Dr. Puneeta Pandey

Contact Info
PUNEETA PANDEY
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF PUNJAB, BADAL ROAD, VPO GHUDDA, BATHINDA, PUNJAB-151401
PUNEETA PANDEY

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Technology,   School of Environment and Earth Sciences

Qualification
  1. Ph.D. (22 July, 2007 – 14 March, 2012): ‘Urban Heat Island formation and its relationship with Aerosols in the Atmospheric Environment of Delhi’, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
  2. Academic Diplma in Geographic Information Systems (UNIGIS Professioal) from Salzburg University, Austria (2009), and GIS Development Pvt. Ltd., Noida.
  3. M. Phil (2005-2007): ‘Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticide residues in the Yamuna river sediment’, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
  4. M.Sc. - Environmental Sciences (2003-2005), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
  5. B. Sc. - Botany, Anthropology and Zoology (2000-2003): University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Experience
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (16th March, 2011- Current)

 

Research Area

Urban-Heat Island, Atmospheric Remote Sensing-Aerosols and Stubble Burning, Geospatial Technology for Wetland Dynamics, Land Degradation 

Research Interests

My research interests include applying Geospatial Technology for Natural Resource Management. These include: Urban heat island -Aerosols interaction, Biomass Burning and Air Quality; Wetland dynamics, Land Use Land Cover Mapping, Vegetation Mapping and Land degradation assessment using Geospatial Technology; Optical/IR/Hyperspectral Remote Sensing.

Another area of Research Interest is Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)- Monitoring of Organochlorine Pesticides in Soil and Water. 

Research Grants/Projects
  1. PI for Research Seed Money Project on ‘Assessment of Urban Heat Island formation and its relationship with Aerosols in Bathinda district, Punjab’ funded by Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (Amount 3 lakhs).
  2. UGC Start-Up Grant for Newly Recruited Faculty for ‘Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Groundwater and Soil of Bathinda district, Punjab’ funded by UGC (Amount 6 lakhs).
  3. Co-PI for project ‘Conservation strategies for Taxus wallichiana and Ulmus wallichiana by DNA markers and geospatial technology’ funded by MoEF &CC under National Mission for Himalayan Studies (Amount  Rs. 34,94,600/-).
  4. Co-PI for Project 'Population structure, Genetic Diversity, and Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)for fibre quality in natural populations of Calotropis sp. of The Great Indian Thar Desert' funded by DST under Core Research Grant (Amount: Rs. 4925382/-).
  5. PI for DST Abhyaas ‘Karyashala’ workshop on ‘Geospatial Technology for Monitoring of Environmental Hazards and Disaster Management’ under Accelerate Vigyan scheme (Amount: Rs. 400000/-).
Professional Affiliation
  1. Geological Society of America
  2. Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry of India (AEACI), BARC, Mumbai
  3. Society for Environment and Development, SEDIndia, New Delhi
Professional Recognition/Awards/Scholarships
  1. Best Paper Presentation award on ‘Mapping Spatial Dynamics on Urban Noise Pollution in Bathinda City’ at ESRI India User Conference, held on September 10-11, 2018 at Gurugram, Haryana.
  2. Women Scientist Award for Best Paper presentation on ‘A Study of the Seasonal variation of Urban Heat Island over Delhi using Satellite data’ at National Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Environment and Development’ (RTED-2011), Srinagar, Garhwal, 6-7 August, 2011.
  3. UGC-JRF/NET Examination in Environmental Sciences, June, 2005. 
  4. UGC-NET Examination in Environmental Sciences, December, 2004.
Research Collaboration

My collaborators in research include:

1. Dr. Raj Setia: Scientist-SE, Punjab Remeote Sensing Centre (PRSC), Ludhiana

2. Dr. Pankaj Bhardwaj, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

3. Dr. J. Nagendra Babu, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Publications
Papers
  1. Abhijeet Singh1, Ashok Singh Vishnoi1, Anwar Hameed Banday2, Pratyashee Bora2, Puneeta Pandey (2023). Influence of Stubble Burning on Air Quality of Northern India: a case study of Indo-Gangetic Plains of India. Environment Monitoring and Assessment (Accepted) (I.F.= 3.307)
  2. Bhupendra Singh , Puneeta Pandey (2023).Temporal variations of water quality parameters during COVID-19: A Case Study of Yamuna river. Water Resources (Accepted) (I.F.= 0.919)
  3. Bhupendra Singh , Puneeta Pandey , Saikh Mohammad Wabaidur, Ram Avtar , Pramod Kumar and Shakilur Rahman (2023). Substantial changes in Gaseous pollutants and health effects during COVID-19 in Delhi, India. PeerJ. 2023; 11: e14489. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14489. ((I.F.=3.061).
  4. Akanksha Bhardwaj, Shilpa Nag, Khadim Hussain, Meenu Arora, Puneeta Pandey, J. Nagendra Babu (2022). Adsorption of Zn(II) on Pristine and SPLP/TCLP Leached Rice Straw Biochar: an Interplay of Precipitation and Ion Exchange. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 233:475 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05940-y (I.F.=2.984).
  5. Akanksha Bhardwaj, Shilpa Nag,Khadim Hussain, Puneeta Pandey, J. Nagendra Babu (2022). Effect of temperature and fly ash content on the catalytically pyrolyzed rice straw biochar–fly ash composites for methylene blue adsorption. Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, e2828.  https://doi.org/10.1002/apj.2828 (I.F. = 1.777).
  6. Akanksha Bhardwaj, Shilpa Nag, Amarjeet Dahiya, Puneeta Pandey, Meenu Arora, and J. Nagendra Babu (2022). Effect of Pyrolysis Temperature on Mechanistic Transformation for Adsorption of Methylene Blue on Leached Rice-Straw Biochar. Clean – Soil, Air, Water 2022, 2100108 DOI: 10.1002/clen.202100108 (I.F. = 1.770).
  7. Rajveer Kaur, Puneeta Pandey (2022). A review on spectral indices for built‑up area extraction using remote sensing technology. Arabian Journal of Geosciences (2022) 15:391 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-09688-x (I.F.= 1.827).
  8. Rajveer Kaur, Puneeta Pandey (2021). Spatial trends of surface urban heat island in Bathinda: a semiarid city of northwestern India. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03742-z  (I.F.= 3.519).
  9. Rajveer Kaur, Puneeta Pandey (2021). Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Human Health in Indian Cities: A Brief Review. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Climate Change and Cities, 3:705131. doi: 10.3389/frsc.2021.705131.
  10. Rajveer Kaur, Puneeta Pandey (2020). Monitoring and spatio-temporal analysis of UHI effect for Mansa district of Punjab, India. Advances in Environmental Research, Vol. 9, No. 1, 19-39 ISSN: 2234-1722 (Print), 2234-1730 (Online).
  11. Naseer Ahmad, Puneeta Pandey (2020). Spatio-Temporal Distribution, Ecological Risk Assessment, and Multivariate Analysis of Heavy Metals in Bathinda District, Punjab, India. Water Air Soil Pollution 231: 431 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04767-9) (IF=2.984) .
  12. Radheshyam Yadav, Puneeta Pandey (2020). Assessment of Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) and Anticipated Performance Index (API) of Roadside Plants for the Development of Greenbelt in Urban Area of Bathinda City, Punjab, India. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 105:906–914 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-03027-0) (IF = 2.807).
  13. Naseer Ahmad, Puneeta Pandey (2019). Role of Geospatial Technology in Conservation, Monitoring and Management of Biological Diversity. Environment and We: An International Journal of Science and Technology, 14,1-12.
  14. Naseer Ahmad, Puneeta Pandey (2018). Assessment and monitoring of land degradation using geospatial technology in Bathinda district, Punjab, India. Solid Earth, 9, 75–90 (IF=3.337).
  15. Radheshyam Yadav, Puneeta Pandey (2018). A Review on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) as Environmental Pollutants: Fate and Distribution. International Journal of Plant and Environment, Vol. 4, No. 2, 14-26.
  16. Akanksha Bhardwaj, Gh Nabi Najar, Puneeta Pandey (2017). Geospatial technology applied to spatiotemporal assessment of Harike Wetland, Punjab. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management, 22: 349–363 (IF=1.026).
  17. Gh Nabi Najar, Akanksha Bhardwaj, Puneeta Pandey (2017). A spatio-temporal water quality assessment of the Beas and Sutlej Rivers at the Harike Wetland: A Ramsar site in Punjab, India. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management, 22: 364–376 (IF=1.026).
  18. Alok Kumar Pandey, Sachchidanand Singh, Shivesh Berwal, Dinesh Kumar, Puneeta Pandey, Amit Prakash, Neelesh Lodhi, Sandeep Maithani, Vinod Kumar Jain, Krishan Kumar. Spatio – temporal variations of urban heat island over Delhi. Urban Climate 10 (2014) 119–133 (IF=6.663).
  19. Puneeta Pandey, Dinesh Kumar, Amit Prakash, Jamson Masih, Manoj Singh, Surendra Kumar, Vinod Kumar Jain and Krishan Kumar (2012). 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 (IF= 10.753).
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. Puneeta Pandey, Brij Gopal (2010). Effect of detergents on the growth of two aquatic plants: Azolla pinnata and Hydrilla verticillata. Environment and We: An International Journal of Science and Technology. 5 (2010) 107-114.
  23. P. Pandey, D. Kumar, A. Prakash, K. Kumar and V. K. Jain (2009). A study of the summertime urban heat island over Delhi. International Journal of Sustainability Science and Studies, Volume 1, No.1, Special Journal Issue, 27-34.
Book Chapters
  1. Ahmad, N. & Pandey, P. (2019). Book chapter titled “Sustainable Management of Soils contaminated with heavy metals”. In: “Industrial Sustainability: Concerns, Issues and Strategies” by Mishra, P. K and Verma, J. K., 2019 (Eds), Indu Book Services, Daryaganj, New Delhi. 117-129pp. ISBN: 978-93-86754-37-0.
  2. Ahmad, N. & Pandey, P. (2018). Book chapter entitled “Tourism in Jammu & Kashmir: Economic and Environmental Consequences”. In: “Tourism in India: Potential, Problems and Prospects” by Mishra, P. K and Verma, J. K., 2018 (Eds), New Century Publications, Daryaganj, New Delhi. 137-156pp. ISBN: 978-81-7708-469-6.
  3. Shilpa Nag, Akanksha Bhardwaj, Puneeta Pandey, Meenu Arora, J. Nagendra Babu (2018). Use of Agricultural Solid Wastes as Adsorbents. Organic Pollutants in Wastewater I-Methods of Analysis, Removal and Treatment., Inamuddin, Abdullah M. Asiri, Ali Mohammad. Materials Research Forum, USA, 88-122 pp. ISBN: 24718890.
 

 

Research Guidance

Ph.D. Completed

S. No.

Name of Student

Project Title

1.

Gh Nabi Najar

Watershed Characterisation and Management Planning of Harike Wetland using Remote Sensing and GIS Approach
2.  Naseer Ahmad Land Use Change and its Effect on Soil with Special Reference to Heavy Metals Contamination in Bathinda District, Punjab.

Ph.D. Ongoing

S. No.

Name of Student

Project Title

1

Akanksha Bhardwaj

Adsorption Performance of Nutrient leached Biochar for Organic and Inorganic Contaminants

2

Rajveer Kaur

Spatial Distribution and Modeling of Urban Heat Island (UHI) for Bathinda district of Punjab, India, using Geospatial Technology
  • M.Phil (Completed)

S. No.

Name of Student

Project Title

1.

Rimzim Gill

Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in the Soils of Bathinda

2.

Amit Kumar

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Heavy metal contaminants in Roadside soil of Bathinda, Punjab

3.

Akanksha Bhardwaj

Assessment of Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Harike Wetland using Geospatial Technology

4.

Naseer Ahmad

Assessment and Monitoring of Land Degradation using Geo-Spatial Technology in Bathinda District, Punjab.

5.

Deepak Kumar Mishra

Land Suitability Analysis for Urban Green Space using Geospatial Technology in Bathinda City

6.

Sangita Singh

Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Impervious Surfaces and their Impacts on Land Surface Temperature in Bathinda City, Punjab

  • M.Sc.

  • S. No.

    Name of Student

    Project Title
    1 Manisha Kumari Land Suitability Analysis for Vegetation in Central University of Punjab, Ghudda Campus using GIS and Multi-Criteria Decision Making
    2 Vidhi Sharma

    COVID-19 Lockdown Impact on Surface Urban Heat Island, Energy Consumption and Night-time Light for Bathinda district, Punjab
    3 Nabanita Ghosh

    COVID-19 Lockdown Impact on Surface Urban Heat Island, Energy consumption and Night-time Light for Southern Yamunanagar, Haryana
    4 Shubham Kaushik COVID-19 Lockdown Impact on Surface Urban Heat Island, Energy Consumption and Night-Time Light for New Delhi, India
    5 Gurpreet Singh Stubble Burning Implications on Air Quality of Punjab, India

    6

    Abhijeet Singh

    Influence of Biomass Burning on Aerosol load of state of Punjab, India

    7

    Ashok Singh Vishnoi

    Influence of Biomass Burning in North India on Aerosol load Emission Inventory and Meteorological Parameters

    8

    Anwar Hameed Banday

    Influence of Biomass Burningh on Aerosol load of state of Haryana, India using Secondary data

    9

    Prayashee Bora

    Impact of Biomass Burning on Air Quality in Western Uttar Pradesh, India

    10

    Manraj Singh Dhillon

    Urban Heat Island in Bathinda City

    11

    Kanwar BhanGodara

    Aridity Index of Bathinda and Sirsa Districts using Geospatial Technology

    12

    Mihira Audichya

    Multi-temporal Analysis for Change Estimation and Change Assessment of the Landcover In and Around Sambhar Lake Wetland, Rajasthan, India using Remote Sensing and GIS

    13

    Jabili Chowdhary

    Assessment of Changes in Land Use Land Cover (LULC) pattern of Delhi-NCR using Geospatial Technology

    14

    Nitin Choudhary

    Nature and Extent of Unauthorised Waste Dump Sites in Bathinda City

    15

    RupamKalita

    Assessment of Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Dibrugarh District of Assam using Geospatial Technology

    16

    Gaurav Kochar

    Organochlorine Pesticide Residue Analysis in Soil of Bathinda District, Punjab, India

    17

    Rahul Bhaskar

    Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Guwahati District of Assam using Geospatial Technology

    18

    Picky Pang Sangma

    Assessment of Land Use and Land Cover Change in the State of Meghalaya using Geospatial Technology

    19

    Mamini Parida

    Spatio-temporal Change Detection Analysis of Chilika Lake and Its Catchment Using Remote Sensing and GIS

    20

    Prashant Singh

    Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in the Leaves of Medicinal Plants in Bathinda City, Punjab

    21

    Sukhjeet Kaur

    Analyzing and Mapping Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Noise Pollution in Bathinda City, Punjab

    22

    Nidhi Sharma

    Assessment of Urban Heat Island formation in Bathinda District, Punjab

    23

    Harneet Kaur

    Monitoring of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Soil of Bathinda

    24

    Sandeep Singh

    Impact of Pervious and Impervious Surfaces on Land Temperature in Bathinda city, Punjab
Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Attended
University Level
  1. Puneeta Pandey (2021) participated in “Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and its Effective Management for Start-up”held online on 28th April,2021 at Central University of Punjab.
  2. Puneeta Pandey (2021) has undergone Innovation Ambassador training (Foundation Level, Total 16 Sessions of 30 contact hours) conducted by MoE's Innovation Cell & AICTE during the period from 30th June - 30th July 2021 in online mode.
National
  1. Puneeta Pandey (2020) delivered an Invited Lecture in online mode on International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2021 at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi on September 16, 2021.
  2. Puneeta Pandey (2020) delivered an Invited Lecture on ‘Contamination of Heavy Metals in Agricultural Soils of Bathinda District, Punjab, India’ at 2nd DAE Symposium on Cuurent Trends in Analytic Chemistry, at BARC Mumbai during October 20-23, 2021(online).
  3. Puneeta Pandey (2021) presented a research paper on ' Nature and Extent of Unauthorised Waste Dump Sites in Bathinda City, Punjab, India' at VI International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (VI SEEC) organised by International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability and held during 27-29 December, 2021 at Lucknow.
  4. Puneeta Pandey (2021) presented a research paper on ' Influence of Stubble Burning on Air Quality of Northern India: A Case-Study of Indo-Gangetic Plains of India' at “National Symposium on Advances in Remote Sensing: Trends, Challenge sand Opportunities (NSARS21)” Organized at the Department of Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra during December 9-11, 2021.
  5. Completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on "Urban Hydrology" from 2021-08-02 to 2021-08-06 at College of Technology, G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (online).
  6. Puneeta Pandey (2021) attended One week International Taining Programme on ‘Water Resources Modelling’ by CAAST-CSAWM, ICAR, New Delhi during February 8-12, 2021
  7. Puneeta Pandey (2021) attended Recent Trends of Space Technology in Geographical Science (Online) by Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics, February 01-02, 2021
  8. Puneeta Pandey (2020) attended Five days FDP on Teacher’s Training on Disaster Management (Online) by National Institute of Disaster Management, MHA and Pondicherry University, September 21-25, 2020
  9. Puneeta Pandey (2020) attended One Week Faculty Development Programme on "Open Source Tools for Research" in Online mode by Ramanujan College, Delhi University, during June 08 - June 14, 2020.
  10. Puneeta Pandey (2020) attended Two weeks FDP on "MANAGING ONLINE CLASSES and CO-CREATING MOOCS" in Online mode by Ramanujan College, Delhi University during April 20 - May 06, 2020.
  11. Puneeta Pandey (2020) delivered an Invited Lecture on ‘Urban Heat Island: A micro-level climate change phenomenon in Bathinda City of Punjab using satellite images and ground-based data’ in the National Conference on Recent Trends in Environmental Pollution and Disaster Risk Reduction (RTEPDRR-2020) organized by IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and FICCI, New Delhi during February 6-7, 2020.
  12. Puneeta Pandey (2019) participated in ISRO-IIRS Academia Meet held at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehra Dun on March 14, 2019.
  13. Puneeta Pandey (2019). Variability of Climate Trends in Punjab-An Overview. National Seminar on Challenges in Climate Change and Sustainable Development held at University of Delhi during April 6-7, 2019.
  14. Puneeta Pandey (2019). Impact of Land Use Land Cover (LULC) change on Urban Heat Island in Bathinda City, Punjab. 3rd World Clean Environment Summit, August 19-20-21, 2019, St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
  15. Naseer Ahmad and Puneeta Pandey (2019). Geospatial based comparative study of heavy metal distribution and seasonal variation in Bathinda district, Punjab. ESRI India User Conference, August 28-29, 2019 at Gurugram, Haryana.
  16. Rajveer Kaur and Puneeta Pandey (2019). Decadal change in spatio-temporal dynamics of land surface temperature for Bathinda district, Punjab using geospatial technology. ESRI India User Conference, August 28-29, 2019 at Gurugram, Haryana.
  17. Puneeta Pandey (2019) participated in Geospatial Caravan organised by Geospatial Media Pvt. Ltd. and Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC), Ludhiana on 13th September 2019.  
  18. Puneeta Pandey (2019) participated in Global Symposium on Disaster Resilient Smart Cities organised by Special Centre for Disaster Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi during 4-6 December, 2019. 
  19. Akanksha Bhardwaj, Shilpa Nag, Puneeta Pandey and J. Nagendra Babu (2018). Adsorptive Removal of Methylene Blue Using ‘Biochar’- A Renewable, Low Cost Adsorbent Produced from Agriculture Waste. International Conference on Bio and Nano Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture, Food Health, Energy and Industry’ held at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology during   February 21-23, 2018.
  20. Akanksha Bhardwaj, Shilpa Nag, Puneeta Pandey and Nagendra Babu (2018). “Adsorption of methylene blue from aqueous solution using rice straw biochar as adsorbent”. 10th National Conference on "CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: INNOVATIONS AND ADVANCES-2018, CES: IA-2018" during February 15-16, 2018 at Punjabi University Patiala, Patiala.
  21. Puneeta Pandey (2018). Mapping Spatial Dynamics on Urban Noise Pollution in Bathinda City. ESRI India User Conference, held on September 10-11, 2018 at Gurugram, Haryana.
  22. Naseer Ahmad and Puneeta Pandey (2018). Sustainable Management of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals: A Review. National Conference on Sustainable Management Practices: Trends, Issues and Challenges, November 1-2, 2018 at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
  23. Prashant Singh and Puneeta Pandey (2018). Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in the Leaves of Medicinal Plants of Bathinda City, Punjab. Sixth International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP-6), 27-30 November, organised by International Society of Environmental Botanists (ISEB) and CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow.
  24. Naseer Ahmad, Puneeta Pandey (2017). Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir: Economic Growth and Environmental Consequences. Two days National Conference on ‘Growth Strategies of Tourism in India: Opportunities and Challenges’ held on November 29-30, 2017 at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda.
  25. Gh Nabi Najar, Puneeta Pandey (2017). Estimation of Land use/Land cover Change of Harike Wetland- A Ramsar Site in India, using Remote Sensing and GIS Approach. 8th International Conference on Engineering Technology, Science and Management Innovation (ICETSMI-2017) held at The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), Janakpuri, New Delhi on 17th September, 2017.
  26. Naseer Ahmad, Puneeta Pandey (2017). A Mini-Review On Land Conversion Dynamics With Special Reference To Quantification Of Land Transformation Using Remote Sensing And GIS In Srinagar City Of Kashmir. International Conference on Urban Geoinformatics to be held on February 22-23, 2017 at TERI University, Delhi.
  27. Naseer Ahmad, Puneeta Pandey (2016). Study of Land Degradation Status in Bathinda District, Punjab. International Conference on Nanotechnology for Better Living-2016, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, May 25-29, 2016; Vol. 3, No. 1, pp- 322.
  28. Nidhi Sharma, Puneeta Pandey (2015). Study of Urban Heat Island in Bathinda City, Punjab. 16th ESRI India User Conference, Kempinski Ambience Hotel, New Delhi, December 3-4, 2015.
  29. Sukhjeet Kaur, Puneeta Pandey (2015). Assessment of Noise Pollution in the City of Bathinda, Punjab. 5th International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP-5), CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow, February 24 – 27, 2015, pp. 269.
  30. Akanksha Bhardwaj, Puneeta Pandey (2015). Temporal Assessment of Harike Wetland using Remote Sensing and GIS. National Workshop on 'Training the Trainers -Water Quality and Health', Centre for Environmental Sciences & Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, February 11, 2015.
  31. Naseer Ahmad, Puneeta Pandey (2015). Assessment of Health Status of Water Bodies by Monitoring Water Quality using Planktons as Bioindicators. National Workshop on 'Training the Trainers -Water Quality and Health', Centre for Environmental Sciences & Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, February 11, 2015.
  32. Akanksha Bhardwaj, Puneeta Pandey (2015). Change detection in Harike Wetland using Geospatial Technology. 18th Punjab Science Congress on Innovative Trends of Science & Technology in Current Scenario’, Punjab Academy of Sciences (Patiala), Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh ; February 7-9, 2015, pp. 118-119.
  33. Puneeta Pandey (2014). Assessment of Variability of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) using MODIS Data in Bathinda, a North-Western District of India. 15th ESRI India User Conference, Kempinski Ambience Hotel, New Delhi, December 9-11, 2014.
  34. Puneeta Pandey (2014). A Multi-temporal remote sensing approach for detecting Spatio-temporal Changes of Harike Wetland, Punjab. Proceedings of the International Conference on Lakes and Wetlands, Environmental Planning and Coordination Organization, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, February 14-16, 2014, pp. 16-17.
  35. Puneeta Pandey (2013).Variability of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) over the state of Punjab using MODIS data. National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Physics for Ionizing Radiations, Aerosols and Material Science (ETPRAM-13), Physics Department, Punjabi University, Patiala, December 13-14, 2013, pp. 54.
  36. Tarandeep Kaur, Puneeta Pandey (2013). Groundwater Pollution by Pesticides in Punjab: A Mini-Review. National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Physics for Ionizing Radiations, Aerosols and Material Science (ETPRAM-13), Physics Department, Punjabi University, Patiala, December 13-14, 2013, pp. 58.
  37. Amit Kumar and Puneeta Pandey (2013). Assessing Spatial and Temporal Changes Using Remote Sensing and GIS in Harike Wetland, Punjab, India. Proceedings of the HYDRO 2013 International; XVIII Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, December 4-6, 2013, pp. 878-882.
  38. Manoj Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Puneeta Pandey (2013). Spectral Characteristics of Birds’ Chorus in the Urban Habitats of Delhi Region. Ecosystem Services and Functions of Birds, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indian Ornithology (ICIO-2013), Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History,  Coimbatore, November 19-23, 2013, pp. 34-36.
  39. Puneeta Pandey. A Micro-review of the role of GIS in Watershed Management. International Congress on Innovative Trends in Information Technologies and Computing Sciences for Competitive World Order (ITITCSCWO– 2013), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2-3 March 2013, pp. 571-574.
  40. Puneeta Pandey. A Study of the Role of Aerosols in Local Climate Change using Remote Sensing and GIS. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Physics for Environmental Monitoring and Management (ETPEMM-2012), December 17-19, 2012, Punjabi University, Patiala, pp.29.
  41. Navneet Kaur, Yogalakshmi K.N., Puneeta Pandey. Prospects of Biohydrogen Generation from Wastewater- A Review. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Physics for Environmental Monitoring and Management (ETPEMM-2012), December 17-19, 2012, Punjabi University, Patiala, pp.90.
  42. Puneeta Pandey. Application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing for assessing changes in Land use and Land cover. International Conference on Agriculture, Foods Sciences & Environmental Technology for Sustainable Global Development (AFSET-2012), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi October 28-29, 2012.
  43. Puneeta Pandey, Krishan Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Manoj Singh. Assessment of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) over Delhi using Geospatial Technology. Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical and Electronic Communication Engineering (RTEECE – 2012), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi September 29-30, 2012.
  44. Puneeta Pandey, Yogalakshmi K.N. Predicting biomass burning using geospatial technology as a tool. National Seminar on Strategies for Mitigation of Environmental Degradation and Climate Change, Guru Jambleshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, March 2-3, 2012, pp. 159 .
  45. Yogalakshmi K.N., Puneeta Pandey. Quorum Quenching - A Potential tool to control membrane fouling. National Seminar on Strategies for Mitigation of Environmental Degradation and Climate Change, Guru Jambleshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, India, March 2-3, 2012, pp. 152.
  46. Puneeta Pandey, Krishan Kumar, Dinesh 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. National Seminar on ‘Environmental Pollution and Bioremediation’, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, December 28-29, 2011.
  47. Puneeta Pandey. Assessing the Summer-time Urban Heat Island over Delhi: A case study of micro-level Climate Change. Second National Research Conference on Climate Change, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, November 5-6, 2011 Organized by IIT Delhi, IIT Madras and Centre for Science and Environment.
  48. 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. National Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Environment and Development’ (RTED-2011), Srinagar, Garhwal, 6-7 August, 2011.
International
  1. Puneeta Pandey, Dinesh Kumar, Amit Prakash, Neelesh Lodhi, Manoj Singh, Sachchidanand Singh, V.K. Jain, Krishan Kumar. Temporal Dynamics of Urban Heat Island Formation over Delhi. Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Urban Climates, 6th -10th August, 2012, UCD, Dublin Ireland.
  2. Pandey P., Kumar D., Prakash A., Kumar K., Jain V.K. (2009) A study of the summertime urban heat island over Delhi. International Conference on Sustainability, Human Geography and Environmental Studies, Italy, 2009.
Conference/ Workshops/Seminars Organised
University Level
  1. Puneeta Pandey (2021) was an organising member of Workshop on “Advanced Session on Patenting Strategies and Patent search exercise for inventions in Chemical and Environmental Sciences” held on 1st  December, 2021.
  2. Puneeta Pandey (2022) was an organising member of “Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Entrepreneurship” held on 27th April 2022 during world IP Day Celebrations.

National

  1. Coordinates a series of IIRS Outreach Programmes sponsored by National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS), Department of Space, Government of India at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda.
  2. Coordinated a Refresher Course for Two-weeks Online Interdisciplinary Course on 'Environmental Science and Green Technology', organised by UGC-HRDC, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur during September 16-30, 2021 (online mode).

 

Peer Recognition
  1. Best Paper Presentation award on ‘Mapping Spatial Dynamics on Urban Noise Pollution in Bathinda City’ at ESRI India User Conference, held on September 10-11, 2018 at Gurugram, Haryana.
  2. Women Scientist Award for Best Paper presentation on ‘A Study of the Seasonal variation of Urban Heat Island over Delhi using Satellite data’ at National Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Environment and Development’ (RTED-2011), Srinagar, Garhwal, 6-7 August, 2011.
Invited Talks/ Resource Person
1. Puneeta Pandey (2020) delivered an Invited Lecture on ‘Urban Heat Island: A micro-level climate change phenomenon in Bathinda City of Punjab using satellite images and ground-based data’ in the National Conference on Recent Trends in Environmental Pollution and Disaster Risk Reduction (RTEPDRR-2020) organized by IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and FICCI, New Delhi during February 6-7, 2020.
2. Puneeta Pandey (2019). Variability of Climate Trends in Punjab-An Overview. National Seminar on Challenges in Climate Change and Sustainable Development held at University of Delhi during April 6-7, 2019.
Patent Filed/ Published

Nil

Contribution Towards Institutional Building
Member Research Park
Member Institutional Innovation Council
Member Human Rights Cell
Citations

Google Scholar: 364

Scopus: 112

Web of Science: 112

 

Innovations
Innovation Ambassador Training (Foundation and Advanced Level)
Curricular Development
Member, Board of Studies for Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
Member, Board of Studies for Department of Geography, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
Member, Board of Studies for Department of Law, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
Coordinator for PG Diploma in Geoinformatics Programme,School of Environment and Earth Sciences, in collaboration with PRSC, Ludhiana
e-Content Development
Developed 25 modules of E-PG Pathshala: An MoE Project National Mission on Education through ICT (https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in)
Developed 09 chapters of IGNOU for Environmental Scienes
Other Significant Achievements
  1. Coordinator of Memorandum of Academic Support between Central University of Punjab and Punjab Remote Sensing Centre; and initiated a 01 year joint course-PG Diploma in Geoinformatics. 
  2. University Coordinator for the IIRS Outreach Programmes sponsored by National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS), Department of Space, Government of India at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda.