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Pankaj Ramji Dhote

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Designation Scientist/Engineer - SE
Department Water Resource Division
Field of Expertise Hydrological-hydrodynamic Modelling, Flood Hydrology, Remote Sensing
Mail Address Water Resource Department, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organisation, Govt. of India, 4, Kalidas Road, Dehradun- 248001 INDIA.
  • Hydrodynamic modelling and its applications in flood hydrology
  • Monitoring of river water level and discharge at sparsely gauged basin using satellite observations (satellite altimetry, SAR/optical dataset)
  • Flood hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment using geospatial techniques
  • Groundwater dynamics assessment using groundwater modeling and remote sensing data
  • Monitoring of hydrological extremes in Himalayan glaciated areas
  • Life Member of International Association of Hydrological Sciences
  • Life Member of Indian Society of Remote Sensing
  • Member of American Geophysical Union
  • Member of European Geophysical Union
  • M Tech (Water Resources Engineering and Management) – 2014 Institute – National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
  • B Tech (Civil Engineering) - 2012 Institute – Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded
  • Scientist/Engineer at Water Resources Department, IIRS, ISRO Dehradun since August 2015.
  • Water Resources Engineer at DHI (Danish Hydraulic Institute), New Delhi for period October 2014 to July 2015.
  • Received RAJYA PURSKAR by Bharat Scout and Guides.
  • Received AGU travel grant award to attend AGU Fall Meeting 2021.
  • Received certificate from Ministry of Earth Sciences for participating in 37th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (ISEA) during the summer season 2017-18.
  • Received appreciation letter from District Magistrate, Nainital for conducting bathymetry survey of the Naini Lake for 03 days during November 09-11, 2020.
  • Received appreciation letter from CWC, Bhubneshwar for carrying out research work entitled “Hydrodynamic modelling and satellite altimetry based establishment of virtual gauging network in flood prone river basin” in Mahanadi river basin.
  • M.Tech student Mr. Joshal Bansal, M.Tech, WRD (2019-2021) under my supervision received the Prof U.C. Kothyari Best M.Tech Thesis Award from the Indian Society of Hydraulics.

1) Treasure of Indian Society of Remote Sensing Dehradun Chapter (ISRS-DC, 2022-24 term).

2) Professional Contribution as an Subject Expert

  • Reviewed research articles of Natural Hazards, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Water Resources Management, Geocarto International, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (JISRS) and Remote Sensing.
  • Reviewed various ISRO funded projects under theme ‘Flood hazard assessment using remote sensing data’.

3) Invited Lectures, Hands-on Session:

  • Delivered lecture on “Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resources” at Vivekanand Kendriya Vidyalay on October 18, 2022.
  • Conducted online hands-on session on “Geo-portals for spatio-temporal satellite data/products availability from multi-missions” during Natural-hazard Symposium for the Indian Himalayas 2021 (NSIH 2021) on October 27, 2022, organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and University of Potsdam, Germany.
  • Delivered lecture cum hands-on session on “ Estimation of water level using satellite altimetry data: Investigation of altimeter observations and hydrodynamic modelling in river flow estimation” at 2-weeks summer school titled ‘Emerging Space Technology Applications for Compound Extremes 2022 (STAC-X 2022)’ organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee on May 12, 2022.
  • Delivered lecture on “Flood mapping, monitoring and modeling using remote sensing data” during Online Training - Development of Decision Support System for Near Real Time Integrated Reservoir Operation System for Ganga Basin organized by TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING PVT. LTD. on July 17, 2022.
  • Delivered lecture on “Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Resources” at Late G.N. Sakpal College of Engineering, Nashik on October 18, 2022.
