Faculty at School of Natural Sciences

Prem Chandra Pandey

Prem Chandra Pandey

Assistant Professor

School of Natural Sciences


Contact Information

Ecology and Environment. Applications of remote sensing in forestry, agriculture, wetlands, natural resources, environmental Problem monitoring and their management. VTOL Drone use and its applications.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0049-1415 

 

2016: PhD., University of Leicester, United Kingdom (Commonwealth Fellow)

2009: MTech., Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India

2007: MSc., Banaras Hindu University, India

2005: BSc., Banaras Hindu University, India

  • 10/19-Present, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (Deemed to be University), Delhi-NCR
  • 10/18-2019, Assistant Professor, Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR
  • 2017-2018, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
  • 2016-2017, Research Scientist, Remote Sensing Laboratory, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • 2009-2011, Research Fellow, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, Jharkhand

  • 2010: Awarded “Commonwealth Fellowship” by British Commission UK, Nominated by MHRD, Government of India at University of Leicester, UK, 2011-2015
  • 2021: Awarded 'Young Rising Research Investigator Excellence Award-2021' during the Circle of Excellence award ceremony on the special occasion of 10th anniversary celebration of Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR.
  • 2017: Awarded NPDF by DST SERB Government of India, at Banaras Hindu University Varanasi India– (2017-2018)
  • 2016: Awarded University Post-Doctoral Research Scientist Fellowship by Tel Aviv University Israel 2016-2017.
  • 2010: Awarded INSPIRE Fellowship by DST-Government of India New Delhi, India, India 2010–2015 (First Batch of INSPIRE).
  • 2009: First Rank Holder in Batch at Master of Technology (Remote Sensing), by Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi.
  • 2007: Qualified the Joint CSIR-UGC Eligibility for lectureship National Eligibility Test (NET).
  • 2007: Qualified the GATE conducted by IIT Kanpur.
  • 2006: Awarded “University Rank Holder” Scholarship by MHRD, Govt. of India New Delhi, India-B.Sc. (Hons.), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
  • 2005: Awarded “Malviya Gold Medal” for standing First B.Sc. (Hons.) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
  • 2005: Awarded first prize in the University for standing first in B.Sc at BHU VARANASI.
  • 2001: Awarded IT merit certificate by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Information Technology, DST, Government of India.

