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Dr. Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi

Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Climate Change, Forests ecology and Public Policy
Office no. A-313/5 Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus Zuari Nagar, Goa - 403726

INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH PROJECTS

SR Projects Status of the Projects Funding Agency Grant Amount
1 LULUCF sector Studies for India’s First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR-1), Fourth Biennial Update Report (BUR-2),and Fourth National Communication(4nc) Ongoing MOEFCC 25 lakhs
2 Capacity Building for Informing India's Climate Actions – Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use Ongoing ISEF 52,991dollars
3 Modelling Forest Phenological Parameters from Time Series Remote Sensing data(Out come of the project) Ongoing ISRO 29.07lakhs
4 Assessing the Impact of Climate change on mountain communities in Spiti Basin Ongoing ISRO 24.84lakhs
5 Assessment and Monitoring of tree biodiversity in semi- evergreen Forests in Goa Completed GSBB 3.00lakhs
6 From NDCs to pathways and Policies: Transformative climate Action After Paris Completed IDDRI, Paris, France 13.30lakhs
7 Capacity Building for modelling India's Long-term Land use emissions Completed ISEF 30,643dollars
8 Third National Inventory: GHG emissions from the LULUCF sector Completed Ministry  of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India, New Delhi  
9 Scenarios for carbon sequestration potential in India’s forest sector in context of global goals of limiting warming below 1.5degC and 2degC and in context of Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and Bonn Challenge on reclamation of degraded lands Completed Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India Total budget INR 41.00 lakh in partnership with IIM Ahmedabad, BITS independent share = INR24 Lakh
10 The Climate Vulnerability in Mint Cropping System in Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh Completed IORA Ecological Solutions 4.72Lakhs
11 Studying the ecology of wetland and importance of monitoring natural wetland Ecosystem Completed Forest Department, Govt. of Jharkhand 17.00lakhs
12 Undertaking study for mapping forest arears vulnerable to climate change in India based on high resolution computer model based projections Completed Forest Survey of India 9.13lakhs
13 Implications of Ujjawala scheme for forest conservation efforts in the state of Jharkhand Completed Forest Department, Govt. of Jharkhand 9.68lakhs
14 Preparation of Goa state Action plan on climate change, concept note and DPR Completed NABARD 3.65lakhs
15 Studying the climate vulnerability in peanut cropping system in Gujarat Completed IORA Ecological Solutions 2.75Lakhs
16 Climate Change Impact Assessment in Thiruvananthapuram Division Kerala Completed IORA Ecological Solutions 4.81Lakhs
17 Risk & Uncertainty Assessment for Railway Infrastructure due to Impacts of Climate Change Completed Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 2.24Lakhs
18 A consortium project titled “Resilience of Ecosystem Services provided by Intact and Sustainably managed Terrestrial ecosystems (RESIST)” led by IIASA, Vienna, Austria, with BITS Pilan Goa campus listed as a National member Organization partner (NMO), has been sanctioned on 7th July 2022, for a total consortium funding of EUR 200,000/- over three years.

Completed Projects Prior to joining BITS

  1. Rajiv K Chaturvedi and N H Ravindranath (2012-2015) Climate Change Mitigation- Adaptation and Ecosystem Services-Opportunities, Synergies, and Trade-offs inthe context of Greening India Mission and REDD+; Funding Agency:MoEF&CC
  2. H. Ravindranath, Rajiv K Chaturvedi (2016) Impact of climate Change on forests and biodiversity of Meghalaya. Funding Agency: Meghalaya Basin Development Authority
  3. Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Jeremy Woods (2015) Development of interactive Climate Change Calculator. Funding Agency: Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
  4. Rajiv K Chaturvedi (2016) Impact of Climate Change on the Forest and Biodiversity of Madhya Pradesh, Funding Agency Development Alternatives, New Delhi