C. V. OF DR. P. K. GARG Name : Pradeep Kumar Garg Date of Birth : August 11, 1958 Address for Communication : Professor Geomatics Engg. Section Civil Engg. Deptt. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee – 247667 (Uttaranchal State) India E mail: [email protected] Ph: (01332) 285462 (O) 285026, 275060 (R) Fax: 273560 Educational Qualification: Degree Year University 1. B.E. (Civil Engg) 1980 University of Roorkee, Roorkee 2. M.E. (Civil Engg) 1982 University of Roorkee, Roorkee with specialisation in Advanced Surveying & Photogrammetry 3. Ph.D. (Remote Sensing) 1991 University of Bristol, U.K. 4. Post-doctoral (Remote Sensing) 1999 University of Reading, U.K. Employment Details: 1. Professor Feb. 3, 2004 to Continuing, IIT Roorkee 2. Associate Professor Feb. 18, 2001 to Feb. 2, 2004, IIT Roorkee 3. Asstt. Professor April 1996 to Feb. 17, 2001University of Roorkee, Roorkee 4. Lecturer October 1982 – March 1996 University of Roorkee, Roorkee Awards: 1. Gold Medal in M.E. (Civil Engg) 1982 from the University of Roorkee. 2. Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship 1987-1990 from the British Council. 3. Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship 1998-1999 from the British Council. 4. ISRS SPECK Award-2003 for research paper in Indian Society of Remote Sensing Conference, Hyderabad (With Mr. R. D. Garg, Prof. S. K. Govil) 5. Rastriya Gaurav Award, 2004 form India International Friendship Society UG and PG Courses Developed : 1. UG Courses – Geomatics Engg. Principles of GIS 2. PG Courses - Principles of Remote Sensing GIS and Its Applications Geoinformatics for Water Resources Geoinformatics for Urban & Regional Planning Digital Image Processing Advanced Surveying & Measurement Techniques 3. Multimedia Course on GIS Developed Laboratory Development : (i) Remote Sensing and GIS Lab. Developed (ii) Latest Practicals Exercises Developed (iii) Surveying Software Developed (iv) Equipment Procured from Project Grant · Digitizing Table · Arc Info GIS Software · ER Mapper Image Processing and GIS Software · ERDAS Imagine · Land Development Desktop Terrain Mapping Software · Mobile Van for Field Data Collection · Zoom Stereo Transferoscope Academic Achievements: 1. Papers published in Journals 42 (35 Pub.+ 07 Under Pub.) Conferences 56 2. Chapters contributed in Books 07 3. Research projects Completed 11 In Progress 02 4. Consultancy projects Completed 20 In Progress 05 5. Ph.D. Thesis supervised Completed 05 In Progress 06 6. M.E. Theses supervised Completed 47 In Progress 02 7. Training courses organized Completed 23 In Progress 01 8. Book Published 02 Under Publication 01 9. Monogram published 02 10. Educational Video Film 02 11. Conferences/Workshop Organised 05 Professional Membership: 1. Fellow Member of Bhoo Vigyan Vikas Foundation, Delhi (F-50) 2. Fellow Member of Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata (29971-RF) 3. Fellow Member of Indian Water Resources Society, Roorkee (F-2001-1110) 4. Fellow Member of Institutions of Surveyors, New Delhi (F-476) 5. Patron Life Membership Society for Computer Awareness (SCA/PTR -0111) 6. Life Fellow Member of Indian Geotechnical Society (LF-0376) 7. Life Fellow Member of Indian National Cartographic Association, Hyderabad (LF-17) 8. Life Member of Institute of Urban Transport, Delhi (M-473) 9. Life Member of Geo Map India, Hyderabad (Life/1013/1) 10. Life Member of Indian Association of Hydrologists, Roorkee (LM-1253) 11. Life Member of Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservation, Dehradun (LM-1211-G) 12. Life Member of Indian Society for Continuing Education, Roorkee (LM-391) 13. Life Member of Indian Society for Construction Materials & Structures (ISCMS), Roorkee (LM-623) 14. Life Member of Indian Society of Geomatics, Ahmedabad (L-332) 15. Life Member of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun (L-0179) 16. Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi (LM-31814) 17. Life Member of Indian Society for Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Technology (LM-1619) 18. Life member of Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (LM-1119) 19. Life Member of Indian Society Agricultural Engineers (LM-10067) 20. Member of IAHS, U.K. (2400) Member/Expert : 1. Member in Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Optical Division, New Delhi 2. Member in National Institute of Hydrology working group on Hydrological Observation and Instrumentation. 3. Member PG Programme Formulation Committee IIRS Dehradun. 4. Member Executive Committee Roorkee School for Deaf, Roorkee. 5. Member Evaluation of Syllabus of Institution of Surveyors, Delhi (by AICTE Delhi). 6. Member GIS Project Evaluation, AICTE, Delhi. 7. Member Executive Council of Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS) Roorkee (2003- 2005). 8. Member Executive Council of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) (2004-2006). 9. Member Executive Council of Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservation, Dehradun (2004-2006). 10. Member TIFAC CORE Centre for Disaster Mitigation, DST, New Delhi 11. Member Project Formulation Committee on Digital Archaeology, University of Allahabad. 