Dr. Associate Dean School of Environment and Earth Sciences Head of Department Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology Central University of Punjab Bathinda- 151001 Email Id: [email protected] Education:

Class Board/ University Division Subject MSc PUNJAB UNIVERSITY CHANDIGARH First ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Ph.D. PUNJAB UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE UGC NET JRF (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE) SET HARYANA (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE) Experience:

 Lecturer, Govt. College For Girls, Sec 11 Chandigarh  Lecturer, RIET, Ropar  Assistant Professor, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda  Associate Professor at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Teaching Assignments:

 Profiling Environmental Issue  Research Methodology  Waste management  Water and Soil Pollution  Techniques in Environment Science

Research Profile (October 2020): Total Impact factor (SCI) 106 Google Scholar Scopus h‐Index: 14

Research Guidance Sr. No. Program Total Enrolled Working Submitted Awarded 1 Post Doc 2 0 2 2 2 Ph.D. 7 2 -- 5 3 M.Phil. 11 0 0 11 4 M.Sc 23 3 23 23 Research Projects: Ongoing S. Title Funding Amount No Agency (In Lakhs) 1 Environmental monitoring and assessment of climate change of tourism NMHS 35 affected Himalayan sub regions of Shimla and Chamba (Himachal Pradesh)

Completed

S. No Title Funding Amount Agency (In Lakhs) 1 Effect of arsenic toxicity and its accumulation potential in Oryza sativa L. UGC 6.0 varieties grown in Malwa region of Punjab 2 Bioherbicidal potential of immobilized (encapsulated/entrapped) DST SERB 29.69 formulations of essential oil from leaves of plant Callistemon viminalis 3 Under Mentorship grant approved for DST Women Scientist on “Development DST 25.86 of Protein based biosensor for monitoring of Arsenic and Cadmium in drinking water”. 4 UGC Community College Scheme UGC 1 Crore

5 Spatial distribution of uranium and associated water quality parameters in BRNS 24.49 groundwater/ drinking water of five Districts (Fatehgarh Sahib, , Barnala, Nawanshar, Rupnagar) of Punjab and Hanumangarh in Rajasthan 6 To analyze the ground water quality and its correlation with incidence of colon UBA 8 cancer & other health parameters in rural areas of Bathinda and Muktsar CUPB district 7 Environmental Baseline Data Monitoring (Water and Soil) of Central RSM 3 University of Punjab, Main Campus Ghuda and its surrounding areas CUPB

8 e-PG Pathshala (Coordinator for the paper entitled "Environmental UGC-MHRD Management" ) Professional Recognition /Awards/Scholarship:

 Best Teacher Award, Central University of Punjab  UGC JRF.  Junior Scientist of the Year award from National Environment Science Academy, New .

Area specializations/Research Interest:

 Bioherbicide development  Water Purification and Management Techniques  Heavy Metal Stress Analysis on Plants  Biosensor

Publications: Research Papers Authors Title (Year) Journal ISSN/ Impact ISBN Factor No. (2019)

1. Kumar, R., Mittal, S., Source apportionment, chemometric pattern Environmental 1573- 3.47 Sahoo, P. K., and recognition and health risk assessment of Geochemistry 2983 Sahoo, S. K. groundwater from southwestern Punjab, and Health (2020) 2. Kumar, R., Mittal, S., Quantification of groundwater-agricultural Environmental 1573- 3.47 Peechat, S., Sahoo, P. soil quality and associated health risks in the Geochemistry 2983 K., and Sahoo, S. K. agri-intensive Sutlej River Basin of Punjab, and Health India (2020) 3. Mittal, S., Kumar, R., Geochemical and health risk assessment of Toxin Reviews 1556- 2.85 Sahoo, P. K., and groundwater contaminants in Shivalik region 9543 Sahoo, S. K. (2020). of Punjab, India. Toxin Reviews (2020) 4. Vaid, U., Mittal, S., Amido-amine derivative of alginic acid International 0141- 5.16 Babu, J. N., & Kumar, (AmAA) for enhanced adsorption of Pb (II) Journal of 8130 R. from aqueous solution (2020) Biological Macromolecules 5. Sahoo, P. K, Mike A Is the transmission of novel coronavirus Journal of the 2162- 2.24 Powell, Sunil Mittal, disease (COVID-19) weather dependent? Air & Waste 2906 V.K. Garg (2020) Management Association 6. Sharma, S., Kumar, R., Geochemical relationship and translocation Groundwater for Cite score: Sahoo, P. K., & Mittal, mechanism of arsenic in rice plants: A case Sustainable 3.7 S study from health prone south west Punjab, Development (Scopus India (2020) Indexed) 7. Kaur, G., Kumar, R., Ground/drinking water contaminants and Human and 1080- 2.3 Mittal, S., Sahoo, P. cancer incidence: A case study of rural areas Ecological Risk 7039 K., & Vaid, U of South West Punjab, India (2019) Assessment: An International Journal 8. Shilpa Sharma, Physicochemical characterization of the Nanotechnology 16606795 (Scopus Anuradha Bhagat, G.S. inclusion compounds of eugenol and β- Perceptions Indexed) Vishwakarma and Sunil caryophyllene in β-cyclodextrin (2019) Mittal

