Amit Kumar Bundela

About

Amit Kumar Bundela is currently enrolled as a PhD Scholar at the Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India. He has qualified the UGC-National Eligibility Test for Assistant Professorship and Research Fellowship in Environmental Sciences (UGC-NET-JRF) conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) on behalf of the UGC and receiving Scholarship to pursue his PhD research. He also completed his Masters in Environmental Science & Technology with Distinction and Higher Grade (CGPA: 9.0) from IESD, BHU. He completed his MSc dissertation thesis on the topic “Inventorization & Consumption Pattern of Neglected and Underutilized Crops in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and their Sustainable Management Strategies”. His current research interests aimed to explore nutritionally and agriculturally relevant neglected and wild species for planetary healthy diet and validating cultivation practices for promising wild and lesser utilized species for dietary diversification and local/regional food security. He also interested in agrobiodiversity assessment & its conservation, adaptive and climate resilient agricultural practices, traditional and biocultural knowledge, agro-biodiversity based bioeconomy, sustainability analysis of agri-food systems, sustainable agriscape management for attaining the UN-SDGs along with assessing emerging pollutants in agroecological system. He is also affiliated as a member with Global Academy, IUCN Commissions (Commission on Ecosystem Management, Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy), Global Land Program (GLP), Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI), Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BESNet) and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and as an associate member with International Society for Development and Sustainability for fostering sustainability.

Employment

• Mindspirite Solutions Creative Content Creator
  2019 - 2021

Education

• Banaras Hindu University M.Sc. Environment Science (Environment Technology)
  2017 - 2019

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (16)

• Securing Wild Edible Plants for Planetary Healthy Diet
  Anthropocene Science 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s44177-023-00054-4
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• Advocating Sustainable Use of Wild Species for Enhancing Food Security, Ecosystem Conservation and Planetary Resilience
  Anthropocene Science 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s44177-023-00053-5
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• Double transplantation as a climate resilient and sustainable resource management strategy for rice production in eastern Uttar Pradesh, north India
  Journal of Environmental Management 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117082
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• Assessing the impact of global initiatives on current and future land restoration scenarios in India
  Environmental Research 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114413
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• Nutritional, Ethnomedicinal, and Agricultural Significance of Neglected and Underutilized Crops from Eastern Uttar Pradesh, North India
  Agronomy 2023 DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13092318
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• Seed enhancement technologies for sustainable dryland restoration: Coating and scarification
  Science of the Total Environment 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166150
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• The United Nations General Assembly Passes Historic Resolution to Beat Plastic Pollution
  Anthropocene Science 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s44177-022-00021-5
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• Transition Pathways for Attaining Sustainability in Indian Agriculture by 2030
  Anthropocene Science 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s44177-022-00024-2
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• Advancing Global Biodiversity Governance: Recommendations for Strengthening the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
  Anthropocene Science 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s44177-022-00013-5
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• Animal manures and plant residue-based amendments for sustainable rice-wheat production and soil fertility improvement in eastern Uttar Pradesh, North India
  Ecological Engineering 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106551
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