Ashwani Kumar Minocha
Chief Scientist & Coordinator
Environmental Science & Technology and Clay Product
Architecture and Building Research Institute
India
Biography
Professional Experience: (a) Environmental: 20 years experience of monitoring and analysis of different air pollutants & successfully used the following equipments. Stack Monitor, High Volume Sampler, Velometer, Portable CO, CO2 analyser, Particle size analyser, Wind motor etc. (b) Analytical: Experience of Physico-chemical analysis of building materials such as Cement, Lime, Gypsum, Fly ash, Soil, Water, Waste water and Environmental studies. (c) Instrumental: Successfully used the following analytical instruments: Atomic absorption spectrophotometer, Inductively coupled plasma spectrophotometer, UV/Visible spectrophotometer, Infrared spectrophotometer, Selective Ion analysers etc. Any other: Environmental Pollution abatement from Building Materials Industries. Characterization and quantification of pollutant/ contaminants in air, water etc. by use of analytical instruments. Project execution activities such as planning, selection of monitoring locations and collection of primary and secondary data. Preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for proposed & expansion projects of process industries & infra structure projects as new townships, settlement colonies, commercial complexes and office complexes. Hazardous and Solid Waste Management. Water quality monitoring, water supply and Resource management.
Research Interest
Specialization (a) Main Area of Specialization Environmental Chemistry (b) Sub-area of Specialization Industrial Wastes Utilization
Publications
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1. A.K.Minocha & Jaswinder Singh (2009) Environmental Protection through fly ash utilization in construction Industry Civil Engineering & Construction Industry.22: pp44-51 2. A.K.Minocha, Jaswinder Sinhg & Vivek Sood (2008) Pollution control in Brick Kilns through Gravitational settling ,Chemical Engineering World.7:535-546 3. Amit Bhatnagar & A.K.Minocha (2006) Conventional and Non-conventional adsorbents removal of pollutions from water-A review – Indian Journal of Chemical Technology.13:203-217 .