Dr. Rakesh Kumar is Director, CSIR - (NEERI) National Environment Engineering Research Institute ), Nagpur, India his key research areas are as follows:
· Air pollution control and management
· Urban air quality monitoring
· Emission inventory and modeling
· Environmental impact assessment
· Environmental audit
· Climate change and health
Key Projects:
· Developing technologies for reuse and
recycle of domestic and industrial wastewater
· Source Apportionment, Emission Inventory, BENMAP, Clean Fuel: 2 Stroke Wheelers Engines- DI Technology
Prominent Awards/Recognitions:
·
Commonwealth
Commission Award, UK in 1994
·
Environmental
Leadership Award” by US Asia Environmental Partnership and US-AID for the year
2005 for outstanding contribution in improving quality of life for the
population of Asia
·
Award for largest number of technology transfer for
low cost waste water treatment-PHYTORID in the year 2012
·
VASVIK award for 2012 for his exemplary work for
urban environment improvement and sustainable technology "Phytorid"
for sewage treatment for better environment
·
"Hiyoshi Think of Ecology Award" in
September 2015 for his work on use of ecology in solving environmental
engineering problem
·
NEERI's Maximum Technology Transfer Award, 2012