Faculty

          

Prof. Avik Bhattacharya

Professor, CSRE, IIT Bombay

Prof. Bhattacharya received the integrated M.Sc. degree in Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, in 2000 and the Ph.D. degree in remote sensing image processing and analysis from Télécom ParisTech, Paris, France, and the Ariana Research Group, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France, in 2007. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (CSRE, IITB), Mumbai, India.

Before joining IITB, he was a Canadian Government Research Fellow at the Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) in Ottawa, ON, Canada. He received the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada visiting scientist fellowship at the Canadian national laboratories, from 2008 to 2011. His current research interests include SAR polarimetry, statistical analysis of polarimetric SAR images, applications of Radar Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Cryosphere, Urban and Planetary studies.

          

Prof. Y. S. Rao

Professor, CSRE, IIT Bombay

Prof. Rao received the M.Sc. degree in physics from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, in 1982, and the Ph.D. degree in passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India, in 1992.,He joined the Centre of Studies Resources Engineering, IIT Bombay, in 1985, as a Senior Research Assistant and then became a Research Scientist in 1999. During 2005–2009, he was a Senior Research Scientist and then Associate Professor from 2009 to 2014. He is currently a Professor. He has engaged in both passive and active microwave remote sensing for several applications viz. soil moisture, flood mapping, and land use/land cover. He has participated in several spaceborne campaigns for collecting synchronous ground-truth data and has experience in handling various datasets for several applications. His current research interests include the application of polarimetry for geophysical parameter retrieval and SAR interferometry for DEM and displacement map generation.

Dr. Rao received the M.Sc. degree in physics from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, in 1982, and the Ph.D. degree in passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India, in 1992.,He joined the Centre of Studies Resources Engineering, IIT Bombay, in 1985, as a Senior Research Assistant and then became a Research Scientist in 1999. During 2005–2009, he was a Senior Research Scientist and then Associate Professor from 2009 to 2014. He is currently a Professor. He has engaged in both passive and active microwave remote sensing for several applications viz. soil moisture, flood mapping, and land use/land cover. He has participated in several spaceborne campaigns for collecting synchronous ground-truth data and has experience in handling various datasets for several applications. His current research interests include the application of polarimetry for geophysical parameter retrieval and SAR interferometry for DEM and displacement map generation.