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Dr. Pankaj Chauhan

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Dr. Pankaj Chauhan

Dr. Pankaj Chauhan

Designation : Scientist ‘C’

Phone : 8077292984

E-mail : pankaj[at]wihg[dot]res[dot]in

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  • Research & Specialization

    Glaciology, Hydro-meteorology and related hazards, Climate change, RS/ GIS, AI/ML

  • Research Group

    Glaciology and Environmental Geology

  • Academic Qualification

    Ph. D.

  • Professional Experience

    Year Experience
    2024-Till date Scientist – C & Asst. Professor AcSIR at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
    2020-2023 Scientist – B at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
    2018 Post Doc Researcher at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
    2013 Tech. Officer/ Researcher at Centre for Glaciology, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
    2006 JRF/ SRF at Forest Survey of India, Dehradun, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India
    2003 GIS Analyst, at Geo-spatial data centre, Survey of India, Dehradun, Govt. of India

  • Visiting Positions

    Visited to Keio, University Japan for six months, for under the SIRE, DST fellowship programme, during 2023-2024

  • Awards/Fellowships/Honors/Memorial Lectures

    • Fellowship of Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) for the year 2024- 2025, funded by National governments, UN agencies and programmes

    • Awarded SERB International Research Experience (SIRE) fellowship to visit (JAPAN) for the year 2023-2024 supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, New Delhi

    • Best scientist of the year award 2020, from Shri Paramhans Education & Research Foundation, Delhi (2020)

    • B V Ramana Best Paper Award by Association of Agrometeorologists Gujarat, India for the year (2018)

    • Wadia Institute’s Best Worker Awards continuous from (2009 to 2013)

    • ONGC for meritorious student fellowship award (2002)

  • Countries Visited

    India, Nepal, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong

  • National/International (outside WIHG)Collaboration

    International Collaboration with Prof. Rajib Shaw, Keio University, Tokyo, JAPAN

  • Services

    Research and Teaching

  • List of Publications

    • Pirasteh, S., Samad, A., Ahmad, R., Thakural, L.N., Khan, H.H., Chauhan, P., Khan, A. and Qamar, M.Z., 2025. Geospatial and AHP based identification of potential zones for groundwater recharge in Haridwar District of India. Frontiers in Environmental Science (IF 3.3)
    • SAIN, K., CHAUHAN, P*., BISHT, P. and VAIDESWARAN, S.C., 0 Cloudburst-induced debris flows and flash floods at Lasko valley in Pithoragarh district, India-Nepal border. Himalayan Geology Journal (IF 1.1)
    • Alam, M., Chauhan, P*., Thakural, L.N., Malviya, D., Ahmad, R. and Sajid, M., 2025. Identification of groundwater recharge potential zone using geospatial approaches and multi criteria decision models in Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand, India. Advances in Space Research, (IF 2.8) 75(2), pp.1931-1944
    • Akiner, M.E., Chauhan Pankaj*., Singh S.K. 2024. Evaluation of Surface Water Quality in the Betwa River Basin through the Water Quality Index Model and Multivariate Statistical Techniques. Environmental Science and pollution Research; (IF 5.8)
    • Chauhan Pankaj., Akiner, M.E., Shaw, Rajib., Sain Kalachand 2024. Forecast future disasters using hydro-meteorological datasets in the Yamuna River Basin, Western Himalaya: Using Markov Chain and LSTM approaches. Artificial intelligence in geosciences; (AIF 2.2)
    • Garg, P.K., Mehta, M., Shukla, A., Chauhan, P., Kesarwani, K. and Mukherjee, S., 2023. Supraglacial geomorphology of Companion Glacier, central Himalaya: evolution, controls and consequences Supraglacial geomorphology of Companion Glacier, central Himalaya: evolution, controls and consequences. Garg et al., 2023; Frontiers in Earth Science; (IF 2.9)
    • Singh, D., Karan, K., Singh, S.K., Chauhan, P. and Berndtsson, R., 2023. Fusing Morphometric Characteristics with Extreme Precipitation Indices for Identifying the Most Vulnerable Sub-basin at Risk of Flooding. Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 50 (44-56). (IF 2.8)
    • Chauhan, P., Sharma, J., Bhardwaj, P., Mehta, M., Shah, R.A., Singh, O. and Sain, K., 2023. Comparative analysis of discharge and sediment flux from two contiguous glacierized basins of Central Himalaya, India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(6), p.729. (IF 3.307)
    • Rastogi, T., Singh, J., Singh, N., Chauhan, P., Yadav, R.R. and Pandey, B., 2023. Temperature variability over Dokriani glacier region, Western Himalaya, India. 664 (8), p. 33-41. Quaternary International. (IF 2.454)
    • Sain, K., Mehta, M., Kumar, V., Gupta, V. and Chauhan, P., 2023. A Climatic Surprise–Slope Instability Triggered by Heavy Rain in Maldevta Region, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on 20 August, 2022. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 99(3), pp.317-320. (IF 1.466)
    • Singh, D., Vardhan, M., Sahu, R., Chatterjee, D., Chauhan, P. and Liu, S., 2023. Machine-learning-and deep-learning-based streamflow prediction in a hilly catchment for future scenarios using CMIP6 GCM data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27(5), pp.1047-1075. (IF 6.617)
    • Kumar, N., Singh, S.K., Singh, P.K., Gautam, D.K., Patle, P., Pandey, H.K. and Chauhan, P., 2023. Water accounting of a trans-boundary river basin using satellite observations and WA+ framework. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 129, p.103343. (IF 3.311)
    • Chauhan, Pankaj. and Ahmad, R., 2022. Hydrological Response of Factors Affecting Rainfall Water Discharge and Water Balance: A Case Study of Tons Watershed. In Water Quality, Assessment and Management in India (pp. 129-155). Cham: Springer International Publishing. Book chapter
    • Chauhan, Pankaj., Sain, Kalachand., Mehta, M., and Singh S.K., 2022. An investigation of cloudburst, triggered landslides and flash floods in Arakot Region of Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand India. Geological Society of India, (IF 1.466)
    • Chauhan, Pankaj., Malviya, D., Sain, K., Ray, R.L., Singh, S.K. and Singh, D., 2022. Assessing the vulnerability of watersheds to environmental degradation in the Lesser Himalayan region using satellite data and a series of models. Geocarto International, pp.1-28 (IF 4.889).

