1. Jain, Y., Kumar, V., Garaga, R., & Kota, S. H. (2025). Assessment of Discrepancies in PM2.5 Modeling and Heavy Metal Associated Health Implications in Tier 2 and 3 Non-Attainment Cities: EDGAR-Driven WRF-Chem vs. Field Data in Alwar and Amritsar. Environmental Pollution, 126223. (IF – 7.60)
2. Dammala, P. K., Kolli, S., Garaga, R., Reddy, K. R., & Kumar, P. (2025). Aeolian dune fixation–critical review of measures, challenges, and future perspectives with a case study on the Thar Desert. CATENA, 250, 108786. (IF – 5.40)
3. Garaga, R. Health Risk Assessment of Different Sources of Metals in PM10 and PM2.5 in the Largest City in Northeast India, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 2024: 28(2), 04024005 (IF – 2.70).
4. Garaga R, Thirunagiri BK, Kota SH. Association of Ventilation Rates with Building Design in Various Built Environments: A Critical Review, Current Pollution Reports (SCI). 2023: 9, 569–589 (IF – 8.09)
5. Garaga R, Gokhale S, Kota SH. Source Apportionment of Size-Segregated Atmospheric Particles and Influence of Particles Deposition in Human Respiratory Tract in Five Locations in Assam, India, Chemosphere (SCI). 2020: 255, 126980 (IF – 8.94)
6. Garaga R, Chakraborty S, Zhang H, Gokhale S, Qiao X, Kota SH. Acid rain in Guwahati, Northeast India: Chemical composition and the relationship with anthropogenic emissions and monsoons, Atmospheric Research (SCI). 2020: 232, 104683 (IF – 5.97)
7. Wasim J, Minas I, Garaga R, Euripides GS, Kota SH, Ying Q, Guo B. Source apportionment of carbonaceous pollutants in fine and coarse atmospheric particles in Doha, Qatar. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (Scopus), 2019: 69 (11), 1277- 1292 (IF – 2.70)
8. Garaga, R., & Kota, S. H. Characterization of PM10 and impact on human health during the annual festival of lights (Diwali). Journal of Health and Pollution. 2018: 8(20), 181206  (IF – 0.61)
9. Garaga R, Sahu SK, Kota SH. A Review of Air Quality Modeling Studies in India: Local and Regional Scale. Current Pollution Reports (SCI E). 2018: 4, 59-73 (IF – 8.94)
10. Garaga R, Avinash CK, Kota SH. Seasonal variation of airborne allergenic fungal spores in ambient PM10—a study in Guwahati, the largest city of north-east India. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health (SCI E). 2018: 12, 11-20 (IF – 5.80)
11. Kota SH, Guo H, Myllyvirta L, Hu J, Sahu SK, Garaga R, Ying Q, Gao A, Dahiya S, Wang Y, Zhang H. Year-long simulation of gaseous and particulate air pollutants in India. Atmospheric Environment (SCI). 2018: 180, 244-55 (IF – 5.75)

Seminars/Conferences

• Organized an in-person ETSD seminar on “World Health Day” in association with Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) with a speaker from AIIMS Jodhpur
• Organized a webinar on “Annual Air Quality Awareness week” on 2nd May 2024 with a speaker from Princeton University, USA, and the title of the talk was “Clean the AIR for children”
• Organized a virtual panel discussion on “World Environment Day” with speakers from the USA, the UK, and India
• As a Core Organizing Team Member, I organized the International Conference, THRIVE 2025, at IIT Jodhpur.

Community work

• Represented IIT Jodhpur as an Empanelled Environmental Auditor for Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) to inspect five industries in the Bhilwara district, Rajasthan
• As PI of UBA IITJ, I organized a Gram Sabha event on 1st May 2024, in one of the adopted villages of IIT Jodhpur.
• Engaged actively in national initiatives, notably the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan during 2023, 2024, and 2025 through CETSD, IIT Jodhpur.

Services at CETSD IITJ

1. Conceptualized and designed two advanced core courses for PhD students (700-level)
2. Conceptualized and designed two advanced elective courses (700-level)
3. Coordinated the focus group meetings for proposing a new Department of Environment and Sustainability and submitted the interim report (Sep 2025).
4. Faculty Advisor, CETSD, IIT Jodhpur (2024-25) & (2025-26)
5. Member of the Institute Digital Infrastructure Committee, IIT Jodhpur (since Oct 2025)
6. Member of the Institute Swachhata Committee (Sep 2025)
7. Coordinated the THRIVE conference (March 2025)
8. Member of the Institute Sustainability Committee, IIT Jodhpur (since May 2024)
9. Faculty Recruitment Coordinator, CETSD, IIT Jodhpur (2023-24)
10. As PI, IIT Jodhpur, spearheading the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) initiatives under the CETSD at IIT Jodhpur (since February 2024)
11. Contributed actively to the drafting and publication of the First Edition of the CETSD Brochure.
12. Successfully coordinated the submission of the Detailed Project Proposal (DPR) for the extension campus at Jaipur, focusing on Sustainability.
13. Coordinated the School of Sustainability concept notes and facilitated its submission to organizations like Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation (MFF), the Adani Group, etc.

• October 2025: Travel Grant to SURAJ intern, awarded by American Geophysical Union (AGU25) to participate in AGU25, from 15-19 December 2025 in New Orleans, LA, USA.
• Jan 2025: Appointed as a Guest Editor of the Indoor Environments journal in collaboration with Healthy Buildings 2025
• June 2024: Awarded with prestigious GWIS National Fellowship Awardee (2024-2025), one of nine recipients (the Only candidate representing India), recognized for outstanding hypothesis-driven research in STEM fields.
• April 2024: Recent article 'Health Risk Assessment of Different Sources of Metals in PM10 and PM2.5 in the Largest City in Northeast India’ was announced as Editor’s Choice section of the Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste page in the ASCE Library https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jhtrbp
• April 2024: Appointed as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HZheng), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• May 2024: Featured in the ASCE Publishing Technical Note Spotlight for research work 'Health Risk Assessment of Different Sources of Metals in PM10 and PM2.5 in the Largest City in Northeast India’
• December 2023: Travel Grant awarded by American Geophysical Union (AGU23) to participate in AGU23 held 11-15 December 2023 in San Francisco, California, USA, and online everywhere