| Date | Detail |
| 3/29 | Study group on utilization of rice straw as biomass energy(online) （19 participants: Economic Section Embassy of Japan in India, JICA, Ministry of the Environment, MITSUI & CO. INDIA PVT. LTD., and Aakash members） |
| 3/16 | Prof. Kazuyuki Inubushi(WG1)had a lecture at Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture(JSTA)on the 131st lecture. K. Inubushi, S. Sudo, E. Nishihara, A. Asada, T. Sato, R. Murao, M.Takada, M. Chandra, K. Vatta, S. Hayashida『Greenhouse gas productions, their influencing factors and sustainable soil and organic matter management in Northwest India (Preliminary report)』 |
| 3/14 | Aakash Working Paper No.1 Dr. ASADA Haruhisa and Prof. Kamal VATTA 『Regional characteristics of stubble burning in Punjab, India and the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown』 |
| 1/21-22 | Prof. Kazuyuki Inubushi(WG1) was invited as a scientific speaker at the International conference at Lovely Professional University, India. Inubushi,K., Sudo,S., Nishihara, E., Asada, H., Sato, T., Murao, R., Takada, M., Chandra, M., Vatta, K., and Hayashida, S.『Sustainable soil and organic matter management in northwest India』 |
| 1/4・5 | Online interviews with farmers in Punjab |
| end of Dec. | Start of questionnaire survey in Punjab in FY2021 (completed in March) |
| 12/21 | Mr. Yang Zhesi（Kyoto University) won the International Participant Award of JSPH at the 80th annual meeting of Japanese Society of Public Health. Yang, Z., K. Ueda, T. Umemura, K.Onishi, 『Face mask use under the COVID-19 pandemic for farmers in Punjab, India』 |
| 12/18 | Aakash Semi-WS #3 (online) 1. Dr. Deepak Singh （RIHN）『Public Initiatives for Control of Stubble Burning in Punjab Region』 2. Mr. Yang Zhesi （Kyoto University）『Face Mask Use under the COVID-19 Pandemic for Farmers in Punjab, India』 3.Discussion （18 participants） |
| December | New paper Better prediction of surface ozone by a superensemble method using emission sensitivity runs in Japan |
| November | Starting to install for CUPI(Completed in Jan.) |
| 11/25 | New paper COVID-19 pandemic and sudden rise in crop residue burning in India: issues and prospects for sustainable crop residue management |
| 11/20 | Aakash Semi-WS #2 (online) 1. Dr. Tanbir Singh 『Summary of Rice straw burning of 2021』 Comment from S. Hayashida, H. Araki, and Y. Kurogi Comment from Abida Choudhury 2. Prof. S. Dhaka『Delhi air pollution during the season of straw burning in 2021』 3. Ardhi Adhary Arbain『Detecting Burnt Stubble Areas over Punjab in 2021』（21 participants） |
| 11/18 | Special lecture at Kyoto Prefectural Higashi Maizuru High School (online) Prof.Hayashida |
| 10/30 | Open house in the RIHN (online) |
| 10/16 | Aakash Semi-WS #1 (online) Prof. Kamal Vatta (Punjab Agricultural University) 『Exploring Options for Diversification of Punjab Agriculture』（17 participants） |
| 10/6 | New paper Aerosol loading and radiation budget perturbations in densely populated and highly polluted Indo-Gangetic Plain by COVID-19: Influences on cloud properties and air temperature. |
| 9/22・23 | Aakash work shop 2021(online) (57 participants) |
| 9/14 | RIHN and LPU signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding collaboration on academic and research activities |
| 8/21 | Webinar FY2021 #3 Prof. Kamal Vatta（Punjab Agricultural University ）『Punjab Agriculture during Covid-19 Pandemic: Insights from the Field Surv』（18 participants） |
| 8/17 | New Paper Genesis of a Severe Dust Storm over the Indian Subcontinent: Dynamics and Impacts. |
| 7/28 | Webinar FY2021 #2 Dr. Astushi Fukumi (University of Hyogo) 『Agriculture and Power Sector Reform in Punjab』 (19 participants) |
| 7/16 | Webinar FY2021 #1 Dr. Kazuyo Yamaji (Kobe University) 『Emission of atmospheric pollutants from agricultural burning in North India』 (20 participants) |
| 6/25 | Aakash study group #2 Prof. IMASU Ryoichi(The University of Tokyo) |
| 6/2 | Aakash study group #1 Dr.Deepak Singh(JNU） |
| 5/7 | New Paper ～Separating natural and man-made pollutants in the air～ Japanese researchers show the major drop in atmospheric nitrogen oxide levels in 2020 in India was the result of the COVID-19 lockdown |
| 4/23 | The RIHN 20th Anniversary Symposium (Japanese) Hayashida PL’s lecture |
Activity Report in FY2021