  • Received best publication award from Editorial Board of Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (JISRS) for the year 2021 for the paper: Pandey P., Chauhan P., Bhatt C.M., Thakur P.K., Kannaujia S., Dhote P.R., Roy A., Kumar S., Chopra S., Bhardwaj A., Aggrawal S.P., 2021. Cause and Process Mechanism of Rockslide Triggered Flood Event in Rishiganga and Dhauliganga River Valleys, Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India Using Satellite Remote Sensing and in situ Observations. J Indian Soc Remote Sens, 49, 1011–1024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-021-01360-3
    • Ranjan, R., Dhote, P.R., Thakur, P.K., Aggarwal S.P., 2022. Investigation of basin characteristics: Implications for sub-basin-level vulnerability to flood peak generation. Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05288-w
    • Garg, V., Dhote, P.R.,Muduli, P.R., Thakur, P.K., Nikam, B.R., Aggarwal, S.P., 2022. Spatial spectral contextual image analysis approach to map water quality of inland waterbody using AVIRIS-NG datasets, Advances in Space Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.09.012
    • Shevnina, E., Potes, M., Vihma, T., Naakka, T., Dhote, P. R., and Thakur, P. K., 2022. Evaporation over a glacial lake in Antarctica, The Cryosphere, 16, 3101–3121, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3101-2022
    • Patel, P., Thakur, P.K., Aggarwal, S.P., Garg, V., Dhote, P.R., Nikam, B.R., Swain, S., & Al-Ansari, N., 2022. Revisiting 2013 Uttarakhand flash floods through hydrological evaluation of precipitation data sources and morphometric prioritization, Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 13:1, 646-666, https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2022.2038696
    • Dhote, P.R., Thakur, P.K., Chouksey, A., Srivastav, S.K., Raghvendra, S., Rautela, P., Ranjan, R., Allen, S., Stoffel, M., Bisht, S., Negi, B.S., Aggarwal, S.P., and Chauhan, P., 2021. Synergistic analysis of satellite, unmanned aerial vehicle, terrestrial laser scanner data and process-based modelling for understanding the dynamics and morphological changes around the snout of Gangotri Glacier, India. Geomorphology, 396, 108005, ISSN 0169-555X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.108005
    • Dhote, P.R., Thakur, P.K., Shevnina, E., Kaushik, S., Verma, A., Ray, Y. and Aggarwal, S.P., 2021. Meteorological parameters and water balance components of Priyadarshini Lake at the Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica, Polar Science, 10 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2021.100763.
    • Pandey P., Chauhan P., Bhatt C.M., Thakur P.K., Kannaujia S.,Dhote P.R., Roy A., Kumar S., Chopra S., Bhardwaj A., Aggrawal S.P., 2021. Cause and Process Mechanism of Rockslide Triggered Flood Event in Rishiganga and Dhauliganga River Valleys, Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India Using Satellite Remote Sensing and in situ Observations. J Indian Soc Remote Sens, 49, 1011–1024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-021-01360-3
    • Thakur, P.K., Swain, A. K., Dhote, P.R., Kumar, P., Kaushik, S., Gajbhiye, D., Mahagaonkar, A., Sharma, V., Dharwadkar, A., Aggarwal, S.P., Beg, J., Chauhan, P., Kumar, A.S., 2021.Satellite and ground based estimates for ice surface velocities in the part of central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: Implications for ice flux calculations, Polar Science,Volume 30, 100737, ISSN 1873-9652, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2021.100737.
    • Dhote, P.R., Thakur P.K., Domeneghetti A., Chouksey A., Garg V., Aggarwal S.P., Chauhan P., 2021. The use of SARAL/AltiKa altimeter measurements for multi-site hydrodynamic model validation and rating curves estimation: An application to Brahmaputra River, Advances in Space Research, 68(02), 691-702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.05.012.
    • Singh, D.K., Thakur, P.K., Naithani, B.P., Dhote, P.R., 2021. Spatio-temporal analysis of glacier surface velocity in dhauliganga basin using geo-spatial techniques. Environ Earth Sci, 80, 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-09283-x
    • Thakur, P.K., Garg, V., Kalura, P., Agrawal, B., Sharma, V., Mohapatra, M., Kalia, M., Aggarwal, S.P., Calmant, S., Ghosh, S., Dhote, P.R., Sharma, R. and Chauhan, P., 2021. Water Level Status of Indian Reservoirs: A Synoptic View from Altimeter Observations. Advances in Space Research. 68 (2), 619-640, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.06.015
    • Singh, S., Dhote, P.R., Thakur, P.K., Chouksey A., Aggarwal S.P., 2020. Identification of flash-floods-prone river reaches in Beas river basin using GIS-based multi-criteria technique: validation using field and satellite observations. Natural Hazards, 105, 2431–2453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04406-w.
    • Kaushik, S., Dhote, P.R., Thakur P.K., Nikam B.R. and Aggarwal S.P., 2019. Integrated approach for identification of waterlogged areas using RS & GIS technique and groundwater modelling. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 5, 1887–1901 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-019-00342-1.
    • Dhote, P.R., Aggarwal S.P., Thakur P.K., Garg V., 2019. Flood inundation prediction for extreme flood events: a case study of Tirthan River, North West Himalaya. Himalayan Geology, Vol. 40 (2), 128-140.
    • Chander, S., Gujrati, A., Hakeem, K.A., Garg, V., Issac, A.M., Dhote, P.R., Kumar, V. and Sahay, A. (2019). Water quality assessment of River Ganga and Chilika lagoon using AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral data. Current Science, 116(7), 1172-1181.