12. Member Core Committee of Project Evaluation on Terrain Mapping, DRDO New Delhi. Visits Abroad: 1. United Kingdom 2. United States of America 3. Germany 4. Switzerland 5. Spain 6. Italy 7. France 8. Thailand Research Areas: Land Surveying, Topographic Mapping, Remote Sensing, GIS, Cartography, Digitization & Image Processing, GPS, Natural Resources Inventory & Mapping Software Used: Total Station Software, ARC/ INFO, SPANS, Geomedia, ER Mapper, ERDAS, MGE Intergraph, ARC VIEW, CAD, Statistical, Digitization, GPS etc. Remote Sensing Images Used: LANDSAT, SPOT, IRS, IKONOS Other Responsibilities: 1. Coordinator, Centre for Remote Sensing, funded by All India Council for Technical Education/Ministry of Human Resources Development. 2. Co-Coordinator, Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP), IIT Roorkee 3. O.C. Dairy, IIT Dairy APPENDIX A LIST OF PAPERS PUBLISHED (P.K. GARG) (A) JOURNALS/BOOKS 1. Monitoring Landuse and Landcover Changes using LANDSAT Imageries, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, No. 2, Dec. 1984 (with K.P. Sharma and S.C. Jain). 2. Spectral Reflectance Pattern Study of Some Indian Landuse and Landcover Features, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Vol. 14, No.1, June 1986 (with K.P. Sharma and S. K. Verma). 3. Hydrologic Soil Classification of a Part of Narmada Catchment using Remote Sensing Data, Journal of Indian Association of Hydrologist, Sept. 1987 (with K.P. Sharma and S.K. Chadha). 4. Land Suitability Classification for Irrigated Cultivation using Remote Sensing Data, Journal of Institution of Engineers, Sept. 1987 (with K.P. Sharma and Anil Kumar). 5. Remote Sensing for Highway Project Planning, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 1987/1988 (with K.P. Sharma and Ravi Kumar). 6. Satellite Evaluations of Vegetational Change in Semi-Arid Mediterranean Landscapes, Chapter 6, In Remote Sensing for Hazard Monitoring and Disaster Assessment Marine and Coastal Applications in the Mediterranean Region (E.C. Barrett and K.A. Brown, Eds.), Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, London, U.K., 1991 (with A.R. Harrison). 7. Land Degradation and Erosion Risk Analysis in S. E. Spain: A Geographic Information System Approach. CATENA Int. Journal, Vol. 19, 1992 (with A.R. Harrison). 8. Role of Expert Systems in Remote Sensing, Asian-Pacific Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1992 (with M. Arora). 9. Role of Geographic Information System to Integrate Remote Sensing and Terrain Data, Journal of GIS India, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 11-17, 1994 (with Alak Roy). 10. Geographic Information System as a Tool for Distributed Hydrologic Modelling, GIS India, Vol. No. 3, pp. 27-31, July 1994. 11. Utility of IRS LISS II for the Extraction of LISS II for the Extraction of Basin Characteristics, Indian Surveyor, July 1995 (with S.K.Ghosh and A.K. Nigam) 12. GIS Based Landcover Study of Rural Area around Roorkee using ERDAS packages, GIS India, Vol. No. 4, pp. 14-17, July 1995 (with K.P.Sharma and R.K.Shukla). 13. Forest Fire Disaster Study using Remote Sensing Techniques, Himalayan Environment & Sustainable Development (Ed by P. B. Saxena), Surya International Publication, Dehradun, 1995, pp 225-228. 14. Remote Sensing as a Tool in Hydrology and Water Resources, Water Resources Planning and Management (Eds V. P. Singh & B. Kumar), Kluver Academic Publishers The Netherlands, 1996, pp 261-277. 15. Use of Digital Elevation Model in Runoff Modelling, Water Resources Planning and Management (Eds V. P. Singh & B. Kumar), Kluver Academic Publishers The Netherlands, 1996, pp 245-257. 16. Use of Remote Sensing Technology for Soil Degradation Study, Indian Journal of Water Resources, Roorkee, 1997. 17. Understanding Geographic Information Systems, Journal of GIS India, 1997. 18. An Odyssey of Indian Space Programme, Asian Pacific Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS, Bangkok, 1997(with Nirupama). 19. Utility of Remote Sensing in Archaeology, Chapter contributed in Book “Remote Sensing in Archaeology” by Alok Tripathi, Published by Sundeep Prakashan, Delhi (with Nirupama), 1999. 20. Role of Geographic Information System in Archaeology, Chapter contributed in Book “Rook Sensing in Archaeology” by Alok Tripathi, Published by Sundeep Prakashan, Delhi (with Nirupama), 1999. 21. Global Positioning System - Future Scenario, GIS India, Vol 8, Issue 4, pp. 9-12, November-December 1999. 22. Real – Time Surveying : Achievements & Developments, Journal of Indian Surveyors, 2000. 23. Learn Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS Technologies Free on Internet, GIS India, Vol. 9, Issue No. 6, pp. 15-17, Nov.-Dec., 2000. 24. Use of Statistical Techniques for Inter-Block Disparities Analysis under GIS Environment, Journal of GIS India, Vol. 9, Issue 6, pp. 23, Nov.-Dec. 2000, (with R.D. Gupta, and M. Arora). 25. A Modified Exterior Orientation Approach for IRS-1C Stereo Images, (with R.S. Tiwari, S.K. Govil, and Sonia Sarkis), Journal of Indian Surveyors, 2001. 26. The Changing Paradigm of Governance, GIS@development, Vol. 5, Issue 5, pp. 21-22, May 2001. 27. Some E-Governance Initiatives in India GIS@development, Vol. 5, Issue 5, pp. 23, May 2001. 28. Remote Sensing & GIS Education and Training at the University of Roorkee, GIS India, Volume 10, No. 3, pp.