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

Ph.D. Scholars

On-going
As Main Supervisor
S.No.
Student Name
Thesis Title
Joining Period
Co-Supervisor
15
Student Name Danny Shantilal Savla
Thesis Title Exploring Digital Twins for Flood Resilience Modelling- A study in Mumbai
Joining Period July 2024
Co-Supervisor -
14
Student Name Gyanada Panda
Thesis Title Water Resources Assessment and Planning in Indus Basin for current and future period under climate change scenario
Joining Period July 2024
Co-Supervisor -
13
Student Name Sparsh Shekhar
Thesis Title Reservoir Volume Change Estimations using Satellite Remote Sensing
Joining Period July 2022 (M.Tech + PhD) (DD Program)
Co-Supervisor -
12
Student Name Luvkesh Attri
Thesis Title Remote Sensing based Permafrost Studies
Joining Period July 2023
Co-Supervisor -
11
Student Name Tirthankar Ghosh
Thesis Title Reconstruction of Past Glacier Change in Ladakh Himalayas and Future Projections based on Climate Change Scenario
Joining Period July 2023
Co-Supervisor Prof. Andrew Mackintosh and
Dr. Felicity McCormack, Monash University
10
Student Name Ganga Shinghal
Thesis Title GNSS Reflectomtry for Cryospheric Application
Joining Period July 2023
Co-Supervisor Prof. Avik Bhattacharya, IIT Bombay
9
Student Name Greeshma B. Nair
Thesis Title Multivariate Data Assimilation for Streamflow Modelling
Joining Period July 2023
Co-Supervisor -
8
Student Name Sudhir Dhamija
Thesis Title Detection and Prediction of Mountain Geo-hazards using Remote Sensing.
Joining Period Jan 2023
Co-Supervisor Dr. Harendra Singh Negi, DGRE
7
Student Name Shuvojit Nath
Thesis Title Improving Algorithms for Satellite Rainfall Estimates using Soil Moisture
Joining Period July 2022
Co-Supervisor Prof. Jeff Walker, Monash University
6
Student Name Chandra Prabha R
Thesis Title Improving Snow Depth Estimation using SAR based Remote Sensing
Joining Period July 2022
Co-Supervisor -
5
Student Name Sanjay Safi
Thesis Title Geovisualization for Improving Flood Risk Communications
Joining Period July 2022
Co-Supervisor -
4
Student Name Sayantan Mandal
Thesis Title Investigating the Glacier Dynamics in the Himalayan Range with respect to the Global Climate Change
Joining Period Jan 2022
Co-Supervisor Prof. Karthikeyan Lanka, IIT Bombay
3
Student Name Ajay Godara
Thesis Title Role of Debris Cover and Thickness on Glacier Mass Balance
Joining Period July 2020
Co-Supervisor -
2
Student Name Navinkumar P J
Thesis Title Modelling Glacier Stored Ice Volume in Himalayan Karakoram Region
Joining Period June 2019
Co-Supervisor -
1
Student Name Vasaw Tripathi
Thesis Title Spatial Downscaling of GRACE Water Storage Changes
Joining Period July 2018 (M.Tech + PhD) (DD Program)
Co-Supervisor Prof. Martin Horwath, TU Dresden, Germany
As Co-Supervisor
S.No.
Student Name
Thesis Title
Joining Period
Main Supervisor
2
Student Name Imtiyaz Bhat
Thesis Title Remote Sensing based Rock Glacier Mapping and Monitoring
Joining Period                         July 2022
Co-Supervisor Prof. Irfan Rashid, University of Kashmir
1
Student Name Samarjeet D. Salunke
Thesis Title A Synergetic Approach for Scan-to-BIM for Documentation of Built-In Structures
Joining Period                         July 2021
Co-Supervisor Prof. Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi
Completed
S.No.
Student Name
Thesis Title
Duration
Co-Supervisor
13
Student Name Dr. Srinivasa Rao T
Thesis Title Strategies for Estimation of High-Resolution Snow Depth over Himalayan Region using RS Data
Duration Jan 2020 - July 2024
Co-Supervisor -
12
Student Name Dr. Visweshwaran R
Thesis Title Towards Improving the Performance of Hydrological Models Using Efficient Assimilation Strategies
Duration July 2018 - Oct 2023
Co-Supervisor Prof. Eldho T.I, IIT Bombay
11
Student Name Dr. Anita Chandrasekharan
Thesis Title Remote Sensing Based Glacier Mass Balance Estimation for Western Himalayas
Duration June 2013 - July 2022
Co-Supervisor -
10
Student Name Dr. Swathy Sunder
Thesis Title Estimation of Daily Cloud-Free High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Near the Indian Coastal Areas Using Remote Sensing Data and Methods
Duration July 2013 - Nov 2021 (M.Tech + PhD) (DD Program)
Co-Supervisor Prof. Balaji Ramakrishnan, IIT Bombay
9
Student Name Dr. Sangita Singh
Thesis Title Development of Glacier Ice Thickness Model Using Remote Sensing based Surface Velocity
Duration July 2015 - Aug 2021
Co-Supervisor Prof. Jeffrey Walker, Monash University
8
Student Name Dr. Ashish Kumar
Thesis Title Machine Learning based Error Modelling of Satellite Based Rainfall Estimates
Duration June 2013 - April 2021
Co-Supervisor Prof. Fransisco Munoz-Arriola, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
7
Student Name Dr. Sathya Kumar Vasu
Thesis Title Geospatial Techniques for Planning Sustainable Green Spaces in Rapidly Urbanizing Countries
Duration July 2013 - Oct 2020 (M.Tech + PhD) (DD Program)
Co-Supervisor Prof. Ronita Bardhan, IIT Bombay and University of Cambridge
6
Student Name Dr. Antara Dasgupta
Thesis Title Optimizing SAR Based Flood Extent Assimilation for Improvement Change on Hydraulic Flood Inundation Forecasts
Duration July 2015 - Mar 2020
Co-Supervisor Prof. Jeffrey Walker, Monash University
5
Student Name Dr. Pratiksha Jain
Thesis Title Development of GIS Based Decision Support System for Soil and Water Conservation.
Duration June 2012 - Jan 2020 (M.Tech + PhD) (DD Program)
Co-Supervisor -
4
Student Name Dr. Estifanos Lemma
Thesis Title Drought Monitoring across Ethopia using Satellite Based Rainfall Products
Duration July 2014 - Dec 2019
Co-Supervisor -
3
Student Name Dr. Amol Patil
Thesis Title Distributed Hydro-logical Modelling of a Large Catchment through Assimilation of Remotely Sensed Datasets.
Duration June 2013 - Dec 2018
Co-Supervisor -
2
Student Name Dr. Ankur Pandit
Thesis Title Glacier Ice Thickness Modeling and Identification of Potential Sites for Future Glacial Lakes in Western Himalayas.
Duration Jan 2013 - Oct 2018
Co-Supervisor -
1
Student Name Dr. Shruti Upadhyaya
Thesis Title Development of an Algorithm for Estimation of Near-Real Time Rainfall Rates using Satellite Remote Sensing Data.
Duration June 2011-June 2017 (M.Tech + PhD) (DD Program)
Co-Supervisor -