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Dr. Sunil Mittal
Dr. Sunil Mittal
Qualification

Class

Board/ University

Division

Subject

MSc

PUNJAB UNIVERSITY CHANDIGARH

First

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Ph.D.

PUNJAB UNIVERSITY

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

UGC NET 

(ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE)

SET HARYANA

(ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE)

Experience
Administrative Experience
 Head, Department of Environment Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda - February 2019 - February 2022

Dean, School of Environment and Earth Science, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Audit officer (Additional Charge), Department of finance, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Purchase Officer (Additional Charge), Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Nodal officer (Additional Charge), UGC Scheme of Community College, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda      -  June 2015 to June 2019

Teaching Experience: 15 Years
  • Lecturer, Govt. College For Girls, Sec 11 Chandigarh
  • Assistant Professor, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda              March 2, 2010 to December 28, 2016
  • Associate Professor at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda          December 28, 2016 to December 28, 2019
  • Professor at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda                           Since December 28, 2019
Research Experience: 15 Years
Administrative Experience: more than 8 Years
Industrial  Experience: more than 1 Year
Research Area

Water, Soil and Air Monitoring

Waste water treatment technologies

Development of bio-herbicides

Development of bio-sensors

Environmental nanotechnology

Research Interests
  • Bioherbicide development
  • Water Purification and Management Techniques
  • Heavy Metal Stress Analysis on Plants
  • Biosensor development
Research Grants/Projects

Ongoing

S. No

   Title

Funding
Agency

Amount
(In Lakhs)

1

Current inventory of heavy metal accumulations in vegetable crops grown in degraded soils and irrigated with metal-rich groundwater and the use of rice-husk biochar, rhizobacteria, and coal fly ash amendments to attenuate metal toxicity in vegetables: a study from the agri-intensive regions of Punjab, India

(Co-PI)

 SERB

27

2. Re-examining the Socio-Economic Externalities of Ground Water Depletion in Central Punjab: Possibilities and Challenges (Co-PI) SERB 29

Completed

S. No

   Title

Funding
Agency

Amount
(In Lakhs)

1

Effect of arsenic toxicity and its accumulation potential in Oryza sativa L. varieties grown in Malwa region of Punjab

UGC

6.0

2

Bioherbicidal potential of immobilized (encapsulated/entrapped) formulations of essential oil from leaves of plant Callistemon viminalis

DST SERB

29.69

3

Under Mentorship grant approved for DST Women Scientist on “Development of Protein based biosensor for monitoring of Arsenic and Cadmium in drinking water”.

DST

25.86

4

UGC Community College Scheme

UGC

75

5

Spatial distribution of uranium and associated water quality parameters in groundwater/ drinking water of five Districts (Fatehgarh Sahib, Ludhiana, Barnala, Nawanshar, Rupnagar) of Punjab and Hanumangarh in Rajasthan

BRNS

24.49

6

To analyze the ground water quality and its correlation with incidence of colon cancer & other health parameters in rural areas of Bathinda and Muktsar district

UBA
CUPB

8

7

Environmental Baseline Data Monitoring (Water and Soil) of Central University of Punjab, Main Campus Ghuda and its surrounding areas

RSM
CUPB

3

8

e-PG Pathshala (Coordinator for the paper entitled "Environmental Management" )

UGC-MHRD

 

9 Environmental monitoring and assessment of climate change of tourism affected Himalayan sub regions of Shimla and Chamba (Himachal Pradesh) NMHS 35
Professional Recognition/Awards/Scholarships
  • University Research Award - 2022
  • University Research Award - 2017
  • Best Teacher Award, Central University of Punjab -2017
  • UGC JRF.
  • Junior Scientist of the Year award from National Environment Science Academy, New Delhi.
Research Collaboration

Dr. Anil K Mantha, Department of Zoology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Dr. Monisha Dhiman, Department of Microbiology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Dr. Pankaj Bhardwaj, Department of Botany, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Dr. Sandeep Kaur, Department of Economics, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Dr. Harminder Singh, Department of Chemistry, Lovely Professional University, Kapurthala

Publications
Research Papers

S.No.

