CURRICULUM VITAE

HASAN RAJA NAQVI, PhD

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Citizenship: Indian
Office Address: Room No 120, Department of Geography,
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi, India-110025
Official email: [email protected]
Personal email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Institutions Degree Date Conferred Field

Jamia Millia Islamia PhD Jan, 2013 Soil Erosion, Watershed Mgt.
(A Central University), and Remote Sensing/GIS
New Delhi, India

Ch. Charan Singh University MA/Msc June, 2006 Geography

Meerut, UP, India

Ch. Charan Singh University BA June, 2004 Geography

Meerut, UP, India

CBSC Intermediate 2001 Humanities

CBSC High School 1999 Science/Humanities

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
NRSA, Certificate Jan, 2011 Remote Sensing/GIS & GPS
Indian Space Research Org.
Dehradun, Govt. of India

Jamia Millia Islamia Diploma 2008 NGO Management

(A Central University),
New Delhi, India

RESEARCH INTEREST

Land and climate changes, natural resources, soil erosion, watershed management, air pollution
and associated health, urban and built environment issues employing Remote Sensing/GIS and
field work.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May, 2018 to present Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of

Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

Sep, 2013 to May, 2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Geomatics Engineering,

SoCEA, Adama Science & Technology University, Ethiopia

Oct, 2012 to Aug, 2013 Research Assistant (GIS), Epidemiology GIS Division
The Inclen Trust International, New Delhi, India

INSTITUTIONAL/ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

 Advisor of Jamia Geography Association, Jamia Millia Islamia (2020 onwards)

 Coordinator DIP Training
 Member of Research Committee (Department of Geomatics Engineering, SoCEA),
Adama Science & Technology University, Ethiopia (2016-2018)
 Supervising Bachelors, Masters and PG Diploma Students in their project works.

PH.D SUPERVISION

 Md Nawazuzzoha, Title “Impact of Climate change on Natural Resources and

Livelihood in South Sikkim”
 Md. Mamoon Rashid, Title “Dynamics of Glaciers and its impact on Runoff in the
Upper Tons Basin, Uttarakhand, India”
 Anjali Bhardwaj

PROJECT/RESEARCH GRANTS

On going

Jan, 2022 Indo-Taiwan Joint Research Project entitled “Assessment of sediment

loss, N cycling, water and soil quality and their impacts on livelihood of
farmers in small watershed of Sikkim Himalaya”.
Role: PI, Total Grant: INR 11.82 lakhs.

Nov, 2019 GIS/GPS mapping of Waqf Properties under “Qaumi Waqf Board
Taraqqiate Scheme”. Funding Agency: Central Waqf Council, Ministry of
Minority Affairs.
Role: Co-PI, Total Grant: INR 1.61 Crore.

Feb, 2020 Investigation of Rainfall induced landslides and assessment of Risk of the
selected landslides along Rishikesh-Badrinath highway in Garhwal
Himalaya”. Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology, New
Delhi. Role: Co-PI, Total Grant: INR 25 lakhs.
Completed

2015 to 2017 Ref # 7/4/N-6/8380/2015. “A Comparative Analysis of Soil Erosion

Estimation Employing SWAT & RUSLE Models: A Case of Watersheds
of Adama Woreda”. Funding Institute: Adama Science & Technology
University, Adama, Ethiopia.
Role: Principal Investigator (PI), Total Grant: ETB 71,300.

2015 to 2017 Ref # 7/4/N-20/527/2015. “Modeling and Validation of Wind Farm Site
Suitability Analysis: Adama II Wind Farm Using GIS Techniques”.
Funding Institute: Adama Science & Technology University, Adama,
Ethiopia.
Role: Co-PI, Total Grant: ETB 2,20,000.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

