumar, R., Sharma, S., Gunwani, P., Jena, C., Yadav, P., Ingle, S., Debnath, S., Pawar, P., Acharja, P., Jat, R., Kalita, G., Ambulkar, R., Kulkarni, S., Kaginalkar, A., Soni, V. K., Nanjundiah, R. S., & Rajeevan, M. Decision Support System version 1.0 (DSS v1.0) for air quality management in Delhi, India. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(7), 2024/4/10. (2024)
- Rupal Ambulkar, Gaurav Govardhan, Srujan Gavhale, Gayatry Kalita, Chaitanya Pande, Rajmal Jat, Santosh Kulkarni, Manoj Khare, S.D. Attri, Sachin D. Ghude Crop residue burning in north-western India: Emission estimation and Uncertainty quantification (2024)
- Rupal Ambulkar, Gaurav Govardhan, Srujan Gavhale, Gayatry Kalita, Chaitanya Pande, Rajmal Jat, Santosh Kulkarni, Manoj Khare, S.D. Attri and Sachin D. Ghude Crop residue burning in north-western India: Emission estimation and Uncertainty quantification (2024)
- Gayatry Kalita, Prafull P. Yadav, Rajmal Jat, Gaurav Govardhan, Rupal Ambulkar, Rajesh Kumar, Preeti Gunwani, Sreyashi Debnath, Pratul Sharma, Santosh Kulkarni, Akshara Kaginalkar, and Sachin D. Ghude Forecasting of an unusual dust event over Western India by the Air Quality Early Warning System Atmospheric Environment (2023) [Link ]
- Chinmay Jena*, Rajmal Jat, Prafull P.Yadav, Gaurav Govardhan, Gayatri Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath, Preeti Gunwani, Prodip Acharja, PoojaV.Pawar, Rachana Kulkarni, Pratul Sharma, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Manoj Khare, Akshara J. Kaginalkar, Dilip M. Chate, Rajesh Kumar, Vijay Kumar Soni, Sachin D. Ghude* Evaluating the sensitivity of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) simulations to chemical mechanism in WRF-Chem over Delhi Elsevier (2023)
- Rajmal Jat1*, Sachin D. Ghude, Gaurav Govardhan, Rajesh Kumar, Prafull P.Yadav, Pratul Sharma, Gayatri Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Dilip M. Chate, Ravi S. Nanjundiah Effectiveness of Respiratory Face Masks in Reducing Acute PM2.5 Pollution Exposure During Peak Pollution Period in Delhi. Elsevier (2023)
- Gayatry Kalita , Prafull P. Yadav , Rajmal Jat , Gaurav Govardhan , Rupal Ambulkar ,Rajesh Kumar , Preeti Gunwani ,Sreyashi Debnath , Pratul Sharma , Santosh Kulkarni, Akshara Kaginalkar , Sachin D. Ghude Forecasting of an unusual dust event over western India by the Air Quality Early Warning System Atmospheric Environment (2023) [Link ]
- Rajmal Jat, Sachin D. Ghude, Gaurav Govardhan, Rajesh Kumar, Prafull P.Yadav, Pratul Sharma, Gayatri Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Dilip M. Chate, Ravi S. Nanjundiah. Effectiveness of Respiratory Face Masks in Reducing Acute PM2.5 Pollution Exposure During Peak Pollution Period in Delhi (Revised submission). Elsevier (2023)
- Sreyashi Debnath, Gaurav Govardhan, Rajmal Jat, Gayatry Kalita, Prafull Yadav, Chinmay Jena, Rajesh Kumar, Sachin D. Ghude Black Carbon Emissions and its impact on the monsoon rainfall patterns over the Indian Subcontinent: Insights into localized warming effects Atmospheric Environment: X (2023)
- Kalita, G., Yadav, P. P., Jat, R., Govardhan, G., Ambulkar, R., Kumar, R., Gunwani, P., Debnath, S., Sharma, P., Kulkarni, S., Kaginalkar, A., & Sachin D. Ghude (2023). Forecasting of an unusual dust event over western India by the Air Quality Early Warning System. Atmospheric Environment, 311, 120013, 2023/10/15. (2023)
- Gaurav Govardhan, Sachin D. Ghude, Rajesh Kumar, Sumit Sharma, Preeti Gunwani, Chinmay Jena, Prafull Yadav, Shubhangi Ingle, Sreyashi Debnath, Pooja Pawar, Prodip Acharja, Rajmal Jat, Gayatry Kalita, Rupal Ambulkar, Santosh Kulkarni, Akshara Kaginalkar, Vijay K Soni, Ravi S. Nanjundiah, and M. Rajeevan Decision Support System (v 1.0) for Air Quality Management in Delhi, India (2023)
- Chinmay Jena, Prafull P.Yadav, Rajmal Jat, Gaurav Govardhan, Gayatri Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath, Preeti Gunwani, Prodip Acharja, PoojaV.Pawar, Rachana Kulkarni,Santosh H. Kulkarni, Manoj Khare, Akshara J. Kaginalkar, Dilip M. Chate, Rajesh Kumar, Vijay Kumar Soni, Sachin D. Ghude Evaluating the sensitivity of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) simulations to chemical mechanism in Delhi (2023)
- Sreyashi Debnath, Rama Krishna Karumuri, Gaurav Govardhan, Rajmal Jat, Himadri Saini, Akash Vispute, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Chinmay Jena, Rajesh Kumar, D.M. Chate, Sachin D. Ghude Implications of implementing promulgated and prospective emission regulations on air quality and health in India during 2030 Aerosol and Air Quality Research (2022) [Link ]
- Chinmay Jena, Prafull P.Yadav, Rajmal Jat, Gaurav Govardhan, Gayatri Kalita, Sreyashi Debnath, Preeti Gunwani, Prodip Acharja, PoojaV.Pawar, Rachana Kulkarni, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Manoj Khare, Akshara J. Kaginalkar, Dilip M. Chate, Rajesh Kumar, Vijay Kumar Soni, Sachin D. Ghude Evaluating the sensitivity of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) simulations to chemical mechanism in Delhi. Elsevier (2022)
