Vandana Tyagi

Senior Program Associate - Air Quality

Bio

Vandana Tyagi is a Senior Program Associate - Air Quality at WRI India. She works on developing air pollution emissions inventory and research writing.

Prior to joining WRI, Vandana has worked as a Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in the field of air pollution for a period of four years. She has also worked as an Environmental engineer in an Environmental consultancy and as an independent researcher, writing book chapters, reports and papers in association with other environmental experts, which have been published in international books and journals.

Vandana holds a master’s degree in Environmental Science from Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar.

She enjoys cooking, touring with family and listening to music in free time.

Blogs

Swachh Vayu Survekshan and the Search for Clean Air
by Sanjar Ali, Vandana Tyagi and Bhavay Sharma - December 19, 2022
Every year during the winter season, air quality across India deteriorates to hazardous levels. The combination of low temperatures and still conditions keep pollutants trapped in the atmosphere, further exacerbating the issue. Interestingly, neither coastal nor some of our cleanest cities are strangers to this phenomenon. For instance, Mumbai
What Can Be Monitored Can Be Managed: Air Quality Monitoring in Smart Cities
by Ritesh Kumar, Bhavay Sharma, Vandana Tyagi and Dr. Ajay Singh Nagpure - October 14, 2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently revised its decade-old air quality guideline that now clearly indicates air pollution impacts human health at lower levels than previously understood. Home to
Why Urban India Needs a Clean Construction Approach
by Gaurav Tomar and Vandana Tyagi - August 24, 2022
Clean construction practices not only improve air quality but also serve the construction sector, and the country’s economy, by limiting the need for penalties and bans.

Globally, air pollution is one of the biggest environmental risks to health, claiming over 1.67 million lives in 2019
What Clean Fuel Use in Every Household Means For Women Empowerment
by Anandi Mishra, Vandana Tyagi, Bhavay Sharma and Dr. Ajay Singh Nagpure - January 15, 2021
This blog originally appeared on News18.com.

In 2019, about three lakh women died prematurely from diseases attributable to household air pollution from the use of polluting cooking fuels in India. Though women and children are more

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Swachh Vayu Survekshan and the Search for Clean Air

What Can Be Monitored Can Be Managed: Air Quality Monitoring in Smart Cities

Why Urban India Needs a Clean Construction Approach

What Clean Fuel Use in Every Household Means For Women Empowerment

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