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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

PUBLICATIONS

Metric

Count

Peer reviewed Journal articles*

48

Non-peer reviewed article

01

Policy Brief

01

Publication of tools and models

02

Book Chapters

02

Book reviews in Current Science

02

Editorials and Opinion Articles in National English Dailies/weeklies

05

Reports for Govt. of India

06

Report for State Governments

08

Reports for UN and Intergovernmental bodies

04

 

 

Total citations

3,740

H-Index

20

I-Index

29

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Z_irx8YAAAAJ&hl=en


Details of the publications are available are provided below:


PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. The AFOLU sector’s role in national decarbonization: a comparative analysis of low GHG development pathways in Brazil, India and Indonesia.  Journal : Climate Policy 
  2. Chaturvedi et al (2024) India’s pathway to net zero by 2070: status, challenges, and way forward. Environmental Research Letters 19 (11), 112501 
  3. Kayet et al (2024) Assessment and estimation of coal dust impact on vegetation using VIs difference model and PRISMA hyperspectral data in mining sites. Journal of Environmental Management 367, 121935 
  4. Svensson et al (2024) The AFOLU sector’s role in national decarbonization: a comparative analysis of low-GHG development pathways in Brazil, India and Indonesia.Climate Policy, 1-18
  5. Dhyani et al (2024) Ecosystem Health Assessment in India for Mainstreaming Global Biodiversity Framework Headline Indicator and Prioritising Conservation Action. Anthropocene Science 3 (1), 122-130
  6. Kayet et al (2024) Detection and mapping of vegetation stress using AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral imagery in coal mining sites. Advances in Space Research 73 (2), 1368-1378 
  7. Jose et al (2023) Plugging the Gaps in the Global PhenoCam Monitoring of Forests—The Need for a PhenoCam Network across Indian Forests. Remote Sensing 15 (24), 5642
  8. R Das, RK Chaturvedi, A Roy, S Karmakar, S Ghosh (2023) Warming inhibits increases in vegetation net primary productivity despite greening in India, Scientific Reports 13 (1), 21309 
  9. A Kulkarni, V Prasad, AR Arya, RK Chaturvedi, SK Singh, S Oza (2023) Differential loss of glacier stored water in the Indus River Basin Current Science, 478-484 
  10. K Jose, RK Chaturvedi, C Jeganathan, MD Behera, CP Singh (2023) Plugging the Gaps in the Global PhenoCam Monitoring of Forests-The need for a PhenoCam Network across Indian Forests, Remote Sensing 15 (24), 5642 
  11. N Kayet, K Pathat, CP Singh, BK Bhattacharya, RK Chaturvedi (2024) Detection and mapping of vegetation stress using AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral imagery in coal mining sites, Advances in Space Research 73 (2), 1368-1378
  12. Edrisi SA, Dubey PK, Chaturvedi RK, Abhilash PC (2022) Bioenergy crop production potential and carbon mitigation from marginal and degraded lands of India, Renewable Energy 192, 300-312
  13. Chaturvedi RK, K Jose, BVR Shruthi, Kariya K P, Garg A (2022) Suitablilty Assessment and Carbon Mitigation Potential of Plantations on India’s Railway land, Anthropocene Science 1 (1), 145-163
  14. Chaturvedi RK, Strapsson A, Garg A (2022) Forests, Trees and Agroforestry: Their Roles in India's Sustainable Development and Climate Action, Indian Forester, Vol 148, I 5, B 539-E 541
  15. Kulkarni A, V Prasad, T Shirsat, RK Chaturvedi, IM Bahuguna (2021) Impact of Climate Change on the Glaciers of Spiti River Basin, Himachal Pradesh, India, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Vol 49, I 8, B 1951-E 1963 
  16. Edrisi SA, Tripathi V, Chaturvedi RK, Dubey DK, Patel G, Abhilash PC (2020) Saline Soil Reclamation Index as an Efficient Tool For Assessing Restoration Progress Of Saline Land, Land Degradation and Development, 32: 123- https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3641 
  17. Strapsson et al (2020) Insight from the Global Calculator, Energy Strategy Reviews, 29, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2020.100494 
  18. Chi Chen, Taejin Park, Xuhui Wang, Shilong Piao, Baodong Xu, Rajiv Chaturvedi, Richard Fuchs, Victor Brovkin, Philippe Ciais, Rasmus Fensholt, Hans Tømmervik, Govindasamy Bala, Zaichun Zhu, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, Ranga B. Myneni (2019) China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management, Nature  Sustainability.
  19. Chaturvedi RK, G T Hegde, Shruthi B V (2018) Tree stand structure and floristic composition of tropical forests in Garo hills, Meghalaya, North-East India. Tropical Ecology, 59(4): 619–632, 2018
  20. Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi (2018) Will India's coal power plans pose a threat to limiting global warming to safe levels? Current Science 114 (9) 1812-1814
  21. Chaitra, A et al including Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi (2018) Impact of Climate Change on Vegetation Distribution and Net Primary Productivity of Forests of Himalayan River Basins: Brahmaputra, Koshi and Indus. American Journal of Climate Change, 7, 271-294
  22. Rajiv K Chaturvedi and Mitavachan Hiremath (2017) An alternate energy future for India; its implications for India’s climate pledge and the global goal of limiting warming to safe levels. Current Science 113 (6) 1028-103
  23. Sharma J, Upgupta S, Jayaraman M, Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi, Bala G, Ravindranath NH (2017) Vulnerability of forests in India: a national scale Environmental Management. 60 (3) 544–553
  24. Asbjørn Aaheim, Anton Orlov, Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi, Priya Joshi, Anitha Sagadevan, H. Ravindranath (2017) Lost benefits and carbon uptake by protection of Indian plantations. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. DOI: 10.1007/s11027-017-9746-z
  25. Sharma J, S Upgupta, R Kumar, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, G. Bala, N H Ravindranath (2017) Assessment of inherent vulnerability of forests at landscape level: a case study from Western Ghats in India. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 22 (1) 29-44
  26. Ravindranath NH, Rajiv K Chaturvedi and Poornima, N (2017) Paris Agreement; Research, Monitoring and Reporting Requirements for India. Current Science
  27. Rajiv K Chaturvedi (2015) India’s climate pledge and the global goal of limiting warming below 2°C. Current Science. 109 (10): 1769-1772
  28. Rashid Irfan, Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, NH Ravindranath, Raman Sukumar, Mathangi Jayaraman, Thatiparthi Vijaya Lakshmi, Jagmohan Sharma (2015) Projected Climate Change Impacts on Vegetation Distribution over Himalayas. Climatic 132(4): 601-613
  29. Sharma J, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, G Bala, Ravindranath NH (2015) Assessing “inherent vulnerability” of forests: a methodological approach and a case study from Western Ghats, India. Mitigation Adaptation Strategies to Global Change, 20(4): 573-590
  30. Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Y Karyakarte, J Joshi, Bala, A Kulkarni (2014) Glacial Mass Balance Changes in the Karakoram and Himalaya based on CMIP5 Multi-Model Climate Projections. Climatic Change, 123:315-328
  31. Rajiv K Chaturvedi, D Ravindranath, R Kattumuri (2014) Mainstreaming Adaptation to climate change in Indian policy planning. International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, 22(1): 23-56
  32. Bala G, Devaraju, N, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Rama Nemani and Ken Caldeira (2013) Nitrogen deposition: how important is it for global terrestrial carbon uptake? Biogeosciences, 10:7147–7160
  33. Sharma J, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Bala G, Ravindranath NH (2013) Challenges in Vulnerability Assessment for Forest Carbon Management under Climate Carbon Management, 4(4): 403-411
  34. Bala G, J Joshi, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, H.V. Gangamani, H Hashimoto, R Nemani (2013) Trends and variability of Satellite-derived NPP in Remote Sensing, 5(2):810-829
  35. Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Jaideep Joshi, Mathangi Jayaraman, Bala, N.H. Ravindranath (2012) Multi-model climate change projections for India under Representative Concentration Pathways. Current Science,103 (7):791-802
  36. H. Ravindranath, Rajiv K Chaturvedi (2012) Forest carbon management under the changing climate: Research challenges. Carbon Management, 3 (4): 329-331
  37.  Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Gopalakrishnan R, Jayaraman M, Bala G, Joshi NV, Sukumar R, Ravindranath NH (2011) Impact of Climate Change on Indian Forests: A dynamic vegetation modeling Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 16(2):119-142
  38. Asbjørn A, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Anitha Sagadevan (2011) Integrated modelling approaches to analysis of climate change impacts on forests and forest management. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 16(2): 247-266
  39. Asbjørn A, Gopalakrishnan R, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Ravindranath NH, Anitha D. Sagadevan, Sharma N, Wei. T (2011) A macroeconomic analysis of adaptation to climate change impacts on forests in Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 16(2): 229-245
  40. Afreen S, Sharma N, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Gopalakrishnan R, Ravindranath NH (2011) Forest policies and programs affecting vulnerability and adaptation to climate Mitigation  and   Adaptation   Strategies   for   Global Change, 16(2):177-197
  41. Gopalakrishnan R, Jayaraman M, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Bala G, Ravindranath NH (2011) Effect of climate change on teak in India: A modelling based Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 16(2): 199- 209
  42. Palm M, Ostwald M, Murthy IK, Rajiv K Chaturvedi and Ravindranath NH (2011) Barriers for afforestation and reforestation activities in different agro- ecological zones of Southern India. Regional Environmental Change, 11(2): 423-435
  43. Ravindranath NH, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Joshi NV, Sathaye J (2011) Implications of Climate Change on Mitigation Potential Estimates for Forest Sector in Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 16(2): 211-227
  44. Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Gopalakrishnan R, Sukumar R, Ravindranath NH (2010) Carbon management in Indian forests: a policy analysis to assess mitigation Carbon Management, 1(1):109-117
  45. Khatun K, Valdes PJ, Knorr W, Rajiv K Chaturvedi (2010) Assessing the mitigation potential of forestry activities in a changing climate: A case study for Forest Policy and Economics, 12(4): 277-286
  46. Ravindranath NH, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Murthy IK (2008) Forest conservation, afforestation and reforestation in India: Implications for forest carbon Current Science, 95(2):216-222
  47. Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Tiwari R, Ravindranath NH (2008) Climate Change and Forests in International Forestry Review, 10(2):256-268
  48. Ravindranath NH, Murthy IK, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, Andrasko K, Sathaye JA (2007) Carbon forestry economic mitigation potential in India by land Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 12(6): 1027–1052