  • Mohany, S., Pandey, PC*., Pandey. M., Srivastava, PK., and Dwivedi, CS. (2024). Wetlands Contribution and Linkage to support SDGs, its indicators and targets- A Critical Review, Sustainable Development, 32 (x), xxxx-xxxx.  DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sd.2948  (Impact Factor- 12.5) ISSN 1099-1719
  • Pandey, PC*., and Pandey, M. (2023) Highlighting the role of agriculture and geospatial technology in food security and sustainable development goals, Sustainable Development. DOI:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sd.2600 (Impact Factor- 8.562) ISSN 1099-1719
  • Mishra, M., Raju, KNP., and Pandey, PC*. (2023) Need for PAN-India compatibility of geospatial databases in terms of projections and parameters.  Geocarto International, Volume 31 (Issue 1), Article: 2215206 DOI:10.1080/10106049.2023.2215206.  ISSN (1752-0762) (Impact factor:3.450) Corresponding author.
  • Pandey, PC*., Chauhan, A., and Maurya, N.K. (2022). Evaluation of earth observation datasets for LST trends over India and its implication in global warming. Ecological Indicators, Vol 72, 101843, 1-17.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101843 (Impact Factor- 4.498) ISSN 1574-9541
  • Pandey, PC*. (2022). “Highlighting the Role of Earth Observation Sentinel5P TROPOMI in monitoring volcanic eruptions: A Report on Hunga Tonga, a Submarine Volcano”. Remote Sensing Letters. Vol. 13, Issue 9, 912-923. DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2022.2106799 (Impact factor- 2.369) (ISSN-2150-7058)
  • Maurya, NK., Pandey, PC*., Sarkar, S., Kumar, R., and Srivastava, PK. (2022). "Spatio-temporal Monitoring of Atmospheric Pollutants Using Earth Observation Sentinel 5P TROPOMI data: Impact of Stubble Burning a Case Study". ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11.301, (Impact factor- 3.101) (ISSN- 2220-9964).
  • Anand, A., Srivastava, P.K., Pandey, P. C., Khan, M.L., Behera, M.D. (2022). "Assessing the Niche of Rhododendron arboreum using Entropy and Machine Learning Algorithms: Role of atmospheric, ecological and hydrological variables", Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, SPIE, 16(4), 042402 (2022), DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.16.042402 (Impact factor- 1.568) (ISSN-1931-3195)
  • Srivastava, P.K., Gupta, M., Singh, U., Prasad, R., Pandey, P.C., Raghubanshi, A.S., and G.P. Petropoulos (2021). "Sensitivity analysis of artificial neural network for chlorophyll prediction using hyperspectral data", Environment, Sustainability and Development, 23, 5504–5519. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00827-6. (Impact factor- 2.519) (ISSN- 1387-585X / 1573-2975).
  • Pandey, P.C*., Koutsias, Nikos, Petropoulos, George P., Srivastava, Prashant K., Ben-Dor, Eyal. (2021) "Land Use/Land Cover in view of Earth Observation: Data Sources, Input Dimensions and Classifiers -a Review of the State of the Art", Geocarto International, Volume 36 (Issue 9), 957-988. DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2019.1629647    ISSN (1752-0762) (Impact factor: 3.450) 
  • Srivastava, Kshitij., Pandey, P.C*., & Sharma, J.K, (2020). “An Approach for Route Optimization in Applications of Precision Agriculture Using UAVs”, Drones MDPI, 4(3), 58. Online 18 Sep 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/drones4030058  (ISSN 2504-446X) ) (Impact factor: 5.532) 
  • Malhi, R.K.M., Anand, A., Mudaliar, AN., Pandey, P.C., Srivastava, P.K., and G.Sandhya Kiran (2020). "Synergetic use of in situ and hyperspectral data for mapping species diversity in Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat". Tropical Ecology (Springer) Special issue (Ecosystem Function and Remote Sensing). 61, 106–115. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-020-00068-8 (Impact factor- 1.333) ISSN- 2661-8982
  • Anand, A., Pandey PC *., Petropoulos, GP., Palvides, A., Srivastava , PK., Sharma, JK. and Malhi, R.K.M. (2020). “Use of Hyperion for Mangrove Forest Carbon Stock Assessment in Bhitarkanika Forest Reserve: A Contribution towards Blue Carbon Initiative”. Remote Sensing MDPI, 12(4), 597. DOI: 10.3390/rs12040597 ISSN: 2072-4292 (Impact factor- 5.349)
  • Pandey, P.C., Srivastava, P.K., Chetri, T. Choudhary, B.K., and Kumar, P (Sep 2019) Forest biomass estimation using remote sensing and field inventory: a case study of Tripura, India, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, volume 191: Article 593. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-019-7730-7, (ISSN 1573-2959) [Impact factor: 3.307]
  • Srivastava, Kshitij., Jain,A, Sharma, J.K, Sinha, A., & Pandey, P.C*., (2019). UAVs technology for development of GUI based application for precision agriculture and environmental research.  Journal: Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (Elsevier) volume 16: 100258 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2019.100258  (ISSN: 2352-9385) Role= Corresponding author 
  • Pandey, P.C., Akash A., and P. K Srivastava (2019). Spatial Distribution of Mangrove Forest species and Biomass Assessment Using Field Inventory and Earth Observation Hyperspectral data, Biodiversity and Conservation. ISSN: 1572-9710, (2019), Volume 28, Issue 8–9, pp 2143–2162, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01698-8 (Impact factor: 4.296) 
  • Srivastava, P K., Pandey, P.C., Petropoulos, George P., Kourgialas, Nektarios., Pandey, S., and Singh Ujjwal, (2019). GIS and remote sensing aided information for soil moisture estimation: A comparative study of interpolation techniques, Resources, MDPI. Volume 8, Issue 2, pp 1-17, DOI: 10.3390/resources8020070, ISSN: 2079-9276, (Impact factor: N/A).
  • Tripathy, B.R.; Sajjad, H.; Elvidge, C.D.; Ting, Y.; Pandey, P.C.; Rani, M.; Kumar, P. (2018). Modeling of electric demand for sustainable energy and management in india using spatio-temporal DMSP-OLS night-time data. Environmental Management 2018, 61, Issue 4, 615-623.  Doi- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-017-0978-1  (ISSN- 1432-1009) (Impact factor: 3.644)
  • Rani, M., P. Kumar, Pandey, P. C*., P. K. Srivastava, B. S. Chaudhary, V. Tomar and V. P. Mandal (2018). "Multi-Temporal NDVI and Surface Temperature Analysis for Urban Heat Island inbuilt surrounding of Sub-humid Region: A Case Study of two Geographical Regions." Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. Vol 10, 163-172. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2018.03.007    Corresponding author (ISSN: 2352-9385) (Impact factor: N/A)
  • Pandey, P. C*., Kumar, Pavan.,Katiyar, S., Singh, B.K., Tomar, V., Mandal, V. P., and Patiariya, S. (2016). “Estimation of accumulated soil organic carbon stock in tropical forest using geospatial strategy”, The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, Elsevier, Vol.19,109-123 ,DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2015.12.003 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110982315000733 Corresponding author, (ISSN – 1110-9823) ) (Impact factor: 6.393)
  • Pandey,P.C*., Kumar, P., Tomar, V., Rani, M., and Katiyar, S. (2015). "Modelling Spatial Variation of Fluoride Pollutant Using Geospatial Approach in the Surrounding Environment of an Aluminium Industries", Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol .74:7801-7812.     https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-015-4563-8 First & corresponding author -(ISSN 1866-6299) [Impact Factor: 3.119)
  • Pandey,P.C.,; Kumar, P., Yadav, M., Katiyar, S., Mandal, V. Singh, R.K., Tomar, V., and Rani, M. (2015)"Vigorous Appraisal of Fluoride on Industrial Proponent in Thermal Power Plant over Anthropoid Biosphere Using F- Ion-Selective Electrode," Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, IEEE Journal of, Vol.3 ARTICLE NO 3700111 :6108-6115 DOI: 10.1109/JTEHM.2015.2462359 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7214241/  (ISSN-2168-2372) (Impact factor: 2.890)
