Prof. Sachdeva research in the domain of climate change and air quality management. She has
more than 14 years of teaching and research experience in the applied and allied fields of
environmental sciences. She has completed several projects working in cross cutting
disciplines, to provide sustainable solutions to the environment and climate problems. Dr.
Sachdeva received young scientist award in the year 2009 in atmopsheric sciences domain
from Department of Science and Technology (DST). She has published a number of research
papers and book chapters in the area interconnecting policy and science.

• Environmental Science
• Climate Change Mitigation
• Environmental monitoring laboratory
• Air quality management
• Sustainable development
• Integrated Impact Assessment

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=wDBDZTQAAAAJ&hl=en

Consultancy and research projects:

• Involved in clean cookstoves testing and calibration for various developers
• Involved in a research project entitled “Size resolved characterization of Particulate and carbonaceous aerosol Emissions from biomass burning in Delhi Region” funded by DST-SERB, Govt. of India as Principal Investigator. Total funding: USD 34200.
• Involved in a research project entitled “Development of a knowledge-based decision tool to simulate mechanism of vegetation change due to climate change in western Himalayan Eco-region” funded by MOEFCC, Govt. of India as Principal Investigator. Total funding: USD 47884.
• Involved in a research project entitled “Hi-AWARE- Himalayan adaptation, water and resilience” funded by ICIMOD (Nepal) as Principal Investigator for the subcontracted work. Total funding: USD 97137.
• Recently grant for research project entitled “Air quality and transport choices” funded by CPCB, Govt of India (India) as Co-Principal Investigator. Total funding: USD 50620.

Organisation of Professional trainings for government officers:

• Basics of satellite meteorology and its environmental applications
• Impact of ozone and other pollutants on crops
• Climate change and response measure.
• Global warming, climate change and disaster management.
• Climate Change and sustainability

Research Publications

• Total: 40 Research publications (Air pollution and Aerosol Science, Climate dynamics, Fog-
  water-aerosols dynamics, Health and vulnerability assessment) Total citations: 700, h-index: 16,
  I10-index-19

PhD and Postgraduate Research Supervision:

• Ph.D: 08 (awarded)+ 05 (in progress); Master Thesis: >50 (awarded)

Professional Contributions to Education Development

• Developed Climate Science and Policy program for Masters levels students (Department
  of Energy and Environment) at TERISAS New Delhi (India)
• Developed courses for master’s program like Aerosol Science, Climate mitigation,
  Climate Science (Energy and Environment) at TERISAS (India)
• Developed E-course content for MHRD in. Environmental laboratory Science and
  Science and policy of Climate change
• Guest faculty at Institute of secretarial training and management in the subject area of
  Climate Change
• Guest faculty for academic staff colleges of UGC

Full Publication List

• Kamna Sachdeva and A.K Attri (Feb 2008). Morphological characterization of
  carbonaceous aggregates in soot and freefall aerosol samples: A case study from Delhi,
  India. Atmospheric Environment, ISSN: 1352-2310, 42, 1025-1034.IF 4.78,
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.10.002
• Upadhyay V. K and Kamna Sachdeva (2010). Climate change and food security: priority concerns in Indian agricultural sector, International Journal of Environmental sciences, ISSN: 0973-6077, volume 4, 553–557.
• Anuba Agrawal, V. K Upadhyay and Kamna Sachdeva (July 2011). Study of aerosol behavior based on morphological characteristics during Festival events in India during festival events in India. Atmospheric Environment, ISSN: 1352-2310, 45, 3640-3644. IF4.78, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.006
• Vinay Kumar Upadhyay and Kamna Sachdeva (2012). Climate Change: our rush to extinction or victim of our own success?. Environment management and sustainable development. ISSN:2164-7682,volume 1, 44-51.
• Priya Narayanan, Ashoke Basistha and Kamna Sachdeva (January 2013). Trend Analysis and ARIMA modeling of Pre-Monsoon rainfall data for Western India. Comptes Rendus Geosciences, ISSN: 161-0713, 345, 22-27.IF 2.24,, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2012.12.001
• Kamna Sachdeva, Priya Narayanan and Pooja Arora (2013). Assessment of carbon fractions of aerosols collected under gravity settling at two different heights in the Delhi region. Urban Climate, Volume 5, 104–111, ISSN: 2212-0955, IF 5.731, DOI:10.1016/j.uclim.2013.04.006
• Pooja Arora, Suresh Jain, Kamna Sachdeva (Oct 2013). Physical characterization of particulate matter emitted from wood combustion in improved and traditional cookstoves. Energy for Sustainable Development, ISSN: 0973-0826, Volume 17, Issue 5, 497–503.IF5.223, UGC listing: 19567, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2013.06.003
• P.K. Joshi, Kamna Sachdeva and A.K. Joshi (2014). Adaptation Frameworks for Climate Change—Eloquent to Himalayan Ecosystems. Impact of Global Changes on Mountains: Responses and Adaptation. Ed. Editor: Velma I. Grover, Axel Borsdorf, Jürgen Breuste, Prakash Chandra Tiwari, Flavia Witkowski Frangetto, CRC press- Taylor & Fransis group, USA, 153-166pp, December 19, 2014 by CRC Press, ISBN 9780367377908
• Pooja Arora, Kamna Sachdeva, Suresh Jain (Oct 2014). Laboratory based assessment of cookstove performance using energy and emission parameters for north Indian cooking cycle. Biomass and Bioenergy, ISSN: 09619534, Volume 69, 2011-221, IF 5.061, UGC listing 14753, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.07.012
• Snehlata Tigala, Kamna Sachdeva, Anu Rani Sharma, Anubha Agrawal (2014). Air Pollution and Health: A Review of Measurement Techniques. Journal of advanced research in medicine: spl issue: 2nd International Conference on Occupational & Environmental Health, ISSN: 2394-7047, volume 21, 10-15.
• Kamna Sachdeva and Yadav, S. (Oct 2016). “Characterization of Free-Fall Dust Aerosols at Two Different Heights in Delhi: Understanding the Influence of Carbon Fraction.” Journal of Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste , ISSN:21535493, volume 20, issue 4, A4016001, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000311, IF: 1.44
• Priya Narayanan, Ashoke Basistha and Kamna Sachdeva (2016). Trend Analysis and Forecast of Pre-monsoon Rainfall over India. Weather, ISSN: 431656, volume, 71, issue 4, 94-99. UGC listing 32864, IF 1.596, https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2699
• Priya Narayanan, Ashoke Basistha and Kamna Sachdeva (2016). Understanding trends and shifts in rainfall in parts of north western India based on global climatic indices. Weather, ISSN: 431656, Volume 71, Issue 8 Pages 198–203. IF-1.596, https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2746
• Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, Anu R sharma and Kamna Sachdeva (2016). A ground observation based climatology of winter fog: Study over the Indo-gangatic plains, India. International Journal of Environmental, Chemical, Ecological, Geological and Geophysical Engineering Vol: 10, issue 7, 705-716.
• Anusheema Chakraborty , Kamna Sachdeva and P.K. Joshi (Sept 2016). Mapping long-term land use and land cover change in the central Himalayan region using a tree-based ensemble classification approach. Applied Geography, ISSN: 01436228, Volume 74,136–150. UGC listing 15955, IF 4.24, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.07.008
• Roopam Shukla, Kamna Sachdeva and P.K. Joshi (sept 2016). Inherent vulnerability of agricultural communities in Himalaya: A village-level hotspot analysis in the Uttarakhand state of India. Applied Geography, ISSN: 01436228, Volume 74, 182–198. . UGC listing 15955, IF 4.24, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.07.013
• Chakraborty, A., Joshi, P. K and Kamna Sachdeva (Dec 2016). Predicting distribution of major forest tree species to potential impacts of climate change in the central Himalayan region. Ecological Engineering, ISSN:09258574, 97, 593–609, UGC listing 12429, IF-4.035, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.10.006
• Anusheema Chakraborty, Roopam Shukla, Kamna Sachdeva, P. S. Roy and P. K. Joshi (Sept 2016). The Climate Change Conundrum and the Himalayan Forests: The Way Forward into the Future. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Science, ISSN: 03690821, Volume 88, issue 3, 837-847. UGC listing 63908, IF 0.38, DOI:10.1007/s40011-016-0788-x
• Chakraborty, A, Shukla, R, Kamna Sachdeva and Joshi, P. K., (Feb 016). Perception-based evidences for climate change policies. Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 53, issue 5, 26. ISSN (Print) – 0012-9976 | ISSN (Online) – 2349-8846, https://www.epw.in/journal/2018/6/commentary/perception-based-evidence-climate-change-policies.html
