P K Joshi

P K Joshi
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre: 
School of Environmental Sciences
Room No: 
112 & 114
Off. Phone: 
011-26704323
Email: 
pkjoshi@mail.jnu.ac.in pkjoshi27@hotmail.com
Personal Webpage: 
https://www.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. Professor & Head Department of Natural Resources, TERI University, New Delhi (2011–2015)
  3. Associate Professor & Head Department of Natural Resources, TERI University, New Delhi (2007–2011)
  4. Scientist, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS/ISRO), Dehradun (2000–2007)
  5. Adjunct faculty, Center for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (Affiliated to the UN) (2000–2007)
  6. Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS/ISRO), Dehradun (1998–2000)
Awards & Honours: 
  1. Fellow - National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS) (2019)
  2. Fellow - Indian Geophysical Union (FIGU) (2018)
  3. Platinum Jubilee Lecture (2018) Environmental Sciences Section, 105th Indian Science Congress
  4. P. R. Pisharoty Memorial Award (Indian National Remote Sensing Award) (2014), Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS/ISRO)
  5. Member GIS Academia Council of India (2016-till date)
  6. Member Global Young Academy (GYA) (2012-till date)
  7. Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2009), National Academy of Sciences India (NASI)
  8. Young Scientist Medal (2006), Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
  9. Academy Gold Medal (2006), Indian Academy of Environmental Science
  10. 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.

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5): 
  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 (upto 3): 
  1. Shukla, R., A. Agarwal, K. Sachdeva, J. Kurths, and *P.K. Joshi (2019). Climate change perception: an analysis of climate change and risk perceptions among farmer types of Indian Western Himalayas. Climate Change https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2314-z
  2. Mann, D., G. Agrawal, and *P.K. Joshi (2019). Spatio-temporal forest cover dynamics along road networks in the Central Himalaya. Ecological Engineering 127:383-393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.12.020
  3. Anees, MM, Shafa Sajjid, *P.K. Joshi (2019). Characterizing urban area dynamics in historic city of Kurukshertra, India using remote sensing and spatial metric tools. Geocarto International https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2018.1499819
Patents (if any): 

Nil