Our Faculty

Area of Research

• Remote Sensing & GIS

Current areas of Research work

• Evolution of lighting in South-West India from VIIRS Night- Time lights
• Impact of urbanization and Spatio-temporal estimation of Land Surface Temperature in a fast-growing coastal town in Kerala, Western coast of peninsular India
• Implementation of a Web GIS-based system for the effective data dissemination and sustainable management of Municipalities: An open-source approach
• Radar-based Urban Mapping
• Radar-based Urban Mapping
• Space-based River Morphometry
• Geoinformatics-based Chemical Distribution/Transportation
• Land Deformation using ANN
• Geospatial Applications in Tourism
• Space-based Disaster investigations

Research Scholar Details

• Mr. Athul B, An Integrated Approach of Advanced Remote Sensing for the Land Deformation: A Case Study of Idukki District, South Western India
• Ms. Aparna Pradeep Space-based study on the impact of ENSO [El Nino and La Nina] event over the Indian subcontinent

Research Collaborations

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
• European Space Agency[ESA]
• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency[JAXA]
• Florence University, Italy.
• Indian Institute Remote Sensing [IIRS] Dehradun [ISRO]
• Space Application Centre [SAC] [ISRO]
• National Remote Sensing Centre [NRSC] [ISRO]
• Indian Institute of Space Technology[IIST] [ISRO]
• Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management –Kerala [IIITM-K], [Digital University of Kerala]
• Institute of Land Disaster and Management [ILDM],Thiruvananthapuram
• Kerala Institute of Local Administration[KILA],Thrissur
• Northeast Hill University [NEHU], Shillong, Meghalaya
• University of Ladakh [UoL],Leh Campus
• Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Malappuram, Kerala
• Kannur University, Kerala
• University of Kerala
• Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies [KUFOS], Kochi, Kerala
• University of Madras
• Gandhigram Rural Institute [Deemed to be University],Tamil Nadu
• Department of Soil and Conservations, Govt. of Kerala
• Department of Statistics, Govt. of Kerala
• Department of Police, Govt. of Kerala
• Department of Land Survey and Records, Govt. of Kerala
• Department of Ports, Govt. of Kerala
• Department of Public Works, Govt. of Kerala

Industry Collaborations

• Wipro Software Pvt. Limited, Bengaluru
• Lepton Geospatial Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad
• Accel Aerospace Pvt. Ltd., Telangana
• Sun Geomatics Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
• Genesys Geospatial Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai

Consultancy/Funded Project Works

Educational Qualifications

• Ph.D in Physical Sciences [Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS] from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in 2022
• MSc. in Sciences [Information Technology & Computer Communication] from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala in 2011. [University Rank]
• BSc. in Sciences [Electronics] from the University of Kerala in 2008
• Plus Two in Computer Science from St. Aloysius HSS, Kollam in 2005
• THSSLC with Specialization in Automobiles from Junior Technical High School, Kayamkulam in 2003.

Additional Qualifications

• Diploma in Computer Application [DCA] from Dharmanilayam Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam in 2005.

• Short Term Proficiency Course [STPC] in Remote Sensing & GIS from Dr. R. Satheesh Centre for Remote Sensing & GIS [Under the NNRMS-SCT programme of Govt. of India led by ISRO], M.G. University, Kerala in 2012.

• Post Graduate Certificate [PGC] in Geoinformatics from Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU] in 2018.

• Post Graduate Diploma [PG Diploma] in Disaster Management from Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU] in 2019.

• Post Graduate Diploma [PG Diploma] in Rural Management from Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU] in 2020.

• Short Term Proficiency Course [STPC] in Ground Penetrating Radar from AF Academy, New Delhi, in 2020.

• 1^st January 2013 – 1^st August 2022

Technical Officer [Geospatial Systems] /Faculty [Geoinformatics]

Dr. R.Satheesh Centre for Remote Sensing & GIS

[Supported under the National Natural Resources Management System-

NNRMS-SCT-programme of Govt. of India led by ISRO, Dept. of Space]

School of Environmental Sciences Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala

• 29^th August 2022- Present

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

School of Physical Sciences

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amritapuri Campus

Prizes and Achievements

• Gold Medalist & Best Student Performance Award [National Level] for Outstanding Performance for Edusat satellite-based outreach program of Indian Institute of Remote Sensing [IIRS/ISRO], Dehradun, Department of Space, Govt. of India in the year 2019.

• Winner and National Level Awardee of the creativity challenge conducted by Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi in the year 2020 on the topic of “Best ideas during Covid-19 which new skills have you developed and how innovatively have you applied them?”

• Executive Member Indian Society of Remote Sensing [ISRS], Thiruvananthapuram Chapter, Scientific Society of ISRO [tenure period 2020- Present].

• Best Paper Awardee “Flood Mapping and Damage Assessment of Kaziranga National Park, Assam Using Multi-Temporal Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar Images” of 27^th Swadeshi National Science Congress 2017 held at Amrita University, Amritapuri, Kollam

• Best Paper Awardee “Rooftop rainwater harvesting of Kottarakara Municipality” at 32^nd Kerala Science Congress, held at Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Palakkad on January 25^th to 27, 2020.

• Best Paper Awardee “Watershed Based Morphometric Analysis: A Space based Study on Meenachil River Basin” International Colloquium on Advances in Engineering and Technology [IC@MACE 2023] 16-17 June 2023. Organized by Mar Athanasius College of Engineering in association with Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI,” Russia. [BEST PAPER AWARD in the track “Green and Sustainable Engineering”]

• MSc. -Information Technology and Computer Communication. [University Rank Holder]

• Second prize in the still model in sub-district School’s Science, Maths, work experiences and competitions on November 1999.

Patents

1. Sumith S.S, Smitha C.S. “AN INTERACTIVE E-THESIS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM”
   (US Patent filed)

Professional Membership & Responsibilities

• Life member of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing [ISRS] [L- 4232]

• Life member of the Indian Society of Geomatics [ISG] [L-1680]

• Life member of the Astronautical Society of India [ASI] [LM-3401]

• Individual Member of Open Source Geo Consortium [OSGeo]- India

• Individual Member of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing [ISPRS]

• Executive Member of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing [ISRS], a Premier Scientific Professional body of ISRO, Trivandrum Chapter [2020-Present] functioning at Indian Institute of Space Technology [IIST], Trivandrum.

• University Level Coordinator, Edusat-based Outreach Programme offered by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing [IIRS/ISRO], Dehradun, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India.

• Active volunteer of SETI@home’s search for extraterrestrial life.

Contributions

Article/ News Contributions

1. The Evolution of Geographic Information Systems in the 21^st Century: An Incredible Journey
2. Geographical Information System for Chemical Professionals – Showcasing the Roadmap for Tomorrow
3. Journey to the Exciting World of Forensic GIS: The Science behind Murders

Course Syllabus Development [BSc- Honors]

