Sonia Das

I am Sonia. I am a GIS consultant from India. Currently pursuing a master's in Geoinformatics for Urbanised Society from the University of Tartu. Before this, I worked in the field of GIS applications for Cultural Heritage at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (IISc Campus), India.

My interests include urban planning, cultural heritage management and site suitability analysis.

This ePortfolio is to showcase my skills. The projects range from urban planning, mobility, and archaeology.

Skills- Python, R, Spatial data analysis and remote sensing, Google Earth Engine

Email: sonia.scholarship.2021@gmail.com

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Education

2022-2024: MSc, Geoinformatics for Urbanised Society, University of Tartu, Estonia

Courses: Spatial data analysis. Spatial data Studio, Geospatial Analysis using Python and R, Data Science in remote sensing, Planning projects, Geography Communication and Spatial Mobility, Spatial Optimisation Modelling in Python.

2013-2015: M. Tech, Geoinformatics, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India

2008-2012: B.E, Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India

Technical Skills:

- GIS Software: ArcGIS Pro, QGIS

- Remote Sensing: ERDAS Imagine

- Photogrammetry: ERDAS Imagine. LPS

- Spatial Databases: PostgreSQL/PostGIS

- Coding: Python, R, JavaScript for Google Earth engine

- Data Analysis: Excel, Python

- GPS Survey and Autocad

Employment

October 2022-June 2022: GIS Consultant, Government of India, Bengaluru

January 2020-November 2015: Senior research fellow, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), India

· Responsible for handling 3 research projects in Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and New Delhi.

· I did a literature review, and remote sensing analysis for Avati, Halebidu, Srirangpatna, Agra, Qila Rai Pithora, Sarnath, Nalanda, Bodhgaya and Vikramshila.

· Sample collection and radiocarbon dating were carried out in labs of the Inter-University Accelerator Centre in India and ATOMKI in Hungary.

· Processing optical data, georeferencing old maps (19th century), CORONA (1965) imagery, DEM creation from Cartosat stereo pair using LPS of Erdas sofware

· Conducting workshops and writing reports and research papers.

· All work has been published, please refer to Researchgate profile.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sonia_Das6