Dr. Bharat been engaged in scientific research towards reducing chemical and plastic pollution, and water resource management. She has also been involved in capacity building and advocacy in the areas of sustainable development and climate change drawing knowledge from global best practices and applying to local context. This includes:

• Partnering with national and international institutions for promoting environment friendly solutions for emerging contaminants in water and soil, plastic and chemical wastes in the riverine and marine environment.
• Providing research and consultancy services for social and economic development, specifically in the water and sanitation sector, developing water and sanitation strategy plan for urban local bodies (ULBs) in India.
• Providing service to foreign enterprises, government organizations and research institutions on safe reuse of treated water, monitoring of wastewater for early signalling of SARS-CoV-2 in communities.
• Giving highly specialized inputs on capacity building, connecting them to advanced global knowledge on various thematic issues related to social and environmental causes.
• Serving non-for-profit organisations and CSR divisions of private firms working on social/economic front globally.