Research

Experience

• Research Assistant

  Sep 2021 - Feb 2023
  The Bill Lane Center for the American West - Stanford University
• Research Fellow

  Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
  Global Projects Center
• Research Intern

  Dec 2019 - Jan 2021
  Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
• Policy Research Intern

  May 2019 - Jul 2019
  Center for Science and Environment

Publications

• Financial viability assessment of concentrated solar power technologies under Indian climatic conditions.

  2020
  Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
  Sankalp Kumar, Aviral Agarwal, Dr. Anil Kumar

  The study identifies Jodhpur as the optimal location for a 50 MW Solar Power Tower CSP plant in India, with the lowest LCOE and highest NPV, aiding in technology and investment decisions.

• Comparative study on air quality status in Indian and Chinese cities before and during the COVID-19 lockdown period. Air Quality

  2020
  Atmosphere and Health, 13(10), 1167–1178
  Aviral Agarwal, Aman Kaushik, Sankalp Kumar, Dr. Rajeev Kumar Mishra

  Lockdown measures during COVID-19 significantly reduced AQI levels of PM2.5 and NO2 in major cities of India and China, highlighting effective pathways for air pollution mitigation.

• Predicting Ground Level PM2.5 Concentration Over Delhi Using Landsat 8 Satellite Data

  2020
  International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42(3), 827-838
  Dr. Rajeev Kumar Mishra, Aviral Agarwal, Ankita Shukla

  A multispectral empirical model using Landsat 8 data effectively estimates PM2.5 concentrations in Delhi with adequate accuracy, correlating satellite reflectance with in-situ measurements and meteorological data.