• Associate Professor – August, 2021 – continuing

          Dept of Remote Sensing, BIT Mesra, India 

• Assistant Professor  – September, 2011 – July, 2021

          Centre of Excellence in Climatology, Dept of Physics, BIT Mesra, Jaipur Campus, India 

• Post Doctorate – September, 2013 – August, 2014

           CNRM / Meteo – France, Toulouse, France

• Young Scientist  – 2002 – 2003

            Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Hamburg, Germany 

ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE MODELS/TOOLS

• Atmospheric Physics
• Remote Sensing for Aerosol / Air Pollution 
• Numerical Modelling (Mesoscale model, Chemistry Transport model and Statistical model)
• Different special weather phenomenon (Fog, Dust Storm, Lightning etc)

Expertise :-

• Regional Mesoscale modeling ( WRF) , Chemistry transport model ( MOCAGE, WRF-Chem) Models, Radiative Forcing Model(SBDART), OPAC
• Assimilation ( mainly 3D-VAR, 3D-FGAT)
• Satellite data ( MLS, MIPAS, MODIS,OMI, INSAT-3D,ISS,TRMM)
• Instrument handle :- Aerosol spectrometer, Pyranometer, High Volume Sampler,Nephelometer, Sun Photometer

• Listed in Who'sWho in the World® 2016 (33rd Edition)
• Fellowship to work in CNRM, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France
• World Meteorological Organizatⁿ(WMO) support for talk at Geneva, Switzerland
• International travel support by DST, Govt of India for participation in AAAR-2012 at Florida, USA
• GSFC, NASA support for participation in the PI of AERONET’s meeting at Hangzhou, China
• Visiting Research Staff at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
• Worked as a Young Scientist in Max Planck Institute of Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
• Received GATE Scholarship (All India Rank: - 64) for M Tech at IIT Kharagpur
• Received National Scholarship from UGC, Govt of India for graduation result.

Conference / Workshop Organizations Recently

• Part of Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) of weekly Webinar/Workshop on Atmospheric Processes and applications of computational mathematics (W³APACM), Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida and IMS Noida , 5^th to 20^th June, 2020
• Organising Committee Member of INAE Annual Convention , 12th - 14th December 2019, BISR Jaipur, Rajastha
• Part of National Advisory Committee, National Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering,   (NCITCE) 2018, Poornima University, Jaipur 13-14 April, 2018.
• Coordinator, Workshop on careers and opportunities in Atmospheric Sciences, IMS Jaipur Chapter, BISR Jaipur ,15^th  March 2018.
• Organising Committee Member of 5th Rajasthan Science Congress, 13th - 15th October, 2017, Amity       University, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Research Publications ( only SCI/e)

