S.Tandon, H.Badrike, U.Kakde and R.Kumar, 2014. Enhancement in Phytoremediation of Municipal Wastewater by Genetically Modifying Wetland and Non-Wetland Plant Species (non- edible), Global Journal of BioScience & Biotechnology, 3[4], 359-364
A. Joseph, S. Unnikrishnan, R.Kumar, 2014. Indoor and Outdoor Carbon Concentration of Fine Aerosol in a Mega City, Mumbai, Indian Journal of Air Pollution Control, XIV, V.1, 5-15
R.Patil, R.Kumar, R.Menon, M. Shah and V. Sethi, 2013. Development on Particulate Matter Speciation Profiles for Major Sources in Six Cities in India, Atmospheric Research, (1-11), 132- 133
R.Vijay, V.K. Kushwaha. K.Naik and R.Kumar, 2013. Assessment of Tourism Impact on Land Use Land Cover and Natural Slope in Manali, India: A Geospatial Analysis, 14th Seri India User Conference, and accepted for publication in J. of Environmental Health Science and Engineering
E.Joseph, S.Unnikrishnan and R.Kumar, 2013. Organic Speciation of Fine Aerosol to Assess Sources in Mumbai City, J. Environmental Science and Engineering, 55(1), 17-34
M. Herlekar, A.Joseph, R. Kumar and I. Gupta, 2012. Chemical Speciation and Source Assignment of Particulate (PM10) Phase Molecular Markers in Mumbai. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 12: 1247-1260, doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.07.0091
H. Bherwani, R. Patil and R. Kumar, 2012. City Size and Change in Temperature Profile: Study on Major Indian Cities, NeBIO International Journal (ISSN: 2278-2281), [National Conference on Environment and Biodiversity of India (EBI), New Delhi: 29-30th Dec 2012]
K. Wakadikar, A.Sil, S.Kumar, R. Kumar and A. Mudhoo, 2012. Influence of Sewage Sludge and Leachate on Biochemical Methane Potential of Waste Biomass. J. of Bioremediation and Biodegradation, Research Article, S8-002 (doi: 10.4172/2155-6199.S8-002).
A. Sil, K.Wakadikar, S. Kumar, S. Satheesh Babu, S.P.M. Sivagami, S.Tandon, R.Kumar, and P.Hettiaratchi, 2012. Toxicity Characteristics of Drilling Mud and Its Effect on Aquatic Fish Populations. J. of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, 15(1), 51-57
I. Gupta, A.Salunkhe, P.Gargava, R.Kumar, 2012. Understanding the Complexities of PM10 Source Apportionment of PM10 by PMF in Urban Areas of Mumbai, India, Scientific World Journal, Egypit, doi: 10:1100/2012/5857 91
A. Dalvi, S. Bhalerao, S. Dhage, A.Supate and R.Kumar, 2012. Characterization of Abandon Municipal Solid Waste Dumpsites for Evaluating Phytoremediation Potential– A Case Study of Mumbai, International Journal of Chemistry, 1(4), 486-494
A. Dalvi, S.Bhalerao, S.Dhage and R.Kumar, 2012. Plant Diversity of Municipal Solid Waste Dumpsites-Deonar and Mulund, Mumbai, International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1(3), 294-301
S.Tandon, R. Kumar and P.Dureja, 2011. Effect of Fipronil on Dehydrogenase Activity in Diverse Soil Types, Pesticide Research Journal, 23(1), 41-44
A. Sil, K.Wakadikar, S.Kumar and R.Kumar, 2011. Characteristics of Waste Transportation Vehicles and Their Effect on Emission Load: A Case Study of Mumbai, India, Waste Management, 31 (2011) 1661–1665
Wakadikar K, Sil A, Sivagami S.P.M, Kolekar N., Tandon S and Kumar R, 2011. Effect of Non- Aqueous Drilling Fluid (NADF) and its Synthetic Base oil on Soil Health as Indicated by its Dehydrogenase Activity. Environmental Earth Sciences, September, 64(1), 25-28
Indrani Gupta, Abhaysinh Salunkhe, Rakesh Kumar, 2010. Modelling 10-year Trends of PM10 and Related Toxic Heavy Metal Concentrations in Four Cities in India, J. of Hazardous Materials, 179 (1-3), 1084–1095
S. Tayade, Ojha A R., Rakesh Kumar and Deshmukh S. V., 2009. Design for Achieving High Efficiency in Wastewater Treatment: Performance of Combined Vertical and Horizontal Flow Sub-Surface Constructed Wetlands, Bionano Frontier, 2(1),108-13
M. Dhakad, A.G.Joshi, S. Rayalu, P. Tanwar, J.K. Bassin, R.Kumar S.Lokhande, J.Subrt, T.Mitsuhashi, N. Labshetwar, 2009. Alumina Supported CoK-MO Based Catalytic Material for Diesel Soot Oxidation, Topics in Catalysis, 52, 2070-2075
S.Tayade, R. Kumar and S. Deshmukh, 2007. Performance of Small Scale Systems for Domestic Wastewater Treatment Using Wetland Systems, Bionano Frontier, I(1).
