Manoranjan Ghosh

About

Hello, I am Manoranjan Ghosh, currently working at Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune as an assistant professor. I am a Climate Change Studies researcher at heart and by training. I hold a PhD in "Climate and Development" from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and I did a post-Ph.D. fellowship at the National Institute of Urban Affairs under the India Smart Cities Fellowship program of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (GoI). I have trained in the disciplines of Geography, Climatology, Urban Environment, Development Studies, Environmental Economics, and Natural Resources Management. I received my post-graduation degree in Geography from The University of Burdwan and graduated in Geography (honours) from the University of North Bengal. I have expertise on spatial data analytics, advanced econometrics, fundamental machine learning tools, and participatory appraisal methods. I am an enthusiastic researcher, solutionist, and teacher in the field of 'Climate and Development'.

Moreover, I am a member of the following professional organisations:
1. National Association of Geographers, India (NAGI LM-2472).
2. South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics.
3. Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (Member ID: 68509203).
4. Development Studies Association (SDA: M42791).
5. Institute of Indian Geographers (IIG-0125).

To learn more about my research and publications, please visit my Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rtI0HlYAAAAJ&hl=en

Employment

• Symbiosis International University Assistant Professor
  2023 - Present
• Council on Energy, Environment and Water Risk and Adaptation Consultant
  2023 - 2023
• National Institute of Urban Affairs Fellow
  2021 - 2022

Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

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Publications (18)

• Multidimensional Rural Livelihoods in Indian Sub-Himalaya: Regional Analysis, Households Well-Being and Its Determinants
  International Journal of Rural Management 2023 DOI: 10.1177/09730052211047639
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• Weather indicators and improving air quality in association with COVID-19 pandemic in India (Retracted Article)
  SOFT COMPUTING 2023 DOI: 10.1007/S00500-021-06012-9
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• Geographies of vulnerability to climate change: empirical evidences from the Indian Himalayan foothills
  ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE 2023 DOI: 10.1007/S41685-022-00273-4
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• COVID-19 strict lockdown impact on urban air quality and atmospheric temperature in four megacities of India
  GEOSCIENCE FRONTIERS 2022 DOI: 10.1016/J.GSF.2022.101368
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• Estimation of rainfall-runoff using SCS-CN method and GIS techniques in drought-prone area of Upper Kangsabati Watershed, India
  SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 2022 DOI: 10.1007/S40899-022-00731-Z
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• Have any effect of COVID-19 lockdown on environmental sustainability? A study from most polluted metropolitan area of India
  STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT 2022 DOI: 10.1007/S00477-021-02019-8
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• Households' Choices and Their Drivers to Rural Non-Farm Livelihood Diversification in West Bengal, India
  JOURNAL OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES 2022 DOI: 10.1177/00219096211040592
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• Do the collection and uses of NTFPs affect household well-being? Evidence from forest villages in eastern Himalaya
  Forest Resources Resilience and Conflicts 2021 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822931-6.00016-2
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• Improvement in ambient-air-quality reduced temperature during the COVID-19 lockdown period in India
  ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY 2021 DOI: 10.1007/S10668-020-01034-Z
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• Forest health assessment using advanced geospatial technology in Buxa reserve forest, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, India
  Forest Resources Resilience and Conflicts 2021 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822931-6.00004-6
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