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Mr. JUSTIN GEORGE K

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Designation Scientist/Engineer - SE
Department Agriculture & Soils Department
Field of Expertise Soil Resource Mapping, Digital Soil Mapping, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Soils
Mail Address Agriculture & Soils Department, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing ISRO, Govt. of India, 4, Kalidas Road, Dehradun- 248001 India.

Field of Specialization

  • Digital Soil Mapping
  • Soil Quality and Soil Resource Mapping
  • Soil Erosion Modelling
  • Land Degradation
  • Watershed Management
  • Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun
  • The Indian Science Congress Association
  • Clay Minerals Society of India
  • Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservationists
  • Indian Association of Agricultural Information Technology

Positions held in Professional Societies

  • Treasurer, Indian Society of Remote Sensing-Dehradun Chapter (2020-2022)
  • M.Sc: Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, IARI, New Delhi (2010)
  • B.Sc: Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), Vellanikkara (2007)
  • Scientist/Engineer–SE, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun – January 2023 – Till Date
  • Scientist/Engineer–SD, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun – January 2018 – December 2022
  • Scientist/Engineer–SC, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun – January 2014 – December 2017
  • UGC JRF (IARI, New Delhi) - August, 2010 – January, 2014
  • Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by ASRB, ICAR in September 2010
  • Secured 3rd rank in the All India entrance for Ph.D at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi in 2010
  • Qualified the Joint CSIR-UGC-JRF (NET) in Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences for Ph.D conducted in December 2009
  • Secured 5th rank in the All India ICAR - JRF examination for admission to P.G courses in 2008
  • Received Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) merit scholarship for three years (2004,2005,2006)