1. Course name- Geographical Information Science for Chemical Professionals [Elective]

Conferences Attended

1. “Soil Erosion Rate Calculator [SERC], A Plugin for QGIS” presented at ISRS Symposium held at New Delhi on 2012.
2. “Forest fire hazard zonation mapping of Wayanad district of India using geospatial technology” on Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Conference held at Kerala University, Karyavattom Campus, Kerala on March 29-31, 2017.
3. “Analysing the Capability of Sentinel-1 SAR Data for Flood Monitoring and Mapping in Idukki Dam Reservoir, Southern Western Ghats of India” on The 38^th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing [ACRS] Symposium held at New Delhi on October 23-27, 2017.
4. “Flood Mapping and Damage Assessment of Kaziranga National Park, Assam using Multi-Temporal Sentinel-1 SAR Images” on The 27^th Swadeshi National Science Congress held at Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala on November 7-9, 2017.
5. “Synthetic Aperture Radar based Physical and Biological Changes in mud bank locations of Kerala Coast” on the 30^th Kerala Science Congress Organized by KSCSTE, CWRDM and Government Brennen College held at Thalassery on January 28-30, 2018.
6. “Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Carbon Storage Assessment Using Geo-Spatial Technology in Devikulam Taluk, Idukki District of Southern Western Ghats” on The National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Climate Change & Carbon Research” Organized by Department of Botany, University of Calicut College held at Calicut on February 26-28, 2018.
7. “Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Carbon Storage Assessment Using Geo-Spatial Technology in Devikulam Taluk, Idukki District of Southern Western Ghats” on The National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Climate Change & Carbon Research” Organized by Department of Botany, University of Calicut College held at Calicut on February 26-28, 2018.
8. “Spatio-Temporal analysis of air quality and its disturbances zone in Greater cochin region of Ernakulum District, Kerala: A geospatial Approach” on International conference on Air Pollution and Monitoring, Organized by Department of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University on March 8-11, 2019.
9. “Geoinformatics based Environmental and Infrastructural Damage Assessment during great flood 2018 at Kuttanadu” on National conference on Post Flood Sustainable Rebuilding Solutions for Kerala, Organized by Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences [TIES] under the support of Directorate of Environment and Climate Change on March 8-9, 2019.
10. “Geoinformatics based site suitability analysis for Reverse Osmosis plants in Kuttanadu Area” on National conference on Post Flood Sustainable Rebuilding Solutions for Kerala, Organized by Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences [TIES] under the support of Directorate of Environment and Climate Change on March 8-9, 2019.
11. “Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Landuse/ Land cover in Greater Cochin Region: A Geospatial Approach” on National conference on Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity, Environment and its Management, Organized by Department of Environmental Sciences, St. Johns College Anchal, under the support of Directorate of Environment and Climate Change on March, 2019.
12. “Development of a cloud based Veterinary Information System for the Selected Municipalities and Grama Panchayath of Kannur District” on National Conference on Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity, Environment and its Management, Organized by Department of Environmental Sciences, St. Johns College, Anchal, under the support of Directorate of Environment and Climate Change on March, 2019.
13. “Ground Water Prospect Zone Mapping and Integrated Watershed Management Plan Using Geoinformatics in Perumbavoor region of Periyar River Basin” on National conference on Environment Education in India Scope and Challenges, Organized by Department of Environmental Studies, Kannur University, Mannagttuparampa Campus, under the support of Directorate of Environment and Climate Change on January 29^th to 31, 2019.
14. “The Runoff and Sedimentation Estimation of the Idukki dam Reservoir using Geoinformatics” on National conference on Environment Education in India Scope and Challenges, Organized by Department of Environmental Studies, Kannur University, Mannagttuparampa Campus, under the support of Directorate of Environment and Climate Change on January 29^th to 31, 2019.
15. ‘Spatio-Temporal analysis of Air quality and its disturbance zone in greater cochin region of Ernakulum district, Kerala, A Geospatial Approach’ in the Four day International Conference on ‘Air Pollution and Monitoring’, organized by School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala during March 8-11, 2019.
16. “Spatio Temporal variation of Land Surface temperature in Greater Cochin Region: A Geospatial Approach” on National conference on Environment Education in India Scope and Challenges, Organized by Department of Environmental Studies, Kannur University, Mannagttuparampa Campus, under the support of Directorate of Environment and Climate Change on January 29^th to 31, 2019.
17. ‘Spatial Data Dissemination of Karunagapplly Municipality using Web GIS’ in the Three day National Conference on ‘Innovations in Geospatial Technology for sustainable development with special emphasis on NER’, organized by ISG and ISRS in the city of Shillong [Meghalaya] during November 20-22, 2019.
18. “Estimation of runoff-rainfall model in Idukki dam reservoir for geoinformatics approach” on International conference on Frontiers in Marine Science Challenges and Prospects, Organized by School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology on December 16^th to 20, 2019.
19. “Air pollution risk zone mapping through Geoinformatics based Air Quality Index” on International conference on Frontiers in Marine Science Challenges and Prospects, Organized by School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology on December 16^th to 20, 2019.
20. “Roof top rainwater harvesting of Kottarakara Municipality” on 32^nd Kerala Science Congress, held at Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Palakkad on January 25^th to 27, 2020.
21. “Estimation of soil erosion using RUSLE and soil erosion proneness by AHP method” on 32^nd Kerala Science Congress, held at Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Palakkad on January 25^th to 27, 2020.
22. “Landslide Hazard Susceptibility Zonation Mapping of Valakom Watershed Kottayam District Using Geospatial Techniques” on 4^th Disaster Risk And Vulnerability Conference on 09 – 10 & 16 – 17 October 2020
23. “Geospatial assessment of air pollution linked diseases a Ambalamugal industrial area, Kochi” on 4^th Disaster Risk And Vulnerability Conference on 09 – 10 & 16 – 17 October 2020
24. “Assessment of Landslide Susceptible Zones of the Muvattupuzha River sub-basin in Kerala using Frequency ratio method” on 4^th Disaster Risk And Vulnerability Conference on 09 – 10 & 16 – 17 October 2020
25. “Forest Fire Susceptibility Mapping and Management Strategies Using Frequency Ratio Method in Attappady, Northern Kerala” on 4^th Disaster Risk And Vulnerability Conference on 09 – 10 & 16 – 17 October 2020
26. “A Geoinformatics Based Study on the Effects of Urbanization on the Land, Coast and Air Quality of Kochi, Ernakulam, Kerala” on 4^th Disaster Risk And Vulnerability Conference on 09 – 10 & 16 – 17 October 2020
27. “Drought Assessment and Risk Index Mapping Using Fuzzy Logic in Attappady, Kerala.” on 4^th Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Conference on 09 – 10 & 16 – 17 October 2020
28. Sreelakshmi A. R., Sumith Satheendran S. and Latha P., “Geoinformatics Based Mapping and Assessment of Flood Risk in Periyar River Basin, South India: A Pairwise Weighted Approach”, 3^rd GIS LATAM International Conference, held on October 1, 2021.
29. ‘Climate change and Night time Lighting in South West India from the period 2012-2020’ in the 6th National Geo-Research Scholars meet on ‘Geosciences in Ladakh Himalaya’, organized by University of Ladakh, Leh in association with Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun during June 7-10, 2022.
30. Shilpa Sudhi, Sumith Satheendran S., Anand Lali Neera, “Assessment of Spatio-Temporal Changes in Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration with Special Reference to The Proposed Silver Line Project [K-Rail] Corridor in Kerala, India.”, M I L I E U R A, A VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE,O n e E a r t h f o r A l l o f U s : C h a n g i n g C l i m a t e & E n v i r o n m e n t, held on June 11& 12, 2022. Organized by ECOR Foundation.
31. Ramachandran K. M., Sumith Satheendran S., Abin Varghese. “Comprehensive Study of Land Use Land Cover Change and its Ecological Impact on Andaman and Nicobar Island with Special Reference to Coral Reef”, M I L I E U R A, A VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE,O n e E a r t h f o r A l l o f U s : C h a n g i n g C l i m a t e & E n v i r o n m e n t, held on June 11& 12, 2022. Organized by ECOR Foundation.
32. Akhil Unnikrishnan , Sumith Satheendran S., Smitha Chandran S. “A GIS-Based Ecotourism Site Suitability Assessment of Scotland, United Kingdom” National Symposium on “Geospatial Technology: Journey from Data to Intelligence”15-17 November 2022.
33. Aswathy R. Nair, Dhanya R. and Sumith Satheendran S.” Spatial Distribution of Land Surface Temperature: A Geospatial approach in the Urban-Rural gradient in the Western Coast of Malabar Region, Kerala” International Conference on Biodiversity: Exploration, Exploitation and Conservation for Sustainable Development.[ICB-2023]10-11February 2023.
34.  Amal S.B., Sumith Satheendran S., “Space-Based Assessment of Soil Erosion Proneness of The Pamba River Basin” National Seminar On SPATIAL DATA MODELLING: EMERGING TRENDS AND UTILITIES 24-25 March, 2023, Organized by Inter University Centre for Geospatial Information Sciences and Technology [IUCGIST] & Department of Geology, University of Kerala.
35. Ubais C, Sumith Satheendran S., Amal S.B., Paul Thomas, Thejas Krishna, Athul.B., Smitha Chandran S “Space-Based Burnt Area Mapping in The Context of the Recent Brahmapuram Waste Plant Fire Outbreak, Kochi, Kerala” National Seminar On SPATIAL DATA MODELLING: EMERGING TRENDS AND UTILITIES 24-25 March, 2023, Organized by Inter-University Centre For Geospatial Information Sciences And Technology [IUCGIST] & Department of Geology, University of Kerala.
36. Minusha Maria Celine , Sumith Satheendran S., Sosamony K. J. “Terrestrial Carbon Mapping of the Major Metropolitan Cities in India: A Space-Based Approach” National Seminar On SPATIAL DATA MODELLING: EMERGING TRENDS AND UTILITIES 24-25 March, 2023, Organized by Inter-University Centre For Geospatial Information Sciences And Technology [IUCGIST] & Department of Geology, University of Kerala.
37. Abel John Sabu, Fathima M.S., Sera Seiby, Krishna Priya G. M., Sumith Satheendran S., Alka Abraham “Watershed Based Morphometric Analysis: A Space based study on Meenachil River Basin” International Colloquium on advances in Engineering and Technology [IC@MACE 2023] 16-17 June 2023. Organized by Mar Athanasius College of Engineering in association with Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI,” Russia.
38. Aswathy R. Nair, Dhanya R., Sumith Satheendran S. “A Geospatial Approach to Spatial Distribution of Land Surface Temperature in Urban-Rural Gradient of the Western Coast of Malabar, Kerala” National Conference on Reviving Wetlands, 11-13 October 2023. Organized by CWRDM, Kozhikode.
39. Charudarsan P., Sumith Satheendran S., Sebastian George, “Accuracy Assessment of Machine Learning Models for Land Use / Cover Classification using Sentinel-2 Datasets”Second International Conference on Advances in Material Science & Chemistry, organized by Dept. of Chemistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,Amritapuri Campus on 2-4 Novenber-2023.
40. Niranjana B., Shantanou Madhav, Niranjani T.B.,Chandana T.R., Sumith Satheendran S., “Change Analysis of Atoll Ecosystem and Evaluation of Land Use / Cover in the Selected Island of Lakshadweep Using Geoinformatics” International Conference on Marine Science and Aquaculture [ICMSA-2023] on 3-December 2023.
41. Mubashira, Sumith Satheendran S., Athul B., “Space-Based Landslide Susceptibility Assessment of Wayanad, Northern Kerala: A Statistical Approach” National Symposium on “Exploring Geospatial Ecosystems, Trends, and Innovation.” ISGNS-2023 on 27th Nov, 2023 at the Symbiosis International [Deemed University].
42. Anishma N., Sumith Satheendran S., Aparna Pradeep., Geospatial Approach for Urban Crime Mapping: A Case Study of Ernakulam District, Kerala, National Symposium on “Exploring Geospatial Ecosystems, Trends, and Innovation.” ISGNS-2023 on 27th Nov, 2023 at the Symbiosis International [Deemed University].
43. Ramachandran K. M., Sumith Satheendran S. ,Comprehensive Study of Land Use Land Cover Change And Its Ecological Impact on Andaman And Nicobar Island With Special Reference To Coral Reef, National Symposium on “Exploring Geospatial Ecosystems, Trends, and Innovation.” ISGNS-2023 on 27th Nov, 2023 at the Symbiosis International [Deemed University].

