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Dr. Anurag Ohri
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU)
aohri.civ@iitbhu.ac.in
+91 8081765686
Area of Interest: 
Remote Sensing, GIS, Surveying, Solid Waste Management, Aerial Photogrammetry, Image Processing

Educational Qualification:

Degree (Subjects) Institution/ Board Year Percentage & Division
10th Board of School Education Haryana 1993 74.83%, First Division
12th Board of School Education Haryana 1995 70.5%, First Division
B.Tech (Civil Engineering) Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra 2000 75.72%, First Division (Honors)
M. Tech (Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric Engineering) IIT Roorkee, Roorkee 2002 9.19 (CGPA), First Division, First Position
PhD (Civil Engineering) IIT(BHU) Varanasi 2011 NA

 
PhD (2011): Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221005
Topic: GIS Based Environmental Decision Support System for Municipal Solid Waste Management
 
Work Experiences:
 (a) Industrial Experience: Kampsax India Pvt. Ltd Gurgaon (Haryana, India) from 21st January 2002 to 9th June 2004 as Executive in R&D division.
Job responsibilities: To execute the topographical mapping project using remote sensing, aerial photographs and photogrammetry techniques. I was involved in the topographical mapping projects of Ordinance Survey of Great Britain, Ordinance Survey of Ireland, and Ordinance Survey of El Salvador.
 (b) Teaching Experience:

  • Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi since 17th November 1015.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi from 10th June 2004 to 16th November 2015.

Job responsibilities: Teaching, Research, Educational Administration and Consultancy
 

Teaching Experience: 17+ Years

Courses Taught:
CE301 Advance Surveying
CE101 Basic Surveying
CE461 Geoinformatics
CE2303 Building Planning, Drawing and Estimation
CE2203, Surveying I
CE 3104, Surveying II
CE3304, Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
CE-4209: Geoinformatics
CE5147, GIS Applications in Transportation Engineering
CE – 5247 : Transport Economics
CE-5115: Remote Sensing for Water Resources Management and Environmental Management
CE-5151: Principles of Remote Sensing
CE640: Digital Image Processing
CE634: Geodesy and Global Navigation Satellite System
CE641: Principles of Surveying and Photogrammetry
CE648: Spatial Decision Support System​

Courses Developed:

CE301 Advance Surveying
CE101 Basic Surveying
CE461 Geoinformatics
CE2303 Building Planning, Drawing and Estimation
CE2203, Surveying I
CE 3104, Surveying II
CE-4209: Geoinformatics
CE5147, GIS Applications in Transportation Engineering
CE – 5247 : Transport Economics
CE-5115: Remote Sensing for Water Resources Management and Environmental Management
CE-630: Principles of Remote Sensing
CE640: Digital Image Processing
CE634: Geodesy and Global Navigation Satellite System
CE641: Principles of Surveying and Photogrammetry
CE648: Spatial Decision Support System​

Teaching Practicals:
CE 2401, Surveying Practice I
CE 3302, Surveying Practice II
CE3304, Computer Applications in Civil Engineering