• P Gupta, S Verma, P Mukhopadhyay, R Bhatla, Swagata Payra. Fidelity of WRF model in simulating heat wave events over India. Scientific reports 14, Article number: 2693 (2024),  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52541-2, 1^st February, 2024
• P K Yadava, A Sharma, Swagata Payra, R K Mall, S Verma. Influence of meteorological parameters on lightning flashes over Indian region. Journal of Earth System Science, volume 132, 179 (2023),Springer, Indexing:-SCIe, Scopus ,https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-023-02188-w , IF:- 2.0, 4th November, 2023.
• P Gupta, Swagata Payra, R Bhatla, S Verma. WRF-Chem modeling study of heat wave driven ozone over southeast region, India. Environmental Pollution, Elsevier, volume 340, Part 2. Indexing:- SCI, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122744, IF:-8.9, 31^st October, 2023
•  S Ghosh, A Sarkar, R Bhatla, R K Mall, Swagata Payra, S Verma. Changes in the mechanism of the South Asian summer monsoon onset propagation induced by the pre-monsoon aerosol dust storm. Atmospheric research, Elsevier, Volume 294. Indexing:-SCIe, Scopus,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106980, IF:- 5.965. 26^th August 2023, 
• Swagata Payra, A Sharma, M K Mishra, and S Verma. "Performance Evaluation of MODIS and VIIRS Satellite AOD Products over Indian Subcontinent." Frontiers in Environmental Science 11: 596. SCIe.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1158641 , IF :- 5.411, 6^th June, 2023
• P Gupta, Swagata Payra, R Bhatla and S Verma. An evaluation of long-term gridded datasets of total columnar ozone retrieved from MERRA-2 and AIRS over the Indian region. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 43586–43603 (2023). SCI,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25319-8, IF :- 5.19, 20^th January, 2023
• J Singh, Swagata Payra, M K Mishra and S Verma,  An analysis of particulate pollution using urban aerosol pollution island intensity over Delhi, India. Environ Monit Assess 194, 874 (2022). SCIe, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10573-z, IF :- 3.307, 13^th October, 2022
• Swagata Payra, P Gupta, A Sarkar, R Bhatla and S Verma., Changes in tropospheric ozone concentration over Indo-Gangetic Plains: the role of meteorological parameters., Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics Indexing:- SCI, Scopus https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-022-00932-3., 20 September. IF :2.292
• D Prakash, S Verma, Swagata Payra and V Kumar., Impact of an annular solar eclipse on trace gases and meteorological parameters over Jaipur, Northwestern India., Indexing:- SCIe, Scopus doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1005888, Front. Environ. Sci. 10:1005888., 6 October 2022. IF:- 5.411
• A Singh, S Singh, A K Srivastava, Swagata Payra, V Pathak, A K Shukla., Climatology and model prediction of aerosol optical properties over the Indo-Gangetic Basin in north India., Environ Monit Assess Indexing:- SCIe, Scopus https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10440-x, 30 August 2022. IF:- 3.307
• J Singh, Swagata Payra, M K Mishra and S Verma., An analysis of particulate pollution using urban aerosol pollution island intensity over Delhi, India., Environ Monit Assess, Indexing:- SCIe, Scopus https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10573-z, 12 July 2022. IF:-3.307
• S Verma, M Soni, H Kumar, M K. Mishra, Swagata Payra and Bhawar R., Characterizing Aerosols during Forest Fires over Uttarakhand Region in India using Multi-Satellite Remote Sensing Data, Advances in Space Research,, Indexing:- SCIe, Scopus https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.05.051, ISSN: 0273-1177, (AISR-D-22-00372R1), 30 May 2022. IF- 2.611
• M Soni, S Verma, S., M K. Mishra , R K Mall and Swagata Payra* (2022), Estimation of Particulate Matter Pollution using WRF-Chem during dust storm event over India, UCLIM-D-21-00516R3, Urban Climate, ? 2022, Indexing:- SCIe, Scopus, IF 5.731
• P K Chaubey, R. K Mall, R Jaiswal, & Swagata Payra (2022). Spatio?Temporal Changes in Extreme Rainfall Events Over Different Indian River Basins. Earth and Space Science, 9(3), e2021EA001930. Indexing:- SCIe, Scopus, IF:- 3.68
• Sunita Verma, A Sharma, P K Yadava, P Gupta, J Singh and Swagata Payra* (2022), Rapid flash flood calamity in Chamoli, Uttarakhand region during Feb 2021: An analysis based on satellite data, Natural Hazards, Indexing:-SCIe, Scopus , https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05232-y, 23 Jan 2022, IF :- 3.158.
• Swagata Payra, P Gupta, R Bhatla, L El Amraoui & S Verma, Temporal and spatial variability in aerosol optical depth (550 nm) over four major cities of India using data from MODIS onboard the Terra and Aqua satellites, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Indexing:- SCIe, Scopus , IF :- 1.827  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07455-y
• S Verma, P K Yadava, P.K., D M Lal, R K Mall, H Kumar, Swagata Payra* (2021) Role of Lightning NOx in Ozone Formation: A Review. Pure and Applied Geophysics, Indexing:- SCIe, Scopus , IF :- 2.335, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-021-02710-5
