Er. Himanshu Joshi | GBPNIHE

Er. Himanshu Joshi

Scientist-C

,Centre for Land and Water Resource Management

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Area of Specialization

Soil & Water Conservation Engineering

Qualification

  • B. Tech. in Civil Eng. (honors) from BTKIT, Dwarahat, Almora in 2016
  • M. Tech. in Agricultural Eng. with specialization in Soil & Water Conservation (distinction) from GBPUAT, Pantnagar in 2022
  • GATE 2017 & 2018 qualified

Expertise

Hydrology, Soil & Water Conservation, and Statistical Methods

Work Experience

Scientist

Research and Development

GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora

17 Feb 2025-Present

Research Associate

Research

ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut

19 Oct 2023-15 Feb 2025

Secretary & Project Investigator

Project Implementation & Management

Basundhara PSJKS, Almora

13 Jul 2022-12 Oct 2023

Secretary & Project Coordinator

Project Coordination & Management

Basundhara PSJKS, Almora

06 Feb 2020-06 Jan 2021

Project Investigator

Project Implementation

Basundhara PSJKS, Almora

15 Nov 2018-14 Nov 2019

Junior Project Fellow

Research

GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora

20 Jul 2016-03 Aug 2018

Academic Supervision

  • Status
  • Completed
  • Ongoing
  • Doctoral
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  • Post Graduation
  • M.Tech
    M.Phil
    MSc
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  • Bachelor
  • 1
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  • Industrial Training
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Research Interests

Broad Subject Area Specialization Sector
Hydrology Hydrologic modeling, model calibration/ validation, prediction modeling, simulation, etc. Water resource management
Springshed conservation & management Spring sanctuary development, soil/ water conservation measures, groundwater recharge, springshed response evaluation, ecosystem services, etc. Land & water resource management
GIS and remote sensing Land use changes, hazard susceptibility/ risk mapping, geodatabase management, etc. Geospatial studies
Research methodologies and statistical methods Descriptive, inferential, time-series, multivariate analysis, probability theory, non-parametric, MCDMs, optimization, etc. Applied mathematics

Publications

Sl.No. Category Numbers
Peer Reviewed Reports 02
Peer Reviewed Papers 10
Paper in Book chapter 05
Popular article 06
Technical Manuals 02

Skills

Technical Skills
  • Instruments : Weather station, rain gauging, AWLR, stream gauging, GPS, etc.
  • Softwares : ArcGIS v. 10.4.1, GEE, Google Earth Pro, SWAT, SWAT-CUP, Python, RStudio, InVEST, IBM SPSS, AutoCAD 2017 (2-D), MS Office 2019, etc.
Others
  • Data analytics, coordination, and documentation

Extra curricular activities

  • Hobbies:    Reading, Trekking, Gardening