Dr. Soma Giri

• Publications :

  Publications (Cumulative impact factor: 130.678; Citations: 1190; H-Index: 18; i10 index: 24 as on March 2023)

  • Giri, S., Singh, G., Gupta, S. K., Jha, V. N., & Tripathi, R.M. (2010). Evaluation of Metal Contamination in Surface and Groundwater around a Proposed Uranium Mining Site, Jharkhand, India. Mine Water and the Environment, 29, 225-234.
  • Giri, S., Singh, G., Jha, V. N., & Tripathi, R.M. (2010). Ingestion of U(nat) , 226Ra, 230Th, and 210Po in vegetables by adult inhabitants of Bagjata uranium mining area, Jharkhand, India. Radioprotection, 45, 183-199.
  • Giri, S., Singh, G., Jha, V. N., & Tripathi, R.M. (2010). Natural radionuclides in Fish Species from Surface Water of Bagjata and Banduhurang Uranium Mining Areas, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, India. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 86(11), 946-956.
  • Giri, S., Singh, G., Jha, V. N., & Tripathi, R.M. (2011). Risk assessment due to ingestion of natural radionuclides and heavy metals in the milk samples: A case study from a proposed uranium mining area, Jharkhand. Environment monitoring and assessment, 175, 157-166.
  • Giri, S., Singh, G., & Jha, V. N. (2011). Evaluation of radionuclides in groundwater around proposed uranium mining sites at Bagjata and Banduhurang, Jharkhand (India). Radioprotection, 46, 39-57.
  • Giri, S., Mahato, M. K., Singh, G., & Jha, V. N. (2012). Risk assessment due to intake of heavy metals through the ingestion of ground water around two proposed uranium mining areas in Jharkhand, India. Environment monitoring and assessment, 184, 1351-1358.
  • Giri, S., & Jha, V. N. (2012). Risk Assessment (chemical and radiological) due to intake of uranium through the ingestion of drinking water around two proposed uranium mining areas, Jharkhand, India. Radioprotection, 47(4), 543-551.
  • Giri, S., Jha, V. N., Tripathi, R.M., Singh, G. (2012). Dose estimates for the local inhabitants from 210Po ingestion via dietary sources at a proposed Uranium mining site in India. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 88, 540-546.
  • Giri, S., Singh, A. K., & Tewary, B.K. (2013). Source and distribution of metals in bed sediments of Subarnarekha River, India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 70, 3381-3392.
  • Giri, S., Jha, V. N., Singh, G., & Tripathi, R. M. (2013). Estimation of annual effective dose due to ingestion of natural radionuclides in foodstuffs and water at a proposed Uranium mining site in India. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 89(12), 1071-1078.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2013). Assessment of human health risk for heavy metals in fish and shrimp collected from Subarnarekha River, India. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 24(5), 429-449.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2014). Risk assessment, statistical source identification and seasonal fluctuation of dissolved metals in the Subarnarekha River, India. Journal of Hazardous materials, 265, 305-314.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2014). Assessment of Surface water quality using heavy metal pollution index in Subarnarekha River, India. Exposure and Health, 5, 173-182.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, G. (2014). Heavy metals in fish species, sediment and surface water around two proposed uranium mining areas in India. Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, 11(3), 89-96.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2015). Human health risk and ecological risk assessment of metals in fishes, shrimps and sediment from a tropical river. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 12, 2349-2362.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2015). Metals in some edible fish and shrimp species collected in dry season from Subarnarekha River, India. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 95 (2), 226-233.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2015). Human health risk assessment via drinking water pathway due to metal contamination in the groundwater of Subarnarekha River Basin, India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187, 63.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2016). Spatial and temporal variation in distribution of metals in bed sediments of Subarnarekha River, India. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 9, 9.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2016). Spatial distribution of metal(loid)s in groundwater of a mining dominated area: recognizing metal(loid) sources and assessing carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic human health risk. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 96, 1313-1330.
  • Giri, S., Singh, A. K., & Mahato, M. K. (2017). Metal contamination of agricultural soils in the copper mining areas of Singhbhum shear zone in India. Journal of Earth System Science, 126, 49.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2017). Ecological and Human health risk assessment of agricultural soils based on heavy metals in mining areas of Singhbhum copper belt, India. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 23:5, 1008-1027.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2017). Human health risk assessment due to dietary intake of heavy metals through rice in the mining areas of Singhbhum copper belt, India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24, 14945-14956.
  • Singh, A. K., Giri, S., & Chaturvedi, A. (2018). Fluvial geochemistry of Subarnarekha River basin, India: Implications for weathering and solute acquisition processes and water quality assessment. Journal of Earth System Science, 127,119.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2019). Heavy metals in eggs and chicken and the associated health risk assessment in the mining areas of Singhbhum Copper Belt, India. Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health, 74(4), 161-170.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2019). Assessment of metal pollution in groundwater using a novel multivariate metal pollution index in the mining areas of the Singhbhum copper belt. Environmental Earth Sciences, 78, 192.
  • Giri, S., Singh, A. K., Mahato, M. K. (2020). Monte Carlo simulation-based probabilistic health risk assessment of metals in groundwater via ingestion pathway in the mining areas of Singhbhum copper belt, India. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 30(4), 447-460.
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2020). Human health risk assessment due to metals in cow’s milk from Singhbhum copper and iron mining areas, India. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 57(4), 1415-1420.
  • Giri, S., Mahato, M. K., Bhattacharjee, S., Singh, A. K. (2020). Development of a new noncarcinogenic heavy metal pollution index for quality ranking of vegetable, rice, and milk. Ecological Indicators, 113, 106214.
  • Giri, S., Mahato, M. K., & Singh, A. K. (2021). Multivariate linear regression models for predicting metal content and sources in leafy vegetables and human health risk assessment in metal mining areas of Southern Jharkhand, India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28 (21), 27250-27260.
  • Giri, S., Mahato, M. K., Singh, P. K., & Singh, A. K. (2021). Non-carcinogenic health risk assessment for fluoride and nitrate in the groundwater of the mica belt of Jharkhand, India. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 27:7, 1939-1953.
  • Giri, S., Bharat, A. P., & Singh, A. K. (2021). Metal contamination of groundwater in the mica mining areas of Jharkhand: assessing seasonal variation, sources and human health risk. published online International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. DOI:10.1080/03067319.2021.1983555
  • Giri, S., Tiwari, A. K., Mahato, M. K., & Singh, A. K. (2021). Integrated approaches to identify the major controlling factors of groundwater chemistry and quality assessment for suitability of different uses in West Singhbhum, India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 80, 756.
  • Tiwari, A. K., Singh, A. K., Giri, S., & Mahato, M. K. (2021). Major ion chemistry and hydrochemical processes controlling water composition of Teesta River catchment, Sikkim Himalaya, India. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, published online, DOI: 10.1080/03067319.2021.1992402
  • Mahato, M. K., Singh, A. K., & Giri, S. (2022). Evaluation of metal contamination, flux and the associated human health risk from atmospheric dustfall in metal mining areas of Southern Jharkhand, India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, published online, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-18463-6
  • Giri, S., & Singh, A. K. (2022). Fluoride exposure and its potential health risk assessment through ingestion of food in the mica mining areas of Jharkhand, India. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 28:5-6, 507-520.

