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Professor
During last more than two decades of my academic and research activities, I have been involved in multidisciplinary activities particularly by acting as a bridge between the pure and applied sciences on one side and social sciences on other, which is the core theme of Geography. I have been involved in application of remote sensing and GIS techniques in solving the complex questions/problems of Earth and Environmental sciences.
My primary research focus has been on the use of remote sensing and GIS technology in geomorphological, glaciological, hydrological, climatic and environmental geography studies. I have utilized the geospatial technology for observation and modelling of various processes operating at watershed scale particularly in Kashmir Himalayas with a focus on nexus between upstream conditions and its downstream affects. My research has led to me investigate the observed climate data of Kashmir Himalayas and come out with a plausible weather/climatic conditions in current and future time scales. I have been involved in sponsored research on response of snow and glaciers to changing climate. Recently I have been involved in supervising post-doctoral studies soil micronutrient and nitrogen loadings for better parameterization of hydrological models for estimating snow and glacier runoff, surface runoff and quantifying changes in surface water resources under changing climate. The research leading to doctoral degree of my students are diverse and focus more on interdisciplinary nature with a thrust on man and environment relationship ranging from climate and its impact on runoff, to glacier dynamics, estimating land use land cover changes in present and future, landslide studies among several others.
Recently my lab has been involved in applying the use of numerical, probabilistic and statistical modeling techniques for solving complex problems related to climate, glaciers, sediment transport, runoff estimation among several others.
Geography & Disaster Management