Research & Development
1. Importance of Climate Studies
The change the Earth’s climate is undergoing hasn’t been so evident earlier. Compared to the levels before the Industrial Revolution, the global average temperature has risen a full degree Celsius. One degree temperature change may not sound like much, but it’s already severely impacted how our planet functions.
Climate change research aims to understand global environmental change and how it will impact nature and society. The scientific information and tools generated by the research can be used by communities to effectively, equitably and sustainably tackle the climate crisis. Vednidhi Foundation is keen to promote and sponsor research in the following areas
- Ecosystems Challenges
- Water Quality ( Surface & Ground)
- Air Quality Studies across Metro Cities
- Community Resilience to Polluting Practices
- Human Health Issues related to Climate Change
- Green Energy Research and Energy Transformation
- Climate Change Tools to Protect Public Health and the Environment
The broad scope of climate change impacts means that successful adaptation and mitigation efforts will require an unprecedented collaboration effort that unites diverse disciplines and is able to rapidly respond to evolving climate issues.
Our Climate Change Mentor
- Education
- B. Tech. & M. Tech. (1999) Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India
- Ph.D. (2004) Chemical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Associate Professor (2016- till the date): Chemistry &; Molecular Biology, The University of Gothenburg
- Despite his bright professional career as a scientist working in Sweden, Dr Pathak makes incredible efforts for sustainable development in rural India, which is in itself a herculean task . His efforts have met with a lot of resistance due to the prevailing non-conducive environment and due to rural socio-economic complexities.
- Since 2007, he has been working tirelessly towards bringing the holistic sustainable transformation in remote villages of ravines of Betwa, Ken and Dhasan rivers in the Bundelkhand region (Hamirpur Banda and Mahoba districts) of UP. In these years, he has struggled beyond imagination to develop the frameworks for enhancing rural economy through ecological development at the grassroots.
- Dr Pathak has contributed, as a lead author, in many research articles in peer reviewed international journals of atmospheric pollution and climate research. Major research areas include formation and transformation of Black and Brown Carbon in the atmosphere; aerosol acidity and nitrate chemistry;multiphase atmospheric chemistry; heterogeneous chemistry. The research is motivated by the effects of atmospheric pollution on climate, environment and human health. He has 18+ years of research experience in laboratory aerosol experiments, atmospheric pollution field campaigns, process modeling of aerosol dynamics and chemical composition, and synthesis of aerosol parameterizations for climate and air quality models. He is founding head of the India Gangetic Plain – Centre for Air Research and Education (IGP-CARE) in rural India and aspires it take it to greater heights of research and educational excellence.
IGP-CARE -Indo Gangetic Plains Centre for Air Research and Education
MEASURING LONG TERM SHORT-LIVED-CLIMATE FORCERS IN RURAL INDIA
The IGP-CARE is a pioneering research initiative founded by Dr. Ravi Kant Pathak, associate professor and atmospheric scientist at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The IGP-CARE focuses on air monitoring and characterisation of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) including black carbon, Brown Carbon and tropospheric ozone in rural India. The IGP-CARE is situated near a remote village Ruri Para District Hamirpur U.P. India.
The overall aims of the IGP-CARE is to understand the presence, environmental effects and variability of the short-lived climate pollutants – e.g. black carbon (BC), Brown Carbon (BrC) and ozone (O3), by long term measurements combined with intensive campaigns, laboratory experiments and modeling to elucidate the relevant processes involved in rural India.