Gupta Indrani, Kumar Rakesh, 2006. Trends of Particular Matter in Four Cities in India, Atmospheric Environment, 40(14), 2552-66
Rakesh Kumar, Abba Elizabeth Joseph, 2006. Air Pollution Concentrations of PM2.5, PM10 and NO2 at Ambient and Kerbsite in Metro City–Mumbai. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 119, 191-199.
Dhage S.; Chandorkar A.; Kumar R., Srivastava, A. and Gupta, I., 2006, Marine Water Quality Assessment at Mumbai West Coast, Environment International, 32, 149-158
Gupta I., Dhage S.; Jacob N.; Navada S.V.; Rakesh Kumar, 2006. Calibration & Validation of farfield dilution models for outfall at Worli, Mumbai, Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 114, 1-3, 199-209
Rajesh Biniwale and Rakesh Kumar, 2005. Fuel Based Emission Inventory for Planning Gasoline Quality Modifications in India Mega City, The Automotive Research Association of India, Pune, SAE Paper NO. 2005-26-016
Nitin K. Labhsetwar, Rajesh B. Biniwale, Rakesh Kumar, Moqtik A. Bawase, S. S. Rayalu, T. Mitsuhashi and H. Haneda, 2004. Application of Catalytic Materials for Diesel Exhaust Emission Control, Current Science, 87, 1700- 1704
R.Kumar, 2003. Risk of Indoor Air Pollution and Abatement Strategy, Green Channel, USERC Publication, 2 (1)
R. Biniwale, M.Bawase, N. Labhsetwar and R.Kumar, 2003. La(1-x), AxMn(1-y)By O3 Supported on Honeycomb Substrate- Characterization and Application for Catalytic Converter, Indian Journal of Chemistry, V. 42A, 1833-1839
Srivastava, R.Kumar and R.N.Singh, 2002. Odour Impact Evaluation of Municipal Waste Composting Unit, J. Solid Waste Technology and Management, 28 (1), 44-50
R.B. Biniwale, N.K. Labhsetwar, R. Kumar and M. Z. Hasan, 2002. Catalytic Converter Modeling: Artificial Neural Networks for Perovskite Based Catalyst, SAE International Paper - 01-0061, Special Pub. SP- 1676, 49-54 (2002) and ISSN:0099-5908, CAN 137:267354.
