Manish Pandey

Dr. Manish Pandey is a dedicated researcher at the University Center for Research and Development (UCRD) at Chandigarh University in Mohali, Punjab, India. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Geography at the University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Pandey received research grants as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and Senior Research Fellow (SRF) from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, supporting his doctoral research. He earned a Ph.D. in geomorphology and has over five years of postdoctoral research experience. His research interests include Fluvial and Glacial Geomorphology, Glaciology, and Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics (GIS), with recent interest in using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms to study natural hazards. He aims to enhance the understanding of future land exposure to these hazards. Dr. Pandey is skilled in cartography, geomorphology, and GIS software such as ArcGIS, QGIS, ERDAS Imagine, and Data Analysis. He holds a Ph.D. in Fluvial Geomorphology from Banaras Hindu University and has extensive fieldwork experience in glaciology, trained by pioneer institutions like the Geological Survey of India, and ISRO. He has received training in geospatial application in disaster assessment from ISRO. Dr. Pandey has participated in training groups studying the Himalayan Foreland Basin deposits, Neogene Siwalik sequences, and Gangetic Foreland Basin sediment facies to understand the role of synsedimentary processes in foreland basin evolution. He has published high-quality peer-reviewed research articles in prestigious journals and books, including Ecological Indicators, Science of the Total Environment, Advances in Space Research, and Frontiers in Earth Science, showcasing his expertise and dedication to advancing geography.