Dr Ritusmita Goswami | Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Ritusmita Goswami

Assistant Professor
Guwahati Campus, Centre for Ecology, Environment and Sustainable Development, School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Qualification

M. Sc.,

Ph. D. in Environmental Science (Tezpur University, Tezpur)

Post Doctoral (IIT,Gandhinagar)

Contact

ritusmita.goswami[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

Personal email id - ritusmita100@gmail.com

Office email id - ritusmita.goswami@tiss.edu

Dr. Ritusmita Goswami is currently working as Assistant Professor at the Centre for Ecology, Environment, and Sustainable Development, TISS Guwahati campus. She earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Tezpur University. Dr. Goswami has more than 8 years of experience in research and teaching. During her research journey, she has received many prestigious Awards, Fellowships and Grants including Jagdish Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS) visiting student fellowship from DST-FIST, Govt of India, Grant for project under Women Scientist -B from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India, Grant for project under Young Scientist Scheme of DST, Science and Technology Award for Research (STAR) from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India. She has received another prestigious grant POWER (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research) from SERB, Govt of India to carry out new research in the field of Emerging contaminants. Recently, Dr. Goswami has received another grant under SERB POWER Mobility(SPM) Grant from Govt of India under which she visited KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockhom, Sweden for one month period to carry out research in the field of remediation of emerging contaminants.

The thrust area of her research is exploration of environmental problems and finding sustainable solutions and more specifically she has been working in the field of groundwater contamination; pollution pathways, health risk assessment, and remediation. She has published 32 papers in reputed international journals with high impact factor. She has also published a number of book chapters and more than a dozen publications in many conference proceedings. She has been serving as a reviewer for many reputed international journals, such as Chemosphere, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Ecological Engineering, Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Adsorption Science and Technology, etc. Also, she is engaged with many outreach activities and awareness programs on water literacy and the betterment of the environment.

Groundwater pollution, Contaminant transport in the sediment-water matrix, Emerging contaminats, Arsenic Food chain accumulation study, Pollution remediation, Health risk assessment, Antibiotic resistant Bacteria (ARB), Water literacy and awareness, Citizen Science.

Publications (Last Five years)

A. Publications in International Journals

N.Neog, R. Goswami, D.Pandey, M.Silvan, M.Kumar (In press). The need for intervention for prevention of arsenic contamination in the groundwater of northeastern India: Correlating geological influences and plate techtonics. Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health (Elsevier).
M. Kumar, M. Joshi, G. Jiang, R. Yamada, R.Honda, J. Mahlknecht, D. Barcelo, R. Goswami, K. Kuroda, A. Tiwari, C. Joshi (2023) Response of wastewater-based epidemiology predictor for the second wave of COVID-19 in Ahmedabad, India: A long-term data Perspective, Environmental Pollution (Elsevier), 337, 122471 ISSN: 0269-7491, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122471
R. Goswami, C. Bhagat, I. Lollen, N. Neog, R. Thakur, M. Kumar (2023). Potential arsenic-chromium-lead co-contamination in the hilly terrain of Arunachal Pradesh, north eastern India: Genesis and health perspective. Chemosphere (Elsevier), 138067, ISSN: 0045-6535, IF-8.998
R. Goswami, N. Neog, C. Bhagat , R.Hdeib, J. Mahlknecht, M. Kumar (2022). Arsenic in the groundwater of the Upper Brahmaputra floodplain: Variability, health risks and potential impacts. Chemosphere 306, 135621. ISSN: 0045-6535
R.Goswami, N. Neog, R.Thakur (2022). Hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation in Biswanath and Sonitpur district of the Central Brahmaputra Plain, India. Front. Water 4:889128. doi: 10.3389/frwa.2022.889128.
R.Goswami, N. Neog, R.Thakur (2022). Hydrogeochemical analysis of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation with elevated arsenic and potential impact on agro-ecosystem in Upper Brahmaputra Plain, India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer), ISSN: 0944-1344, IF: 4.3.
M. Kumar, V Srivastava, P. Mazumder, J P Deka, S Gupta, R Goswami, C Mahanta, AL. Ramanathan, M Joshi (2021). The Spectre of SARS-CoV-2 in the Ambient Urban Natural Water in Ahmedabad and Guwahati: A Tale of Two Cities. Environmental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112067, 112067, Elsevier. IF: 6.498
S. Mukherjee, A. Kumar Thakur, R. Goswami, P. Mazumder, K. Taki, M. Vithanage, M. Kumar (2021). Efficacy of agricultural waste derived biochar for arsenic removal: Tackling water quality in the Indo-Gangetic plain. Journal of Environmental Management, 281 111814. Elsevier, IF: 6.789, ISSN: 0301-4797
M. Kumar, S. Mohapatra, P. Mazumder, A. Singh & R. Honda, C. Lin,R. Kumari, R. Goswami, P. K. Jha, M. Vithanage, K. Kuroda. (2020). Making Waves Perspectives of Modelling and Monitoringof SARS-CoV-2 in Aquatic Environment for COVID-19 Pandemic. Current Pollution Reports, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-020-00161-5, 6, 468-479 Springer, IF: 6.373, ISSN: 2198-6592
B. Shaikh, U. B. Barache , B.T. Khogare, R.Goswami, B. N. Kokare,P. P.Wadgaonkar, S. H. Gaikwad. (2020). Highly reproducible, simple and selective analytical method for extractive UV–visible spectrophotometric determination of ruthenium (III): Analysis of catalyst, fissium alloy and sequential separation. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 243, 118814. Elsevier, IF: 4.093, ISSN: 1386-1425
M. Kumar, R.Goswami, A. K. Patel, M. Srivastava, N. Das (2020). Scenario, perspectives and mechanism of arsenic and fluoride Co-occurrence in the groundwater: A review. Chemosphere 249, 126126. Elsevier, IF: 7.086, ISSN: 0045-6535
R. Goswami, M. Kumar, N.Biyani, P.Shea (2020). Evaluation of Exposure and People’s Perception of Health Risk due to Arsenic Contamination in Majuli (River Island), Assam, India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 42(2):443–460 doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/S10653-019-00373-9, Springer, IF: 4.609, ISSN 0269-4042
R. Goswami, M. Kumar, N.Avasti, R.Das (2019). Provenance and Fate of Rare Earth Elements in the Sediment Aquifers Systems of Majuli River Island, India. Chemosphere 237, 12447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.Chemosphere.2019.124477 Elsevier, IF: 5.778
A. Patel, N.Das, R. Goswami, M.Kumar (2019), Arsenic mobility and potential co-leaching of fluoride from the sediments of three tributaries of the Upper Brahmaputra floodplain, Lakhimpur, Assam, India. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 203, 45–58. Elsevier, IF: 3.746, ISSN: 0375-6742
J.Shim, M.Kumar, R. Goswami, P.Mazumder, B.T.Oh, P.Shea (2019), Removal of p-cresol and tylosin from water using a novel composite of alginate, recycled MnO2and activated carbon. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 364 ,419–428. Elsevier, IF: 10.588, ISSN: 0304-3894
J.Shim, M.Kumar, S.Mukherjee, R. Goswami (2019), Sustainable removal of pernicious arsenic and cadmium by a novel composite of MnO2 impregnated alginate beads: A cost-effective approach for wastewater treatment. Journal of Environment Management. 15,8-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.12.084. Elsevier, IF: 6.789, ISSN: 0301-4797
R., Borah, D., Kumari, A., Gogoi, S., Biswas, R., Goswami, J., Shim, N., Begum, M., Kumar (2018). Efficacy and field applicability of Burmese grape leaf extract (BGLE) for cadmium removal: An implication of metal removal from natural water. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 147, 585–593. Elsevier, IF: 6.291, ISSN: 0147-6513
R. Goswami, M.Kumar. (2018). Removal of fluoride from aqueous solution using nanoscale rice husk biochar. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 7, 446–451. Elsevier, IF: SNIP-1.076. ISSN: 2352-801X
R. Goswami, D.Kumari, M.Kumar, P.Mazumder, R.Kataki, J.Shim (2018). Removal of Cr(VI) ions from the aqueous solution through nanoscale zerovalent iron (nZVI) Magnetite Corn Cob Silica (MCCS): A bio-waste based water purification perspective. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 7, 470–476. Elsevier, IF: SNIP-1.076.

