Dr Dr Gowhar Meraj

JSPS International Researcher

University of TokyoJapan

Research focus

Dr. Gowhar Meraj is third Pole Researcher having an interest in Environmental economics, Hydrology, Ecosystem services assessment, Ecosystem service modeling, Glaciology, Watershed management, and Land surface modeling. Had been associated with World Bank in collating the research on Indus-Basin Transboundary issues.

I am currently working as a Young Scientist Fellow under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India’s Scheme for Young Scientist and Technologists (SYST) at the Department of Ecology, Environment and Remote sensing, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Previously I also worked as Programme Officer on the ENVIS scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) for five years.

SDG targets

6.1

Safe and affordable drinking water

6.5

Implement integrated water resources management

9.5

Enhance research and upgrade industrial technologies

9.C

Universal access to infomation and communications technology

13.1

Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate related disasters

13.2

Integrate climate change measures into policies and planning

13.3

Build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change

13.A

Implement the UN framework convention on climate change

13.B