Expertise:
Environment & Aridlands Geography with specialization in the application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (RS & GIS) technique for natural resources mapping, management and assessment; drought, desertification and land degradation; indigenous knowledge systems as well as integration of socio-economic milieu with the ICT.
Professional/ Work Experience:
Mapping of Alkalinity & Salinity in the Canal Command and Waterlogged Areas of Rajasthan, Punjab & Gujarat States, India. Also Lecturer in Geography Since Oct 28, 1998 (Permanent position). Also worked as faculty_rural Health Management.
Affiliation:
- South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
- Member, Syllabus Drafting (Ad hoc) Committee on â Population Educationâ , Dept. of Adult & Continuing Education, JNV University, Jodhpur
- Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) â Life Member
- Indian National Cartographic Association (INCA) â Life Member
- Universities of England Consortium for International Association, Sheffield, UK.
- Chairperson, I.E.M.&S.D., Jodhpur
Geo Interest:
- South Asia; Africa and North America
GDN Subject Interests:
Agriculture and Farming Systems | Forestry | Community Based Rural Development | Rural Infrastructure | Biodiversity | Environmental Disasters & Degradation | Sustainable Land Management | Natural Resources Management | Training and Distance Learning | Impact Evaluation | Monitoring and Analysis | Poverty Reduction | Gender, Poverty and Economic Policy | NGOs and Civil Society | Participatory Planning | Peace & Peacekeeping | Post Conflict Reconstruction | Environmental Law | Social Protections & Assistance | Roads and Highways | Tourism | Upgrading Urban Communities | Strategic Urban Planning | Slum Prevention | Water Resources Management | Energy Resources and Technologies | Rural and Renewable Energy | E-commerce | Information Systems and Technology | Mass Media & Broadcasting | Research Dissemination | 
