CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Sharda Kosankar Senior Scientist Environnemental Biotechnology and Genomics Division CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur E. mail. [email protected] Mobile+91 9403780703 Present Senior Scientist at Environmental Biotechnology and Genomics (EBG) Division, CSIR-NEERI Status Nagpur from 17th Oct 2018 to till date NABET EIA Co-ordinator for sector 4, Thermal power plant for Cat. B projects accreditation Functional Area Expert (FAE) in Ecology and Biodiversity for Category A projects Educational Name of Board/ Year of Exam. Name of Institute Qualification University Passing S.S.C. JNV, Nagpur CBSE Board 1993 H.S.S.C. Shantiniketan Jr. Coll. Maharashtra Board 1995 B.Sc. (Chem, Bot, Zoo) Shivaji Sci. College Nagpur University 1998 M. Sc. (Zoology) Institute of Science Nagpur University 2000 B.Ed. Radhika B.Ed. Coll Nagpur University 2002 Ph.D. CSIR-NEERI Nagpur University 2010 Topic for PDF Postdoctoral research on the topic “anaerobic biogas energy generation by treatment and Ph.D. of industrial wastewaters” under the guidance of Dr. Shanta Satyanarayan (Ex. Deputy Director and Scientist, WWT Division, NEERI) and Dr. S.R. Wate (Ex.Director, NEERI) Ph.D. topic- Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters by Vermitechnology and Effects on Tissues and Cellular Organelles of Earthworms, under the guidance of Dr. Shanta Satynarayan (Ex. Deputy Director and Scientist, NEERI) and Dr. P.R. Chaudhari as a co- guide (Ex. Deputy Director and Scientist, NEERI). Fellowships Senior Research Fellowship of CSIR, Oct-2008 Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (Ext.) of CSIR, April 2010 Research Associateship of CSIR, February-2011 Women Post-Doctoral Fellowship of UGC, March-2011 Prize/Awards First prize for being topper in B. Ed. college with 78% (2002) Best paper presentation award in international conference on environmental management (28-30, Oct-2005), organized by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. For the paper “Vegetation cover and dynamics of CO2 Sequestration in the urban atmosphere of Nagpur city, India”. Best paper presentation award in international conference on Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment (25-26, Oct-2007), organized by NEERI, Nagpur. For the paper, “An ecofriendly and sustainable treatment of herbal pharmaceutical wastewater using earthworm (Eudrilus eugeniae)”. 1 Young Scientist Award in national conference on ‘Current scenario on global challenges in germplasm conservation and biodiversity’ organized by Department of Botany, Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur on 7-8 July, 2010. For the paper, “Toxicity evaluation of vermitreated effluents of herbal and bulk drug pharmaceutical wastewaters by algal bioassay”. Best paper award in international conference on sustainable water resource management and treatment technologies, Water- 2011, organized by NEERI Nagpur, 19-21 January 2011. For the paper, “Toxicity evaluation of vermitreated effluents of herbal and bulk drug pharmaceutical industry by fish bioassay”. Second prize in essay writing competition at MoEFCC Bhopal, 09, November 2012 Second prize in word knowledge competition at MoEFCC Bhopal, 09, November 2012 Third prize in slogan writing competition at MoEFCC Bhopal, 09, November 2012 Second prize in word knowledge competition at MoEFCC Bhopal, 09 October 2013 Work Tenure Post Held Institute/organization To Experience (From) Senior Scientist EBG Div. CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur 17/10/18 Till date Scientist EBG Div. CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur 17/10/13 16/10/18 Grp B Officer MoEF, Regional Office, Bhopal 24/08/12 15/10/13 UGC - Women Post- EIRA Div. CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur 17/03/11 23/08/12 Doctoral Fellow CSIR - Senior Research EIRA Div. CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur 30/09/10 16/03/11 Fellow (Ext.) CSIR - Senior Research EIRA Div. CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur 06/04/09 29/09/10 Fellow Project Assistant EIRA Div. CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur 22/04/03 20/11/08 Work Profile at Preparation of Project Proposals NEERI Basic EIA for biological environment by ecological survey for proposed or existing plants in and around the vicinity of project site Biological evaluation of floral and faunal biodiversity Assessment of ecological sensitivity of the project Assessment of impacts on terrestrial flora and fauna due to air emissions and effluent discharge and landuse changes Assessment of impacts on aquatic flora and fauna by analysis of plankton Evaluation and prediction of impacts on ecology of project site, considering the environmental laws and the Indian environmental standards Delineation of measures for abatement of biological stress Report writing based on reconnaissance and secondary data to propose environmental management plan and green belt development plan Work Profile at 1. To deal with the files of environmental clearances, compliance, complaints, enquiries, MoEFCC, RO, monitoring etc. pertaining to all environment aspects of industries, transportation, ports, Bhopal harbors and beaches, river valley, thermal, mining and CRZ cases of western region. 