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See
General India section on this Wikipedia page on the AQI.
Rama Lakshmi (17 October 2014). "India launches its own Air Quality Index. Can its numbers be trusted?".Washington Post. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
Jump up^ "National Air Quality Index (AQI) launched by the Environment Minister AQI is a huge initiative under 'Swachh Bharat'". Retrieved 20 August 2015.
Jump up^ "Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations". 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
Jump up^ "India launches index to measure air quality".timesofindia-economictimes. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
Jump up^ http://home.iitk.ac.in/~mukesh/indian%20air%20quality.html
Jump up^ "::: Central Pollution Control Board :::". Retrieved20 August 2015.
DONE--ALLIM--ALL IN PECEResources
List of organizations--India
List of news reporting--India
List of lawsuits, legal action--India
Bus Rapid Transit Systems
overview of BRTs in India (including PUNE)
http://www.sustainablecitiescollective.com/kumar-manish/180741/my-bus-brts-launched-bhopal-bridges-old-city-and-new-city-india
Bhopal BRT report (with good references to plans and projects in other Indian metros and elsewhere -- rooted in Bogota)
Data and Monitoring
Seventh Workshop on Big Data Benchmarking
sponsored by San Diego Supercomputer Center to be held in New Delhi, December 14-15, 2015; from the speakers list:
Ashok Despande -- fuzzy logic, mostly at UC Berkeley but also Pune; did this study of fuzzy logic modeling of air quality comparing NYC and Mumbai:
http://link.springer.com.libproxy.rpi.edu/article/10.1007/s10661-015-4351-7; see also
https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/ceser/2014/11/26/prof-ashok-deshpande-berkeley-seminar-on-application-of-fuzzy-logic-to-environmental-data-ibuild/https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/ceser/2014/11/26/prof-ashok-deshpande-berkeley-seminar-on-application-of-fuzzy-logic-to-environmental-data- ibuild/
Prateek Sharma civil engineer; contribution here is on "
Contributed
Contributed Paper: Assessment"Assessment of ambient modelling approach"
author of
Air quality air pollution.
Sharma, Sharma, P., Jain, , 2015
. In: CITIES-the Affairs (NIUA)
which I can't find
S.M. Shiva for CPCB, contribution to this conference is on "
Contributed Paper: smart cities"; see
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/?q=shiva_rp;
co-author of this review paper on urban air quality:: {APR-15-033.pdf}
Mukesh Khare: IIT Delhi
http://civil.iitd.ac.in/biosketch/khare.html
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT-Delhi/Environmental%20Air%20Pollution/air%20pollution%20%28Civil%29/khare.htm
India newsAir Quality Index and other Data
Air quality data sets at data.gov.in:
https://data.gov.in/dataset-group-name/air-quality
Shortlist for the Data Visualization Challenge 2014
http://embarqindiahub.org/infographics/announcing-shortlist-data-visualization-challenge-umi-2014
includes a couple of air quality entries:
Do populations and vehicle densities affect air quality:
http://embarqindiahub.org/sites/default/files/infographics/Sudipto-Ghosh.jpg
Vivek Patil is at Gonzaga University in Spokane WA; he used WHO data to create some visualizations of PM10 and PM2.5 here;
patilv.com/airpollution/
Why India needs open data for better urban mobility:
http://thecityfix.com/blog/india-needs-open-data-better-urban-mobility-zainab-kakal-roshan-toshniwal/
Infosys (in Bangalore?) invests in indoor air monitor startup:
http://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/air-quality-monitoring-pioneer.aspx
startup is based in Pittsburgh (CMU link), monitor sells for $200:
https://www.specksensor.com/
Rama Lakshmi (17 October 2014). "India launches its own Air Quality Index. Can its numbers be trusted?".Washington Post.
"National Air Quality Index (AQI) launched by the Environment Minister AQI is a huge initiative under 'Swachh Bharat'".
"Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations".
"India launches index to measure air quality".timesofindia-economictimes.
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~mukesh/indian%20air%20quality.htm
"::: Central Pollution Control Board :::".
India News
NYTimes: India's Air Poll

