Dr Ayushi Vijhani is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural and Applied Sciences at TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS), New Delhi, India. She received her Ph.D. in Natural Resource Management from TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi. The topic of her PhD research was “Assessing the influence of climate change on water availability over mountain communities in Central Himalaya.” Her doctoral work was focussed on integrated water resource modelling and management over the Himalayan region to provide sustainable livelihood options to the Himalayan communities. The work incorporated time series analysis, hydrological modelling, artificial neural network and perception analysis on climate change and its impact on mountain communities in the Himalayan region. She obtained her master’s degree in Natural Resource Management from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), Delhi.
Before joining as an Assistant Professor, she was working as a Research Associate-I at TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi under the DST-WTI sponsored project. Her research interests are primarily focused on Geoinformatics, Natural Resource Management, Hydrological Modelling Applications in Himalayan River basins and Climate Change. She has actively contributed towards policy brief, strategy paper and technical reports. She has presented her research work on various national and international platforms.
Research publication:
• Vijhani, A., Sinha, V.S.P., Vishwakarma, C.A., Singh, P., Pandey, A. and Govindan, M., 2023. Study of stakeholders’ perceptions of climate change and its impact on mountain communities in central Himalaya, India. Environmental Development, 46, p.100824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100824
• Vijhani, A., Sinha, V.S.P., Vishwakarma, C.A., Singh, P., Sharma, S., 2022. Assessment of diminishing discharge of springs in Uttarakhand, Central Himalayan region, India. Hydrological Processes, 36 (5), pp. e14582. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14582
• Vijhani, A., Sinha, V.S.P. and Govindan, M., 2021. Assessing resource vulnerability quadrants under changing precipitation trends in Uttarakhand, Central Himalayan region. Journal of Mountain Science, 18(10), pp. 2722-2741. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-021-6856-6
• Singh, P., Sinha, V.S.P., Vijhani, A. and Pahuja, N., 2018. Vulnerability assessment of urban road network from urban flood. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 28, pp.237-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.03.017
