डॉ. बी. आर. अम्बेडकर विश्‍वविद्यालय दिल्ली
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi
Established by The Government of NCT of Delhi

Geography/ Health and Wellbeing, Urban environment, Disaster Management

• Awarded as ‘Distinguished Researcher Award’ Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi under the AURPIS scheme
• Completed Summer Research Fellowship Programme (SFRF-2021) under CEP Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi
• Selected as the ‘World Social Science Fellow’ by the International Social Science Council
• Teaching Assistantship - Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IITB
• Qualified UGC-NET examination, December 2006
• Ranked 2nd, Humanities and Social Sciences, CBSE Board, Air Force Bal Bharati School
• Ranked 2nd, BA (Hons.) Geography, University of Delhi
• Ranked 3rd, MA Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
• Ranked 2nd, M.Phil, Planning and Development, HSS, Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay

Books Published

• Grover, A., Singh, A. and Singh, R.B. (2023) Sustainable Health through food, nutrition, and lifestyle’ by Springer, Singapore, 1-333, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7230-0, ISSN: 978-981-19-7230-0
• Grover, A. and Singh, R.B. (2020) Urban health and wellbeing: Indian case studies, Springer, Singapore, eBook ISBN 978-981-13-6671-0, DOI - 10.1007/978-981-13-6671-0

Research papers published in peer-reviewed journals

• Grover, A., Vadakkuveettil, A., Chen, R. and Wu, J. 2024. Warming reality of Kozhikode Urban Area: Uncovering the heat of built-up expansion and vegetation loss, Environmental Challenges, Volume 17, 101016, E- ISSN: 2667-0100, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2024.101016, Scopus, Cite Score 2024 – 10.7, 25 September 2024
• Basheer, S., Grover, A. and Shekhar, S. 2024. Exploring the interplay of socio-economic and demographic factors on dietary diversity among women of Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala: a comprehensive analysis, Human Geographies – Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 18 (1), ISSN: 1843-6587 DOI:10.5719/hgeo.2024.181.6, Scopus (6 June 2024) https://www.humangeographies.org.ro/articles/181/a1816.pdf
• Grover, A. Poolatt, A. and Vadakkuveettil, A. 2024. Spatial-Temporal Assessment of Urbanisation and Microclimatic Changes in Delhi Using Landsat Derived LST and Heat Indices, Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography, 1–17, https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2024.2351521, Impact factor: 2.32, Scopus (Accepted on 1 May 2024), https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00167223.2024.2351521, ISSN 1903-2471
• Vadakkuveettil, A. and Grover, A. 2023 (accepted on 9^th June 2023, published in September) Bi-temporal Characterization of Terrestrial Temperature in Relation to Urban Land Use Land Cover Dynamics and Policies in Kozhikode Urban Area, India. Land Use Policy, 132, 106782, Impact Factor: 6.1, Scopus, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106782, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S026483772300248X, ISSN 1873-5754
• Grover, A. and Prasad, J. 2023. Assessment of water quality using physio-chemical and micro-biological characteristics and its impacts on health: A case study of Madurai city, Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 43(1): 89-96, ISSN: 0253–7141. Scopus
• Basheer, S. and Grover, A. 2023. Changes in lifestyle and their impact on health during the covid-19 pandemic in Thiruvananthapuram district Kerala India, Sustainability, Agriculture, Food and Environmental Research (SAFER), (ISSN: 0719-3726), UGC Care
• Vadakkuveettil, A. and Grover, A. 2022. Disaster Within a Disaster: Social Vulnerability of Muthuvan Tribes in Times of Floods is under review, Disaster and Development, 11(1)1-4, ISSN: 0973-6700
• Vadakkuveettil, A., Grover, A. and Menon, R. 2022. Expeditious Response to Epidemics: The Chronicle of Nipah in Kerala, Journal of Global Resources, 08 (01) 127-132, ISSN: 2455-2445 (E) / 2395-3160 (P) UGC Care
• Vadakkuveettil, A. and Grover, A. 2022. Assessing the Intensity of Land Surface Temperature in Thiruvarur District, Sustainability, Agriculture, Food and Environmental Research (SAFER), (ISSN: 0719-3726), 12(X), 2023: http://dx.doi.org/10.7770/safer-V12N1-art2630 UGC Care
• Leo, S.G. et al. 2021. A comprehensive study on preparedness, impacts, response and recovery from tropical severe cyclonic storm ‘GAJA’: lessons for the future, Journal of Coastal Conservation, 25:58, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-021-00842-3. 6^th Author), Scopus, Impact Factor: 2.1 (2021), ISSN 1400-0350
• Ganesh, Y., Singh, R.B., Pandey, B.W. and Grover, A. 2020. Developing Composite Urban Respiratory Health Index for Lucknow Municipal Corporation, Environmental Analysis & Ecology Studies, 7(4): 795-802, DOI: 10.31031/EAES.2020.07.000667, ISSN: 2578-0336, Impact Factor: 0.623. Scopus
• Singh, R.B., Haque, S. and Grover, A. 2015. Drinking water, sanitation and health in Kolkata Metropolitan city: Contribution towards urban sustainability, Geography, Environment and Sustainability, 8(4): 64-81, ISSN: 2071-9388, https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2015-8-4-64-81 Scopus, Impact Factor – 1.356
• Grover, A. and Singh, R.B. 2015. Analysis of Urban Heat Island (UHI) in relation to Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI): A comparative study of Delhi and Mumbai, Environments, 2: 125-138, ISSN: 2076-3298, https://doi.org/10.3390/environments2020125. Scopus
• Singh, R.B., Grover, A. and Zhan, J. 2014. Inter-seasonal variations of surface temperature in urbanized environment of Delhi using Landsat thermal data, Energies, 7: 1811-1828, ISSN: 1996-1073, https://doi.org/10.3390/en7031811. Impact factor: 3.252, Scopus
• Singh, R.B. and Grover, A. 2014. Remote sensing of urban microclimate with special reference to urban heat island using Landsat thermal data, Geographia Polonica, 87(4): 555-568, ISSN: 0016-7282 (Print) 2300-7362 (Online), http://dx.doi.org/10.7163/GPol.2014.38,  Cite Score- 1.9, Scopus
• Grover, A. and Singh, R.B. 2016. Monitoring spatial patterns of land surface temperature and urban heat island for sustainable megacity: A case study of Mumbai, India using Landsat TM data, Environment and Urbanization Asia, 7(1): 1-17, https://doi.org/10.1177/0975425315619722, ISSN: 0975-4253. Cite Score: 1.1, Scopus, UGC CARE Group II.
• Grover, A. 2015. Disaster management plan of Mumbai: A critical evaluation, Arts, commerce, computer science and technology research journal, 13(1): 13-21, ISSN: 0972-7779.
• Grover, A. and Parthasarathy, D. 2012. Relocation and changing nature of vulnerability: A case study of Krantinagar Slum, Mumbai, The Horizon - Jr. of Social Sciences, 3(2): 1-19, ISSN: 0975-5535.

