Research

Research Interests

Thermal Remote Sensing, Modelling evapotranspiration from remote sensing, Drought monitoring from RS data, RS applications in hydrology and water resources

Research Guidance

Post-Doc

  • Dr. Sanjeev Gadad - 2019 to 2021 - Analysis of satellite soil moisture products over India

  • Dr. Varsha Pandey - March 2022 onwards - GPP modelling over India

Ph.D. Students

Ongoing

  • Kukku Sara P E - Jan 2019 - Retrieval of LST at high spatiotemporal resolution through disaggregation and data fusion.

  • Athira K V - Jan 2019 - Multimodel ensemble ET.

  • Sangeetharani M (SERB OVDF Fellow) - August 2019 - Remote Sensing applications in agriculture.

  • Anusha Roy - Jan 2020 - Remote sensing of urban areas.

  • Rahul Harod (PMRF Fellow) - Integrated M.Tech. and Ph.D. - Aug 2021 - LST from passive microwave observations -

  • Sakshi Harde - August 2021 - Coupled modelling of ET and GPP.

  • Puja Tripathy - August 2021 - IDPCS student co-supervised by Prof. Pennan Chinnasamy and Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran - Sustainability of agriculture under climate change scenario.

  • Sanjay N C - Jan 2022 - IITB Monash Academy student - Co-supervised with Prof. Jeff Walker, Monash University, Australia - Modelling evapotranspiration using passive microwave observations.

  • Pooja N - August 2022 - Topic to be decided.

  • Atul Kaushik - August 2022 - Topic to be decided.

  • Gautami Kharde - August 2022 - IITB Monash Academy student - Co-supervised with Prof. Basudev Biswal, IITB and Prof. Edoardo Daly - Topic to be decided.

M.Tech Students

Graduated

  • Tarun Soni - Landuse/landcover classification and change analysis over India - Completed in July 2020

  • Avinash Mahech - Drought analysis using remote sensing data - Completed in July 2020

  • Anushriya Jain - Development of evapotranspiration product with data from spaceborne thermal sensors - Completed in July 2021

  • Likith M - Analysing the potential of several remotely sensed land surface variables for drought monitoring - Completed in July 2021

  • Himanshu Sonare - Modelling ET using thermodynamics - Completed in July 2022

  • Mayur Mulik - Gap filling remotely sensed ET - Completed in July 2022

  • Srujan Agam - Crop yield modelling from remote sensing - Completed in July 2022

Ongoing

  • Akash Nigam - Crop classification from remote sensing

  • Sandipan Biswas - Urban sprawl analysis


Project Staff

  • Siddesh Mane - 2020 to 2021