9. Sunil Mittal, Shweta Bio-analytical applications of nicking Biosensors and 0956- 10.25 Thakur, Anil Kumar endonucleases assisted signal-amplification Bioelectronics 5663 Mantha, Hardeep Kaur strategies for detection of cancer biomarkers - DNA methyl transferase and microRNA (2019) 10. Vishwakarma, G. S., Herbicidal Potential of Callistemon Viminalis Current 2321- NAAS Sharma, S., & Mittal, S Essential Oil Against Echinochloa Crus-Galli Agriculture 9971A Score 4.36 L., Amaranthus Viridis and Phalaris Minor Research Journal (2017) 11. Bibekananda Sarkar, Curcumin revitalizes Amyloid beta (25–35)- Metabolic Brain 1573- 2.73 Monisha Dhiman, Sunil induced and organophosphate pesticides Disease 7365 Mittal, Anil K Mantha pestered neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y and IMR- 32 cells via activation of APE1 and Nrf2 (2017) 12. Sunil Mittal , Hardeep Biosensors for Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Biosensors and 0956- 10.25 Kaur , Nandini Gautam Review of Bioreceptors, Biotransducers and Bioelectronics 5663 a , Anil K. Mantha Signal Amplification Strategies (2016) 13. Kaur, H., Kumar, R., Advances in arsenic biosensor development– Biosensors and 0956- 10.25 Babu, J. N., & Mittal, S A comprehensive review (2015) Bioelectronics 5663 14. Vishwakarma, G. S., Polymeric Encapsulates of Essential Oils and Polymer 1558- 7.3 Gautam, N., Babu, J. their Constituents: A Review of Preparation Reviews 3724 N., Mittal, S., & Jaitak, Techniques, Characterization and Sustainable V Release Mechanisms (2016) 15. Singh, H.P., Mittal, S., Chemical composition and antioxidant Food Chemistry 0308- 6.03 Kaur,S., Batish, D.R. activity of essential oil from residues of 8146 and Kohli, R.K Artemisia scoparia (2008) 16. Singh, H. P., Kaur, S., In vitro screening of essential oil from young Food and 0278- 4.68 Mittal, S., Batish, D.R and mature leaves of Artemisia scoparia Chemical 6915 and Kohli, R.K compared to its major constituents for free Toxicology radical scavenging activity (2010) 17. Kaur,S, Singh, H.P., Phytotoxic effects of volatile oil from Industrial Crops 0926- 4.24 Mittal, S. Batish, D.R. Artemisia scoparia against weeds and its and Products 6690 and Kohli, R. K possible use as a bioherbicide (2010) 18. Joshi, G., Nayyar, H., Pyrimidine fused derivatives: Synthetic Current Topics 1873- 3.34 Alex, J. M., strategies and medicinal attributes (2016) in Medicinal 5294 Vishwakarma, G. S., Chemistry Mittal, S., & Kumar, R 19. Prashant Kumar, Characterization, activity and process RSC Advances 2046- 3.07 Mohammad Aslam, optimization with a biomass-based thermal 2069 Neetu Singh, Sunil power plant's fly ash as a potential catalyst for Mittal, Ajay Bansal, biodiesel production (2015) Mithilesh Kumar Jhab and Anil Kumar Sarma 20. Sharma, Archana In situ reductive regeneration of zerovalent RSC Advances 2046- 3.07 Kumari, Rabindra iron nanoparticles immobilized on cellulose 2069 Kumar, Sunil Mittal, for atom efficient Cr (vi) adsorption (2015) Shamima Hussain, Meenu Arora, Ramesh Chand Sharma, and J. Nagendra Babu 21. Singh, H. P., Kaur, S., Essential oil of Artemisia scoparia inhibits Journal of 1573- 2.12 Mittal, S., Batish, D.R. plant growth by generating reactive oxygen chemical 1561 and Kohli, R.K species and causing oxidative damage (2009) Ecology 22. Singh, H.P., Mittal, S., Characterization and Antioxidant Activity of Journal of Agric. 