Teaching Labs Developed:Surveying lab, Geoinformatics lab

Journals

  1. Das, N., Sagar, A., Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A., Agnihotri, A., Ohri, A., Gaur, S., (2022), Time series forecasting of temperature and turbidity due to global warming in river Ganga at and around Varanasi, India, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194 (9), 1-27, I.F. =3.307
  2. Das, N., Bhattacharjee, R., Gupta, A.,  N Das, Agnihotri, A., Ohri, A., Gaur, S., (2022), Analysis of algal bloom intensification in mid-Ganga river, India using satellite data and neural network techniques, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194 (8), 1-20,  I.F. =2.513
  3. Bajpai, M.,  Mishra, S., Gaur, S., Ohri, A., Piégay, H., Graillot, D., (2022),  Optimization of Groundwater Pumping and River-Aquifer Exchanges for Management of Water Resources, Water Resources Management,  36 (6), 1863-1878, I.F. =3.517
  4. Shruti, Singh, P.K., Ohri, A. (2022), Development of Environmental Decision Support System for Sustainable Smart Cities in India, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, e13817, I.F.=2.431
  5. Das, N., Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A.,  N Das, Agnihotri, A., Ohri, A., Gaur, S., (2022), Analysis of the Spatio-Temporal Variation of the Thermal Pattern of River Ganges in Proximity to Varanasi, India, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, I.F.=1.563
  6. Das, N., Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A., Agnihotri, A.K.,  Ohri, A., Gaur, S., (2021), Analyzing the change in water quality parameters along river Ganga at Varanasi, Mirzapur, and Ghazipur using Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 satellite data during pre-lockdown, lockdown, and post-lockdown associated with COVID-19,  Journal of Earth System Science. (Accepted), I.F.=1.371
  7. Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A., Das, N., Ohri, A., Gaur, S., (2021), Analysis of the groundwater scenario with respect to the crop water productivity for the Betwa-Dhasan river basin, Bundelkhand using remote sensing techniques, Journal of Earth System Science. (Accepted), I.F.=1.371
  8. Das, N., Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A.,  Ohri, A., Dwivedi, S.B., Gaur, S., (2021),Time series analysis of automated surface water extraction and thermal pattern variation over the Betwa river, India, Advances in Space Research, I.F.=2.152
  9. Shruti, Singh, P.K., Ohri, A. (2021), "Evaluating the Environmental Sustainability of Smart Cities in India: The Design and Application of the Indian Smart City Environmental Sustainability Index", Sustainability,13,327, I.F.=3.251
  10. Bhattacharjee, R., Choubey, A., Das, N., Ohri, A., Gaur, S.,  (2020), Detecting the Carotenoid Pigmentation due to Haloarchaea Microbes in the Lonar Lake, Maharashtra, India Using Sentinel-2 Images" Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, I.F.=1.563.
  11. Shruti, Singh, P.K., Ohri, A. (2020), "Selecting Environmental Indicators for Sustainable Smart Cities Mission in India", Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 19(01), 201-210.
  12. Maurya, S.P., Singh, P.K., Ohri, A., Singh, R., (2020),  Identification of indicators for sustainable urban water development planning, Ecological Indicators, 108, I.F. 4.958
  13. Agnihotri, A.K., Ohri, A.,Gaur, S., Das, N.m  Mishra, S. (2019), Flood inundation mapping and monitoring using SAR data and its impact on Ramganga River in Ganga basin, Environmental monitoring and assessment, 191 , 760, I.F.=2.513
  14. Sahu, M., Ohri. A., (2019), Vector Map Generation From Aerial Imagery Using Deep Learning, ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4, 157-162
  15. Mishra, S., Tiwary, D., Ohri, A., Agnihotri, A.K, (2019), Impact of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill leachate on groundwater quality in Varanasi, India, Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 9
  16. Agnihotri, A.K., Ohri, A.,  Mishra, S. (2019),  Channel planform dynamics of lower Ramganga River, Ganga basin, GIS and remote sensing analyses, Geocarto International, 1-20, I.F.=.4.889
  17. Maurya, S.P., Ohri, A., Singh, P.K. (2018), Evaluation of Urban Water Balance Using Decision Support System of Varanasi City, India, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 17 (4), 1219-1225.
