Name: Dr. VEENA UDAY JOSHI
Designation: Professor
Academic Qualifications: M.A., B.Ed, M.Phil, Ph.D.
Official Address: Department of Geography,
University of Pune,
Pune – 411 007, MH, INDIA.
Phone Nos :+91 020 25601365 (Office), (9823838022)
Fax :+91 020 25693370
Email :
vujoshi@unipune.ac.in , veenaujoshi@gmail.com
Research Interests: Gully Erosion, Badland system in arid and humid areas, Humaninterference in the landscape and the implications.
Courses teaching/taught: Geomorphology, Tropical Geomorphology, Remote Sensing,Surveying
Citations: 83
H-index: 5Awards:
Erasmus Mundus Research Fellowship (Leuven University, Belgium)
Fulbright Nehru Environmental Leadership Fellowship (North Dakota University, USA)
Fulbright Nehru Senior Research Fellowship (Denver University, USA)
Endeavour Award for Research and Teaching (Sydney University, Australia 2014)
Research Projects:
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Funding Agency

1University Grants
Commission

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‘A geomorphic analysis for theconservation of two colluvial localities inWestern Upland Maharashtra’'Evaluation of Geomorphic andAnthropogenic Effects on theDevelopment of Badlands along Adulaand Mahalungi Nadi in Pravara Basin,
Maharashtra''Application of RS and GIS on
Ravination Studies along Pravara Basin
Maharashtra'‘Large Woody Debris’‘Morphology and Dynamics of bank gullies
along the Tapi River: Study based on fieldobservations, DEM analysis and modeling”'SECOA (Solution to Environmental
Contrast in Coastal Environment) 'University Grants
Commission

ISRO

European Union
DST

European UnionMembership of Academic Institutions
1. Institute of Indian Geographers, Pune
2. Institute of Indian Geomorphologists, Allahabad
3. Geological Society of India, Bangalore
4. Human Interference in Landscape Group (IAG)
SELLECTED LIST OF PAPERS PUBLISHED
Joshi V.U (2014) Soil loss estimation based on profilometer and erosion pin techniques along thebadlands of Pravara Basin, Maharashtra. Journal of Geological Society of India, 83 (6) 613 –624
Joshi V. U (2014) - The Chambal Badlands. (Ed) Vishwas S. Kale in Landscapes andLandforms of India; World Geomorphological Landscapes, Pp143-149 ISBN: 978-94-0178028-5 (Print) 978-94-017-8029-2 (Online)
Joshi V.U, Daniels M.J and Kale V.S (2013) Morphology and Origin of Valley-Side Gullies
Formed along the Watersheds of Deccan Province, India and the Rangeland of Colorado, USA.
Trans. Inst. of Indian Geographers, 35 (1) 103-122
Joshi V.U and Nagare V. (2013) Badland formation along the Pravara River, Western Deccan, India,
Can tectonism be the cause? Zeist Geomorphology . Volume 57, Number 3, pp. 349-370(22)Joshi, V. U. and Kale, V. S. (2013). Environmental Conflicts in Coastal Metropolitan Cities
in India: Case Studies of Mumbai and Chennai Metropolitan Regions, India, In: A. Z.
Khan, L. X. Quynh, E. Corijn, F. Canters (eds.), Sustainability in Coastal Urban Environment:
Assessing conflicts of uses, Sapienza Università Editrice, Rome, Vol 4, Pp319-354
Kale, V. S. and Joshi, V.U. (2013) Coastal Environmental Resources and Users in Mumbai andChennai Metropolitan Regions, India. In: A. Z. Khan, L. X. Quynh, E. Corijn, F. Canters (eds.),
Sustainability in the CoastalUrban Environment: Thematic Profiles of Resources and their Users.
Sapienza Università Editrice, Rome, pp. 249-300. DOI: 10.7357/DigiLab-10232.
Kale V. S. and Joshi V. U. (2012). Urbanization, Human Mobility and Environmental Conflictsin Mumbai and Chennai Metropolitan Regions, India. In: A. M Williams (ed.), Human Mobility
in Coastal Regions: the Impact of Migration and Temporary Mobilities on Urbanization.
Sapienza Università Editrice, Rome, pp. 129-160. DOI: 10.7357/DigiLab-10125.
Sinha D and Joshi V.U (2012) Application of Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) to recentlyreclaimed Badlands along the Adula and Mahalungi Rivers, Pravara Basin, Maharashtra.
Journal Geological Society of India, 3, (80) 341-350
Joshi,V.U (2011) Grain surface features and clay mineralogy of the Quaternary sedimentsfrom Western Deccan Trap Region, India, and their palaeoclimatic significance. ActaGeodaetica ET Geophysica Hungarica, Landscape & Environment 5 (1) 2011. 22 -4 6.

