Conference / Workshop Organizations

5) Part of Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) of weekly Webinar/Workshop on Atmospheric Processes and applications of computational mathematics (W 3 APACM), Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida and IMS Noida , 5 th to 20 th June, 2020

4) Organising Committee Member of INAE Annual Convention , 12th - 14th December 2019, BISR Jaipur, Rajasthan

3) Part of National Advisory Committee, National Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering, (NCITCE) 2018, Poornima University, Jaipur 13-14 April, 2018.

2) Coordinator, Workshop on careers and opportunities in Atmospheric Sciences, IMS Jaipur Chapter, BISR Jaipur ,15 th March 2018.

1) Organising Committee Member of 5th Rajasthan Science Congress, 13th - 15th October, 2017, Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Conference Presentations

39) Swagata Payra, A Kumar, S Verma, M Soni, P Kumar, Oral, Formation of NOx and Ozone during lightning event in pre-monsoon season over India, 11th to 14th December, 2019, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India

38) P K Yadava, S Verma, Swagata Payra, Oral, The Major Lightning Prone Regions, Seasons and Fatalities over India, TROPMET-2019(IMS), 11th to 14th December, 2019, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India

37) P Gupta, S Verma, Swagata Payra, R Bhatla, Poster, Trend analysis and validation of MERRA-2 temperature datasets over India, TROPMET-2019(IMS), 11th to 14th December, 2019, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India

36) Swagata Payra, S Verma and D Prakash, Oral, Identification of aerosols and its radiative forcing over Northwestern India, 6 th Annual International conference on Recent Perspective on Climate change and Sustainable Development, 8 th to 10 th November, 2019, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, India

35) Swagata Payra*, Invited Talk, Air Quality Monitoring, Amity University of Biotechnology, 18th October, 2019, Amity University, Jaipur, India

34) D Prakash, Swagata Payra and S Verma, Oral, Aerosol Optical Thickness and size distribution over Northwestern India during 2011 – 2015, National conference on Pollution Control Technologies and Sustainable Development, 3 rd to 4th October, 2019, MNIT Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

33) S Haritashya, M Soni, D Prakash, S Verma and Swagata Payra, Oral, Inferring Aerosol types from AERONET Sunphotometer measurement over Northwestern India, National conference on Pollution Control Technologies and Sustainable Development, 3 rd to 4th October, 2019, MNIT Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

32) Swagata Payra*, Invited talk, Observation and Simulation of Dust Storms over the Indian Region, SERB training school on 21 st February for “Numerical Modelling and Forecasting of Desert Storms and Cloud Burst (NUMCLOUDS), 11 – 23 rd February, 2019, Central University Rajasthan, Ajmer, India

31) Swagata Payra*, M Soni, D Prakash and S Verma, Oral, Aerosol properties and their influences over a semi arid zone over India, 5th International Skynet workshop, 13-15 February 2019, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India

30) M Soni, Swagata Payra and S Verma, Poster, Radiative forcing estimation of aerosols at four locations in india and Pakistan using ground based remote sensing instruments, , IASTA-2018, 26 – 28 th November, 2018, CAS, IIT Delhi, India

29) Swagata Payra*, M Soni and S Verma: Lead Talk, WRF-Chem model simulation during typical dust storm event over North West India, TROPMET 2018(IMS), 24 - 27 October, 2018, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India

28) P Gupta, S Verma, R Bhatla and Swagata Payra, Poster, Comparison and Analysis of Cold Wave and Severe Cold Wave  events over Indo Gangetic Plain. TROPMET-2018(IMS), 24-27 October, 2018, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India

27) Swagata Payra*, Invited talk, Aerosol properties and their influences over Jaipur, Rajasthan with a special emphasis on dust storm, 6th Rajasthan Science Congress, 13th - 15th October, 2018, Central University Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

26) M Soni, Swagata Payra and S Verma, Application of Artificial Neural Networks for fog forecast over Delhi, NCITCE 2018, 13-14 April, 2018, Poornima University, Jaipur, India

25) S Verma , A S Chandel and Swagata Payra, Oral, Aerosol optical properties and size distributions (2009-2017) over four sites in the semi-arid regions, NCITCE 2018, 13-14 April, 2018, Poornima University, Jaipur, India

24) Swagata Payra*, Invited Talk, Aerosol study over Jaipur, 5th Rajasthan Science Congress, 13th - 15th October, 2017, Amity University, Jaipur, India

23) M Soni, Swagata Payra, S Verma, Oral, Role of Meteorology and Satellite Retrievals in Estimating the Ground Particulate Matter During the Pre-Monsoon Period Over Jaipur, India , 5th Rajasthan Science Congress, 13-15, October 2017, Amity University, Jaipur, India

22) Swagata Payra*, M Soni and S Verma, Poster, Application of WRF-Chem to simulate a dust event over North-West India at Invitation to Workshop & Science-Policy Dialogue, Air pollution, Climate and Health in Southern Asia and the Hindukush Himalaya, 27-30 November 2017, Kathmandu, Nepal

20) S Verma, M Soni and Swagata Payra, Oral, RSPM estimation using satellite AOD over semi-arid region Jaipur, Bulletin of the Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association, 22 (1&2), 6 – 8 th December, 2016, Physical Research Laboratory , Ahmedabad, India