  18. Gaur, S., Dave, A., Gupta, A., Ohri, A., Graillot, D., Dwivedi, S.B. (2018), Application of artificial neural networks for identifying optimal groundwater pumping and piping network layout, Water Resources Management, 32 (15), 5067-5079, I.F.=3.517.
  19. Mishra, S., Tiwary, D., Ohri, A., Agnihotri, A.K. (2018), Assessment of groundwater quality using WQI and GIS near the Karsara municipal landfill site, Varanasi, India, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 11(11), 252, I.F.=1.827.
  20. Mishra, S., Tiwary, D., Ohri, A. (2018), Leachate characterisation and evaluation of leachate pollution potential of urban municipal landfill sites, International Journal of Environment and Waste Management , 21(4), pp. 217-230.
  21. Maurya, S.P., Ohri, A., Singh, P.K., Debnath, A. (2018), Development of a decision making tool for selection of waste water treatment technology based on urban water reuse, International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 9(2), pp. 497-506.
  22. Mishra, S., Tiwary, D. Ohri, A. and Agnihotri, A., (2018), Spatial Analysis of Groundwater Quality around MSW landfill site, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 17(3), 963-971.
  23. Mishra, S., Agnihotri, A.K., Ohri, A. (2018), Impact of Green Spaces on the Urban Microclimate through Landsat 8 and TIRS Data, in Varanasi, India, International Journal of Environment and Sustainability, 7(2), 72-80.
  24. Mishra, S., Akhtar, J., Agnihotri, A.K., Tiwari, D.,  Ohri, A. (2018), Assessment of Water Quality of River Assi by using WQI, Varanasi, India, India, International Journal of Environment and Sustainability, 7(2), 114-121.
  25. Srivastava, M.K., Goyal, A, Ohri, A. (2017), Land Use Classification and Watershed Analysis of Assi River, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Journal of Advanced Research in Construction and Urban Architecture, Vol 2 Issue 3&4,pp. 32-37.
  26. Sahu, M., Lahari, S., Gosain, A.K., Ohri, A. (2016), Hydrological Modeling of Mahi Basin Using SWAT, Journal of Water Resource and Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 5 Issue 3, PP. 68-79.
  27. Gupta, DK; Kumar, P; Mishra, VN; Prasad, R; Dikshit, PKS; Dwivedi, SB; Ohri, Anurag; Singh, RS; Srivastava, V (2015)   Bistatic measurements for the estimation of rice crop variables using artificial neural network, Advances in Space Research, 55, 1613–1623, Elsevier Publication. I.F.=2.152
  28. Tahlyan, D.; Ohri, A. (2015). GIS Based Simplistic Noise Prediction Model For Urban Areas,  International Journal of Civil, Structural, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering Research and Development,  5(1), 75-82.    
  29. Verma, R. P; Srivastav, A. L; Ohri, A.; Singh, P.K; Banerjee, S.; Sharma, Y.C.;  (2014).    Application of GIS in ground water quality mapping for Varanasi city. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 91(9), 1687-1697, I.F.: 0.284
  30. Ohri, A; Singh, P.K. (2013).   GIS based Environmental Decision Support System for Municipal Landfill Site Selection, Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal,   24(5),   583-598, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
  31. Ohri, A., and Poonam, (2012). “Urban Sprawl Mapping and Land Use Change Detection Using Remote Sensing and GIS”, International Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS, 1 (1), 12-25.
  32. Ohri, A., and Singh, P.K., (2011). “Error Involved in Estimation of Site Sensitivity Index (SSI) for Land filling of Municipal Solid Waste”, International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1 (5), 772-785.
  33. Ohri, A. and Singh, P.K., (2010). “Spatial Multi Criteria Analysis for Siting Industries”, International Journal of Industrial Engineering Research & Development, 1 (1), 99-114.
  34. Ohri, A. and Singh, P.K., (2010). “GIS based Secondary Storage and Transportation System Planning for Municipal Solid Waste: a Case Study of Varanasi City”, International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 1(1), 108-130.
  35. Ohri, A., and Singh, P.K., (2010). “Development of Decision Support System for Municipal Solid Waste Management in India: A Review”, International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1 (4), 440-453.

