Nihar Ranjan Sahoo

Dynamic Chief Environmental Engineer with extensive experience at the State Pollution Control Board, excelling in policy writing and hazardous waste management. Proven track record in implementing climate change strategies and enhancing air quality. Adept at collaboration and investigation, driving compliance and innovative solutions in environmental policy and planning.

• Life Member of Odisha Environmental Society
• Life Member of Society of Geo-scientist and Allied Technologist
• Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Member of Indian Association for Air Pollution Control

• Air Quality Modelling of Angul-Talcher area, in association with Norwegian Institute of Air Research (NILU), Oslo, Norway
• Developed a policy for levying pollution charge―a unique Economic Instrument for pollution control in the country
• As national expert in developing framework for Remediation of contaminated sites of the country
• Environmental Rating and Disclosure Program in association with the World Bank
• Member of committee for preparation of State Climate Change Action Plan
• Heat Island study for Angul-Talcher in association with IIT Delhi
• Heat Island Study for Ib valley-Jharsuguda area in association with DFID and TERI University
• GIS-based Decision Support System for Critically Polluted Areas of Odisha
• National Clean Air Program and Low Emission Zone for Bhubaneswar

• Sahoo, N. R., Mohapatra, P. K. J., Sahoo, B. K., Mahanty, B., 2017, Rationality of Energy Efficiency Improvement Targets under the PAT Scheme in India – A Case of Thermal Power Plants, Energy Economics, 66, 279 – 289
• Sahoo, N. R., Mohapatra, P. K. J., Mahanty, B., 2017, Compliance choice analysis for India’s thermal power sector in the market-based energy efficiency regime, Energy Policy, 108, 624 – 633
• Sahoo, N. R., Mohapatra, P. K. J., Mahanty, B., 2018, Examining the process of normalizing the energy-efficiency targets for coal-based thermal power sector in India, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 81, 342 – 352
• P. Mohapatra, Sourabh Nanda, Nihar Ranjan Sahoo and Debasis Sahoo, 2017, Development of sustainable manufacturing process: A fuzzy- AHP Approach, AETM-2017, Bangkok
• P. Mohapatra, N. R. Sahoo and S. Nanda, 2016, Adoptability of sustainable energy technology in Rural India, Green Asia and Sustainability Forum Conference, Bangkok
• Manju Mohan, Vivek Singh, Sweta Bhatti, N. Lodhi, A. Sati, N. R. Sahoo, S. Dash, P. C. Mishra, 2020, Industrial heat island: a case study of Angul-Talcher region in India, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 141, 1-2
• Vivek Singh, Sweta Bhatti, Manju Mohan, N. R. Sahoo, S. Dash, 2022, Numerical simulation of the impact of urban canopies and anthropogenic emissions on heat island effect in an industrial area: A case study of Angul-Talcher region in India, Atmospheric Research, 277, 7

• Date of Birth: 01/05/66
• Gender: Male

• Gold Medal for standing first in M.Tech, University of Roorkee (Presently IIT Roorkee), 1995
• British Chevening Fellowship, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Government of UK, 2000

• Environment Management, 2000, University of Manchester and University of Bradford, UK
• Planning for Environmental Preservation, 1998, Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Science, Hokkaido, Japan