Education

Career Profile

Research Interests / Specialization

Environmental Chemistry, Geographic Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing, Air and Water Pollution

Honors & Awards

1998- Science Quiz (First Prize at district and State level, organized by the National Academy of Sciences)

1999- Chemistry Olympiad (Meritorious position)

2004- UGC NET-LS in Environmental Sciences

2005- UGC JRF/NET in Environmental Sciences

Woman Scientist award for Oral presentation in National Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Environment and

Development’ (RTED-2011), held on 6-7 Aug, 2011 at Srinagar, Garhwal.

Publications

Pandey P., Kumar D., Prakash A., Kumar K., Jain V.K. (2009) A study of the summertime urban heat island over Delhi.      International Journal of Sustainability Science and Studies 1(1) Special Journal Issue 27-34.

Pandey P. & Gopal B. (2010) Effect of detergents on the growth of two aquatic plants: Azolla pinnata and Hydrilla      verticillata. Environment & We: An International Journal of Science and Technology 5: 107-114.

Puneeta Pandey, P.S. Khillare, Krishan Kumar (2011). Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in the      Surface Sediments of River Yamuna in Delhi, India. Journal of Environmental Protection, 2, 511-524.

P Manoj Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Puneeta Pandey, Krishan Kumar, Vinod Kumar Jain, (2011). Ambient noise levels due to dawn chorus at different habitats in Delhi. Environment and We: An International Journal of Science and Technology, 6, 123-134.

Puneeta Pandey, Amit Prakash, Dinesh Kumar, Jamson Masih, Manoj Singh, Vinod Kumar Jain and Krishan Kumar, 2011. A study of urban heat island and its association with particulate matter during winter months over Delhi. The Science of Total Environment, 414, 494-507.

Languages

Hindi, English.

Professional Memberships

Society for Environment and Development (SED), INDIA

Professional Memberships Scientific Meetings

National Symposium on ‘Searching Missing links of Conservation and Management for Sustainable Development of

the Environment’, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Feb, 2007.

National Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Environment and Development’ (RTED-2011) held on

August 6-7, 2011 at H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal (Oral Presentation).

National Seminar on ‘Environment and Health’ held on September 27, 2011 at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda.

Second National Research Conference on Climate Change’ held on November 5-6, 2011 at IIT

Delhi, New Delhi,and Organized by IIT Delhi, IIT Madras and Centre for Science and Environment (Oral Presentation).

1 National Seminar on ‘Environmental Pollution and Bioremediation’ held on December 28-29, 2011 at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Oral Presentation).

Professional Memberships Scientific Meetings

Pandey P., Kumar D., Prakash A., Kumar K., Jain V.K. (2009) A study of the summertime urban heat island over Delhi.Proceedings of ‘International Conference on Sustainability, Human Geography and Environmental Studies,’ Italy, 2009.

Puneeta Pandey, Dinesh Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Amit Prakash, Manoj Singh, Jamson Masih. A Study of the Seasonal variation of Urban Heat Island over Delhi using Satellite data.Proceedings ofNational Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Environment and Development’ (RTED-2011) held on August 6-7, 2011 at H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal.

Puneeta Pandey, Dinesh Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Amit Prakash, Manoj Singh, Jamson Masih. A Study of the Seasonal variation of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) over the National Capital Region of Delhi.Proceedings ofNational Seminar on‘Environmental Pollution and Bioremediation’, held on December 28-29, 2011 at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Puneeta Pandey and Yogalakshmi K.N.A mini-review on predicting biomass burning using geospatial technology as a tool.Proceedings ofNational Seminar on‘Strategies for Mitigation of Environmental Degradation and Climate Change’ held on March 2-3, 2012 at Guru Jambleshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar.

Training Programs

Post Graduate Diploma in Geo-informatics from GIS Development Institute, Noida, affiliated to Salzburg University, Austria (Nov, 2007 to May, 2008).

6-week Comprehensive Online Training Course on Disaster Management, by the National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, (Jan 7- Feb 17, 2008).

1-week Summer-training programme on Digital Image Processing, by TERI University, New Delhi (20-24 July, 2009).

1-week training programme on Geographic Information System (GIS) by ESRI, India, (4-8 Feb, 2010).