Dr. Ajay Kumar Gupta | GBPNIHE

Dr. Ajay Kumar Gupta

Scientist-C

,Ladakh Regional Centre

Contact:

ewmajay@gmail.com

Area of Specialization

Climate Change Risk, Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment

Forest Carbon Estimation

Qualification

  • Graduation (B.Sc) in Environment and Water Management from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya in 2009
  • Post-Graduation (M.Sc.) in Environment Management from Forest Research Institute University, Dehradun in 2011
  • Doctorate (PhD) in Environment Management from Forest Research Institute University, Dehradun in 2020

Expertise

Climate Change Risk, Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment

Air Pollution controls in urban areas

Forest carbon stock estimation

Work Experience

Junior Project Fellow

EIA/EMP and SIA of Hydro Power Projects

Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun

15/05/2012-23/07/2013

Academic Associate

Forest and Climate Change, REDD-Plus

Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun

24/07/2013-31/05/2014

Senior Research Fellow

Forest Carbon Estimation

Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

01/10/2014-31/08/2015

Consultant A

Air Pollution Control in cities

Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi

15/06/2020-14/06/2021

Technical Expert

Climate Change and NGT related Matters

Environment Forest and Climate Change Department, Govt of Bihar

15/06/2021-05/01/2023

Countries Visited

    Nepal   

Awards / Recognition

National

Qualified UGC NET-JRF (Environmental Sc.) in June 2016 and ASRB NET (Environmental Sc.) in 2014

HUC Fellow 2018 - Himalayan University Consortium (HUC) Secretariat, ICIMOD, Nepal

Participant of (A TISS-DST Winter School) on “Developments in Climate Change and Sustainable Development” at TISS, Bombay from 21 January – 2 February 2019

Research Interests

Broad Subject Area Specialization Sector
Environmental Science, Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability Assessment, Adaptation to Climate Change, Carbon Capture, Air quality monitoring vulnerability Assessment, Air Pollution, Forest Carbon

Publications

Sl.No. Category Numbers
Peer Reviewed Papers 14
Paper in Book chapter 1

Skills

Technical Skills
  • Softwares : ArcGIS, Erdas Imagine, SPSS, Origin

Extra curricular activities

  • Hobbies:    Music, Trekking.
  • Sports:       Athletics, Cricket and Chess

Dr. Ajay Kumar Gupta   ewmajay@gmail.com