Prof. Anubha Kaushik


Prof. Anubha Kaushik
Advisory Member

Dr. Anubha Kaushik obtained her Masters and Ph.D. degree in Botany from K.U. Kurukshetra. She did pioneering work on phytosociology, biomass , nutrient dynamics and carbon allocation patterns in grassland ecosystems of sodic soils, in collaboration with Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana for her doctoral thesis. She has 08 Gold Medals to her credit in Academics and was awarded Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Fellowship Award and Gold Medal, Nehru Memorial Foundation Prize.. She has more than 29 years of P.G.teaching experience at different universities ( G.J. Univ. of Science & Technology, Hisar, K.U. Kurukshetra, M.D.University, Rohtak) since 1984, and is Professor for the last 11 years. She has been Dean and founder Chairperson of Env. Sc. & Engg. Deptt. at GJUS&T and KUK. She has been Visiting Fellow in the Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and Academic Guest to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),Boulder,Colorado,USA. She has published more than 100 research papers ( International 73 ; National 39 ), 07 Technical Reports, about 25 scientific articles and book chapters, edited 05 Conference Proceedings and co-authored 05 Books., besides more than 40 abstracts in conference proceedings. She is/ has been Member Editorial Boards of 06 journals and is in reviewer's panel of about 20 international journals. She was awarded DST Young Scientist Research Project and 07 Major projects funded by the UGC,CSIR, DOE, Haryana and has undertaken Consultancy work for the State Govt., Haryana and several industries. She has produced 15 Ph.Ds , supervised more than 80 P.G. research Projects and 03 M.Phils. She has been Subject Expert/Member of various National and State level academic and professional bodies and committees like Appellate Authority, Haryana (Water, Air Acts), Resource Person, US Education Foundation in India- Fulbright, State Steering Committee of National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan, State Environmental Protection Agency, Haryana , National Committee of Technical Education for Women,UGC, Chairperson, Advisory Committee of TERI university, and subject expert / peer committee member in various committees of UGC, AIR, TEQIP (World Bank) GJUS&T, Board of Studies of different universities. Her current research areas include water and soil pollution, bioremediation of heavy metals and dyes using cyanobacteria, biohydrogen production using microbial systems, Microbial fuel cell Technology , Constructed Wetland Technology and EIA studies.