Dr. Daya Nand Pant
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Forestry and Ecology Division
Indian Institute of Remote
Sensing(NRSA, Dept. of Space, Govt.of India)

4-Kalidas Road, PBX-135 Dehradun, 248001, India.

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Research Expertise
Education
Employment
Publications
Honors and Awards
Membership of Professional Bodies

Research Expertise

Remote sensing and GIS Applications in the field of Forestry and Forest Land use Planning.
Land Evaluation for Forestry.
Forest Resource Inventory, Mapping, Monitoring and Management.
Environmental Impact Assessment.
Eco-development and Joint Forest Management

Education

Ph.D. :

Geography, Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal, India

Post Graduation : Geography, HNB Garhwal University, India
Graduation :

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, Agra University, India

PG Diploma : Rural and Land Ecology, ITC, Enscheda, The Netherlands
Diploma :

Forestry, Central Forest College, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India

Certificate Courses :

Photogrammetry and Aero-Space Remote Sensing Applications in the field of Forestry, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India


Employment

Nov, 1981-till date : Indian Institute of Remote Sensing,
Dehradun
Nov, 1977-Nov.,1981 : Forest Survey of India, Dehradun
Sept, 1975-Nov.,1977 : Forest Resources Survey of Bhutan, Thimpu, Bhutan
Jan, 1972-Sept.,1975 : Forest Survey of India, Dehradun

Honors and Awards

National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Bombay for attending two weeks course, w.e.f. 10th to 21st August,1992, on Data Base Management System.

International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) for attending FCD Mapper training course at IIRS, Dehradun on 12th Dec., 2002.


Membership of Professional Bodies

Life Member, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun.
Indian Journal of Forestry Research, Dehradun
The Deccan Geographer, Pune

Publications

Journals
Seminar/ Symposia
Chapters in Books
Popular newspapers and magazines

Journal

Land use /land cover change monitoring in part of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya using remote sensing. Indian Forester, 131((12), Dec. 2005, pp.1583-1592
Quantification of forest stock using remote sensing and GIS. JISRS, 32(1) 2004, pp.113-118.
Monitoring and assessment of sal forest infested by the insect- Hoplocerambyx Spinicornis, using remote sensing and GIS. Indian Forester 128((9), 2002,pp.955- 964.
Forest vegetation and land use changes and impact assessment. Int. archives of Photogrammetry and remote sensing, 2000, Amsterdam, 33(B7) pp.219-226.
Digital mapping of forest fire in Garhwal Himalaya using Indian remote sensing satellite. Indian Forester 122(5), 1996, pp.390-395.
Monitoring land use change and its impact on environment of Central Himalaya using remote sensing and GIS techniques. Journal of Hill Research 8(1), 1995, Sikkim Science Society.
Social forestry: Remote sensing applications, Indian Forester, 119(7), 1993, pp.544-548.
Mapping of tropical dry deciduous forests and land use in part of Vindhyan range using remote sensing. ISRS, 20(1), 1992, pp.9-20.
A geographical study of Mussoorie for environmental change detection.Environmental Monitoring Applications of RS and GIS, Geocarto. Int.Hong Kong, 1992, pp.179-192
Evaluation of grassland and spectral reflectance relationship to its biomass in Kanha National park (M.P). Geocarto Int. Hong Kong,(1)1991, pp.39-46.
Vegetation and land use analysis of Aglar Watershed using satellite remote sensing techniques. ISRS, 18(4), 1990, pp.1-14.
Forest cover type and land use mapping using Landsat TM FCC- A case study of Chakrata, Western Himalaya. ISRS, 17(1), 1989.
Ecological Assessment of forest degradation using remote sensing and GIS. Asian Journal of Geoinformatics (Communicated).
Forestry land use planning using remote sensing, GIS and rapid rural appraisal techniques. Indian Forester (communicated).

