CURRICULUM VITAE A. PERSONAL INFORMATION: i.Name : IRFAN RASHID ii.Designation : Assistant Professor (Since March 2012) iii. Date of Birth : 17th August, 1984 iv.Permanent Address : Department of Earth Sciences University of Kashmir, , and Kashmir, -190006 v.Email : [email protected]; [email protected] B. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: i. Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences in 2016 (Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad India) Ph.D. Title: Assessing the Climate Change Impacts on Vegetation Distribution in Kashmir ii. Master of Science in Environmental Sciences in 2008 (University of Kashmir, Srinagar India)

C. AWARDS: . Travel grant award by DST, GoI for attending Karthaus Summer School on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System in Italy in June 2016 . Travel grant award by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation for attending training on Teach the Teachers in Glaciology in Switzerland in June 2016 . Best Research Award in JK Science Congress, 2015 at University of Kashmir . Travel grant award by APN-START for attending training workshop on Understanding Ecosystem- Climate Interactions at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing China in September 2014 . Best Research Award on World Environmental Day, 2011 at University of Kashmir . Best Research Award on World Environmental Day, 2010 at University of Kashmir . Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in April 2009 in Environmental Sciences

D. PUBLICATIONS: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=HeDLdjwAAAAJ&hl=en Citations: 270 h-index: 10 i-10 index: 10 REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, M Amin, SA Khanday, P Chauhan. 2017: Linking human-biophysical interactions with the trophic status of Dal Lake, Kashmir Himalaya, India. Limnologica - Ecology and Management of Inland Waters, 62, 84-96 [IF-1.541] 2. A Sen, AS Abdelmaksoud, YN Ahammed, MA Alghamdi, T Banerjee, MA Bhat, A Chatterjee, AK Choudhuri, T Das, A Dhir, PP Dhyani, R Gadi, S Ghosh, K Kumar, AH Khan, M Khoder, KM Kumari, JC Kuniyal, M Kumar, A Lakhani, PS Mahapatra, M Naja, D Pal, S Pal, M Rafiq, SA Romshoo, Irfan Rashid, P Saikia, DM Shenoy, V Sridhar, N Verma, BM Vyas, M Saxena, A Sharma, SK Sharma, TK Mandal. 2017: Variations in particulate matter over Indo-Gangetic Plains and Indo-Himalayan Range during four field campaigns in winter monsoon and summer monsoon: Role of pollution pathways. Atmospheric Environment, DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.12.054 [IF-3.841] 3. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, T Abdullah. 2017: The Recent Deglaciation of Kolahoi Valley in Kashmir Himalaya, India in response to the Changing Climate. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences [IF-3.245] 4. Irfan Rashid, MA Bhat, SA Romshoo. 2016: Assessing Changes in the Above Ground Biomass and Carbon Stocks of Lidder Valley, Kashmir Himalaya, India. Geocarto International, 1-18, DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2016.1188164 [IF-1.08] 5. Irfan Rashid, T Abdullah. 2016: Investigation of temporal change in glacial extent of Chitral watershed using Landsat data: a critique. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188(10), 546 [IF-1.63] 6. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, JA Hajam, T Abdullah. 2016: A semi-automated approach for mapping geomorphology in mountainous terrain, Ferozpora watershed (Kashmir Himalaya). Journal of the Geological Society of India, 88(2), 206-212 [IF-0.6] 7. MI Rather, Irfan Rashid, N Shahi, KO Murtaza, K Hassan, AR Yousuf, SA Romshoo, IY Shah. 2016: Massive land system changes impact water quality of the Jhelum River in Kashmir Himalaya. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188(3), 1-20. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5190-x [IF-1.63] 8. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, RK Chaturvedi, NH Ravindranath, R Sukumar, M Jayaraman, TV Lakshmi, J Sharma. 2015: Projected climate change impacts on vegetation distribution over Kashmir Himalayas. Climatic Change. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1456-5 [IF-3.34] 9. SA Romshoo, RA Dar, Irfan Rashid, A Marazi, S Zaz, N Ali. 2015: Implications of Shrinking Cryosphere under Changing Climate on the Streamflows in the Lidder catchment in the Upper Indus Basin. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 47(4):627-644 [IF-1.45] 10. AH Malik, Irfan Rashid, AH Ganie, AA Khuroo, GH Dar. 2015: Benefitting from geoinformatics: Estimating floristic diversity of Warwan Valley in Northwestern Himalaya, India. Journal of Mountain Science. 