Dr. Jagdish Kumar, A Ph.D in Chemistry, has over 36 years of experience in Solid and Hazardous Waste Management; Plastic Waste Management; Water Pollution Prevention and Control; Contaminant Source Tracking; Identification of Point and Non-point Pollution Sources; Bio-magnification of Pollutants in Food-chain; Environmental Modeling; Resource Recovery; Air Pollution Prevention and Control; Flue Gas and Industrial Heat Recovery; Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production; Risk Assessment and Hazard Management; Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation and other related areas. Dr. Kumar served as the Senior Expert of EU-India bilateral Technical Cooperation for Environment from 2014-18 for creating enabling environment for implementation of cleaner, greener and climate-friendly technologies. Dr.Kumar has successfully implemented various projects for EU, UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, JICA, WHO and various Public and Private Sectors sponsors on PAN-India basis and overseas. Presently, Dr Kumar is the Senior Assistant Director & Chief in Environment Protection Division of SRI. Dr. Kumar is an approved EIA Coordinator and Functional Area Expert by the NABET/ QCI and also is an approved “Government Analyst” by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India.