    • Chauhan, Pankaj., Akıner, M.E., Sain, K. and Kumar, A., 2022. Forecasting of suspended sediment concentration in the Pindari-Kafni glacier valley in Central Himalayan region considering the impact of precipitation: using soft computing approach. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 15(8), pp.1-18. (IF 1.827)
    • Nilendu Singh and Pankaj Chauhan et al. 2022. Tree isotopic records suggest seasonal importance of moisture dynamics over glacial valleys of the Central Himalaya. Frontiers in Earth Science, June 2022. (IF 3.498).
    • Singh, N., Singh, J., Gupta, A.K., Bräuning, A., Dimri, A.P., Ramanathan, A.L., Sharma, V., Tiwari, R.K., Chakraborty, J.S., Chauhan, P. and Shukla, T., 2021. Climate-driven acceleration in forest evapotranspiration fuelling extreme rainfall events in the Himalaya. Environmental Research Letters, 16(8), p.084042.(IF 6.793).
    • Ahluwalia, R.S., Rai, S.P., Meetei, P.N., Kumar, S., Sarangi, S., Chauhan, P. and Karakoti, I., 2021. Spatial-diurnal variability of snow/glacier melt runoff in glacier regime river valley: Central Himalaya, India. Quaternary International, 585, pp.183-194. (IF 2.2)
    • Vikram Kumar, Sumit Sen, Pankaj Chauhan 2020. Geo-morphometric prioritization of Aglar micro watershed in Lesser Himalaya using GIS approach. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, pp.1- 11. (IF 3.0)
    • Jayendra Singh, Nilendu Singh, Pankaj Chauhan, Ram R. Yadav, Achim Bräuning, Christoph Mayr and Tanupriya Rastogi 2019. Tree-ring δ18O records of abating June-July monsoon rainfall over the Himalayan region in the last 273 years. Quaternary International, 532, pp.48-56. (IF 2.2)
    • Nilendu Singh, MohitSinghal, SudershanChhikara, Indira Karakoti, Pankaj Chauhan and D. P. Dobhal 2019. Radiation and energy balance dynamics over a rapidly receding glacier in the central Himalaya. International Journal of Climatology

    • Rizwan Ahmed, Pankaj Chauhan and SK Srivastava 2018. Groundwater Study in Eastern Dehradun Valley and adjoining area using Remote Sensing & GIS Observation. Journal of Himalayan Geology. Vol. 39, No.02 ISSN: 0971-8966. (IF 1.2)
    • P. Raja, Nilendu Singh, C. V. Srinivas, Mohit Singhal, Pankaj Chauhan, Maharaj Singh & N. K. Sinha (2017). Analyzing energy–water exchange dynamics in the Thardesert. Journal of Climate Dynamics. DOI 10.1007/s00382-017-3804-9 (IF. 4.901)
    • Pankaj Chauhan, Nilendu Singh, Devi DattChauniyal, Rajeev Ahluwalia and MohitSinghal (2017). Differential behavior of a lesser Himalayan watershed in extreme rainfall regimes. Journal of Earth System Science. 126:22

    • Reet Kamal Tiwari, P. K. Garg, Aparna Shukla, Rajiv S. Ahluwalia, Nilendu Singh, Pankaj Chauhan, 2016. A geomorphic and morphometric analysis of surface ice velocity variation of different valley type glaciers. International conference on LandSurface and Cryosphere Remote Sensing III, part of SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing, April- 4-7, 2016, edited by Reza khanbilvardi, AswagoshGanju, A.S. Rajawat, Jing M Chen at Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad, India. (IF. 0.937)
    • Pankaj Chauhan, Devi Datt Chauniyal, Nilednu Singh, Reet Kamal Tiwari. 2016. “Quantitative geo- morphometric and land cover based micro-watershed prioritization in the Tons river basin of the lesser Himalaya“. Journal of Environmental Earth Sciences75:498

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