12(4): 854-863 [IF-1.02] 11. PS Roy, MD Behera, MSR Murthy, Arijit Roy, Sarnam Singh, SPS Kushwaha, CS Jha, S Sudhakar, PK Joshi, Ch Sudhakar Reddy, Stutee Gupta, Girish Pujar, CBS Dutt, VK Srivastava, MC Porwal, Poonam Tripathi, JS Singh, Vishwas Chitale, AK Skidmore, G Rajshekhar, Deepak Kushwaha, Sameer Saran, A Giriraj, Hitendra Padalia, Manish Kale, Subrato Nandy, C Jeganathan, CP Singh, MB Chandrashekhar, Chiranjibi Pattanaik, DK Singh, GM Devagiri, Gautam Talukdar, Rabindra K Panigrahy, Harnam Singh, JR Sharma, K Haridasan, Shivam Trivedi, KP Singh, L Kannan, M Daniel, MK Misra, Madhura Niphadkar, Nidhi Nagbhatla, Nupoor Prasad, OP Tripathi, P Rama Chandra Prasad, Pushpa Dash, Qamer Qureshi, SK Tripathi, BR Ramesh, Balakrishnan Gowda, Sanjay Tomar, Shakil Romshoo, Shilpa Giriraj, Shirish A Ravan, Soumit Kumar Behera, Subrato Paul, Ashesh Kumar Das, BK Ranganath, TP Singh, TR Sahu, Uma Shankar, ARR Menon, Gaurav Srivastava, Subrat Sharma, UB Mohapatra, Ashok Peddi, Humayun Rashid, Irfan Salroo, P Hari Krishna, PK Hajra, AO Vergheese, Shafique Matin, Swapnil A Chaudhary, Sonali Ghosh, Udaya Lakshmi, Deepshikha Rawat, Kalpana Ambastha, P Kalpana, BSS Devi, Balakrishna Gowda, KC Sharma, Prashant Mukharjee, Ajay Sharma, Priya Davidar, RR Venkata Raju, SS Ketewa, Shashi Kant, Vatsavaya S Raju, BP Uniyal, Bijan Debnath, DK Rout, Rajesh Thapa, Shijo Joseph, Pradeep Chhetri, Reshma Ramchandran. 2015: New vegetation type map of India prepared using satellite remote sensing: Comparison with global vegetation maps and utilities. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 39: 142-159 [IF- 3.8] 12. RA Dar, Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, A Marazi. 2014: Sustainability of winter tourism in a changing climate over Kashmir Himalaya. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186(4): 2549-2562. [IF-1.63] 13. SA Romshoo, Irfan Rashid. 2014: Assessing the impacts of changing land cover and climate on Hokersar wetland in Indian Himalayas. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 7 (1): 143-160 [IF-1.22] 14. I Showqi, Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo. 2014: Land use land cover dynamics as a function of changing demography and hydrology. GeoJournal, 79(3), 297-307. 15. M Rafiq, Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo. 2014: Estimation and validation of Remotely Sensed Land Surface Temperature in . Journal of Himalayan Ecology and Sustainable Development, University of Kashmir. 9: 1-18 16. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, T Vijayalakshmi. 2013: Geospatial modelling approach for identifying disturbance regimes and biodiversity rich areas in North Western Himalayas, India. Biodiversity and Conservation, 22(11): 2537-2566 [IF-2.26] 17. Irfan Rashid and SA Romshoo. 2013: Impact of anthropogenic activities on water quality of Lidder River in Kashmir Himalayas. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, DOI:10.1007/s10661-012-2898-0 [IF-1.63] 18. Irfan Rashid, M Farooq, M Muslim, SA Romshoo. 2013: Assessing the Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on Manasbal Lake in Kashmir Himalayas. International Journal of Environmental Sciences. 3(6): 2052-2063 19. SA Romshoo, SA Bhat, Irfan Rashid. 2012: Geoinformatics for Assessing the Morphometric Control on Hydrological Response at watershed Scale in the Upper Indus Basin. Journal of Earth System Science. 121(3): 659-686 [IF-0.86] 20. SA Romshoo, N Ali, Irfan Rashid. 2011: Geoinformatics for Characterizing and Understanding the Spatio- Temporal Dynamics (1969-2008) of Hokarsar Wetland in Kashmir Himalayas. International Journal Physical Sciences. 6(5): 1026-1038. 21. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, M Muslim, AH Malik. 2010: Landscape Level Vegetation Characterization of Lidder Valley Using Geoinformatics. Journal of Himalayan Ecology and Sustainable Development, University of Kashmir. 5: 11-24 22. SA Romshoo and Irfan Rashid. 2010: Potential and Constraints of Geospatial Data for Precise Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change at Landscape Level (2010). International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences. 1(3): 386-405. 23. S Zaz, SA Romshoo, Irfan Rashid. 2010: Exploiting the Potential of Remote Sensing for Improving the Delineation and Interpretation of Lineaments in North Western Kashmir (2010). Journal of Himalayan Ecology and Sustainable Development, University of Kashmir. 5: 103-112