R. B. Biniwale, N.K.Labhsetwar, R.Kumar and M.Z.Hasan, 2001. A Non- noble Metal based Catalytic Converter for 2-Stroke Two Wheeler Applications, SAE Journal, Paper No. 2001-01- 1303
R.Biniwale, M.Deshmukh, N.Labhsetwar, R.Kumar and M.Z.Hasan, 2001. Optimization of Non-noble Metal Based Catalytic Converter for 2 Stroke, two wheeler Applications and Its Performance Prediction’, SAE Journal, Paper No. 2001-01-0004
N.Labhsetwar, A.Watanabe, R.Biniwale, R.Kumar, T. Mitsuhashi, 2001. Alumina Supported, Perovskite Oxide Based Catalytic Materials and their Auto-exhaust Application, Applied Catalysis: Environment, 33, 165-173
R.Biniwale, M. Bawase, M. Deshmukh and N. Labhsetware, R. Kumar and M.Hasan, 2001. Production of Automotive Catalytic Converter Based on Non- Noble Metal Catalyst Technology: A Feasible Option, J. Scientific & Industrial Research, V.60, September, 728-734
Rakesh Kumar, 2001. Cost Benefit Assessment of Developing Environment Management System, Industrial Safety Chron., V. 32, 31-35
Rakesh Kumar, 2001. Multimedia Environmental Impact of Pesticides Use, Industrial Safety Chron., V. 33, 81-89
Rakesh Kumar and A. Srivastava, 2000. Health Impacts of Municipal Solid Waste Composting, J. Indian Association of Environmental Management, V. 27(2), 151-153
Archana Kumta, A. Srivastava and Rakesh Kumar, 2000. Estimation of Toxic Zone Due to Sewage Discharge in Coastal Area, Chemical and Environmental Research, V. 9, (1 & 2), 25-29
Shalini Patkie, Jayshree Subramaniam, Rakesh Kumar and D.A.Patil, 2000. Environment Management Issues in an Abattoir: A Case Study, Indian J. Environmental Protection, V.20(11), 821-828
Labhsetwar N.K., Sohoni A., Deshmukh M.M., Binniwale R.B., R.Kumar and Khanna P., 1999, New Perovskite Based Catalytic Converter Using Metallic Substrate, SAE Journal Paper No. 990006, doi:10.4271/99000
R.Kumar and Biniwale R.B., Labhasetware N.K., Khanna P., 1999. Ceramic Foam Based Diesel Particulate Filter, Energy Scenario, V. II(2), 13.
Srivasatava A., Kulkari V.S. and R. Kumar, 1999. Estimation of Vertical Distribution of Pollutants in Atmosphere, Indian J. Env. Health, 41(3), 153-158
S.Patkie, J.Subramaniam, R. Kumar and D.A.Patil, 1999. Environment Management Issues in an Abattoir: A Case Study, Int. J. Environmental and Pollution, 20(11), 821-828
R.Kumar, Kamal S. and Khanna P., 1988. Poison Resistant Peroskite Catalysts for CO and HC Oxidation, Asian Environment, V. 10, 187
R. Kumar, 1998. Environmental Degradation Due to Automobiles and Its Control, Encology, V.13, 27-33
Kumta A. and R. Kumar, 1998. Aberration in Microanatomical Structures of Different Organs Due to Impact of Chronic Exposure to Sewage in Oreochromis Mossambica, Pollution Research, 4, 335-339
Kumar A., Patil M.M. and R. Kumar, 1998. Perturbation in O2 Consumption Due to Stress Associated with Sewage Toxicity in Estuarine Fish, Oreachromis Mossambica, Environ and Ecology, 16(2), 409-412
Srivastava A. and R.Kumar, 1998. Solubility of Hydrophobic Alkyl Amines and Alcohols in Aqueous Droplets, Chem. Environ. Res. 7(1&2)
Thakur S.G., Chandorkar A.A. and Rakesh Kumar, 1993, Wild Life Management – A Habitat Suitability Approach, J. Ecobiology, V. 5(4), 269
Johnson R., R. Kumar and Dharmadhikari D.M., 1990. Catalytic Oxidation of Carbonmoxide and Hydrocarbons on Supported Zinc Ferrite, J. Ind.Public Health Engineering, V.1990, 1
Das S., R. Kumar, Kurien M. and Chatterjee C., 1986. Synthesis Characterization and Proton NMR Studies of Co(en)2 (malH)2, ClO4.H2O, Polyhedron, V.5, 1587
Kamal S., Dange V.V. and R. Kumar, 1989. Rice Roha Mill Effluent Treatment, Pollution Research, V.5, 1989, 121
Some of the Papers Published National / International Conferences
Satinder Kaur, A.Prajakta, Z. Ashwini, U. Roshini and Rakesh Kumar, 2014. Indoor Sources of VOCs Assessment for Common Use of Material Used in Office Spaces in Mumbai, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA) from 11th- 13th November, 2014
Satinder Kaur, Prajyot Kashalkar, Deepti Sharma and Rakesh Kumar, 2014. Environmental Enhancement through Sustainable Catchment Area Treatment Plan: Challenges and Solutions, in International Conference on Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development, from 18th to 20th October.
