Professor of Environmental Science at the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Specialization: Ganga River Ecology, Climate Change, Atmospheric Deposition, Plant Biology, Organic Farming. Prof. Pandey is a Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc). Prof. Pandey has worked extensively on River Resilience Paradigms with eutrophy, heavy metal pollution, nutrient enrichment and benthic community shifts in large rivers such as the Ganga River.