Kshama Gupta Profile

• Indian Society of Remote Sensing
• Indian Society of Geomatics
• Astronautical Society of India
• Indian Meteorological Society
• Institute of Town planners of India
• Indian Institute of Architects
• Council of Architecture, India

• PhD(ongoing) - IIT Roorkee
• M.Tech (Urban Planning) - SPA. Delhi
• B. Arch.- MNIT, Jaipur

• Scientist at Indian Space Research Organization, Dehradun- Since 2001
• Assistant Manager at Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats, Delhi (2001).
• Assistant Architect at M/s Dharmendra Jain and Architects, Ajmer (1999).
• Assistant Architect at M/s Mimar Architects, Ajmer (1998).

• Best Research Paper Award- Second National Conference on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G-India 2015) on “Open Source Geospatial Tools in Climate Change Research and Natural Resource Management" held at IIRS Dehradun during June 9-10, 2015
• Best Paper award – ISRS , 2003 at Trivandrum
• National Merit Scholarship for Senior Secondary School Exam, 1992
• National Merit Scholarship for Secondary School Exam, 1990

• Keynote Address and Session Chair- National Conference on ‘Urban Environmental Management in India: Problems and Prospects’ at Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur on February 13-14, 2017.
• Editorial Board Member--International Journal of Advancement in Remote Sensing, GIS and Geography, IROSSS Publications
• Treasurer- Indian Meteorological Society- Dehradun Chapter- 2014 – till date
• Reviewer of International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
• Reviewer of Journal of Environment Planning and Management
• Reviewer of Urban Climate, Elsevier Publications.
• Reviewer of Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Springer
• Reviewer of Annals of GIS, Taylor and Francis.
• Reviewer of International Journal of Digital Earth, Taylor and Francis.
• Reviewer of Geocarto International, Taylor and Francis.
• Reviewer of Journal of GI Science and Remote Sensing, Taylor and Francis.
• Reviewer of IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observation and Remote Sensing, IEEEXplore.
• Reviewer of Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, International Society of Arboriculture.
• Reviewer of International Journal of Advancement in Remote Sensing, GIS and Geography, IROSSS Publications

• Wind simulation in urban area using open source software, 2015, Gaurav Sharma, Kshama Gupta, Praveen Thakur, Pratiman Patel, Pramod Kumar, SP Aggarwal, Second National Conference on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G-India 2015) on “Open Source Geospatial Tools in Climate Change Research and Natural Resource Management" held at IIRS Dehradun during June 9-10, 2015
• Use of High Resolution Satellite data for micro level human resource enumeration (2003), Kshama Gupta, S.K. Pathan, G.Anil Kumar, ISRS- Symposium-2003, Trivandrum

• Jeganathan, C., Kumar Pramod, Gupta, Kshama, Garg Rahul D., Sinha Anand Kr., Avisek Kirti, and Hebbale Ramesh, 2017, Remote Sensing and GIS for Civil Engineering Applications and Human Development, International Journal of Advancement in Remote Sensing, GIS and Geography, 5(1), 1-18. (IF- 0.994)
• Jhaldiyal A., Gupta K., Gupta P K, Reddy S., K., Kumar P., Pushplata, 2017, Review of methods for estimating surface roughness for understanding urban climate, Vayumandal, Journal of Indian Meteorological Society.42(2), 129-139.
• Gupta K., Sharma S., Singh A., Aryan I., Kuliyal S., Deshmukh A., Gani U., Raghvendra S., Kumar P., Agarwal S., 2017, Geospatial Techniques for Urban Regeneration, Heritage Conservation and Planning, Spandrel, International Journal of SPA, Bhopal. 1(12):102-113.
• Vaidya G., Pawar A. S., Gupta K., 2017, Mapping Urban Green Spaces for Neighbourhood Sustainability by using Urban Neighbourhood Green Index , Spandrel, International Journal of SPA, Bhopal. 1(12):27-39.
• Gupta K., Roy A., Luthra K., Maithani S., Mahavir, 2016, GIS based analysis for assessing the accessibility at hierarchical levels of urban green spaces, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 18:198 –211. (IF- 2.87)
• Gupta K., Bhardwaj A., Kumar P., Pushpalata, 2015, Procedural rule based 3D city modeling and visualization using high resolution satellite data, International Journal of Advancement in Remote Sensing, GIS and Geography, 3(2):16-25. (IF- 0.994)
• Loi D T, Tuan P A, Gupta K., 2015, Development of an index for assessment of Urban Green Spaces at city level, International Journal of Remote Sensing Applications, 5:78-88.
• Gupta K., 2013, Unprecedented Growth of Dehradun Urban Area: A Spatio- temporal analysis, International Journal of Advancement in Remote Sensing, GIS and Geography, 1(2):6-15. (IF-0.994).
• Gupta K., Kumar P., Pathan S. K., Sharma K.P., 2012, Urban Neighborhood Green Index- A measure of green spaces in urban areas, Landscape & Urban Planning., 105(3):325-335 (IF-4.27).
• Gupta , Kshama & Kamal Pandey, 2011, Social Social Upliftment through Space Technology, (2011), ,Vigyan Pragati Journal in Hindi, NISCAIR Publications, Vol 60 (07), July 2011, Cover Page Article
• Gupta Kshama and Sadhana Jain, 2005, Enhanced capabilities of IRS P6 LISS IV sensor for urban mapping, Current Science, 89(11), 1805-1812.
• Gupta Kshama, Pathan S.K., & Anil Kumar G., 2005, Need of population estimation for micro level infrastructure planning: A Remote Sensing Approach , ITPI Journal, Vol.2 no.2, April- June 2005.

• Kumar P., Gupta K., Karnatak H., Siddiqui A., Senthil Kumar A., 2017, Geo-enabled E-democracy Tools and Services for Smart Cities, E-Democracy Issues and Tools, E-Democracy for Smart Cities, Vinod Kumar T. M. (Ed.), Springer Publications.

• Ghosh P D, Gupta K., Thakur P., Kumar P., Agarwal S P, 2017, A Study of Urban Boundary Layer using Urban Physics Options Coupled with High Resolution WRF Model, Int. Conf. on Urban Geoinformatics, Teri University, Delhi , February 22-23, 2017.
• Gani U., Gupta K., Deshmukh A., Kumar P., 2016, Climate Comfort Zonation Map of India using Open Source Climate Data and GIS Techniques, National Symposium on Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS with Special Emphasis on Mountain Ecosystem, ISRS ISG Symposium 2016, Dec 7-9, 2016, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun.
• Ahlawat M., Puntambekar K., Shah D.i, Bulusu V. J., Gupta K., Harishankar, Kumar P, 2016, Calculating CO2 Emissions in Dehradun using Geospatial Techniques, 36th INCA International Congress with focus on sub-theme: Mapping of pollution, population and natural resources, 9-11 November, 2016, Santiniketan- West Bengal, India
• Sharma G., Gupta K., Thakur P., Patel P., Kumar P., Aggarwal S. P., 2015, Wind simulation in urban area using open source software, Second National Conference on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G-India 2015), IIRS Dehradun , June 9-10, 2015. (Received Best Research Paper award).
• Jhaldiyal A., Gupta K., Gupta P K, Kumar P., 2015, An open source application to compute urban morphometric parameters to understand urban winds, Second National Conference on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G-India 2015) , IIRS Dehradun , June 9-10, 2015.
• Bodhankar S., Gupta K., Kumar P., 2015, Smart Planning through Geo-enabling of Digital Database for Planning Authorities: A Case Study of Regional Park Zone (RPZ) Pockets in Navi Mumbai Notified Area, ISG 2015 Conference. Jaipur, December 16-18, 2015.
• Tyagi P., Gupta K., 2015, Generation of 3D city model using high resolution satellite image, 2015, International conference on Recent Advances in Computing, Communication and Electrical Technology (RACCET-2015), H.R.I.T Group of Institution, Ghaziabad, 11-12 April, 2015.
• Gupta K, Maithani S., Jain S., Siddiqui A., Kumar P., 2014, Geospatial Technologies for Urban Settlement Pattern, Brain Storming Session on Sustainability through systems of settlements, SPA, New Delhi, 17-18 January, 2014.
• Gupta K., Bhardwaj A., Kumar P., Pushpalata, Krishna Murthy Y.V.N., 2013, 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’ from November 21-22, 2013 at Hyderabad, India.
• Gupta Kshama & Kamal Pandey, 2012, RS/GIS techniques for management of Urban Disasters, Intra centre Hindi Seminar, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, January10, 2012.
• Pandey Kamal & Gupta Kshama, 2012), Open Source/FOSS softwares for Disaster management,), Intra centre Hindi Seminar, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, January10, 2012.
• Gupta Kshama et al.,2011, Functional Assessment of Urban Green spaces – A GIS analysis, 12th ESRI India User Conference, Noida, December 7-8, 2011.
• Gupta Kshama et al.,2011, Spatial Growth dynamics of Dehradun Urban Area, National Seminar for Sustainable Cities, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, September 26-27, 2011.
• Gupta Kshama et al., 2011, Assessing the Accessibility of Urban Green Spaces,.,in National Seminar for Sustainable Cities, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, September 26-27, 2011.
• Gupta Kshama et al., 2011, Temporal Analysis of Pathri Reserve Forest area- a cause for concern, , in ISG-2011 at MDS University, Ajmer from 3-5 Feb, 2011.
• Gupta Kshama et al., 2011, Geomatics for management of Power Infrastructure, in ISG-2011 at MDS University, Ajmer from 3-5 Feb, 2011.
• Gupta Kshama and Jain Sadhna, 2004, Evaluation of IRS-P6 LISS IV data for the identification of urban features: a case study of Dehradun city, National symposium on Resourcesat-1 ,at NRSA Hyderabad, October 19-20, 2004
• Gupta Kshama, Pathan,S. K., Anil Kumar G., 2003, Use of high-resolution satellite data for micro level human resource enumeration, , ISRS symposium-2003.Trivendrum(Awarded Best poster paper award), December 9-12, 2003 .

• 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).
• Gupta K., Gupta P. K., Jhaldiyal A. and Kumar P., 2015, 3D Modeling to compute urban morphometric parameters for understanding urban climate, Contact Newsletter, 17(2).
• Gupta Kshama, Deepank, Ashwini Dubey, Vipul Mahule, 2014, Modeling Wind Flow in Urban Areas, Contact Newsletter, Vol. 16 No.2
• Gupta Kshama, Ashutosh Bhardwaj, 2014, Airborne LiDAR for modeling urban areas, Contact Newsletter, Vol. 15 No.2
• Gupta Kshama, 2012, Spatial Infobase and visualization software for Ayodhya using high resolution satellite data, 2012, , Contact Newsletter, Vol. 14, no.1, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing.
• Gupta Kshama, 2011, Advanced Technologies for Management of Electric Substations, , Geospatial World Weekly, Oct 3, 2011, Vol 7 Issue 40 .

Scientific and Technical Reports:

• Gupta K., Kumar P. , Senthil Kumar A., 2016, Comparative evaluation of Pleiades and Kompsat-3 Stereo data products for DSM and 3D model generation – A brief report
• Gupta K., Bhardwaj A., 2015, 3D City Modelling using Aerial Laser Terrain Mapper- Digital Camera (ALTM-DC) Data for Urban Visualization and Management, Technical Report (Restricted: Document Control Number- IIRS/ URSD/TDP/KG/2015/135).
• Gupta, Kshama, D. Giri Babu, Kamal Pandey, K P Sharma, Execution Document, Digital Mapping and Information System for Ayodhya( 2010), , Technical Report, RRSC-N Dehradun
• M. Kudrat, Hitendra Padalia, Kshama Gupta, KP Sharma,,Land use Land cover mapping of Himachal Pradesh using Multi Temporal satellite data under NR Census- 1:50K (2009), Technical Report, RRSC-N, Dehradun
• Kshama Gupta, A feasibility study to assess the use of high-resolution satellite data for cadastral level mapping and cadastral information system in hilly region (2007), Technical Report, RRSSC-Dehradun
• Kshama Gupta, Uttaranchal Power Information system- A pilot study of Dehradun (2007), Technical Report, RRSSC-Dehradun
• Kshama Gupta, D. Giri Babu, Urban Spatial Growth Prediction Model (2005), Technical Report, RRSSC-Dehradun
• Kshama Gupta, Village information kiosk: Bringing ICT to Rural People- a proposal document (2004), RRSSC- Dehradun.
• Kshama Gupta, Evaluation of Cartosat-simulated data for urban studies (2004), Evaluation report, RRSSC-Dehradun.
• M. Kudrat, John Mathew, M.R. Sujimol, Kshama Gupta, Kamal Pandey, M. L. Manchanda, V. K. Jha, Integrated Resource Information System for Desert Areas (IRIS-DA) of Mahendragarh District, Haryana(2004), Technical Report, RRSSC-Dehradun.
• M. Kudrat, John Mathew, M.R. Sujimol, Kshama Gupta, Kamal Pandey, M. L. Manchanda, V. K. Jha , Integrated Resource Information System for Desert Areas (IRIS-DA) of Rewari District, Haryana(2004), Technical Report, RRSSC-Dehradun.
• Kshama Gupta, Knowledge rules for Land Use/ Land cover classification (2004), - prepared for DTRL, Delhi.
• Gupta Kshama & G. Anil Kumar, 2002, Evaluation of Multi Spatial/Spectral/Temporal Satellite Data for Urban Planning and Development exercises
• Gupta Kshama, 2002, Use of High Resolution Satellite data (IKONOS) for Detailed Urban Land Use Mapping and Urban Population Enumeration at Micro level.

