Early Career Perspective: Ekta Chaudhary

Ekta is a fourth-year Ph.D. student at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi. Her research focuses on the assessment of the impact of PM2.5 and its components on maternal and child health in India. She has won several awards including the Jane Warren Trainee Conference Award 2021 by Health Effects Institute, USA, and the … Continue reading Early Career Perspective: Ekta Chaudhary →

Early Career Perspective: Farah Thakur

Farah Kazi currently works as the Lead of Campaigns at Waatavaran, where she undertakes air quality monitoring studies. She also builds communication strategies that enable public dialogue and advancement in policy reforms. She has recently been selected as an OpenAQ Ambassador. Her interest in air pollution stems from when she began working at IndiaSpend, where … Continue reading Early Career Perspective: Farah Thakur →

Youth voices for clean air in Punjab

Let Me Breathe, a community platform for sharing stories related to environment recently announced the winner of its Clean Air Punjab competition. This was the first of its kind competition focused on sharing stories related to air pollution and health in Punjab. More about the programme here. The team received more than 70 entries on … Continue reading Youth voices for clean air in Punjab →

Early Career Perspective: Abhiir Bhalla

Abhiir is a youth environmentalist and sustainability consultant. Currently a second year student at Ashoka University, he is pursuing a degree in Political Science and International Relations and is currently working as the Director - Operations and Community Engagement at Care for Air, a non-profit working on air pollution. He has over 7 years of … Continue reading Early Career Perspective: Abhiir Bhalla →

Early Career Perspective: Prerita Agarwal

Prerita is a first-year doctoral student in Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, UK. She has an MPhil in Environment Science & Sustainable Development from Banaras Hindu University and Master’s degree in Environment Management from IP University. She is motivated by her fascination for the tiny invisible particles in the … Continue reading Early Career Perspective: Prerita Agarwal →

Mothers for Clean Air

Recently, a group of mothers met to talk about air pollution and its impacts on their children. This focused conversation led to a new initiative- Mothers for Clean Air. It is a mothers-led movement in India demanding clean and safe air for our future generations. Being a mother is not a criterion for inclusion. Find … Continue reading Mothers for Clean Air →

Early Career Perspective: Adeel Khan

Note: We first met Adeel when he reached out with a few questions on air pollution. From there, it has been wonderful to see him grow & learn. We wish him all the best! Find Adeel on LinkedIn or Twitter. This is a guest blog and the piece has been lightly edited for brevity. Early … Continue reading Early Career Perspective: Adeel Khan →