Author

Title

Journal

Impact Factor

 1.

Anjali Kerketta · Hemant Kumar  · Mike A. Powell  · Prafulla Kumar Sahoo1,· Harmanpreet Singh Kapoo  · Sunil Mittal Trace Element Occurrence in Vegetable and Cereal Crops from Parts of Asia: A Meta‑data Analysis of Crop‑Wise Differences (2023) Current Pollution Reports 8.097

 2.

Sukhchain Kaur, Satveer Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Sandeep Kaur, Sushil Gupta, Sunil Mittal, Monisha Dhiman

A cross-sectional study to correlate antioxidant enzymes, oxidative stress and inflammation with prevalence of hypertension (2023)

Life Sciences

6.78

3. 

4Rimzim Jasrotia, Jandeep Singh, Sunil Mittal, Harminder Singh

5Synthesis of CTAB modified ferrite composite for the efficient removal o6f brilliant green dye (2022)

7International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry

2.731

4.

Prafulla Kumar Sahoo, Hardev Singh Virk, Mike A Powell, Ravishankar Kumar, Jitendra Kumar Pattanaik, Gabriel Negreiros Salomão, Sunil Mittal, Lokesh Chouhan, Yogalakshmi Kadapakkam Nandabalan, Raghavendra Prasad Tiwari

Meta-analysis of uranium contamination in groundwater of the alluvial plains of Punjab, northwest India: Status, health risk, and hydrogeochemical processes (2022)

Science of The Total Environment

10.75

5.

Prafulla Kumar Sahoo , Mike A. Powell Sunil Mittal , and V.K. Garg

Is the transmission of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) weather dependent (2021)

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

2.235

6.

Sunil Mittal, Ravishankar Kumar, Prafulla Kumar Sahooa, and Sunil Kumar Sahoo

Geochemical assessment of groundwater contaminants and associated health risks in the Shivalik region of Punjab, India (2021)

Toxin Reviews

4.266

7.

Vijay Jaswal, Ravishankar Kumar, Prafulla Kumar Sahoo, Sunil Mittal, Ajay

Kumar, Sunil Kumar Sahoo & Yogalakshmi Kadapakkam Nandabalan

Multi-parametric groundwater quality and human health risk assessment vis-à-vis hydrogeochemical process in an Agri-intensive region of Indus basin, Punjab, India (2021)

Toxin Reviews

4.266

8.

Sahoo, P. K., Powell, M. A., Martins, G. C., Dall'Agnol, R., Salomao, G. N., Mittal, S. & de Siqueira, J. O

Occurrence, distribution, and environmental risk assessment of heavy metals in the vicinity of Fe-ore mines: a global overview (2022)

Toxin Reviews

4.266

9.

P. K. Sahoo, N. Salomão, J. da Silva Ferreira Júnior,  D. de Lima Farias, M. A. Powell, S. Mittal , V. K. Garg

COVID‑19 lockdown: a rare opportunity to establish baseline pollution level of air pollutants in a megacity, India (2021)

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

2.860

10.

Sunil Mittal & Prafulla Kumar Sahoo1, & Sunil Kumar Sahoo & Ravishankar Kumar & Raghavendra Prasad Tiwari

Hydrochemical characteristics and human health risk assessment

of groundwater in the Shivalik region of Sutlej basin, Punjab, India (2021)

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

1.827

11.

Kumar, R., Mittal, S., Sahoo, P. K., and Sahoo, S. K.

Source apportionment, chemometric pattern recognition and health risk assessment of groundwater from southwestern Punjab, India (2020)

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

3.47

12.

Kumar, R., Mittal, S., Peechat, S., Sahoo, P. K., and Sahoo, S. K.

