About Me

I personally think that the immense beauty of vast natural landscapes has been mesmerizing each one of us since the very caveman days. And I am not an exception. I still remember the summer vacation afternoons of late two thousand when I used to gobble up Tin Tin’s comics. The backdrops across the world that came alive with Harge's wonderful depiction left a deeper imprint in my mind than the plot points. Then came up the show of Man vs. Wild in 2006. Again, I went for a virtual exploration of world landscapes and natural environment with Mr. Bear Grylls. These childhood interests sparked an early affection in cartography and exploring diverse environments, which eventually started to percolate in my academic life too. My desire for formal training to create and interpret maps, comprehend magnificent landscapes and their formation processes, and understand climatic phenomena and their effects on local environments and human civilizations drove me to pursue formal training in Geography and started my journey as a Geographer.

Academic Qualification

Skillsets and Abilities

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

21/07/2022 - Ongoing

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Topic: Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Coupling in the Context of Droughts and Heatwaves

Presidency University, Kolkata

31/08/2020 – 22/07/2022

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Geography

CGPA- 8.65 over 10-point scale

Presidency University, Kolkata

04/07/2017 – 30/7/2020

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Geography

CGPA- 8.62 over 10-point scale

Profession Degree

DEGREE | COMPLETION | BOARD/UNIVERSITY | SUBJECTS | PERCENTAGE/CGPA

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | Ongoing | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Broad Area of Research: Land–Atmosphere Interaction during Extreme Dry Events | PhD course work: 9.73 (on 10-point scale)
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Geography | July 2022 | Presidency University, Kolkata | Specialization Elective- River Science | Major: 8.65 (on 10-point scale)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Geography | July 2020 | Presidency University, Kolkata | Honours: Geography; Minors: First Sem- Mathematics, Physics, Bengali; Second Sem- Mathematics, Physics, Environmental Science; Third Sem- Life Science, Economics; Fourth Sem- Geology, Bengali | Major: 8.62; Minor: 7.30
Higher Secondary | May 2017 | West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education | Language: Bengali, English; Electives: Mathematics, Geography, Physics | 90.80%
Secondary | May 2015 | West Bengal Board of Secondary Education | Language: Bengali, English; Electives: History, Geography, Life Science, Physical Science, Mathematics | 84.14%

Publications and Conference Procedings

Sandipan Paul, Andrew F Feldman and Karthikeyan Lanka (2025): Global patterns of critical soil moisture and seasonal hydrological regimes derived from soil moisture and diurnal soil temperature range. Water Resources Research, 61, e2024WR037998, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR037998.
Sandipan Paul, Andrew F Feldman and Karthikeyan Lanka (2024): Are rootzone soil moisture dynamics and thresholds associated with surface layer?, Environmental Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad9293. 🔗
Sandipan Paul, Andrew F Feldman and Karthikeyan Lanka (2025): Global Scale Intercomparison of Critical Soil Moisture Estimation Pathways and Their Influence on Hydrological Regime Dynamics and Land-Atmosphere Interactions. Earth's Future, 13(7):e2025EF006194, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EF006194.
Sandipan Paul & Hamed Alemohammad (2025): Examining the performance of precipitation products in characterizing the Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) using triple collocation. Journal of Hydrology, 657, 133136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133136.
Sandipan Paul, Priyank J. Sharma, Ramesh S.V. Teegavarapu (2025): Rain event detection and magnitude estimation during Indian summer monsoon: Comprehensive assessment of gridded precipitation datasets across hydroclimatically diverse regions, Atmospheric Research, 313, 107761, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107761. 🔗
Sandipan Paul, Priyank J. Sharma, Ramesh S.V. Teegavarapu (2024): Spatial assessment of the reproducibility of Indian summer monsoon rainfall regimes in multiple gridded rainfall products, Scientific Reports, 14, 29269, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75320-5. 🔗
Sandipan Paul, Priyank J. Sharma, Ramesh S.V. Teegavarapu (2024): Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Characteristics Derived From Multiple Gridded Precipitation Datasets: A Comparative Assessment, International Journal of Climatology, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8708. 🔗
Sandipan Paul, Priyank J. Sharma, Ramesh S.V. Teegavarapu (2025): Deconstructing the spatiotemporal characteristics of extreme precipitation events from multiple data products during Indian summer monsoon. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 61, 102667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102667.
Sandipan Paul, Priyank Pravin Patel, Bodo Bookhagen (2025): Coupled effect of orography and rainfall on canopy heights in the Western Ghats and Meghalaya Plateau of India. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth: Parts A/B/C, 140, 104003, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2025.104003.

