Does India have the skilled workforce needed to fight air pollution?

Abstract

Air pollution is a growing problem for India, and major causes include biomass burning for cooking, vehicular emissions, and crop-waste and municipal solid-waste burning. Although the country can produce thousands of qualified doctoral graduates every year, it struggles to collect pertinent data because environmental agencies suffer from a workforce deficiency and a protracted staff recruitment process. Instead of attaining qualified workers indirectly from the state civil service commission, the government should support programs to hire science degree holders directly from campuses and develop educational programs for these new hires. Solving India’s air pollution crisis demands a collaborative effort involving both private and public bodies – AI-generated abstract.