CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME

Sarabjot Kaur

DATE OF BIRTH

January 12, 1991

SEX

Female

PRESENT ADDRESS

Quarter No. AA15, Dr B R Ambedkar    National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar-144011, Punjab, India

 

  

NATIONALITY

Indian

LANGUAGES KNOWN

English, Hindi and Punjabi

WEB OF SCIENCE RESEARCHER ID

AAE-2891-2019

ORCID ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6646-5562

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Degree

Institute/University/Board

Year of Passing

Percentage

Subjects

Ph. D.

Dr B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar, India

2015-till date

78.37

(Course Work %)

Nuclear and Radiation Physics

M. Sc.

Dr B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar, India

2013-2015

85.21

 

Physics

B. Ed.

Panjab University, Punjab, India

2012-2013

83.18

(University Position Holder)

English, Science

B. Sc.

Panjab University, Punjab, India

2009-2012

80.6

Physics, Maths, English, Computer Science, Environmental Science

Intermediate

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, India

2009

89.8

Physics, Chemistry, Maths, English, Physical Education

High School

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, India

2007

92.4

English, Maths, Science, Social Science, Hindi, Punjabi

 

Ph. D. THESIS TITLE AND SUPERVISOR:

 

"Assessment of natural radioactive contamination levels of environs of Solan and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh, India."

  • – Dr. Rohit Mehra, Associate Professor, Environment Monitoring and Assessment Laboratory, Department of Physics, NIT, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

 

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

 

  1. GATE-2015, All India Ranking-1064, Score-376.
  2. Punjab State Teachers’ Eligibility Test II-2013 Qualified, Score-109.

 

AWARDS AND HONOURS:

 

  1. Won Gold medal and Merit Certificate on securing First position in M. Sc. Physics in 2015 from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar, India (2015).
  2. Awarded INSPIRE Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2016).
  1. Won ‘Best Oral Presentation’ at NCETTS-2016 held at Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh, India (2016).
  2. Won ‘Best Oral Presentation’ at SSNTD-19 held at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India (2015).

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

 

  1. M. Sc. Project 2013-2015 titled “Characterization and synthesis of carbon nanotubes by Flame diffusion process” at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.  
  2. Junior Research Fellow of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India,  from August 2015 - July 2018 at Department of Physics, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.  

3. Senior Research Fellow of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India from July 2018 –till date at Department of Physics, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.

 

EXPERTISE ON EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES:

 

  1. LED Fluorimeter– To measure concentration of uranium in water.
  2. pH/TDS/EC meter– To determine physico-chemical properties of water samples.
  3. Gamma Spectroscopy– To measure concentration of natural radio-nuclides 226Ra, 238U, 232Th, 135Cs, 40K in soil samples.
  4. RAD7– Active technique to measure radon and thoron concentration in air, water and radon in soil.
  5. Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTDs) – To monitor level of indoor Radon/Thoron.
  6. Wire-mesh capped progeny sensors (DTPS/DRPS) – To measure attached and unattached fraction of Radon/Thoron progeny concentration in indoor environment.
  7. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer - To determine concentration of heavy metals in soil and aqueous samples

 

COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS:

 

Use of Microsoft Office, OriginPro 8, Latex, FORTRAN, SPSS

 

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COURSES/WORKSHOP ATTENDED:

 

  1. Refresher course in ‘Materials preparation and Measurement of Properties’ by Indian Academy of Sciences held at Fellows Residency, Jalahalli, Bangalore, India (2016).
  2. Short term course on ‘Water Quality Management’ held on June 20-24, at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India (2016).
  3. Short Term Course on ‘Advances in Material Science and Material Engineering’ held on August 8-14, at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India (2016).
  4. Joint ICTP-IAEA School on ‘Nuclear Energy Management’ held from August 21 to September 1, at Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (2017).
  5. GIAN course on ‘Advanced Direct Reading Radon, Thoron and Progeny Sensors’ held from April 22-27, at Centre for Advanced Research in Environmental Radioactivity (CARER), Mangalore University, Mangalore, India (2019).

