CONSULTANCY & RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS/DATA
CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Our Lab & Research Collaborative Group offers various consultancy services on the below mentioned areas to Govt., Semi Govt. and Private Organizations/Industries nationally or internationally. Following consultancy services successfully delivered in terms of research publications, policy reports and tools/products.
Disaster Risk and Resilience
Disaster-Climate Resilience
Hazard Risk Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) /Multi Hazard Risk Assessment and Zonation/Composite Risk Atlas
Develop Disaster Management Information System
Formulation of Disaster Management Plan for various stakeholders
End to End Early Warning Systems
Coastal Area Disaster Management Plan
Glacier, Water and Climate
Glaciology and Cryosphere Research specifically by measuring permafrost, snow and ice, and glacier mass balance
Studied cryosphere-related hazards and mass movements such as glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), debris flow and many more..
Integrated water resource management
Glacio-Hydrological modelling and system dynamics.
Long term analysis of climate variability, trends, and prediction
Reconstruction of past climate using multi-proxies and dating methods
Geospatial Solutions (Remote Sensing/GIS/Photogrammetry/Lidar)
Performing Google Earth Engine based Cloud Computing Analysis
Structure from Motion (SfM) Photogrammetry, 3D Visualization and Analytics & Lidar remote sensing
Artificial Intelligence (Ai) & Geo-Intelligence using latest techniques of GIS
Advanced Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing for various applications
Monitoring and predicting land use and land cover changes.
Environment, Ecosystem services & Sustainable Livelihoods
Environmental/Green audit reports in General and also as per NAAC requirement
Environmental Impact Assessment, Environment Survey reports & Environment Management Plan
Mining Survey reports and their Management Plan
Observing and monitoring biophysical and climatic variables for biomass and carbon assessment
Methodology framework for monitoring carbon sequestration in a forest or tree outside forest (ToF) ecosystems
Smart, Resilient and Knowledge based Solutions & Technologies
A virtual field of Earth science and technology in learning process
Real-time Tracking and Tracing Systems
Micro-forest & Carbon Footprint
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-based multi-analysis and solutions
Web-based portal for Disaster Risk Managment
Analysis and Dissemination of Percipitation forecast information to line department
Many More....
Capacity Building and Training on Geospatial, Geohazards, Geophysical Technologies & Instrumentations
Building Capacity in Earth & Geographical science through practical Training, Field Visit and Teaching
Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI)
Glaciological Mass balance and sediment collection solutions
DGPS/Total Station/ LiDAR Survey and Mapping
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey
Many More....
RESEARCH FIELD EXPEDITIONS
Lahaul Himalaya: Bara-Shigri Glacier (2012, 2014), Chhota-Shigri Glacier (2012, (2009-Continue) 2013), Batal Glacier (2013), Samudari-Tapu Glacier (2012, 2013, 2014), Menthosa Glacier (2010, 2012, 2014, 2017-2018), Miyar Glacier (2012, 2014).
Ravi Basin: Shah Glacier (2010), Tapni Glacier (2010), Manimahesh Glacier (2010-2017) (2013-2017), Tal glacier (2013-2014), Laihas Glacier (2013- 2017), Kugti Glacier (2013-2017) and others unnamed glaciers.
Ladhak Himalaya: Khardung-La (2012) & many unnamed glaciers in eastern Karakoram.
Central/Eastern Himalaya: Gangotri Glacier (2014, 2017, 2019, 2021), Raktwan Glacier (2017), Himalaya (2014-2017) Satopanth (2012) Glacier, glaciers in Mana Valley (2012-2015).
Himachal Himalaya
Garhwal Himalaya
Dendro Field in Dhauladhar
Ravi Basin, NW Himalaya
RESEARCH DATA, TOOLs & CODE
Digital Karakoram region outline
The retreat of mountain glaciers since the Little Ice Age: a spatially explicit global database.
Provide shapefiles showing 728 past positions of 93 glacier fronts from all continents, except Antarctica, covering the period between the Little Ice Age maxima and the present (Marta et al. 2021) (*I led LIA reconstruction for the Hindukush-Karakorum-Himalaya (HKH) region and for detailed shapefile for this region contact me)
Glaciology remote sensing/GIS data analysis tools:
ArcGIS Glacier's hypsometry/mass transfers (GHMT) tool (Contact for the download link)