Books/Research Monographs 1. GS Pujar, MD Behra, SA Romshoo, AR Yousuf, Irfan Rashid, Peddi Ashok, A Jehangir, GH Dar, M Muslim, AH Malik, V Chitale, M Farooq. 2011. Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in Jammu and Kashmir Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems. A Joint Project of Department of Space and Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh Publishers, Dehradun, India. ISBN: 978-81-211-0818-8. 135pp. 2. S Panigrahy, TS Singh, Shakil A Romshoo, Irfan Rashid, Tanvir Qadri, M Muslim. 2010. Wetland Atlas of Jammu and Kashmir. Joint Project of Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmadabad, India and University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. SAC/RESA/AFEG/NWIA/ATLAS/16/2010, 176pp.

Selected Conference Articles 3. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, Mudasir Bhat, AK Sharma. 2015: Exceptionally high black carbon - A potential threat to health of glaciers over Kashmir Himalaya. Proceedings of 11th JK Science Congress with focus on scientific, social and economic dimensions of climate change held at University of Kashmir from 12-14 October, 2015. (Best Research Presentation Award in Earth Sciences) 4. Irfan Rashid, Shakil A. Romshoo, T. Vijayalakshmi. 2011. Landscape Modelling for Identifying Disturbance Regimes and Biodiversity Rich Areas Kashmir Himalaya. Proceedings of World Environment Week, 5-11th June, 2011, University of Kashmir. (Best Research Poster Award) 5. Irfan Rashid, Shakil A. Romshoo. 2010. Biodiversity Characterization at Landscape Level Using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS. Proceedings of World Environment Day, 5th June, 2010, University of Kashmir. (Best Research Presentation Award)

E. RESEARCH PROJECTS: S.No. Research Project Role Funding Status Agency 1 Risk assessment for Kedarnath glacial lake outburst Co-PI DST-GoI COMPLETE floods Funding: 10000 USD

2 Himalayan Cryosphere: Science and Society Co-PI DST-GoI ONGOING Funding: 2.77 million USD

3 Geological characterization of the Kashmir Valley with Co-PI MOES-GoI ONGOING the objective of quantifying probabilistic hazard and risk in high risk areas of the valley using a logically integrated set of geoscientific investigations Funding: 384615 USD

DST- Department of Science and Technology; MoES- Ministry of Earth Sciences GoI- Government of India

F. TEACHING ACTIVITIES: . Geoinformation Management . Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and GIS . Field Survey and GPS . Glaciology . Hydroinformatics . Database Management Systems

G. MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC BODIES: . DBAR-CAS (Digital Belt and Road Initiative - Chinese Academy of Sciences) Working Group member on Environmental Change since July 2017. . Life Member Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG) . Life Member Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS)

H. REFEREE OF JOURNALS: Associate Editor: Geoplanning-Journal of Geomatics and Planning Reviewer: o Global and Planetary Change o Environmental Impact Assessment Review o Ecological Indicators o Environmental Monitoring and Assessment o Journal of Mountain Science o Biodiversity and Conservation o Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences o Acta Ecologica Sinica o Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing) o Arabian Journal of Geosciences

I. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TRAININGS: . International Summer School on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System jointly organized by The Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Research (Utrecht University), The Netherlands Earth System Science Centre and The Descartes Prize (EPICA), EU held at Karthaus, Italy from 13-24 September, 2016. . International Workshop on Teach the Teachers in Glaciology and Related Areas sponsored by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and jointly held at University of Fribourg and University of Zurich , Switzerland from 30th June-6th July, 2016 . Applied Glaciology: Training and Capacity Building Workshop sponsored by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and organized jointly by Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme (IHCAP) and University of Delhi from 2-5 Feb, 2016. . International Training on Ecosystem-Climate Interactions sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research and organized by START Regional Center for East Asia (TEA) from September 8- 20, 2014 at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. . GLACINDIA: Training on Climate Modeling and Climate Change Research, innovation and Services, conducted jointly by Climate Service Center 2.0, Germany and Jawaharlal Nehru University at JNU, New Delhi from 8-10 April, 2015 . Special Certificate Course on Spatial Landscape Modelling conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing/National Remote Sensing Centre, Department of Space, Dehradun, India from 20-23 July, 2009