      Research papers published in edited book

• Grover, A. and Singh, R.B. (September 2023). Coping strategies, response and sustainable future to Covid -19 in the capital of India, Delhi in Howden-Chapman, P, FW Gatzweiler, R Cooper, I Luginaah (Eds.) Cities under Covid -19: A systems perspective, Zhejiang University Press, Springer Nature, ISSN 978-981-19-8163-0, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8163-0_10, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-8163-0_10#Bib1
• Grover, A., Vadakkuveettil, A. (March 2023). Multi-temporal Dynamics of Land Use Land Cover Change and Urban Expansion in the Tropical Coastal District of Kozhikode. In: Rahman, A., Sen Roy, S., Talukdar, S., Shahfahad (Eds.) Advancements in Urban Environmental Studies. GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21587-2_4
• Grover, A., Singh, A. and Singh, R.B. (2023) Sustainable Health in Territorial Planning (Ch 2) In: Grover, A., Singh A. and Singh, R.B. (Eds.) (2023) Sustainable health through food, nutrition, and Lifestyle, Springer, Singapore
• Basheer, S., Ashique V.V. and Grover, A. (2023) The Food and Nutrition Status in India: A Systematic Review (Ch 9) In: Grover, A., Singh A. and Singh, R.B. (Eds.) (2023) Sustainable health through food, nutrition, and Lifestyle, Springer, Singapore
• Singh, R.B. and Grover, A. (2018) Air pollution and human health risk reduction: The case study of Delhi megacity, India. In Beer, T., Li, J. and Alverson, A. (Eds.) Global Change and Future Earth: The Geosciences Perspective, pp. 223-236, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 9781107171596. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316761489
• Mal, S., Singh, R.B., Huggel, C. and Grover, A. (2018) Introducing linkages between climate change, extreme events, and disaster risk reduction. In Mal et al. (Eds.) Climate Change, Extreme Events and Disaster Risk Reduction towards Sustainable Development Goals, Springer International Publishing, pp 1-14, ISBN: 978-3-319-56468-5.
• Singh, R.B. and Grover, A. (2016) Urban-industrial development, environmental pollution and human health: A case study of East Delhi. In Akhtar, R. (Ed.) Climate change and Human Health in South and Southeast Asia, Springer: Switzerland, pp. 113-130, ISBN: 978-3-319-23684-1.
• Singh, R.B. and Grover, A. (2015) Spatial correlations of changing land use, surface temperature (UHI) and NDVI in    Delhi using Landsat satellite images. In Singh, R.B. (Ed.) Urban Development Challenges, Risks and Resilience in Asian Megacities, Springer: Japan, pp. 83-98, ISBN: 978-4-431-55042-6 (Print) 978-4-431-55043-3 (Online).
• Grover, A. and Singh, R.B. (2015) Urban pollution, health and sustainable development in Delhi. In Condie, J. and Cooper, A.M. (Eds.) Dialogues of Sustainable Urbanisation: Social Science Research and Transitions to Urban Context, Penrith: University of Western Sydney, pp. 215-217, Chapter 47, ISBN: 978-1-74108-360-6.

