C N Pandey
Department : Civil Engineering
Research Interests
● Carbon sequestration of coral reefs of Gujarat
● Status of grasslands of Saurashtra and Central Gujarat
● Potential area mapping for mangrove restoration in South Gujarat, Kachchh and Saurashtra
Professional Summary
Professor of Practice, IIT Gandhinagar (Sep 2021 – Present)
Visiting Professor, IIT Gandhinagar (Sep 2016 – Sep 2021)
Chairman, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India, (Nov 2015 – present)
Principal Chief conservator of Forests & Head, Forest Force Gujarat, (Jan 2015 – Aug 2015)
Chief Wild life warden and Principal Chief Conservator , Forests, Wildlife, Gujarat, (May 2013 – Dec 2014)
Additional Principal Chief conservator, Forests (Development and Management), Gujarat, (Feb 2010 – May 2013)
Director, Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation, Gujarat, (Jun 2002 – Feb 2010)
Conservator of forests, Forest Conservation Act, Gujarat, (May 1999 – Jun 2002)
Conservator of forests, Vadodara Territorial Circle, Gujarat, (1994 – 1999)
Dy. Conservator of forests, Valsad North Territorial Division, Gujarat, (May 1988 – 1991)
Publications
1. Pandey, R.,Pandey, C. N. & Jain, B. K., (2010b) Reproductive phenology of Rhizophora mucronata Lamk (Rhizophoraceae) in Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India. Phytomorphology, 60 (3&4), 91-100.
2. Pandey, R., & Pandey, C. N. (2013a). Reproductive phenology of Aegiceras corniculatum(L) Blanco-a mangrove species in the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India, International Journal of Botany and Research, 3:19-28.
3. Pandey, R., & Pandey, C. N. (2013b). Spatial and temporal variations in floral visitors of a mangrove species – Aegiceras corniculatum(L.) Blanco – in the Marine National Park, Gujarat, India. International Journal of Botany and Research, 3:1. 35-42.
4. Pandey, R., & Pandey, C. N. (2013c). Carbon sequestration by mangroves of Gujarat, India. International Journal of Botany and Research, 3:2. 57-70.
5. Pandey, R., & Pandey, C. N., (2013). Microsporogenesis and Microgemetogenesis in a Cryptoviviparous Mangrove Species-Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco, Journal of Plant Studies, 2:2, 53-60.
1. Bashir, A. and Basu, D. (2018). “Revisiting Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Gujarat: An Assessment of Indian Design Spectra.” Natural Hazards, Springer (in print).