1. Hasan Raja Naqvi et al. (2023). Wildfire-induced pollution and its short-term impact on
COVID-19 cases and mortality in California. Gondwana Research (Elsevier), IF: 6.15.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2022.04.016.
2. Islam, A.R.M.T. et al. (2023). Estimating ground-level PM2.5 using subset regression
model and machine learning algorithms in Asian megacity, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Air Qual
Atmos Health. (Springer), IF: 5.8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-023-01329-w.
3. Yusef OK, Parvaneh B, Pouran MB, Rajab R, Hasan RN & Khatereh A. (2023). Risk
assessment of exposure to the Middle Eastern dust storms in Iran, Human and Ecological
Risk Assessment: An International Journal. (Taylor & Francis), IF:
4.9. DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2023.2169898
4. Hasan Raja Naqvi et al. (2022). Street Mapping, Object Detection and traffic load
assessment from SVIs and field data Using YOLOv3, Machine Learning and GIS.
Geocarto International. (Taylor & Francis), IF: 3.88.
5. Kumar R, Hasan Raja Naqvi, Devrani R, Deshmukh B, Jr-Chuan H (2022). Sediment
Yield Assessment, Prioritization and Control Practices in Chambal River Basin
Employing SYI Model. Journal of the Geological Society of India.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-022-2215-7. IF: 1.4.
6. Khatereh A, Pierre S, Yusef OK, Hasan Raja Naqvi & Rajab R. (2022). Assessing the
effect of COVID-19 pandemic on air quality change and human health outcomes in a
capital city, southwestern Iran. International Journal of Environmental Health Research,
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2022.2120967. (Taylor & Francis), IF: 4.98.
7. Khatereh A, Yusef OK, Pierre S, Hasan Raja Naqvi & Rajab Rashidi (2022). Increased
tropspheric ozone levels as public health issues during COVID-19 lockdown and
estimation the related pulmonary diseases. Atmospheric Pollution Research. (Elsevier),
IF: 4.9.
8. Hasan Raja Naqvi et al. (2021). Global assessment of tropospheric and ground air
pollutants and its correlation with COVID-19. Atmospheric Pollution Research 12 (2021)
101172. (Elsevier), IF: 4.9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2021.101172
9. Hasan Raja Naqvi, et al. (2021). Improved air quality and associated mortalities in India
under COVID-19 lockdown. Environmental Pollution, 115691. (Elsevier), IF: 9.98
10. Mariya KM, Hsakeel A, Shazli T, Hasan Raja Naqvi, Akhtar N, Siddiqui MA. (2022).
Analysing the role of gender and place of residence in acceptability and satisfaction
towards e-learning among university students during COVID-19 pandemic in India. SN
Social Science. 2:233. Springer.
11. Shakeel A, Shazli T, Naqvi HR and Salman MS (2021). Validity of Household Food
Insecurity Access Scale in Rural India: Observation from Banda District of Bundelkhand
Region. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 26(9), Series 5, 22-33.
12. Shakeel A, Salman MS, Shazli T, Naqvi HR, Ahmad N and Ali N. (2021). Challenges of
Unrestricted Assignment-Based Examinations (ABE) and Restricted Open-Book
Examinations (OBE) during Covid-19 Pandemic in India: An Experimental Comparison.
Human Behaviour and Emerging Technologies. DOI: 10.1002/hbe2.290.
13. Hasan Raja Naqvi et al. (2021). Spatio-temporal analysis of air quality and its
relationship with major COVID-19 hotspot places in India. Remote Sensing Applications:
Society and Environment, 22, 100473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100473
14. Natnael Agegnehu Ayele, Hasan Raja Naqvi & Daniel Alemayehu (2020). Rainfall
induced soil erosion assessment, prioritization and conservation treatment using RUSLE
and SYI models in highland watershed of Ethiopia. Geocarto International,
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2020.1822927. (Taylor & Francis), IF: 4.88
15. Hasan Raja Naqvi, AS Mohammed A Athick, L. Siddiqui, MA Siddiqui (2019).
Multiple Modelling to Estimate Sediment Loss and Transport Capacity Employing
Hourly Rainfall and In-Situ Data: A Prioritization of Highland Watershed in Awash River
Basin, Ethiopia. Catena (Elsevier), Vol. 182, 104173.
doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104173. (IF: 6.3)
16. NJ Howard, S Dixit, Hasan Raja Naqvi, A Rahman, C Paquet, M Daniel and N K Arora
(2018). Evaluation of data accuracies within a comprehensive geospatial-health data
surveillance platform: SOMAARTH Demographic Development and Environmental
Surveillance Site, Palwal, Haryana, India. Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics
(Cambridge University Press). 3, e19, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/gheg.2018.17
17. Tamam E, Hasan Raja Naqvi, Mohammed AA. (2018). Anthropogenic Impact on Land
Use Land Cover: Influence on Weather and Vegetation in Bambasi Wereda, Ethiopia.
Spatial Information Research (Springer). Vol. 26 (4). DOI:10.1007/s41324-018-0186-y).
18. M Sathianarayanan, ASM Athick & Hasan Raja Naqvi (2017). A Geospatial Approach
to Interlink Seasonal Reservoirs to Mitigate Drought at Micro-Level in Sivaganga Taluk,
Tamilnadu. Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS. Vol. 6. Pages 66-75
19. D Sewnet, Hasan Raja Naqvi & ASM Athick (2016). Zonation of Potential
Groundwater and Its Spatial Correlation with Indices and Boreholes: Western Region of
Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of Remote sensing & GIS. Volume 7, Issue 3. 1-13.
20. ASM Athick, Hasan Raja Naqvi, N Dinsa & MI Hussain (2016). Terrain and Hydro-
Morphometric Analysis for Sustainable Runoff: A study of Adama Wereda. The
Ethiopian Journal of Science & Sustainable Development (Journal of Adama Science &
Technology University). Vol. 3 (1). Pages 5-20.
21. Hasan Raja Naqvi, ASM Athick, HA Ganie and MA Siddiqui (2015). Soil Erosion
Planning Using Sediment Yield Index Method in the Nun Nadi Watershed, India.
International Soil and Water Conservation Research (Elsevier). Vol. 3. Pages 86-96. IF:
7.48
 22. ASM Athick, Hasan Raja Naqvi and Z Firdouse (2015). An Assessment and
Identification of Avalanche Hazard Sites in Uri Sector and its Surroundings on
Himalayan Mountain. Journal of Mountain Research (Springer). Vol. 12. Pages 1499-
1510. DOI：10.1007/s11629-014-3274-z. (IF: 2.3)
23. SU Latief, Hasan Raja Naqvi, A Alam and A Amin (2015). Morphometric Analysis of
East Liddar Watershed, Northwestern Himalayas. SSARSC International Journal of Geo
Science and Geo Informatics. Volume 2 (1). Pages 1-11
24. Hasan Raja Naqvi, L Siddiqui, LM Devi and MA Siddiqui (2014). Landscape
Transformation Analysis Employing Compound Interest Formula in Nun Nadi
Watershed, India. The Egyptian journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
(Elsevier). Vol. 17(2). Pages 149–157. (IF: 6.39)
25. LM Devi, Hasan Raja Naqvi, L Siddiqui, and MA Siddiqui (2014). Land use/ Land
cover change detection analysis in Manipur, India. National Geographic Journal of India,
An International Peer Reviewed & refereed Journal of India. Vol. 60 (3). Pages 245-262.
26. Hasan Raja Naqvi, J Mallick, LM Devi and MA Siddiqui (2013). Multi-Temporal
Annual Soil Loss Risk Mapping Employing Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
(RUSLE) Model in Nun Nadi Watershed, Uttrakhand (India). Arabian Journal of
Geosciences (Springer). Vol. 6(10). Pages 4045–4056. DOI 10.1007/s12517-012-0661-
z. (IF: (IF: 1.8)
27. Hasan Raja Naqvi, LM Devi and MA Siddiqui (2012). Soil loss prediction and
prioritization based on Revised Universal Soil Loss Estimation (RUSLE) model using
geospatial technique”. International Journal of Environmental Protection. Vol. 2(3).
Pages 39-43.

