Ph.D.

Prashant Rawat

Environment
Aerosols
Air quality research
Black carbon
Brown carbon
HULIS
Radiative forcing

d21112@students.iitmandi.ac.in

About

I am working to assess climate effects of aerosol climate forcing agents in North-western Himalayan states of India.

Supervision

Supervisor

Sayantan Sarkar

Education

Master of Sciences INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA
2018
Ph.D. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MANDI
2019-PRESENT

Professional Experience

Research assistant (IISER Kolkata)
2018-2019

Awards and Honours

DST-INSPIRE
2019

Publications

Journal Article

1	Rawat, P., Sharma, B., Dey, S., Rana, A., Mukherjee, A., Polana, J, A., Mao, J., Jia, S., Khillare, P., & Sarkar, S. (2022). Are fireworks a significant episodic source of brown carbon?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(), 40252–40261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20183-4	View More
2	Rawat, P., Sarkar, S., Jia, S., Khillare, P., Sharma, B., Polana, J, A., Mao, J., Jia, S., & Khillare, P. (2019). Regional sulfate drives long-term rise in AOD over megacity Kolkata, India. Atmospheric Environment, 209(), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.04.031	View More
3	Kolakkandi, V., Sharma, B., Rana, A., Dey, S., Rawat, P., Sarkar, S., Mao, J., & Jia, S. (2020). Spatially resolved distribution, sources and health risks of heavy metals in size-fractionated road dust from 57 sites across megacity Kolkata, India. Science of The Total Environment, 705(), 135805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135805	View More
4	Rana, A., Dey, S., Rawat, P., Mukherjee, A., Mao, J., Jia, S., Khillare, P., Yadav, K, A., & Sarkar, S. (2020). Optical properties of aerosol brown carbon (BrC) in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain. Science of The Total Environment, 716(), 137102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137102	View More
5	Rana, A., Rawat, P., Sarkar, S., Mukherjee, A., Mao, J., Jia, S., Khillare, P., & Yadav, K, A. (2023). Sources, transport pathways and radiative effects of BC aerosol during 2018–2020 at a receptor site in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain. Atmospheric Environment, 309(), 119900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119900	View More

Conference Paper

1	Dey, S., Rana, A., Rawat, P., & Sarkar, S. (2020, June). Optical and chemical properties of wintertime light-absorbing aerosols in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain, India. EGU 2020,	View More
2	Rawat, P., Bau, S., & Sarkar, S. (2023, April). Humic-like substances in residential biofuel use emissions from the northwestern Himalayan region, India. EGU 2023,	View More
3	Rawat, P., Bau, S., & Sarkar, S. (2022, December). . Aerosol climate forcing agents in biofuel emissions in Northwestern Himalayan states, India.. AGU 2022, online	View More