• M Soni, A S Chandel , S Verma, Swagata Payra*, D Prakash, B Holben (2021). Aerosols properties over desert influenced locations situated in four different continents. Atmospheric Environment, Vol 248,ISSN:1352-2310, Indexing: sci, scopus, IF=8.047, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118232
• M Soni, S Verma, H Jethava, Swagata Payra, L Lamsal, P Gupta, and J Singh (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on the Air Quality over China and India Using Long-term (2009-2020) Multi-Satellite Data. Aerosol and Air Quality Research ,Vol 21, Issue 3, Indexing:scie,scopus , IF=4.53, DOI:10.4209/aaqr.2020.06.0295
• J Singh, P Gupta, D Gupta, S Verma, D Prakash and Swagata Payra, Fine particulate pollution and ambient air quality: A case study over an urban site in Delhi, India. Journal of Earth System Science, volume 129, Article number: 226  (2020). IF :-1.912,  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12040-020-01495-w
• P K Yadava, M Soni, S Verma, H Kumar, A Sharma, & Swagata Payra* (2020). The major lightning regions and associated casualties over India. Natural Hazards 101, 217–229. Indexing:- SCIe, Scopus , IF :-3.158., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-03870-81-13
• P Gupta, S Verma, R Bhatla, A S Chandel, J Singh  and Swagata Payra*(2020)., Validation of surface temperature derived from MERRA?2 Reanalysis against IMD gridded data set over India. Earth and Space Science, 7(1), p.e2019EA000910. Indexing:- SCIe, Scopus, IF:-6.739 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EA000910
• A Sarkar, D Dutta, P Chakraborty,  S K Dutta, S Majumdar, Swagata Payra, & R Bhatla (2020). Influence of cumulus convection and cloud microphysics parameterizations on the prediction of Western Disturbances. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 132, 413–426. Indexing:-SCIe, Scopus , IF:-2.292 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-019-00697-2
• P Gupta, S Verma, R. Bhatla, Swagata Payra, and P K Yadava(2019), Long term (1984-2013) winter temperature variability and cold wave analysis over Varanasi city, The Journal of Indian Geophysical Union (JIGU), Vol 23(4), 343-351, Indexing:- Scopus, (ISSN: 0971-9709), 1^st July 2019
• S R Varpe, A R Kolhe, G C Kutal, G V Pawar, Swagata Payra, K B Budhavant, G R Aher & P C S Devara (2018). Heterogeneity in aerosol characteristics at the semi-arid and island AERONET observing sites in India and Maldives. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol 39(19), 6137-6169. Indexing: SCI, Scopus, IF=3.151,  https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1454622
• P Gupta, R. Bhatla, Swagata Payra, P K Yadava and S Verma(2018), Cold Wave and Severe Cold Wave Events over Indo-Gangetic Plain: Analysis and Comparison for Decadal Variability. International Journal of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Vol 5(2), 101-109, Indexing: NAAS, IF:-2.523
• M Soni, Swagata Payra* & S Verma (2018). Particulate matter estimation over a semi arid region Jaipur, India using satellite AOD and meteorological parameters. Atmospheric Pollution Research, Vol 9(5), 949-958, Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF=4.352,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2018.03.001
• V S Semeena, Swagata Payra, A K Srivastava and J Panda (2018); Review paper on Air Pollution: Why Does It Matter? ; Int. J. Earth Atmos. Sci, Vol 5(1), 1-12, Indexing: NAAS
• S Verma, M Soni and Swagata Payra* (2018), Role of Meteorology and Satellite Retrievals in Estimating the Ground Particulate Matter During the Pre-Monsoon Period Over Jaipur, India, Int. J. Earth Atmos. Sci, Vol 5(1), 62-72, Indexing: NAAS., IF:-4.352
• S Verma, D Prakash, A K Srivastava & Swagata Payra*(2017), Radiative Forcing Estimation of Aerosols at an Urban Site near the Thar Desert Using Ground-Based Remote Sensing Measurements. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 17(5), 1294-1304, Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF=4.53, https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2016.09.0424
• Swagata Payra, P Ricaud, R Abida, L El Amraoui, J-L Attié, E Rivière, F Carminati, and T von Clarmann (2016), Evaluation of water vapour assimilation in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere by a chemical transport model, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques,Vol 9, 4355-4373, Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF=4.184,  https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4355-2016
• M Soni, S Verma and Swagata Payra (2016), Impact of Spatial Resolution on Meteorological Parameters using WRF Model over Jaipur, India, Int J Eng Res Technol, Vol 4(23), 83-85. IF:-0.422
• Swagata Payra, P Kumar, S Verma, D Prakash and M Soni(2016), Potential source identification for aerosol concentrations over a site in Northwestern India,  Atmospheric Research,  169, 65-72. Indexing: SCI, Scopus, IF=5.965, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.09.022
• Swagata Payra, M Soni, A Kumar, D Prakash and S Verma (2015), Intercomparison of Aerosol Optical Thickness Derived from MODIS and in Situ Ground Datasets over Jaipur, a Semi-arid Zone in India, Environmental Science and Technology, Vol 49(15), 9237 – 9246, Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF=  11.36, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02225
