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SIM-air No. 65-2026: Air quality management during the rush to the great indoors
Commentary: This is a collective summary from the discussions carried out at the “Air Quality in Smaller Towns” roundtable gathering at IISER Mohali, co-organized by IIM-Kolkata, May 8-9, 2026. Broad topics discussed are the following:
- The Traditional Divide: Ambient vs. Household Air Pollution
- Reclassifying the Environment: Urban vs. Domestic
- The Intensity of Exposure
- Beyond the City: The Airshed Perspective
- The Rush to Sealed Environments
- Gated Community Effect
- Exposure Management vs. Emissions Management
- Pollution Management vs. Emissions Management
Discussants (left to right): Tarushi Mishra and Anu Sabhlok (IISER Mohali), Satanyan Sarkar (IIT Mandi), Khusdeep Kaur (Ahmedabad University), Awadhendra Sharan (CSDS), Vsundhara Bhojvaid (Shiv Nadar University), Priyanka Rihel (IISER Mohali), Syed Shoaib Ali (IIT Delhi), Priyarat and Chaynika Bhardwaj (MLSM College, Sunder Nagar), and Kanika Makhija (SP University, Mandi), Rama (ASAR), Annanya Mahajan (SFC), Rohit Negi (IIM Kolkata), Kevin Joshi (Respirer), Omish Sharma (Filmmaker), Aalok Khandekar (IIT Hyderabad), Piyush Bharadwaj (CSTEP), and Sarath Guttikunda (Urban Emissions)
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