Book Chapters

1. A Singh, R Singh, BK Nath, M Hashim, MA Siddiqui, HR Naqvi, L Siddiqui (2023).

Spatial Distribution of Arsenic Contamination in India: A Systematic Review.
Hydrogeochemistry of Aquatic Ecosystems. Wiley Publications.
2. Nawazuzzoha, M., Rashid, M.M., Hussain, M.I., Shakeel, A., Naqvi, H.R. (2022).
Landslide Susceptibility Mapping of East Sikkim Employing AHP Method. In: Sajjad,
H., Siddiqui, L., Rahman, A., Tahir, M., Siddiqui, M.A. (eds) Challenges of Disasters in
Asia. Springer Natural Hazards. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-
3567-1_8
3. Hasan Raja Naqvi, J Khan, LM Devi, L Siddiqui and MA Siddiqui (2012). Mapping and
Change Analysis of Land use and Vegetation Cover: A case study of Dehradun District.
Jamia Geographical Society. Manak Publications, Pages 246-255.
4. HA Ganai, H Hashia and Hasan Raja Naqvi (2012). Flood Disaster and its management:
An exploratory overview of river Jhelum in Kashmir Valley. Environment and
Sustainable Development. Keshav Publications. Pages 69-85.
Conference Proceedings & Abstracts