 
 (b). Conferences/Symposia

  1. Sahu, M., Ohri, A. (2019), Vector Map generation from Aerial Imagery using Deep Learning, Accepted for publication in ISPRS proceeding of Geospatial Week 2019, 10-14 June 2019, The Netherlands.
  2. Charitha, V.S., Shashi, M., Ohri. A. (2019), Slope Stability Analysis For Mine Hazard Assessment Using UAV, Proceedings of 1st International Conference On Unmanned Aerial System In Geomatics – 2019, 6-7 April 2019, Greater Noida.
  3. Gaur, S.,  Dave, A., Gupta, A., Ohri, A., Dikshit, P.K.S., Diwedi, S.B. (2017), Artificial Neural Networks and Particle Swarm Optimization based Model for the Solution of Groundwater Management Problem, Proceedings of 10th World Congress on Water Resources and Environment, 5-7 July 2017, Athens, Greece,pp 1819--1826.
  4. Agnihotri, A.K., Ohri, A. (2016), “Urban Green Space Assessment In The Holy City Of Varanasi Using Remote Sensing And GIS”, International Conference on Urban Geoinformatics, 22-23 February 2017, New Delhi.
  5. Ohri, A., Sahu, M. (2016),  3D Modeling of the Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi Using Close Range Digital Photogrammetry, in the 16th International Scientific and Technical Conference “FROM IMAGERY TO MAP: digital photogrammetric technologies”, 14-16 November, 2016, Agra
  6. H. Nagrath, B. Behra, M. Sahu, A. Ohri, (2016),  3D Modelling of IIT BHU Varanasi campus, using photogrammetric techniques on UAV captured data, in the 16th International Scientific and Technical Conference “FROM IMAGERY TO MAP: digital photogrammetric technologies”, 14-16 November, 2016, Agra
  7. D.K. Gupta, R. Prasad, P. Kumar, V.N. Mishra, P.K.S. Dikshit, S.B. Dwivedi, A. Ohri, R.S. Singh, V. Srivastav, P.K Srivastava, 2015, Crop variables estimation by adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system using bistatic scatterometer data,  International Conference on Microwave and Photonics, ISM Dhanbad.
  8. V.N. Mishra, R. Prasad, P. Kumar, D.K. Gupta, P.K.S. Dikshit, S.B. Dwivedi, A. Ohri, (2015), Evaluating the effects of spatial resolution on land use and land cover classification accuracy,  International Conference on Microwave, Optical and Communication Engineering, IIT Bhubhneshwar.
  9. Choudhary, J., Ohri, A. and Kumar, B. (2015), “Spatial and statistical analysis of road accidents hot spots using GIS” accepted in CTRG-2015, 3rd Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India, Kolkata, India.
  10. Choudhary, J., Ohri, A. and Kumar, B. (2015), “Identification of Road Accidents Hot Spots in Varanasi using QGIS" in OSGIS-2015: Proceedings of the National Conference on Open Source GIS: Opportunities and Challenges, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,  pp. 7-13.
  11. Maurya, S.P.,  and Mishra, S. (2015),"Open Source GIS: A Review" in OSGIS-2015: Proceedings of the National Conference on Open Source GIS: Opportunities and Challenges, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,  pp. 150-155.
  12. Ohri, A    Singh, P.K.,  Maurya, S.P.,  and Mishra, S. (2015),"Sanitary Landfill Site Selection by Using Geographic Information System" in OSGIS-2015: Proceedings of the National Conference On Open Source GIS: Opportunities and Challenges, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,  pp. 170-180.
  13. Ohri, A. and Singh, P.K. (2015), “Application of EDSS-MSWM for Primary Collection and Secondary Storage of Municipal Solid Waste Management” in ICSW 2015: Proceeding of the 30th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
  14. Choudhary, J., Ohri, A. and Kumar, B. (2015), “GIS based Road Accidents Database and Analysis System for Varanasi”, Proceedings of International Conference of Sustainable Energy and Built Environment, Vellore, pp. 763-769.
  15. Choudhary, J., Ohri, A. and Kumar, B. (2015), “Emerging Methodologies of Road Accidents Hot Spot Identification”, Proceedings of National Conference of Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Chandigarh, pp. 416-425.
  16. Mahajan, K., Gupta, A. and Ohri, A. (2015), “Study of Parametrs Influencing Roadway Capacity”, Proceedings of National Conference of Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Chandigarh, pp 321-328.
  17. Shrivastva, P., Maurya, S.P. and Ohri, A. (2015), “An Adaptation of GIS Approach for Urban Planning” in Proceeding of the National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering Practice and Sustainable Infrastructure Development,  Ludhiana, India, pp 306-311.
  18. Ohri, A., Kumari, S.,  Devi, A,  and  Bala, S. (2014), Spatial Decision Support System for Educational Planning and Management, ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego, California, USA.
  19. Ohri, A. and Singh, P.K. (2013), “Development of an Environmental Decision Support System for Municipal Solid Waste Management and Its Application in Primary Collection Process” in ICSW 2013: Proceeding of the 28th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