Projects Supervised [MTech/MSc/MS/BTech/MBBS/MD/MVSc.]

• “Remote Sensing and GIS based Geo-Environmental assessment and waste plan of Elappara and Peermedu Panchayaths”
• “Remote Sensing and GIS based Study on the Forest Cover Change, Distubance and Submergence area analysis of Kumaranperoor Reserve Forest.”
• “Assessments of the shoreline changes island falling in Bangaram Atoll Union Teritory of Lakshadeep using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques”
• “Drinking Water Distribution System in Koovappady Panchayat, Kerala-A GIS Analysis”
• “GIS based Crime Information System of Eranakulam District”
• “Guruvayur-Thirunavaya rail line alignment using Spatial Multi Criteria in GIS”
• “Geospatial assessment of air pollution diseases at Ambalamugal industrial area”
• “Hyperspectral Charactersation of Aluminum Bauxite and Clay Minerals”
• “Hyperspectral Charactersation of various minerals from Syenite rock samples in Putetti”
• “GIS based watershed management of Kurinad-Maniyakupara watershed near Koza, Kuravilangad in Kottayam District, Kerala”
• “Remote Sensing and GIS based Spatio-Temporal analysis of urban growth in Pullarikkunnu region in Kottayam, Kerala”
• “Assessment of Drinking water system of Avoly Gramapancyath at Moovattupuza”
• “A Case Study of Land Use change in Malabar Districts using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques”
• “Creating various inputs for Watershed Management Using Remote Sensing and GIS a case study of Pious Mount Kailasam watershed of Meenachil river basin in Kerala”
• “Development Planning of Kannur Corporation area using Geospatial Tools”
• “Land Change Analysis in terms of NDVI and LST, Solid waste Management Planning and Flyover proposal for Ettumanoor Municipality using Geospatial Tools”
• “An innovative study on forest fire zone mapping of Wayanad Forest area using space technology”
• “Geo-environmental assessment of Valakom micro-watershed in Meenachil River Basin”
• “Habitat mapping of Mugger Crocodiles [Crocodylus palustris, Lesson 1831] along Kabini river system of Wayanad, Kerala using geospatial tools”
• “Analyzing the spectral variations of Tea using hyperspectral techniques in Pullikkanam plantation of Vagamon”
• “Land suitability analysis for agriculture using Geographical Information System: A case study of Wayanad District, Kerala”
• “Tourist Information System of Malabar Region”, is a customization work using VBA codes for ArcGIS Software.
• “Development of Web Enabled Geographical Information System for School of Environmental Sciences, M.G University, Kerala”, is a Web GIS based customization work using map server and webserver.
• “Development of GIS based Digital Spatial Database of Kadaplamattom Village in Meenachil Taluk of Kottayam District, Kerala”, is a customization work using Arc Reader, a free version module of ArcGIS Software.
• “Spatial distribution of cancer and Socio-Spatial analysis in Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala”.
• “Physical and biological oceanic changes in Mud bank locations of Kerala Coast: A Geoinformatics based Analysis”.
• “Flood mapping and damage assessment of Kaziranga National Park, Assam using multi-temporal Sentinel-1 SAR images”.
• “Hyperspectral characterization of beach placer deposits of Chavara and banded iron formations of Chakkittappara and Naduvallur through imaging and non-imaging Spectroscopy”.
• “Urban Planning of Karunagappally Region using Geospatial Analysis”.
• “A Geoinformatics based analysis of land use land cover change, submergence in Muntrothuruthu Island, Kollam District”.
• “Spatio- temporal changes in land use/ land cover and associated environmental parameters using Geoinformatics in Munnar region of Devikulam Taluk of Southern Western Ghats, Idukki.”
• “Planning for sustainable development of Kunnathur taluk, Kollam district using Geoinformatics.”
• Evaluation on Hydrogeological and erosional characteristics of Karuvannur river basin, Southwest coast of India using Remote Sensing and GIS.
• Eco restoration strategies for selected islands of Lakshadweep archipelago: A Geospatial approach.
• A Geoinformatics based study on the effects of Urbanization on the land, coast and air quality of Kochi, Ernakulam, Kerala.
• A Geoinformatics based study on the effects of urbanization on the coast and air quality of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• Spatio- Temporal change analysis of various environmental parameters with changing land use/ land cover pattern using Geoinformatics in Perumbavoor region of Ernakulam district, Kerala.
• A Morphological comparative study of tributary basins of Gayathri puzha.
• Geo-spatial analysis for the developmental planning of Kannur district.
• A study on the changing land use pattern on geological parameters of the catchment area, Idukki reservoir, Kerala: A Geoinformatics based approach
• Urbanization effects of Karunagapally municipality using Geospatial tools
• A Geoinformatics based change analysis of hydrogeological characteristics over decades in Malampuzha block, Palakkadu district, Kerala
• Spatial and temporal changes of land use/ land cover and its triggering environmental factors of Nelliyampathy region, Western Ghats, Palakkad
• A Geoinformatics based environmental damage assessment and sustainable solutions at Kuttanad Kol Wetland ecosystem with special reference to great flood 2018
• Environmental Changes and sustainable development in selected islands of Lakshadweep archipelago
• Urbanization effects of Kottrakkara municipality using Geospatial tools
• A Geoinformatics based change analysis of hydrogeological characteristics over decades in Achenkovil river basin, Kerala
• Spatial and temporal changes of land use/ land cover and associated environmental factors in the part of Nelagiri biosphere reserve, Western Ghats
• Space-Based Approach for the Estimation of the Geospatial Indicators with a Particular Reference to Tirur-Poorapuza Corridor, Malabar Region of Kerala”
• “Estimation of Impact of Urban Expansion of Major Metropolitan Cities in India on Terrestrial Carbon Storage Using Spatio Temporal Observations”
• “Watershed-based Morphometric Analysis: A Space-based Study on Meenachil River Basin”
• “Accuracy Assessment of Machine Learning Models for Landuse/Land Cover Classification using Sentinel-2 Datasets”
• “Comparative study on Flood Hazard Assessments in Wayanad District using Weighted Overlay and Frequency Ratio Method”
• “Geoinformatics based Soil Erosion Susceptibility Mapping and Assessment in Wayand, A Part of Western Ghats, Kerala”
• “Space-based Landslide Susceptibility Assessment using Statistical Method: A Case Study of Wayanad, Northern Kerala”
• “Assessment of Spatio-Temporal Changes in Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration with Special Reference to The Proposed Silver Line Project [K-Rail] Corridor in Kerala,India”
• ‘Geoinformatics based mapping and assessment of flood risk in Periyar river basin, South India: a pairwise weighted approach’.
• ‘Remote sensing and GIS Based Spatio Temporal analysis and bypass proposal, Angamaly Region’

2023

• Athira V., Sumith Satheendran S. “Space-Based Approach for the Estimation of the Geospatial Indicators with a Particular Reference to Tirur – Poorapuzha Corridor, Malabar Region of Kerala”.
• Abel John Sabu, Fathima M S, Krishnapriya G. M, Sera Seiby, Sumith Satheendran S. “Watershed Based Morphometric Analysis: A Spaced Based Study on Meenachil River Basin”

• Alkha Haridas P., Sumith Satheendran S. “GIS-Based Soil Erosion Susceptibility Mapping and Assessment in Wayanad: A Part of Western Ghats, Kerala”.

• Mubashira M., Sumith Satheendran S. “Space-Based Landslide Susceptibility Assessment using Statistical Method: A Case Study of Wayanad, Northern Kerala”.

• Nila Mohan, Sumith Satheendran S. “Comparative Study on Flood Hazard Assessment in Wayanad District using Weighted Overlay and Frequency Ratio Methods”.

• Anishma N., Sumith Satheendran S. “Crime Mapping and Spatial modeling: A Case Study of Ernakulam district”.

• Charudarsan P., Sumith Satheendran S. “Accuracy Assessment of Machine Learning Models for Land Use /Land Cover Classification using Sentinel – 2 Datasets”.

• Amal S. B., Sumith Satheendran S. “Geospatial – Based Tourism Mapping of Kerala: God’s Own Country”.

• Paul Thomas, Sumith Satheendran S. “Quantitative Morphometric Analysis Using Geospatial Technology for seine river Basin, France, Western Europe”.

• Thejas Krishna K. B., Sumith Satheendran S. “Drinking Water Distribution Mapping of Kerala Water Authority Sasthamcotta Division: A Geospatial Approach”.

• Ubais C., Sumith Satheendran S. “Urbanization Trend of Kochi, Metro city Of Kerala, India; Spatio-Temporal Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar”.

• Sreejith S Nair, Sumith Satheendran S. “Space-Based Disaster Mapping and Assessment: Study of Pathanamthitta District, Central Travancore Region”.

• Minusha Maria Celine, Sumith Satheendran S. “Estimation of Impact of Urban Expansion of Major Metropolitan Cities in India on Terrestrial Carbon Storage Using Spatio Temporal Observations”.

• Anandhu Anand, Sumith Satheendran S. “Geological Stability from Pamba to Shabarimala Sannidhanam Corridor for the Alignment of a Cable Car Service”.

• S.S., Sumith Satheendran S. “Geoinformatics Based Tourism Mapping: A Case Study of Pathanamthitta, Head Quarters of Pilgrimage Tourism”.

