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	Name		Dr. Dipanwita K. Dutta
	Designation		Assistant Professor
	Department Name		REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
	Office Phone No		+91 3222 298-364 / Centrex Extn. 364
	Email ID		dipanwita@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
	Mobile No		9051984465
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	Address		Department of Remote Sensing & GIS,Vidyasagar University
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Educational Qualification

Degree Name	Institute	Year of passing/awarded
Ph. D. (Science)	Jamia Millia Islamia (New Delhi) and IIT-KGP (Kharagpur), India	2016
M. Sc. (Remote Sensing & GIS)	Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, The Netherlands & Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), India	2010
M. Sc. (Geography)	University of Calcutta, Kolkata	2006
B. Sc. (Geography)	Lady Brabourne College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata	2004

Title of the Ph. D. Thesis

Career Profile / Teaching Experience

Senior Research Fellow, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi

Assistant Professor, Department of Remote Sensing & GIS, Vidyasagar University

Specialization/Research Area

Field of Specialization

Research Area/ Areas of Interest

Natural hazards, Urban dynamics, Vegetation stress

Application of Geo-spatial techniques in Urbanization, Agriculture, Drought and Desertification

Course/ Subject Taught

Digital Image Processing

Hyperspectral and LIDAR Remote Sensing

Fundamentals of GIS

Digital Cartography

Spatial Decision Support System

Geo-statistics

GIS Project Management

Publications in Journal / Book / Book Chapter / Magazines / Newspaper

International Publication

Title	Published in	Published on	Published by
Estimation of Surface Moisture Content using Sentinel-1 C-band SAR Data Through Machine Learning Models	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 49(4):887-896	2021	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Evaluation of Socio-Economic Drought Risk over Bundelkhand Region of India using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geo-Spatial Techniques	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 49(6):1365-1377	2021	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
An alternative approach to delineate wetland influence zone of a tropical intertidal mudflat using geo-information technology	Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, DOI:10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107308	2021	Elsevier	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Impervious surface growth and its inter-relationship with vegetation cover and land surface temperature in peri-urban areas of Delhi	Urban Climate, DOI:10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100799	2021	Elsevier	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Regional variation of drought parameters and long-term trends over India using standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index	Journal of Environmental Management, DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113056	2021	Elsevier	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Implications of changes in temperature and precipitation on the discharge of Brahmaputra River in the urban watershed of Guwahati, India	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-09284-8	2021	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
An estimation of hydrometeorological drought stress over the central part of India using geo-information technology	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 48(1):1-9	2020	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Estimating urban growth in peri-urban areas and its interrelationships with built-up density using earth observation datasets	The Annals of Regional Science, 65(1):67-82	2020	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Changing pattern of urban landscape and its effect on land surface temperature in and around Delhi	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 191:551	2019	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
A Geo-spatial study for analyzing temporal responses of NDVI to rainfall	Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 39(1):107-116	2018	Wiley	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Desertification in western Rajasthan (India): an assessment using remote sensing derived rain-use efficiency and residual trend methods	Natural Hazards, 86(1):297-313	2017	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
A geo-spatial study on spatio-temporal growth of brackish water aquaculture along the coastal areas of West Bengal (India)	Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2:61	2016	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Monitoring the Vegetation Health over India during Contrasting Monsoon Years using the Satellite Remote Sensing Indices	Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 9:144	2016	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Shoreline shifting and its prediction using remote sensingand GIS techniques: a case study of Sagar Island, West Bengal(India)	Journal of Coastal Conservation, 20(1):61-80	2016	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Soil erosion risk assessment in Sanjal watershed, Jharkhand(India) using geo-informatics, RUSLE model and TRMM data	Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 1:37	2015	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Spatial pattern of urban landscape in Delhi NCT andits Peri-urban area using support vector machinetechnique	Discovery, 39(180):166-172	2015	Discovery Publication	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Monitoring the Extent of Desertification Processes in Western Rajasthan (India) using Geo-Information Science	Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 8(8): 5727-5737	2015	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Drought assessment in the Dhar and Mewat Districts of India using meteorological, hydrological and remote-sensing derived indices	Natural Hazards, 77(2):733-751	2015	Springer	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Assessment of Agricultural Drought in Rajasthan (India) using Remote Sensing Derived Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) and Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)	The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, 18(1):53-63	2015	Elsevier	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Meteorological Trend Analysis in Western Rajasthan (India) using Geographical Information System and Statistical Techniques	Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 5(5):90-99	2015	IISTE	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Growth of Dehradun city: An Application of Linear Spectral Unmixing (LSU) Technique using Multi-temporal Landsat Satellite Data Sets	Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 1(1): 98-111	2015	Elsevier	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Identifying the Process of Environmental Changes of ChuruDistrict, Rajasthan (India) Using Remote Sensing Indices	Asian Journal of Geoinformatics, 14(3):14-22	2014	Asian Association of Remote Sensing	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Predicting Agricultural Drought in Eastern Rajasthan Using NDVI and Standardized Precipitation Index	Geocarto International, 28(3):192-209	2013	Taylor & Francis	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Analyzing the Applicability of PS-n Crop Growth Model for Prediction of Millet Yield in Eastern Rajasthan of India	International Journal of Innovative Research and Studies, 2(10):294-310	2013	IJIRS	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Designing a Geo-spatial framework for Rapid Damage Assessment: A Case Study	International Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS, 3(2):24-33	2012	STM Journals	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Analyzing the Performance of Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) Model for Predicting Agricultural Productivity in Eastern Rajasthan	Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2(3):555-559	2011	RJAS	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:
Monitoring desertification risk through climate change and human interference using Remote sensing and GIS techniques	International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences, 2(1):21-33	2011	Integrated Publishing Association	Impact Factor: Indexing: Article's Web Link:

National Publication

Regional/Local Publication

Book Published

Title of the Book	Published by	Published on	Role	Details
Habitat, Ecology and Ekistics: Case Studies of Human-Environment Interactions in India	Springer	2021	Contributor of one chapter (14)	Indexing: Link:
Spatial Modeling in Forest Resources Management: Rural Livelihood and Sustainable Development	Springer	2021	Contributor of one chapter (17)	Indexing: Link:
Mapping, Monitoring, and Modeling Land and Water Resources: Advanced Techniques Using Open Source Software	Taylor and Francis	2021	Editor and contributor of three chapters (10, 18, 20)	Indexing: Link:
Techniques for Disaster Risk Management and Mitigation	Wiley	2020	Contributor of one chapter (13)	Indexing: Link:
Climate Change, Extreme Events and Disaster Risk Reduction	Springer	2018	Contributor of one chapter (6)	Indexing: Link:
Sustainable Smart Cities in India: Challenges and Future Perspectives	Springer	2017	Contributor of one chapter (9)	Indexing: Link:
West Bengal: Geoinformatics for Sustainable Environment Management (Volume - I)	Netaji Subhas Open University (India)	2017	Contributor of one chapter (14)	Indexing: Link:
Remote Sensing for Natural Resources Monitoring and Management	Scientific Publishers (India)	2016	Contributor of one chapter (17)	Indexing: Link:
Resource Management and Development Strategies: A Geographical Perspective	Pravalika Publications (India)	2015	Contributor of two chapters (8, 15)	Indexing: Link:

Book Chapter Published

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence

Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis
Scholar Name	Thesis Title	Status	Date
Debarati Bera	Assessment of Agricultural Drought Vulnerability in Kangsabati River Basin using Geo-Spatial Techniques	Ongoing	2021
Bijoy Krishna Gayen	Particulate Matter in Delhi and surroundings in the context of rapid urbanization: An assessment using satellite datasets	Ongoing	2021
Tanushree Basu Roy	Sundargarh and Keonjhar districts, Odisha: A study in Forest degradation using Geospatial Techniques	Ongoing	2021

Project Work

Ongoing Project Works
Project title	Worked as	Funding Agency	Amount in Rs.	Duration in years	Period Year to Year		Status
Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Forecast of Agricultural Drought and Estimation of Crop Yield Reduction using Machine Learning Approaches	PI	DST-SERB	2734620	3 year	2019	2022	Ongoing

Completed Project Works
Project title	Worked as	Funding Agency	Amount in Rs.	Duration in years	Period Year to Year		Status
Analysing the Environmental Impact of Urban Growth in Delhi and its Peri-Urban Areas using Multi Temporal Satellite Datasets	Project Investigator	UGC	40000	2 year	2015	2017	Completed

Invited Lectures

Title	Organized by	Venue	Date
Remote Sensing: Progress and Applications	UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Water Conservation, Recharge and Morphology of Tanks: A Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS Approach, Pingla Thana Mahavidyalaya	Pingla, East Midnapore	2013

Membership of Learned Society

Indian Institute of Geomorphologists (IGI)

Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Association with Professional Bodies

Type of Professional Activity	Period
Resource Person, UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Water Conservation, Recharge and Morphology of Tanks: A Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS Approach, May 7-8, 2013, Pingla Thana Mahavidyalaya, East Midnapore	2013 to 2013
Executive Committee Member, Indian Society of Remote Sensing (Kolkata Chapter)	2016 to 2018

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop

Date

Role

Held at and Organiser

XIV International Geographical Union (IGU) International Conference on “Agriculture, Food, Water, Biodiversity and Health in Changing Climate”

2020

Paper Presenter

Department of Geography, University of Burdwan, Barddhaman, West Bengal, India

International Conference on “Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation: Emphasis on India and Neighbourhood (CCIVA-2019)”, Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL)

2019

Paper Presenter

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), West Bengal, India

Workshop on Multi-disciplinary Approach to Remote Sensing - Recent Trends

2017

Paper Presenter

Indian Society of Remote Sensing (Kolkata Chapter), Kolkata

National Seminar cum Lecture Series on Identity Crisis: Problem of Writing Local History of the Bengal Delta and Aspects of Accreditation in Higher Education of India

2017

Participant

Vidyasagar University, Midnapore

GI_Forum Conference, 2017

2017

Paper Presenter

Department of Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg, Austria

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Title of the Conference/Seminar/Workshop	Date	Role in the Event	Funding Agency
National Seminar cum Lecture Series on Geoinformatics for Environmental Issues and Management (GEIM-2018)	2018	Convener	UGC
National Seminar on Geoinformatics for Environmental Issues and Management (GEIM-2017)	2017	Convener	UGC and ISRS
National cum International Seminar on Geomorphology and Geospatial Technology in Environmental Management and Societal Development	2014	Assistant Treasurer and member of Organizing Committee	UGC

Awards

Award Name	Awarded By	Date
Grant under International Travel Support Scheme	DST-SERB	2017
International Travel Grant	UGC	2017
WMO-ICTP Grant	ICTP, Trieste, Italy	2015
Holland Alumni Ambassador	Nuffic Neso Desk India	2011
The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP)	NUFFIC, the Netherlands organization for international cooperation in higher education	2009
National Eligibility Test (NET)	UGC, Govt. of India	2007
National Merit Scholarship	Director of Public Instruction, Govt. of India	2001

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