  • Pandey,P.C.,;Mandal, V., Katiyar, S., Kumar, P., Tomar, V., Patairiya, S., Ravisankar, N., and Gangwar, B. (2015) "Geospatial Approach to Assess the Impact of Nutrients on Rice Equivalent Yield using MODIS Sensors’ Based MOD13Q1-NDVI Data," Sensors Journal, IEEE , Vol.15(11):6108-6115 DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2015.2451113,  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7154410/ First author (ISSN 1530-437X) (Impact factor: 4.325)
  • Kumar, P., Pandey,P.C.,Kaushik, V., Tomar, V., and Rani, M. (2015). "Efficient Recognition of Forest Species Biodiversity by Inventory Based Geospatial Approach Using LISS IV Sensor", IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol.15(3):1884-1891  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6949075/ (ISSN 1530-437X) (Impact factor: 4.325)      
  • Pandey, P. C*., Tate, N. J., and Balzter, H., (2014). "Mapping Tree Species in Coastal Portugal using Statistically Segmented Principal Component Analysis and Other Methods", IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol.14(12):4434-4441 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6848757/ First & corresponding author (ISSN 1530-437X) (Impact factor: 4.325)
  • Pandey,P.C., Kumar, P., Katiyar, S., Rani, M. and Tomar, V. (2014)."Fluoride-Induced Impact of Aluminium Industrial Power Plant on Plants and Human Inhabiting Areas", Geofizika, Vol.31(2):151- 160. DOI:10.15233/gfz.2014.31.8 http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=198995 (ISSN: 0352-3659   , Electronic ISSN: 1846-6346   , (Impact factor: 1.789)
  • Singh, U., Singh, S, Tomar, V., Pandey, P.C., Rani, M., and Kumar, P. (2014). "Geospatial Strategy for Assessment of Urban Change Dynamics using LISS III-Sensor", Bulletin of Environmental and Scientific Research, 3(4):10-17. http://www.besr.org.in/index.php/besr/article/view/67  (ISSN-2278-5205)
  • Mandal, V.P., Shutrana, S., Pandey, P.C., Patairiya, S., Shamim, M., Sharma, S., Tomar, V, and Kumar, P. (2014). "Appraisal of suitability for Urban Planning and Expansion Analysis using Quick Bird Satellite Data", Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences ARPN, Vol. 9(12):2716-2723.http://www.arpnjournals.com/jeas/research_papers/rp_2014/jeas_1214_1386.pdf  (ISSN- 1819-6608)
  • Adamu, B., Ademola, O., Fasona, M. J. and Pandey, P.C. (2014). "Assessment of Spatial Data with GIS for Evaluating Property Changes: A Case Study of Apapa, Lagos (Nigeria)", Universal Journal of Environmental Research and Technology, Vol, 4(3): 134-142. http://www.environmentaljournal.org/4-3/ujert-4-3-2.pdf
  • Kanga, S., Sharma, L.K., Pandey, P. C., and Nathawat, M.S., (2014). “GIS Modeling Approach for Forest Fire Risk Assessment and Management”,International Journal of Advancement in Remote Sensing GIS and Geography, Vol. 2(1): 30-44.  http://www.irosss.org/ojs/index.php/IJARSGG/article/view/261/88
  • Kanga, S., Sharma, L.K., Pandey, P. C., Nathawat, M.S., and Sharma, S. K. (2013). “Forest fire modeling to evaluate potential hazard to tourism sites using geospatial approach. Journal of Geomatics, Vol. 7(1): 93-99. http://www.isgindia.org/JOG/abstracts/april-2013/VOL%207%20NO%201_%20APR-13.14.pdf Corresponding author (ISSN: 0976-1330)
  • Kumar, Pavan., Sharma, L.K., Pandey, P. C*., Sinha, S., and Nathawat, M.S., (2013). “Geospatial Strategy for Tropical Forest-Wildlife Reserve Biomass Estimation”, Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observation and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of, Vol. 6(2):917-923. DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2221123  Corresponding author - (ISSN: 1939-1404) (Impact factor: 4.715) http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6335444/
  • Pandey P.C*, Rani M, Srivastava PK, Sharma LK, and Nathawat MS. (2013). “Land degradation severity assessment with sand encroachment in an ecologically fragile arid environment: a Geospatial Perspective”. QScience Connect 2013.43  http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/2013.43 ,http://www.qscience.com/doi/pdf/10.5339/connect.2013.43 First & corresponding author (ISSN: 2223-506X)
  • Sharma, L. K., Kanga, Shruti.,Nathawat, M.S., Sinha, S., and Pandey, P. C. (2012). “Fuzzy-AHP for Forest Fire Risk Modeling”. Disaster Prevention and Management, Emerald publication.Vol. 21 (2) pp. 160-171. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/09653561211219964 (ISSN: 0965-3562) (Impact factor: 1.813)
  • Pandey, P. C*., Sharma, L.K., and Nathawat, M.S. (2012). “Geospatial Strategy for Sustainable Management of Municipal Solid Waste for Growing Urban Environment”. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Springer, Vol. 184(4), pp. 2419-2431. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2127-2  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10661-011-2127-2 First & corresponding author (ISSN: 1573-2959) (Impact factor: 3.307)
  • Kumar, P., Kumar, D., Mandal, V.P., Pandey, P.C., Rani, M., and Tomar, V. (2012) "Settlement Risk Zone Recognition Using High Resolution Satellite Data in Jharia Coal Field, Dhanbad, India", Life Science Journal Vol.;9(1s):1-6 http://www.lifesciencesite.com/lsj/life0901s/001_12302life0901s_1_6.pdf (ISSN:1097-8135). (Impact factor: 0.17)
  • Sharma, L.K., Pandey, P. C., and Nathawat, M.S. (2012). “Assessment of land consumption rate withUrban Dynamic changes using Geospatial Approach”, Journal of Land Use Science. Taylor & Francis, Vol. 7(2), pp. 135-148. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1747423X.2010.537790 . (Impact factor- 2.897) (ISSN: 1747-423X)
  • Kanga, S., Sharma, L.K., Pandey, P. C.,Nathawat, M.S., and Sinha, S. (2011). “Geospatial approach for allocation of potential tourism gradient sites in part of Shimla District in Himachal Pradesh, India”. Journal of GIS Trends, Academy Science Society, North America Vol. 2 (1), pp. 1-6.
  • Sinha, S., Sharma, L.K., Pandey, P. C., Nathawat, M.S., and Kanga, S. (2011). “Assessing Human Intrusion on Tiger Habitat and Conservation using Integrated Geospatial Techniques. International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering. (IJEE), Spl. Issue on Remote Sensing and GIS. Vol-4-no- 3-sp-2 pp. 39-45(ISSN: 0974-5904)
  • Kanga, S., Sharma, L.K., Pandey, P. C., Nathawat, M.S., and Sinha, S. (2011). “Forest Fire Susceptibility Mapping With GIS Modelling”. International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering. (IJEE), Spl. Issue on Remote Sensing and GIS. Vol-4-no-3-sp-2 pp. 80-87. (ISSN: 0974-5904
  • Singh, A., Singh, S.S., Pandey, P. C., and Mishra, A.K (2010).“Attenuation of metal Toxicity by frankial siderophores”. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, Taylor and Francis, Vol. 92 (7): 1339-1346. DOI: 10.1080/02772240903449282 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02772240903449282 (ISSN: 1029-0486) (Impact factor: 1.565)
  • Kumar, Pavan.,Meenu Rani., Pandey, P. C.,Majumdar, Arnab., and Nathawat, M.S. (2010). “Monitoring of Deforestation and Forest Degradation Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study of Ranchi in Jharkhand (India)”. Science Journal, Report and Opinion; Vol. 2(4):14-20.  https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/20d1/6568d3b29e8bdd9bf839695dc5b70546ebb4.pdf (ISSN: 1553- 9873)
  • Whanda, S., Adekola, O., Adamu, B., Yahaya, S. and Pandey, P.C., (2016)"Geo-Spatial Analysis of Oil Spill Distribution and Susceptibility in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Journal of Geographic Information System, 8, 438- 456. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jgis.2016.84037, ISSN- 2151-1969.