Rakesh Kumar, Indrani Gupta, Asheesh Shrivastava and Deepti Sharma, 2014, Complexities of Coastal and River Zone Management, International Workshop on Coastal and River Zone Management: Regulations and Development, at Y.B.Chavhan Pratishthan, Mumbai, January, 10-11
R.Kumar and S.Khanna, Awareness & We: Complexities interlinking Health and Environment in today’s Context Organized by Green Health Foundation, Aug 21st , 2014
An International Conference on ‘Water, Sanitation and Recycling’ Organized by Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (MACCIA), March 22, 2014
Ramani T., Sprague S., Kumar S., Kumar R. and Ziestman Z. 2013. Formulating LanGem Model for Estimation of Landfill Gas under Indian Scenario, Presented 2nd International Brainstorming Workshop on Short and Long-Term Solutions for Municipal Solid Waste Management Problem in Indian Cities, February 2013, CSIR-NEERI & EECentre, Columbia University, New York
Bherwani H.B., Patil R.S. and Kumar R., 2013. Urbanization and Its Impact on Climate: Indian Scenario, International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST), Thiruvannamalai : January, 27-30
Bherwani H.B., Patil R.S. and Kumar R., 2013. Impact of Urbanization on Regional and Local Climate, International Conference on Climate Change and Humanity (ICCCH), Rome, Italy, February, 24-25 [Full Paper was Accepted]
Dr. Rakesh Kumar, 2013. Coastal and River Regulation Zone: Issues and Challenges, International Workshop on Coastal River Zone Management, Regulations and Development at IITB, 10- 11th Jan
Bherwani H.B., Patil R.S. and Kumar R., 2012. Impact of Urbanization on Temperature Profile of the City, MAGEEP International Symposium, Mumbai: December, 9-12
Rakesh Kumar, 2012. Cataysing Soot-NOx Reaction without Precious Metal Oxide Catalysts for Diesel Exhaust Emission Control, International Symposium of Novel Carbon Resource Science (NCRS) organized at Fukukoa, Japan.
R.Kumar, 2012. Transport Sector Urban Air Pollution and Contribution to Health Burden in a Rapidly Growing Metropolitan Areas of India, India-Japan Cooperative Science Programme, DST-JSPS 2012, RK-Kyushu-University, Japan
International Conference on “Green Health 2012” in association with MPCB, IITB, IOMR MCGM, 6 to 8th Sept. at Mumbai
Pandey J.S., Pandey V. and Kumar R., Environmental Impacts Associated with Electromagnetic Pollution from Communication Towers
Herlekar M, Abba E.,Gupta I. and Kumar R., Estimation of Mass Concentration and Carcinogenic Potential of Particulate Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Mumbai City
Goswami B.S., Kumar R., Abba E., Shetye S. and Joshi S., Indoor Air Quality Assessment of an Academic Institution in Mumbai
Rakesh Kumar, Transport Sector Dynamics and Its Contribution to Urban Health Burden in a Rapidly growing Metropolitan Areas of India
International Conference on “Waste to Energy” organized by CSIR-NEERI and Association with Earth Engineering Centre, Colombia University, USA at Mumbai & Delhi, 2012, Feb- 13.
Huddar P. and Kumar R., Municipal Waste Recycling Routes In Mumbai, Brainstorming Workshop on Short and Long -Term Solutions for MSW Management Problem In Indian Cities
Poonam Prasad, Meenal Chaurasia, R.A.Sohony, Indrani Gupta and Rakesh Kumar, 2012. ‘Software Framework for the Water Quality Analysis of River, Sea Water and Ground Water’, International Conference on Recent Developments in Environmental Impact Assessment & Integrated Approach for Carbon Management-Solutions Technology Development and Pollution Abatement RDEIA-IACM, NEERI-Nagpur, 42, March 28-30
R.Kumar, 2012. ‘Energy Security and Development –The Changing Global Context’, Conference on 8th Biennial International Workshop, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, 11th Jan
Adsul Prashant, Patil R.S., Kumar Rakesh, 2012. Impact of Glass Façade Buildings on Environment in Mumbai Metro Region, by, 2nd Nat. Conf. on Environment and Biodiversity (FBI) in India, 29-30 Dec., New Delhi.
Rakesh Kumar, 2011. Newcastle University under UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) Programme, Under the Project “Evaluation of Quantitative Dispersion Models for Urban Air Quality Assessment’ Nov. 26th- Dec. 1st
Mihir Herlekar, Abba Elizabeth Joseph and Rakesh Kumar, 2011. Organic Speciation and Source Assignment of Particulate (PM10) Phase, In US India Conference-cum-Workshop on Air Quality and Climate Research, held at Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad, 14-16th March
R.Kumar, A.Sil, K.Wakadikar, 2011. ‘CETP 2011, National Conference on CETP Boon or Bane for Environment: Way Forward, Organized by MPCB and MIDC, 23rd February
Source Apportionment and Decision Making, 2010. Workshop on Air Quality Models to Improve the Decision making process of Air Quality Management (Hands -on training on AERMOD Dispersion Model), Nov. 23 -24, 2010 and Workshop on ‘Leveraging Commonwealth Games for Clean Air and Public Health” organized by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Research Activities at NEERI, Mumbai, Round Table, 2010. Air Pollution Exposure and Health, CSES, 14th Oct, IIT Bombay Assessment
Water Treatment Technologies-Development and Perspectives of Research/ Academic Institutions, Brainstorming, 2010. Workshop on “Interface between Water Technology Developers and Others Stakeholders, NEERI, Nagpur, 7th Sept.
Linkage of Energy Conservation to Economics and Environment, 2010. Workshop on Energy Conservation and Energy Audit, Regional Training Institute, Mumbai, 26th Aug.
Indoor Environment Quality, Workshop on Green Building Materials and Products, Institute of Environmental Architecture, 3-5th Aug., 2010
Air Pollution & Health Burden, Asthma Coalition for Mumbai city Core Group Meeting, 5th May, 2010, Mumbai
Water Auditing, 2010. Workshop Organized by, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Department of Water Resources, Government of Rajasthan and Tarun Bharat Sangh, Jaipur 8-20th May
Abba Elizabeth Joseph, Seema Unnikrishnan and Rakesh Kumar, 2010. - Association Between Indoor and Outdoor PM2.5 Aerosol Concentration In Mumbai City and Carbon Contents in Fine Aerosol and their Relationship in Outdoor-Indoor Levels in Mumbai City, India, Presented at ‘Indo-French Seminar on Indoor Air Quality: Monitoring, Prediction Assessment and Cleaning’, Jointly Organized by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India and Groupe des Ecoles des Mines, France from May 31st to June 3rd, 2010
Abba Elizabeth Joseph, SeemaUnnikrishnan and Rakesh Kumar, 2010. Source Apportionment of PM2.5. Aerosol in Mumbai City Using Local Source Profiles, Presented at Better Air Quality, Singapore, Nov. 9-11.
Abba Elizabeth Joseph, SeemaUnnikrishnan and Rakesh Kumar, 2010. Evaluation of Carcinogenic Potential of PAHs in Indoor and Outdoor Sites of Mumbai City, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA) Conference held at Darjeeling, 24th – 26th March
A. Salunkhe, S. Shetye, R. Kumar, I. Gupta, 2010. Water Soluble Ionic Speciation of PM10 Aerosol of Different Land Use Locations in Mumbai City. Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA) Conference held at Darjeeling, 24-26th March
Abba Elizabeth Joseph, Seema Unnikrishnan and Rakesh Kumar, 2010. Carbon Profile of PM2.5 Aerosol in Mumbai City. Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA) Conference held at Darjeeling, 24- 26th March
Mihir Herlekar, Abba Elizabeth, Rakesh Kumar and Indrani Gupta, 2010. Qualitative Source Apportionment of PAHs in PM10 of Mumbai City Using Diagnostic Ratios. - Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA) Conference held at Darjeeling, 24-26th March
Rakesh Kumar, 2010. AERMOD Terrain Issues and Impact of Inventory Estimates on the Ambient Air Concentration in Pune, September, USEPA Workshop
Abhaysinh Salunkhe, Sugandha Shetye, Rakesh Kumar, Indrani Gupta, 2009. Assessment of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Airborne Particles at Different Locations of Mumbai: A Case Study, Conference on Watch Your Carbon Footprint, Somaiya College, Mumbai.
R. Kumar, N.Labshetwar, 2009. Training/workshop on Emission testing of 2 strokes - 3 wheelers, was done on 10th February, 2009 at AQM Cell on Direct Injection mechanism.