• Nikhil Mon M.N, Sumith Satheendran S. “Environmental Impact of Urbanization in Ranni Taluk, Pathanamthitta, Kerala”.

• Nikhil P. R., Sumith Satheendran S. GIS-Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Of Pathanamthitta District, Kerala”.

• Abhinay Sugath. P.S., Sumith Satheendran S. “Space Based Assessment of Forest Fire Risk Zone Mapping A Case Study of Pathanamthitta District Kerala”.

• Sherin K. Suresh., Sumith Satheendran S. “Comparative Study on Ground water and KWA Pipeline Samples in the Pathanamthitta Municipality”.

• Akhilesh S., Sumith Satheendran S. “Digital Mapping and Area Analysis of Quarries in the Pathanamthitta District, Kerala”.

Project Guidance [Outside Kerala]

• Fawaz Ahammad, Sumith Satheendran S. “Urban Sprawl analysis using Shannon’s Entropy Method in Hassan Taluk, Karnataka” Centre for Geoinformatics, The Gandhigram Rural Institute [Deemed to be University], Ministry of Education [Shiksha Mantralaya], Govt. of India-624302
• Fawaz Ahammad, Sumith Satheendran S. “Cyclone Vulnerability Assessment of Kollam District, Kerala, Using Geoinformatics. Centre for Geoinformatics,” The Gandhigram Rural Institute [Deemed to be University], Ministry of Education [Shiksha Mantralaya], Govt. of India-624302
• Anishma N, Sumith Satheendran S. “Crime Mapping and Spatial Modeling: A Case Study of Eranakulam District ” Department of Geography, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu- 600085

Project Guidance [International]

• Ananthu Aravind , Sumith Satheendran S. “Spatio Temporal Estimation of Land Surface Temperature of the Major Metro Cities in India” University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences, King’s College, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB24 3FX
• Akhil Unnikrishnan Chitralekha, Sumith Satheendran S. “Geospatial Based Ecotourism Site Suitability Analysis of Scotland” University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences, King’s College, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB24 3FX

Major Trainings Completed From

International

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
• European Space Agency[ESA]
• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency[JAXA]
• Environmental System Research Institute[ESRI]
• International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing [ISPRS]
• Florence University, Italy.
• International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad [IIIT-H]
• United Nations [UN]
• Open Learning Academy, United Kingdom

National

• Indian Institute Remote Sensing [IIRS] Dehradun [ISRO]
• Space Application Centre [SAC] [ISRO], Ahmedabad
• National Remote Sensing Centre [NRSC] [ISRO], Hyderabad
• Indian Institute of Space Technology[IIST] [ISRO],Trivandrum
• Indian Institute of Technology [IIT], Mumbai
• Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management –Kerala [IIITM-K], [Digital University of Kerala], Trivandrum
• Institute of Land Disaster and Management [ILDM], Trivandrum
• Kerala Institute of Local Administration[KILA],Thrissur
• Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU[, New Delhi
• AF Academy, New Delhi
• Banaras Hindu University [BHU],Varanasi, UP, India
• Northeast Hill University [NEHU], Shillong, Meghalaya
• University of Ladakh [UoL],Leh Campus
• Indian Society of Remote Sensing [ISRS]
• Indian Society of Geomatics [ISG]
• Astronautical Society of India [ASI]
• Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun

Courses Handled

PG Courses Handled

• 22ENV513-Introduction to Remote Sensing & Geographical Information Systems (Credits-4).
• 21OEL632- Basics of PC Software (Credits-2).
• 22ENV604- Surveying (Credits-3).
• 22ENV605- Geospatial Applications for Environment Management (Credits-4).
• 22ENV681- GIS Lab – I Surveying and Cartography (Credits-1).
• 22ENV682- GIS Lab- II Remote Sensing and Image Processing (Credits-1).

PhD Course Work Handled

• EV803- Geospatial Applications for Natural Resources Management (Credits-4).
• EV806- Foundation Course in Environmental GeoInformatics (Credits-1).

Edusat Courses of IIRS/ISRO Coordinated

• Workshop-ID:1027th – “UAV Remote Sensing” (21st November, 2022)
• Workshop -ID:1032: Workshop on Application of Geomatics in Urban Disasters (May 24 , 2023)
• Course-ID:107 – Course on Overview of Global Navigation Satellite System (September 19-30, 2022)
• Course-ID:111th – Advances in Monitoring and Modeling of Hydro-Meteorological Hazards using Geospatial Technology and Process-based Models (05 – 09 December 2022)
• Workshop-ID:7013: Geospatial Modeling Driven Urban Hazard and Risk Analysis (13 -17, Feb. 2023)
• Course-ID:113th – “Geodata Processing using Python (February 20-24, 2023)
• Workshop-ID:7014: RS and GIS Applications in Atmospheric and Oceanic Hazards (February 27 – March 3, 2023)
• Course-ID:114: Advances in Remote Sensing Techniques for Geological Applications (March 13 – March 24, 2023)
• Course-ID:115: SAR Data Processing & its Application with Special Emphasis on RISAT-1A/EOS-4 (April 10- April 14, 2023)
• Course-ID:116: Course on Overview of Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G)
• Course-ID:118: Applications of machine learning in urban studies-( 05June-09June, 2023)
• Course-ID-119: Course name: Geospatial Technology for Climate Smart Agriculture. ( July 10 – 14, 2023)
• Course-ID-120: Course name: Satellite meteorology applications in weather and climate studies.
  ( August 7 – 11, 2023)
• Course-ID-126: Course name: Global Navigation Satellite System ( September 25 – October 6, 2023)
• Workshop-ID-1027: Remote Sensing based data Analytics in Agriculture” (26 October, 2023)
• Course Id-134 : IIRS Outreach Programme on “Exploring Earth’s Moon through Chandrayaan” (February 19- 23, 2024)
• Course Id-135 : IIRS Outreach Programme on “Geospatial Analysis using Google Earth Engine ” (February 19- 23, 2024)

Swayam / NPTEL Courses Coordinated

• Basics of Remote Sensing GIS & GNSS and its Applications By Dr. Poonam S. Tiwari | Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, (Credit Points :4)
• Science Communication: Research Productivity and Data Analytics using Open Source Software. by Prof. Nabi Hasan, Prof. Mohit Garg | IIT Delhi, (Credit Points :3)
• Microwave Remote Sensing in Hydrology by Prof. J. Indu | IIT Bombay,(Credit Points :3)

Training

Official Training [Govt.], Academic training, Workshops organized /conducted/associated

• 5-day training on the GIS programme from 27^th -31^st March-2017 for the Department of Soil Survey and Conservation [20 numbers of Soil Survey officers from all the districts from Kerala were deputed to attend the training]

• One month of advanced training in Remote Sensing, GNSS & GIS to selected officers of the Department of Soil Survey and Conservation, Govt. of Kerala, from 4^th August to 15^th

• 5-day training programme on “Creation of databank for Classification of Land” to selected officers of the Department of Soil Survey and Conservation, Govt. of Kerala from 11 -15 November 2019.

• “Outcome-based Advanced Geoinformatics programmes” 3-spell [Virtual mode] for the selected officers of the Department of Soil Survey and Conservation, Govt. of Kerala from 30 November 2021 to 7 January 2022.

• 6-day training programme on “Fundamentals of Geoinformatics with ArcGIS” for officers of the Department of Soil Survey and Conservation, Govt. of Kerala from 11- 16 July 2022 and 18- 23 July 2022.

• Organised and Contributed as a lead resource person for the event “Geo Revolution” on 5th May 2023 as part of the Multi-Tech Fest Vidyuth ’23 organized by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, Kerala.

Outreach Courses of IIRS/ISRO Coordinated

• Workshop-ID:1027th – “UAV Remote Sensing” [21st November, 2022]
• Workshop -ID:1032: Workshop on Application of Geomatics in Urban Disasters [May 24 , 2023]
• Course-ID:107 – Course on Overview of Global Navigation Satellite System [September 19-30, 2022]
• Course-ID:111th – Advances in Monitoring and Modeling of Hydro-Meteorological Hazards using Geospatial Technology and Process-based Models [05 – 09 December 2022]
• Workshop-ID:7013: Geospatial Modeling Driven Urban Hazard and Risk Analysis [13 -17, Feb. 2023]
• Course-ID:113th – “Geodata Processing using Python [February 20-24, 2023]
• Workshop-ID:7014: RS and GIS Applications in Atmospheric and Oceanic Hazards [February 27 – March 3, 2023]
• Course-ID:114: Advances in Remote Sensing Techniques for Geological Applications [March 13 – March 24, 2023]
• Course-ID:115: SAR Data Processing & its Application with Special Emphasis on RISAT-1A/EOS-4 [April 10- April 14, 2023]
• Course-ID:116: Course on Overview of Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial [FOSS4G]
• Course-ID:118: Applications of machine learning in urban studies-[ 05June-09June, 2023]
• Course-ID-119: Course name: Geospatial Technology for Climate Smart Agriculture. [ July 10 – 14, 2023]

Journal Reviewer

• Spatial Information Research, Springer Publications

Invited Lectures & Lecture Series delivered in Faculty Development Programmes [FDP]

Academic Institutions

• Department of Civil Engineering, CUSAT, Cochin, Kerala
• Veterinary University Pookode, Wayanad, Kerala
• Malayalam University, Malappuram, Kerala
• Mar Athanious [MA] College of Engineering and Technology, Kothamangalam, Kerala
• Mar Basilies College [MBC] of Engineering and Technology, Peermade, Kuttikanam, Idukki, Kerala
• ’V’ Institute, Kollam, Kerala
• Pavanatma College of Arts and Sciences, Murikkasseri, Idukki, Kerala
• Ayyappa College, Kumly Road, Idukki, Kerala
• Adi Sankara Institute of Technology, Kalady, Ernakulum, Kerala
• Sree Narayana Gurukulam College, Kollenchery, Ernakulum, Kerala
• Muthoot Institute of Technology [MITS], Muvattupuza, Ernakulum, Kerala
• John’s College, Anchal, Kollam, Kerala
• Govt. Polytechnic College, Palakkad, Kerala
• Govt. Engineering College Palakkad, Kerala

Govt. Departments

• Water Authority[KWA], Govt. of Kerala
• Soil Survey and Conservations, Govt. of Kerala
• Local self-Government, LSGD, Govt. of Kerala
• State Academy on Statistical Administration[SASA], Govt. of Kerala
• Department of Survey and Land Records, Govt. of Kerala

Invited Talks

2013

• Participated and delivered a series of talks on “Application of Open Source Geospatial Tools in Geo-Environmental studies” at Government College, Kasaragod on October 2013. Organized by the Department of Post-Graduate Studies & Research in Geology.

