Arvind Chandra Pandey

Prof. Arvind Chandra Pandey received the Ph.D. degree in geology from the Department of Geology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, in 2001. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Geoinformatics, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. He has been working in diverse application areas of Geoinformatics, viz, water resources, glaciology, natural hazards, urban environment, and forestry. He has completed several projects as a PI and a co-PI from the Indian Space Research Organization, Central Ground Water Board, Department of Science and Technology, and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on aspects of Himalayan glacier study, Kosi flood hazards, groundwater targeting, national drinking water mission, arsenic contamination, national urban information system, wasteland mapping, forest fire forecasting, and desertification. Prof. Pandey was a recipient of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-SERVIR Fellowship in 2013 to work on Himalayan Glaciers in Zanskar Valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India.