Research & Publications

Thesis

• B.Tech. Thesis: "Analysis & Design of Sewage Treatment Plant – A Case Study on Raiganj"
  under the supervision of Md. Asif Sk. (CE, CGEC)

• M.Tech. Thesis: "Monitoring GHG Emissions from Large Hydropower Reservoirs using Earth Observation Data"
  under the supervision of Prof. Soumya Bhattacharyya (CE, NITDGP) and Dr. Surajit Ghosh (IWMI)

• Ph.D. Thesis (Ongoing): "Assessing GHGs and Air Pollutant Emissions from Residential and Transportation Sectors across Urban India"
  under the supervision of Prof. Harish C. Phuleria (ESED, IITB) and Prof. Arnab Jana (CE, IITB)

Articles 

De Sarkar, K., Sarkar, A., Phuleria, H., Jana, A., Zhou, C., & Ciais, P. (2026). Regional variations in key drivers of residential energy consumption (REC): Insights from India’s metro cities. Energy and Buildings, 117519. (Link)

Mittakola, R. T., Ciais, P., Barthelemy, M., Shi, Q., Bonnemaizon, X., Megel, N., Phuleria, H. C., De Sarkar, K., & Zhou, C. (2025). High-resolution gridded CO2 and pollutant emission data from road traffic in Indian cities. Scientific Data. (Link)

Ghosh, S., Dawn, A., Kour, S., Mallick, A., Chowdhury, A., Kundu, K., De Sarkar, K., Rahman, M.R., Sharma, P., Rajakaruna, P. and Rahman, M.M., (2024). Climate Extremes Walking Together: Evidence from Recent Compounding Climate Hazards after Remal. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 104974. (Link)

Ghosh, S., Mallick, A., Chowdhury, A., De Sarkar, K., & Mukherjee, J. (2024). Graph theory applications for advanced geospatial modelling and decision-making. Applied Geomatics, 1-14. (Link)

De Sarkar, K., Ghosh, S., Bhattacharyya, S., Chowdhury, A., & Holmatov, B. (2024). Assessing GHG Emissions of a Tropical Large Hydropower Reservoir Using G-res and GEE. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 1-12. (Link)

Conference Papers 

Dawn, A., De Sarkar, K., Chatterjee, A., Ghosh, S. & Ghosh, S. (2024). Reconstructing Optical Imagery from Microwave Data: A Neural Regression-Based Framework. In 2024 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), IEEE. (pp. 1-4). (Link)

Mallick, A., Ghosh, S., De Sarkar, K., & Roy, S. (2024). Reservoir Water Level Forecasting using Deep Learning. In 2024 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), IEEE. (pp. 1–4). (Link)

Ghosh, S., Bhattacharya, S., Bhattacharyya, S., Kour, S., & De Sarkar, K. (2024). Challenges and Opportunities of Dhapa Landfill Site Situated Near a Community-Managed Ramsar Site, East Kolkata. In 2024 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), IEEE. (pp. 1–4). (Link)

De Sarkar, K., Ghosh, S., Bhattacharyya, S., & Chowdhury, A. (2023). Mitigating CH4 Emission From Hydroelectric Reservoirs Using GEE And G-res: Case Study from a Tropical Reservoir. In 2023 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), IEEE. (pp. 1-4). (Link)

Technical Reports 

Chowdhury, A., Singh, S. S., Singh, S., Rathore, V. S., Payra, S., Sharma, R., & De Sarkar, K. (2024). Exploring the Integration AI and Geospatial Data for Natural Resources Monitoring: A Week Training at BIT Mesra. Jour. Geol. Soc. India. 100 (8), 1217. (Link)

Ghosh, S.; Mallick, A.; Dawn, A.; De Sarkar, K.; Chowdhury, A.; Kour, S.; Ghosh, A.; Holmatov, B. (2023). Digital data and tools for managing agriculture: focusing on earth observation data and climate change. Proceedings of the Training Workshop on Digital Data and Tools for Managing Agriculture: Focusing on Earth Observation Data and Climate Change, Bhubaneswar, India, 21-23 December 2023. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems; CGIAR Initiative on Resilient Cities. 51p. (Link)

Ghosh, S., Mukherjee, J., Chowdhury, A., De Sarkar, K., Taron, A., Biswas, B., & Ghosh, A. (2023). Insights from the Five-day National Training Programme on “Earth Observation Data Analytics for Disaster Management Focusing on Flood and Drought”. Journal of the Geological Society of India. 99(12):1787-1788. (Link)

Ghosh, S.; De Sarkar, K.; Chowdhury, A.; Holmatov, B.; Rajakaruna, P. (2023). The greenhouse gas emissions estimates of hydropower reservoirs in Vietnam using G-res Tool: bridging climate change mitigation with sustainability frameworks. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems. 52p. (Link)

Oral/Poster Presentations

De Sarkar, K., Kodimalar, T., Sathyamurthy, M., Jana, A., Phuleria, H. C. (2026). Evaluating occupational and commute-driven pollutant exposure: A multi-tier urban analysis across 11 Indian cities. In the 74th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Occupational Health (IAOH 2026). [Oral]

De Sarkar, K., Sarkar, A., Jana, A., Phuleria, H. C. (2025). Assessing Air Pollutant Emissions from Road Transportation Sector across Indian Megacities. In 14th Asian Aerosol Conference (AAC 2025). [Poster]

De Sarkar, K., Ghosh, S., Bhattacharyya, S., & Chowdhury, A. (2023). Mitigating CH4 Emission from Hydroelectric Reservoirs using GEE and G-res: Case Study from a Tropical Reservoir. In 2023 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), IEEE. (pp. 1-4). [Oral]