  20. Singh, P.K.,  Ohri, A., and Verma, R.P.,  (2011).  “GIS Based Water Quality Mapping of Varanasi City” in GWD 2011: Proceedings of the National Conference on Groundwater for Drinking : Issues and Options, Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,  pp.214-226.
  21. Singh, P.K., Ohri, A., and Bhardwaj, A.K., (2011).  “Site Selection for Ground Water Recharge Using Treated Municipal Wastewaters- A Case Study of Varanasi (India)” in RACE 2011: Proceeding  of the National Conference on Recent advances in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,  pp.122-130.
  22. Ohri, A., and Singh, P.K., (2011).  “Decision Support Tool for Segregation of Municipal Solid Waste Management” in IconSWM 2011: Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Solid Waste Management, Jadavpur University, Kolkata,  pp. 102-108.
  23. Abbas, S.H., Tiwari, R.P., Srivastava, R.K.,  Ramudu, P. B. and Ohri, A. (2009), “ GIS for Post Flood Damage and Relief Assessment”, in "Geomatics 2009", Dehradun.
  24. Ohri, A., and Singh, P.K., (2009). “Landfill Site Selection Using Site Sensitivity Index - A case study of Varanasi City in India” in IconSWM 2011: Proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Solid Waste Management,Khudiram Anushilan Kendra (KAK) & Netaji Indoor Stadium(NIS), Kolkata, India, pp. 31-38.
  25. Singh, P.K.  and Ohri, A., (2009).  “Development of environmental decision support system for municipal solid waste management in India” in ICSW 2009: Proceeding of the 24th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., pp. 210-221.
  26. Ohri, A. and Singh, P.K. (2009). “Landfill Site Selection for Municipal Solid Waste Using Geographic Information System and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis” in ICSW 2009: Proceeding of the 24th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., pp. 932-941.
  27. Singh, P.K., Singh, B.N. and Ohri A. (2009). “Towards a Green Campus- A case study of Banaras Hindu University” in RAWM-2009: Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Waste Management, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,  pp.503-511.
  28. Ohri A., and Singh, P.K. (2009). “Private sector participation in municipal solid waste management in India: observations and options” in RAWM-2009: Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Waste Management, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,  pp.141-149.
  29. Kaushik, I. and Ohri, A. (2007). “Short Term Traffic Volume Prediction on NH-1 Using Time Series Analysis” in proceedings of international conference on Road Safety on Four Continents held in Bangkok, Thailand, 14-16 November 2007.
  30. Kaushik, I. and Ohri, A. (2007). “Modeling Traffic Arrival Patterns on a Cross Section of Highway”, published in the proceedings of TGF07, international conference on Traffic and Granular flow held in Paris-Sud University, Orsay, France, 20-22 June 2007. http://www.th.u-psud.fr/TGF07/tgf07files/tgf07/abstract_poster_trafic.html
  31. Ohri, A. and Kaushik, I. (2007). “Analysis of traffic flow in Varanasi city using GIS and Regression Analysis for Varanasi City”, published in the proceedings of International Conference of Map-World-07, Hyderabad, India, 22-25 January 2007. pp-44 http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/Utility/transport/mwf_144abs.htm
  32. Kaushik,  I. and Ohri, A. (2007). “Queue Approach for Uninterrupted Traffic flow”, published in the proceedings of CMASM 2007 FIM-XIV international
    conference on Computational, Mathematical and Statistical Methods, IIT Chennai, India, 6-8 January 2007.
  33. Singh, P.K. and Ohri, A. (2006). “Developing an Environmental Decision Support System for Inter Basin Water Transfer Proposal in India”, ASCE Conference on An International Perspective on Environmental and Water Resources 2006, New Delhi.
  34. Mallik, M., Maiti, P.R., Ohri, A. (2006). “Application of GIS in watershed management” Conference on Application of Remote Sensing & GIS in resource management. B.I.E.T Jhansi, Bundelkhand University.
  35. Mallik, M., Maiti, P.R., Ohri, A. (2006). “Parameters of watershed and GIS models”, National conference on Civil Engineering –Trends, Issues and Challenges (CETIC), 11-12 march,2006, Department of Civil Engineering, M.S. University , Baroda and UGC, New Delhi.
  36. Sinha, A.N., Ohri, A., Jha, M. and Maiti, P.R. (2006). “Disaster mitigation, Management and capacity building strategies” National conference on  Earthquake disaster: Technology and management, EARTH-06,  11-12 February 2006, MNNIT Allahabad.
  37. Ohri, A., Godara, A. and Singh, L. (2005). “TTIT (Tourist and Travel Information Tool) for Varanasi City using GIS”, Map India 2005, New Delhi.
  38. Oberoi, S.V.,  Ohri, A.,  Singh L.,  and Gaurav (2005). “Solid Waste  Management (SWM) in Varanasi City using Geographic Information Systems”, Map India 2005, New Delhi.
  39. Hemraj, Mohapatra, S.N., Swain, A.K., Soni, V.K., Ohri, A., and Saroj, S.K. (2005). “Intelligent Tracking, Navigation and Guidance System for Vehicles”, Map India 2005, New Delhi.