      Popular research papers

• Pathak, P.K. and Grover, A. Geography of Health and Wellbeing; In: Rai, S.C. (ed.) Progress in Indian Geography, A Country Report, 2016-2022, The 34^th Extraordinary Centennial Congress, International Geographical Congress, Paris, France (July 18-22, 2022). Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi: pp. 229-237.
• Singh, R.B. and Grover, A. 2015. Sustainable urban environment in Delhi megacity: Emerging problems and prospects for innovative solutions, Policy brief for Global Sustainable Development Report, Available at: http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/science/crowdsourcedbeiefs.

• Resource person for Capacity building seminar on ‘How to design a MOOC?’, HRDC, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi, 25 April 2025
• Resource person for seminar on ‘Disaster Management’, Disaster Management Committee in association with the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), Hansraj College, 3 April 2025
• Paper presentation on ‘Urban Heat Islands: A disaster in making’ at the 35^th International Geographical Congress, Dublin, Ireland (24-30 August 2024) on the theme ‘Celebrating a world of difference’ (26 August 2024, 20 mins); Chaired a session on ‘Disasters and Human Health under the Commission of Disasters.
• Paper presentation on ‘Challenges and Opportunities of Rapid Urbanization in Ranchi Metropolitan Area: A Geospatial Study’ at the 34th Extraordinary IGU Centennial Congress, Paris, France (July 18-22, 2022) on the theme ‘Time for Geographers’ (21st July 2022, 15 Mins)
• Paper presentation on ‘Land cover dynamics and the resulting heat-health nexus in the Kozhikode urban area’ at the 34th Extraordinary IGU Centennial Congress, Pantheon Sorbonne University, Paris, France (July 18-22, 2022) on the theme ‘Time for Geographers’ (21st July 2022, 15 Mins)
• Paper presentation on Nutritional status in India: A critical review’, International Conference, on the theme ‘Food, water and nutrition security for health and wellbeing’ organized by Shaheed Bhagat Singh (M) College, University of Delhi, 13-14th December 2021 (15 mins, online, 14 Dec).
• Paper presentation on ‘Assessment of water quality (municipal supply) using physiochemical and bacteriological characteristics of Madurai city, India’, International Conference, on the theme ‘Food, water and nutrition security for health and wellbeing’ organized by Shaheed Bhagat Singh (M) College, University of Delhi, 13-14th December 2021 (15 mins, online, 14 Dec).
• Paper presentation on ‘Coping strategies, response and sustainable future to Covid -19 in the capital of India, Delhi’ during International Conference on Cities under Covid -19 organized by International Science Council’s global science programme on Urban health and wellbeing, 3-4th November 2021 (20 mins, online, 4 Nov 2021).
• Invited lecture on ‘Overcoming urban health challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic’, 4th Faculty Development Programme, HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia, 5th March 2021 (60 mins).
• Paper presentation on ‘Trends of air pollution and impacts on human health in Mumbai, India’ at National seminar on Health and wellbeing in a multi-sectoral, 27th Feb 2018, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur.
• Delivered an invited lecture on ‘Urban environmental challenges for human health and sustainable cities: A case study of Mumbai, India’ in National seminar on ‘Geoinformatics in natural resources evaluation for sustainable development’, 26-27th March 2018 organized by Department of Geography, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli (27th March, 45 mins)
• Paper presentation on ‘Mapping the trend and pattern of human health in Delhi’ at International conference on ‘Emerging Challenges to environmental and occupational health and sustainability’, 17-18th January 2019, Jamia Millia Islamia.
