Awards and Recognition![](images/newsign.gif)
Out of all the papers selected for oral and poster presentations, the selection committee selected 7 best papers for the awards as per the following break up:
- Best Oral Presentations – 1 paper was selected for Best Oral Presentation.
- Best Poster Presentations – 7 papers were selected for Best Poster Presentations.
The award consisted of a citation and a memento.
The List of Awardees is as follows:
Sr. No. | Award | Name of the Awardee | Institute | Title of the paper presented |
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C4 Oral Presentations |
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1. | Best Oral Presentation | Mr. Narendra Ojha | ARIES, Nainital, India | "Variations in the Ozone Distribution over Northern India: Influences of Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange and Biomass Burning" |
C4 Poster Presentations |
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Theme A - 'Atmospheric Chemistry in South Asia' |
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2. | Best Paper Award – First Prize | Mr. Parth Sarthi Mahapatra | Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhuvaneshwar, India | 'Surface ozone variation at Bhubaneswar.' |
3. | Best Paper Award – Second Prize | Mr. G. N. Nikhil | Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India | 'Atmospheric chemistry of surface ozone formation at an urban tropical site in India- Recent observations of temporal trends and special events.' |
Theme B - 'Black Carbon and Aerosols in Asia' |
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4. | Best Paper Award – First Prize | Ms. TOH Ying Ying | Malaysian Meteorological Department, Malaysia | 'The influence of meteorological factors and biomass burning on surface ozone concentrations at Tanah Rata, Malaysia.' |
5. | Best Paper Award – Second Prize | Mr. Raman Solanki | ARIES, Nainital, India | 'Nocturnal observations of aerosol backscatter profiles using LiDAR over central Himalayas and the validation of CALIPSO data.' |
Theme C - 'Air Quality and Weather' |
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6. | Best Paper Award – First Prize | Mr. Chinmay Kumar Jena | Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune | 'Impact of fire emissions in South Asia on Air Quality in the region.' |
7. | Best Paper Award – Second Prize | Ms. Nivedita Chaudhary | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 'Assessment of differential responses of three mung bean cultivars with respect to growth, reproductive and yield parameters against ambient and elevated levels of ozone.' |
Theme D - 'Climate and Monsoon' |
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8. | Best Paper Award – First Prize | Mr. A. V. Sijinkumar | Govt. College, Kasaragod, Kerela | 'Fate of aragonitic pteropod in a changing atmospheric chemistry: looking from past to present.' |
Poster Presentation – Consolation Prizes |
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1. | Best Paper -Consolation Prize | Mr. Manish Agrawal | I.I.T. Kanpur, India | 'Characterization of carcinogenic compounds from incense burning at Places of Worship.' |
2. | Best Paper -Consolation Prize | Ms. Anja Reiter | Institute fur Physik und Atmosphere (DLR), Germany | 'Aircraft measurements in the large-scale outflow of the Asian Summer Monsoon in the UTLS during the ESMVal campaign.' |
3. | Best Paper -Consolation Prize | Mr. Gaurav Govardhan | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | 'Simulation of Aerosol Concentration Over Indian Region with an Online Chemistry Model.' |
4. | Best Paper -Consolation Prize | Ms. Anjum Rasheed | Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan | 'Ambient Air Quality in Islamabad, Pakistan: A Monitoring Based Analysis.' |