Area of Specialization
Natural resource management and conservation
Socio-economic and ecological approaches for sustainable development;
Production system analysis; Protected Area Management
Land use land cover change analysis; Sustainable livelihood development; Ecological Modeling
GIS and Remote Sensing in landscape analysis
Climate Change and Socio-Ecological Development
Work Experience
Professor
Research, Teaching and Administration
Institute for Social and Economic Change
15 May 2014 -Present
Associate Professor
Research, Teaching and Administration
Institute for Social and Economic Change
12 June 2008-14 May 2014
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
Research
Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute of Socio-Economics, Muencheberg, Germany
2006-2008
JSPF-Post Doctoral Fellow
Research
Center for Spatial Information Science
The University of Tokyo, Japan
2003-2005
Core Research Associate
Sustainable Development of Rural Ecosystem
G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment 'NIHE', Kosi-Katarmal, Almora
1999-2003
Awards / Recognition
International
Received Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Award to do Post doc research at Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan in 2003 for 2 years.
Received Humboldt Fellowship Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany to work at Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute of Socio-Economics, Muencheberg, Germany in 2006 for 2 years.
Nominated for one of the best researchers of the year 2007 at Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Str. 84, Muencheberg, 15374, Germany for research publications (Value of the award was Euro 2250/-).
Honoured as Fellow (ZALF Fellow) by Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany (2014- onwards).
Visiting Scientist, at Centre for Environmental System Research, University of Kassel, Germany, with support from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 1.12.2010 – 28.1.2011 and 1.5.2013 - 30.6.2013.
Received Humboldt Kolleg Grant to Commemorate 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and India.
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany has recognized Prof. Sunil Nautiyal (CEENR, ISEC) for supervising German Research Fellows under Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.
National
YPS Pangtey Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution on Socio-ecological Research (28 August 2022)
Elected Fellow, National Institute of Ecology (NIE) Certificate of Excellence on Outstanding Contribution to Ecology and Election as Fellow in 2018 of National Institute of Ecology (NIE).
Awarded Platinum Jubilee Award Lecture for Environmental Science Section of 106th Indian Science Congress held in LPU Jalandhar from 3rd to 7th January 2019, which was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.
Ranked in the list of top three scientists at the national level among all the research institutions (ICSSR, Govt. of India) for the research publications/citations/h-index for the period 2011-2020.
Honorary Professor at the University of Ladakh
Chair, Assessment Panel, GATI Program of WISE-KIRAN, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
Nominated as Jury Member of Nav Bharat Nirman-Building of the New India, IISF (2020), by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
Professional Bodies/ Committees/ Society Membership
Life member of Society for Environment and Development, India
Indian Science Congress Association (Life Member)
Delhi University Botanical Society (Life Member)
National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi (Life Member)
Theme on Governance, Equity, and Rights –TGER/IUCN/CEESP
Society for conservation and resource development of medicinal plants, New Delhi
The South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
Member: Advisory/ Editorial/ Reviewer Board of many peer reviewed international journals.
National Advisory Board Member, Centre for Space Science & Allied Discipline, University of Ladakh
Expert member for strategic area of Social Sciences and Policies in Agriculture, of the National Agricultural Science Fund (NASF), ICAR, Govt. of India.
Member, Programme Advisory Committee for CURIE Programme, MST, Govt. of India
Member, Climate Change Programme, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
Member, Scheme for Young Scientists and Technologists (SYST), SEED, MST, Govt. of India.