1520- 4.19 Kaur,S., Batish, D.R. Essential Oils from Fresh and Decaying Food Chemistry 5118 and Kohli, R.K Leaves of Eucalyptus tereticornis (2009) 23. Vaid, U., Mittal, S., & Influence of anion induced proton abstraction Reactive and 1558- 3.33 Babu, J. N on Cu (II) adsorption by alginic acid (2015) Functional 3724 Polymers 24. Kumar, R., Kumar, R., Role of soil physicochemical characteristics Journal of Soils 1381- 2.77 Mittal, S., Arora, M., & on the present state of arsenic and its and Sediments 5148 Babu, J. N adsorption in alluvial soils of two agri- intensive region of Bathinda, Punjab, India (2016) 25. Gautam N, Mantha A Essential Oils and Their Constituents as BioMed 2314- 2.13 and Mittal S. Anticancer Agents: A Mechanistic View Research 6133 International 26. Mittal S., Kaur G. & Effects of Environmental Pesticides on the Human and 1549- 1.3 Vishwakarma G.S Health of Rural Communities in the Malwa Ecological Risk 7860 Region of Punjab (India): A Review (2014) Assessment 27. Mittal, Sunil, Upma Removal of hexavalent chromium from Desalination and 1944- 1.27 Vaid, Gh Nabi Najar, aqueous solution: a comparative study of cone Water Treatment 3986 and J. Nagendra Babu biomass of “Picea smithiana” and activated charcoal (2015) 28. Vaid U., Mittal S. & Removal of hexavalent chromium from Desalination and 1944- 1.27 Babu J. N. aqueous solution using biomass derived fly Water Treatment 3986 ash from Waste-to-Energy power plant. (2014) 29. Singh, H.P., Kaur,S, Phytotoxicity of Major Constituents of Zeitschrift fur 1865- 0.88 Mittal, S. Batish, D.R. Volatile Oil from Leaves of Artemisia Naturforsch 7125 and Kohli, R. K scoparia Waldst. & Kit (2008) 30. GS Vishwakarma and S Bio herbicidal potential of essential oil from Journal of 0974- 0.53 Mittal leaves of Eucalyptus tereticornis against Biopesticide 391X Echinochloa crus-galli L.(2014) 31. Singh, H.P., Chemical composition of essential oil from Chemistry of 1573- 0.65 Batish,D.R., Kohli, leaves of Chenopodium ambrosioides from Natural 8388 R.K., Mittal, S Chandigarh, India (2007) Compound 32. Singh, H.P., Batish, D. Constituents of leaf essential oil of Mentha Chemistry of 1573- 0.65 R., Mittal, S., Dogra, longifolia FROM INDIA (2008) Natural 8388 K. S., Yadav, S., Kohli, Compounds R. K 33. Kamboj, R., Sharma, Arsenic induced physiological changes in International 2250- NAAS S., Vishwakarma, G., & improved varieties of rice grown in Malwa Journal of Farm 0499 Rating – Mittal, S region of Punjab (2015) Sciences 3.54 34. Vishwakarma, G., Phytotoxic selectivity analysis of Eucalyptus International 2250- NAAS Sharma, s., & Mittal, S tereticornis essential oil against rice, Oryza Journal of Farm 0499 Rating – sativa and its weeds, Echinochloa crus-galli Sciences 3.54 and Cyperus rotundus (2015) 35. Ritu Kamboj, Shilpa Arsenic induced alteration in macromolecule Indian Journal of 0976- - Sharma, Gajendra concentration and antioxidant system in two Natural Sciences 0997 Singh Vishwakarma, improved rice varieties (2016) Sunil Mittal

