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Ashutosh Bhardwaj

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Designation Head, Research Project Monitoring Department and Scientist/Engineer - SF
Department Research Project Monitoring Department
Field of Expertise Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing & GPS/GNSS
Mail Address Indian Institute of Remote Sensing ISRO, Govt. of India, 4, Kalidas Road, Dehradun- 248001 India.
  • Photogrammetry
  • Remote Sensing
  • GNSS
  • LiDAR
  • SAR Interferometry
  • Life Member, Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG)
  • Life Member, Indian Meteorological Society (IMS)
  • Life Member, Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS)
  • Life Member, Indian National Cartographic Association (INCA)
  • Life Member, Astronautical Society of India (ASI)
  • Life Member, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) Association
  • Member, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
  • PhD - 'Assimilation of Digital Elevation Models generated from Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing Data' from Department of Civil Engineering (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee)
  • M.Tech - Remote Sensing (Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi).
  • B.E. - Civil Engg. (Malviya Regional Engineering College (now Malviya National Institute of Technology), Jaipur).
  • Since 22 Feb. 2023: Scientist/Engineer-‘SF’ and Head, Research Project Monitoring Department, Programme Planning and Evaluation Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun
  • 2017- 21 Feb. 2023: Scientist/Engineer-‘SF’, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Department, Geospatial Technology & Outreach Programme Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun
  • 2012-2016: Scientist/Engineer-‘SE’, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Department, Remote Sensing & Geoinformatics Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun
  • 2011-2012: Scientist/Engineer ‘SE’, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Department, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Dehradun
  • 2006-2010: Scientist/Engineer-‘SD’, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Division, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Dehradun
  • 2005-2006: Scientist/Engineer-‘SD’, Aerial Survey & Digital Mapping (AS&DM), National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad
  • 2001-2004: Scientist/Engineer-‘SC’, Aerial Survey & Digital Mapping (AS&DM), National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad
  • 2000-2001 - Faculty, Civil Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani
  • 2000 - Worked with three institutes on various Indian/UN sponsored projects:
    • Indian Institute for Resource Management Research, Jaipur.
    • Indian Institute for Rural management, Jaipur.
    • Institute for Sustainable Development - Marudhara Academy, Jaipur
  • 1999-2000 - Graduate Engineer Trainee, Kalindee Rail Nirman Engineers Limited, Jaipur.
  • Received appreciation letter from Ministry of Planning and National Development (MPND), Republic of Maldives for rendering expert services for GPS ground control survey in the National Mapping Project, Maldives.

  • Best Paper Awards

  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Gagan Bansal, and S. Natrajan, 2003 "Ground Control point (GCP) Library for Cartosat-I Satellite", Possibilities for Remote Sensing in Future, NRSA, Hyderabad, September 19, 2003.
  • Saini, O., Bhardwaj, A., Chatterjee R.S. (2019). Generation of Radargrammetric Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and Vertical Accuracy Assessment using ICESat-2 Laser Altimetric Data and Available Open-Source DEMs, 39th INCA International Congress on New Age Cartography And Geospatial Technology in Digital India, 18-20 December, Dehradun.

  • Intellectual Property Right

  • Successive Best Pixel Selection Approach SBPSA Tool for InSAR based DEM fusion, Dr. Ashutosh Bhardwaj and Priti Girohi, L-130763/2023, Registered Copyright, Copyright Office, Government of India, New Delhi, July 2023.
  • Method(s) for Assimilation of Digital Elevation Models, Dr. Kamal Jain, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, and Dr. R.S. Chatterjee, L-88896/2020, Registered Copyright, Copyright Office, Government of India, New Delhi, January 2020.
  • Secretary, Indian Society of Remote Sensing- Dehradun Chapter (2006-08).
  • Lead auditor, ISO 9001:2008 (CQI-IRCA-UK).
  • Auditor, ISO 9001:2015 (CQI-IRCA-UK).
  • Reviewer of Scientific Journals / Conference / Seminar Proceedings