    • Garg V., Kumar, A. S., Aggarwal, S.P., Kumar, V., Dhote, P. R., Thakur, P. K., Nikam, B. R., Sambare, R., Siddiqui, A., Muduli, P. R., Rastogi, G. (2017). Spectral Similarity Approach for Mapping Turbidity of an Inland Waterbody. Journal of Hydrology, 550, 527-537. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.05.039
    • Nikam, B.R., Garg, V., Gupta, P. K., Thakur, P. K., Kumar, A. S., Chouksey, A., Aggarwal, S. P., Dhote, P. R., and Purohit, S. (2017). Satellite Based Mapping and Monitoring of Heavy Snowfall in North Western Himalaya and its Hydrologic Consequences. Current Science, 113 (12), 2328-2334
    • Thakur, P.K., Nikam, B.R., Garg, V., Aggarwal, S.P., Chouksey, A., Dhote, P.R. and Ghosh, S. (2017). Hydrological Parameters Estimation using Remote Sensing and GIS for Indian Region - A Review. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. A Physical Sciences, 87(4):641–659. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40010-017-0440-z
    • Thakur, P.K., Patel, P., Garg, V., Roy, A., Dhote, P.R., Bhatt, C.M., Nikam, B.R., Chouksey, A., Aggarwal, S.P., 2022. Role of Geospatial Technology in Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Modeling-With Focus on Floods Studies. In: Pandey A., Chowdary V.M., Behera M.D., Singh V.P. (eds) Geospatial Technologies for Land and Water Resources Management. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 103. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90479-1_26
    • Thakur P. K., Aggarwal, S. P., Dhote P. R., Nikam, B. R., Garg, V., Bhatt, C. M., Chouksey, A. and Jha, A. (2018). Hydrometeorological Hazards Mapping, Monitoring and Modelling. Chapter 7 in Remote Sensing of Northwest Himalayan Ecosystems, Edited by R.R. Navalgund, A. Senthil Kumar, Subrata Nandy, Springer Singapore (eBook ISBN:978-981-13-2128-3, DOI:10.1007/978-981-13-2128-3)
    • Thakur, P.K., Patel, P., Garg, V., Roy, A., Dhote, P.R., Bhatt, C.M., Nikam, B.R., Chouksey, A., Aggarwal, S.P., 2022. Role of Geospatial Technology in Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Modeling-With Focus on Floods Studies. In: Pandey A., Chowdary V.M., Behera M.D., Singh V.P. (eds) Geospatial Technologies for Land and Water Resources Management. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 103. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90479-1_26
    • Thakur P. K., Aggarwal, S. P., Dhote P. R., Nikam, B. R., Garg, V., Bhatt, C. M., Chouksey, A. and Jha, A. (2018). Hydrometeorological Hazards Mapping, Monitoring and Modelling. Chapter 7 in Remote Sensing of Northwest Himalayan Ecosystems, Edited by R.R. Navalgund, A. Senthil Kumar, Subrata Nandy, Springer Singapore (eBook ISBN:978-981-13-2128-3, DOI:10.1007/978-981-13-2128-3)
    • Dhote, P. R., Moothedan, A. J., Thakur, P. K., and Agarwal, A., 2022. Flood risk assessment framework for Himalayan river basin, EGU General Assembly
    • 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-595, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-595, 2022.
    • Moothedan, A. J., Dhote, P. R., Thakur, P. K., and Agarwal, A., 2022. Projection of future pluvial flood events over Himalayan river basin under CMIP6 climate data, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-438, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-438, 2022.
    • Dhote, P. R., Thakur, P. K., and Agarwal, A., 2022. Satellite radar and LIDAR altimeters observed seasonal variation in water level of Ganga River, AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12–16 December 2022.
    • Dhote, P. R., Bansal, J., Garg, V., Thakur, P.K., Agarwal, A., 2021. Potential of Multi-mission Satellite Altimetry Observations and Hydrodynamic Model to Establish Virtual Gauging Network in Sparsely Gauged Basin. AGU 2021 Fall Meeting, 13-17 December 2021, New Orleans, LA and Virtual. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10509744.1
    • Dhote, P. R., Thakur, P. K., Aggarwal, S. P., Sharma, V. C., Garg, V., Nikam, B. R., and Chouksey, A., 2018. Experimental Flood Early Warning System in Parts of Beas Basin Using Integration of Weather Forecasting, Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Models. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-5, 221-225, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-221-2018.
    • Thakur, P. K., Dhote, P. R., Ranjan, R., Singh, S., Sharma, V., Srivastav, V., Dhasmana, M., Aggarwal, S. P., Chauhan, P., Nikam, B. R., Garg, V., Chouksey, A., 2020. Synergistic use of remote sensing, GIS and hydrological models for the study of August 2018 Kerala floods. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XXIV ISPRS Congress 2020, Aug 31. – Spet.02, 2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B3-2020-1263-2020.