Quantification of groundwater-agricultural soil quality and associated health risks in the agri-intensive Sutlej River Basin of Punjab, India (2020)

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

3.47

14.

Mittal, S., Kumar, R., Sahoo, P. K., and Sahoo, S. K. (2020).

Geochemical and health risk assessment of groundwater contaminants in Shivalik region of Punjab, India. Toxin Reviews (2020)

Toxin Reviews

2.85

15.

Vaid, U., Mittal, S., Babu, J. N., & Kumar, R.

Amido-amine derivative of alginic acid (AmAA) for enhanced adsorption of Pb (II) from aqueous solution (2020)

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

5.16

16.

Sahoo, P. K,  Mike A Powell, Sunil Mittal, V.K. Garg

Is the transmission of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) weather dependent? (2020)

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

2.24

17.

Sharma, S., Kumar, R., Sahoo, P. K., & Mittal, S

Geochemical relationship and translocation mechanism of arsenic in rice plants: A case study from health prone south west Punjab, India (2020)

Groundwater for Sustainable Development

Cite score: 3.7 (Scopus Indexed)

18.

Kaur, G., Kumar, R., Mittal, S., Sahoo, P. K., & Vaid, U

Ground/drinking water contaminants and cancer incidence: A case study of rural areas of South West Punjab, India (2019)

 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

2.3

19.

Shilpa Sharma, Anuradha Bhagat, G.S. Vishwakarma and Sunil Mittal

Physicochemical characterization of the inclusion compounds of eugenol and β-caryophyllene in β-cyclodextrin (2019)

Nanotechnology Perceptions

 (Scopus Indexed)

20.

Sunil Mittal, Shweta Thakur, Anil Kumar Mantha, Hardeep Kaur

Bio-analytical applications of nicking endonucleases assisted signal-amplification strategies for detection of cancer biomarkers -DNA methyl transferase and microRNA (2019)

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

10.25

21.

Vishwakarma, G. S., Sharma, S., & Mittal, S

Herbicidal Potential of Callistemon Viminalis Essential Oil Against Echinochloa Crus-Galli L., Amaranthus Viridis and Phalaris Minor (2017)

Current Agriculture Research Journal

NAAS  Score 4.36

22.

Bibekananda Sarkar, Monisha Dhiman, Sunil Mittal, Anil K Mantha

Curcumin revitalizes Amyloid beta (25–35)-induced and organophosphate pesticides pestered neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y and IMR-32 cells via activation of APE1 and Nrf2 (2017)

Metabolic Brain Disease

2.73

23.

Sunil Mittal  , Hardeep Kaur , Nandini Gautam a , Anil K. Mantha

Biosensors for Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Review of Bioreceptors, Biotransducers and Signal Amplification Strategies (2016)

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

10.25

24.

Kaur, H., Kumar, R., Babu, J. N., & Mittal, S

Advances in arsenic biosensor development–A comprehensive review (2015)

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

10.25

25.

Vishwakarma, G. S., Gautam, N., Babu, J. N., Mittal, S., & Jaitak, V

Polymeric Encapsulates of Essential Oils and their Constituents: A Review of Preparation Techniques, Characterization and Sustainable Release Mechanisms (2016)

Polymer Reviews

7.3

26.

Singh, H.P., Mittal, S., Kaur,S., Batish, D.R. and Kohli, R.K

Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential oil from residues of Artemisia scoparia (2008)

Food Chemistry

6.03

27.

Singh, H. P., Kaur, S., Mittal, S., Batish, D.R and Kohli, R.K

In vitro screening of essential oil from young and mature leaves of Artemisia scoparia compared to its major constituents for free radical scavenging activity (2010)

Food and Chemical Toxicology

4.68

28.

Kaur,S, Singh, H.P., Mittal, S. Batish, D.R. and Kohli, R. K

Phytotoxic effects of volatile oil from Artemisia scoparia against weeds and its possible use as a bioherbicide (2010)

Industrial Crops and Products

4.24

29.