• D Prakash, S Verma and Swagata Payra (2015), Estimate on changes in aerosols properties during dust prevalence over Jaipur, India, International Journal of Appied Environmental Science Vol 10(3), 1009-1018
• S Verma, D Prakash, P Ricaud Swagata Payra, J-L Attié and M Soni(2015), A New Classification of Aerosol Sources and Types as Measured over Jaipur, India, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 15(3), 985-993, Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF=4.53, https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2014.07.0143
• M Soni, Swagata Payra, P Sinha, and S Verma (2014), A Performance Evaluation of WRF Model Using Different Physical Parameterization Scheme during Winter Season over a Semi-Arid Region, India, Int. J. Earth Atmos. Sci, Vol 1(3), 2349-9222, Indexing: NAAS
• Swagata Payra and M Mohan (2014), Fog Prediction using WRF Model: A Multi-rule based Diagnostic Approach, Adv Meteorol, vol 2014, Article ID 456065, Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF= 1.491, https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/456065
• M Mohan and Swagata Payra (2014), Aerosol Number Concentrations and Visibility during Dense Fog over a Sub-Tropical Urban Site, Journal of  Nanomaterials, vol. 2014, Article ID 495457,  Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF=2.986, https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/495457
• Swagata  Payra,  P  Ricaud,  R  Abida,  J-L  Attié,  L El Amraoui and E Rivière (2014), Evaluation of water vapour assimilation in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere by a chemical transport model, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Achille Newsletter, pp.2 – 5, IF:-4.184
• Swagata Payra, D Prakash, M Soni, and S Verma (2014), Size-Segregated aerosol Particles: an observational study at urban location in Northwestern India, Vayumandal, Vol 38(3-4), 66-70
• D Prakash, Swagata Payra, S Verma and M Soni (2013), Aerosol particle behavior during Dust Storm and Diwali over an urban location in North Western India, Natural Hazards, Vol 69, 1767 – 1779, Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF=3.158, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0780-1
• S Verma, Swagata Payra, R Gautam, D Prakash,  M Soni, B Holben, and S Bell (2013), Dust events and their influence on aerosol optical properties over Jaipur in Northwestern India, Environ Monit Assess, Vol 185(9), 7327–7342, Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF=3.307, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-013-3103-9
• Swagata Payra, S Verma, D Prakash, P Kumar, M Soni, B Holben (2013), Aerosols properties during dust-storm episodes over Jaipur, Northwestern India, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1527, 515–518, Indexing: Scopus, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4803319,  IF:-0.402
• R Gautam, R., N C Hsu, S C Tsay, K M Lau, B N Holben, S Bell, A Smirnov, C Li, R Hansell, Q Ji, Swagata Payra , D Aryal, R Kayastha, and K M Kim (2011), Accumulation of aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic plains and southern slopes of the Himalayas: distribution, properties and radiative effects during the 2009 pre-monsoon season, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 12841-12863, Indexing: SCI, Scopus , IF=6.133,  https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-12841-2011
• S Tiwari, Swagata Payra, M Mohan, S Verma, and D S Bisht (2011), Visibility Degradation during Foggy Period due to Anthropogenic Urban Aerosol at Delhi, India, Atmos Pollut Res, Vol 2(1), 116-120, Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF=4.352, https://doi.org/10.5094/APR.2011.014
• S Verma, J Worden, Swagata Payra, L Jourdain and C Shim (2009), Characterizing the long-range transport of black carbon aerosols during Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P) experiment, Environ Monit Assess, Vol 154(1 – 4),85-92, Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF=3.307, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0379-2
• M Mohan and Swagata Payra (2009), Influence of aerosol spectrum and air pollutants on fog formation in urban environment of mega city Delhi, India. Environ Monit Assess, vol 151(1 – 4), 265-277, Indexing: SCIe, Scopus, IF=3.307,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0268-8
• Swagata Payra and M Mohan (2007), Analysis of Aerosol Number Concentration spectrum during fog over Delhi, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA) Bulletin, Vol. 18, 230-233
• S Verma, J Worden, Swagata Payra and L Jourdain (2007), Characterizing the long range transport of Black Carbon Aerosols during Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific Experiment, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA) Bulletin, Vol. 18, 169-172
• M Mohan and Swagata Payra (2006), Relation between fog formation and accumulation mode aerosols in urban environment Delhi, India, Ind J. of Env. Protection, Volume 26(4), 294-300, IF:-0.245
• M Mohan and Swagata Payra (2004), Fog and Urban Air Pollution over Delhi: Observations and Analysis, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA) Bulletin, Vol. 16, 55-57

