Alok Kumar Pandey, PhD
Alok Kumar Pandey, PhD
Rutherford Fellow | Newton-Bhabha Fellow | Inspire Fellow
Rutherford Fellow | Newton-Bhabha Fellow | Inspire Fellow
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उत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत प्राप्य वरान्निबोधत,
क्षुरासन्न धारा निशिता दुरत्यद्दुर्गम पथ: तत् कवयो वदन्ति| --- कठोपनिषद्
Arise! Awake! Approach the great and learn.
Like the sharp edge of a razor is that path, so the wise say — hard to tread and difficult to cross. --- Kaṭhopaniṣad
Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached --- Swami Vivekananda (took inspiration from the above sloka of Katha Upanishad)
Academic Career/Professional Experiences
Academic Career/Professional Experiences
Deshbandhu College (University of Delhi), New Delhi, India
Assistant Professor, 2023 – Present
Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Senior Research Associate, 2022 – 2023
University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Research Fellow, 2021 – 2022
University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Research Consultant, 2020 – 2021
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Commonwealth Rutherford Fellow, 2018 – 2020
Central University of Haryana, Mahendargarh, India
Assistant Professor, 2017 – 2018
Education
Education
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India & University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
PhD, Environment and Atmospheric Sciences, 2017
Thesis Title: Satellite-Derived Spatio-Temporal Trends of Air Quality over Indo-Gangetic Plain
Funded by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) under the INSPIRE Fellow Scholarship Programme
Visiting Research Student of the University of Edinburgh, UK, 2016
Funded by India-DST and UK-British Council under Newton-Bhabha Programme
Doctoral advisors: Prof Krishan Kumar & Prof David Stevenson
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
MPhil, Environment and Atmospheric Sciences (coursework only) 2011
Patna University, Patna, India
Master of Science – Environmental Science and Management, University Topper, 2010
Awards / Scholarships
Awards / Scholarships
Commonwealth Rutherford Fellowship awarded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC), United Kingdom
Newton – Bhabha PhD Programme awarded by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), India and British
Council, United Kingdom
INSPIRE Fellow Scholarship of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), India
Qualified UGC-NET Examination in Environmental Sciences
Qualified ARS-NET Examination in Environmental Sciences
Qualified GATE Examination in Life Sciences
Qualified CSIR-UGC NET & Junior Research Fellowship in Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Sciences
Administrative Experiences
ISRO’S IIRS EDUSAT Programme @ Central University of Haryana, India, June 2017 – March 2018
ISRO’S IIRS EDUSAT Programme @ Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, India, Aug 2025 – Present
Member, Union Advisory Committee @ Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, 2025 – 2026
Head of Department / Teacher-In-Charge, Department of Environmental Sciences, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, Kalkaji, New Delhi, India, October 2025 – Present
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