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Thota Sivasankar

Dr. Thota Sivasankar

NIIT University

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Dr. Thota Sivasankar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) area of NIIT University, India. He received M.Tech. degree in Remote Sensing from Andhra University, and Ph.D. degree on Micro-wave Remote Sensing from I.I.T. (I.S.M.), Dhanbad while he was working at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO. His primary research focuses on the use of microwave remote sensing for various applications including crop growth monitoring, soil moisture retrieval, forest above ground biomass estimation and, flood mapping and monitoring.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Soil moisture
Microwave Remote Sensi...
Biophysical Parameters...
Flood Monitoring
Hybrid polarimetry

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Soil moisture
10%
Biophysical Parameters Retrieval
5%
Microwave Remote Sensing
5%
Flood Monitoring
5%
Hybrid polarimetry

Short Biography

Dr. Thota Sivasankar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) area of NIIT University, India. He received M.Tech. degree in Remote Sensing from Andhra University, and Ph.D. degree on Micro-wave Remote Sensing from I.I.T. (I.S.M.), Dhanbad while he was working at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO. His primary research focuses on the use of microwave remote sensing for various applications including crop growth monitoring, soil moisture retrieval, forest above ground biomass estimation and, flood mapping and monitoring.

Career Timeline

NIIT University

University Educator/Researcher

01 February 2020 - 16 June 2025


North Eastern Space Applications Centre

Research or Laboratory Scientist

01 December 2016 - 01 December 2019


Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO

Others

01 March 2014 - 01 December 2016