About me
Dr. Ashok Kumar Ghosh is currently working as Professor & HoD Research at Mahavir Cancer Institute and Research Centre. He was Chairman of Bihar State Pollution Control Board from 10th January,2018 to 9th May,2023.He superannuated as Professor-in-Charge of Department of Environment and Water Management, A.N. College, Patna, India on 30th June after 44 years of active service. Currently Dr.Ghosh is working on DST sponsored Inter-Institutional research project titled "Tribute Ganga" with IITKh, TERI and ANCP. Dr.Ghosh has published more than 105 research papers and presented his research findings in International Seminars/conferences in India and abroad (USA, UK, Australia, Ireland, Bangladesh, Spain, Germany, Turkey, The Netherlands and Sweden). He has also authored five book chapters published by International publishers. Dr.Ghosh is one of the coordinators of European Commission sponsored project “Erasmus Mundus Eurindia and India4EU II 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 Fellowship in 2010,2014 and 2015 for collaborative research with University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Dr.Ghosh has worked as Chairman of SEAC, Bihar (State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority) by Government of India from July 2014 to July 2017.He also worked as member of Regional Empowered Committee of Department of Environment and Forest, Government of India from2015 to 2023.He was awarded for Excellence in Water Showcase Final at 7th World Water Forum in 2015 held at Daegu, South Korea for his research related to arsenic mitigation in rural Bihar. Dr.Ghosh has been granted Indo-Japan research project with Tokyo University to study impact of arsenic on Gallbladder in 2022.He is also working on lead poisoning in Bihar with Vital Strategies (USA).Dr Ghosh has been awarded one more Indo-UK research project in 2023 to work on “Improving primary healthcare for patients with non-communicable diseases during severe flooding in India” with Birmingham University, UK by National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) UK.
