Scientific Publications (Heat Health Activities)

      1. Yasobant, S., Lekha, K. S., Trivedi, P., Krishnan, S., Kator, C., Kaur, H., Adaniya, M., Sinha, A., & Saxena, D. (2025). Impact of heat on human and animal health in India: A landscape review. Dialogues in Health, 6, 100203. 
      2. Sharma, A., Dutta, P., Shah, P., Iyer, V., He, H., Sapkota, A., Gao, C., & Wang, Y. (2024). Characterizing the effects of extreme heat events on all-cause mortality: A case study in Ahmedabad city of India, 2002–2018. Urban Climate, 54, 101832. 
      3. Dutta, P., Rajput, P., Mukherjee, P., Madan, P., Mavalankar, D. (2022). A Successful Heat Wave Prevention in Ahmedabad Calls for Segregated Health Record: Highlights from Existing Heat Action Plan. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 22, 220300. 
      4. Joshi, J., Magal, A., Limaye, V. S., Madan, P., Jaiswal, A., Mavalankar, D., & Knowlton, K. (2022). Climate change and 2030 cooling demand in Ahmedabad, India: opportunities for expansion of renewable energy and cool roofs. Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change, 27(7), 44. 
      5. Golechha, M., Mavalankar, D., & Bhan, S. C. (2021). India: Heat Wave and Action Plan Implementation in Indian Cities. In Springer eBooks (pp. 285–308). 
      6. Dutta, P., Golechha, M., & Mavalankar, D. (2021). Prioritising climate change and health. In Routledge eBooks (pp. 106–115). 
      7. Tewary, A., Mehajan, R., Golechha, M., & Mavalankar, D. (2021). Co-developing climate services for a resilient public health system in India. Current Science, 120(10), 1578. 
      8. Ranadive, N., Desai, J., LM, S., Knowlton, K., Dutta, P., Ganguly, P., Tiwari, A., Jaiswal, A., Shah, T., Solanki, B., Mavalankar, D., & Hess, J. (2021). Climate Change Adaptation: Prehospital Data Facilitate the Detection of Acute Heat Illness in India. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 22(3). 
      9. Iyer, V., Sharma, A., Nair, D., Solanki, B., Umrigar, P., Murtugudde, R., Jiang, C., Mavalankar, D., & Sapkota, A. (2021). Role of extreme weather events and El Niño Southern Oscillation on incidence of Enteric Fever in Ahmedabad and Surat, Gujarat, India. Environmental research, 196, 110417. 
      10. Golechha, M., Shah, P., & Mavalankar, D. (2021). Threshold determination and temperature trends analysis of Indian cities for effective implementation of an early warning system. Urban Climate, 39, 100934. 
      11. Dutta P., Hess JJ, Mukerjee P. Ahmedabad: local data beat the heat. Nature. 2021 Nov;599(7886):556.
      12. Dutta, P., Chorsiya, V., & Nag, P. K. (2021). Perceived thermal response of stone quarry workers in hot environment. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 3. 
      13. Wei, Y., Tiwari, A. S., Li, L., Solanki, B., Sarkar, J., Mavalankar, D., & Schwartz, J. (2021). Assessing mortality risk attributable to high ambient temperatures in Ahmedabad, 1987 to 2017. Environmental Research, 198, 111232. 
      14. Dutta, P., & Chorsiya, V. (2020). Comments on “Reliability and Validity of an Adapted Questionnaire Assessing Occupational Exposures to Hazardous Chemicals among Health Care Workers in Bhutan.” The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 11(4), 215–217. 
      15. Vellingiri, S., Dutta, P., Singh, S., Sathish, L. M., Pingle, S., & Brahmbhatt, B. (2020). Combating Climate Change-induced Heat Stress: Assessing Cool Roofs and Its Impact on the Indoor Ambient Temperature of the Households in the Urban Slums of Ahmedabad. Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 24(1), 25–29. 
      16. Dutta, P., Sathish, L., Mavankar, D., Ganguly, P. S., & Saunik, S. (2020). Extreme Heat Kills Even in Very Hot Cities: Evidence from Nagpur, India. The international journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 11(4), 188–195. 
