Biography

2018-2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

2020-2020: Honorary Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, UK

2017-2018: Research Associate, Sharda University, India

2016-2017: DAAD Binational Fellow, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

2012-2016: Research Fellow, Sharda University, India

2011-2012: Project Officer, Centre for Environment Education, India

2011-2011: Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

External Memberships

• Reviewer for Second Order Draft (SOD) of the Working Group II (WGII) contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6): Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.
• Editor of BMC Research Notes, Part of Springer Nature.
• Guest editor for a special issue ‘Application of MODIS Data for Environmental Research’ in the open-access journal Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
• Guest editor for a special issue ‘Advances in Land Surface Hydrological Processes’ in the open-access journal Hydrology (ISSN 2306-5338).

Research Overview

• Glaciology
• Glacio-hydrology
• Remote sensing and GIS
• Extreme weather events
• Environmental data analyses

Current Research

• Spatiotemporal variation of land surface temperature in comparison to air temperature
• Usability of satellite-based land-surface temperature in glacio-hydrological models
• Frequency and intensity of extreme weather events
• In-situ and remotely-sensed monitoring of snow, glaciers, and permafrost
• Development and application of glacio-hydrological and geospatial models
• Past glacio-hydrological processes on Martian land-surface
• Field campaigns for glaciological and Martian analogue research

Funding and Grants

• Project title: Ice stupas: operational challenges and prospective solutions. Funding agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the NERC discipline hopping for environmental solutions.
• Project title: Studying hazardous ice avalanches, University of Aberdeen Pump-Prime Interdisciplinary Research and Impact. Funding agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the Pump-Prime Interdisciplinary Research and Impact. 
• Project title: Assessing the impact of 3D terrain data resolution on thermomechanical modelling of ice avalanches. Funding agency: GRants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the Pump-Prime Interdisciplinary Research and Impact. 
• Project title: Tackling the global change challenges to water security in Tajikistan, the water tower of Central Asia. Funding Agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the GCRF Pump Prime
• Project title: Ice stupa: a solution to improve Himalayan-Karakoram mountain community resilience to water scarcity. Funding agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under GCRF Pump Prime
• Project title: The intensity and frequency of extreme weather events in Scandinavian Lapland. Funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
• Project title: The glacio-hydrological comparison of the glaciers in Scandinavia and Himalaya. Funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
• Project title: Robust infrastructure – Adapting railway maintenance to climate change(CliMaint). Funding Agency: VINNOVA Sweden’s Innovation Agency
• Project title: Development of glacio-hydrological model for application in glaciated catchments in the Himalaya. Head Institute: Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst).