Nideshkumar Dhawale is a research scholar specializing in Desertification and Land Degradation, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Geography (Climatology) at Savitribai Phule Pune University. Holding an M.Tech. in Geoinformatics (2017) and an M.A. in Geography (2014), he has over ten years of experience in desertification, land degradation, climate change, and water resource management. His research interests also include geomorphic processes, remote sensing (RS) and GIS, erosion, and agricultural geography.

Nideshkumar has successfully cleared several prestigious competitive exams such as GATE-2023 in Geomatics Engineering, UGC-NET (2022) with Junior Research Fellowship eligibility, and M-SET (2022) for Assistant Professor, alongside Ph.D. entrance exams like SPPU-PET (2021), JNUEE (2020), and CUCET (2019).

Nideshkumar possesses advanced skills in software tools including ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, Leica Photogrammetry, QGIS, ENVI, SNAP, and GeoServer, along with programming knowledge in Python, C#, C++, and Dot NET.

Among his notable contributions is the development of the Graticule/Grid method for area measurement, which effectively addresses the challenges of accurately representing graphical scale in the digital era. He is deeply committed to exploring sustainable solutions to pressing environmental challenges through his research and expertise.