      17. Golechha, M., & Panigrahy, R. K. (2020). COVID-19 and heatwaves: a double whammy for Indian cities. The Lancet Planetary Health, 4(8), e315–e316. 
      18. Hess, J. J., Lm, S., Knowlton, K., Saha, S., Dutta, P., Ganguly, P., Tiwari, A., Jaiswal, A., Sheffield, P., Sarkar, J., Bhan, S. C., Begda, A., Shah, T., Solanki, B., & Mavalankar, D. (2018). Building Resilience to Climate Change: Pilot Evaluation of the Impact of India’s First Heat Action Plan on All-Cause Mortality. Journal of environmental and public health, 2018, 7973519. 
      19. Limaye, V. S., Knowlton, K., Sarkar, S., Ganguly, P. S., Pingle, S., Dutta, P., M, S. L., Tiwari, A., Solanki, B., Shah, C., Raval, G., Kakkad, K., Beig, G., Parkhi, N., Jaiswal, A., & Mavalankar, D. (2018). Development of Ahmedabad’s Air Information and Response (AIR) Plan to Protect Public Health. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(7), 1460. 
      20. Raval, A., Dutta, P., Tiwari, A., Ganguly, P. S., Sathish, L. M., Mavalankar, D., & Hess, J. (2018). Effects of Occupational Heat Exposure on Traffic Police Workers in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 22(3), 144–151. 
      21. Azhar, G. S., Mavalankar, D., Nori-Sarma, A., Rajiva, A., Dutta, P., Jaiswal, A., Sheffield, P., Knowlton, K., Hess, J. J., & Ahmedabad HeatClimate Study Group (2014). Heat-related mortality in India: excess all-cause mortality associated with the 2010 Ahmedabad heat wave. PloS one, 9(3), e91831. 
      22. Shah, T., Mavalankar, D., Ganguly, P., Dutta, P. S., Tiwari, A., Rajiva, A., … & Deol, B. (2018). Innovative heat wave early warning system and action plan in Ahmedabad, India. 
      23. Limaye, V. S., Knowlton, K., Sarkar, S., Ganguly, P. S., Pingle, S., Dutta, P., M, S. L., Tiwari, A., Solanki, B., Shah, C., Raval, G., Kakkad, K., Beig, G., Parkhi, N., Jaiswal, A., & Mavalankar, D. (2018). Development of Ahmedabad’s Air Information and Response (AIR) Plan to Protect Public Health. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(7), 1460. 
      24. Dutta, P., Rajiva, A., Andhare, D., Azhar, G. S., Tiwari, A., Sheffield, P., & Ahmedabad Heat and Climate Study Group (2015). Perceived heat stress and health effects on construction workers. Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 19(3), 151–158. 
      25. Azhar, G., Saha, S., Ganguly, P., Mavalankar, D., & Madrigano, J. (2017). Heat Wave Vulnerability Mapping for India. International journal of environmental research and public health, 14(4), 357. 
      26. Azhar, G. S., Rajiv, A., Dutta, P., & Mavalankar, D. (2014). Research and policy disconnect for heat wave deaths in india. Current Science, 107(7), 1091-1092. 
      27. Knowlton, K., Kulkarni, S. P., Azhar, G. S., Mavalankar, D., Jaiswal, A., Connolly, M., Nori-Sarma, A., Rajiva, A., Dutta, P., Deol, B., Sanchez, L., Khosla, R., Webster, P. J., Toma, V. E., Sheffield, P., Hess, J. J., & Ahmedabad Heat and Climate Study Group (2014). Development and implementation of South Asia’s first heat-health action plan in Ahmedabad (Gujarat, India). International journal of environmental research and public health, 11(4), 3473–3492. 
      28. Kakkad, K., Barzaga, M. L., Wallenstein, S., Azhar, G. S., & Sheffield, P. E. (2014). Neonates in Ahmedabad, India, during the 2010 heat wave: a climate change adaptation study. Journal of environmental and public health, 2014, 946875. 
      29. Tran, K. V., Azhar, G. S., Nair, R., Knowlton, K., Jaiswal, A., Sheffield, P., Mavalankar, D., & Hess, J. (2013). A cross-sectional, randomized cluster sample survey of household vulnerability to extreme heat among slum dwellers in ahmedabad, india. International journal of environmental research and public health, 10(6), 2515–2543.