Educational Qualifications:
Degree conferred (begin with Bachelor's degree):
| Degree | University/ Institute | Year | Subjects | Division | 
| University of Saugar | 1981 | Applied Geology | First | |
| 1983 | Applied Geology | First | ||
| University of Dundee, United Kingdom | 1989 | Remote Sensing | Awarded | 
Details of professional training and research experience:
| Duration | Institution | Designation | Nature of work done | 
| 1983-86 | University of
  Roorkee  | J.R.F. and S.R.F Fellowship | Sedimentology and Geomorphology on CSIR direct of Kosi River Alluvial Fan | 
| 1986-89 | University of Dundee, United Kingdom | Research Fellow on "National Scholarship for Study Abroad" | Remote Sensing Applications in Geobotanical Exploration | 
| Feb. 19-23,1990 | CSRE, IIT, Bombay | Trainee | Geographic Information Systems for Resources Data Handling, Analysis and Management | 
| Feb.25-4thMarch, 1991 | CED, University
  of Roorkee  | Trainee | Artificial Intelligence | 
| 1994-95 | Goddard Space Flight Centre, NASA, U.S.A. | Visiting Fellow (On Indo-US Fellowship) | Passive Microwave data for snow-depth estimation | 
| June 13th-July 3rd, 1997 | CANMET, Canada and M&H, U.S.A. | UNDP-HHP Fellowship | Remote Sensing and GIS applications in Small Hydro Projects | 
| July 17th-16th
  October 2002 | University of
  Dundee, United Kingdom | Visiting
  Fellow (on INSA – The Royal Society, U.K. Fellowship) | Thermal remote
  sensing application in earthquake studies | 
Details of employment:
| 27.12.89-8.4.96 | Lecturer in Remote Sensing and GIS | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (formerly University of Roorkee) | Teaching (post graduate level) Subjects taught: GIS and Remote Sensing, Geohydrology | 
| 9.4.96-26.01.2006 | Assistant Professor in Remote Sensing and GIS | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee | Teaching (post graduate level) Subjects taught: GIS and Remote Sensing, Geohydrology | 
| 27.01.2006 – till date | Professor in Remote Sensing and GIS | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee | Teaching (post graduate level) Principles of GIS, Advanced GIS |