Dr. Nilanchalpatel Patel M.Tech.(IIT Roorkee), Ph.D.(IIT Kanpur)

Date of Joining: 4th May, 1999
  • Professor Department of Remote Sensing Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi - 835215 Jharkhand India
  • 0091-651-2275228
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    0091-9431100357

Research Areas

  • Impact of climate change
  • Snow cover area mapping and characterization
  • Landslide hazard zonation
  • Traffic congestion analysis
  • Agronomic suitability assessment
  • Assessment of forest degradation and fragmentation
  • Pattern recognition and image processing
  • Spectral characterization of water, soil and vegetation characteristics
  • GIS-based landscape pattern analysis through landscape metrics
  • NPP and BIOMASS estimation of vegetation and crop
  • Urbanization pattern analysis
  • Vulnerability Analyses of Wetlands
  • Digital land use and land cover change detection studies
  • Rainfall-runoff modelling
  • Thermal remote sensing
  • Soil erosion studies
  • Morphometric analysis and Watershed management
  • Terrain evaluation and site selection
  • Land capability and land degradation studies
  • Desertification

Work Experience

  • Teaching: 22 Years
  • Research: 32 Years
  • Industry: 32 Years
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Academic Profile

Award and Honours
Award and Honours

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Total Award and Honours

Leadership & Institutional Service

Teaching & Mentorship

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Outstanding Reviewer Award, Remote Sensing of Environment (Elsevier), 2017.

Excellent Associate Editor Award, Journal of Forestry Research, Springer, 2017.

Bharat Excellence Award and Gold Medal by the India International Friendship

Fellowship

  • Fellow, International Society of Ecological Communications (F.I.S.E.C.) Honorary Fellow of the Society of Environment Sciences (F.S.E.Sc.), India Honorary Fellow of the Society for Sciences (F.S.Sc.), India