Joshi, G., Nayyar, H., Alex, J. M., Vishwakarma, G. S., Mittal, S., & Kumar, R

Pyrimidine fused derivatives: Synthetic strategies and medicinal attributes (2016)

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

3.34

30.

Prashant Kumar, Mohammad Aslam, Neetu Singh, Sunil Mittal, Ajay Bansal, Mithilesh Kumar Jhab and Anil Kumar Sarma

Characterization, activity and process optimization with a biomass-based thermal power plant's fly ash as a potential catalyst for biodiesel production (2015)

RSC Advances

3.07

31.

Sharma, Archana Kumari, Rabindra Kumar, Sunil Mittal, Shamima Hussain, Meenu Arora, Ramesh Chand Sharma, and J. Nagendra Babu

In situ reductive regeneration of zerovalent iron nanoparticles immobilized on cellulose for atom efficient Cr (vi) adsorption (2015)

RSC Advances

3.07

32.

Singh, H. P., Kaur, S., Mittal, S., Batish, D.R. and Kohli, R.K

Essential oil of Artemisia scoparia inhibits plant growth by generating reactive oxygen species and causing oxidative damage (2009)

Journal of chemical Ecology

2.12

33.

Singh, H.P., Mittal, S., Kaur,S., Batish, D.R. and Kohli, R.K

Characterization and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils from Fresh and Decaying Leaves of Eucalyptus tereticornis (2009)

Journal of Agric. Food Chemistry

4.19

34.

Vaid, U., Mittal, S., & Babu, J. N

Influence of anion induced proton abstraction on Cu (II) adsorption by alginic acid (2015)

Reactive and Functional Polymers

3.33

35.

Kumar, R., Kumar, R., Mittal, S., Arora, M., & Babu, J. N

Role of soil physicochemical characteristics on the present state of arsenic and its adsorption in alluvial soils of two agri-intensive region of Bathinda, Punjab, India (2016)

Journal of Soils and Sediments

2.77

36.

Gautam N, Mantha A and Mittal S.

Essential Oils and Their Constituents as Anticancer Agents: A Mechanistic View

BioMed Research International

2.13

37.

Mittal S., Kaur G. & Vishwakarma G.S

Effects of Environmental Pesticides on the Health of Rural Communities in the Malwa Region of Punjab (India): A Review (2014)

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

1.3

38.

Mittal, Sunil, Upma Vaid, Gh Nabi Najar, and J. Nagendra Babu

Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution: a comparative study of cone biomass of “Picea smithiana” and activated charcoal (2015)

Desalination and Water Treatment

1.27

39.

Vaid U., Mittal S. & Babu J. N.

Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution using biomass derived fly ash from Waste-to-Energy power plant. (2014)

Desalination and Water Treatment

1.27

40.

Singh, H.P., Kaur,S, Mittal, S. Batish, D.R. and Kohli, R. K

Phytotoxicity of Major Constituents of Volatile Oil from Leaves of Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit (2008)

Zeitschrift fur Naturforsch

0.88

41.

GS Vishwakarma and S Mittal

Bio herbicidal potential of essential oil from leaves of Eucalyptus tereticornis against Echinochloa crus-galli L.(2014)

Journal of Biopesticide

0.53

42.

Singh, H.P., Batish,D.R., Kohli, R.K., Mittal, S

Chemical composition of essential oil from leaves of Chenopodium ambrosioides from Chandigarh, India (2007)

Chemistry of Natural Compound

0.65

43.

Singh, H.P., Batish, D. R., Mittal, S., Dogra, K. S., Yadav, S., Kohli, R. K

Constituents of leaf essential oil of Mentha longifolia FROM INDIA (2008)

Chemistry of Natural Compounds

0.65

44.

Kamboj, R., Sharma, S., Vishwakarma, G., & Mittal, S

Arsenic induced physiological changes in improved varieties of rice grown in Malwa region of Punjab (2015)

International Journal of Farm Sciences

NAAS Rating – 3.54

45.