Book Chapter:

  1. Maurya,S.P., Ohri, A., Gaur, S. (2022), Relevance of Spatio-temporal Data Visualization Techniques in Healthcare System, Geospatial Data Science in Healthcare for Society 5.0, 59-78, Publisher: Springer, Singapore
  2. Das, N., Ohri, A., Agnihotri, A.K., Omar,, P.J., Mishra, S. (2020), Wetland Dynamics Using Geo-Spatial Technology, Advances in Water Resources Engineering and Management, 237-244, Publisher: Springer, Singapore
  3. Mishra, S,  Tripathi, S., Tiwary, D., Ohri, A., Agnihotri, A.K.,  Vishwakarma, A.K., (2021), Application of Visual MODFLOW in Groundwater Flow Modeling at the Left Crescent of the Ganga River, Varanasi, India, Fate and Transport of Subsurface Pollutants, 105-124, Publisher: Springer, Singapore

 

Projects:

Sr. No. Title Cost (in rupees) Duration Agency Status
1 Development of Algorithms for water quality monitoring using ground instrumentation and optical sensors onboard Unmanned Airborne Vehicle and Satellite Data 25.18 Lakh 2022-25 ISRO Ongoing
1 A System for Quality Control and Certification of Geospatial Data for NSDI 18.44 Lakh 2021-22 NSDI, DST Ongoing
2 Automatic Map Generation from High Resolution Images Applying Deep Learning Techniques 33.22 Lakh 2021-24 SERB, DST Ongoing
3 Strategic Planning for Water Resources and Implementation of Novel Biotechnical Treatment solutions and Good Practices (SPRING) 71.28 Lakh 2020-23 Indo- EU Collaborative research project, DBT, GOI Ongoing
4 Development of Unmanned Surface Water Vessel with Integrated Sensors For Surface Water Studies 5 Lakh 2018-2020 DIC, IIT(BHU),MHRD Completed
5 Quantitative & Qualitative Assessment of Groundwater for the Future Planning & Development of the Water Resources in Varanasi Region 10 Lakh 2018-20 DIH, IIT(BHU) Varanasi Completed
6 Adopting river Assi Catchment for Improved Environmental Management in Varanasi (2016) 33 Lakh 2016-18 IIT (BHU), Varanasi Completed
7 3D Mapping of IIT(BHU) Campus 5 Lakh 2016 IIT (BHU), Varanasi Completed
8 Crop-signature Studies by Microwave Remote Sensing with Soft Computing Techniques (2014) 25 Lakh 2014-16 IIT (BHU), Varanasi Completed
9 Study of Surface Water and Groundwater Interaction along the Bank of River Ganga at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India 11.25 Lakh 2014-16 IIT (BHU), Varanasi Completed
           

Doctoral Thesis Supervision

Sl. No. Name of the Student(s) Year of completion or in Progress Name of Institution Title of Thesis
(Tentative)		 Guide or Co-guide
1 Satya Prakash Maurya 2019 IIT(BHU) Spatial Decision Support System for Waste Water Management Prof. P.K Singh
2. Sachin Mishra 2019 IIT(BHU) Effect of Leachete from Landfill site in groundwater Dr. D. Tiwari
3. Vishnu Murari 2020 IESD, BHU Modeling Approaches for particulate Matter Source Profiling and its Management Dr.T. Banerjee
4. Ashwini Kumar Agnihotri 2021 IIT(BHU) Study of River Ramganga Plainform Dynamics using Remote Sensing and GIS  
5. Shruti 2022 IIT(BHU) Decision Support System for Evaluating the Environmental Sustainability of a
Smart City		  Dr. P.K.Singh

