Education

Qualification

Discipline

Institute

Graduated Year

Ph.D.

Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttrakhand, India

2010

M.E.

Geoinformatics

College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

2004

B.E.

Civil Engineering

Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Bharathiyar University, Tamilnadu, India

2002

Employment History

Post

Institute

Period

Professor

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Aug 2023 - Till Date

Associate Professor

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

June 2017 - July 2023

Assistant Professor

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

July 2012 - May 2017

Assistant Professor

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India

May 2010 - June 2012

Lecturer

Karunya University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

May 2004 – December 2004

Major Research Interests

1. Remote Sensing of Rainfall: Algorithm and Applications
2. Hydro Data Assimilation
3. Remote Sensing of Inland Waterbodies
4. Remote Sensing of Cryosphere
5. Snow and Glacier Hydrological Modelling
6. GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Remote Sensing
7. High Resolution Mapping using Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)
8. Remote Sensing of Oceans
9. Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management
10. Machine Learning in Remote Sensing Applications

Course Offerings

Course Name

Target Students

Session

Year

Engineering Surveying

Undergraduate

Spring

2013-2018, 2021-2023

Engineering Surveying Lab

Undergraduate

Spring

2013-2018, 2021-2023

Advanced Surveying

Postgraduate

Spring

2019-2021, 2023

Remote Sensing Technology

Postgraduate

Autumn

2013-2018

GIS in Civil Engineering

Postgraduate

Autumn

2013-2022

RS & GIS for Water Resources Management

Postgraduate

Spring

2018-2020

Academic Honours

Prof. RJ Garde Research Award 2020 by Indian Society of Hydraulics for for my outstanding contribution in the field of Water Resources Engineering.
Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Scholars Award 2019 to conduct short-term academic visit to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China during Dec 2019.
Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship at Daugherty Water for Food Institute, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, from June - August 2018.
Visiting faculty fellowship under DAAD-IIT faculty exchange programme to work as visiting faculty at Technical University Munich, Germany from June - July 2015.
DST-INSA INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship by the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi (DST) in 2012 for 5 years from June 2013-May 2018.
DAAD Long term Sandwich Scholarship for pursing a part of my doctoral studies at German Armed Forces University, Munich from June 2007-September 2008.
National Doctoral Fellowship (NDF) by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, India for 4 years from July 2005- March 2009.