See India section on this Wikipedia page on the AQI.
Rama Lakshmi (17 October 2014). "India launches its own Air Quality Index. Can its numbers be trusted?".Washington Post. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
Jump up^ "National Air Quality Index (AQI) launched by the Environment Minister AQI is a huge initiative under 'Swachh Bharat'". Retrieved 20 August 2015.
Jump up^ "Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations". 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
Jump up^ "India launches index to measure air quality".timesofindia-economictimes. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
Jump up^ http://home.iitk.ac.in/~mukesh/indian%20air%20quality.html
Jump up^ "::: Central Pollution Control Board :::". Retrieved20 August 2015.
DONE--ALLIM--ALL IN PECE
Bus Rapid Transit Systems

Albany Air Quality Monitoring
Notes on Albany for 6 Cities
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Port-of-Albany-to-study-truck-traffic-in-South-End-9208457.php

Greenpeace India page
articles and reports
Bangalore’s dying trees
http://qz.com/734657/in-indias-silicon-valley-dying-trees-mirror-a-beautiful-citys-dreadful-decline/
cluster of article about Bangalore --
http://www.citylab.com/search/?q=Bangalore

http://civil.iitd.ac.in/biosketch/khare.html
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT-Delhi/Environmental%20Air%20Pollution/air%20pollution%20%28Civil%29/khare.htm
India news
NYTimes: India's Air Poll

Do we see a similar phenomenon with other acute conditions (i.e. asthma attacks)? (added AM 9.22)
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(15)00079-0/abstract
India news
NYTimes: India's Air Poll

urban hackers in Bangalore
http://www.lostprogrammer.com/blog/call-data-records-of-bangalore-police-investigations/
Infosys (in Bangalore) invests in indoor air monitor startup:
http://www.infosys.com/newsroom/press-releases/Pages/air-quality-monitoring-pioneer.aspx
http://www.who.int/features/2015/ncd-india/en/ (added AM 9.22)
Do we see a similar phenomenon with other acute conditions (i.e. asthma attacks)? (added AM 9.22)

http://www.sustainablecitiescollective.com/kumar-manish/180741/my-bus-brts-launched-bhopal-bridges-old-city-and-new-city-india
Bhopal BRT report (with good references to plans and projects in other Indian metros and elsewhere -- rooted in Bogota)
Seventh Workshop on Big Data Benchmarking
sponsored by San Diego Supercomputer Center to be held in New Delhi, December 14-15, 2015; from the speakers list:
Ashok Despande -- fuzzy logic, mostly at UC Berkeley but also Pune; did this study of fuzzy logic modeling of air quality comparing NYC and Mumbai:
http://link.springer.com.libproxy.rpi.edu/article/10.1007/s10661-015-4351-7; see also
https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/ceser/2014/11/26/prof-ashok-deshpande-berkeley-seminar-on-application-of-fuzzy-logic-to-environmental-data-ibuild/
Prateek Sharma -- a Dean at TERI Univeristy in Delhi; civil engineer; contribution here is on "
Contributed Paper: Assessment of ambient air quality compliance criteria using statistical distribution modelling approach"
author of
Air quality modelling: An effective tool for managing urban air pollution.
Sharma, P., Jain, S., Sharma, P , 2015
. In: CITIES-the 21st Century India, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)
which I can't find
S.M. Shiva Nagendra -- civil engineer at IIT Madras, working on air modeling for CPCB, contribution to this conference is on "
Contributed Paper: Low cost sensors for air quality management in smart cities"; see
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/?q=shiva_rp;
co-author of this review paper on urban air quality: {APR-15-033.pdf}
Mukesh Khare: IIT Delhi
http://civil.iitd.ac.in/biosketch/khare.html
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT-Delhi/Environmental%20Air%20Pollution/air%20pollution%20%28Civil%29/khare.htm