In Progress: 5

At Master's Level
 

Sl. No. Name of the Student(s) Year of completion Name of Institution Title of Thesis Guide or Co-guide
M.Tech
1 Debashish Dash 2021 IIT(BHU) IIT BHU Geo-Web Portal – An Effort To Create A Smart Campus Mapping Portal Using GIS Dr. Shishir Gaur (Guide)
2 Anurag Tiwari 2021 IIT(BHU) Land Surface Temperature Retrieval from LANDSAT-8 Data Using Emissivity Estimation  
3 Aman Sharma 2021 IIT(BHU) Analysis & Future Prediction of Urban Sprawl Using MLP- Markov Chain Analysis  
4 Rahul Raj 2021 IIT(BHU) Study of relationship between land use /land cover and surface temperature using remote sensing Dr. Shishir Gaur
5 Anurag Mishra 2020 IIT(BHU) Surface water model of Betwa River Basin using Arc SWAT Dr. Shishir Gaur
6 Nishant Kumar 2020 IIT(BHU) Land Use prediction and simulation using GIS and Machine Learning Dr. Shishir Gaur
7 Ajay Kumar 2020 IIT(BHU) Development of WebGIS Based Application For Tourism For Varanasi City Using ArcGIS Enterprise’ Dr. Shishir Gaur
8 Amar Kumar Saini 2020 IIT(BHU) Accuracy Assessment of Uav-Photogrammetric Mapping Based On Ground Control Points Dr. Shishir Gaur
9 Ajeet Kumar Gond 2020 IIT(BHU) 3D Mapping of IIT (BHU) Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Drone) To Achieve Higher Positional Accuracy Dr. Shishir Gaur
10 Manish Singh 2019 IIT(BHU) Groundwater Modelling of Ganga Basin near Varanasi Region Dr. Shishir Gaur
11 Pankaj Rawat 2019 IIT(BHU) Transportation of Contaminants in Ground Water of Ganga Basin near Varanasi Region Dr. Shishir Gaur
12 Mohit Kumar Srivastava 2017 NIT Kurukshetra Watershed
Management and Modeling of Assi Nala (Varanasi) using GIS		 Prof. Arun Goel
13 Jayvant Choudhary 2015 IIT(BHU) Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of Road Accident Hot Spots Using GIS Dr. Brind Kumar
14 Kirti Mahajan 2015 IIT(BHU) Effect of Slow Moving Vehicles on Capacity of Urban Roads: A case Study of Varanasi City Dr. Ankit Gupta
15 Prachi Shrivastva 2015 DAVV Indore Spatial Decision Support System for Water Management of Varanasi City  
16 Pasumarthi Pallavi 2014 IIT(BHU) Development of Transportation Management System Using GIS Dr. Brind Kumar
17 Jinka Chandrasekhar 2014 IIT(BHU) Feasibility Study Of Monorail For Varanasi City Using GIS Dr. Brind Kumar
18 Arunabh Pandey 2013 IIT(BHU) Alignment of Ring Road, Varanasi using Geographical Information System(GIS) Dr. Brind Kumar
19 Amit Kumar 2012 IIT(BHU) Effects of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Leachate on Ground Water Quality Prof. P.K.Singh
20 Ratin Sinha 2008 IIT(BHU) Integrated crop water management using remote sensing and GIS  Dr. P.R.Maiti
21 Mallik Mritunjay R B 2006 IIT(BHU) Application of remote sensing, GIS and optimization technique in watershed management  Dr. P.R.Maiti
M.Sc./MSc. Tech.
1 Vishnu Murari 2012 BHU Soil Aquifer Treatment (SAT) Site Selection in Varanasi Using GIS Prof. P.K.Singh
2 Poonam 2012 BHU Urban Sprawl Mapping and Land Use Change Detection Using Remote Sensing and GIS  
3 Abhishek Bhardwaj 2011 BHU Selection of ground water recharge sites for treated water from STP using GIS Prof. P.K.Singh
4 Pooja 2010 BHU Monitoring Ganga water quality at Varanasi for bathing purpose Prof. P.K.Singh
5 Ravindra Pratap Verma 2010 BHU Geographical Information System based drinking water quality mapping of Varanasi city Prof. P.K.Singh
6 Priyanka Kumari Singh 2009 BHU Industrial Site Selection using GIS: A case study of Varanasi Prof. P.K.Singh
7 Shilpa Chandra 2009 BHU GIS based ground water quality mapping of Varanasi District Prof. P.K.Singh
8 Sugandha Mishra 2008 BHU Landfill Site Selection for Solid Waste Management in Varanasi Using Remote Sensing and GIS Prof. P.K.Singh
9 Priyanka Mishra 2007 BHU Environmental Evaluation of Inter Linking of Rivers using Remote Sensing and GIS- A case study of Ken-Betwa link Prof. P.K.Singh
10 Sayantani Pal 2007 BHU Solid Waste Management of Varanasi Using GIS and Remote Sensing, Prof. P.K.Singh
11 Manoj Kumar 2006 BHU Watershed Management of South Campus, B.H.U. using Remote Sensing and GIS: Water Harvesting Site Identification Prof. B.S. Raghubanshi
12 Rachita Jha  2006 BHU Watershed Management of South Campus, B.H.U. using Remote Sensing and GIS: Land Use Land Cover Analysis Prof. B.S. Raghubanshi