Sandipan Paul, Andrew Feldman, Karthikeyan Lanka (2023): Examining the Seasonal Dynamics of Surface and Rootzone Soil Moisture Regimes at Global Scale, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2023, Session: Hydrology VIII, id. H08-03, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023AGUFM.H08...03P/abstract
Sandipan Paul, Bodo Bookhagen, Priyank Patel (2023): Topography, Rainfall and Vegetation Interactions in the Two Scarp Regions of India: the Western Ghats and Meghalaya Plateau, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2023, Session: Biogeosciences VI, id. B06-07, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023AGUFM.B06...07P/abstract
Sandipan Paul (2024). Exploring the Observational Evidences of Soil Moisture Dynamics and Evapotranspiration Regime Induced Critical Water Stress on Vegetation Growth and Rehydration Pattern of Global Biomes. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2024.
Sandipan Paul, Andrew Feldman, Karthikeyan Lanka (2024): Examining the Seasonal Dynamics of Surface and Rootzone Evapotranspiration Regimes at Global Scale, 27th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2024), Pune, India, Ppaer Id. 86.
Sandipan Paul, Priyank J. Sharma, Ramesh S.V. Teegavarapu (2024): Multi-Product Assessment of the Precipitation Extremes during the Indian Summer Monsoon, , 27th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2024), Pune, India, Paper Id. 403.

Awards and Scholarships

Prime Minster Research Fellowship (PMRF) (awarded to the selected PhD scholars of Institute of National Importance)

Issued on July, 2023

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Geomatics Engineering (GE)

Issued on March, 2022

Secured Percentile - 94.46, All India Ranking (AIR) - 165

Joint CSIR – UGC NET in Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences (with JRF)

Issued on March, 2022

Secured Percentile - 99.18, All India Ranking (AIR) - 44

Swami Vivekananda Merit Cum Means Scholarship (for M.Sc. Studies)

Issued by Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal on January, 2021

Certification Cources

Sl. | Course Name | Institute | Status

01. | Introduction to Atmospheric and Space Science | IIT Roorkee | Completed

02. | Advanced Atmospheric Physics | IIT Roorkee | Completed

03. | Fluid Mechanics | IIT Guwahati | Completed

04. | MATLAB Programming for Numerical Computation | IIT Madras | Completed

05. | Scientific Computing using MATLAB | IIT Delhi | Completed

06. | Introduction to R Software | IIT Kanpur | Completed

07. | Descriptive Statistics with R Software | IIT Kanpur | Completed

08. | Microwave Remote Sensing in Hydrology | IIT Bombay | Completed

09. | Probability-I with Examples in R | ISI Bangalore | Completed

Workshops and Training Sessions

INPERSON MODE: TITLE | TIMELINE | ORGANIZING INSTITUTE

STAtistical Analysis and Modelling of Climate Extremes (STACE) | 12th to 17th December, 2022 | Indian Institute of Technology, Indore
International Soil Moisture School | 15th to 17th March, 2023 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Climate Modelling: Understanding the Uses and Limitations of Climate Models | 24th to 28th July, 2023 | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Workshop on Data Assimilation in Weather and Climate models | 06 May to 17 May 2024 | International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR) Bengaluru

ONLINE MODE: TITLE | TIMELINE | ORGANIZING INSTITUTE

Overview of Planetary Geosciences with special emphasis to the Moon and Mars | 08th to12th June, 2020 | Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun
Earth Observation based Mapping, Monitoring and Modelling of Landslide: Recent trends and support to early warning system | 21st April, 2021 | Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun
LIDAR : A Spatial Tool In Research | 17th to 18th April, 2021 | Integrated Institute for Advanced Research and Information (IIARI), Kolkata
Advance Python & Tool Building in Arc-GIS | 2nd to 3rd October, 2021 | Integrated Institute for Advanced Research and Information (IIARI), Kolkata
Google Earth Engine & Its Application in Geoinformatics | 23rd October to 20th November, 2021 | Integrated Institute for Advanced Research and Information (IIARI), Kolkata
Microwave Remote Sensing & Its Application | 16th to 17th November, 2021 | Integrated Institute for Advanced Research and Information (IIARI), Kolkata
Photogrammetry | 15th to 16th January, 2022 | Integrated Institute for Advanced Research and Information (IIARI), Kolkata
Hyperspectral And Microwave Remote Sensing Techniques For Geological Studies | 7th to 17th March, 2022 | Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Earth Observation (EO) and Geodata Handling and Processing | 2nd to 13th May, 2022 | Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun
Satellite Remote Sensing of Atmosphere | 11th to 15th July, 2022 | Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun
Geodata Processing using Python | 20th to 24th February, 2023 | Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun

Page updated

Google Sites

Report abuse