• Roopam Shukla, Kamna Sachdeva and P.K. Joshi (dec 2016). An indicator-based approach to assess village-level social and biophysical vulnerability of agriculture communities in Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Mountain Science, ISSN: 16726316, volume 13, issue 12, 2260-2271, IF 2.071, DOI:10.1007/s11629-016-4058-4
• Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, Anu R sharma and Kamna Sachdeva (2017). A ground observation-based climatology and forecasting of winter fog: study over Ghaziabad, NCR, India, Weather, ISSN: 00129976, volume 72:1, 16-22.
• Anusheema Chakraborty, Anirudh Ghosh, Kamna Sachdeva and P K Joshi (2017). Characterizing fragmentation trends of the Himalayan forests in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India. Ecological Informatics, ISSN:15749541, 38, 95–109
• Rohit Sharma, Kamna Sachdeva and Anu Rani Sharma (2017). Worsening of Urban Air Quality: Role of Meteorology and Episodic Events during Winter Months. Indian Journal of Air Pollution Control, Volume XVI, issue 2, 54
• Chakraborty, A., Kamna Sachdeva and Joshi, P. K. (2017). A reflection on image classifications for forest ecology management: Towards landscape mapping and monitoring. In: Pijush Samui (Ed.), Handbook of Neural Computation (600 pages). Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Paperback ISBN: 9780128113189.
• Anusheema Chakraborty, Joshi, P. K. and Kamna Sachdeva (2018). Capturing forest dependency in the central Himalayan region: Variations between Oak (Quercus spp.) and Pine (Pinus spp.) dominated forest landscapes. AMBIO, ISSN: 00447447, 1-19, IF: 6.01
• R Shukla, A Chakraborty, Kamna Sachdeva and PK Joshi (2018). Agriculture in the western Himalayas–an asset turning into a liability. Development in Practice, ISSN: 0961- 4524, volume 28, issue 2, 318-324., IF: 0.96, https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1420140
• S Tigala, AR Sharma and Kamna Sachdeva (2018). Health risk assessment due to biomass smoke exposure in Indian indoor environment: An empirical approach using lung deposition model. Science of the Total Environment, ISSN: 0048-9697, volume 640, 935-942, IF: 7.963, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.323
• Shukla R, Kamna Sachdeva and PK Joshi (2018). Demystifying vulnerability assessment of agriculture communities in the Himalayas: a systematic review. Natural Hazards, ISSN: 0921-030X, volume 91, issue 1, 409-429.IF: 3.65, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-017-3120-z
• Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, Rohit Sharma, Kamna Sachdeva, and Anu Rani Sharma (2018) Fog—A Ground Observation-Based Climatology and Forecast over North India, Geospatial Applications for Natural Resources Management, ISBN 9781138626287 – CAT# K31836, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1201/b22040
• Tigala S, Sharma A.R, and Kamna Sachdeva (2018). Assessing Public Health Vulnerability due to Poor Indoor Air Quality: A Case Study of Rural Population of Rajasthan. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Advanced Research in Medical Science & Technology, volume 5 (3-4), p.p.6-9.
• Tigala S, Sharma A.R, and Kamna Sachdeva (2019). A System Dynamics Approach to Understand Respiratory Health Risk in Rural Population. Accepted for publication in the Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development, ISSN: 0976-0245.
• R Shukla, A Agarwal, Kamna Sachdeva, J Kurths and PK Joshi (2019). Climate change perception: an analysis of climate change and risk perceptions among farmer types of Indian Western Himalayas. Climatic Change, ISSN: 0165-0009, volume 152, issue 1, 103-119., IF: 4.743, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2314-z
• D Sharma, N Khandekar and Kamna Sachdeva (2019). Addressing water-related shocks and coping decision through enhanced community participation: case studies from Ganga basin, Uttarakhand, India. Water Policy 21 (5), 999-1016, DOI:10.2166/wp.2019.026, IF: 1.434, ISSN 1366-7017 EISSN 1996-9759
• Sharma, R., Kamna Sachdeva & Sharma, A. R. (2020). Analysis of “Odd-Even” initiative on air pollution and assessent of its co-benefits: A case study of Delhi. Indian Journal of Air Pollution Control, XVIII & XIX (2), 47-56), http://www.iaapc.in/iaapc_journal.pdf)
• D Sharma, N Khandekar, Kamna Sachdeva (2021) Exploratory agent-based model to understand migration scenarios: a study from the Indian Himalayan Region, Uttarakhand. Development in Practice 31 (1), 81-92, IF: 0.96, https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2020.1801583
• Sharma, R., Kamna Sachdeva and Sharma, A.R. (2021). Variations of Surface Ozone levels in Urban area of India: a focus on night-time residual concentrations. EQA-International Journal of Environmental Quality, 42, pp.22-35. ISSN: 0047-2425 (print); 1537-2537 (web), IF 2.142, https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2281-4485/10809
• Sharma, R., Kamna Sachdeva and Sharma, A.R. (2021). Long-term trends of tropospheric ozone and aerosol over Delhi-NCT: A view from space (Accepted in Nanotechnology Perceptions: A Review of Advanced Technologies and their Impacts)
• Sharma, R., Kamna Sachdeva and Sharma, A.R. (2021). Assessment of Synergistic Impact of Ambient Surface Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter on Experimentally Grown Wheat Crop. Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment (AJAE), 15(1).
• Sharma, R., Kamna Sachdeva and Sharma, A.R. (2021). Surface ozone in Indian urban region. ISBN: 9780128166932, book:Asian atmospheric pollution, pp. 323-333. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816693-2.00015-9
• D Jain, S Bhatnagar, V Rathi, D Sharma, Kamna Sachdeva (2021). Mainstreaming Built Environment for Air Pollution Management Plan in Delhi. Economic & Political Weekly 56(6), 19
• Roopam Shukla, Ankit Agarwal, Christoph Gornott, Kamna Sachdeva & P. K. Joshi (2019). Farmer typology to understand differentiated climate change adaptation in Himalaya, Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 20375 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-56931-9, ISSN: 2045-2322, IF: 4.379