Edited Books

 

  •  Pandey, PC., Kumar, R., Pandey, M., Giuliani, G., Srivastava, PK., and Sharma, RK. (2024). Geo-information for Disaster Monitoring and Management. Springer.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51053-3  ISBN978-3-031-51052-6   ISBN978-3-031-51053-3(eBook)
  •  Lamine, S., Srivastava, PK., Kayad, Ahmed., Arriola, Francisco Munoz., & Pandey., PC. (2023). Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: Transforming Scientific Advancement into Innovation. Elsevier (ISBN- 9780323910682).  https://doi.org/10.1016/C2020-0-03581-4
  • Pandey, M., Pandey, PC., Jawak, Shridhar D., Arora, A., Ray, Y & Shukla, U.K., (2023) Advancements in Remote Sensing Technology and The Three Poles: A Multidisciplinary Approach to The Study of The Arctic, The Antarctic and The Himalayas” John Wiley & Sons Ltd., ISBN-9781119787723
  • Pandey, P C., and Arellano, Paul (28 Oct 2022): Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119788157   ISBN- 9781119788126  
  • Pandey, M., Pandey, PC., Jawak, Shridhar D., Arora, A., Ray, Y & Shukla, U.K., (2023) Advancements in Remote Sensing Technology and The Three Poles: A Multidisciplinary Approach to The Study of The Arctic, The Antarctic and The Himalayas” John Wiley & Sons Ltd., ISBN-9781119787723
  • Pandey, P C., Sharma LK. (2021): Advances in Remote Sensing for Natural Resource Monitoring, WILEY publishing, Edited Book, Jan 2021. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. DOI: 10.1002/9781119616016, ISBN-9781119615972 |Online ISBN:9781119616016
  • Pandey,PC., Srivastava,PK., Balzter,H., Bhattacharya,B and Petropoulos, GP (2020): “HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING: Theory and Applications”, Elsevier publishing house, ISBN:  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/C2018-0-01850-2  Website online- https://www.elsevier.com/books/hyperspectral-remote-sensing/pandey/978-0-08-102894-0  https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780081028940/hyperspectral-remote-sensing#book-description
  • Kumar, P., Rani, M., Pandey, P. C., Sajjad, H., Chaudhary, B.S. (Eds.) (Nov 2018) "Applications and Challenges of Geospatial Technology Potential and Future Trends, Springer https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319998817 ISBN: 978-3-319-99881-7  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99882-4                 &       10.1201/9781315370989
  • Srivastava, P. K., Pandey, P. C., Kumar, P., Raghubanshi, A. S., & Han, D. (2016) Edited book titled "Geospatial Technology for Water Resource Development" published by CRC press, Taylor and Francis, (eds.) Prashant K Srivastava, Prem Chandra Pandey,Pavan Kumar, RS Raghubanshi, Dawai Han. ISBN- 9781498719681
  • Pandey, P.C. (2012)’ “Assessing Demand of Land-Dynamics for site suitability- Unveiling the Strength of Geospatial Technology”, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, 12-04-2012, pp:88. ISBN-13: 978-3-8484-8873-5      ISBN-10: 3848488736

 

Books Reviewed

  • Reviewed 5+ books for Elsevier, Taylor and Francis.

 

  • Pandey, PC., Pandey, M., Kumar, R., Sharma, RK., Srivastava, PK., and Guillliani, G. (2024). Concepts of disasters and research themes: Editorial Message, Chap- 01, In P. C. Pandey et al. (eds.), Geo-information for Disaster Monitoring and Management, Springer, pp 3-39. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51053-3_1
  • Pandey, S., Pandey, PC., Costache, R., Arora, A., Ranjan, P., Chamoli, A., and Pandey, M (2024). An Overview of Machine Learning Applications in Disaster Waste Management. Chap- 21, In P. C. Pandey et al. (eds.), Geo-information for Disaster Monitoring and Management, Springer, pp 469-499. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51053-3_21
  • Chauhan, A., Wasim, Md., Mohanty, S., Pandey, PC*., Pandey., M., Maurya, NK., Rankavat, S and Dubey, SB. (2023). Earth observation applications for urban mapping and monitoring: research prospects, opportunities and challenges, Chap 10, In (Eds. Kumar, A., Saikia, P., Srivastava, PK. & Mall, RK.) Earth Observation in Urban Monitoring- Techniques and Challenges, Elsevier (ISBN:9780323991643), pp 197-229.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99164-3.00007-0  
  • Tyagi., R & Pandey, PC*. (2023). Applications of drones in precision agriculture: future of smart and sustainable farming. Chap 21 In (Eds.) Lamine, S., Srivastava, PK., Kayad, Ahmed., Arriola, Francisco Munoz., & Pandey., PC. Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: Transforming Scientific Advancement into Innovation. 429-453. Elsevier (ISBN- 9780323910682). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91068-2.00003-5
  •  Ekka, P., Upreti, M., Shilky., Saikia, P., Kumar, A., Pandey, PC., and Srivastava, PK. (2023). Earth Observations for Urban Policies and Future Pathways for Urban Environmental Research, Chap-18 In (Eds.) Kumar, A., Saikia, P., Srivastava, PK. & Mall, RK. Earth Observation in Urban Monitoring- Techniques and Challenges, Elsevier (ISBN:9780323991643).  https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99164-3.00018-5  
  • Pandey, MK., Pandey, PC., Ray, Y., Arora, A., Jawak, SD., and Shukla, UK. (2023). The Three Poles: Advances in Remote Sensing vis-à-vis Spheres of the Planet Earth In (Eds. Pandey, MK., Pandey, PC., Ray, Y., Arora, A., Jawak, SD., and Shukla, UK)  (Chap 1) Advances in Remote Sensing Technology and the Three Poles, WILEY Blackwell UK. (ISBN- 9781119787723)
  • Mishra,M., Singh, KK., Pandey, PC., Devrani, R., Pandey, AK., Raju, KNP, Ranjan, P., Arora, A., Costache, R., Janizadeh, S., Linh, NT., and Pandey, MK. (2023). Spectral Indices Across Remote Sensing Platforms and Sensors vis-à-vis the Three Poles: An Overview of Applications, Challenges, and Future Prospects (Chap 6) In (Eds. Pandey, MK., Pandey, PC., Ray, Y., Arora, A., Jawak, SD., and Shukla, UK) Advances in Remote Sensing Technology and the Three Poles, WILEY Blackwell UK. (ISBN- 9781119787723)
  • Bansal, S., Singh, K., Sarkar, S., Pandey, P.C., Verma, J., Yadav, M., Chandra, L., Vishwkarma, N.K., Goswami, B., Sonkar, SC., and B. C. Koner (2022). Environmental Impact of Sensing Devices In R. K. Sonker et al. (eds.), Smart Nanostructure Materials and Sensor Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2685-3_6
  • Pandey, P. C. and P. Arellano (2022). Introduction to Forest Monitoring Using Advanced Remote Sensing Technology – An Editorial Message. Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring: 1-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119788157.ch1
  • Maurya, N. K., et al. (2022). Recent Advancement and Role of Drones in Forest Monitoring. Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring: 221-254. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119788157.ch11
  • Gupta, A., et al. (2022). Challenges and Future Possibilities Toward Himalayan Forest Monitoring. Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring: 329-350. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119788157.ch14
  • Tripathi, A.K., Pandey P.C*., Sharma J.K., Triantakonstantis D., Srivastava P.K. (2022) Climate Change and Its Impact on Forest of Indian Himalayan Region: A Review. In: Rani S., Kumar R. (eds) Climate Change. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92782-0_10
  • Pandey, PC., and Sharma, LK. (2021) “Introduction to Natural Resource Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Technology” Chapter 1 ‘In’ Pandey, PC & Sharma LK, Advances in remote sensing techniques for natural resource monitoring, WILEY Blackwell, pp 1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119616016.ch1
  • Prachi Singh, P., Anand, A., Srivastava, PK., Singh, A., and Pandey, PC., (2021). “Delineation of Groundwater Potential Zone and Site Suitability of Rainwater Harvesting Structures Using Remote Sensing and in-Situ Geophysical Measurements” Chapter 11 ‘In’ Pandey, PC & Sharma LK, Advances in remote sensing techniques for natural resource monitoring, WILEY Blackwell, pp, 170-188. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119616016.ch11 
  • Sharma, LK., Naik, R., and Pandey, PC. (2021) “A Focus on Re-aggregation of Playa Wetlandscapes in the Face of Global Ecological Disconnectivity” Chapter 18 ‘In’ Pandey, PC & Sharma LK, Advances in remote sensing techniques for natural resource monitoring, WILEY Blackwell, pp. 366-387. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119616016.ch18
  • Sharma, LK., Gupta, R., and Pandey, PC. (2021) “Future aspects and potential of the remote sensing technology to meet the natural resource needs” Chapter 22 ‘In’ Pandey, PC & Sharma LK, Advances in remote sensing techniques for natural resource monitoring, WILEY Blackwell, pp. 445-464. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119616016.ch22