2 2. Preparation and compilation of monthly and quarterly reports including information on receipt, disposal, targets and achievement of cases indicating environmental clearances. Research 1. Sharda Dhadse, P.R. Chaudhari and R. Sarin (2005) Biological impacts of climatic change Papers with respect to temperature and light with special reference to flaring of gas at oil and CBM Published fields. Journal of Environmental Pollution Control. 8(5): 58-66. 2. P.R. Chaudhari, D.G. Gajghate, Sharda Dhadse, S. R. Wate (2007) Monitoring of environmental parameters for CO2 sequestration: a case study of Nagpur City, India. Int. J. of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 135(1-3): 281-290. (IF 1.039) 3. Dhanashree Kalbande, Sharda Dhadse, P.R. Chaudhari and S. R. Wate (2008) Biomonitoring of heavy metals by pollen in urban environment. Int. J. of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 138: 233-238. (Impact factor 1.039) 4. Pramila Kumari, Sharda Dhadse, P.R. Chaudhari and S. R. Wate (2007) Bioindicators of pollution in lentic water bodies of Nagpur city. J. of Environmental Science and Engineering. 49(4): 164-169. 5. Sharda Dhadse, Pramila Kumari and L. J. Bhagia (Jan-2008) Fly ash: characterization, utilization and government initiative in India – A Review Indian J. of Scientific and Industrial Research. (67): 11-18. (Impact factor 0.387) 6. Shanta Satyanarayan, P.R. Chaudhari, Sharda Dhadse (2008) Limnological study on Lonar Lake: A unique brackish crater lake in India. Proceedings of Taal 2007, The 12 th World Lake conference, page 2061-2066 7. Sharda Dhadse, J. P. Kotangle, P.R. Chaudhari and S. R. Wate (2009) Diversity of birds at Panipat refinery, Haryana (India) Int. J. of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 158:1-8 (Impact factor 1.039) 8. Shashikank Sitre, Sharda Dhadse, Shanta Satyanarayan (2009) Toxicity of herbal pharmaceutical wastewater to a freshwater Crustacean Ceriodaphnia dubia 82:275-279. Int. J. of Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Impact factor 1.62) 9. Sharda Dhadse, Shanta Satyanarayan, P.R. Chaudhari and S. R. Wate (2010) Vermifilters: A tool for sustainable aerobic biological treatment of herbal pharmaceutical wastewater. 61:9, 2375-2380. Int. J. of Water Science and Technology (IF 1.45) 10. Sharda Dhadse, D.G. Gajghate, P.R. Chaudhari, D.R. Satpathy and S. R. Wate (2011) Interaction of urban vegetation cover to sequester air pollutants from ambient environment. Published in book ‘Air Pollution – New Developments’. www.intechweb.org p. 303- 314.(Completed 200 downloads within six months and 3000 downloads in 2 years) 11. Sharda Dhadse, N.C. Kankal and Bharti Kumari (2012) Study of diverse methanogenic and non-methanogenic bacteria used for the enhancement of biogas production. Int. Journal of Life Sciences Biotechnology and Pharma Research. 1(2):176-191. 12. Sharda Dhadse, P. Meshram, P. Sakhare (2012) Environmental impact assessment of pesticides used in India and its regulations. Journal of Bionano Frontier. 5(2-II):298-307. 13. Sharda Dhadse, N.C. Kankal and P. Meshram (2012) Study of soil strata of crude oil pipeline route from Salaya to Bhogat in Gujrat, India. Journal of Bionano Frontier. 5(2- II):186-197. 14. Vidya Nagrale, Sharda Dhadse and D.S. Ramteke (2012) Review on capturing of greenhouse gases through biogas technology: A need for sustainable development. Journal of Biological and Physical Sciences. 1(IV): 128-132 3 15. Supriya Mane, Sharda Dhadse and D.S. Ramteke (2012) Designing of a greenbelt for mitigating impacts of air pollution. J. of Biological and Physical Sciences. 1(IV): 196-204. 16. Sharda Dhadse, Dhanashree Kalbande, P.R. Chaudhari and S.R. Wate (2013) Added advantages of selenium in spirulina: A nutritional health food. Book entitled, ”Ecorestoration and biodiversity conservation”. Avishkar publishers.ed. G.P. Mishra and Asha Gupta. Pp 118-130, ISBN 13: 9788179104187. 17. Sharda Dhadse, Shanta Satyanarayan and P.R. Chaudhari (2014) Bulk drug pharmaceutical wastewater treatment by vermifiltration – an ecofriendly technology. Journal of BioSciences and Informatics, 1(2): 95-107 18. Chetana Khandar, Sharda Kosankar (2014) A review of vehicular pollution in urban INDIA and its effects on human health. Journal of Advanced Laboratory Research in Biology 1(III):54-61 19. Kankal N.C., Sharda Dhadse (2014) Biodiversity of phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos in the Bay of Bengal at the east coast of India, Andhra Pradesh. Recent Trends in Life Sciences. Edi. M.H. Fulekar, R.K. Kale. I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. p. 22-38 20.