Contributions and Achievements
Projects handled (ongoing/ granted/ under consideration)
Young Scientist- Start-up Research Grant for the project titled “Sustainability assessment of urban forestry by managing urban marginal lands for developing green space” sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India (SERB, GoI) New Delhi, India (~26 Lacs INR)
Thapar Seed-Funding, for the project titled "Identifying the ecological sustainability indicators for the agroforestry systems under restoration initiatives" (~4 Lacs INR)
Awards/Recognition
Prof. Subodh Bhatnagar Innovation Award-2022, Society for Plant Research, Uttar Pradesh, India. December 2022.
Guest Scientist at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany. October 20-December 31, 2022.
Young Scientist Medal-2021, International Society of Environmental Botanists (ISEB), CSIR-NBRI, U.P., India. December 2022.
Young Scientist Start-up Research Grant, Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India (SERB-GoI), New Delhi, India, 2021
Young Scientist Award, Society for the Science of Climate Change and Sustainable Environment (SSCE), New Delhi, India, 2020
Green Talents Award, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany and German Aerospace Centre (DLR), 2019
Best Presentation Award, Department of Environmental Science, Bareilly College, Bareilly, U.P., India, 2019
NASI-Springer Award, National Academy of Science, India (NASI), 2018
Outstanding Reviewer Recognition Award, Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier, 2018
Visiting Research Fellow, Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia, 2018
National Travel Grants, DST-SERB, Govt. of India, 2017
National Travel Grants, CSIR, Govt. of India, 2017
Visiting Research Fellow, Beijing Normal University (BNU) at Beijing, China, 2017
Best Presentation Award, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU), Lucknow, U.P., India, 2015
Academic Fellowships (Doctoral & Post-doctoral Fellowships)
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal, India, 2020
UGC-MAN-SRF, University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, 2017
UGC-MAN-JRF, University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, 2015
UGC-NET, University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, 2013
GATE, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, AICTE, MHRD, Govt. of India, 2013
RET MPhil-PhD Fellow, Banaras Hindu University, 2012-2015
Editorial & Reviewer Roles
Academic Editor, PLOS One, PLOS [IF: 3.752]
Coordinating Editor, Restoration Ecology, Wiley [IF: 4.181]
Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Energy Research, Frontiers [IF: 3.858]
Guest Editor, Land, MDPI [IF: 3.905]
Guest Editor, Land Degradation & Development, Wiley [IF: 4.377]
Review Editor, Frontiers in Energy Research, Frontiers [IF: 3.858]
Associate Editor, Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, Indian Journals
Editorial Board Member, Anthropocene Science, Springer
Expert Reviewer, Applied Energy [IF: 11.446], Journal of Cleaner Production [IF: 11.072], Sustainable Production and Consumption [IF: 8.927], Ecological Indicators [IF: 6.263], Ecological Engineering [IF: 4.379], Global Food Security [IF: 9.027], Microbiological Research [IF: 5.07], Bioresource Technology Reports [Cite Score: 6.3] Elsevier
Expert Reviewer, Earth Science Informatics [IF: 2.705], Tropical Ecology [IF: 1.333], Journal of Mountain Science [IF: 2.371], Energy, Ecology and Environment journal, Springer
Expert Reviewer, Resources [IF: 6.400], Plants [IF: 4.658], Land [IF: 3.905], Sustainability [IF: 3.889], Forests [IF: 3.282], Agronomy [IF: 3.949], MDPI
Expert Reviewer, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association [IF: 2.636], Journal of Taibah University for Science [IF: 3.459] Taylor & Francis
Expert Reviewer, Heliyon, Cell-Press
Expert Reviewer, SN Applied Sciences, Springer Nature
Expert Reviewer, Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences [IF: 1.102]
Expert Reviewer, Land Degradation and Development, Wiley [IF: 4.377]
Expert Reviewer, Frontiers in Energy Research, Frontiers [IF: 3.858]
Expert Reviewer, Scientific reports journal, Nature Publishing Group [IF: 4.996]
Expert Reviewer, PloS One, PloS [IF: 3.752]
Expert Reviewer, Renewable Energy Policy Network for 21st Century (REN21+)
Memberships of Societies & Organizations/Expert Evaluator in Scientific Activities
Expert Judge in National Children’s Science Congress, District Level (Varanasi), 2016-2019
Member, Global Land Programme (GLP), 2018-
Member, Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI), 2017-
Member, International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), 2017-
Member, International Society of Environmental Botanists, National Botanical Research Institute (ISEB-NBRI), 2017-
Member, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), 2016-
Commission Member, IUCN, Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), 2016-
Commission Member, IUCN, Commission on Education and Communication (CEC), 2016-
Commission Member, Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), 2016-
Member, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), India, 2015-
Member, Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry of India (AEACI), 2015-
Member, Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI), 2015-