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