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The SPARK Sponsored Symposium on Air Pollution and Human Health: Emerging Challenges is being organized by the School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). The symposium is led by a distinguished team of academicians with extensive expertise in air quality, environmental chemistry, and health impact assessment.

The event is coordinated by Prof. Usha K. Aravind (CUSAT, India), Prof. Talha Joo (POSTECH, South Korea), Prof. C. T. Aravindakumar (Mahatma Gandhi University, India), Prof. Kyung Hwan Kim (POSTECH, South Korea), and Prof. Suja Haridas (CUSAT, India). Their collective leadership reflects strong national and international collaboration, aligning with the objectives of the SPARK programme to promote global academic engagement and research excellence.

The symposium aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and collaborative research on emerging challenges at the interface of air pollution and human health.

Focus Areas 

• Emerging Sources and Initiators of Air Pollution

• Advanced Monitoring of Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality

• Chemical Complexity and Transformation of Air Pollutants

• Quantitative Assessment of Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution

• Air Pollution and Neurological Disorders

• Air Pollution and Behavioral Health Outcomes

• Population Susceptibility and Vulnerability to Air Pollutants

• Clean Energy Transitions and Air Quality Improvement

• Urbanization, Sustainable Development, and Air Quality

• Air Pollution–Climate Change Nexus

• Policy Frameworks Integrating Air, Climate, and Energy

List of Speakers 

• Prof. Taiha Joo
  POSTECH, South Korea

• Prof. Saravananth Vigneswaran
  University of Technology, Australia

• Prof. Ajayan Vinu
  University of Newcastle, Australia

• Prof. Dilip Ganguly
  IIT-Delhi, India

• Prof. Shiva Nagendra S. M.
  IIT-Madras, India

• Prof. Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir
  National University of Malaysia, Malaysia

• Prof. Darpa Saurav Jyethi
  Indian Statistical Institute, India

• Prof. Chinmay Malik
  Central University of Rajasthan, India

• Prof. Punarbasu Chaudhuri
  University of Calcutta, India

• Dr. Manoj M. G.
  CUSAT, India

• Dr. Abhilash S.
  CUSAT, India

• Dr. Goutam Chandra
  Mahatma Gandhi University, India

• Dr. Jyothi S. Menon
  Ashoka University, India

Call for Abstract

Abstracts are invited from students, researchers, and academicians to present their work related to the theme of the symposium, “Air Pollution and Human Health: Emerging Challenges.”

Interested participants are requested to submit the soft copy of the abstract in MS Word format as an attachment through the Google registration form. Delegates who wish to attend the symposium without presenting an abstract are also welcome to participate.

For Registration 

Use the link    https://forms.gle/zkv7yoS8DEmckrKu9

Dead Line : 15 January 2026

Contact 

Prof. Usha K. Aravind
Convenor, InKo AirHealth 2026
School of Environmental Studies
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi, India, 682022
airhealthconference@gmail.com

Website : https://ukacusat.in/inko2026/