Holding a Doctorate in Life Sciences from HP University and a Faculty Member in the Department of Environment Sciences, HP University, Dr. Pankaj Gupta is presently a Fellow at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. He is an empaneled consultant of NABARD and HPPCL for conducting Environment & Social Impact Assessment and baseline studies. He is a member of various academic and professional bodies, viz. Life Member, Society for Environment and Development; Member, Ethno-botanical Society, Lucknow and Member, International Society for Ethno-pharmacology. He is also an Editor of Confluence of Knowledge: An International Refereed Journal, since 2013 and Indian Correspondent, Journal of Folk Art of Eurasia. He is a content writer of IGNOU's learning material of M.Sc. (Environmental Sciences) and contributed ten units. Dr. Gupta is the Chief Editor of the SAGES CHRONICLES, a monthly e-magazine of SAGES. He was awarded Best Young Researcher Award for the year 2022 by Himachal Pradesh University on its Foundation Day.

He was awarded Certificate of Appreciation by the Vice-Chancellor, HPU for drafting the Heerak Jayanti Drishtipatr: Diamond Jubilee Vision Document, 2030 and Chief, Institute of Complex Researches in Great Altai, Altai State Technical University, Barnaul City, Russian Federation for his outstanding research and academic work.

He has completed more than 15 research projects and 12 consultancies. He has authored and edited more than 23 books (with national and international publishers), and published 50 research papers in journals of repute and 24 chapters in edited volumes.