Conference Presentations

• Swagata Payra, A Kumar, S Verma, M Soni, P Kumar, Oral, Formation of NOx and Ozone during lightning event in pre-monsoon season over India, 11th to 14th December, 2019, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
• P K Yadava, S Verma, Swagata Payra, Oral, The Major Lightning Prone Regions, Seasons and Fatalities over India, TROPMET-2019(IMS), 11th to 14th December, 2019, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
• P Gupta, S Verma, Swagata Payra, R Bhatla, Poster, Trend analysis and validation of MERRA-2 temperature datasets over India, TROPMET-2019(IMS), 11th to 14th December, 2019, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
• Swagata Payra, S Verma and D Prakash, Oral, Identification of aerosols and its radiative forcing  over Northwestern India, 6^th Annual International conference on Recent Perspective on Climate change and Sustainable Development, 8^th to 10^th November, 2019, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, India
• Swagata Payra*, Invited Talk, Air Quality Monitoring, Amity University of Biotechnology, 18th  October, 2019, Amity University, Jaipur, India
• D Prakash, Swagata Payra and S Verma, Oral, Aerosol Optical Thickness and size distribution over Northwestern India during 2011 – 2015, National conference on Pollution Control Technologies and Sustainable Development,  3^rd to 4th October, 2019, MNIT Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
• S Haritashya, M Soni, D Prakash, S Verma and Swagata Payra, Oral, Inferring Aerosol types from AERONET Sunphotometer measurement over Northwestern India, National conference on Pollution Control Technologies and Sustainable Development,  3^rd to 4th October, 2019, MNIT Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
• Swagata Payra*, Invited talk, Observation and Simulation of Dust Storms over the Indian Region, SERB training school on 21^st February for  “Numerical Modelling and Forecasting of Desert Storms and Cloud Burst (NUMCLOUDS), 11 – 23^rd February, 2019, Central University Rajasthan, Ajmer,  India
• Swagata Payra*, M Soni, D Prakash and S Verma, Oral, Aerosol properties and their influences over a semi arid zone over India, 5th International Skynet workshop, 13-15 February 2019, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
• M Soni, Swagata Payra and S Verma, Poster, Radiative forcing estimation of aerosols at four locations in india and Pakistan using ground based remote sensing instruments, , IASTA -2018, 26 – 28^th November, 2018, CAS, IIT Delhi, India
• Swagata Payra*, M Soni and S Verma: Lead Talk, WRF-Chem model simulation during typical dust storm event over North West India, TROPMET 2018(IMS), 24 - 27 October, 2018, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India
• P Gupta, S Verma, R Bhatla and Swagata Payra, Poster, Comparison and Analysis of Cold Wave and Severe Cold Wave  events over Indo Gangetic Plain. TROPMET-2018(IMS), 24-27 October, 2018, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India
• Swagata Payra*, Invited talk, Aerosol properties and their influences over Jaipur, Rajasthan with a special emphasis on dust storm, 6th Rajasthan Science Congress, 13th - 15th  October, 2018, Central University Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
• M Soni, Swagata Payra and S Verma, Application of Artificial Neural Networks for fog forecast over Delhi, NCITCE 2018, 13-14 April, 2018, Poornima University, Jaipur, India
• S Verma , A S Chandel and Swagata Payra, Oral, Aerosol optical properties and size distributions (2009-2017) over four sites in the semi-arid regions, NCITCE 2018, 13-14 April, 2018, Poornima University, Jaipur, India
• Swagata Payra*, Invited Talk, Aerosol study over Jaipur, 5th Rajasthan Science Congress, 13th - 15th  October, 2017, Amity University, Jaipur, India
• M Soni, Swagata Payra, S Verma, Oral, Role of Meteorology and Satellite Retrievals in Estimating the Ground Particulate Matter During the Pre-Monsoon Period Over Jaipur, India , 5th Rajasthan Science Congress, 13-15, October 2017, Amity University, Jaipur, India
• Swagata Payra*, M Soni and S Verma, Poster, Application of WRF-Chem to simulate a dust event over North-West India at Invitation to Workshop & Science-Policy Dialogue, Air pollution, Climate and Health in Southern Asia and the Hindukush Himalaya, 27-30 November 2017, Kathmandu, Nepal
• S Verma, M Soni and  Swagata Payra, Oral, RSPM estimation using satellite AOD over semi-arid region Jaipur, Bulletin of the Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association, 22 (1&2),  6 – 8^th December, 2016, Physical Research Laboratory , Ahmedabad, India