Reviewer of the following journals

  • Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing
  • Geocarto International
  • Journal of Agricultural Physics
  • Remote Sensing of Land
  • Theoretical and Applied Climatology
  • Secured ‘Best Seminar Presentation Certificate’ in the Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, IARI during academic session 2011-2012
  • B N, Shashikumar & Kumar, Suresh & Justin George K & Singh, Abhishek. (2022). Soil variability mapping and delineation of site-specific management zones using fuzzy clustering analysis in a Mid-Himalayan Watershed, India. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 10.1007/s10668-022-02411-6
  • Justin George K, Suresh Kumar, Yogesh S Ghotekar (2018). Spatial variability analysis of soil quality parameters in a watershed of sub-Himalayan landscape - A case study. Eurasian J Soil Science, 7 (3) 238 – 250.
  • Justin George K., Kumar, S., Arya Raj, R. (2018). Digital soil mapping in a Himalayan watershed using remote sensing and terrain parameters employing artificial neural network model. Environ Earth Sciences, 77(5)
  • Kumar, S., Singh, R.P., Kalambukattu, J.G. (2021). Modeling daily surface runoff, sediment and nutrient loss at watershed scale employing Arc-APEX model interfaced with GIS: a case study in Lesser Himalayan landscape. Environ Earth Sciences 80, 498
  • Justin George K, Suresh Kumar, Rani M Hole (2021). Geospatial Modelling of Soil Erosion and Risk Assessment in Indian Himalayan Region – A Study of Uttarakhand State, Environmental Advances, Volume 4, 100039, ISSN 2666-7657.
  • Justin George K, Suresh Kumar, R. Arya Raj (2020). Soil Organic Carbon Prediction using Visible–Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy Employing Artificial Neural Network Modelling. Current Science, 119(2): 377-381.
  • Chhipa, V., Stein, A., Shankar, H., George K, J., Alidoost, F. (2019). Assessing and transferring soil health information in a hilly terrain. Geoderma, 343, 130–138.
  • Singh, A. K., Kumar, S., Kalambukattu, J. G. (2019). Assessing aggregate stability of soils under various land use/land cover in a watershed of mid-himalayan landscape. Eurasian J of Soil Science, 8(2), 131–143.
  • Abhisek Kumar Singh, S. Kumar, S. Naithani, J. George K (2019). Soil erosion and sediment yield estimation using remote sensing data and GIS of watershed in North West Himalayan region. Indian Journal of Soil Conservation, 47(3): 143-147.
  • Adegbenro R. O., Suresh Kumar., Justin George K., Ojetade, J.O., Amusan A. A. (2020) Land Evaluation for Land Use Planning Using Remote Sensing and GIS - A Case Study of Nawagaon Maskara Rao Watershed, Saharanpur, India. Acta Scientific Agriculture 4.2, 130-138.
  • Justin George K and Suresh Kumar (2015). Hyperspectral remote sensing in characterizing soil salinity severity using SVM technique – A case study of alluvial plains, International Journal of Advanced Remote sensing and GIS, 4(1), 1344-1360.
  • Justin George K and Suresh Kumar (2017). Modelling soil erosion risk in a mountainous watershed of Mid-Himalaya by integrating RUSLE model with GIS, Eurasian Journal of Soil Science, 6(2), 092-105.
  • Justin George Kalambukattu, Rajdeo Singh, Ashok K. Patra & Kalaimurthy Arunkumar (2013): Soil carbon pools and carbon management index under different land use systems in the Central Himalayan region, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil & Plant Science, 63:3, 200-205. (NAAS Rating: 7.1)
  • Justin George Kalambukattu, Rajdeo Singh, Ashok K. Patra & Kalaimurthy Arunkumar (2013): Land use practices in the Central Himalayan region affect soil enzyme activities and their relationship with carbon pools, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil & Plant Science, 63:5, 403-408. (NAAS Rating: 7.1)
  • Ashok K. Patra, Manoj Kumar & Justin George K (2012): Potential Impacts of Climate Change on soil fertility and fertiliser use in India, Indian Journal of Fertilisers, 8: 11, 42-55. (NAAS Rating: 3.8)
  • Roy, T., Kalambukattu, J.G., Biswas, S.S., Kumar, S. (2022). Agro-climatic Variability in Climate Change Scenario: Adaptive Approach and Sustainability. In: Chatterjee, U., Akanwa, A.O., Kumar, S., Singh, S.K., Dutta Roy, A. (eds) Ecological Footprints of Climate Change. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15501-7_12
  • Kumar, S., David Raj, A., Kalambukattu, J.G., Chatterjee, U. (2022). Climate Change Impact on Land Degradation and Soil Erosion in Hilly and Mountainous Landscape: Sustainability Issues and Adaptation Strategies. In: Chatterjee, U., Akanwa, A.O., Kumar, S., Singh, S.K., Dutta Roy, A. (eds) Ecological Footprints of Climate Change. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15501-7_5
  • David Raj, A., Kalambukattu, J.G., Kumar, S., Chatterjee, U. (2022). Geospatial Approach in Watershed Vulnerability to Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability. In: Chatterjee, U., Akanwa, A.O., Kumar, S., Singh, S.K., Dutta Roy, A. (eds) Ecological Footprints of Climate Change. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15501-7_11
  • Kumar S., Kalambukattu J.G. (2022) Modeling and Monitoring Soil Erosion by Water Using Remote Sensing Satellite Data and GIS. In: Bhunia G.S., Chatterjee U., Lalmalsawmzauva K., Shit P.K. (eds) Anthropogeomorphology. Geography of the Physical Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77572-8_14
  • Justin George K and Suresh Kumar (2021). Geospatial technology in salt-affected land assessment and reclamation. In Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Uday Chatterjee, Anil Kashyap, Pravat Kumar Shit (eds) Land Reclamation and Restoration Strategies for Sustainable Development, Modern Cartography Series, Academic Press, vol 10, pp 697-728. Elsevier.
  • Kumar S., Justin George K (2021) Geospatial Modelling for Soil Quality Assessment. In: Mitran T., Meena R.S., Chakraborty A. (eds) Geospatial Technologies for Crops and Soils. Springer, Singapore. pp 387-420, Springer.
  • Roy T. and Justin George K (2020). Precision Farming: A Step towards Sustainable, Climate-Smart Agriculture. In: Venkatramanan V., Shah S., Prasad R. (eds) Global Climate Change: Resilient and Smart Agriculture. Springer, Singapore.
  • Trisha Roy, A.K. Biswas, Pramod Jha and Justin George K. (2019) Hidden Nutrient Cost: The Neglected Nutrient Budget for Carbon Sequestration. In: Mishra, P. K., Sharma, N. K., Mandal, D., Kumar, G., Kaushal, R., Das, A., & Singh, R. (eds). Sustainable Land Management: Issues, Problems and Prospects (p. 340), Satish Serial Publishing House, Delhi.
  • Raj, A. R., George, J., Raghavendra, S., Kumar, S., and Agrawal, S. (2018). Effect of DEM Resolution on Ls Factor Computation, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-5, 315–321
  • Justin George K, Vinay Kumar, Bhukya Tarun, Suresh Kumar, A Senthil Kumar (2017) Soil classification using airborne hyperspectral data employing various approaches. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing - ACRS 2017
  • Justin George K, Vinay Kumar, Abhishek Danodia, Suresh Kumar, A Senthil Kumar (2017) Hyperspectral modelling for prediction of soil texture using ASD spectroradiometer derived soil spectra. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing - ACRS 2017
  • Justin George K, Vinay Kumar, Abhishek Danodia, Suresh Kumar and A. Senthil Kumar (2017). “Hyperspectral Modelling for Soil Texture Prediction in Semi-Arid Tropical Region of India – A Case Study”, Science Results from Phase – 1 Airborne Hyperspectral Campaign with AVIRIS-NG over India, SAC Ahmedabad, July 2017, 115-120.
  • Anil Kumar, Justin George K and A. Senthil Kumar (2017). “Specific Crop/Soil Discrimination form AVIRIS Hyperspectral Data”, Science Results from Phase – 1 Airborne Hyperspectral Campaign with AVIRIS-NG over India, SAC Ahmedabad, July 2017, 110-114.