b. Patent: None

• Giri, S., Singh, G., & Jha, V. N. (2012). Cancer Risk Assessment due to Intake of Radionuclides through the Ingestion of Drinking Water around Bagjata and Banduhurang Uranium Mining Area, Jharkhand, India.. In: Environmental pollution, Ecology and Human Health Edited by Gottipolu R. Reddy, S. J. S. Flora, Riyaz Basha, Narosa Publishing House Pvt. Ltd New Delhi, INDIA, ISBN: 978-81-8487-112-8.
• Giri, S., Singh, A. K., Tiwari, A. K., Mahato, M. K., & Tewary, B.K. (2012). Risk assessment due to intake of metals and fluoride through the ingestion of ground water in Giridih District, Jharkhand, India. Frontiers in Environmental Research, Editor: Anish Chandra Pandey, Academic Excellence Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, ISBN No. 978-93-80525-71-6.
• Singh, A. K., & Giri, S. (2014). Subarnarekha River: The Gold Streak of India. In: The Indian Rivers. Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-2984-4_22 ISBN No. 978-981-10-2983-7

a. Awards :

• Awarded BHU Gold Medal for standing first in Environmental Science at the M.Sc (Special Course) Examination of 2004 at Banaras Hindu University.
• Qualified UGC-NET (Environmental Science) in first attempt
• Received 5 Dr. Adinath Lahiri Awards for the highest impact factor of papers published in SCI journals by PDF/ Project Fellows/Project Scholars in the years 2020-2021, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18 & 2016-17, by CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research on the CSIR Foundation day.
• Received the Young Scientist Award in the International Symposium on Environment Pollution, Ecology and Human Health organized by S.V.University, Tirupati in collaboration with USEPA, on 27th July, 2009.
• Received the Best Poster Presentation award in the 6th International Congress in Environmental Research (ICER-13) held on 19-21st December 2013, at Aurangabad.
• Received the Best Performance award in the BRNS-AEACI Eighth School on Analytical Chemistry (SAC-8) held on 14-21st April, 2014, at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur
• Received Certificate of Outstanding contribution in reviewing from the Elsevier Journals of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (June 2017) and Ecological Indicators (Nov 2018).
• Awarded the Certificate of Excellence for outstanding academic performance as a Graduate student and securing 8th position in the Ranchi University Examination in 2000.
• Received the Second Best Presentation award in the National Conference on Coal Mine Environment and its Management (CMEM-2017) held on 14-15th April 2017, at CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad.

b. Projects :

• As Principal Investigator of Fast Track Young Scientist Project, Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, GOI; Project cost: 22 lakhs, Duration: 3 years (2011-14). Project Title: Impact Evaluation of Mining and Industrial Activities on the Surface Water Quality of Subarnarekha River: Using Fish as a Bio-indicator, Status: Completed
• As Principal Investigator of DST Young Scientist Project, Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, GOI; Project cost: 36.3 lakhs, Duration: 3 years (2015-18). Project Title: Human health risk assessment due to ingestion of metals through food and water in mining dominated areas of Southern Jharkhand, Status: Completed
• As Principal Investigator of DST-Women Scientist (WOSA) Project, Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, GOI; Project cost: 31.60 lakhs, Duration: 3 years (2019-2022). Project title: Fluoride and Toxic metal contamination in great mica belt of Jharkhand: Geochemistry and Health implications, Status: Completed

Reviewer for the international journals of Science of the Total Environment, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Ecological Indicators, Chemosphere, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Environmental Earth Sciences, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, International journal of Environmental Analytical chemistry, International journal of environmental health research, Biological Trace element research, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Exposure and Health, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, International journal of Phytoremediation, RSC Advances, Toxin Reviews, Land degradation and development, Journal of Food science, Chemistry and Ecology, etc.