2014

• Delivered an invited lecture on “Open Source Geospatial Tools” in the One-day Orientation workshop on GIS, REMOTE SENSING, & GPS Applications in Engineering. Organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam on 2^nd August 2014.

• Delivered a talk on “ISRO- Mars Orbiter Mission-Mangalayaan” in the invited talk organized by Science Forum, Pavanatma College Murickassery, Idukki on 16^th October 2014.

2017

• Delivered a series of invited lectures on “Geoinformatcs” in the Three-day Faculty Development Programme Organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady held from 11^th to 14^th

2018

• Delivered an invited lecture on “Application of Geoinformation Science and Technology in Veterinary and Animal Sciences” Organized by the Indian Veterinary Assosiation [IVA], Pookode Unit, Wayanad under the COHERT scheme at College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode, Wayanad held on 7^th May 2018.

• Delivered an invited lecture on “Fundamentals of Remote Sensing” Organized by Tunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Tirur, Malappuarm held on 21^st June 2018.

• Delivered an invited lecture on “Fundamentals of GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing” Organized by Ayyappa Institute of Management Studies, Peermade, Idukki held on 7^th November 2018.

2019

• Delivered an invited lecture on “Introduction to Open Source Geospatial Tools” in One-day Orientation and Training workshop on GIS. Organized by Centre for Water Education [CWEd], Kerala Water Authority [KWA], Thiruvananthapuram on 27^th April 2019.

• Delivered an invited lecture on “Geospatial Data Analysis” in the One-day Orientation workshop on GIS. Organized by State Academy on Statistical Administration [SASA], Thiruvananthapuram on 25^th May 2019.

• Delivered and inaugurated a technical talk session in the “Civil Engineering Assosiation”.at Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering, Kadayiruppu, Kolenchery on 27^th August 2019.

• Delivered a series of invited lectures on three days training programme on “Remote Sensing and GIS”. Organized by division of Civil Engineering, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Kuttikanam, Peermade, Idukki. on 27^–29, September 2019.

2012

• Participant of one-day workshop on Geospatial technologies in research, development and teaching: harnessing Free and Open Source GIS held at School of Environmental Science, M.G University on 10th April 2012.
• Participated and presented a paper on ISRS Symposium held in New Delhi in 2012.

2013

• Web Master of Official Website of School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University (www.sesmgu.net) from January 2013 to 2021.
• Participated User Interaction Meet held at National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Department of Space (DOS), Hyderabad on 2013.
• Successfully Completed Special Training on Microwave Remote Sensing focusing on the RISAT-1 Data from Indian Institute of Remote Sensing(IIRS), Dehradun, (A division of ISRO), Dept. Of. Space, Govt. of India on September 2013.
• Participated and delivered a series talk on “Application of Open Source Geospatial Tools in Geo Environmental studies” at Government College, Kasaragod on October 2013. Organized by Department of Post-Graduate Studies & Research in Geology.
• Delivered a series of invited lectures on Geoinformatics in the short-term training programme on GIS, REMOTE SENSING, & GPS Applications in Engineering. Organized by division of Civil Engineering, under |||Cell of TEQIP Phase ||, Cochin University of Science and Technology on November 2013.

2014

• Participated and successfully completed a three-week Winter School on “Open Source Development of Geospatial Technology” Sponsored under NRDMS (National Natural Recourses Database Management System) programme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, jointly organized by the non-profit foundation Open Source Geospatial and Lab for Spatial Informatics at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-H), Hyderabad on February 2014.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Microwave Remote Sensing Applications” conducted by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on April 2014.
• Delivered an invited lecture on “Open Source Geospatial Tools” in the One-day Orientation workshop on GIS, REMOTE SENSING, & GPS Applications in Engineering. Organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam on 2nd August 2014.
• Delivered a talk on “ISRO- Mars Orbiter Mission-Mangalayaan” in the invited talk organized by Science Forum, Pavanatma College Murickassery, Idukki on 16th October 2014.
• Participated in the Pre-symposium Tutorial on “Flood Monitoring and Modelling” held during 7-8 December 2014 at National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO Hyderabad as part of ISPRS Technical Commission V111 Mid-Term Symposium.
• Participated and presented a paper on International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Symposium held at Hyderabad on 2014.

2015

• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Remote Sensing Applications” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on April 2015.
• Successfully Completed Special Training on “Emerging Trends in Remote Sensing” from National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Department of Space (DOS), Hyderabad on 2015 May.
• Completed the Vectorization part of Moovattupuza River basin as part of consultancy work with Tropical Institute of Ecological Research (TIES).
• Successfully Completed Training on “Remote Sensing Observations for Flood Management” from RST Progrmme on 2015 June.
• Successfully Completed Special Course on Unmanned Area Vehicle (UAV) Remote Sensing from Indian Institute of Remote Sensing(IIRS), Dehradun, (A division of ISRO), Dept. of. Space, Govt. of India on October 2015. (It was the first time the nation (India) organized a course on UAV Remote Sensing in association with ISRO)
• Participated Two-day workshop on “NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Science and Applications Workshop” held at Space Application Centre Ahmedabad on 2015 November 19 to 20.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Monitoring Climate from Space” from European Space Agency (ESA) Conducted by Future Learn 30 November to 28 December 2015.
• Successfully Completed Training on “The Location Advantage” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s udemy Training Progrmme on 2015 December.

2016

• Successfully Completed Training on “Do-It-Yourself GeoApps” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s udemy Training Progrmme on 2016 February.
• Successfully Completed Training on “The Location Advantage” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s udemy Training Progrmme on 2016 February.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Geospatial Technologies for Urban Planning” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 2016 February11 to March 15.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Advanced Webinar: Creating and Using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from Satellite Imagery” from RST Progrmme on 2016 February10 to March 2.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Going Places with Spatial Analysis” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s udemy Training Progrmme on 2016 June.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Remote Sensing for Health Applications” from RST Progrmme on 2016 June 2 to June 30.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Remote Sensing of Forest Cover and Change Assessment for Carbon Monitoring” from RST Progrmme on 2016 June 9 to July 7.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Remote Sensing for Disaster Management” from RST Progrmme on 2016 June 9 to June 30.
• Successfully Completed One-week Short course on “Python Programming” from Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K), Thiruvananthapuram on 2016 August 29 to September 2.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Geoweb Services and Geoportal applications” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on June 28 to July 15, 2016.
• Successfully Completed Training on “The Earth Imagery at Work” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s udemy Training Progrmme on 2016 November.
• Participated in the National Symposium on “Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS with Special Emphasis” and Annual Conventions of Indian Society of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Geomatics and held during 7-9 December 2016 at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO Dehradun.

2017

• Web Master of Official Website of The Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development (ACESSD), an Inter University Centre, Mahatma Gandhi University, (www.acessd.org) from January 2017 to 2021.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Land Cover Classification with Satellite Imagery” from RST Progrmme on 2017 January 31 to February 7.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Carbon Forestry” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on February 16 to March 15, 2017.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Microwave Radar Remote Sensing and its Applications” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on April 10 to 28, 2017.
• Successfully conducted first phase of “Five Days Training to Officers of the Department of Soil Survey and Soil Conservation on GIS, Remote Sensing, & GPS Applications in Soil Applications.” Organized by Dr. R. Satheesh Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala on 16th to 20th January 2017.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Carbon Forestry” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on February16 to March 10, 2017.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Microwave Radar Remote Sensing and its Applications” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on April 10 to 28, 2017.
• Successfully conducted second phase of “Five Days Training to Officers of the Department of Soil Survey and Soil Conservation on GIS, Remote Sensing, & GPS Applications in Soil Applications.” Organized by Dr. R. Satheesh Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala on 2th to 6th May 2017.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Water Resource Management” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on May 22 to June 09, 2017.
• Successfully Completed One-week workshop (GeoConnect-2017) on “Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques for Agriculture and Forestry” from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Department of Earth and Space Sciences (The first Space University in Asia), Thiruvananthapuram on 2017 June 12 to 16.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “UAV Remote Sensing and Applications” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on July 3 to July 7, 2017.
• Successfully Completed Specialized Module on “Cities and Climate Change” from collaborative initiative of United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UN CC: Learn) on July 22, 2017.
• Successfully Completed Specialized Module on “Human Health and Climate Change” from collaborative initiative of United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UN CC: Learn) on July 22, 2017.
• Successfully Completed Specialized Module on “Children and Climate Change” from collaborative initiative of United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UN CC: Learn) on July 23, 2017.
• Delivered a series of invited lecture on “Geoinformatcs” in the Three-day Faculty Development Programme Organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady held from 11th to 14th 2017.
• Participated in the National Workshop on ‘Popularisation of Remote Sensing Based Maps and Geospatial Information’, organised by Indian Society of Remote Sensing and Indian Space Research Organisation on the eve of National Remote Sensing Day on August 11, 2017.
  Successfully conducted the 17-days Advanced Training on GIS to Soil Survey Officers conducted by Dr. R. Satheesh Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS of the School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam during the period from 7th to 23rd August, 2017 with the financial support from the Dept. of Soil Survey and Soil Conservation, Govt. of Kerala.
• Participated “3DPCM: LiDAR point cloud processing with LAS tools” One day workshop with hands-on training on 3D LiDAR point cloud processing and visualization with LAS tools held at Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology(IIST), Thiruvananthapuram on 2017 October 12.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on August 21 to September 15, 2017.
• Participated and presented an oral presentation titled “Analysing the Capability of Sentinel-1 SAR Data for Flood Monitoring and Mapping in Idukki Dam Reservoir, Southern Western Ghats of India” on The 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS) Symposium held at New Delhi on October 23-27, 2017.
• Participated and presented an oral presentation titled “Flood Mapping and Damage Assessment of Kaziranga National Park, Assam using Multi-Temporal Sentinel-1 SAR Images on The 27th Swadeshi National Science Congress held at Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala on November 7-9, 2017.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Overview of RS & GIS Applications for Natural Resource Management” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on November 13 to December 01, 2017.