R.Kumar and John Guy, 2008. Policy Implications of Air Pollution Management in Indian Cities, International Air Pollution Control-Challenges and Technological Solutions, January 24-25, Nagpur
R.Kumar, 2008. Emission Inventory Development in India, presented at International Workshop on Air Pollution Dispersion Modelling and Emission Inventory for AQM’,24-25th January, Nagpur
R.Kumar, Talk on Urban Air Quality Management, MPCB, NEERI, WESTEND, Mumbai October 15, 2008
R.Kumar, 2008. Composite Corrective Action Plan for Water Treatment Plant Parvati Water Works, Pune, In association with Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and USEPA, February 11- 13, 2008
R.Kumar, 2008. Composite Corrective Action Plan for Water Treatment Plant at Haiderpur Treatment Plant, New Delhi, In association with Delhi Jal Board and USEPA, September 22-24.
Rakesh Kumar, Abba Elizabeth Joseph, Seema Unnikrishnan, 2007. Fine Particulates Health Impact: Its Relevance for Developing Countries, Proceedings AWMA conference, Pittsburgh
Rakesh Kumar, D.B.Boralkar, A.Deshpande, T.MacDonald and S.Devotta 2007. Policy of Interventions for Air Pollution Control in Mumbai: Cost Benefit and Perspective of India’s 25 years of Air Act Implementation, J.AWMA
Abba Elizabeth Joseph, Rakesh Kumar, Indrani Gupta, Abhaysinh Salunkhe, 2007. Application of Dose Response Function for PM10 in Mumbai City, AWMA conference
R.Kumar, 2007. Advance Modelling and Decision Making Tool for Cities and Industrial Region Air Quality Management, Collaborative interactions with NEERI, MoEF & USEPA with USEPA Khandala, Maharashtra, Nov. 23-24, 2007
R.Kumar, 2007. Awareness Programme and Launch Ceremony Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicle Retrofitment For Pune Municipal Transport Buses At Swargate Depot, supported by USEPA, PMC, MPCB, on 12th October,
R.Kumar, 2008. Composite Corrective Action Plan for Water Treatment Plant at Asifnagar Water Treatment Plant, Hyderabad, In association with Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) and USEPA, May 14-17, 2007
Nitin Goyal, Rakesh Kumar, Rashmi S. Patil, Virendra Sethi , 2006. Mass Size Distributions and Size-resolved Chemical Composition of Ambient Aerosols at a Commercial Location in Mumbai, India, IASTA, Mumbai
Rakesh Kumar, Ajay Ojha, Nitin Goyal, Rashmi S. Patil and Virendra Sethi, 2006. Sampling and Characterization of PM2.5 and PM10 in Pune, India, 7th Int. Aerosol Conf., Minnesota, US, Sept. 10-15, 2006
R.Kumar and A.K.Jain, 2005. Sustainable Environment Management, paper proceedings of World Mayor Conference on “MDG and Role Cities”, April 2- 4th, 2005, Chennai
R. Kumar, Air Quality Management Needs of Urban Centres in India, Invited Presentation as a Country paper at Roundtable on Policy Instruments for Air Quality Improvement in South Asian Cities, 13-14th May, 2005, New Delhi
Nitin Goyal, Rakesh Kumar, Rashmi S. Patil and V. Sethi, 2005. Mass Size Distributions and Size Resolved Chemical Composition of Ambient Aerosols at a Commercial Location in Mumbai, India, 4th Asian Aerosol Conference, Dec., Mumbai.
