Manju Mohan is Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi. Prof. Mohan’s area of specialization include Atmospheric Boundary Layer Modelling, Atmospheric Dispersion and Air Quality Assessment, Urban Climate and Science of Extreme Weather such as fog, thermal stress. She has over 40 years of research experience at this institute involving several field campaigns and numerical modelling of atmospheric processes. Her current interests include urbanization/landuse-landcover impacts on weather, climate and air pollution. She is/has been an expert Member, DST (FIST) committe on Earth Atmospheric Sciences, Ministry of Water Resources (INCCC); Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkatta; SERB (NPDF, SRG), ISRO- GBP (PMC), DST (WoS-A), MoEFCC (Industry-II) besides being in special committees and selection committees of IITs, Central Universities, MoEFCC, MoES, CPCB etc. She is Fellow, NESA and IEE (India).
Prof. Manju Mohan has contributed to various key international activities with invited participation for the Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and Its Likely Transboundary Effects for South Asia (UNEP, SACEP), the Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution (TF HTAP), an international scientific cooperative effort to improve the understanding of the intercontinental transport of air pollution across the Northern Hemisphere and Asian Network on Climate Science and Technology (ANCST) Special Topic group on Asian Atmospheric – Oceanic Processes. She has also carried out funded research and consultancy projects from prominent national agencies such as MoES, ISRO, DST, AERB, CSIR, MoEFCC, State Pollution Control Boards, Grasim industries, Century Textiles, RMSI etc. and international bodies such as NSF (USA), MEXT (Japan), British Council, PMI2 (UK), World Bank/ADB etc.
Her views on air pollution and climate change issues are expressed here through select media interaction here:
•Podcast (https://youtu.be/L5eR0efMjOs?si=HPCaD-WtllRddzdm) Suno Bhai Saadhu Podcast Episode 2 on Air Pollution and Climate issues
•TEDx Talk (https://youtu.be/U7MFX-iKLR8) on Air Pollution and Climate Change: Issues and Challenges by Manju Mohan; August,2019 at AIIMS NewDelhi.
•Doordarshan Telecast: Eye on Air Health (E ) – Interview (Telecast on 25-1-2020) (https://www.indiascience.in/videos/eye-on-air-health-e-telecast-on-25-slash-01-slash-2020)