2018

• Participated and presented poster presentation titled “Synthetic Aperture Radar based Physical and Biological Changes in mud bank locations of Kerala Coast” on the 30th Kerala Science Congress Organized by KSCSTE, CWRDM and Government Brennen College held at Thalassery on January 28-30, 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Accuracy Assessment of a Land Cover Classification” from RST Progrmme on 2018 February 13 to 20.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and its Applications” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on February 19 to March 13, 2018.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Geoinformatics for forest fire management” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on April 2 to 6, 2018.
• Delivered an invited lecture on “Application of Geoinformation Science and Technology in Veterinary and Animal Sciences” Organized by Indian Veterinary Assosiation (IVA), Pookode Unit, Wayanad under the COHERT scheme at College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode, Wayanad held on 7th May 2018.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “RS & GIS applications in Water Resources” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on April 16 to 27, 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Monioring Tropical Storms for Emergency Preparedness” from RST Progrmme on 2018 May 3 to 10.
• Successfully Completed one day workshop on “Hydro metrological Disaster Management” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 15th May 2018.
• Successfully Completed 3 days Course on “Arc GIS Desktop” from Environmental System Research Institute, India (ESRI India), Bengaluru on May 20 to 23. 2018.Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Hydrometrological Disaster Management- One Day online Workshop” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on May 15, 2018.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Advanced Image Analysis” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on June 4 to 18, 2018.
• Delivered an invited lecture on “Fundamentals of Remote Sensing” Organized by Tunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Tirur, Malappuarm held on 21st June 2018.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Geo Spatial Technologies and Sendai framework for Disaster Risk Reduction-One Day online Workshop” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on July 10, 2018.
• Successfully Completed one day workshop on “Geospatial Technologies and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 10th July 2018.
• Successfully Completed Webinar on “Earth Watch: A New Era in Accessing Geospatial Information” conducted by Digital Globe and Exploration Mapping Group on 18 July 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Analysis of Vector and Raster data in GIS” from Udemy Training Progrmme on 22nd July 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Fundamentals and Applications of GIS” from Udemy Training Progrmme on 22nd July 2018.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Geospatial Input for Enabling Master Plan Formulation under AMRUT Sub-Scheme” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on July 23 to 27, 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Fundamentals and Applications of Remote Sensing” from Udemy Training Progrmme on 23rd July 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Basic Raster and Vector Operations with PCI Geomatics” from Udemy Training Progrmme on 23rd July 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Monitoring Urban Floods using Remote Sensing” from RST Progrmme on 2018 July 25 to August 1.
• Successfully Completed Web Training on “Advanced Webinar: Radar Remote Sensing for Land, Water and Disaster Applications” from RST Progrmme on 2018 July 25 to August 1.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Water use and the water cycle” from The Open University, United Kingdom on 25th July 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “IT: Information” from The Open University, United Kingdom on 26th July 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “3D GIS Development in JavaScript” from Udemy Training Progrmme on 4th August 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Watching the Weather” from The Open University, United Kingdom on 3rd August 2018.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Advanced Geospatial Modelling tools and techniques” conducted by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on August 6 to 10, 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Earthquakes” from The Open University, United Kingdom on 11th August 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “High Temporal Resolution Air Quality Observations from Space” from RST Progrmme on 2018 September 4 to 25.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on September 4 to 14, 2018.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Basics of Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System and Global Navigation Satellite System” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on September 4 to November 16, 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Desktop Quickstart ” offered by Boundless Learning on 6th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Desktop Quickstart: Making a Map” offered by Boundless Learning on 6th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Desktop Quickstart: Attributes” offered by Boundless Learning on 6th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Desktop Quickstart: Adding Data” offered by Boundless Learning on 6th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Desktop Quickstart: Vector” offered by Boundless Learning on 6th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Desktop Quickstart: Making a Map” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Displaying and Enhancing Imagery” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Digitizing” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Georeferencing Rasters” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Lessons Plugin” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Desktop Quickstart: Making a Map” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Desktop Quickstart: Projections” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Global Positioning System” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “GeoServer Explorer” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Introduction to Rasters” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Raster Analysis” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Geocoding” offered by Boundless Learning on 7th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed One day seminar on “A Scientific Analysis and Rethinking on the Recent Mega Flood of Kerala” organized by School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam on 17th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Global Navigation Satellite System and Geographical Information System” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on September 17 to October 26, 2018.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Advanced Webinar: Change Detection for Land Cover Mapping” from RST Progrmme on 2018 September 28 to October 5.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Microwave Remote Sensing: Overview, 2nd Edition” from COMET and UCAR Community Programme on 29th September 2018.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “RS & GIS Applications” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on October 29 to November 11, 2018.
• Delivered an invited lecture on “Fundamentals of GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing” Organized by Ayyappa Institute of Management Studies, Peermade, Idukki held on 7th November 2018.
• Participated and successfully completed 3-days Pre-Tutorial Symposium on “Terrain based 3D Modeling” jointly organized by the non-profit foundation International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and University of Florence, Italy at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun from 2018 November 17 to 19.
• Participated and successfully completed 3-days Mid-Term Symposium on “Geospatial Technology – Pixel to People” and presented a paper titled “Space based Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Land Surface Temperature in Karunagappally Municipality, A Fast Growing City in the Western Coast of India” jointly organized by the non-profit foundation International Society of Photogrammetry (ISPRS- Technical Commision V Education Outreach) at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun from 2018 November 20 to 23.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Satellite Remote Sensing for Agro meteorological Applications” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on December 3 to 7, 2018.

