Dr. Prem Chandra Pandey received PhD from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom, under Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor at the School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (deemed to be University), UP, India. Previously, he has been associated with Banaras Hindu University, India, as an SERB-NPDF fellow. He received BSc and MSc degrees from Banaras Hindu University and MTech degree (Remote Sensing) from Birla Institute of Technology, India. He has worked as a professional research fellow on remote sensing applications in the National Urban Information System funded by NRSC Government of India. He has been a recipient of several awards including Commonwealth Fellow, United Kingdom, INSPIRE fellow GoI, MHRD-UGC fellow GoI, Malviya Gold Medal from Banaras Hindu University, SERB-NPDF from Government of India, and Young Investigator Award. Dr. Pandey is working in three projects related to monitoring of wetlands/Chilika lake mainly focusing on Ramsar sites along with other natural resourcesbased research work funded by NGP and SERB Government of India. He has published more than 90+ peer-reviewed journal papers , ten edited books, several book chapters, and presented his work in national and international conferences. He is serving as a member of editorial board for Geocarto International journal (Taylor & Francis), Sustainable Development (WILEY), Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio) and acted as a guest editor for Remote Sensing, MDPI. Additionally, he is also a member of ISG (Indian Society of Geomatics), ISRS (Indian Society of Remote Sensing), IUCN-CEM (2017-2025), Society of Wetland Scientists (2021-2022), SPIE, and AAG. Dr. Pandey focuses his research on remote sensing for natural resources including forestry, agriculture, urban studies, environmental pollutant modeling, and climate change.
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