POLICY BRIEF (Policy Communication to Govts, academia and general public)

1. Chaturvedi RK et al (2018) Co-benefits of power sector decarbonisation for air quality and human health in India, Policy Brief, January 2018, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science (http://dccc.iisc.ac.in/Dccc%20Policy_brief-2018.pdf)

NON-PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH ARTICLE

1. Rajiv K Chaturvedi and Woods Jeremy (2015) How we developed the COP21 Calculator. FT Data. Financial Times, London
(http://blogs.ft.com/ftdata/2015/10/20/how-we-built-the-cop21-climatechange-calculator/)

2. Rajiv K Chaturvedi (2020) How climate change is affecting Goa? Published in Dudhsagar, A periodical by Department of Environment & Climate Change, Government of Goa 1(1):46-48, https://gsbb.goa.gov.in/wpcontent/uploads/2020/12/Dudhsagar-19122020.pdf

BOOK / BOOK CHAPTER

1. Co-editor Sustainable Plant Nutrition and Soil Carbon Sequestration, Springer Nature (accepted)

2. Sukumar R, Jagmohan K Sharma, Rajiv K Chaturvedi, NH Ravindranath (2016) The Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Ecosystems in India. in Tropical Conservation: Perspectives on Local and Global Priorities. Oxford University Press

BOOK REVIEWS

1. Chaturvedi RK, Ravindranath, NH (2013) Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific – How can Countries Adapt? Venkatachalam Anbumozhi et al (eds). SAGE Publishers India Pvt Ltd. Current Science, 104: 1716-1717

2. Chaturvedi, RK (2013) "Energy, the Environment and Climate Change" by Peter E. Hodgson. Imperial College Press, UK. Current Science, 105: 256-257

PUBLICATION OF PUBLIC POLICY TOOLS/MODELS

     1.Financial Times climate change calculator (2015): http://ig.ft.com/sites/climate- change-calculator/

     2. The Global Calculator (2014):http://globalcalculator.org/globcalc.html

       (incorporated RCP scenarios RCP2.6, RCP6.0 and RCP8.5 in to Global Calculator)