• Awarded Ph.D in Forestry (2017), from G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE), Almora, Uttarakhand and Kumaun University, DSB campus, Nainital, Uttrakhand, India.
• Masters of Science in Forestry (Four semesters), 2008-2010, from HNB Garhwal Central University, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India.
• Bachelor of Science in Forestry “Honors” (Eight semesters), 2004-2008, from HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal Uttarakhand, India.
Assistant Professor in Amity Institute of Forestry and Wildlife from 19 August 2019 to till date.
Project coordinator, G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE), Uttarakhand (2017-2019)
Project fellow, Senior Project fellow and Research Associate, G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE), Uttarakhand (2012-2017).
Project Personnel, Wildlife Institute of India (2011-2012).
Concept of Forestry, Techniques in Forestry, Agroforestry and land Management, Forest Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Soil and Wasteland Management, World Forestry System, Forestry Extension Education, Plantation Forestry, Dendrology, Silviculture.
He is keenly interested in long term studies, in-depth experimentation in determining patterns of responses to changing climate on alpine or timberline plant communities which imperative to the sustainable biodiversity conservations and management of the Indian Himalayan Regions. Additionally, he is interested to investigate the drivers of land use changes in high altitude timberline ecotone and explore the use of remote sensing technology for the assessment of rare, endangered and threatened (RET) species and develop the strategies for their In-situ conservation. He has published more than 30 research papers, articles, book chapters in different reputed journals at National and Internal level.
Environmental Impact Assessment, Disaster Risk Assessment and Vulnerability, Livelihood Enhancement of community through Forest based Industries, Non-Timber Forest produce. Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Extraction etc.
Life member of Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India.
Commission Member - IUCN/CEM/Commission on Ecosystem management.
Commission Member- IUCN/WCPA/World Commission on Protected Areas
• Review editor (Temperate and Boreal Forests section), Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.
• Editorial Board member to the International Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology.
• Editorial Board member of Asian Council of Science Editors.
Participate in OJCB (On-the Job Research Capacity Building for Food Security and Environmental Conservation in Developing Countries) Programme, funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan.
Amity Institute of Forestry and Wildlife - AIFW
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