 

PAPER PRESENTED IN NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:

 

  1. “Characterization and synthesis of carbon nanotubes by Flame Diffusion Process” oral presentation at National Conference on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTD-19) held  during November 18-21 at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India (2015). (BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD)
  2. “Measurement of radiological dose due to concentration of uranium in water samples in Patiala and Fatehgarh district of Punjab” oral presentation at National Conference on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Sciences (NCETTS-2016) held during March 25-26, at Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh, India (2016). (BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD)
  3. “Assessment of physico-chemical properties and radiological dose due to uranium in water samples belonging to Solan and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh, India” oral presentation at Fifth International Conference on Radiation and Applications in Various Fields of Research (RAD-2017) held during June 12-16 at Slovenska plaža complex, Budva, Montenegro (2017).
  4. “Biokinetic studies on uranium ingested from groundwater of Panipat district, Haryana” poster presentation at National Symposium on Environment (NSE-20) held during Dec. 12-15 at IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India (2018).
  5. "Radiological and dosimetric assessment of primordial radionuclides in soil samples of Lower Himalayas, India" in the Young Scientists’ Conference (YSC-19) held during November 05-07 at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata, India (2019).
  6. "Radiological investigation of groundwater and soil of Bhiwani district, Haryana for health risk assessment" at National Conference on Environment, Energy and Materials (NCEEM-2020) held during June 27-28, 2020 at Sharda University, Greater Noida, India (2020). (BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD)

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

  1. Kaur S, Mehra R (2019) Toxicological risk assessment of protracted ingestion of uranium in groundwater. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 41(2):681-698. 
  2. Mehra R, Kaur S, Prakash R (2019) Optimization of fly ash content in cement and assessment of radiological risk. Indoor and Built Environment, 29(2): 1-7, DOI: 10.1177/1420326X19852983 journals.sagepub.com/home/ibe (May 6, 2019).
  3. Sarabjot Kaur, Poorvi Maheshwari, Rohit Mehra: Dose assessment of natural terrestrial radionuclides in commonly consumed foods in North India. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, http://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncaa050
  4. Kaur S, Mehra R (2020) Dosimetric impact of natural terrestrial radioactivity on residents of Lower Himalayas, India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00748-3.
  5. Punam Kumari, Gulshan Kumar, Sangeeta Prasher, Mukesh Kumar, Rohit Mehra and Sarabjot Kaur (2020) Determination of terrestrial radionuclides and related radiological risks in the soils from Pangi Valley of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India. IOP: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 1531-  012035,  doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1531/1/012035

 

BOOK CHAPTERS:

 

  1. Mehra R, Kaur S (2020) Biokinetic Modelling and Risk Assessment of Uranium in Humans. In: Gupta DK, Walther C (eds) Uranium in Plants and the Environment. Series: Radionuclides and Heavy Metals in the Environment. Springer, Cham.

 

SCIENTIFIC/PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

 

  1. Life Member of Nuclear Track Society of India (NTSI), since November 2015.
  2. Vice-President of Physical Science Society of Department of Physics, NIT, Jalandhar, since February 2019.
  3. Student member of Health Physics Society, Herndon, VA, USA since 2019.
  4. Full member of Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, Trieste, Italy since June 2020.

 

REFERENCES

 

1. Dr. Rohit Mehra                                                 

    Associate Professor,                                                 

    Department of Physics,                                                      

    Dr. B.R. Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar, India           

    E. Mail: mehrar@nitj.ac.in                                       

    Phone: 0091-9888534590

2. Dr. Nand Lal Singh

    Professor,

    Department of Physics,

    M.S. University Baroda, Gujarat, India

    E. Mail: singhnandlal@gmail.com, nl.singh-phy@msubaroda.ac.in

    Phone: 0091-9426409840

3. Dr. Dharmendra K. Gupta

    Director,

    2nd floor Vayu Wing,

    Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change,

    Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Aliganj, Jorbagh Road, New Delhi-110003, India

     E. Mail: guptadk1971@gmail.com; gupta@irs.uni-hannover.de
     Phone: 0049-511-762-14324

 

 

Jalandhar, India                                                                                                    Sarabjot Kaur

Date: 02-12-2020

(This résumé was posted on 2 December 2020.)