Vishwakarma, G., Sharma, s., & Mittal, S

Phytotoxic selectivity analysis of Eucalyptus tereticornis essential oil against rice, Oryza sativa and its weeds, Echinochloa crus-galli and Cyperus rotundus (2015)

International Journal of Farm Sciences

NAAS Rating – 3.54

46.

Ritu Kamboj, Shilpa Sharma, Gajendra Singh Vishwakarma, Sunil Mittal

Arsenic induced alteration in macromolecule concentration and antioxidant system in two improved rice varieties (2016)

Indian Journal of Natural Sciences

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Book Chapters

S.No

Title with Page No/Year

Book Title editor & Publisher

ISSN/ISBN No.

Authors

1. Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater and Its Removal Strategies with Special Emphasis on Nano Zerovalent Iron (2023)

Hydrogeochemistry of Aquatic Ecosystems

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

9781119870531 Shivani Thakur, Harminder Singh, Umakant Chaudhari, Sunil Mittal, Prafulla Kumar Sahoo
2

Biofiltration in wastewater treatment plants: An overview (2022)

An Innovative Role of Biofiltration in Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs)

Elsevier

978-0-12-823946-9 KN Yogalakshmi, Avimanu Sharma, Sunil Mittal

3

Groundwater

resources and management in Brazil: current status and Challenges for its sustainable utilization (2020)

Global Groundwater/ Abhijit Mukherjee Bridget Scanlon Alice Aureli Simon Langan Huaming Guo Andrew McKenzie

 Elsevier

9780128181720

Sahoo, P.K., Pontes, P.R., Salomao, G., Powell, M.A., Mittal, S., SouzaFilho, P.W., Guimar~aes, J.T.F.

4

Water security and human health in relation to climate change - an Indian perspective (2020)

Pollutants and Water Management: Resources, Strategies and Scarcity  Willey Publication

Accepted

Ravishankar Kumar, Sunil Mittal, Prafulla Kumar Sahoo

5

Water crisis: issues and challenges in Punjab. In Water resources management (pp. 93-103) (2018)

Water Resources Management. V. P. Singh et al. (eds.) Springer Nature Singapore

978-981-10-5710-6

Kumar, R., Vaid, U., & Mittal, S

6

Oxidative Stress Events and Neuronal Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease: Focus on APE1/Ref-1 Mediated Survival Strategies (2014)

Free Radicals in Human Health and Disease, Oxidative Stress and Human Health by Springer publishers, India

978-81-322-2034-3

N Kaur, B Sarkar, S Mittal, M Dhiman, G Taglialatela, Regino J, A Mantha et al.

7

Indian herbs and their therapeutic potential against Alzheimer’s diseases: What makes then special

Neuroprotective effects of phytochemicals in neurological disorders Willley-Blackwell

      Accepted

Navrattan Kaur, Bibekananda Sarkar, Iqbal Gill, Sukhchain Kaur, Sunil Mittal, Anil K. Mantha et al

8

Equilibrium and kinetic studies for the adsorptive removal of copper from aqueous solution using natural polymer (2015)

Proceedings of the TEQIP-II sponsored National Conference on Latest Developments in Civil and Environment Engineering2015 (LDCEE’15) GZS Campus College of Engineering & Technology, Bathinda

978-93-5254-071-6

Upma Vaid, Shilpa Thakur, Sunil Mittal and J. Nagendra Babu

9

Comparative analysis of physiological and biochemical parameters of triticum aestivum under arsenic exposure. Proceedings of the TEQIP-II sponsoredNational Conference on Latest Developments in Civil and Environment Engineering 2015 (LDCEE’15)

Proceedings of the TEQIP-II sponsored National Conference on Latest Developments in Civil and Environment Engineering2015 (LDCEE’15), GZS Campus College of Engineering & Technology, Bathinda

978-93-5254-071-6

Shilpa Nag, Shilpa Sharma, Sunil Mittal, Ravishankar Kumar and Gajendra Singh Vishwakarma

10

Adsorption Studies for the Removal of Cr(VI) using Activated Charcoal (2016)

Proceedings of the International Conference on Latest Developments in Materials, Manufacturing and Quality Control (MMQC-2016)  GZS Campus College of Engineering & Technology, Bathinda

978-93-5212-858-7

Upma Vaid, Gh Nabi Najar , Ravishankar Singh , Sunil Mittal

11

Current status of alternative energy resources in Punjab, India: A review (Volume 15) 2011

Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering Excel publish

Excel publish/9879382062301

GS Vishwakarma and Mittal S

 

Research Guidance

Sr. No.

 Program

Total Enrolled

Working

 Submitted

 Awarded

1

Post Doc

2

0

2

2

2

Ph.D.

11

5

--

6

3

M.Phil.

11

0

0

11

4

M.Sc

26

3

23

23

Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Attended
National
  1. 11th Punjab Science congress organized by Thapar University, Patiala, India from 7-9 Feb. 2008.
  2. 2nd Chandigarh Science Congress organized by Panjab Univ. Chandigarh, India from March 14-15, 2008.
  3. National seminar on “Physiological and biological approaches to improve plant productivity”, held at CCSHAU, Hisar, India from March 15-17, 2008.
  4. 1st Chandigarh Science Congress organized by Panjab Univ. Chandigarh, India from March 10-11, 2007.
  5. XX Annual conference Of National Environment Science Academy New Delhi, India held at Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi from December 28-30, 2007
  6. National Seminar on environment and Health at Central Univ. of Punjab, Bathinda 2011.
  7. Biodiversity Significance: Methods in preparation of peoples Biodiversity Register, PSCST Chandigarh,2013
  8. Water Pollution: Issues and solutions Water Resources:    Need   Potential and Challenges IET, BHadhal, Ropar 2013.
  9. Green technology and Sustainable Environmental Management Doon University Dehra Doon. 2013
International
  1. 5th International Conference on Environmental & Social Sustainability, University of Technology, Mauritius, from 5 - 7 January 2009.
  2. International Conference at PU on plant invasion and forest ecology, 16-18 march.
  3. 5th Malaysian conference on Flavor and Fragrance held at Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia from Oct. 28-31.
  4. **Weed Science Society of America conference, Orlando, Florida, USA to be held from Feb. 8-15th. Invited and granted travel award to attend it. Could not attend due to visa problem.
  5. Waste to Energy in India, CSIR-NEERI, Mumbai, 24-25/8/2012.
  6. 4th Bio-pesticide International Conference at St Xavier College Palamkottai, TamilNadu.
Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Organised
 
  1. Awareness Programme on Environment Day every year since 2015 to 2022
  2. Biodiversity Day seminar/Workshop every year Since 2012- 2022
  3. Seminar on ‘Evolving importance of Intellectual Property Rights’’ on 30 January,  2016
  4. National Conference  ‘Training for Trainer, Water Quality and Health’ on 11 Feb, 2015
  5. Innovator Day in 2014, 2015  and 2016.
  6. Awareness program on Biodiversity day 2013 to 2016 with funding from BAI.
  7. Seminar on Earth Day 2012 to 2016
  8. Awareness programme on E- Waste Management with collaboration with Punjab Pollution Control Board on 4 Nov 2015
  9. Organic Farming and Water Management on 21 March 2016
  10. J. S. Yadav Memorial lecture on 9th November, 2015
  11.  Organizes expert lectures continuously in the Department

 

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Curricular Development
Member, Board of Studies, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab Member, Board of Studies, Department of Plant Science, Central University of Punjab Member, Board of Studies, Department of Geography, Central Unive
e-Content Development
45 Modules for ePG Pathshala in Environmental Science