• Paper presentation on ‘Implications of air pollution on health: Case study of Delhi, India’ by Grover, A. and Singh, R.B. at 9th International Geographical Union Conference on ‘Land use change, climate extremes and disaster risk reduction’ (18th-20th March, 2016), 19th March, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi, India.
• Paper presentation on ‘Inter-linkages between land use/cover, air pollution, urban heat island and human health: The perspectives of urban governance in Delhi, India’ by Grover, A. and Singh, R.B. at World Social Science Forum on ‘Sustainable urbanization: Urban governance to tackle urban poverty and environmental sustainability’ (9th-16th September 2015), 9th Sept, Durban, South Africa, supported and sponsored by International Social Science Council.
• Paper presentation on ‘Seasonal micro-climatic contrasts in Mumbai city: A comparison of winter and summertime temperatures using remote sensing’ by Grover, A. and Singh, R.B. at ‘International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) XIX Congress’ on Quaternary Perspectives on Climate Change, Natural Hazards and Civilization (26th July-2nd August 2015), 29th July, Nagoya Congress Center (NCC) Nagoya, Japan, supported and sponsored by INQUA.
• Paper presentation on ‘Monitoring spatial patterns of land surface temperature and urban heat island in largest metropolitan city of Mumbai, India using Landsat TM data’ by Grover, A. and Singh, R.B. at ‘International Geographical Union Regional Conference’ (17th-21st August 2014), 19th August, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, supported and sponsored by IGU.
• Paper presentation on ‘Relationship between spatial pattern of land use/cover and surface temperature using Landsat TM satellite data - A case study of Delhi’ by Grover, A. and Singh, R.B. at 1st International conference of Association of Punjab Geographers on ‘Disasters, natural resource management and socio-economic development’ (4th-5th October 2013), 4th October, Kurukshetra University, India.
• Paper Presentation on ‘Floods and disaster management in Mumbai’ by Grover, A. and Parthasarathy, D. at National conference on ‘Urbanization: Issues and challenges’, SCODER at Indira Gandhi Institute of Research and Development, 29th-30th September 2007, 29th September, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Countries visited for academic purposes

• Poland, Japan, South Africa, France, Finland

Membership of Learned Bodies

• Member, IGU, C20.42 Urban Commission: Re-Thinking cities and the urban: from the global to the local
• World Social Science Fellow
• Life Member – Indian Society of Remote Sensing (L-5832)
• Life member - Epidemiological Foundation of India
• Life member - National Association of Geographical Studies of India (NAGI)
• Life member - Association of Geographical Studies (AGS)
• INCA Annual member, 2019 – 2020
• Executive member of Association of Geographical Studies, 2014 - 17
• Member of ‘The committee of courses for Honours, Post-graduate and research studies in Geography’, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi (2005-07)
• Member of ‘The Ratan Tata Library Committee’, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi (2006-07)

Involvement in the educational, social, and institutional life at CUTN

• Member - Board of Studies, School Board, Department Purchase Committee, Admission Committee, Convocation Committee, Research Advisory Committee, Public Relations Committee, Annual Report Committee, Decennial Publication Committee, Prospectus Committee, Department of Official Language
• Convener - Alumni Association of Geography Department, Distinguished Lecture Series
• Editor - Departmental newsletter Geo-Vista, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2019; Volume 1, Issue 2, 2019, Volume 1, Issue 3, 2019; Volume 1, Issue 4, 2019; Special issue on Departmental newsletter Geo-Vista on Covid-19, Volume 2, 2020
• Departmental Editor, Lapwing - Annual magazine of CUTN, 2017 to 2019, 2021.
• News Editor, Lapwing - Annual magazine of CUTN, 2018
• MOOC coordinator - Tourism Planning and Sustainable Development and Solid and Hazardous Waste Management