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P K Joshi

P K Joshi
P K Joshi
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Environmental Sciences
Room No
112 & 114
Off. Phone
011-26704323
Residence
98180 25993
Email
pkjoshi[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in pkjoshi27[at]hotmail[dot]com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/pkjoshi/cv.pdf
Qualifications

BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Advanced geospatial (RS, GIS, GPS/GNSS) analysis and modeling

Landscape and vegetation analysis (incl. Land use/Land cover change)

Climate change vis-à-vis ecological studies (incl. Natural Resource Management)

Experience
  1. Professor School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2015- till date)
  2. Chairperson Special Centre for Disaster Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2015- till date)
  3. Professor & Head Department of Natural Resources, TERI University, New Delhi (2011-2015)
  4. Associate Professor & Head Department of Natural Resources, TERI University, New Delhi (2007-2011)
  5. Scientist, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS/ISRO), Dehradun (2000-2007)
  6. Adjunct faculty, Center for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (Affiliated to the UN) (2000-2007)
  7. Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS/ISRO), Dehradun (1998-2000)
Awards & Honours
  1. National Award for Geospatial Excellence (2020), Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS/ISRO), 
  2. Fellow - National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS) (2019)
  3. Fellow - Indian Geophysical Union (FIGU) (2018)
  4. Platinum Jubilee Lecture (2018) Environmental Sciences Section, 105th Indian Science Congress
  5. P.R. Pisharoty Memorial Award (Indian National Remote Sensing Award) (2014), Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS/ISRO)
  6. Member GIS Academia Council of India (2016-till date)
  7. Member Global Young Academy (GYA) (2012-till date)
  8. Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2009), National Academy of Sciences India (NASI)
  9. Young Scientist Medal (2006), Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
  10. Academy Gold Medal (2006), Indian Academy of Environmental Science
  11. Fellow - Indian Academy of Environmental Sciences (FIAES) (2004) 
International Collaboration/Consultancy

SUNRAISE: Sustainable Natural Resource Use in Arctic and High Mountainous Areas. A multi-institutional project Co-funded by the Earasmus+ Programme of the European Union with University of Bremen, Germany as the project coordinator and partners from Russia, India, Bhutan and EU.

UREGNT Project logo

URGENT: Urban Resilience and Adaptation for India and Mongolia. A multi-institutional project Co-funded by the Earasmus+ Programme of the European Union with University of Bremen, Germany as the project coordinator and partners from Mongolia, India and EU.

Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. P.K. Joshi, P.S. Roy, S. Singh, S. Agrawal and D. Yadav (2006). Vegetation cover mapping in India using multi-temporal IRS Wide Field Sensor (WiFS) data.Remote Sensing of Environment 103(2): 190-202.
  2. P.S. Roy, P.K. Joshi, D. Yadav, S. Agrawal, S. Singh, and C. Jegannathan (2006). Biome mapping in India using multi-temporal satellite data and other inputs. Ecological Modeling 197(1-2): 148-158.
  3. P.K. Joshi, G.S. Rawat, H. Padilya and P.S. Roy (2006). Biodiversity characterization in Nubra Valley, Ladakh with special reference to plant resource conservation and bioprospecting. Biodiversity and Conservation 15(13): 4253-4270.
  4. A. Chakraborty, A. Ghosh, P.K. Joshi, and G. Areendran (2013). Assessing biome boundary shifts under climate change in India. Ecological Indicators 34: 536–547.
  5. A. Ghosh and P.K. Joshi (2014). A comparison of selected classification algorithms for mapping bamboo patches in lower Gangetic plains using very high resolution WorldView 2 imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 26: 298–311.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

  1. Das, J., S. Mahato, P.K. Joshi, and Yuei-An Liou (2023). Forest fire susceptibility zonation in Eastern India using statistical and weighted modelling approaches. Remote Sensing 15(5), 1340 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051340
  2. Anees, M.M., E. Banzhaf, J. Want, and P.K. Joshi (2022). Quality index approach for analysis of urban green infrastructure in Himalayan cities. Land 12(2), 279 https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020279
  3. Kaushik, S., T. Singh, P.K. Joshi and A.J. Dietz (2022). Automated mapping of glacial lakes using multisource remote sensing data and deep convolutional neural network. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 115, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.103085
  4. Sharma, S., P.K. Joshi and C. Furst (2022). Unravelling net primary productivity dynamics under urbanization and climate change in the Western Himalaya. Ecological Indicators 114, 109598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109508
  5. Kumar. P., R. Pandey, Christine Fürst and P.K. Joshi (2021). The role of information infrastructure for climate change adaptation in the socio-ecological system of the Central Himalaya – availability, utility, and gaps. Socio-Ecological Practice Research 3, 397-410. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-021-00096-1
Patents (if any)

Nil