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Dr. Lakhvinder Kaur
Assistant Professor Environmental Science
Email Address : lakhwinder@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in
Address : Department of Environmental Science, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi
Areas of Interest / Specialization
- Environmental hydrology, hydrogeology, geochemistry
- Droughts, water resources, and agriculture
- Remote sensing, geospatial analysis, and statistical modeling
Educational Qualifications
Ph D (Environment Science)
M.Sc. (Masters in Environment Science)
Career Profile
- Assistant Professor , 21st October 2022- till date , Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi
- Dr. D S Kothari Post Doctoral Fellow , 21st September 2021-19th October 2022 , Department of Geophysics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana
Subjects Taught
AEC: Environmental Science: Theory into Practice
SEC: Prospecting electronic waste for sustainability
VAC: Art of Being Happy
Remote Sensing & GIS in Environmental Studies
Administrative Assignments
Member of the Annual day committee
Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last Five years)
Presented a paper having title 'Groundwater vulnerability assessment using DRASTIC and modified-DRASTIC methods from drinking and agricultural perspectives in a part of north western India' in 3rd GLP Asia Conference, held at Hokkaido University, N10, W5, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan from 14th -17th September 2021.
Publications Profile
- Sidhu, N., Kaur, L., Rishi, M. S., Din, S. N. U., Tewari, K., & Singh, P. (2024). Integrating multivariate hydrogeochemical analysis with human health risk assessment: An inverse geochemical and statistical modeling approach. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 258, 107389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107389
- Kaur, L., Rishi, M. S., Chaudhary, B. S., Sharma, S., & Pandey, S. (2023). Groundwater hydrogeochemistry and non-carcinogenic health risk assessment in major river basins of Punjab, India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(53), 113335-113363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30157-9
- Singh, P., Rishi, M. S., & Kaur, L. (2023). Hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater under natural and anthropogenically influenced areas located in Upper Ghaggar River Basin, India. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03687-y
- Din, S. N. U., Rishi, M. S., Kaur, L., Sidhu, N., & Ahluwalia, A. S. (2023). Mapping and identification of potential groundwater development zones of an alluvial aquifer in parts of Ghaggar and Upper Yamuna basins in India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(8), 973. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11579-x
- Kaur, L., Rishi, M. S., & Chaudhary, B. S. (2022). Assessment of meteorological and agricultural droughts using remote sensing and their impact on groundwater in an agriculturally productive part of Northwest India. Agricultural Water Management, 274, 107956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107956
- Bajala, V., Rishi, M. S., Kaur, L., & Sharma, G. (2022). Assessment of Geodiversity of Parbati River Basin in North-Western Himalayan Region, India. Geocarto International, (just-accepted), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2082557
- Singh, P., Rishi, M. S., & Kaur, L. (2022). Multi-parametric analysis of groundwater quality to assess human health risk and hydrogeochemical processes in an agriculturally intensive alluvial aquifer of Northwest India. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2082557
- Gupta, H., Kaur, L., Asra, M., Avtar, R., & Reddy, C. S. (2021). MODIS NDVI Multi-Temporal Analysis Confirms Farmer Perceptions on Seasonality Variations Affecting Apple Orchards in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. Agriculture, 11(8), 724. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2082557
- Kaur, L., Rishi, M.S., Arora N.K., (2021) Deciphering pollution vulnerability zones of River Yamuna in relation to existing land use land cover in Panipat, Haryana, India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 193, 120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08832-y
- Kaur, L., Rishi, M. S., & Siddiqui, A. U. (2020). Deterministic and probabilistic health risk assessment techniques to evaluate non-carcinogenic human health risk (NHHR) due to fluoride and nitrate in groundwater of Panipat, Haryana, India. Environmental Pollution, 259, 113711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113711
- Kaur, L., Rishi, M. S., Singh, G., & Thakur, S. N. (2020). Groundwater potential assessment of an alluvial aquifer in Yamuna sub-basin (Panipat region) using remote sensing and GIS techniques in conjunction with analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and catastrophe theory (CT). Ecological Indicators, 110, 105850. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105850)
- Singh, G., Rishi, M. S., Herojeet, R., Kaur, L., & Sharma, K. (2019). Multivariate analysis and geochemical signatures of groundwater in the agricultural dominated taluks of Jalandhar district, Punjab, India. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 106395. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2019.106395).
- Singh, G., Rishi, M. S., Herojeet, R., Kaur, L., & Sharma, K. (2019). Evaluation of groundwater quality and human health risks from fluoride and nitrate in semi-arid region of northern India. Environmental geochemistry and health, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2082557
- Rishi, M. S., Kaur, L*., & Sharma, S. (2019). Groundwater quality appraisal for noncarcinogenic human health risks and irrigation purposes in a part of Yamuna subbasin, India. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2019.1682514
- Sharma, B., Bhardwaj, S. K., Sharma, S., Nautiyal, R., Kaur, L., & Alam, N. M. (2019). Pollution tolerance assessment of temperate woody vegetation growing along the National Highway-5 in Himachal Pradesh, India. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 191(3), 177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-019-7310-x
- Kaur L., Rishi, M. S., Sharma, S., Sharma, B., Lata, R., & Singh, G. (2019). Hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater in alluvial plains of River Yamuna in Northern India: An insight of controlling processes. Journal of King Saud University-Science, 782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksus.2019.01.005
- Kaur, L., & Rishi, M. S. (2018). Integrated geospatial, geostatistical, and remote sensing approach to estimate groundwater level in North-western India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 77(23), 786. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7971-8
- Kaur, L., & Rishi, M. S. (2018). Data on fluoride contamination in potable water in alluvial plains of district Panipat, Haryana, India. Data in brief, 20, 1844-1849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.09.031
- Sharma, B., Sharma, S., Bhardwaj, S. K., Kaur, L., & Sharma, A. (2017). Evaluation of Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) as a tool to monitor pollution and green belt development: A review. Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 9(3), 1637-1643. ISSN : 0974-9411 (Print), 2231-5209 (Online)
Refresher/Orientation/FDP/Workshop/ Programme
01-Month Online National Faculty Induction Programme/Orientation Course Delhi 25th Feb- 27th Mar 2023 organized by Guru Angad Dev-Teaching Learning Centre, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi.
15-days Online National Refresher Course (Communication, Creative Writing and Personality Development & Statistics with ‘R’, Financial Database and Analysis Software)
27th Oct-2022 11th Nov- 2022 conducted by Guru Angad Dev-Teaching Learning Centre, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi.