Jayanta Bandyopadhyay

portrait Prof. Jayanta Bandyopadhyay
Retired and Independent Professional


India


Phone: +913324238810
Phone2: +918420963220
E-mail: jayanta(at)iimcal.ac.in


Additional functions:
  • Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the GBP Institute for Himalayan Environment and Development
  • Member of Task Force on Mountain Ecosystems(11th Plan) of Planning Commission of India
  • Member of the Achievements Review Committee for National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee (1999-2004), India
  • President of The Indian Society for Ecological Economics (2006-8)
  • Member of the Board of the International Society for Ecological Economics (2007-9)
  • Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Adviser to Tufts University programme on Water Diplomacy
  • Member of the research advisory committee, Ctr for Economic & Social Studies, Hyderabad.
  • Expert Reviewer for 4th Assessment by Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
  • Founder President (2002-09) of South Asian Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Studies (SaciWaters), Hyderabad
  • Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) for Responses W/G in Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
  • Member of the Pollution Control Board and Wildlife Board of the State of West Bengal
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Progress in Development Studies (London, Arnolds)
  • Member of the Editorial Board Journal of Water Resource and Protection (Irvine, CA, SRP)



    Key Publications of Jayanta Bandyopadhyay (up to ten) :
    1. Water, Ecosystems and Society: A Confluence of Disciplines (New Delhi, Sage) 2009

    2. Report of the Task Force on the Mountain Ecosystems – Eleventh Five-Year Plan (New Delhi, Planning Commission, Government of India) 2006 (Committee Report)

    3. Biodiversity and Quality of Life (New Delhi, MacMillan) 2005 (co-edited)

    4. Moving the Mountains Up in the Global Environmental Agenda CDEP Occasional Paper 03 (Kolkata, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta) 2004

    5. 'Need for a Holistic Framework for Engineering and Hydro-diplomacy in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin' Economic and Political Weekly forthcoming.




    Expertise of Jayanta Bandyopadhyay:
    Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
    Expert TypeResearch Interface / Management
    Topic AtmosphereClimate
    Global Warming
    Topic HydrosphereFresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
    Precipitation / Runoff
    Topic PedosphereSoil Formation
    Geology / Sediments
    Topic LithosphereSediments: Formation, Dynamics, Metamorphism
    Topic Integrated SystemsCarbon Cycle
    Life Cycle
    Topic Economy/ResourceUseAgriculture, Forestry and Fishery
    Food Security
    Tourism
    Energy
    Water
    Topic TechnologyRecycling
    Efficiency
    Topic Politics/LawMitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions
    Adaptation
    Conventions / Protections
    Regionalization / Globalization
    Topic SocietyPopulation Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation
    Education / Communication / Participation
    Topic Culture/HistoryEthics / Cultural Values
    Topic HealthWeather / Radiation / Climatic Effects
    Topic SustainabilitySustainability
    Ecological Sustainability
    Time FrameRecent / Today
    Future
    Statistical FocusExtreme Events
    Variability
    Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
    MethodsData Collection - Documents, Archives
    Data Analysis
    Mountain Research InitiativeMRI Research area
    Integrated model-based studies of environmental change in diff. mountain regions
    Sustainable land use and natural resources management

    Specialties of Jayanta Bandyopadhyay:
    Science and Policy for Sustainable Mountain Development
    Trans-disciplinary Knowledge for Water Systems Policy

    Last update: 7/23/13
    Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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