  • International Journal of Remote Sensing, Taylor & Francis
  • Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing
  • Geocarto International, Taylor & Francis
  • National Resources Research, Springer
  • Journal of Indian Society of Geomatics
  • GIScience & Remote Sensing
  • Current Science, Indian Academy of Sciences
  • Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, Springer
  • Hydro2008 conference
  • ICHTS2008 Seminar
  • USAG2019 conference.
  • USAG2021 conference.
  • USAG2023 conference.
  • Course Coordinator

  • M.Tech. from IIRS during 2016-2018 under IIRS-Andhra University M.Tech. program.
  • 'Geo-Spatial Technologies for Railway Line Projects' for officials of Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) in 2013.
  • 'Remote Sensing and GIS' for officials of CENSUS of India organization, Office of the Registrar General, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), GOI in 2013
  • ITEC during 2007-2010 for ITEC/SCAAP program of Ministry of External Affairs, GOI.
  • Panel Discussion at Conferences

  • Member, Panel discussion, Survey India 2015: 2nd Naional conference and Exhibition on Land Survey and Mapping, 5-6, August, Bengaluru.
  • Member, Panel discussion, International Conference on Remote Sensing for Disaster Management (ICRSDM)-2017, Andhra University, October, Visakhapatnam.
  • Expert/Guest Lectures

  • Forest Survey of India, Dehradun
  • MNIT, Jaipur
  • Kumaon University, Almora
  • DIPAC, Delhi
  • JMI University, Delhi
  • SASE, Chandigarh
  • Schools (KV, GCIC, Dehradun)
  • Sadhasivam N., Dineshkumar C., Abdul Rahaman S., Bhardwaj A. (2020) Estimation of Forest Tree Heights and Crown Diameter Using High Resolution Images from UAV: A Case Study of Kalesar, Haryana. In: Jain K., Khoshelham K., Zhu X., Tiwari A. (eds) Proceedings of UASG 2019. UASG 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 51, pp 253-263, Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37393-1_22
  • Sadhasivam N., Dineshkumar C., Abdul Rahaman S., Bhardwaj A. (2020) Object Based Automatic Detection of Urban Buildings Using UAV Images. In: Jain K., Khoshelham K., Zhu X., Tiwari A. (eds) Proceedings of UASG 2019. UASG 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 51, pp. 265-278 Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37393-1_23
  • Saini O., Bhardwaj A., Chatterjee R.S. (2020) Detection of Water Body Using Very High-Resolution UAV SAR and Sentinel-2 Images. In: Jain K., Khoshelham K., Zhu X., Tiwari A. (eds) Proceedings of UASG 2019. UASG 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 51, pp. 53-65, Springer, Cham. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37393-1_7
  • Bhardwaj A. (2001) Remote Sensing. In: Lecture Notes on Watershed Management. Dept. of Civil Engg., BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan.
  • Bhardwaj A. (2001) Topographic Surveying. In: Lecture Notes on Watershed Management. Dept. of Civil Engg., BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan.
  • Singh, R. P., Kumar, P., Karnatak, H., Roy, A., Joshi, A., Bhardwaj, A., Pandey, K., Nandy, S., Chattoraj S. L., Hari Shakar. Geospatial Technologies, CBPO Office, ISRO, DOS, 2023.
  • Singh, R. P., Kumar, P., Karnatak, H., Roy, A., Joshi, A., Bhardwaj, A., Pandey, K., Nandy, S., Chattoraj S. L., Hari Shakar. Geospatial Applications, CBPO Office, ISRO, DOS, 2023.
  • Gupta, K., Khatriker, S., and Bhardwaj, A (2023). Performance Evaluation of Urban Canopy Parameters Derived from VHR Optical Stereo data. The 5th International Electronic Conference on Remote Sensing https://ecrs2023.sciforum.net/#session2716
  • Bhardwaj, A., Srivastava, H.S., and Singh, R.P (2023). Performance Assessment of CartoDEM using ICESat-2 and GEDI Spaceborne Lidar datasets for parts of Plain Region in Moga District, Punjab. The 5th International Electronic Conference on Remote https://ecrs2023.sciforum.net/#session2716.
  • Muralidhar, S., and Bhardwaj, A (2023). Preservation and Archiving of Historic Murals: Exploring Orthoimage Generation using Digital Non-Metric Camera. The 5th International Electronic Conference on Remote Sensing https://ecrs2023.sciforum.net/#session2716.
  • Pancholi, S.; Abhinav, A.; Maithani, S., Bhardwaj, A (2023). Simulation of DEM based on ICESat-2 data using openly accessible topographic datasets. The 5th International Electronic Conference on Remote Sensing https://ecrs2023.sciforum.net/#session2716.
  • Girohi, P. and Bhardwaj, A. InSAR based Digital Elevation Model (DEM) improvement using data fusion technique with Neural Networks on diverse topographic Indian Regions. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL & online, 12-16 December, 2022, ESS Open Archive and Authorea Inc., https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.167214547.74490688/v1
  • Girohi, P. andBhardwaj, A. SBPSA model for improvement of InSAR-based DEMs using DEM fusion- case studies of plain and hilly terrains in parts of India. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL & online, 12-16 December, 2022, ESS Open Archive and Authorea Inc., https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.167214552.23121291/v1
  • Buddha, P. B., Bhardwaj, A., and Thapa, R. B. “Land Use Land Cover Change and Prediction in Surkhet Valley, Nepal,” in The Ninth National Conference on Science and Technology, Nepal, 2022, p. 349 [Online]. Available: https://nastconference.org/.
  • Bhardwaj, A., Bhatt, C.M., Chauhan, P. (2021) Utilization of ICESat-2 and Pleiades Stereo Datasets for assessments of Changes in Elevation in Complex Himalayan Terrain due to the Rockslide at Trishul Mountain Range near Ronti Glacier, Chamoli. AGU Fall Meeting, ESS Open Archive and Wiley, 13-17 Dec. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10508966.1 https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/853073
  • Bhardwaj, A., Yadav U. (2021) Performance Assessment of Supported GNSS service through a Standalone Smartphone Device in an Urban Environment. AGU Fall Meeting, ESS Open Archive and Wiley, 13-17 Dec. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10508967.1 https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/938229
  • Mulay, H., and Bhardwaj, A. Application of UAV in Heritage Conservation: A case study of Malhar-gad in Pune District, Maharashtra. 2nd International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems in Geomatics, p. 1–11, 02-04 April 2021, IIT, Roorkee, India.
  • Bhardwaj, A., Sharma, S.K., Gupta, K. Comparison of DEM Generated from UAV Images and ICESat-1 Elevation Datasets with an Assessment of the Cartographic Potential of UAV-Based Sensor Datasets. 2nd Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems in Geomatics, p.1-7,02-04 April 2021, IIT Roorkee, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19309-5_1
  • Bhardwaj, A. Quality Assessment of merged NASADEM products for varied Topographies in India using Ground Control Points from GNSS. MOL2NET 2020, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences, USEDAT-08: USA-Europe Data Analysis Training Program Workshop, UPV/EHU, Bilbao-MDC, Miami, USA, 2020. https://sciforum.net/manuscripts/8946/manuscript.pdf .
  • Bohra, B. M., and Bhardwaj, A. Watershed Prioritization of Upper Kosi Watershed Based on Soil Erodibility Computed Through TanDEM-X DEM and TOPSIS-AHP Ensemble Model. 1st International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences, 10–30 November 2020; Available online: https://sciforum.net/paper/view/7638
  • Bhardwaj, A. Evaluating terrain type using geoid heights obtained from different geoids in varied topographic regions with different complexity. MOL2NET 2020, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences, 6th edition, USEDAT-08: USA-Europe Data Analysis Training Program Workshop, Miami, USA, 2020. https://sciforum.net/manuscripts/6842/manuscript.pdf
  • Bhardwaj, A. Role of GPS / GNSS Surveys in Satellite triangulation for photogrammetric processing using Cartosat-1 datasets and its impact on the photogrammetric products generation cycle. MOL2NET 2020, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences, 6th edition, USEDAT-08: USA-Europe Data Analysis Training Program Workshop, Miami, USA, 2020.
  • Bhardwaj, A. Quality Assessment of Openly Accessible Fused EarthEnv-DEM90 DEM and its comparison with MERIT DEM using Ground Control Points for Diverse Topographic Regions. MOL2NET 2020, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences, 6th edition, USINEWS-04: US-IN-EU Worldwide Science Workshop Series, UMN, Duluth, USA, 2020. https://mol2net-06.sciforum.net/presentations/view/1/50 https://sciforum.net/manuscripts/6855/manuscript.pdf
  • Saini, O., Bhardwaj, A., & Chatterjee, R. S. Radio Frequency Interference Pattern Detection from Sentinel- 1 SAR Data Using U-NET-Like Convolutional Neural Network. Proceedings of MOL2NET, International Conference Series on Multidisciplinary Sciences USINEWS-04: US-IN-EU Worldwide Science Workshop Series, 1–11, 2020. Retrieved from https://sciforum.net/manuscripts/7174/manuscript.pdf
  • Bhardwaj, A., Jain, K., & Chatterjee, R. S. Are Satellite-based Orthoimages and GNSS replacing the Maps for a growing User Community. Proceedings of The 41st Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 1–7. Deqing City, China: ACRS, November, 2020. https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2020/xqbzao.pdf
  • Saha, A., Villuri, V. G. K., & Bhardwaj, A. Assessment and Preparation of Landslide Susceptibility Zonation Map by Geospatial method using Remote Sensing and GIS. Proceedings of The 41st Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 1–10. Deqing City, China: ACRS, November, 2020. https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2020/rht2tv.pdf http://toc.proceedings.com/58852webtoc.pdf
  • Bhardwaj, A., Jain, K., & Chatterjee, R. S. Investigating the Patterns in the Openly Accessible Satellite-based Digital Elevation Models over different LULC Classes. Proceedings of The 41st Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 1–10. Deqing City, China: ACRS, November, 2020. http://toc.proceedings.com/58852webtoc.pdf
  • Upadhyay, V., Saini, O., Pandey, K., & Bhardwaj, A. Identification of Slum Settlements using Logistic Regression. Proceedings of The 41st Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 1–10. Deqing City, China: ACRS, November, 2020. https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2020/c3juqo.pdf
  • S. Khatriker, K. Gupta, and A. Bhardwaj, “Evaluation of Open Source SAR based Digital Elevation Models,” in Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale AP-RASC 2019, 2019.https://www.ursi.org/event.php?id=365
  • O. Saini, A. Bhardwaj, and Chatterjee, R.S. Ship Detection from RISAT-1 and Radarsat-2 SAR Images using CFAR. MOL2NET, International Conference Series on Multidisciplinary Sciences. USEDAT-08: USA-Europe Data Analysis Training Program Workshop, UPV/EHU, Bilbao-MDC, Miami, USA, 2020. https://sciforum.net/manuscripts/6848/manuscript.pdf https://mol2net-06.sciforum.net/presentations/view/1/50 https://sciforum.net/paper/view/6848
  • O. Saini, A. Bhardwaj, and RS Chatterjee. Detection of Waterbody Using Very High Resolution UAV SAR And Sentinel-2 Images,” in Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Unmanned Aerial System in Geomatics – 2019, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37393-1_7
  • Y. Patel, S. Nitheshnirmal, and A. Bhardwaj, “Slum characterization and rehousing for smart city using very high resolution UAV images,” in Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Unmanned Aerial System in Geomatics - 2019, New Delhi.
  • S. Nitheshnirmal, C. Dineshkumar, S. Abdul Rahaman, and A. Bhardwaj, “Estimation of forest tree heights and crown diameter using high resolution images from UAV: A case study of Kalesar, Haryana”, in Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Unmanned Aerial System in Geomatics – 2019, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37393-1_22
  • S. Nitheshnirmal, C. Dineshkumar, S. Abdul Rahaman, and A. Bhardwaj. Object based automatic detection of Urban Buildings using UAV images. in Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Unmanned Aerial System in Geomatics – 2019, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37393-1_23
  • Vivek Kumar, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, A.L. Haldar. Assessment of Vertical Accuracy of Open Source DEMs in parts of Gangetic Plain Region with Icesat Data. The 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, New Delhi, India, October, 2017. https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85047404673&origin=inward&txGid=a28fd8357967de8a1b0599104e6e38ba https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2017/ID_5_749/71.pdf
  • Vivek Kumar, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, A.L. Haldar. Land Use Land Cover (LULC) Classification Using Fusion of Multi-Sensor Optical and Microwave Data from Sentinel Mission. The 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, New Delhi, India, October, 2017. https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85047434999&origin=inward&txGid=f51b5b76deddf4b51dc52effaa6f1b2d https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2017/ID_5_749/72.pdf
  • Kshama Gupta, Sandeep John, Pushplata, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Pramod Kumar, A. Senthil Kumar. Comparative Evaluation of Pleiades, Cartosat- 2 and Kompsat-3 Stereo Data Products for DSM and 3D Model Generation. The 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, New Delhi, India, October, 2017. https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2017/Missing_Proceedings/1388.pdf
  • Kamal Pandey, Sushil Kumar Srivastav, Ashutosh Bhardwaj. Assessment of the Quality of GAGAN and IRNSS or "NAVIC" data for use in social applications. Proceedings of Inter Centre Hindi Technical and official language Seminar on, Role of Space Science for Social Welfare/applications, Pg. 26-33, Dehradun, August 2016.
  • S. Karsauliya and A. Bhardwaj. Effect of number of Ground Control Points on accuracy of DEM generated from ALOS PALSAR InSAR data. National Symposium on Geomatics for Digital India & Annual Conventions of ISG & ISRS; 16-18 December 2015 Jaipur.
  • S. K. Srivastav, Anil Kumar, Kamal Pandey, M. Mahadevaswamy, Kapil Oberai, P. A. Verma, S. Barange, N. Gangwal, A. Bhardwaj, A. Senthil Kumar and Y. V. N. Krishna Murthy. Evaluation of GAGAN and IRNSS Data in Himalayan Terrain. Proceedings of GNSS (GAGAN-IRNSS) User Meet – 2015, ISAC, Bangalore, October 8, 2015.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj and Vikas Thapa. Evaluation of vertical accuracy of ICESat Spaceborne Lidar Data (V34) over Dehradun District Using Open source tools and DGPS data. Open Source Geospatial Tools in Climate Change Research and Natural Resouce Management, National Conference on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, 9-10 June, Dehradun, 2015.
  • Shefali Agrawal, Poonam Seth Tiwari, Hina Pande, S Raghavendra, Ashutosh Bhardwaj.Spaceborne LiDAR to Terrestrial Photogrammetry for Terrain Evaluation and Visualization, ISRO-CNES Science Meet on “Geodynamics of Himalaya”, 12-13 June, 2014.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Poonam Seth Tiwari, and Mahesh Chandra Porwal. Land Use Land Cover mapping of Himalyan and its foothill states using remote sensing, Hindi Technical Seminar on Natural Resource Management in Himalayan Region, Dehradun, March 28, 2014.
  • R. S. Chatterjee, Hemanti Sharma, Shailaja Thapa, Ashutosh Bhardwaj and P.K. Champati ray.Groundwater-induced Land Subsidence Study in Northern India with special emphasis on Delhi & surrounding regions, Workshop on Ground Water Management for Food Security, Dehradun, March 25, 2014.
  • Kshama Gupta, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, P. Kumar, Puspalata, Y. V. N. Krishna Murthy. 3D Visualization and Modeling of Urban areas using Airborne LiDAR data, Joint International Workshop of ISPRS WG VIII/1 and WG IV/4 on Geospatial Data for Disaster and Risk Reduction,November 21-22, 2013, Hyderabad, India.
  • Jariwala, J. J., Bhardwaj, A., Raghavendra, S., & Khoshelham, K, Feasibility of mobile mapping system by integrating Structure from Motion (SfM) approach with global navigation satellite system. In proceedings of Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment (AGSE) 2013, p. 115–132.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Use of Remotes Sensing for National Security, National Security and Environmental Preservation: Higher Management and Technique, IRDE, Dehradun, 7 Feb., 2013.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Kamal Jain, R.S. Chatterjee, "Assimilation of microwave remote sensing data in mapping for Disaster Mitigation and Management", Seminar on Disaster Mitigation and Mangement, IIRS, Dehradun, 10 Jan. 2012.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, "Tsunami: A comparative study on Geographical conditions of Republic of Maldives and Andaman Islands", Seminar on Disaster Mitigation and Mangement, IIRS, Dehradun, 10 Jan. 2012.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Kamal Jain, R.S. Chatterjee, Shefali Agrawal, "Comparative analysis of DEM generated from L-band ALOS PALSAR and Cartosat-1 stereo data: A case study of Dehradun and surroundings", Regional Conference on Geomatics for Good Governance, ISG, University of Kashmir, Sept. 13-14, 2011.
  • Ashutosh Kumar Jha, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Shefali Agrawal, "Open source software for course management system: Tool for capacity building", ISRS, Bhopal, 2011.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Gauri H Joshi, S Raghavendra, Shefali Agrawal, "Analysis of Spaceborne LiDAR (ICESat-1) data for retrieval of terrain elevation and its characteristics", Regional Conference on Geomatics for Good Governance, ISG, University of Kashmir, Sept. 13-14, 2011.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Bayarmaa Enkhtur, S. Rahavendra, Shefali Agrawal, "Topographic Database Generation and 3D Feature Extraction techniques Using Cartosat-1 Stereo Data" was presented at "XXX INCA International Congress on Cartography for sustainable environment", 10-12 Nov. 2010, Dehradun.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Shefali Agrawal, "GNSS and GPS Technologies and their social applications", Hindi Technical Seminar, 11th Nov., 2010, IIRS, Dehradun.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj (2008). "3D Visualization and Indoor Navigation- Role in Modern Military Survey", GeoIntelligence India 2008, 2nd Conference & Exhibition on Geospatial Application in Defence and Internal Security, GIS Development & Military Survey GSGS, June 25-26, 2008.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, "Spatial Model for Rain Water Harvesting- Maldives a case study and Indian Context", Advances in Remote Sensing, Hindi Technical Seminar, IIRS, Dehradun, Nov. 11, 2008.
  • Jayalakshmi, J. Nalini, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Padma Venkateshwaran, V. Raghu Venkataraman, "Aerial Photography and Large Scale Digital Mapping", Advances in Remote Sensing, Hindi Technical Seminar, IIRS, Dehradun, Nov. 11,2008.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Bhuwan Rawat, Aparna Bisht, V.K. Dadhwal, "Development of Ground Control Point Library software- an open source approach", ISRO-DOS Workshop on Computer and IT, VSSC, Trivendrum, Dec. 10-12, 2008.
  • Praveen K Thakur, Ashutosh Bhardwaj and Adarsh Thakur, "Geospatial technology applications in Civil engineering - a review", Pro. of National conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment, MNIT, Jaipur, Dec.15-16, 2008.
  • Praveen K. Thakur, Shiv Prasad Aggarwal, and Ashutosh Bhardwaj (2007). "Hydrological parameter extraction and analysis of Mangala Valles of Mars". 7th International conference of Mars, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), July 9–13, 2007.
  • Milap Punia, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Ranendu Ghosh, "Comparision of Hydrological Parameters Extracted from Various sources of Digital Elevation Datasets", National Conference on GIS/GPS/RS/Digital Photogrammetry and CAD - GIS INDIA 2003, New Delhi.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Gagan Bansal, and S. Natrajan, 2003 "Ground Control point (GCP) Library for Cartosat-I Satellite", Possibilities for Remote Sensing in Future, NRSA, Hyderabad, September 19, 2003.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, and Rajashree Bothale, "Watershed Prioritization Using Remote Sensing , Image Processing & GIS", International Conference on Remote Sensing and GIS/GPS (ICORG-2001), Hyderabad.
  • Gupta K., Bhardwaj A., Kumar P., 2016, Estimation and Validation of building heights from high resolution Cartosat-1 data for 3D city modeling, Contact Newsletter, 18(1).
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, and Shefali Agrawal. Special course on Remote Sensing and GIS for CENSUS Officials, IIRS Contact newsletter, Vol.15, No.2, December,, 2013.
  • Kshama Gupta, Ashutosh Bhardwaj. Airborne LiDAR for Modelling Urban Areas, IIRS Contact newsletter, Vol.15, No.2, December, 2013.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, and Shefali Agrawal. Special course on Geospatial Technologies for Railway Line Project, IIRS Contact newsletter, Vol.15, No.1, June, 2013.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Subrata Nandy. "Bengaluru Space Expo". Volume 14, No. 2, Oct. 2012, IIRS.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj,"ITEC/SCAAP Sponsored International Courses", Volume 12 No. 1, April 2010, IIRS.
  • C. Jeganathan and Ashutosh Bhardwaj. "GIS Day celbrations at IIRS, Dehradun: A glimpse", Volume 10 No. 1, March 2008, IIRS.
  • Ashutosh Bhardwaj, D.N.Pant. "International Short Course on Remote Sensing". Volume 10 No. 2, Nov. 2008, IIRS.
  • Abhik Saha. Development and Assessment of a Hybrid Machine Learning Based Landslide Susceptibility Model in the Darjeeling Himalayas. Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, 2023. Supervisors: Dr. V. G. K. Villuri and Dr. Ashutosh Bhardwaj.
  • Establishment and utilization of major facilities at IIRS, such as, Continuously Operating Rover Station (CORS), Dual Frequency Geodetic receivers, Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) facility.
  • Projects

    Contributed significantly to the following Mapping and image processing projects:

  • Integration of microwave and optical data for photogrammetric product generation, and change detection mapping
  • Evaluation of approaches of Integrated use of Spaceborne LiDAR with optical and microwave satellite datasets for terrain feature extraction and mapping
  • 3D City Modeling using Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper-Digital Camera (ALTM-DC) data for urban visualization and management
  • Generation of Image Mosaics from ESSO-ROV’s Under Water Camera Video Data
  • Generation of National level database on Land use / Land cover on 1:250,000 scale using Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWIFS) data, under Natural Resources Repository (NRR).
  • High resolution Kompsat data processing for Bhuvan portal
  • Integrated Land Information System (ILIS) Project (Nizamabad District).
  • Damage assessment caused by Tsunami in and around Chennai
  • Mapping of Republic of Maldives
  • TCPO Phase-II Project (Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Ambala, and Gurgaon)
  • KMC (Kolkatta Municipal Corporation) Mapping Project
  • Large Scale Mapping project (Dehradun)
  • Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project (RUIDP) covering Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota, Bikaner and Ajmer.
  • Map updation for Delhi Development Authority, Delhi
  • Mapping of Vishakhapatnam
  • Orthophoto generation for Abhujmad district of M.P.
  • DEM generation under ALWAR project for simulation of Cartosat-I Satellite sensors.
  • DEM generation under Uttarkashi project
  • Katra-Qazigund Railway link project (Jammu & Kashmir) for Northern Railway (IRCON)
  • Merged product generation for Hydro Power Project of NHPC (Kurung-I & Kurung-II) in Subansiri basin, Arunachal Pradesh
  • Image Chip Generation from IRS-1C/1D images for GCPL project
  • Supervision of M.Tech/MSc/PGD Research

    Few Selected research of PGD/MSc/MTech. Supervision

    Otgonbayar Lkhagva (2017-18)

    Course: P.G.Diploma in “Remote Sensing and GIS” under CSSTEAP at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar, Ashutosh Bhardwaj and Arjit Roy

    Research Title: Assessment of Biophysical Parameters: Land Surface Temperature for Wildfire Risk Part of Mongolia

    Vidanage Maheshindika Chathurange (2016-17)

    Course: P.G.Diploma in “Remote Sensing and GIS” under CSSTEAP at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: Evaluation of Open Spatial Data for Topographic Mapping

    Manh Van Nguyen (2015-16)

    Course: P.G.Diploma in “Remote Sensing and GIS” under CSSTEAP at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar, Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: Land Cover Mapping using Integration of SAR and Optical Remote Sensed Datasets

    Vivek Kumar (2013-15)

    Course: M.Tech. in “RS&GIS” from A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj, A.L. Haldar

    Research Title: Assessment of Vertical Accuracy of Open Source DEMs with ICESat Data and DGPS

    Vikas Thapa (2013-15)

    Course: B.Tech. (ECE) from ICFAI University

    Supervisors: Shefali Agrawal, Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: Terrain Analysis and Visualization using Optical data and ICESat Spaceborne LiDAR data

    Mahadevaswamy H.M. (2013-15)

    Course: M.Tech. in “Geoinformatics” from Bharathidasan University

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: Watershed Prioritization using Morphometric analysis of Optical DEM and InSAR DEM- A cased study of Asan Watershed in Dehradun District

    Prabhu S. (2013-15)

    Course: M.Tech. in “Geoinformatics” from Bharathidasan University

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: Synergistic use of Microwave and Optical Satellite Data for Feature Extraction

    Vishal Rawat (2013-14)

    Course: P.G.Diploma in “Remote Sensing and GIS” at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Hina Pande, Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title:3D Modeling using Terrestrial Lase Scanning

    Sanjay Mohan (2012-14)

    Course: M.Tech (RS&GIS) at IIRS

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: Use of Open Source Data in Topographic Mapping and 3D Visualization of Remote Inaccessible Areas https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/StudentThesis/Col_SanjayMohan_mtech_2012-14.pdf

    Shweta Karsauliya (2012-14)

    Course: M.Tech (Remote Sensing) from Banasthali Vidyapith University

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: DEM Generation and Feature Extraction using Interferometric SAR Technique

    Jayson Jayeshkumar Jariwala (2011-13)

    Course: M.Sc. (Geoinformatics) under IIRS-ITC JEP (ITC, The Netherlands) at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj, S Raghavendra, K. Khoshelham

    Research Title: Mobile Mapping integrating Structure from Motion (SfM) approach with Global Navigation Satellite System (https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/StudentThesis/MSc_Thesis_Jayson_Jayeshkumar_Jariwala_29.pdf)

    Bikas Kumar Karna (2011-12)

    Course: M.Tech in “Remote Sensing and GIS” under CSSTEAP at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title(as a part of PGD): ): Integrated Approach for Building Extraction from InSAR and Optical Image using Object Oriented analysis Techniques

    Research Title(as a part of M.Tech): ): Road Network Planning for Sustainable Urban Development in Kirtipur Municipality, Nepal

    Ahmad Nadeem (2010)

    Course: P.G.Diploma in “Remote Sensing and GIS” at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: Optical and Microwave image fusion for Landcover Mapping

    Luis Miguel MarquezGuillen (2010)

    Course: P.G.Diploma in “Remote Sensing and GIS” at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: 3D Military Analysis for planning of Tactical Operation in the Battlefield

    Mr. Ruben Materan Mancilla (2009-10)

    Course: P.G.Diploma in “Remote Sensing and GIS” at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: Use of High Resolution Satellite Image for Generating an Urban Cadastral Map

    Raamses Rojas Manrique (2009-10)

    Course: P.G.Diploma in “Remote Sensing and GIS” at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: Mapping of Caracas City, using Orthophoto

    Swati Sharma (2009-10)

    Course: P.G.Diploma in “Remote Sensing and GIS” at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj,PLN Raju

    Research Title: 3D Modeling using Cartosat-1 Stereo Data for IIRS Campus

    Gauri Hemant Joshi (2008-10)

    Course: M.Sc. (Geoinformatics) from University of Pune

    Supervisors: Shefali Agrawal, Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: Terrain Analysis and Visualization using Optical data and ICESat Spaceborne LiDAR data

    Myo Myint Soe (2007-08)

    Course:P.G.Diploma in “Remote Sensing and GIS” under CSSTEAP at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: Cartosat-1 Digital Elevation Model Generation, its Validation and Visualization

    Samadrita Adhikari (2006-08)

    Course: M.Sc. (Geoinformatics) under IIRS-ITC JEP (ITC, The Netherlands) at IIRS Dehradun

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj, K. Tempfli

    Research Title: Error Quantification of Topographic Index in Relation to Terrain Condition and Grid Spacing (https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/StudentThesis/thesispdf_samadrita.pdf) (https://webapps.itc.utwente.nl/librarywww/papers_2008/msc/gfm/samadrita.pdf)

    Vishal Arora (2006-07)

    Course:P.G.Diploma (Geo-Hazards) at IIRS Dehradun under IIRS-ITC JEP

    Supervisors: Ashutosh Bhardwaj

    Research Title: DEM Generation & Extraction of Hydro-Morphological Parameters using Cartosat-1 Stereo Data

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