Funded/Sponsored Research Projects

Ongoing Projects

9 Maharashtra Drone Mission

Investigators: Prof. Arnab Maity (PI) and others including Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (Co-PI)

Sponsoring Agency: Govt. of Maharashtra

Duration: Apr 2024 to Mar 2029
8 Geo-Information Science & Engineering (GISE) Hub

Investigators: Prof. Milind Sohoni (PI) and others including Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (Co-PI)

Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi

Duration: Jan 2024 to Jul 2026
7 UAV Remote Sensing Based Monitoring of Impeded Ice Sheet near Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica

Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI), Mr.Navinkumar P.J, Mr.Ajay Godara, Mr.Sayatan Mandal and Mr.Tirthankar Ghosh

Sponsoring Agency: National Center for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), MoES

Duration: Aug 2023 to June 2026
6 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 2025
5 Safety Assessment and Long-Term Ageing monitoring of Heritage Masonry Structures using High-Definition Surveying and IoT Sensors.

Investigators: Prof. Siddhartha Ghosh(PI) and Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (Co-PI)

Sponsoring Agency: DST International Division under Indo-Italy Bilateral Program

Duration: Oct 2022 to Sep 2025
4 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 2026
3 Remote Sensing-based Modelling of Glacier Dynamics; Ice Thickness Estimations and Glacier Volume in Indian Himalayan Region.

Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI)

Sponsoring Agency: DST through Geo-Information Science & Engineering (GISE) Hub, IIT Bombay

Duration: Aug 2022- July 2026
2 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- June 2025
1 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- June 2025

Completed Projects

19 Low-cost photogrammetry for monitoring lake-terminating glaciers in the Himalayas

Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (PI - India side)

Sponsoring Agency: Royal Society UK

Duration: April 2023 - March 2025
18 Integration of UAV photogrammetry and terrestrial LIDAR for digital documentation of heritage monuments using Building Information Modelling (BIM)

Investigators: Prof. RAAJ Ramsankaran (Co-PI)

Sponsoring Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology (DST)

Duration: May 2021 - Dec 2024
17 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 - Oct 2023
16 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
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