Prem Chand Pandey is an Indian space scientist, planetary scientist, and academic in the fields of satellite oceanography, remote sensing, atmospheric science, the Antarctic and climate change,[1] and also he is the founding director of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR).

[5] During 1997–2005, he was the founding director of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)/Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Goa.

[6] At the initiative of Murali Manohar Joshi he founded the K. Banerjee Centre of Atmospheric and Ocean Studies (KBCAOS)[7] to initiate Atmospheric and Ocean Science Studies at Allahabad University which is now a full-fledged faculty academic centre of Allahabad University.

[12] He joined the faculty of School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar as a Professor with effect from 1 September 2011.

[13][14][15][16] where also he played key role in establishment of the School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar and after a satisfactory development of this school, Dr. Pandey returned to IIT Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) and worked as Emeritus Professor since 20 November 2017 as to 25 November 2020.