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Dr.Ashok Kumar Ghosh Professor In-charge, Dept. of Environment and Water Management, A.N.College,Patna – 800013,India

Dr. Ashok Kumar Ghosh is working as Professor-in-Charge in the Department of Environment and Water Management, A.N.College, Patna, India. He is also the coordinater of community college of ANC,Patna,India.He is engaged in active research in the area of water quality, especially arsenic and fluoride contaminations in groundwater resources. He is an International Scientific Advisor of UKIERI- sponsored research project for Arsenic studies-PRAMA [University of Manchester]. He is a collaborator in the Environmental Conservation studies under Cambridge-India Partnership. He is an adviser East Zone Water partnership, an affiliate of Global Water Partnership (GWP). He was the P.I. of UNICEF-sponsored project on arsenic-affected groundwater in Bihar and reported many Arsenic hotspots in four districts of Bihar. He has worked on UGC-sponsored project on Risk Assessment of Population in Arsenic Affected Areas in Bhojpur District and also on a project on Nano-biotechnology, sponsored by UGC. Currently he is working on a DST supported project on bioremediation of arsenic sludge. Dr.Ghosh has presented his research papers in International Seminars in India and abroad (USA, UK, Australia, Ireland, Bangladesh, Spain, Germany, Turkey, The Netherlands and Sweden).Dr. Ghosh is one of the coordinators of European Commission sponsored project “Erasmus Mundus Eurindia and India4EU Program” - a worldwide cooperation and mobility  that aims to enhance quality in higher education and promote intercultural understanding. Dr.Ghosh has been awarded Erasmus Mundus EurIndia Fellowship in 2010 for collaborative research with University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany. Dr.Ghosh has been nominated as one of the member of Bihar State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority by Government of India in 2011.e is also a member of Bihar State Pollution Control Board.Recently he has been elected as one of the members of Governing Body of WES-Net – India, a water and sanitation network supported by Unicef.Dr.Ashok Ghosh has been awarded   Erasmus Mundus  India4EU fellowships again in 2014 to visit KTH, Stockholm, Sweden. He was one of the eight persons selected  from India by IEE and US embassy to study community colleges of US in March,2014.Currently Dr.Ghosh is working on a research project for removal of fluoride from drinking water supported by Unilever. Contact Detail E mail: ashok.ghosh51@gmail.com,ghosh51@ancpatna.com Cell: +91 9334205809Tel: +91 612 2282094 Web: http://ghosh51.page4.me