  • Pandey, PC*., Tripathi, AK., and Sharma, JK. (2021). “GPS Applications in Precision Agriculture: An Evaluation for Opportunity in the Market” in- GPS and GNSS in Geosciences, Elsevier, Page- 337-349  . ISBN: 9780128186176
  • Srivastava, PK., Malhi, R K M., Pandey, PC., Anand, A., Singh, A., Pandey, MK., and Ayushi Gupta (2020) “Revisiting hyperspectral remote sensing: origin, processing, applications and way forward” Chapter 1, ‘In’ Pandey, PC., Srivastava, PK, Baltzer, H., Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Theory and Applications, Elsevier, pp 3-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102894-0.00001-2
  • Singh, P., Pandey, PC., Petropoulos, GP., Pavlides, A., Srivastava, PK., Koutsias, N., Kwal Deng, KA., and Yangson Bao (2020) “Hyperspectral remote sensing in precision agriculture: present status, challenges, and future trends” Chapter 8 ‘In’ Pandey, PC., Srivastava, PK, Baltzer, H., Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Theory and Applications, Elsevier, pp 121-146. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102894-0.00009-7
  • Sharma, LK., Naik, R., and Pandey, PC., (2020) “Efficacy of hyperspectral data for monitoring and assessment of wetland ecosystem” Chapter 12 ‘In’ Pandey, PC., Srivastava, PK, Baltzer, H., Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Theory and Applications, Elsevier, pp 221-246. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102894-0.00007-3
  • Pandey, PC., Balzter, H., Srivastava, PK., and Petropolous, GP., (2020) “Future perspectives and challenges in hyperspectral remote sensing” Chapter 21 ‘In’ Pandey, PC., Srivastava, PK, Baltzer, H., Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Theory and Applications, Elsevier, pp 429-439. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102894-0.00021-8
  • Kumar, R., Pandey, P.C., Maharana, P., Gautam, H., and Pandey, V.K. (2019) "Assessing the Impacts of Temperature, Precipitation and Land Use Change on Open Water Bodies of Middle Ghaghara River Basin" in “Water Conservation, Recycling and Reuse: Issues and Challenges”, Singh, Rajeev Pratap, Kolok, Alan S., Bartelt-Hunt, Shannon L. (Eds.) Springer ISBN 978-981-13-3179-4, pp- 185-202. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3179-4_10
  • Pandey, P.C., Petropoulos, George P.  Srivastava, P.K., and Manevski, K. (2018) “The use of hyperspectral Earth observation data for land use/cover classification: present status, challenges and future outlook” in eds Thenkabail Prasad, John Lyon and Alfredo Huete, in Book “Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation”, 2nd Edition Volume 4 CRC Press (2018) pp:147-. 173. ISBN-9781138066250 DOI:  10.1201/9780429431166-8
  • Chaudhary, B.S., Sajjad, H., Rani, M., Pandey, P. C., and Kumar, P. (2018) “Introduction to Space Technology Challenges: Potential and Future Prospects, Chapter -1 in Applications and Challenges of Geospatial Technology: Potential and Future Trends (Eds.) Kumar, P., Rani, M., Chandra Pandey, P., Sajjad, H., Chaudhary, B.S. Page: 3-6. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99882-4_1
  • Pandey, P.C., Srivastava, P.K., Kumar, P., Raghubanshi,AS. And Han, D. (2016), Introduction to water resources” in "Geospatial Technology for Water Resource Development" Chapter- 1, (eds.) Srivastava, PK et al., published by Taylor and Francis, Pp 3-7   First author (ISBN- 9781498719681)
  • Pandey,P. C, Raghubanshi,AS. Mandal,V, Tomar,V., Katiyar,S., Ravishankar, N., Kumar P and Nathawat, MS., (2016) "Spatial Integration of Rice based Cropping Systems for Soil and Water Quality through Spatial Technique" in "Geospatial Technology for Water Resource Development" Chapter- 3, (eds.) Srivastava, PK et al., Taylor and Francis, pp 78-100.(ISBN- 9781498719681) DOI: 10.1201/9781315370989-11
  • Sinha, S., Pandey, P. C., Sharma, L., Nathawat, M. S., Kumar, P. and Kanga, S. 2014. Remote Estimation of Land Surface Temperature for Different Lulc Features of A Moist Deciduous Tropical Forest Region. In: Srivastava, P. K., Mukherjee, S., Gupta, M. & Islam, T. (Eds.) Remote Sensing Applications in Environmental Research. Springer International Publishing Pp 57-68. (Corresponding author, ISBN 978-3-319-05906-8) DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05906-8_4
  • Tomar, V., Khobragade, A. N., Indal., Pandey, P. C., and Kumar, P., (2016) " Geospatial strategy for Water Resource Development Plan in WGKKC2 watershed" in "Geospatial Technology for Water Resource Development" Chapter- 7, (eds.) Srivastava, PK et al., published by Taylor and Francis, pp 101-111. Corresponding author, (ISBN -  9781498719681) DOI:  10.1201/9781315370989-15
  • Gupta, G., Singh, J., Pandey, P. C., Tomar, V., Rani, M. and Kumar, P. 2014. Geospatial Strategy for Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon in Tropical Wildlife Reserve. In: Srivastava, P. K., Mukherjee, S., Gupta, M. & Islam, T. (Eds.) Remote Sensing Applications in Environmental Research. Springer International Publishing Pp. 69-83. (ISBN 978-3-319-05906-8)  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05906-8_5
  • Kumar, R., Kumar, S and Pandey, P.C. (2016), "Delineation and Zonation of Flood Prone Area Using Geo-Hydrological Parameters: A Case Study of Lower Ghaghara River Valley", in "Geospatial Technology for Water Resource Development" Chapter- 6, (eds.) Srivastava, PK et al., published by Taylor and Francis, pp 35-52 (ISBN- 9781498719681). DOI:  10.1201/9781315370989-14

