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Dr. Srikumar Chattopadhyay

Geographer and Environmental Resource Analyst

Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Dr. Srikumar Chattopadhyay (pronounced “Chatterjee”) is a geographer at the Centre for Earth Science Studies, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He obtained his M. S. (1974) and Ph.D. (1986) in geography from the University of Calcutta. He obtained a P.G Diploma in applied geomorphology and environmental survey methods from the International Institute of Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, The Netherlands in 1987. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 1989-90 to conduct research on sustainable development in the Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Centre, Hawaii.

Dr. Chattopadhyay has authored one technical monograph, one discussion paper, three technical reports; has edited four books and published more than 80 research papers in national and international journals and seminar collections.

Dr. Chattopadhyay is one of the chief creators of people’s resource mapping, a technique for micro-level resource appraisal leading to environmentally sustainable development He actively participated in decentralized planning campaign in Kerala during 1996-2001 by providing technical inputs and training.

He is Chair of the Commission on Sustainable Development of the National Association of Geographers of India, a member of the General Council of Kerala Agricultural University, Thiruvananthapuram (2001-2004), and a member of the Programme Advisory Committee of the Kerala Research Programme for Local Level Development at the Centre for Development Studies. He served on various state government appointed committees to deal with natural resource management, poverty alleviation, and resource mapping.

Dr. Chattopadhyay speaks flawless English. He can talk on a wide range of topics related to environmental problems of India, environmental resource management, micro-level resource mapping, sustainable development and landscape analysis.

Dr. Chattopadhyay was a Visiting International Distinguished Scholar in the Departments of Earth and Environmental Studies and Anthropology, Montclair State University from January 19 to May 5, 2002. He taught a course on the history and development of the sustainability concept and a course on landuse analysis and mapping.

Dr. Chattopadhyay’s 69 page technical report on Panchayat Resource Mapping (pdf). GX Kerala Tour Main Page