21) F Carminati, P Ricaud, J-P Pommereau, E Rivière, J-L Attié, Swagata Payra, L El Amraoui and R Abida, Poster, Role of saturation in the water vapor diurnal cycle in the South American Tropical Tropopause Layer, CT3LS open meeting July 20-23, 2015, Boulder, Colorado, USA

19) Swagata Payra*, P Ricaud, R Abida, J-L Attié, L El Amraoui, F Carminati, E Rivière, J-P Pommereau, S Khaykin, Oral, Assimilation of water vapour measurements in the tropical tropopause layer, WBTTL, July 1 – 3, Reims, France

18) D Prakash, S Verma, Swagata Payra and M Soni, Poster, Understanding the aerosol behaviour during dust epochs using GRIMM aerosol spectrometer, TROPMET 2015(IMS), 15-18 Feb 2015, Chandigarh, India

17) Swagata Payra, M Soni, D Yadav and S Verma, Poster, AOT from MODIS and ground based remote sensing observations over Northwestern India, IASTA-2014, 11 – 13 th November, 2014, Varanasi, India

16) Swagata Payra, P Ricaud, R Abida, J-L Attié, L El Amraoui, E Rivière, J-P Pommereau ans S Khyakin, Oral, Assimilation of Water Vapour Mesurements by a Chemistry Transport Model in the tropical UTLS, The World Weather Open Science Congress(WWOSC) – 2014, 16 – 21 st August, 2014, Montreal, Canada

15) S Verma, P Kumar, Swagata Payra, D Prakash and B Holben, Poster, Size-resolved aerosols concentration during extreme events over a site in Northwestern India, 16th IGAC conference, , 10- 11 June 2014, Boulder, USA

14) M Soni, Swagata Payra, A Kumar, S Verma and D Prakash, Oral, Validation of Aerosol retrieved Products obtained from AERONET with MODIS over an urban location, Jaipur, India, ICIMOD’s SARAS workshop, 7-9 June, 2014, Pokhran, Nepal.

13) S Verma, D Prakash, Swagata Payra* and M Soni, Poster, Aerosols sources over Jaipur in Northwestern India from ground based AERONET measurements, MOZAIC-IAGOS Symposium, 10- 14 May 2014, Toulouse, France

12) D Prakash, S Verma, M Soni and Swagata Payra, Poster, Size characteristics of atmospheric aerosol using GRIMM over an urban environment, INTROMET, 21-24 Feb 2014, Chennai, India

11) Swagata Payra*, P Kumar, S Verma, and D Prakash, Lead Talk, Winter and summer time size segregated distribution of aerosols and optical properties over a site in North-western India, 4th International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research (IWAQFR), WMO, 12-14 December 2012, Geneva, Switzerland.

10) S Verma, Swagata Payra, M Soni, and D Prakash, Ground based observation of aerosols over a site in Northwestern India, Future Directions for Weather and Climate Research in the Tropics, 3-5 December, 2012, IIT Delhi, India

9) Swagata Payra*, S Verma, M Soni, D Prakash and B Holben, Poster, Aerosols characteristics over an urban location in Northwestern India, OCHAMP-2012, 21-26 Feb 2012, IITM – Pune, India

8) Swagata Payra*, S Verma, M Soni, D Prakash and B Holben, Oral, Seasonal Variability of Aerosols Parameters over an Urban Location in India, 30th Annual Conference of American Association for Aerosol Research, 3 – 7 October, 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA

7) S Verma, Swagata Payra, M Soni, D Prakash and B Holben, Assessment on Aerosols Optical Properties from the Observations During AERONET Campaign Over an Urban Location in India, World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference, 24 – 28th October, 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA.

6) A Sarkar, S Majumdar, R Bhatla and Swagata Payra, Numerical Simulation of Western Disturbances by Using Different Cloud-Microphysics and Cumulus Parametrization Schemes" ICON GSECCES – 2010, 21 - 23 December, 2010, BHU, Varanasi, India

5) S Tiwari , Swagata Payra, and D S Bisht Visibility Degradation during Foggy Period due to Anthropogenic Urban Aerosol at Delhi, India, 5th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew 25 – 30 July 2010, Münster, Germany.

4) Swagata Payra* and M Mohan, Poster, Air pollutants influence on the fog formation in the urban environment. IGAC-2008, 7th – 12th September’ 2008, Annecy, France.

3) Swagata Payra* and M Mohan, Oral, Relation between fog formation and the number concentration of aerosol for Delhi, India. Seventh AMS Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes joint with the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment.10–13 September 2007. San Diego, USA

2) Swagata Payra* and M Mohan, Oral, Influence of Aerosols and Air Pollutants on Fog Formation in Urban Environment of Megacity Delhi, India. Brain Storming Workshop on Aerosols and Its Impact on the Climate with Reference to Indo-Gangetic Plains, 10 - 11th November’ 2006, IIT Kanpur, India

1) M Mohan and Swagata Payra, Oral, Preliminary Investigation between Aerosols and Fog Formation in Urban environment of Mega city Delhi, India, IMPA-2006, 14th – 17th February’ 2006, IIT Delhi, India