2019

• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Hyper spectral Remote Sensing and its Applications” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on January 21st to 1st February 2019.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Principles of Polarimetric SAR Remote Sensing and its Processing” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on February 18th to 1st March 2019.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Basics of JavaScript Web Apps” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s Training Progrmme on 2019 March 6.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Advances in Forest Remote Sensing” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 5th March to 13th March 2019.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Earth Observation for Indigenous-Led Land Management” from RST Progrmme on 2019 February 5 to 19.
• Participated and presented a paper titled “Spatio Temporal Analysis of Air quality and its disturbance zone in the Greater Cochin region of Ernakulum District, Kerala, A Geospatial Approach” in the International Conference on Air Pollution and Monitoring held at School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala on March 8-11, 2019.
• Successfully Completed Training on “using Earth Observations to Monitor Water Budgets for River basin Management” from RST Progrmme on 2019 March 13 to April 3.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Microwave Remote Sensing in Agriculture,” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on March 28, 2019.
• Participated and presented a paper titled “Proposal of Suitable Site Location for Socio-Economic Infrastructure in Karunagapally Municipality” at National Conference on Developments and Innovations in Civil Engineering( DICE’19) which will be held at Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology, Peermade on 30th April 2019.
• Successfully Completed Training on “High resolution NO2 Monitoring from Space with TROPOMI” from RST Progrmme on 2019 May 28th to 3rd June .
• Successfully Completed Training on “Integrating Remote Sensing into a Water Quality Monitoring Programme” from RST Progrmme on 2019 June 5th to 19.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Satellite data access from online data repositories and ISRO Bhuvan geoportal,” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on June 26, 2019.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Introduction to GIS” from Udemy Training Progrmme on 3rd July 2019.
• Participated in the Two day National Workshop on ‘Post Flood Sustainable Rebuilding Solutions for Kerala’, organized by Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences (TIES) on 8-9 March, 2019.
• Delivered an invited lecture on “Introduction to Open Source Geospatial Tools” in One-day Orientation and Training workshop on GIS. Organized by Centre for Water Education (CWEd), Kerala Water Authority (KWA), Thiruvananthapuram on 27th April 2019.
• Delivered an invited lecture on “Geospatial Data Analysis” in the One-day Orientation workshop on GIS. Organized by State Academy on Statistical Administration (SASA), Thiruvananthapuram on 25th May 2019.
• Delivered a series of invited lectures on Geoinformatics in the Advanced Training Programme on Remote Sensing and GIS. As part of the Faculty Development Programme, Organized by division of Civil Engineering, under |||Cell of TEQIP Phase ||, Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science on 27-28th June 2019.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Advanced Webinar: Remote Sensing for Monitoring Land Degradation and Sustainable Cities SDGs” from RST Progrmme on 2019 July 9 to 23.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Geoprocessing using python” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 22nd to 26th July 2019.
• Delivered a series of invited lectures on “Faculty Development programme on Geographic Information System”. Organized by division of Civil Engineering, Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam. (Under ISTE Sponsored) on 24th July 2019.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Digital Photogrammetry based 3D modelling” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on July 29 to August 2, 2019.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Satellite Remote Sensing for Air Pollution studies” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on August 5 to 10, 2019.
• Delivered and inaugurated a technical talk session in the “Civil Engineering Assosiation”.at Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering, Kadayiruppu, Kolenchery on 27th August 2019.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Earth Observations for Disaster Risk Assessment & Resilience” from RST Progrmme on 2019 August 6 to 15.
• Delivered a series of invited lectures on three days training programme on “Remote Sensing and GIS”. Organized by division of Civil Engineering, Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Kuttikanam, Peermade, Idukki. on 27th September 2019 to 29.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Remote Sensing for Freshwater Habitats” from RST Progrmme on 2019 September 17 to October 1.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Echoes in Space Introduction to Radar Remote Sensing” from European Space Agency (ESA) on 2019 October 5.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Advanced SAR” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s udemy Training Progrmme on 2019 October 15.
• Participated and presented a paper titled ‘Spatio-Temporal analysis of Air quality and its disturbance zone in greater cochin region of Ernakulum district, Kerala, A Geospatial Approach’ in the Four day International Conference on ‘Air Pollution and Monitoring’, organized by School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala during March 8-11, 2019.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Basics of Remote Sensing Geographical Information System and Global Navigation Satellite System” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on August 19 to 22 November, 2019.
• Participated Two day Pre-Symposium Tutorials on ‘SAR Data Processing and Applications’, organized by ISG and ISRS in the city of Shillong (Meghalaya) during November 18-19, 2019 at North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC), ISRO, Department of Space, Shillong.
• Participated and presented a paper titled ‘Spatial Data Dissemination of Karunagapplly Municipality using GIS’ in the Three day National Workshop on ‘Innovations in Geospatial Technology for sustainable development with special emphasis on NER’, organized by ISG and ISRS in the city of Shillong (Meghalaya) during November 20-22, 2019.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Web GIS- Geo-visualization and online mapping” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on November 25 to 29, 2019.
• Delivered an invited lecture on “Introduction to Geoinformatics” in the training on on “Awareness on Sustainable Development Goal -2030, Green GDP and Gender Budgeting” to the officers of economics and statistics department conducted on 25th 29th November 2019, Organized by State Academy on Statistical Administration (SASA), Thiruvananthapuram.
• Delivered an invited lecture on “Spatial Data Analysis in Knowledge Management” in the training on on “Training on effective office Management and Administrative Skills” to the officers of economics and statistics department conducted on 2nd to 6th December 2019, Organized by State Academy on Statistical Administration (SASA), Thiruvananthapuram.
• Successfully Completed Training on “SAR for Disasters and Hydrological Applications” from RST Progrmme on 2019 December 3 to 5.

2020

• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Geo-processing and Visualization on Web Platform” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on January 27 to 7 February, 2020.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Using the UN Biodiversity Lab to Support National Conservation and Sustainable Development Goals” from RST Progrmme on 2020 March 24 to April 7.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Virtual Geology Field Trips: Exploring and Analyzing” from BrightTALK from Elsevier publishers on 2020 May 15.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Overview of Planetary Geosciences with special emphasis to the Moon and Mars” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on June 8 to 12, 2020.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Learn how Lancet editors decide which papers to accept for publication” from BrightTALK from Elsevier publishers on 2020 June 9.
• Successfully Completed Training on “How to Prepare Your Manuscripts for Publication in Top Journals” from BrightTALK from Elsevier publishers on 2020 June 9.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Data Analytics Tools for Engineering Research” from BrightTALK from Elsevier publishers on 2020 June 9.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Content and Manuscript Submission Tips for JOGNN” from BrightTALK from Elsevier publishers on 2020 June 9.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Data Management in Natural Resource Exploration & Production” from BrightTALK from Elsevier publishers on 2020 June 10.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Geographic Information System” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s udemy Training Progrmme on 2020 February 20.
• Successfully Completed Training on “GIS Basics” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s udemy Training Progrmme on 2020 February 20.
• Successfully Completed “One day Training on Geology Objective for Competitive Examinations” Organized by Chidambaram College, Tuticorin, Tamilnadu on 2th to 14th May 2020.
• Successfully Completed Training on “ARC GIS Pro Basics” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s udemy Training Progrmme on 2020 July 9.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Remote Sensing in Crop Monitoring and Assessment” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on May19 to June 9, 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Remote Sensing & GIS Technology and Applications for University Teachers & Government Officials” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on June 13to July 1, 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Basics of SAR Remote Sensing” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on May 26 to 30, 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Machine Learning for Remote Sensing Data Classification ” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 1st June, 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Health GIS: Geoinformatics for COVID19” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on June 15 to 19, 2020.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Understanding Phenology with Remote Sensing” from RST Progrmme on 2020 June 30 to July 14.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Get started with GIS and Remote Sensing in QGIS # Beginners ” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s udemy Training Progrmme on 2020 July 14.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Descargar imagines satelitales” from Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)’s udemy Training Progrmme on 2020 July 14.
• Successfully Completed Training on “An Inside Look at how NASA Measures Air Pollution” from RST Progrmme on 2020 May 26 to 28.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Forest Mapping and Monitoring with SAR Data” from RST Progrmme on 2020 May 12 to 21.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Satellite Remote Sensing for Agricultural Applications” from RST Progrmme on 2020 April 14 to May 5.
• Successfully Participated Creativity Challenge on “Creativity Challenge 2: How Creative You Have Been in Gainful Engagement of Yourself and Your Family Members During the COVID-19 Lockdown Period?” Organized by NSCDI, Indira Gandhi University (IGNOU), New Delhi on 11th May 2020.
• Successfully Participated Creativity Challenge on “Creativity Challenge 3: During COVID-19 Which New Skills Have You Developed and How Innovatively Have You Applied Them?” Organized by NSCDI, Indira Gandhi University (IGNOU), New Delhi on 18th May 2020.
• Successfully Participated Creativity Challenge on “Creativity Challenge 4: Post COVID-19 Healthcare Challenges to Innovate” Organized by NSCDI, Indira Gandhi University (IGNOU), New Delhi on 26th May 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Health GIS: Geoinformatics for COVID19” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 15th to 19th June 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Photogrammetry and its Application” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on June 29 to July 3, 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Application of Geoinformatics in Ecological Studies” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on July 13 to 24, 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Geospatial Inputs for Enabling Master Plan Formulation” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on July 27 to 31, 2020.
• Successfully Completed “Webinar on Block Chain – Technological Perspective” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 18th July 2020.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Using Earth Observations to Monitor Water Budgets for River Basin Management II” from RST Progrmme on 2020 July 21st to August 4th .
• Successfully Completed “Webinar on Internet of Things (IoT) – Industrial Perspective” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 11th July 2020.
• Successfully Participated Creativity Challenge on “During COVID-19 Which New Skills Have You Developed and How Innovatively Have You Applied Them?” Organized by NSCDI, Indira Gandhi University (IGNOU), New Delhi on 18th May 2020.The response was adjudged as one of the best ten responses.
• Successfully Participated Training Programme on “Student Empowerment for Entrepreneurial Development (SEED)” Organized by NSCDI, Indira Gandhi University (IGNOU), New Delhi on 27th July to 22nd August 2020.
• Successfully Completed “Webinar on COVID-19: Threat or Opportunity” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 1st August 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Remote Sensing Applications in Agricultural Water Management” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on August 3rd to 8th, 2020.
• Successfully Completed “Webinar on Unleashing Data Science and AI” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 8th August 2020.
• Successfully Completed “Webinar on Citations and Reference Management using Mendeley” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 14th August 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 17th August to 11th September 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 17th August to 19th September, 2020.
• Successfully Completed Webinar on “Is Edge Computing, the savior of IoT?” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 22nd August 2020.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Remote Sensing of Coastal Ecosystems” from RST Progrmme on 2020 August 25th to September 8.
• Successfully Completed “Webinar on “How to Write Technical Books?”” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 28th August 2020.
• Successfully Completed “Webinar on Research Methodology” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 5th September 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Global Navigation Satellite System” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 14th to 25th September, 2020.
• Successfully Participated “India Technology Week @Home” Organized by Electronics For You (EFY) Group, which was an Online Only event held from 16th September to 17th September 2020.
• Successfully completed online training programme on “Panchayati Raj System and Decentralised Planning” Organized by Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) on 21st September 2020.
• Successfully completed online training programme on “Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction-Eco-DRR” Organized by Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) on 24th September 2020.
• Successfully Completed Webinar on “The Art of Writing Research Papers” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 25th September 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Web GIS- Geo-visualization and online mapping” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on September 28 to October 10, 2020.
• Successfully Completed Webinar on “Virtual Reality and Augmentation” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 3rd October 2020.
• Successfully Completed Webinar on “How to Write High Impact Publications in Environmental Science: Insights on Content and Authoring ” Organized by School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala on 11th September 2020.
  Successfully Completed Quiz Competition on “International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction” Organized by Charitable Society for Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Response Training, Kerala on 13th September 2020.
• Participated in the four day International Conference on “Disaster Risk and Vulnerability”, organized by School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala from October 9-17, 2020.
• Successfully Participated “India Technology Week @Home” Organized by Electronics For You (EFY) Group, which was an Online Only event held from 14h to 15th October 2020.
• Successfully Completed Web Training on “MODIS to VIIRS Transition for Air QualityApplications” from RST Progrmme on 2020 October 22.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Basics of Geocomputation and Geoweb Services” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 19th to 29th October, 2020.
• Successfully completed online training programme on “Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (AUEGS) for public” Organized by Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) on 21st September 2020.
• Successfully Completed Webinar on “Webinar on Publication Ethics and Plagiarism” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 16th October 2020.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Satellite Remote Sensing for Urban Heat Islands” from RST Progrmme on 2020 November 10 to 24.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “RS & GIS Applications” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 2nd to 11th November, 2020.
• Successfully participated & completed successfully AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on “GIS & Remote Sensing” from 2020-November-2 to 2020-November-6 at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Department of Space, Government of India.
• Successfully Completed ATAL Faculty Development Programme (FDP)in “Geospatial Applications for Disaster Risk Management, Track 1& 2” organized by United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Centre for Space Science & Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP), Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO Dehradun on November 16, 2020.
• Successfully completed online training programme on “Process of Election to the Local Self Governments” Organized by Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) on 19th November 2020.
• Participated as a delegate in the live webinar on “Mapping the future with GIS” organized by Division of Geoinformatics, faculty of Natural Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru on 19th November 2020.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Introduction to NASA’s “Black Marble” Night Lights Data” from RST Progrmme on 3rd December 2020.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Advances in SAR-Polarimetry & Interferometry” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on December 14th to 18, 2020.
• Successfully Participated “India Technology Week @Home” Organized by Electronics For You (EFY) Group, which was an Online Only event held from 16h to 18th December 2020.
• Successfully Completed Webinar on “Webinar on Digital Inclusion of Underserved Communities” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 18th December 2020.

