AMITY SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  Prof. B.K.P. Sinha, IFS (Retd.)

Director,Prof. B.K.P. Sinha is an Ex-Indian Forest Services Officer of 1968 batch with Master’s Degree in Forestry (Economics) from University College of North Wales, (U.K.), Bangor. He is an acknowledged professional in the field of forestry and in natural resource management. He has a distinguished career and has served as Principal Chief Conserver/MD, UP Forest Cooperation, Project Director, World Bank Forestry Project and as special secretary to the government of UP. He has lately been National Coordinator, Task Force on inter-linking of rivers. He has also served with UNDP/FAO projects. He has many scientific publications to his credit. He is a well-known forester in India

  Dr. Upamanyu Hore

Lecturer A Ph.D. in Wildlife Science from Wildlife Institute of India, a national institute of worldwide reputation. He has 5 years of research experience in Wildlife and Forestry. His areas of research interests and teaching expertise are in wildlife survey, conservation biology, landscape ecology, restoration ecology and biostatistics. He has extensive experience in developing computer simulation models of populations and ecosystem processes. He has more than 10 publications in various national, international journals and in books. One of his publications has been awarded Chutervedi Prize for best research paper in Wildlife.
  Mrs. Sonia Chopra

Lecturer She holds Master’s in Environmental Science, Policy and Management from University of Manchester, U.K. and Master’s in Environmental Science from Gurunanak Dev University, Amritsar. She has been a visiting fellow of Erasmus Mundus of European Commissions. She has attended a number of International Seminars and Workshops. Prior to joining the School she was teaching at College of Engineering and Management, Punjab as a faculty member. Her research has been on Climate Change, Ecological Engineering, Energy Analysis, Environmental Planning, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental and Public Policy.

 

Mrs. Maya Kumari




Lecturer, She holds M.Tech degree in Remote Sensing and GIS technology from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi and Master’s degree in Environmental Science from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She has done several research projects related to geospatial mapping of land degradation in Ranchi with Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. She has 5 years of research experience in Natural Resource Management. Her specialization is the theory and practice of remote sensing and geographic information systems.



 

Mr. Prabhu Prasad Das




Senior Lecturer, Mr. Das is an alumnus of the University of New Orleans, USA and teaches Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS courses at ASNRSD. He has an excellent educational background in Geology and Geospatial Technologies. Mr. Prabhu has won several academic honors and distinctions. This includes CSIR-UGC Junior and Senior Research Fellowships, Graduate Student Research Grants from the Geological Society of America, University of New Orleans Dean's Graduate Fellowship, Garden Club of America Wetland Graduate Scholarship and Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantships to name a few. He has presented research papers on Remote Sensing and GIS applications in wetland vegetation monitoring in national and international seminars and conferences. Particularly, he has worked in the areas of remote sensing of wetland vegetation for the past several years in the Gulf Coast of the United States. His research has focused on the evaluation of coastal salt marsh health by remote quantification of marsh vegetation biophysical parameters such as chlorophyll, vegetation fraction, leaf area index and biomass from satellite imagery. This important research topic has a potential to make significant contribution to the geospatial knowledge and wetland management. At present he has also taken interest in the application of Geospatial Technology in the effective conservation and restoration of Indian tropical forests.



 

Ms. Parichay




Lecturer, She holds Masters of Science in Environmental Science from Banaras Hindu University and Master of Philosophy in Natural Resource Management from TERI. She has vast exposure of Clean Development Mechanism, Environment Dye Diligence, Environment Audit and Social Impact Assessment while serving in SGS India. She has done several Environment Impact Studies while working in Wildlife Institute of India. Presently she holds position of Lecturer with Amity Institute of Global Warming and Ecological Studies.




VISITING FACULTY

J. C. Kala :
    Ex-Director General of Forests and Secretary to the Govt.,
    Ministry of Environment and Forests,
    Ex-Member of National Environment Appellate Authority
    Honorary Director General


Mr. A.M.Singh :
    Deputy Inspector General of Forests,
    Ministry of Environment and Forests,
    Govt. of India


Mr. Dilip Fouzdar :
    Technical Director,
    ESG Private Limited,
    New Delhi


Dr. Kalpana Sachdev :
    Vice President,
    Procurement and Agri Projects,
    India Glycols Limited,
    New Delhi


Dr. C.N. Bhagawan :
    Deputy General Manager,
    India Glycols Limited,
    New Delhi


Mr. Phoolchand :
    Regional Director-Market Development,
    CTG Advisory Services India Pvt. Ltd.
    New Delhi.


Mr. Ajay Sharma :
    Consultant, UNDP


Dr. D.C. Das :
    IIT Graduate,
    Consultant and Engineer, IT.


Dr. M. Behera :
    Lecturer,
    A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies