Climate & adaptation
Climate Change Centre under NMSHE — Phase II
Support climate-risk knowledge, vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning in the Himalayan context.
PARTNER / FUNDING: Department of Science & Technology / Government of India
PROJECTS / RESEARCH IN PRACTICE
Evidence made
useful.
A selection of government and institutional geospatial programmes documented in my professional CV, connecting scientific methods with operational and planning needs.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO
Beyond the paper.
Into the field.
Selected projects from the May 2026 CV. Project status and scope should be reconfirmed when the site is updated.
Water & wetlands
Wular Lake geospatial monitoring
Use satellite data and geospatial methods to track changes in lake conditions and support management.
PARTNER / FUNDING: Wular Conservation and Management Authority
Satellite + IoT
Dal–Nigeen water-quality monitoring
Combine satellite observations and IoT sensor evidence for near-real-time water-quality monitoring.
PARTNER / FUNDING: Government of Jammu & Kashmir
Geospatial infrastructure
State Spatial Data Infrastructure
Organise and publish spatial information for cross-departmental use and decision support.
PARTNER / FUNDING: Government of Jammu & Kashmir
Water planning
Rainwater-harvesting site suitability
Identify landscape locations potentially suitable for rainwater-harvesting interventions.
PARTNER / FUNDING: Jal Shakti Department / Catch the Rain
Land & forests
Forest demarcation digitisation
Improve the geospatial representation of forest boundaries and demarcation records.
PARTNER / FUNDING: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Spatial planning
Space Based Information Support for Decentralized Planning (SIS-DP)
Create and update geospatial information to support decentralised planning.
PARTNER / FUNDING: NRSC / ISRO
Ecosystems & risk
Forest fire vulnerability and risk assessment
Map factors associated with fire susceptibility and inform prioritisation.
PARTNER / FUNDING: J&K Forest Department / CAMPA
SCIENCE / POLICY / SERVICE
Connecting agencies.
Connecting evidence.
Geospatial work becomes most effective when scientific quality and institutional usefulness reinforce one another.
Collaborations documented in my CV span NRSC–ISRO, the Department of Science & Technology, environmental authorities and departments responsible for water, forestry, agriculture and urban planning.
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