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Dr. Priyanka is an accomplished researcher and academic with over eleven years of professional experience in the fields of Plant Science, Remote Sensing, and Geospatial Technology. She earned her Ph.D. in Botany from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India, in 2010, where her doctoral research focused on Indole Acetic Acid Producing Bacillus Strains and their Effect on Symbiotic Properties in Green Gram and Chickpea. Further advancing her interdisciplinary expertise, she completed an M.Tech. in Remote Sensing and GIS from CSSTEAP/IIRS, Dehradun, India, in 2025, with a thesis on Mapping Tree Cover and Modeling Aboveground Biomass of Trees Outside Forests Using Multi-Sensor Data. She obtained a PG Diploma in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System from CSSTEAP/IIRS, Dehradun (2023), where she secured 3rd rank with a CGPA of 8.46 for her project titled Characterization of Seasonal Changes in Forest Structure of Dry and Moist Deciduous Forests of Siwalik Range, Uttarakhand, India using Multi-Sensor Approach, and a PG Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (2022), with a CGPA of 8.97, where her project focused on Retrieval of Chlorophyll using Drone and Fused Satellite Imagery, and. She also holds an M.Sc. in Botany (2006) and a B.Sc. in Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry (2004) from CCS University, Meerut. Dr. Priyanka’s research interests span remote sensing of vegetation and forest ecosystems, multi-sensor data integration, LiDAR and SAR applications, carbon stock monitoring, and molecular plant biology, including studies on PGPR, starch metabolism, and high-temperature stress in rice. Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Sai Nath University, Ranchi, she also collaborates internationally as a Visiting Researcher at Hokkaido University, Japan. A life member of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) and member of IEEE/GRSS, Dr. Priyanka has actively contributed to the scientific community as Session Chair and Finance Chair at the International India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS) 2024. Dr. Priyanka has received multiple recognitions, including the Best Paper Award at InGARSS 2024, and has contributed to several international research projects supported by JAXA on forest biomass and snow parameter retrieval. Her scholarly output includes numerous peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations in high-impact journals and global symposia.
Prof. Gulab Singh is a Full Professor at the Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). He received the Ph.D. degree from IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, in 2011, and the Dr.-Eng.-Habil (ronbun hakase) degree in electrical and information engineering from Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, in 2013. His professional expertise includes geospatial technology, developing general radar polarimetry methods for analyzing fully polarimetric data for Earth monitoring and developing radar remote sensing inversion techniques for accurately retrieving geo-, cryo-, and bio-physical parameters. His research interests include, IOT based sensor system development for cryosphere data collection, radar remote sensing of stored water in snowpack and glaciers, radar polarimetry and polarimetric SAR data decomposition, and inversion and SAR tomography techniques. Dr. Singh has held various administrative positions. He has organized several workshops and conferences, including the National Conference on Himalayan Cryosphere and the BRICS workshop on remote sensing of the cryosphere. Currently he is also serving as Chair of GRSS Bombay Chapter and IEEE GRSS Distinguished Lecturer at DLP.
Dr. Gulab Singh is a renowned remote sensing expert with a diverse background in various fields. He has served as a general chair of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium-2024, a session chair in various international conferences, including the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium-2019, the International Polarimetric SAR workshop in 2019, and the Japan-India-Russia Symposium on Geospatial data for Environment Monitoring (JIRSGEM). Dr. Singh has also served as a guest editor for Frontiers in Forests and Global Change and an associate editor for the Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing. He has also served as a member of the Technical Program Committee TPC for the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR) and the National Symposium on Advances in Remote Sensing (NS-ARS21). Dr. Singh has also organized several events, including the Microwave Remote Sensing Workshop at CSRE, the BRICS Workshop on Remote Sensing of Cryosphere, and the 3-Day Workshop on Remote Sensing of Cryosphere jointly organized by IIT Bombay and IEEE GRSS Bombay Chapter. He has also received numerous awards, including the UNESCO Scientific Grant award in 2007, the National Geomatics Award for Excellence 2021 by the Indian Society of Geomatics, India and the National Geospatial Award for Excellence 2021 by the Indian Society of remote sensing, India and Fellow of Indian Society of Geomatics in 2024.