1. ASM Athick & Hasan Raja Naqvi (2016). A method for compositing MODIS images to
remove cloud cover over Himalayas for snow cover mapping. Accepted for IEEE Xplore
digital library (IEEE-IGARSS symposium).
Link: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7730279/
2. NJ Howard, S Dixit, Hasan Raja Naqvi, M Vaswani, MK Das, A Rahman, M Daniel,
NK Arora (2013). Evaluation of Spatial Attribute Accuracy in the Development of a
Comprehensive Spatial Data System: SOMAARTH Demographic and Development
 Environmental Surveillance Site, Palwal District, Haryana, India. 5th International
Conference on health GIS.
Invited Oral Presentations (National and International)

1. Oral Presentation on “Sediment and Nutrient loss employing multiple models in small
mountainous watershed of Sikkim Himalaya” in the “2023 Annual Conference and
international symposium of the Geography Society of China Located in Taipei
(Taiwan), 29th April 2023”
2. Talk on “Interpolation of spatial data and land cover/indices modeling through satellite
data”. Workshop entitled “Computational Modeling Techniques and HPS Infrastructure
for weather Prediction”, 2-3th July 2016 at Computing Department of ASTU, Ethiopia.
3. Presented research paper on “Prioritization of Micro Watersheds Using Silt Yield Index
Method for Nun Nadi Watershed” in International Conference of Sustainable
Development and Population Dynamism, 25-27th March 2012 at Aligarh Muslim
University, Aligarh, India.

Invited Poster Presentations (National and International)

1. A method for compositing MODIS images to remove cloud cover over Himalayas for
snow cover mapping. IGARSS-IEEE symposium -2016, Beijing, China. Attended and
presented poster as a co-author. The travel grant was supported by organizers ($1600)
and ASTU ($800).

2. Soil Loss Estimation and Sub-Watershed Prioritization Using RUSLE, RS & GIS in
Gambhar Watershed of the Himalayas. UCGIS Symposium at Washington D.C (USA),
30th May to 1st June, 2012. Travel grant was supported by CSIR (Govt. of India).

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS (Selected)

2008 to 2012 Non- Net Fellowship from University Grant Commission (UGC)
(Government of India).

2012 Travel Award from CSIR (Govt. of India) for poster presentation at
UCGIS-2012, Washington DC, USA.

2012 $200 prize certificate from CRC Press- Taylor and Francis Group for
poster presentation at Washington D.C. in UCGIS 2012.

ORIENTATION/REFRESHER PROGRAMME ATTENDED

1. Attended three weeks Orientation Programme at Academic Staff College, JMI, from 2nd
Nov to 23rd Nov, 2019, New Delhi.
2. Successfully Completed First Online Two-Week Refresher Course in Geography &
Environmental Studies organized by UGC-HRDC, JMI from 9th Nov to 24th Nov, 2020.
 3. Participated in Workshop on MOCCs, E-Content Development and Open Educational
Resources organized by UGC-HRDC, JMI from 24th Feb to 29th Feb, 2020

Others

1. Certificate of Appreciation for mentoring under graduate students for presenting work
on “Role of Green Spaces on Urban Heat: A Case of Delhi” under ‘Geographers’ Youth
Conclave on Sustainable and Innovative Environmental Practices at Shaheed Bhagat
Singh College, University of Delhi from Jan 30-31st, 2020.

2. Participated in the International Conference on Smart Cities – Opportunities and

Challenges held from 14th to 16th March 2019 organized by Department of Civil
Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.

3. Participated in workshop on National Information System for Climate and Environment

Studies (|NICES) and its Activities from National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO
on 29th Jan 2019, conducted at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

4. Keynote Speaker in National Conference on Research and Innovative Trends in Applied

Sciences (NCRIAS-18), Dec 22-23, 2018 organized by School of Basic & Applied
Sciences, Sangam University, Bhilwara, Rajasthan.

5. Participated in the International Conference on Agriculture and Food Security in the Era
of Climatic Change held from 1st to 3rd December 2018 organized by Department of
Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.

6. Acted as a Rapporteur in technical session “Fluvial Geomorphology- 01” in 30th National

Conference of Indian Institute of Geomorphologists (IGI) from 3rd to 5th Oct, 2018,
organized by department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.