Experience in Educational Administration:

  • Chairman, Senate Undergraduate Committee, IIT(BHU), Varanasi, 2018-19
  • Member, institute Investment Committee, 2021-22
  • Member, Institute Anti Ragging Committee, 2018-20, 2022-23
  • Coordinator, Smart City Cell, 20219-23
  • Convener, Department Postgraduate Committee, 2021-22
  • Convener, Department Undergraduate Committee, 2018-20
  • Convener, Department Lab Committee, 2017-19
  • Professor In-charge, Geoinformatices & Surveying lab, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
  • Section In-charge, Surveying Section, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
  • Administrative Warden, A.S.N. Bose Hostel, IIT (BHU), Varanasi July 21, 2012 to March 31, 2018
  • Nominated Member, Senate, IIT(BHU) from 2012-2015.
  • Treasurer, Civil Engineering Society, Department of Civil Engineering since February 2015
  • Member, Furniture Purchase Committee, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, 2015
  • Member Hostel and Department Purchase Committee, 2014-15
  • Convener, Hostel Space Committee, 2015
  • Member, Institute Master Plan Committee, 2015-2017
  • Member, DPGC, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi
  • Warden, Vishwakarma Hostel, IT-BHU from October 11, 2011  to July 20, 2012.
  • Warden, Vishvesvarayya Hostel, IT-BHU from December 14, 2007 to July 15, 2010.
  • Member, Result Tabulation committee of Department of Civil Engineering since 2012.
  • Faculty In-charge, Attendance, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi from 2011 to 2013.
  • Member, Web Management Group, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi from 2012 to 2015.
  • Member, Consultancy Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi since April 5, 2011.
  • Vice Chairman, Cultural wing, IT Gymkhana, IT-BHU in 2007-08.

Conferences/Seminar/Short term courses organized:

  • Coordinator, Technical discussion of experts on Geospatial Data Quality Certification, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, June 27, 2022.
  • Co-convener, 2nd International Conference on River Health and Engineering (RHAR-2021), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, October 24-26, 2021
  • Coordinator, International Conference on River Health and Engineering (RHAR-2019), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, February 14-16, 2019
  • Coordinator, QIP and CEP course on Principals and Applications of GIS, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, January 7-12, 2019
  • Organising Secretary, One day workshop on Scope of Rain water Harvesting and Ground Water Recharging, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, March 29, 2016
  • Treasurer, Two days workshop on Strategies to Reduce, Reuse and Recycling of Wastewaters, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,  March 5-6, 2016.
  • Convener, National Conference on Open Source GIS: Opportunities and Challenges, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, October 9-10, 2015.
  • Convener, One day Workshop on Open Source GIS, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, October 8, 2015.
  • Coordinator, International Workshop on Urban Development (IWUD) 2015, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, April1-9, 2015.
  • Joint Secretary, 8th All India Students’ Conference on Science and Spiritual Quest, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, February 1-2, 2014.
  • Coordinator, Short Term Course On Remote Sensing and GIS, Department of Civil Engineering, IT, BHU, Varanasi, March 16 - 18, 2012
  • Organizing Secretary, National Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, IT, BHU, Varanasi, October 14-16, 2011.
  • Treasurer, National conference on Groundwater for Drinking: Issues and Options, Department of Civil Engineering, IT, BHU, Varanasi, February 11 - 13, 2011.

Membership in Societies

  • Life Member: Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS)
  • Life member in Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG)
  • Life member: Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH)

Awards & Honours

  • Amba Prasad-Kalawati Memorial Prize for obtaining highest CGPA in M.Tech (R.S.P.E.)
  • MHRD Postgraduate Scholarship, August 2000 – February 2002.
  • Institute Merit Scholarship in B.Tech, Civil Engineering. 1996-98.
  • State Merit Scholarship from class 5th up to class 12th.