Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand, IN

M.Sc., Remote Sensing and GIS applications

2009 - 2012

Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand, IN

B.Sc., Chemistry Botany Zoology

2006 - 2009

Information Officer, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU

jnuenvis.nic.in/

Working on Thematic area and mandates- Geodiversity and Impact on Environment

• Working mainly as a GIS specialist for a national scheme - Environmental Information, Awareness, Capacity Building & Livelihood Programme (EIACP), erstwhile ENVIS funded by the MoEF&CC
• I am responsible for the geospatial/non-spatial data analysis related matters such as collection, compilation, data gap identification, storage, processing, mapping and information dissemination on environmental parameters and mandates
• Facilitate and coordinate with various stakeholders for the primary or secondary data/information/ maps available with relevant government departments that would be used as base information and manage all tasks related to the maintenance, technical aspects and updation of the Geospatial & Non-spatial Database
• Major involvement as one of the management and technical team lead to plan & conduct three NSQF level-6 short term courses of Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) by MoEF&CC: i. Pollution Monitors: Air & Water, ii. Pollution Monitor: Soil Pollution and iii. Green Belt Development of Industries
• Article or content writing, creative graphic designing for thematic maps, posters, infographics, cover pages of newsletters and reports. Also active as an organiser to conduct various theme's webinar, competitions & events online to mark important flagship and environmental calendar days

2015 - Present

Junior Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD)

Study of a Parvati river basin in western Himalayan valley of Himachal Pradesh

• Worked under the project funded by Digital Terrain modeling Research Laboratory (DTRL), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence on - ‘Scale variant Geo-spatial Feature Mapping using Spatio-Temporal data In and Around Parvati Basin, Himachal Pradesh’.
• Land use land cover mapping, Change Detection, Watershed and geomorphology analysis was done using ArcGIS, Erdas Imagine and Field survey and Landsat and ASTER DEM satellite datasets used to delineate raster, vector shapefiles and mapping. Field survey done in the valley to validate the landform ground truth surface features for geomorphology and land use land cover mapping.

2012 - 2013

Training Coordinator - DRR & GIS, Appropriate Technology India

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Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Uttarakhand

• To accomplish the assigned tasks and action targets under project- Community-managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR), the identified solution measures integrated with the organic agricultural value chain and livelihood activities done in the remote Himalayan valleys, in 5 districts of Uttarakhand, India
• Watershed analysis, land use land cover identification was done for the Jakhnoli valley of Rudraprayag district as a pilot project using remote sensing and GIS applications to understand the topography and resources
• Activities like extensive field survey, questionnaire, DRR sensitization, participatory rural appraisal (PRA), training, capacity building and monitoring various sites in terrain mountainous region to meet needs of the villagers, local community and various stakeholders. Target stakeholders were farmers; especially women; backbone of mountain agriculture and school students

2012 - 2012

Summer Trainee/Intern, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC), Remote Sensing & Geomatics division

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Summer training (2 months) at KDMIPE Campus, ONGC-Dehradun, IN

• Digital Image Processing of Landsat (ETM+) imagery and data interpretation of Survey of India Topographical sheets
• Land use land Cover mapping and Change Detection process using ArcGIS and ERDAS Imagine software

2011 - 2011

M.Sc dissertation work, Regional Remote Sensing Centre - North, NRSC, ISRO

www.nrsc.gov.in/aboutus_campus_nrscrc/rrsc_north?language_content_entity=en

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) campus, Dehradun, IN

• Submitted Thesis title- DEM Generation Using Satellite Stereo Data for a part of Patna District, Bihar
• Generation of IRS-Cartosat-1 Panchromatic Stereo Digital Elevation Model (DEM) dataset model
• LPS Manager, Leica Photogrammetric Suite and ERDAS Imagine software used

2011 - 2011

Producing Climate Information for National Adaptation Planning,

Successfully completed the course developed by UNITAR, WMO and Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) in the context of a wider training package on Integrating Climate Risk Information into NAPs with module learning tracks

July 12, 2022

Geospatial Information Technology (GIT) in Fragile Contexts,

The training course developed by the Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) of the UNITAR as part of the Earth Observation for Sustainable Development- Fragility, Conflict and Security project funded by the European Space Agency. The course modules have practical introduction on GIT in states affected by fragility, with a focus on remote sensing.

July 05, 2022

Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics- Application to Remote Sensing,

Particpated in workshop by IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society to understand theoretical and practical insights on different aspects of Machine learning, tools to address the issues pertaining to remotely sensed data and Big Data Analysis

August 19 - 20, 2019

Artificial Intelligence in Governance and Disaster Management,

Participated in this global symposium to gainknowledge of AI in a preliminary understanding speeds up mapping, geographical, human vulnerabilities and early warning systems

March 11 - 13, 2019

Google Earth Engine Technical Workshop,

Participated in hands-on technical training on Google’s Earth Engine Platform in GIS & Remote Sensing for analysis and visualization of geographical data sets at School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

February 23, 2018

Glaciers and Water Resource Management,

Participated in short term training and hands-on practical course by Global Initiative on Academic Network course (GIAN), Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD), Govt. of India

July 25 – 31, 2016