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P K Joshi

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@mail.jnu.ac.in pkjoshi27@hotmail.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

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.