Dr. Priyadharshini B

Designation : Assistant Professor Senior Grade 2
School / Centre : Centre for Disaster Mitigation & Management
Department : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering

Educational Details

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

B.E.
Energy and Environmental Engineering
Graduated in 2009

Pondicherry University

M.Tech.
Environmental Engineering and Management
Graduated in 2012

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur

Ph.D.
Environmental Engineering (Atmospheric aerosols and climate change)
Graduated in 2019

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Aerosol ground and satellite-based measurements
  • Chemical characterization of aerosols
  • Exposure assessment of air pollutants
  • Urban air quality and human health
  • Aerosol receptor modeling

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Integrated Monitoring and Modeling of Snowpack Characteristics for Enhanced Avalanche Forecasting in Himachal Pradesh using Remote Sensing and WRF Model; (Co-PI) Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
A domain-agnostic gesture recognition and control system and method of method for recognizing gestures and controlling devices 202641054507
Elevation-integrated tokenized water allocation system with remote sensing and IoT monitoring 202641018163
Pattern-aware computational framework for lossless DNAsequence compression 202641027767
AI-driven clinical decision support and genomic intelligence platform for prediction, treatment optimization, surveillance multidrug-resistant tuberculosis 202641098916
System and method for hash-gated retrieval of electrocardiogram records 202641121669

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Biomass Burning and Impacts on Aerosols: Optical Properties and Radiative Effects Taylor and Francis group 2021
A sensor-centric approach towards unveiling Bhubaneswar's hyperlocal air quality Elsevier 2025
Enzyme-Based Textile Finishing: Leveraging Biological Catalysts in Textile Industry Springer 2025

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • AEE Foundation scholarship Award 2008 from the Association of Energy Engineers, USA.
  • India RISE (Research & Innovation STEMM Empowerment) Fellow (2026–2027), Gupta-Klinsky India Institute, Johns Hopkins University and the U.S.–India Alliance for Women's Economic Empowerment.