Prof. Arvind Chandra Pandey
Professor
Department of Geoinformatics
Prof. Arvind Chandra Pandey
Department of Geoinformatics
Prof. A. C. Pandey is Professor since 2013, in the Department of Geoinformatics, and former Dean School of Natural Resource Management (SNRM) Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ), Ranchi.
He was former Head, Dept of Geoinformatics (2013-2020) and Dean, School of Natural Resource Management (2014-2017, 2021-2024) in CUJ. He is Coordinator (CUJ) for ISRO, EDUSAT programme since 2013. He previously served as Associate Professor (Remote Sensing) in Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, for a decade (2004-2013) and as Research Scientist in Department of Science & Technology, GoH, Chandigarh, for seven years (1997-2004). He acquired Ph.D. degree in Geology from Department of Geology, University of Delhi in 2001. He has been working in diverse application areas of Geoinformatics viz., Water Resources, Glaciology, Permafrost, Urban Environment, Forestry, coastal hazards, flood risk, drought mapping etc. He has 15 Ph.D. and 132 M. Tech/B. Tech/M.Sc. thesis completed under his guidance. He has more than 173 publications in refereed international/national journals/Books and 04 edited books to his credit. He is recipient of NASA-SERVIR Fellowship in 2013 to work on Himalayan glaciers in Zanskar Valley, J&K. He has completed many national projects as PI and Co-PI from IIRS (DoS), SAC-ISRO, CGWB, DST-GoI and MoEF on aspects of Mineral Prognostication, Groundwater targeting, Arsenic Contamination, Desertification, Himalayan Glacier, Permafrost Study, Kosi Flood Hazards, National Drinking Water Mission, Wasteland Mapping, National Urban Information System, Forest Fire Forecasting, etc. He recently completed 05 ISRO projects as PI/Co-PI in the area of Forest Health Mapping (Kerala), Flood Mapping (Kosi), Mineral prognostication (Jharkhand), Forest Biomass Estimation (M.P.), Forest Gross Primary Productivity Mapping (Jharkhand) and presently executing as PI, ISRO project on Permafrost Mapping in Uttarakhand Himalaya and DST-GoI project on Climate Change impacts on Monasteries in High Altitude Desert regions of India.15 (Completed):
04 (Ongoing):
Space Application Centre (SAC) ISRO, IIRS-D.Dun, IIT-Ropar, IIT-Roorkee
Year wise: Projects details (19)
Projects (Ongoing)
Projects (Completed)
Research Publications: 149
Theme wise Articles in Journals (Published)
GLACIOLOGY
COASTAL & MARINE SCIENCES
NATURAL HAZARDS
FORESTRY, ECOLOGY & AGRICULTURE
HYDROLOGY & WATER RESOURCES
GEOENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS
BOOKS PUBLISHED
Books and Book Chapter Publications: 24
Year wise Books and Book Chapters (Published)
17th July 2026