• F Carminati, P Ricaud, J-P Pommereau, E Rivière, J-L Attié, Swagata Payra, L El Amraoui and R Abida, Poster, Role of saturation in the water vapor diurnal cycle in the South American Tropical Tropopause Layer, CT3LS open meeting July 20-23, 2015, Boulder, Colorado, USA
• Swagata Payra*, P Ricaud, R Abida, J-L Attié, L El Amraoui, F Carminati, E Rivière, J-P Pommereau, S Khaykin, Oral, Assimilation of water vapour measurements in the tropical tropopause layer, WBTTL, July 1 – 3, Reims, France
• D Prakash, S Verma, Swagata Payra and M Soni, Poster, Understanding the aerosol behaviour during dust epochs using GRIMM aerosol spectrometer, TROPMET – 2015(IMS), 15-18 Feb 2015, Chandigarh, India
• Swagata Payra, M Soni, D Yadav and S Verma,  Poster, AOT from MODIS and ground based remote sensing observations over Northwestern India, IASTA-2014, 11 – 13^th November, 2014, Varanasi, India
• Swagata  Payra,  P  Ricaud,  R  Abida,  J-L  Attié,  L  El Amraoui, E Rivière, J-P Pommereau ans S Khyakin, Oral,  Assimilation  of Water Vapour  Mesurements by a Chemistry Transport Model in the tropical UTLS, The World Weather Open Science Congress(WWOSC) – 2014, 16 – 21^st August, 2014, Montreal, Canada
• S Verma, P Kumar, Swagata Payra, D Prakash and B Holben, Poster, Size-resolved aerosols concentration during extreme events over a site in Northwestern India, 16th IGAC conference, 10-11 June 2014, Boulder, USA
• M Soni, Swagata Payra, A Kumar, S Verma and D Prakash, Oral, Validation of Aerosol retrieved Products obtained from AERONET with MODIS over an urban location, Jaipur, India, ICIMOD’s SARAS workshop, 7-9 June, 2014, Pokhran, Nepal.
• S Verma, D Prakash, Swagata Payra* and M Soni, Poster, Aerosols sources over Jaipur in Northwestern India from ground based AERONET measurements, MOZAIC-IAGOS Symposium, 10-14 May 2014, Toulouse, France
• D Prakash, S Verma, M Soni and Swagata Payra, Poster, Size characteristics of atmospheric aerosol using GRIMM over an urban environment, INTROMET, 21-24 Feb 2014, Chennai, India
• Swagata Payra*, P Kumar, S Verma, and D Prakash, Lead Talk, Winter and summer time size segregated distribution of aerosols and optical properties over a site in North-western India, 4th International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research (IWAQFR), WMO, 12-14 December 2012, Geneva, Switzerland.
• S Verma, Swagata Payra, M Soni, and D Prakash, Ground based observation of aerosols over a site in Northwestern India, Future Directions for Weather and Climate Research in the Tropics, 3-5 December, 2012, IIT Delhi, India
• Swagata Payra*, S Verma, M Soni, D Prakash and B Holben, Poster, Aerosols characteristics over an urban location in Northwestern India, OCHAMP-2012, 21-26 Feb 2012, IITM – Pune, India
• Swagata Payra*, S Verma, M Soni, D Prakash and B Holben, Oral, Seasonal Variability of Aerosols Parameters over an Urban Location in India, 30th Annual Conference of American Association for Aerosol Research, 3 – 7 October, 2011, Orlando, Florida, USA 
• S Verma, Swagata Payra, M Soni, D Prakash and B Holben, Assessment  on Aerosols Optical Properties from the Observations During AERONET Campaign Over an Urban Location in India, World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference, 24 – 28th October, 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA.
• A Sarkar, S Majumdar, R Bhatla and Swagata Payra, Numerical Simulation of Western Disturbances by Using Different Cloud-Microphysics and Cumulus Parametrization Schemes" ICON GSECCES – 2010, 21 - 23 December, 2010, BHU, Varanasi, India
• S Tiwari , Swagata Payra, and D S Bisht Visibility Degradation during Foggy Period due to Anthropogenic Urban Aerosol at Delhi, India, 5th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew 25 – 30 July 2010, Münster, Germany.
• Swagata Payra* and M Mohan, Poster, Air pollutants influence on the fog formation in the urban environment. IGAC-2008, 7th – 12th September’ 2008, Annecy, France.
• Swagata Payra* and M Mohan, Oral, Relation between fog formation and the number concentration of aerosol for Delhi, India. Seventh AMS Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes joint with the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment.10–13 September 2007. San Diego, USA
• Swagata Payra* and M Mohan, Oral, Influence of Aerosols and Air Pollutants on Fog Formation in Urban Environment of Megacity Delhi, India. Brain Storming Workshop on Aerosols and Its Impact on the Climate with Reference to Indo-Gangetic Plains, 10 - 11th November’ 2006, IIT Kanpur, India
• M Mohan and Swagata Payra, Oral, Preliminary Investigation between Aerosols and Fog Formation in Urban environment of Mega city Delhi, India, IMPA-2006, 14th – 17th February’ 2006, IIT Delhi, India