- Rajmal Jat, Bhola Ram Gurjar Contribution of different source sectors and source regions of Indo-Gangetic Plain in India to PM2.5 pollution and its short-term health impacts during peak polluted winter Atmospheric Pollution Research 12, 89-100 (2021) [Link ]
- Rajmal Jat, Bhola Ram Gurjar, Douglas Lowe Regional pollution loading in winter months over India using high resolution WRF-Chem simulation Atmospheric Research 249, 105326 (2021) [Link ]
- Rajmal Jat, Veerendra Sahu Pollution Exposure to Humans and Its Assessment In Effective Solutions to Pollution Mitigation for Public Welfare. IGI Global, 93-121. (2018) [Link ]
- Vaishali Ashok, Tarun Gupta, Shefali Dubey & Rajmal Jat Personal exposure measurement of students to various microenvironments inside and outside the college campus Environmental monitoring and assessment 186, 735-750 (2013) [Link ]
- J. Jai Devi, Tarun Gupta, Rajmal Jat & S. N. Tripathi Measurement of personal and integrated exposure to particulate matter and co-pollutant gases Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20, 1632-1648 (2012) [Link ]
Conferences/Workshops
- Jat, R., Gurjar, B.R., 2020 Role of Residential and Industrial Emission Sectors in Ambient Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) And It's Component Over Indian Subcontinent in Winter Season. Global Emissions InitiAtive (GEIA) 19th International Web Conference. (23rd June, 2020)
- Jat, R., Gurjar, B.R., 2020 Prediction and Evaluation of Winter Time Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Pollution Loading Over India Using WRF-Chem. International Conference of APHH On Challenges of Air Quality In Global Megacities(CAGMe-2020), Pune, India. (24-27 March, 2020)
- Jat, R., Gurjar, B.R., Gupta, T., "Measurement and Chemical Characterization of PM1 in Various Microenvironment inside IIT-K campus, in International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (SEEC-2017), Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing Mohali, India. (26 –28 February, 2017)
- Devi, J.J., Jat, R., Gupta, T., Tripathi, S.N., Measurement of Respiratory Health and Personal Exposure to Particulate Matter and Gaseous Co-pollutants for a Cohort of IIT-Kanpur Students, in Conference of Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA), Bose Institute Centre for Astropartical Physics & Space Science, Darjeeling, India. (24-26 March, 2010)
- Jat, R., Parfait, J., Peuch, A., Gupta, T., Indoor Air Pollution Measured in the Different Microenvironments at IIT Kanpur in International Conference on Environmental Health and Technology (EH&T-2010), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. (15-17 March, 2010)
- Jat, R., Budania, K.K., Singh A., Nagar P.K., Bharti P.K., Comparative study of Ozonation and Chlorination, Water Purification Techniques in International Conference on Water Harvesting Storage & Conservation (WHSC-2009), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. ( 23-25 nov, 2009)
Research
- Air quality forecast
- Modeling of particulate matter and co-pollutant gases
- Source apportionment using CTM’s
- Health risk assessment
Achievements
Secured overall 2ndrank at university level in four year integrated undergraduate engineering programme
All India Rank - 33 in Graduate aptitude test in engineering (GATE-2008)
Won third prize in Poster presentation in International Conference on Environmental Health and Technology held at IIT- Kanpur
Positions of Responsibility & Extra Curricular
- Served as Head, Department of Civil Engineering at Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur and coordinated various academic activities (March 2015 - Dec 2016)
- Coordinator of CE Summer Camp 2009 in Department of Civil Engineering at IIT-Kanpur (June 2009)
- Member of organizing committee of International Conference on Water Harvesting Storage & Conservation (WHSC-2009), held at IIT-Kanpur ( 23 - 25 Nov, 2009)
- Obtained B and C Certificate in the Army Wing of National Cadet Corps (NCC)
- Participated in inter collegiate tournaments of Volleyball in team of College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur
- Participated as member of Cricket team in the Cricket Tournament of Hall-VIII, IIT-Kanpur (24 - 26 Jan, 2010)
Industrial Training and Field Visits
- One month Training at Soil and Water Conservation Department Udaipur (July 2007)
- Field visit of waste water treatment plantJajmau, Kanpur
- Field visit of water treatment plant, Ganga barrage, Kanpur
- Attended a Short course on Air pollution, Climate & Health: Methods and Modelling, conducted in collaboration of Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), India and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), USA, at PHFI, Gurgaon, Haryana (January 15-19, 2018)
- Participated in ISTE Workshop on Engineering Mechanics conducted by IIT- Bombay (26th Nov – 6th Dec 2013)
- Participated in ISTE Workshop on Fluid Mechanics conducted by IIT-Kharagpur (20-30 May, 2014)