Prof. Suresh Chand Rai

Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics,

University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India

Professor

Email: raisc1958du@gmail.com

Qualifications

1984 Ph.D., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

1979 M.Sc., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

1977 B.Sc., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Publications (Selected)

1. Aggarwal, Suruchi, Rai, S.C., Thakur, P.K., and Emmer, Adam (2017) Inventory and recently increasing GLOF susceptibility of glacial lakes in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya. Geomorphology, 295: 39-54, The Netherlands, (ISSN: 0169-555X). (IF: 3.819; CI: 37).
2. Gulati, Aastha and Rai, S.C. (2015) Farmers’ willingness-to-pay towards soil and water conservation measures in agro-ecosystems of Chhotanagpur Plateau, India. Water and Environment Journal, 29 (4): 523-532 (ISSN: 1747-6593). (IF: 1.426; CI: 10).
3. Rai, S. C. (2011) Water management for a megacity: national capital territory of Delhi. Water Resource Management, 25: 2267-2278, Springer, The Netherlands, (ISSN: 0920-4741). (IF: 2.924; CI: 12).
4. Sharma, P. and Rai, S. C. (2007) Carbon sequestration with land-use cover change in a Himalayan watershed. GEODERMA, 139: 371-378, Elsevier, The Netherlands, (ISSN: 0016-7061). (IF: 4.848; CI: 32).
5. Sharma, P. and Rai, S. C. (2004) Stream flow, sediment and carbon transport from a Himalayan watershed. Journal of Hydrology, 289: 190-203, Elsevier, The Netherlands, (ISSN: 0022-1694). (IF: 4.500; CI: 24).
6. Sharma, E., Rai, S. C. and Sharma, R. (2001) Soil, water and nutrient conservation in mountain farming systems: a case study from Sikkim Himalaya. Journal of Environmental Management, 61 (2): 123-135, Academic Press, The Netherlands, (ISSN: 0301-4797). (IF: 5.647; CI: 26).
7. Jain, A., Rai, S. C., and Sharma, E (2000) Hydro-ecological analysis of a sacred lake watershed system in relation to land-use/cover change from Sikkim Himalaya. CATENA, 40 (3): 263-278, Elsevier, The Netherlands, (ISSN: 0341-8162). (IF: 4.333; CI: 32).
8. Rai, S. C. and Sharma, E. (1998) Comparative assessment of runoff characteristics under different land-use pattern within a Himalayan watershed. Hydrological Processes 12: 2235-2248, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., U.K., (ISSN: 1099-1085). (IF: 3.256; CI: 47).
9. Rai, S. C. and Sharma, E. (1998) Hydrology and nutrient flux in an agrarian watershed of the Sikkim Himalaya. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 53 (2): 125-132, Soil and Water Conservation Society, USA, (ISSN: 0022-4561). (IF: 2.209; CI: 26).
10. Rai, S. C. and Sundriyal, R.C. (1997) Tourism and biodiversity conservation: The Sikkim Himalaya. Ambio, 26 (4): 235-242, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden, (ISSN: 0044-7447). (IF: 4.778; CI: 35).

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