Abstracts (symposium/workshops)

  • Justin George K, Suresh Kumar. “Digital Mapping of Soil Properties in A Himalayan Watershed Using Terrain Variables Employing Machine Learning Techniques” in International Web-Conference on Smart Agriculture for Resource Conservation and Ecological Stability, Lucknow, October 29-31, 2021.
  • Shashikumar B. N, Suresh Kumar, Justin George K, Abhishek Kumar Singh. “Mapping Soil Variability and Delineation of Site-Specific Management Zones Using Fuzzy Clustering Analysis in a Mid-Himalayan Watershed, India” in International Web-Conference on Smart Agriculture for Resource Conservation and Ecological Stability, Lucknow, October 29-31, 2021
  • Shashikumar B. N, Suresh Kumar, Justin George K, Abhishek Kumar Singh. “Geospatial Modeling of Soil erosion using modified MMF model in a Mid-Himalayan watershed” in International Web-Conference on Smart Agriculture for Resource Conservation and Ecological Stability, Lucknow, October 29-31, 2021
  • B. Johns, S. Kumar and Justin George K. “Spatial Prediction and Mapping of Soil Salinity by Machine Learning Algorithms using Optical Data in Alluvial Soil” in ISRS-ISG National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment Monitoring & Climate Change Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges, hosted by SAC Ahmedabad, December 18-19, 2020
  • Justin George K, S. Kumar and P. A. Verma. “Digital Mapping Of Soil Nutrients Using Environmental Covariates Employing Random Forest Modelling” in ISRS-ISG National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment Monitoring & Climate Change Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges, hosted by SAC Ahmedabad, December 18-19, 2020
  • N. S. Rengma, and Justin George K. “Spatial prediction and mapping of soil properties using geospatial data employing digital soil mapping techniques” in ISRS-ISG National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment Monitoring & Climate Change Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges, hosted by SAC Ahmedabad, December 18-19, 2020
  • N. S. Rengma, Justin George K, Suresh Kumar. “Remote sensing based digital mapping of soil properties in a Himalayan watershed employing machine learning technique” in Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Deqing, China, October 09-11, 2020
  • Justin George K, Arya Raj R and Suresh Kumar. “Digital Soil Mapping using Remote Sensing, VIS-NIR Spectroscopy and Terrain Parameters”, ISRS Conference, December 7-9, 2016, IIRS, Dehradun
  • Justin George K, Pujarini Dutta, Suresh Kumar and Bhaskar R Nikam. “Geospatial Modelling of Soil Erosion Based on RUSLE and USPED Models in a watershed of Mid-Himalayan Region”, ISRS Conference, December 7-9, 2016, IIRS, Dehradun.
  • Yogesh S Ghotekar, Anshu Sharma, Suresh Kumar and Justin George K. “Geospatial Approach in Assessing Land Potential for land use planning – A case study in a watershed of Mid-Himalaya”, ISRS Conference, December 7-9, 2016, IIRS, Dehradun
  • Justin George K. “Soil and Crop Studies using AVIRIS Data”, AVIRIS-NG Science Meet, 12-14 July, 2017, SAC, Ahmedabad
  • Justin George K, Suresh Kumar and Azimova Madinabonu, “Soil Erosion Risk Assessment using Remote Sensing & GIS in a Himalayan Watershed”, International Conference on AFESA, May 9-10, 2015, JNU, New Delhi
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