people to interview
Suchith Kidyoor, journalist, Bangalore Mirror Bureau.
author of this piece on transportation in Bangalore; we need to ask him where he got this data, how hard it was to get.
Bengaluru Snapshot
organizations
Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike
cluster of article about Bangalore --
http://www.citylab.com/search/?q=Bangalore
Kiani Conley-Wilson
IT sector behind CO emissions in Bangalore
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/feO2rxZiEiEAPZKqyZHp1H/IT-sector-behind-Bengalurus-high-CO2-emissions.html
urban hackers in Bangalore
http://www.lostprogrammer.com/blog/call-data-records-of-bangalore-police-investigations/
Seventh Workshop on Big Data Benchmarking
sponsored by San Diego Supercomputer Center to be held in New Delhi, December 14-15, 2015; from the speakers list:
Ashok Despande -- fuzzy logic, mostly at UC Berkeley but also Pune; did this study of fuzzy logic modeling of air quality comparing NYC and Mumbai:
http://link.springer.com.libproxy.rpi.edu/article/10.1007/s10661-015-4351-7; see also
https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/ceser/2014/11/26/prof-ashok-deshpande-berkeley-seminar-on-application-of-fuzzy-logic-to-environmental-data-ibuild/
Prateek Sharma -- a Dean at TERI Univeristy in Delhi; civil engineer; contribution here is on "
Contributed Paper: Assessment of ambient air quality compliance criteria using statistical distribution modelling approach"
author of
Air quality modelling: An effective tool for managing urban air pollution.
Sharma, P., Jain, S., Sharma, P , 2015
. In: CITIES-the 21st Century India, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)
which I can't find
S.M. Shiva Nagendra -- civil engineer at IIT Madras, working on air modeling for CPCB, contribution to this conference is on "
Contributed Paper: Low cost sensors for air quality management in smart cities"; see
http://www.civil.iitm.ac.in/?q=shiva_rp;
co-author of this review paper on urban air quality: {APR-15-033.pdf}
Mukesh Khare: IIT Delhi
http://civil.iitd.ac.in/biosketch/khare.html
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-contents/IIT-Delhi/Environmental%20Air%20Pollution/air%20pollution%20%28Civil%29/khare.htm
http://www.who.int/features/2015/ncd-india/en/ (added AM 9.22)
Do we see a similar phenomenon with other acute conditions (i.e. asthma attacks)? (added AM 9.22)

Bengaluru interviews
people to interview
Suchith Kidyoor, Mirror Bureau.
author
author of this to get.
Bengaluru Snapshot
organizations
Prayanikara Vedike (suggested by Govind)
Civic
Civic Bangalore (suggested by Govind)
ATREE(suggested by Govind)
ATREE
Azim Premji University (suggested by Govind)
Greenpeace India page
articles and reports
cluster of article about Bangalore --
http://www.citylab.com/search/?q=Bangalore
IT sector behind CO emissions in Bangalore
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/feO2rxZiEiEAPZKqyZHp1H/IT-sector-behind-Bengalurus-high-CO2-emissions.html
smart (Indian) citiescitiesution Emergency
Review of study of air pollution regulation in India published in the American Economic Review
http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2014/10/14/addressing-india-s-air-quality-health-and-climate-requires-public-action-study-fi
DeccanChroncile Article Bengaluru (Kora)
Greenpeace India study of Bangalore September 2015:
http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2015/09/24/india-air-pollution-the-air-in-bangalore-is-dangerously-dirty/
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/smart-cities-governance-first/
urban hackers in Bangalore
Contributed Paper: Assessment of ambient air quality compliance criteria using statistical distribution modelling approach"
author of
air pollution.
Sharma, P., Jain, S., Sharma, P , 2015
. In: CITIES-the 21st Century India, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(15)00079-0/abstract
India news
India's Air Pollution Emergency
Review of study of air pollution regulation in India published in the American Economic Review
http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2014/10/14/addressing-india-s-air-quality-health-and-climate-requires-public-action-study-fi
Bengalura news
DeccanChroncile Article Bengaluru (Kora)
Greenpeace India study of Bangalore September 2015:
http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2015/09/24/india-air-pollution-the-air-in-bangalore-is-dangerously-dirty/
Poll