    • Thakur, P. K., Dhote, P. R., Roy, A., Aggarwal, S. P., Nikam, B. R., Garg, V., Chouksey, A., Pokhriyal, N., Chauhan, V., Thakur, N., Dogra, V. S., Rao, G. S., Chauhan, P., Kumar, A S., 2020. Significance of remote sensing based precipitation and terrain information for improved hydrological and hydrodynamic simulation in parts of Himalayan river basins. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XXIV ISPRS Congress 2020, Aug 31. – Spet.02, 2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B3-2020-911-2020.
    • Moothedan, A. J., Dhote, P.R., Thakur, P. K., Garg, V., Aggarwal, S. P. and Mohapatra M., 2020. Automatic Flood Mapping Using Sentinel-1 GRD SAR Images and Google Earth Engine: A Case Study of Darbhangah, Bihar. In The Proceedings of National Seminar on ‘Recent Advances in Geospatial Technology & Applications’, March 02, 2020, IIRS Dehradun, India, pp. 1-4.
    • Kaushik, S., Dhote, P. R., Thakur, P. K., and Aggarwal, S. P.: Assessing the impact of canal network on surface waterlogging using remote sensing datasets in rohtak district, Haryana, 2018. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial
    • Inf. Sci., XLII-5, 261-266, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-261-2018.
    • Muhammed M, Shar J. T, Odekunle M. O, Touraki A. M and Dhote P. R., 2018. Flood Inundation Mapping Around Lokoja Confluence Area, Kogi State, Nigeria. 1st International Civil Engineering Conference (ICEC 2018), Department of Civil Engineering Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, November 7-9, 2018, pp 83-89.
    • Dhote P. R., Joshi Y., Garg V., Aggarwal S. P., Thakur P. K., (2016). Statistical Approach to Define Threshold for Identification of Floodplains Using Height Above Nearest Drainage (HAND) Method in Hilly Areas of Himalaya. National Symposium on Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS with Special Emphasis on Mountain Ecosystems, Indian Society of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Geomatics, December 7 - 9, 2016. , Dehradun (India).
    • Joshi Y., Dhote P. R., Aggarwal S. P., Thakur P. K., (2016). Delineation of Floodplain Areas using Topographic Feature Based Methods for Himalayan Region. Proceedings of International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (Hydro2016), CWPRS Pune, India 8th – 10th December 2016, pp 633-641.
    • Aggarwal, S.P., Thakur, P.K., Garg, V., Nikam, B.R., Chouksey, A., Dhote, P.R. and Bhattacharya, T. (2016). Water Resources Status and Availability Assessment in Current and Future Climate Change Scenarios for Beas River Basin of North Western Himalaya. In the International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science, Vol. XLI-BB 2016, XXIII ISPRS Congress, July 12-19, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 1389-1396.
    • Thakur P.K., Aggarwal S.P., Sharma V.C., Nikam B.R., Garg V., Chouksey A., Dhote P. R. and Singh C. (2015). Flood early warning system for North West Himalaya using integration of weather forecasting, hydrological and hydrodynamic models. ISPRS WG VIII/1 Workshop on Geospatial Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction, Jaipur, India, December 17, 2015.
    • Pankaj Dhote and Mathew K Jose (2014), “Modelling of an Artificial Recharge System in a Semi-Arid region using MODFLOW”, International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management, Feb 19-21, 2014, pp 17-25.
    • Mathew K Jose, Pankaj Dhote, T C Mohan, C P Kumar (2014), “Impact of Sand Mining on River-Aquifer Interactions”, Hydro 2014 International, Dec 18-20, pp 292-297.
    • Dhote P. R., Chouksey A., 2018. Gangotri Snout Ground Survey. Contact Newsletter, IIRS, Dehradun, 20(1), 4.
    • Dhote P. R., Thakur P.K., 2018. Participation in 37th Indian Scientific Expedtion to Antarctica (37th ISEA). Contact Newsletter, IIRS, Dehradun, 20(1), 15.
    • Dhote P. R., Thakur P.K., Aggarwal S. P., (2016). Application of High Resolution Remote Sensing Data for Flood Inundation Mapping. Contact Newsletter , IIRS, Dehradun
    • Dhote P. R., Joshi Y., Aggarwal S. P, Thakur P. K. (2017). Floodplain delineation using topographic index Height above Nearest Drainage. Contact Newsletter, IIRS, Dehradun.
    • Dhote P.R., Thakur P.K., Aggarwal S.P. (2021). TDP: Flood-prone area identification and flood risk assessment using integrated process modelling and geospatial technique. Report submitted to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India (Document Control No. IIRS/WRD/TDP/2021/292).
    • Thakur P.K., Dhote P.R., Singh S., Sharma S., and Srivastava V. (2018). Hydrological study of Kerala flood 2018 using remote sensing, hydrological modelling and geospatial tools. Report submitted to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India (Document Control No. IIRS/WRD/Research/Kerala2018/v2.1/250).
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