• Treasurer of South Asian Meteorological Association from April 2022
• Secretary of Indian Meteorological Society Jaipur Chapter from July 2020
• Joint Secretary of Indian Meteorological Society Jaipur Chapter from October, 2017 – 2020
• Founder member, South Asian Meteorological Association August, 2020
• Life member of Indian Meteorological Society ((Membership No:- IMS-LM-3120)
• Life member of Indian Aerosol Science & Technology Association (Membership No:- IASTA-LM-638)
• Life member of Indian Association for Air Pollution Control (Membership No:- IAAPC-MN-242)
• Editor, International Journal of Remote Sensing Applications
• Former Member of American Geophysical Union
• Former Member of American Meteorological Society (Membership No:- 0401070)

• 2019 – Continue: - Co – PI in “Prediction of ground-level particulate matter concentrations from Multi -Satellite AOD over the Indian Subcontinent” funded by Space Application Centre (SAC), ISRO, Govt of India, Total fund: - 22, 08,000/-
• 2017 – Continue:- PI in “Lightning impact on ozone precursor over Indian region and its implications on tropospheric ozone” funded by Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), New Delhi, India. Total fund: - 34, 60,000/-
• 2016 – 2017:- Collaborator for “Air Pollution and Precipitation Chemistry at Jaipur” by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, MoES, Govt of India
• 2010 – 2014:- Co-PI in “Physical and optical properties of Aerosols over Jaipur, India” funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India) Total Fund: - 38, 95,600/-
• 2009 - Continue Project PI ‘Aerosol measurements over Jaipur’ as a part of AERONET campaign, GSFC, NASA, USA.

• Swagata Payra, A Sharma and S Verma, Application of Remote Sensing to study forest fires, chapter 16 in Atmospheric Remote Sensing, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-5387-2_2, Elsevier, 26 May 2022.
• Swagata Payra, P Gunwani, S Verma, (2022). Emission Sources of Particulate Matter. In: Sonwani, S., Shukla, A. (eds) Airborne Particulate Matter. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5387-2_2
• S Verma and Swagata Payra, Book Chapter entitled “Carbonaceous Aerosols: an Overview based on Research in India” at Soot: Sources, Formation and Health Effects, November 2012, Nova Science Publishers, Inc, USA, ISBN 978-1-61942-941-3  Url : https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=31939
• M Mohan and Swagata Payra, Analysis of fog formation from meteorological and air pollution measurements, Report Series in Aerosol Science (ISBN 952 – 5027 – 66 – X), no 79, pp. 156 – 158, 2006
• Swagata Payra, Fog Prediction using Numerical and Statistical Models, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Ph.D. Thesis, 2011, IIT Delhi, INDIA
• Swagata Payra, A hybrid modelling approach for simulation of pollutant concentration in and around Santaldih Thermal Power Station, 2001, IIT Kharagpur, INDIA.

• Reviewer of Atmospheric Environment, Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Journal of Climatology, Aerosol and Air Quality Research etc