Our Advisory Committee
Thirty years of successive experience in the field of civil engineering, public finance management, public health, nutrition, livelihood, skills, water, environment and sanitation, hygiene, climate change in urban / rural areas in India, Bhutan and China with community, children, civil society, schools, SHGs, educational & research institutions, municipal bodies, panchayat, government counterparts at all levels, funding & bi-lateral agencies.
The experience includes idea incubation, strategy, policy support, technical support, program development & delivery, contract management, institutional strengthening, networking, co-ordination, monitoring & evaluation, mentoring, hand holding support, partnership development, team building, sector integration, public service improvement & measurement, action research, operation, maintenance and expansion support, capacity building, resilience building, knowledge management & dissemination and evidence based advocacy for sustainable long term development.
Obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) Civil from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India and Post Graduate Diploma in Ecology & Environment (PGDEE) from Indian Institute of Ecology & Environment, Patna, India.
Dr. Sahay has over Three decades of experience at doctoral, postdoctoral and professional level in experimental and analytical research/diagnostics services pertaining to the biological, microbiological, and environmental sciences. His area of expertise is in Aerobiology, Bacteriology, Environmental Microbiology/Sciences, Mycology, Palynology and associated sciences.
Dr. Sahay practices environmental sampling, testing and identification of aerobiota on daily basis. Currently he is serving as a Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of Pure Air Control Services, Inc., and Laboratory Director/Technical Manager of Environmental Diagnostics Laboratory. A well-respected industry expert, who performs a wide range of analytical and scientific services including monitoring both biological and a-biological content of environments. He has analyzed, supervised, or assisted in the analysis well over 600,000 environmental samples collected from air, surface, and liquid/water across the United States and abroad. He is an expert in handling various kinds of air samplers. Dr. Sahay has successfully managed to test and publish project reports by enumerating various contaminants isolated and identified from environmental samples. He has also designed and developed Bio-Scan™ as an effective inexpensive media for surface sampling. Efficacy testing of new products designed for air quality control or testing antimicrobial products are the other of other similar services.
Dr. Sahay provides educational outreach programs to the public for awareness on Indoor Environment/Air Quality. He
emphasizes the role of environmental microbiology laboratory via training, meetings, seminar, or webinar, as a
community and industry related services. A regular column/article writer in various magazine or web-based
publications related to IEQ/IAQ, industrial hygiene, product efficacy testing and associated area.