Sanjar Ali

Program Associate - Air Quality

Bio

Sanjar Ali is Program Associate with the Air Quality Team at the Sustainable Cities and Transport program at WRI India. Here, he is engaged with geo-spatial mapping and analysis, policy assessment, data collation and analysis. He also works on research in the field of air quality, Land Use Planning and developing emissions inventories.

Prior to his current role, Sanjar worked as Research Intern and EPP Consultant under the Surat Clean Air Action Plan with WRI India. Before joining WRI, he worked as researcher, designer and architect on various urban development and infrastructure projects, plans and programs. The key projects Includes, was the Housing for All scheme rolled out by the government of India for the states of Bihar and Jharkhand in Eastern India and, National Institute of Design, Jorhat. He has also worked with the National Institute of Technology, Patna.

Sanjar is an architecture graduate from National Institute of Technology Patna, with a master’s in Environmental Planning from School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. Currently, he is pursuing a part-time PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, where his research aims on Air Pollution Sources in Rural and Urban Areas with a focus on unrecognized sectors and their contribution.

In his free time, Sanjar likes to socialize and do volunteer work. His interests also include travelling, watching movies and playing football.

Blogs

Delhi’s Air Quality Needs Data-Driven Action
by Sanjar Ali, Bhavay Sharma e Shailendra Kumar Yadav - October 11, 2023
The issue of Delhi's poor air quality resurfaces episodically in the public consciousness. It garners attention on social media, in newspapers and in scientific studies, largely during the winter months. During this period, Delhi's air quality index (AQI) drops from 'poor' to 'severe', across most monitoring stations.
Swachh Vayu Survekshan and the Search for Clean Air
by Sanjar Ali, Vandana Tyagi e 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

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