Dr. Ashok K. Rathoure holds doctoral degree from Central University (HNBGU Srinagar Uttarakhand). He has experience to work with World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), etc. for various transportation projects like Waterways, Railway, Highway, etc. Dr. Rathoure has more than 14 years of working experience in various domains like preparing EIA/EMP, Modeling studies, wildlife studies/conservation plan, teaching, training, copy-editing, cross/peer-reviewing, etc. His area of research is environmental technology and publication includes more than 100 research papers in international and national journals of repute, and more than 40 books from reputed publishers in India and abroad. He is member of APCBEES (Hong Kong), IACSIT (Singapore), EFB (Spain), Society for Conservation Biology (Washington) and founder of Scientific Planet Society (Dehradun, India) and many more. He is a NABET approved EIA Coordinator (EC) for 5 sectors and expert (FAE). Dr. Rathoure has worked for various industrial sectors viz. Synthetic organic chemicals industry, Mining of minerals, Isolated storage facility, Metallurgical industries (ferrous & non-ferrous), Thermal power, Nuclear Power, Coal Washeries, Cement plants, Pesticides industry, Chlor Alkali industry, Chemical Fertilizers, Paint Industry, Sugar Industry, Oil & gas exploration/transportation, Manmade fibers manufacturing, Distilleries, Common hazardous waste treatment, storage & disposal facilities (TSDFs), CETP, Port & Harbor, Highways, Waterways, Township & Area development, Building & Construction projects for environmental clearance, CRZ clearance, Forest clearance, Wildlife clearance, EC Compliance, ECBC compliance, Replenishment Study, Wildlife Conservation Plan, Mangrove Management Plan, Authorization/permission/objections, etc.
