Dr. Pulakesh Das
Remote Sensing & GeoAI Specialist
Areas of Expertise:
Spatial Ecology • Agriculture • Forest & Landscape Monitoring • Water Resources
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Experience & Affiliations
Experience & Affiliations
Technical Lead (Jul, 2024 - Present)
GIS Division
Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation (MPSEDC), Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Postdoctoral Researcher (Feb, 2023 - Jul, 2024)
School of Forest Resources
University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
https://forest.umaine.edu/pulakesh-das/
Manager (Dec, 2019 - Jan, 2023)
Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration
World Resources Institute (WRI) India, New Delhi, India
Assistant Professor (Sep, 2017 - Dec, 2019)
Dept. of Remote Sensing
Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, WB, India
Research Interests
Research Interests
Terrestrial Ecosystems:
Ecosystem structure and health assessment
Deforestation Monitoring
Land Use Modeling
Ecosystem Resilience
Biomass/ Carbon Stock Assessment
Ecosystem productivity modeling
Agro-forestry Monitoring
Landscape Restoration Monitoring
Natural Resources Management
Water Resources:
Flood Inundation Mapping and Monitoring
Shoreline Monitoring and Prediction
Soil Moisture Estimation
Current Activities:
Current Activities:
Agriculture, Forest & Land Use, Rural Infrastructure, and Water Resources
• Seasonal crop acreage mapping and sowing date prediction in Kharif, Rabi, and Zaid
• Crop damage assessment at the land parcel level using satellite and drone imagery
• Crop residue burned area mapping using satellite data
• Climate-smart agricultural practices planning
Soil moisture estimation using IoT and remote sensing data
Irrigated area mapping using remote sensing data
• Crop identification using mobile photos under the digital crop survey (DCS) program using deep learning models
• Automated forest cover and land use change assessment
Urban/ building footprint monitoring
• Natural resource management: Planning and Change Monitoring of Rural Infrastructure
Dug well mapping using high-resolution imagery through deep learning
Horticulture (Ek Bagiya Maa ke Naam) plantation suitability mapping (17 species) and drone-based change monitoring
Land, soil, and water resources development planning and monitoring
Academic Background
Academic Background
Postdoc in Ecosystem Health Modeling (2023-2024), School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, USA
PhD in Spatial Ecology & Ecosystem Resilience (2019), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, WB, India
MSc in Remote Sensing & GIS (2012), Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, WB, India
BSc in Physics (2010), Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, WB, India
Selected work
Selected work
Project Investigator (PI): Forest health monitoring using satellite remote sensing funded by Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC), USA.
Ecosystem Resilience
Research Profiles
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=CWzxU_sAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pulakesh-Das-2
Social Media (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/pulakesh-das-2838166a/
Membership:
Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG) – Kharagpur Chapter (ID: L-1934)
Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) – Kolkata (ID: L38311)
International Society of Environmental Botanists (ISEB) – Lucknow
IEEE Member 2024 (#100272855) – Maine Section, USA
European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2026 (ID 271571)
American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2017
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
COST | European Cooperation in Science and Technology
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