Seminar/ Symposia

Using Remote Sensing and GIS for Prioritization of Joint Forest Management Sites. ISPRS Technical Commission -IV, Goa, Sept.27-30, 2006.
Forest Land Use Planning, a precursor to Decision Support System. ISPRS Technical Commission -IV, Goa, Sept.27-30, 2006.
Eco-restoration of Himalayan region: role of remote sensing and GIS. International Conference on Eco-Restoration, 2003, Dehradun .
India's strides in space technology. Hindi semi, 22-23 Feb., 2001, IRDE, Dehradun.
Role of remote sensing for Natural resource development and management; future prospects. Proc. Hindi Seminar, NRSA, Hyderabad, 2003, Future possibilities in Remote Sensing, NRSA-ADRIN, 2003, pp.31-36.
Assessing eco-degradation of Himalayan region: Role of remote sensing, GIS and Rapid Rural appraisal. ISPRS TC-VII symp., 2002, Hyderabad.,pp-973-977.
Environmental degradation and eco-restoration of Himalayan region: role of remote sensing and GIS. Proc. Mountain environment and development: potential and prospects, GBPIHED, 2002, Almora.
Landscape ecological analysis for forest vegetation and land use Characterization. Proc. Int. conf. for Geoinformatics beyond 2000, IIRS, Dehradun, pp.353-358.
Assessment of forest fire using remote sensing and GIS. Proc. Hindi semi., Dec. 10, 2000, IIRS, Dehradun, pp. 21-22.
Impact of coal mining on land cover using remote sensing and GIS. Proc. ISRS symp., Bangalore, Jan, 1999, pp. 317-323.
Impact assessment of forest vegetation/land use changes in the Himalaya using socio-economic response. Proc. National sem. On Geoinformatics, 1998, IIRS, Dehradun.
Analyzing forest cover and land use dynamics in Central Himalaya using remote sensing and GIS. Proc. ISRS Silver Jubilee Symposium,1995,IIRS,Dehradun, pp.44-52.
Energy consumption pattern in rural areas of Himalayan foot hills. National seminar on Himalayan Environment and Development, Garhwal University, Pauri campus,1994.
Wildlife habitat analysis for tiger (Panthera Tigris) in Kanha National Park using remote sensing. Int. Symp. on tiger, ministry of environment and forest, project tiger, 1993, New Delhi.
Relevance of satellite remote sensing for forest resource management. Proc. silver jubilee sem., IIRS, 1992, pp. 79-88.
Preliminary results on capabilities of ERS-1 SAR data for forest cover and land use mapping. Proc. of the silver jubilee seminar, IIRS, 1992, pp. 192-200.
Analysis of fuel wood and fodder resources in Saharanpur district using remote sensing techniques. Proc. National Symp. on remote sensing in rural development, 1988, HAU, Hissar, pp. 293-309.
Mapping and assessment of tree and bamboo resources through Aerial remote sensing techniques. Proc. International Seminar on Photogrammetry and remote sensing, 11-14 March, 1986, New Delhi.
Analysis of vegetation types using remote sensing techniques for wildlife habitat evaluation in Kanha National park (M.P.). Proc. Sem. cum Workshop on wildlife habitat evaluation using remote sensing techniques, Dehradun, 1986, pp. 83-116.

Chapters in Books

Grassland assessment using satellite remote sensing - a study in Himalayan landscape (India). Geo-informatics for Tropical Ecosystem, ed. Roy, P.S, 2003. Bishan Singh and Mahender Pal Singh, Dehradun.
Remote sensing and GIS data base for Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, New Delhi. Zool. Surv. of India, state fauna Series6: fauna of Delhi,841-851, 1997.
Environmental problems in Himalayan region of Uttar Pradesh and remote sensing solutions. Geography and Environment, ed. P.Nag et.al., Vol. 1, 1997, pp. 212-225, Concept publishing co. New Delhi.

Popular newspapers and magazines

Environmental disturbances: an evaluation, NRSA Hindi Magazine "Samwad", 5th issue, 2005.pp.33-34.
Avoid Natural Disaster by expanding the forests. NRSA Hindi magazine, 2004
Multi Purpose Satellites, Dainik Jagaran, 31st July, 2003, 12p.
Vigilance on burning forests. Dainik Jagaran, Sunday special 3rd August 2003, 14p.
"Burans" (Rhododendron arboreum). NRSA Hindi magazine, "Samwad", 3rd issue, 2003, pp.9-10.

 

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