Workshops/Conferences/Seminars attended:

• National Symposium on Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS with Special Emphasis on Mountain Ecosystem, ISRS ISG Symposium 2016, Dec 7-9, 2016, IIRS, Dehradun.
• National Conference on ‘Urban Environmental Management in India: Problems and Prospects’ at Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur on February 13-14, 2017
• Inter-Centre Hindi Technical Seminar, IIRS, Dehradun, August 5, 2016.
• IIRS User Interaction Meet -2016, IIRS, Dehradun, February 18, 2016.
• Second National Conference on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G-India 2015) on Open Source Geospatial Tools in Climate Change Research and Natural Resource Management, IIRS, Dehradun, June 9-10, 2015.
• IIRS User Interaction Meet -2015, IIRS, Dehradun, February 26-27, 2015.
• State level Workshop for capacity building of stakeholders on Bhuvan- NUIS, IIRS, Dehradun, September 5, 2014.
• Regional level Workshop for Capacity Building of Stakeholders on NUIS-Bhuvan, IIRS, Dehradun, April 15, 2014.
• IIRS User Interaction Meet -2014, IIRS, Dehradun, February 20-21, 2014.
• Joint International Workshop of ISPRS WG VIII/1 and WG IV/4 on Geospatial Data for Disaster and Risk Reduction, INCOIS, Hyderabad, India, November 21–22, 2013.
• Workshop on Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) Series Evolution: Development and Experiences, Jointly organised by ISRS-DC and IMS-DC on National Remote Sensing Day, IIRS, Dehradun, August 12, 2013.
• Joint international workshop of ISPRS WG VIII/1 and WG IV/4 on "Geospatial data for Disaster and Risk Reduction" from November 21-22, 2013 at Hyderabad, India.
• Brain Storming Session on Sustainability through systems of settlements ,17-18 January, 2014, SPA, New Delhi
• Organized Rajiv Awas Yojana Workshop for Decision Makers for Nrothern States at IIRS, Dehradun (October 17-18, 2011).
• Attended 12th ESRI India User Conference, Noida (December 7-8, 2011)
• Attended National Seminar on Sustainable Cities, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam (September 26-27, 2011)
• Attended ISG-2011 at MDS University , Ajmer ( February 3-5, 2011)
• Attended “National symposium on Resourcesat-1” organized by NRSA at Hyderabad (October 19, 2004 to October 20, 2004
• ISRS Symposium-2003 at Trivendrum (December 9, 2003 to December 12, 2003)
• Workshop on “National Spatial Data Infrastructure” organized by IIRS and ISPRS working group IV/4 (November 6, 2003 to November 8, 2003) at Dehradun.
• Colloquium attended on “ Landuse/Landcover mapping of Dehradun District” organized by ISRS, Dehradun Chapter.
• ISRO Induction Training Program, 2002
• Attended workshop on “India Launch of Good Urban Governance Campaign” organized by Govt. of India and UNCHS (Sept.2001), New Delhi.
• Attended the seminar “Perspective 2000” organized by School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and Institute of Town Planners of India. (March 1999), New Delhi.