Dr. Nilanchalpatel Patel M.Tech.(IIT Roorkee), Ph.D.(IIT Kanpur)
Date of Joining:
4th May, 1999
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Professor Department of Remote Sensing Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi - 835215 Jharkhand India
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0091-651-2275228|0091-9431100357
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npatel@bitmesra.ac.in
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
Leadership & Institutional Service
Teaching & Mentorship
Award and Honours
Excellent Associate Editor Award, Journal of Forestry Research, Springer, 2017.
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Remote Sensing of Environment (Elsevier), 2017.
Senior Member, Hong Kong Chemical, Biological& Environmental Engineering Society (HKCBEES)
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