Ph.D. Scholars

On-going

As Main Supervisor

S.No.

Student Name

Thesis Title

Joining Period

Co-Supervisor

Student Name Madhavan S

Thesis Title Multi-sensor Remote Sensing based Snow Depth Estimation

Joining Period July 2025

Co-Supervisor -

Student Name Danny Shantilal Savla

Thesis Title Exploring Digital Twins for Flood Resilience Modelling- A study in Mumbai

Joining Period July 2024

Co-Supervisor -

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 -

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 -

Student Name Luvkesh Attri

Thesis Title Remote Sensing based Permafrost Studies

Joining Period July 2023

Co-Supervisor -

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

Student Name Ganga Shinghal

Thesis Title GNSS Reflectomtry for Cryospheric Application

Joining Period July 2023

Co-Supervisor Prof. Avik Bhattacharya, IIT Bombay

Student Name Greeshma B. Nair

Thesis Title Multivariate Data Assimilation for Streamflow Modelling

Joining Period July 2023

Co-Supervisor -

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

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

Student Name Chandra Prabha R

Thesis Title Improving Snow Depth Estimation using SAR based Remote Sensing

Joining Period July 2022

Co-Supervisor -

Student Name Sanjay Safi

Thesis Title Geovisualization for Improving Flood Risk Communications

Joining Period July 2022

Co-Supervisor -

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

Student Name Ajay Godara

Thesis Title Role of Debris Cover and Thickness on Glacier Mass Balance

Joining Period July 2020

Co-Supervisor -

Student Name Navinkumar P J

Thesis Title Modelling Glacier Stored Ice Volume in Himalayan Karakoram Region

Joining Period June 2019

Co-Supervisor -

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

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

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

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 -

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

Student Name Dr. Anita Chandrasekharan

Thesis Title Remote Sensing Based Glacier Mass Balance Estimation for Western Himalayas

Duration June 2013 - July 2022

Co-Supervisor -

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

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

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

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

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

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 -

Student Name Dr. Estifanos Lemma

Thesis Title Drought Monitoring across Ethopia using Satellite Based Rainfall Products

Duration July 2014 - Dec 2019

Co-Supervisor -

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 -

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 -

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 -