Book Chapters S.No Title with Page No/Year Book Title editor & Publisher ISSN/ISBN No. Authors 1. Sustainable Edited book ‘‘New trends in 9780128231081 Kumar, H., Sahoo, P. K., & remediation of heavy removal of heavy metals from Mittal, S. metals: A review of industrial waste water current status and Elsevier its future prospects (2020)

2 Groundwater Global Groundwater/ Abhijit 9780128181720 Sahoo, P.K., Pontes, P.R., resources and Mukherjee Bridget Salomao, G., Powell, M.A., management in Brazil: Scanlon Alice Aureli Simon Mittal, S., SouzaFilho, current status and Langan Huaming Guo Andrew P.W., Guimar~aes, J.T.F. Challenges for its McKenzie sustainable utilization Elsevier (2020) 3. Water security and human Pollutants and Water Accepted Ravishankar Kumar, Sunil health in relation to Management: Resources, Mittal, Prafulla Kumar climate change - an Indian Strategies and Scarcity Willey Sahoo perspective (2020) Publication 4. Water crisis: issues and Water Resources Management. 978-981-10-5710- Kumar, R., Vaid, U., & challenges in Punjab. In V. P. Singh et al. (eds.) Springer 6 Mittal, S Water resources Nature Singapore management (pp. 93-103) (2018) 5. Oxidative Stress Events Free Radicals in Human Health 978-81-322-2034- N Kaur, B Sarkar, S Mittal, and Neuronal Dysfunction and Disease, Oxidative Stress 3 M Dhiman, G Taglialatela, in Alzheimer’s Disease: and Human Health by Springer Regino J, A Mantha et al. Focus on APE1/Ref-1 publishers, India Mediated Survival Strategies (2014) 6. Indian herbs and their Neuroprotective effects of Accepted Navrattan Kaur, therapeutic potential phytochemicals in neurological Bibekananda Sarkar, Iqbal against Alzheimer’s disorders Willley-Blackwell Gill, Sukhchain Kaur, Sunil diseases: What makes Mittal, Anil K. Mantha et al then special 7. Equilibrium and kinetic Proceedings of the TEQIP-II 978-93-5254-071- Upma Vaid, Shilpa Thakur, studies for the adsorptive sponsored National Conference 6 Sunil Mittal and J. removal of copper from on Latest Developments in Civil Nagendra Babu aqueous solution using and Environment natural polymer (2015) Engineering2015 (LDCEE’15) GZS Campus College of Engineering & Technology, Bathinda 8. Comparative analysis of Proceedings of the TEQIP-II 978-93-5254-071- Shilpa Nag, Shilpa Sharma, physiological and sponsored National Conference 6 Sunil Mittal, Ravishankar biochemical parameters of on Latest Developments in Civil Kumar and Gajendra Singh triticum aestivum under and Environment Vishwakarma arsenic exposure. Engineering2015 (LDCEE’15), Proceedings of the GZS Campus College of TEQIP-II Engineering & Technology, sponsoredNational Bathinda Conference on Latest Developments in Civil and Environment Engineering 2015 (LDCEE’15) 9. Adsorption Studies for the Proceedings of the International 978-93-5212-858- Upma Vaid, Gh Nabi Najar Removal of Cr(VI) using Conference on Latest 7 , Ravishankar Singh , Sunil Activated Charcoal (2016) Developments in Materials, Mittal Manufacturing and Quality Control (MMQC-2016) GZS Campus College of Engineering & Technology, Bathinda 10. Current status of Emerging Trends in Civil Excel GS Vishwakarma and alternative energy Engineering Excel publish publish/987938206 Mittal S resources in Punjab, India: 2301 A review (Volume 15) 2011 Workshop/Conferences: Organised

1. Seminar on ‘Evolving importance of Intellectual Property Rights’’ on 30 January, 2016 2. National Conference ‘Training for Trainer, Water Quality and Health’ on 11 Feb, 2015 3. Innovator Day in 2014, 2015 and 2016. 4. Awareness program on Biodiversity day 2013 to 2016 with funding from BAI. 5. Seminar on Earth Day 2012 to 2016 6. Awareness programme on E- Waste Management with collaboration with Punjab Pollution Control Board on 4 Nov 2015 7. Organic Farming and Water Management on 21 March 2016 8. J. S. Yadav Memorial lecture on 9th November, 2015 9. Organizes expert lectures continuously in the centre

Attended National

1. 11th Punjab Science congress organized by Thapar University, Patiala, India from 7-9 Feb. 2008. 2. 2nd Chandigarh Science Congress organized by Panjab Univ. Chandigarh, India from March 14-15, 2008. 3. National seminar on “Physiological and biological approaches to improve plant productivity”, held at CCSHAU, Hisar, India from March 15-17, 2008. 4. 1st Chandigarh Science Congress organized by Panjab Univ. Chandigarh, India from March 10-11, 2007. 5. XX Annual conference Of National Environment Science Academy , India held at Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi from December 28-30, 2007 6. National Seminar on environment and Health at Central Univ. of Punjab, Bathinda 2011. 7. Biodiversity Significance: Methods in preparation of peoples Biodiversity Register, PSCST Chandigarh,2013 8. Water Pollution: Issues and solutions Water Resources: Need Potential and Challenges IET, BHadhal, Ropar 2013. 9. Green technology and Sustainable Environmental Management Doon University Dehra Doon. 2013

International

1. 5thInternational Conference on Environmental & Social Sustainability, University of Technology, Mauritius, from 5 - 7 January 2009. 2. International Conference at PU on plant invasion and forest ecology, 16- 18 march. 3. 5th Malaysian conference on Flavor and Fragrance held at Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia from Oct. 28-31. 4. **Weed Science Society of America conference, Orlando, Florida, USA to be held from Feb. 8-15th. Invited and granted travel award to attend it. Could not attend due to visa problem. 5. Waste to Energy in India, CSIR-NEERI, , 24-25/8/2012. 6. 4th Bio-pesticide International Conference at St Xavier College Palamkottai, TamilNadu.