Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran
Professor - IITB
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai-400076
Maharashtra, India.
Hydro-Remote Sensing Applications Group
Department of Civil Engineering - IITB
Funded/Sponsored Research Projects
Ongoing Projects
  • 7 GeoGuru – Development of an educational app for school children
    Investigators: Prof. Eswar Rajasekaran (PI), Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (Co-PI) and Prof. Pennan Chinnasamy (Co-PI), External Expert: Mr,. Deepak Chowski, Bhugol GIS Pvt Ltd.
    Sponsoring Agency: Technology Innovation Hub (TiH), IIT Bombay
    Duration:May 2023 to Dec 2024
  • 6 Establishment of Regional Center for Geodesy
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI), Prof. Eswar Rajasekaran (Co-PI), Prof. Nagendra Rao Velaga (Co-PI), Prof. Avik Bhattacharya (Co-PI), Prof. Gulab Singh (Co-PI)
    Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi
    Duration:Aug 2022- July 2025
  • 5 Near Real Time Monitoring of Snow Avalanche prone area using UAV Remote Sensing.
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI)
    Sponsoring Agency: Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun
    Duration:April 2022- March 2025
  • 4 Modelling the Evolution of Large Clacier-fed Lakes in Western Himalayas.
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI), Dr. Parmanand Sharma ,NCPOR, Goa (Co-PI)
    Sponsoring Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi
    Duration:April 2022- March 2025
  • 3 Integration of UAV photogrammetry and Terrestrial LIDAR for Digital Documentation of Heritage Monuments Using Building Information Modelling (BIM).
    Investigators: Prof. Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi (PI), Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (Co-PI)
    Sponsoring Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) and Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi
    Duration: May 2021 - March 2024
  • 2 Estimating Mass Balance of Glaciers in Bhaga Basin, Western Himalaya using GPR and Remote Sensing Methods.
    Investigators: Prof. Alagappan Ramanathan (PI) - School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (Co-PI)
    Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOES), Govt. of India
    Duration: April 2019 - June 2023
  • 1 Modelling and Mapping of Supraglacial Debris Cover Thickness using UAS and Satellite Remote Sensing Data in selected Glaciers of Western Himalayas.
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI), Prof. Eswar Rajasekaran (Co-PI) and Mr. Ajay Godara (JRF)
    Sponsoring Agency: Space Application Center (SAC) - Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) - Ahmedabad
    Duration: April 2019 - June 2023
Completed Projects
  • 15 Estimation of Snow Depth at High Spatial Resolution over Indian Himalayan Region using Remote Sensing Techniques.
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI)
    Sponsoring Agency: Defence Geoinformatics Research Establishment (DGRE), Chandigarh, India
    Duration:April 2022- May 2023
  • 14 Collaborative activities between IIT Bombay and Ethiopian Science and Technology Universities (STUs) for strengthen the Center of Excellences (CoEs) in the Field of Geospatial Information System (GIS) under India-Ethiopia Science and Technology Framework
    Investigators:Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI)
    Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST)- International Division
    Duration: Aug 2018 – July 2022
  • 13 Development of High Resolution Coastal Relief Model (CRM) of North Maharashtra
    Investigators: Prof. Balaji Ramakrishnan (PI), Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (Co-PI), Mr. Prince Thangadurai (Project Associate) and Mr. Vignesh Govindaraj (Project Associate)
    Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi.
    Duration: Mar 2019 – March 2022
  • 12 Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in River Basins from Tadri to Kanyakumari.
    Investigators: Multi Institutional Project lead by Prof. T.I. Eldho (PI), Co.P.I.- Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran, Prof. Subhankar Karmakar, Prof. Subimal Ghosh and Prof. Arpita Mondal and teams from NIT Surathkal and CWRDM Calicut. JRF with H-RSA Lab: Mr. Visweshwaran R.
    Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India
    Duration: April 2018 - March 2022
  • 11 Modelling of Glacier Volume using Satellite Remote sensing, UAV and In-situ Measurements- a component of Multi-institutional project entitled “RISK ASSESSMENT OF MORAINE DAMMED GLACIER LAKES DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE”.
    Investigators: Dr. RAAJ Ramsankaran (Co-PI) and Ms. Sangita Singh(JRF)
    IIT Bombay, Dept of Civil Engineering Team: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI) and Mrs. Sangita Singh(JRF)
    Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and Ministry of Earth Sciences(MOES)
    Duration: June 2017 – March 2022
  • 10 Indo-UK workshop on WEIGH (Water Security assessment of Indian Rivers Originating from the Himalayas) in Virtual mode.
    Investigators: Dr. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI))
    Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST)- International Division
    Duration: Sept 2021 – Oct 2022
  • 9 Characterization & Modelling of Physical Properties of Snow and Ice using Field and & Hyperspectral Remote sensing Observation
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI)
    Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi
    Scheme: Big Data Initiative
    Duration: June 2016 - March 2021
  • 8 Modelling Glacier Stored Water in Eastern Himalayas
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI) and Mr. Kiledar Singh Tomar (JRF)
    Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi
    Scheme: Himalayan Glaciology Programme
    Duration: Oct 2015-June 2019
  • 7 Near Real Time Flood Forecasting in Lower reaches of Krishna River
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI) and Mr. Ashish Kumar (Research Scholar)
    Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi
    Scheme: INSPIRE Faculty Award
    Duration: June 2013-June 2019
  • 6 Velocity based estimation of glacier ice thickness in Indian Himalaya using high resolution TanDEM-X DEM.
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI), Mr. Ankur Pandit (Research Scholar) and Mrs. Sangita Singh (Research Scholar)
    Sponsoring Agency: DLR, Germany
    Scheme: TanDEM-X Science proposal
    Duration: Apr 2017 - Nov 2018
  • 5 Error Characterization of GSMaP Products over India
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI) and Mr. Ashish Kumar (Research Scholar)
    Sponsoring Agency: Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA)
    Scheme: 8th PMM Research Call
    Duration: April 2016 - March 2018
  • 4 Evaluation and mapping of flooding along Paradip coast due to storms and tides using Numerical modelling and Geo-Spatial Techniques
    Investigators: Prof. Manasa R Behera (PI); Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (Co-PI) and Prof. R Balaji (Co-PI) and Mr. Dilip Kumar (JRF)
    Sponsoring Agency: Indian Spacie Research Organization (ISRO)
    Scheme: ISRO-IIT-B Space cell MoU
    Duration: Jan 2015- Dec 2018
  • 3 Estimation of glacier thickness change in the Indian Himalayan region using DEM Differencing method with bias corrected DEMs
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI), Mr. Ankur Pandit (Research Scholar) and Ms. Sangita Singh (Research Scholar)
    Sponsoring Agency: DLR, Germany
    Scheme: TanDEM-X Science proposal
    Duration: Oct 2015 - Sept 2016
  • 2 Comprehensive Validation of GSMaP Products over India
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI) and Ms. Shruti Upadhyaya (Research Scholar)
    Sponsoring Agency: Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA)
    Scheme: 7th PMM Research Call
    Duration: May 2015-April 2016
  • 1 Distributed Hydrological Modelling of Upper Bhima Catchment
    Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI) and Mr. Amol Ashok Patil (Research Scholar)
    Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi
    Scheme: Young Scientists Fast Track Scheme
    Duration: June 2013-Nov 2016