  • Invited as a keynote speaker in the National Seminar On “Grand Challenges in Earth System Sciences” at Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), BHU from 1st – 3rd April, 2023.
  • Invited keynote speaker and chaired one technical session at “Biodiversity and Climate Change-Sustainable Development Perspective 2023” Organized by IIT Kharagpur.
  • Invited as keynote speaker in the SERB sponsored High End Workshop on Techniques and Applications of Hyperspectral Data Analytics, at the Centre for Quantitative Economics and Data Science, BIT Mesra Ranchi from 25th July-6th August 2022.
  • Invited to a panel discussion organized by Bionest-BHU Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) of @Banarus Hindu University, Varanasi.
  • Invited talk in the workshop on “QGIS, Image Processing and Species Distribution Modelling” on the topic- “Species Recognition using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing” organized by IESD, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, during 30 August 2021 to 3rd September 2021
  • Invited talk in International Conference on “International Conference on “Advances in Agricultural & Food Sciences to Face the Challenges to Environment and Biosecurity” during 16th - 20th January 2021, on Remote sensing applications in precision agriculture using UAVs” Organized by School of Agricultural and Food Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, SHARDA University.
  • Invited talk in “Online National Conference on Environment and Energy Materials-NCEEM 2020” during 27th - 28th June 2020, on “Overview of Hyperspectral remote sensing applications”, Organized by Department of Environmental Science, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University.
  • Invited talk in “2nd National Workshop on Techniques in Hyperspectral Data Analysis and Processing” 27th -31st January 2020 Jointly Organized by IESD-BHU, Department of Physics-IIT BHU, Varanasi-221005. 
  • Invited by DST Government of India to attend the user meet in the discussion on the Geospatial Policy & Remote Sensing Data Policy at Hyderabad in October 2021. 
  • Pandey, P.C., Kumar, P., and Srivastava, P.K. (2018). "Species Recognition using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing", presented in the International Conference: BDCC -2108 (Biodiversity and Climate Change) organized by IIT Kharagpur during 24th -27th February 2018.
  • A.Anand, K.Lal, PK. Srivastava, and Prem Pandey (2019). Title- "Estimation of Above Ground Biomass for assessing the total Carbon Stock within Forest Cover of Ramgarh District using Sentinel 1A SAR data” presented in ICECS, International Conference on Environmental Challenges and Sustainability (ICECS 2018) 31st Oct.- 2nd Nov. 2018, CUJ
  • Akash Anand, A., Lal, K., Srivastava, P.K., & Pandey, P.C., (2018) “Estimation of Above Ground Biomass for assessing the total Carbon Stock within Forest Cover of Ramgarh District using Sentinel 1A SAR data”, in International Conference on Environmental Challenges and Sustainability (ICECS 2018) on 31st Oct- 2nd Nov. 2018, at: Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe-Ranchi, IND
  • Pandey, P.C., Chetri, T., Kumar, P., and Srivastava, P.K. (2018). "EO-1 Hyperion hyperspectral data for Species Recognition'', presented in the National Conference on "Climate Change Societal Consequences and Mitigation: Future vision" (NCCSCM-2018) organised by University of Jammu, Jammu during 25th -27th April 2018
  • Pandey, P.C., Tate, N.J., and Balzter, H. (2014). "Forest mapping in a coastal region of Portugal using Statistically Segmented PCA" 2014 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, April 7-12 2014.
  • Poster presentation - Pandey, P.C., Tate, N.J., and Balzter, H. (2013). Mapping tree species using hyperspectral and LiDAR imagery at Portugal, Annual conference of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, Leicester, Gilbert Murray Hall, University of Leicester, UK, 1st November, 2013.
  • Kumar, Pavan., Pandey, P. C., Meenu Rani., Majumdar, Arnab., Sharma, L.K., and Nathawat, M.S.(2010). “Vegetation Analysis Using Geospatial Approach: A Case Study of Palamu Tiger”,MRSS Malaysia Conference. Science Journal.2010
  • Pandey, P.C., Sharma, L.K. and Nathawat, M.S. (2009). "Solid waste management using Geo-Spatial technology in Bhagalpur, Bihar" Paper presented in National Seminar on: “Urban Governance and Need for Information System”, Organised by the Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, (BHU) March 16-17, 2009.
  • Anand, Akash., Srivastava, P. K., Pandey, P.C., and Malhi, Ramandeep Kaur M. (2019) Earth Observation and Analytical Hierarchy Process based fusion technique to model Regional Forest Fire Risk, poster presentation in EGU (European Geophysical Union 2019, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-12423, EGU General Assembly 2019
  • Kshitij Srivastava, Aman Jain Bhutoria, Prem Chandra Pandey, George P Petropoulos (2019) "De-noising Auto-encoder technique for classification of hyperspectral data" in 10th IEEE conference of WHISPERS (Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing); 24- 26 September 2019.
  • Aman Jain Bhutoria, Kshitij Srivastava, Prem Chandra Pandey, George P Petropoulos and Prashant K Srivastava (2019) “Mangrove forest species classification using AVIRIS -NG data” in 10th IEEE conference of WHISPERS (Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing); 24- 26 September 2019.
  • Petropoulos, George P., Toulios, Leonidas., Srivastava,P.K., Pandey,P.C., Tsitouras, Alexandros., Faraslis, Ioannis., and Loka, Dimitra (2018). Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in Agriculture: applications, challenges and future trends, in International Conference on Advanced Remote Sensing, 16- 18 Oct 2018, Wuhan, China Submission id - sciforum-021580
  • Srivastava,P.K., Pandey,P.C., and Petropoulos, George P., (2018).Integration of GPS and in-situ sensor information for large scale soil moisture estimation, in International Conference on Advanced Remote Sensing, 16- 18 Oct 2018, Wuhan, China. Submission id - sciforum-021579.