B. Publications as Chapters in Edited Book

R. Goswami, N.Neog (2023). Heavy metals in the environment and its health implications. Book title: Heavy Metals pollution in the environment: Impact on air quality and Human health implications. Chapter 4. ISSN: 978-981-99-0396-2. Editors Rajeev P Singh et al. Springer Publication.
R. Goswami, N.Neog (2023). COVID-19: An Insight into Social Dimension.The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry:Wastewater Surveillance of Covid-19: Perspective, Problem, Prevalence and Precedence. Ed. by Dr. Manish Kumar, Dr. Keisuke Kuroda, Dr. Santanu Mukherjee, Prof. Long D. Ngiehm, Dr. Meththika Vithanage & Dr. Vinay Tyagi. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-61615-5. Springer Publication.
R. Goswami, R. Thakur (2022). Valorizing Sludge: A Bio-Refinery Perspective Prospecting for Sustainable Development (Elsevier publication),Book title Clean Energy and Resource recovery Wastewater Treatment Plants as Biorefineries. Chapter 26, Vol 2, pp 435-453, Editors: V. K.Tyagi, M.Kumar, Alicia An, Z. Cetecioglu, ISBN: 9780323901789

Ongoing

Title of the project: Inorganic Arsenic in food chain through irrigation water-soil-crop pathway: Risk assessment for sustainable agriculture in Brahmaputra floodplain. Funding agency- DST-SERB, Govt of India. Duration: 3 years (2021-2024)
Title of the project: Occurrence of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products and Associated Antibiotic Resistance in the Aquatic Environment: A Correlation Perspective with Urban Bio network. Funding agency- DST-SERB, Govt of India. Duration: 3 years (2021-2024)
Efficacy of agricultural waste derived biochar for sustainable removal of pernicious emerging contaminats: A green approach for water treatment". Funding agency- DST-SERB, Govt of India under SERB-POWER Mobility Grant. Duration: 1 month (Feb 15- Mar 15, 2024). Project work to be done at KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Completed

Title of the project: Understanding of arsenic phase distribution and co-contamination perspective with fluoride in the Brahmaputra flood plains. Funding agency- DST-SERB, Govt of India. Duration: 3 years

Climate change and natural disaster, Field Research Methods, Introduction to GIS and remote sensing, Environmental Impact Assessment, Social Impact Assessment, Environmental audit, Food security issues, Environment and public health, Current environmental issues and problems