Surya Pandey Consulting
Surya is an environmental and agribusiness scientist with over 25 years’ experience in Crown Research Institutes and tertiary education institutes providing scientific, academic, management and professional services. He obtained his Masters in Natural Resources Engineering/Soil Science from Lincoln University, Canterbury and PhD in Environmental Engineering from Massey University, Palmerston North.
Previously, Surya has worked as a Senior Fellow, Research Director, International Research Relations Director, Team Leader and Senior Scientist at various tertiary education and research institutions providing academic, scientific, management and professional leadership. Surya is a Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India and also collaborates actively with many other institutions of higher education and research in New Zealand and overseas. He is an Associate at the Center for Dynamic Leadership Models in Global Business, The Leadership Alliance, based in Ontario, Canada, and a Fellow of the New Zealand India Research Institute.
Surya has specialist knowledge in the development of sustainable urban environmental management technology, integrated catchment management, wastewater treatment, land application of wastes, and assessments of environmental effects. His research in developing low-impact and low-cost urban environmental management technologies has provided a holistic approach to the integrated catchment management, both in urban and rural settings. This research has won many awards, and a number of these technologies are now being used and promoted by local and territorial authorities and environmental management consultants. Surya’s research interests are also in the fields of regional economic development, agribusiness supply chain management & logistics, and technology transfer.