Joshi,V.U and Tambe D.T. (2010) Estimation of Infiltration Rate, Run-off and Sediment Yield
under simulated rainfall experiments in Upper Pravara Basin India, Effect of slope angle andground cover, Journal of Earth System Science, 119 (6), 763 – 773
Joshi V.U and Nagare V. (2010) Temporal Changes in the Land-Use / Land-Cover for the last
one Decade along the Pravara River Basin, Maharashtra. Trans. Inst. of Indian Geographers,32, 2, 183-192
Joshi V.U and Nagare V: (2009) Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection along the Pravara
River Basin in Maharashtra, using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques. Acta Geodaetica ETGeophysica Hungarica, AGD Landscape & Environment 3 (2) 71-86
Joshi,V.U (2009). Scour Depth Estimation Based on the Physical Properties of Soil along thetributaries of River Pravara, Maharashtra. Trans. Inst. of Indian Geographers, 31 (1) 69-80
Joshi, V.U, Tambe, D and Dhawade, G (2009). Geomorphometry and Fractal Dimension of aRiverine Badland in Maharshtra, India; Journal Geological Society of India. 73 (3) 355-370Joshi, V.U (2009). Grain Surface Features of alluvial sediments of upper Pravara Basin and their
Environmental Implications. Journal Geological Society of India, Bangalore. 74, 711-722
Joshi, V.U and Gaikhe, S. (2009): Geomorphic characteristics of a point bar and a midstream bar in a semi-arid river, Maharashtra, A case study of Karha River. Geomorphology
in India, H.S.Sharma and V.S.Kale (Eds), Prayag Pushtak Bhavan, 359-380
Joshi, V.U, Tambe, D (2008). Formation of Hydroxy –Interlayer Smectites (HIS) as anevidence for paleoclimatic changes along the riverine sediments of Pravara River and its
tributaries in Maharashtra. Clay Research., 27, 1&2, 1-12
Joshi, V.U (2005). Morphological Adjustments of gullies on the anthropogenic interference inthe landscape. In Quaternary Climatic Changes and Landforms Ed N. Chandrashekhar,
Tirunelveli Publication, 327 – 356
Joshi, V. U. and Kale, V. S. (2005). Anomolous sinuosity in an ephemeral stream, Deccan Trap
region, India: The role of local base level. Transactions, Japanese Association ofGeomorphologists. Trans. Jap. Geom. Union. 26-1 pp.1-12
Piegay, H, Gregory, K.J, Bondarev, V, Chin, A, Dahlstrom, N, Elosegi,A, Gregory, S, Joshi,V.U, Mutz, M, Rinaldi, M, Wyzga, B, and Zawieiska, J (2005). Public perception as a barrier tointroducing wood in rivers for restoration Environmental Management, 36, 5, pp 665-675
Joshi,V.U (2005). Tsunami the killer wave, that struck the Asian coast on 26th Dec. 2004. Trans.
Inst. of Indian Geographers. 27, pp 1-18

Kale, V. S. and Joshi, V. U. (2004). Evidence of formation of potholes in bedrock on humantimescale: Indrayani River, Pune district, Maharashtra. Current Science, v. 86, pp. 723-726.
Kale, V. S., Joshi, V. U. and Hire, P. S. (2004). Palaeohydrological Reconstructions Based onAnalysis of a Palaeochannel and Toba Ash Associated Alluvial Sediments in the Deccan Trap
Region, India. Journal Geological Society of India, Bangalore. V,64, pp 481-489
Joshi, V. U. and Kale, V. S. (1997): Colluvial deposits in northwest Deccan, India: theirsignificance in the interpretation of late Quaternary history. Journal of Quaternary Science, v.
12, pp. 391-403.
Joshi, V. U. and Kale, V.S. (1995): The contribution of sidewall erosion in gully development.
In - Indian Geomorphology, S.R. Jog (Ed.), Rawat Publications, Jaipur, pp. 43-55.
Kale, V.S., Joshi, V. and Kelkar, N. (1994): Morphology and origin of valleyside gullies oncolluvium, Western Upland Maharashtra, India. In - India: Geomorphological Diversity, K. R.
Dikshit, V.S. Kale and M.N. Kaul (Eds.), Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 453-469.