2021

• Successfully Completed One day workshop on “Space and its Applications” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on 11th January, 2021.
• Successfully Participated “India Technology Week @Home” Organized by Electronics For You (EFY) Group, which was an Online Only event held from 21st to 23rd January 2021.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Hyper spectral Data for Land and Coastal Systems” from RST Progrmme on 2021 January 19th , 26th , & February 2nd .
• Successfully Completed Training on “Mapping and Monitoring Lakes and Reservoirs with Satellite Observations” from RST Progrmme on 2021 February 9th, 16th, & 23rd.
• Successfully participated the training programme on “Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction” Organized by National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home affairs, Govt. of India in Collaboration with Institute Land & Disaster Management, Kerala, during 17th to 19th February 2021.
• Successfully Participated “India Technology Week @Home” Organized by Electronics For You (EFY) Group, which was an Online Only event held from 21st to 25 to 27 February 2021.
• Successfully participated the training programme on “Management of Crowd at Large Congregations” Organized by National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home affairs, Govt. of India in Collaboration with Institute Land & Disaster Management, Kerala, during 3 to 5 March 2021.
• Successfully participated and completed one week National Workshop on “Research Methodology” Organized by Centre for Teacher Education, School of Education, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Varanasi, India during March 15th to 20, 2021.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Use of Solar Induced Fluorescence and LIDAR to Assess Vegetation Change and Vulnerability” from RST Progrmme on 2021 March 16th -25th .
• Successfully Participated “India Technology Week @Home” Organized by Electronics For You (EFY) Group, which was an Online Only event held on 31st March 2021.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Introduction to Population Grids and their Integration with Remote Sensing Data for Sustainable Development and Disaster Management” from RST Progrmme on 2021 March 30th – April 6th .
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Geoinformatics for Disaster Management” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on April 5th to 16, 2021.
• Successfully Completed Outreach Programme on “Geospatial Technology for Archaeological Studies” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on April 17h to 21, 2021.
• Successfully participated and completed Outreach Programme on “SAR Data Processing” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Dehradun. Department of Space, through Edusat Satellite on May 7h to 28, 2021.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Satellite Observations and Tools for Fire Risk, Detection, and Analysis” from RST Progrmme on 2021 May 11th to 27th.
• Successfully Completed Training on “NASA Earth Observations for Energy Management” from RST Progrmme on 2021 June 1st to 22nd.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Using Google Earth Engine for Land Monitoring Applications” from RST Progrmme on 2021 May 16th to 30th.
• Successfully Participated “India Technology Week @Home” Organized by Electronics For You (EFY) Group, which was an Online Only event held from 30th June 2021.
• Successfully Completed “Webinar on Cyber Forensics: Investigation Techniques and Tools for Contemporary Cyber Crimes” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 10th July 2020.
• Actively participated in the International Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “The Art of Doing Research” jointly organized by Jyothi Engineering College, Thrissur, India, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India and Pelita Bangsa University, Indonesia in association with Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Jyothi Engineering College, Thrissur, India during 12-22 July, 2021.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Basic Principles of Radar Backscatter” from European Space Agency (ESA) on 2021 August 13.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Species Distribution Modeling with Remote Sensing” from RST Progrmme on 2021 August 12 to19.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Satellite Observations for Analyzing Natural Hazards on Small Island Nations” from RST Progrmme on 2021 August 18 to 26.
• Successfully Participated “India Technology Week @Home” Organized by Electronics For You (EFY) Group, which was an Online Only event held on 25th August 2021.
• Successfully Participated “India Technology Week @Home” Organized by Electronics For You (EFY) Group, which was an Online Only event held on 27th August 2021.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Introduction to NASA Resources for Climate Change
  Applications” from RST Progrmme on 2021 September 29 to October 6.
• Successfully Participated and presented a paper titled “Geoinformatics Based Mapping and Assessment of Flood Risk in Periyar River Basin, South India: A Pairwise Weighted Approach”, in the 3rd GIS LATAM International Conference, held on October 1, 2021.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Agricultural Crop Classification with Synthetic Aperture Radar and Optical Remote Sensing” from RST Progrmme on 2021 October 5 to 19.
• Successfully participated in an International E-Conference on “Sustainable Futuristic Materials”, SFM-2021”, organized by Department of Chemistry, Kamala Nehru Mahavidalya, Nagpur held on 29th -30th November, 2021.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Monitoring Coastal and Estuarine Water Quality Using Remote Sensing and In Situ Data” from RST Progrmme on 2021 November 30 to December 7.

2022

• Successfully Completed Training on “Using Earth Observations for Pre-and Post-Fire Monitoring” from RST Progrmme on 2022 January 18 to 20.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements” from EBSCO Information Services and Customer Engagement Services on 2022 February 10.
• Successfully Completed Training on “EBSCO Training on EBSCO eBooks/ECM” from RST Progrmme on 2022 April 22.
• Successfully Completed Webinar on ” Copyrights: What, Why and How” Organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, New Delhi on 30th April 2022.
• Successfully Participated International level online quiz on “Flavors of the World” Organized by BGM, Government College, Kollam on 7th May 2022.
• Successfully Completed Training on ” Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation” Organized by Disasters and Conflicts Branch, United Nations Environment Programme on 23 May 2022.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Mapping Crops and their Biophysical Characteristics with Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar and Optical Remote Sensing” from RST Progrmme on 2022 April 12 to May 3.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Monitoring Aquatic Vegetation with Remote Sensing” from RST Progrmme on 2022 July 12 to 19.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Satellite Remote Sensing for Measuring Urban Heat Islands and Constructing Heat Vulnerability Indices” from RST Progrmme on 2022 August 2 to 11.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Selecting Climate Change Projection Sets for Mitigation, Adaptation and Risk Management Applications” from RST Progrmme on 2022 September 19 to 20.

2023

• Successfully Completed Training on “Connecting Citizen Science with Remote Sensing” from RST Progrmme on 2023 January 24 to 31.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Crop Mapping using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Optical Remote Sensing” from RST Progrmme on 2023 April 4 to 11.
• Successfully Completed Two-day capacity building workshop on “Environmental Auditing (EA) & Environmental Assessment (EIA)” conducted on 22-23 June 2023 at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Amritapuri organized by School of Sustainability Amritapuri Campus and Directorate of Environment and Climate Change.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Assessing the Impacts of Fires on Watershed Health” RST Progrmme on 2023 July 6 to 13.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Building Climate Risk Assessments from Local Vulnerability and Exposure” from RST Progrmme on 2023 September 19 to 21.
• Successfully Completed Training on “Transforming Earth Observation (EO) Data into Building Infrastructure Data Sets for Disaster Risk Modeling” from RST Progrmme on 2023 September 19 to 21.
• Successfully Completed Training on “ISG-ISRS Pre conference Tutorials and Workshop on AI/ML Technology for the Geospatial Domain ” Organized by ISG & ISRS and Cohosted by SIG and C-DAC Pune at Symbiosis deemed University, Pune on 2023 November 28 to 30.
• Successfully Participated and Presented Paper on “ISG-ISRS National Symposium on Exploring Geospatial Ecosystems, Trends and Innovations ” Organized by ISG & ISRS and Cohosted by SIG and C-DAC Pune at Symbiosis deemed University, Pune on 2023 November 28 to 30.

2024

• Successfully Participated workshop on “NPTEL- One Day Workshop” Organized by IIT-Madras at IC&CR Auditorium, Chennai on 2024 January 20.
• Participated as invited guest for MBA Student’s Coat Wearing Ceremony at Institute of Land and Disaster Management (ILDM) Campus, Govt. of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram on 19th February 2024.
• Successfully Completed Hands-on Training Workshop on “Modern Surveying Techniques DGPS, Total Station and Drone” Organized by Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology (IIST) and National Centre for Geodesy, IIT-Kanpur, on 2024 February 20to 21.