Air pollution has become a serious global issue, which has significant impacts on both human health and the environment. Over the past decade, air quality has deteriorated due to various anthropogenic activities including construction, urbanization and industrialization. These activities release hazardous particles and harmful gases into the atmosphere, contributing to poor air quality. Developing countries such as India have been particularly affected, with some of their cities among the most polluted worldwide. To address this serious concern, it is imperative to develop and implement air pollution control technologies for both indoor and outdoor environments. This study focuses on the structured investigation of the performance of locally available air filter media in terms of their removal efficiency for submicron and micron-size particles. Various indigenous air filter media are subjected to rigorous testing to evaluate their overall and size-specific filtration efficiency and corresponding differential pressure drop. The results of these performance evaluations are then compared to their effectiveness in removing coarse and fine particles from the air. This research aims to provide valuable insights into the development of effective air filtration systems to combat air pollution.