GEO- 4G Lab

Dr. Pritam Chand is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, School of Environment and Earth sciences, at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India. His research mainly concentrated to comprehend the response of glacier dynamics to changing climate and resulting contribution to regional water balance; to understand the timing and extent of Quaternary glaciations in the Himalayan region and its impact on landscape evolution; and to identify the risk of triggering glacial hazards in context to reported climate warming and glacial fluctuation in the Himalaya in order to formulate risk-based adaptation strategies. In his research, he typically combine 4G approach i.e. Geo-informatics (advanced remote sensing & GIS, Lidar, digital photogrammtery), Geo-statistics (also includes numerical modelling using R & Python), Geo-chronology (i.e. OSL/CRN dating and recently acquainted tree rings dating methods) and field based Geo-physical measurement (i.e. GPR, DGPS, Terrestrial Lidar, glaciological Mass Balance etc.).