  • Assessment of aquatic weeds in Northern India using Remote Sensing Technology by NGP (erstwhile NRDMS) division, DST Government of India, Funding- Rs. 27.65 lakhs. Prem Chandra Pandey (PI) , Prashant K Srivastava (CO-PI), Jyoti K Sharma (CO-PI).  Three years
  • Algal discrimination and characterization using hyperspectral datasets of Chilika Lake, Odisha, India by SERB under SRG grant, Government of India, Funding- Rs. 23.85 lakhs, Prem Pandey (PI). Two Years
  • Earth Observation of Development Activities in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) Region and their Impacts on Natural as well as Human Landscapes: Transnational Case Studies”  Funded by Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Rs 20Lakh., Faculty Investigators: Dr. Prem C. Pandey (Life Sciences), Dr. Jagbandhu Dixit (Civil Engineering), Dr. Jabin T. Jacob (International Relations and Governance Studies) External Investigator: Dr. Manish Pandey, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab. Two Years.

  • Team Led by Dr. Prem Pandey found & recorded very rare insectivorous plant species at Saman bird Sanctuary (a Ramsar site 2413) in Uttar Pradesh during field visit in October 2021. the presence of insectivorous plant species Utriculatria stellaris in Saman bird Sanctuary (Ramsar site 2413). Project is funded by NGP DST Govt. of INDIA.
  • ‘परिन्दो को भाया पक्षी बिहार, दो गुने पहूँचे ।‘ अमर उजाला 20 December 2021 Published in collaboration with Forest Department, Uttar Pradesh
  •  ‘पक्षी विहार में भादने लगी पक्षियो की चहचहाहट ।‘  हिंदुस्तान 20 December 2021
  •  ‘अच्छी खबर । समान पक्षी बिहार में पक्षियों की अवाक बढ़ी ।‘ रीडर्स मैसेंजर नेटवर्क 20 December 2021

  • Sustainable Development (WILEY) Impact factor 12.5- Editorial Member
  • Geocarto International (Taylor and Francis) Impact factor 3.542- Editorial Member
  • Resource person for Waste Management courses by MGNCRE, Hyderabad March 2020
  • Guest Editor for Special Issue “Earth Observation in Forest Biophysical/Biochemical parameter retrieval” in Journal "Remote Sensing" MDPI [Impact Factor- 4.848]
  • External Examiner of PhD candidate: School of Agricultural, Earth & Environ Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  • International Advisory committee member of International workshop and symposium at University of Sunshine, Australia
  • IUCN CEM Member (Commission on Ecosystem Management)- (2017-2025) (Forest Ecosystems Specialist, Wetland Ecosystems Specialist Group, Sustainable Use and Management of Ecosystems Thematic Group)
  • Life Member, Indian Society of Remote Sensing. 
  • Life Member, Indian Society of Geomatics.
  • Member of Society of Wetland Scientists.
  • Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Society – 305RE21PP - 2020- 2021.
  • Member of GLOBAL Land Programme (https://glp.earth/)
  • Reviewer of Following Reputed journals- Nature, Scientific Data, Scientific Report, and SCI indexed journals from Elsevier, Springer, IEEE, WILEY, Taylor and Francis , MDPI.