Vasaw Tripathi and Shoubhanik Mitra of our group won the Best Poster Award at the First National Conference on Geodesy (GeodCon-2026), held at INSA, New Delhi (March 11–13, 2026) for research titled, "Investigating the Symphony of Mass Changes and Deformation Responses observed by Geodetic Remote Sensing," under the theme of Earth System Dynamics & Environmental Monitoring.
Our team Geo-Sankalp from the Remote Sensing division, Department of Civil Engineering, led by Sanjay Saifi with Madhavan S & Elavarasan M have won the Best Use of Data Award at Riverathon 1.0 with a cash prize of Rs.50k, organized under the Namami Gange by Ministry of Jal Shakti, Gov. of India.
Chandra Prabha R received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the 3rd Indian Cryosphere Meet held at IIT Roorkee.
Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran has been conferred with the Indian National Geospatial Award 2025 by the Indian Society of Remote Sensing for his outstanding contributions to the field of geospatial applications in Hydrosphere and Cryosphere.
Shoubhanik Mitra won the Best Poster Presentation Award at 2025 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS 2025) for his research titled, "Monitoring the Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Measures at Mosul Dam, Iraq using SAR Interferometry".
Luvkest Attri and Sanjay Saifi got selected for the prestigious LOTUS Programme 2025, a Japan–India research exchange initiative promoting international scientific collaboration and innovation.
Shuvojit Nath won the 3-Minute Thesis Presentation Competition held at the Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, for his outstanding research presentation.
Ganga Shinghal secured the prestigious Asha Navani Scholarship for her PhD, awarded by the Dean ACR Office, IIT Bombay in recognition of outstanding female students and their academic excellence.
Shahid Iqbal and Ganga Shinghal received the Gold Medal at the ISRS I-CON Award 2024 for their innovative work on a low-cost GNSS CORS station for snow depth estimation using GNSS-IR techniques.
Ayushi Sharma, from our lab HRSA, has been awarded one of the top 10 ESRI India Master's Scholarships in GIS for 2024. This prestigious fellowship supports second-year Master's students in utilizing geospatial technology to create a positive impact.
Dr. Visweshwaran R got the Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH) Prof. U.C.Kothyari's Best Thesis Award for the year 2024 for his thesis titled "Improving the Performance of Hydrological Models using Efficient Assimilation Strategies".
Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran received the National Geospatial Faculty Fellow Award 2024 from FOSSEE-GIS, IIT Bombay, under the aegis of the National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT), Ministry of Education, Government of India, in recognition of his contributions to geospatial research and education.
SShahid Iqbal and Ganga Shinghal received the GISE Hub Entrepreneurship Award 2024 for developing a low-cost GNSS-based solution, showcasing innovation and entrepreneurial excellence in geospatial technology applications.
Chandra Prabha R received the prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) in Cycle 11 under lateral entry to carry out her research work.
Navin Kumar P J secured 3rd position in the Elevator Pitch competition at the 1st PhD Connect Conclave organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, for his presentation on “Field Investigations in the Indian Cryosphere Region”.
Vasaw Tripathi received the prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) and the DAAD Fellowship to support his research and international academic collaboration in Germany.
Dr. Shruti Upadhyaya got the Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH) Prof. U.C.Kothyari's Best Thesis Award for the year 2018 for his thesis titled "Development of an Algorithm for Estimation of Near-Real Time Rainfall Rates using Satellite Remote Sensing Data".