UK- India Climate Change Business Seminar on Project Development, Technology, and Finance for Indian CDM Projects, British Deputy High Commission, 21st November, 2005
Solid Waste Management Seminar Mission to India, UK Trade and Investment, Mumbai, 4th April, 2005
International Workshop on Environmental Health -Children’s Asthma: Sharing Community Based Intervention Experiences and Solutions Between Two Mega Cities, Mumbai and New York City, Cerana Foundation, 14th June, 2005
R. Kumar, 2004. Emission Inventory and Planning, Design and Implementation for the Pune- India Region, Training Progamme with USPE, March 16-24
V. Tondwalkar, V.K.Phatak, C.V.C.Rao, R. Biniwale, and R. Kumar, 2003. Particulate Matter Reduction Action Plan for Mumbai, India, Poster presentation at CAI-ASIA organized by BAQ 2003, Manila, 17-19th December
R. Kumar, A. Elizabeth and Zohir Choudhary, 2003. Correlation Study of PM2.5 and PM10 Levels in Residential-Commercial Area of Mumbai City, Poster presentation at CAI-ASIA organized by BAQ 2003, Manila, 17-19th December
R. Kumar, R. Biniwale, C.V.C.Rao, V. Tondwalkar and V.K.Phatak, 2003. Investigation and Source Apportionment of Particulate Matter Air Pollution in Mumbai, India presented at CAI-ASIA organized by BAQ 2003, Manila, 17- 19th December
R. Kumar and A. Ojha, Emission Inventory: Indian Scenario presented at USEPA, USAEP jointly organized workshop on ‘Source Apportionment’ at Pune, 14-17th October, 2003
R. Kumar, Status and Issues of Urban Air Source Apportionment in India presented at USEPA, USAEP jointly organized Workshop on ‘Source Apportionment’ at Pune, 17-19th September, 2003
R. Kumar, S.Tayade and R.N.Singh, Wetland Technology for Municipal Wastewater Treatment proceedings and presented the paper in 8th International Conference on ‘Water Conservation and Reuse of Wastewater’, 13-14th September, 2003, IWWA, Mumbai
R. Kumar, Environment Management System-ISO 14001 as a Tool to Derive Benefits Proceedings and paper presented at National Conference on ‘Safety, Health & Hazards and Environment in Industry’ Organized by WPC, Vidarbha Productivity Connect, DISH and Govt. of Maharashtra, 5-7th June, 2003
R. Kumar, Marine Disposal of Domestic Sewage and Its Environmental Implications, International Seminar on ‘The Imminent Challenges in Coastal Zone Management’ Organized by the American Center& IEA, 24th June, 2003
R.Kumar, S.Tayade and R.N.Singh, Restoration and Management of Lakes Using Phytophil Technology’ Presented at ‘Symposium on Conservation, Restoration and Management of Aquatic Ecosystem’; Bangalore, December 9- 13, 2002, Organized by IISc. KERF, Bangalore and COL, Canada
R.Kumar, 2002. Environmental Flow Concepts for Watershed Development’ presented at International Initiative for Watershed Development by USIA and US Embassy, 25th September, 2002
R.Kumar, Implications and Opportunities for Business, Seminar on Climate Change, Organized by British Deputy High Commission, October 28, 2002
R. Kumar and R.N.Singh, Water Quality Index and Its Use for Community Water Supply, Presented at International Fulbright Round Table on Water Organized by Fulbright, USEFI, New Delhi, 9-10th May, 2002
R. Kumar, A.A.Chandorkar, R.N.Singh, V. Sanzgiri and B. Marthi, Potable Water Quality Surveillance and Its Index, IFH International Conference, New Delhi, 15-16th April, 2002
Rakesh Kumar, Status of Sewage Treatment Facilities in India, Presented at International Workshop on ‘Significance of UASB and Pond System for Domestic Wastewater Treatment’ Organized by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Asian Institute of Technology, Bangalore under Asian Regional Research Programme on Environmental Technology (ARRPET), 24- 25th January, 2002
J.S.Pandey, V.Joseph, S.Khan, R.Shankar and R.Kumar, 2000. Modeling of Groundwater Contamination and Contextual Phyto Remediation: Sensitivity Analysis for an Indian Case Study: Contaminated Site Remediation: From Source Zones to Ecosystems. Proc. CSRC, Melbourne, 545- 552, 2000
Rakesh Kumar, Use of Radioisotope in Surface Water Pollution Studies presented at International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna CRP on Hydrology, March 12-17th, 2000
R.Kumar, A. Srivastava and R.N.Singh, Odour Impact Evolution of Municipal Waste Composting Unit, presented at 16th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management at Philadelphia, USA, Dec. 10-13, 2000
Rakesh Kumar and Rahul Asthana, Should Ocean be Used as Sink presented at BrownBag Conference, The World Bank, Washington, 2000
Subramaniam J., R.Kumar, Patil D.A., and Khanna P., Impact Modelling of Municipal Discharges from Sea : A Case Study of Mumbai Coast, International Conference, COASTAL 99, 26-28th May, 1999, Cannes, Greece