Contributions and Achievements

Projects handled (ongoing/ granted/ under consideration)

• Thapar ACT-Funding (2025-2027), for the project titled “A socio-economic approach to addressing sustainable crop production in Punjab under impending Climate change effects” (12.5 Lacs INR) (As Co-PI)

• Young Scientist-Start-up Research Grant (2021-2023), 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) (As PI)

• Thapar Seed-Funding (2022-2024), for the project titled "Identifying the ecological sustainability indicators for the agroforestry systems under restoration initiatives" (~4 Lacs INR)

Awards/Recognition

• Visiting Teacher Fellow-2024, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. July 15-July 25, 2024.

• 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

• Section Editor, Discover Forests, Springer, 2025-

• Editorial Board Member, Discover Forests, Springer, 2024-25

• Subject Editor, Vegetos, Springer, 2024-25

• Review Editor, Land Degradation and Development, Wiley, 2023-

• Associate Editor, Energy Ecology and Environment, Springer, 2022-

• 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-